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, it the lYst office ia SuraanoA
„ *4 i hiss Mail Matter.
Geonria Affairs.
r nty aiil harvest the largest crop
st has ever been known in that
is. a young man about twenty
.~s of age very mysteriously disap
■ m hi- home— Mr. R C. Garret's, of
.nty~oß the second day of April
• sit been heard of since. Just
. disappearance he appeared quite
- so )st ally excited. He is about six
hair, fair complexion, and any
- to as to his whereabouts will be
> mvivcd by his aoi ous friends in
TsVror .i-aaty.
> -pi t dent of the Butler Herald, writ
p- n county, says that the people
iitj are in the midst of the golden
>r needed railroad facilities in that
w - says “ail along the course of the
n- of the finest c t;on producing
-a the world. Yet our cotton has to
-:ed frvm ten to forty miles to reach
-s A road to traverse this section
* -.try wt uld bst good investment while
■. p the latent resources of Craw
lay >r. Upson and Talbot counties, i ich
.on of all the cereals known to
> e. named Harry Anderson, and hailing
", - was taken in charge by the police
•ra on Tuesday. He was laboring
is. nation, and imagined someone
n- r au g him. He was keeping up a eon
. g ns if dodging blows. On his
e had over s;.7oJand a fine gold watch
' A- Parish, formerly of Griffin, com
ide at Senoia on Tuesday,
i vi ys an ex.hange, has Hi la wye-s
1 ’ cases returned to the present
•f the Superior Court, not quite enough
• pa.tter named Neal Anderson fell
- pers of the second story of Chis
r c in Marietta, on Tuesday, and
ran n of the graves of the Federal
■ - ! e remains are deposited in the
’ -a ,-metery, on Tuesday, is described
‘ -ri particularly impressive. Col.
• - •he orator of the day, made an im
- ;ieech; the Marietta Blues and the
- ; uej. out ia force, and the graves,
-- those of thirteen young Georgians,
< .v. fullv decorated with tijwt-rs.
neer Machine Works at Midway, New
•y. are in successful cperation. The
£ a. and n achinery cost sl.’ ,100.
. ant Corliss engine, o* three hundred
v t r, has been put up at tne River Side
‘ Capt. W. E. McCoy, at AuguUa. The
. uf ihe engiu •is 53,000 pounds, the driv
i—• eel is 18 feet in diameter, .and with t'o
on* per minute, a 3UO horse power is
* - b-w brnlitf the Sibley Mills at An
■ a ,i be issued in July, end {50,000 of
were sold before the bonds had beeu ad
white men, Moon and Harvey, con*
* ! * murder in Carroll county, will be
hange.: u day at Carrollton.
V nt. rana U'etkiy thinks that the pine
- - if laxly county will Some day be
a- ;.i >ns cf dollars. It also remarks
the exi-ellent crops still continue this
► w i he bet’er off flnancia.ly than at
a i ne MEce the war.
---are 1,2-3 convicts in the Georgia pen
* sn.ired b- xes of peaches were
tirough Atlanta on Monday last from
o Hi.; near Griffin, to Loui-ville and
v ~ - where they readily bring five dollars
inty will soon hare a journal It
* ish**d at Vienna by Colonel DePrae.
* n < unty, ant the fi-at issue will
•> a Appearance in the course of two
am saw and Frist mi'.l of Mr. G. O
riHir Sao Spring, Djoly equity, was
• fir** :*t Sunday moraine—the
* ' ■* incendiary.
* ‘ in. of Dodge county, has sheared
B ~* - t. ;: >u*an.l sh*-**p this sea -on. and has
**' ' re at large He is one of the must
-h- *-j> risrs in Southwest Georgia.
* a handsome income annually
a railroad meeting was recently held in
* st* wart county, and resolutions
****sl guaranteeing the Cnattanooga.
-and Florida Riilroad the right of
** * .'1 Stewart county free of charge.
®a. IVxnT couatj. was visited by a serl
a the night of the i&th May. which
—o th* two-a*ory frame building of Mr.
■ana. the law office of G. W Wooten.
- r of J. L Toole, and the office of
‘ *ar 1 A Toole. Mr. Lewis lost all that he
- t <-ame near testng his life by the ex
‘ a fcrg . *f gunpowder, while endeavor.
* -**>- las books aad papers. The absence
• apt aratus was srverely felt on the
- p prospect through Twiggs, says the
*<ui Am, was never better. Ih*
* ■ i. in corn and other cereals is greater
1 a f cotton smaller than at anytime
r - * l-rewry W. Taylor, of Pulaski county,
v Hawa navi lie oo the ;3d of May. He
’*• rm it w aab.ngt* n county, subsequently
• Houston county, which he repre
- r ;tse L*-guu{ure in 1833. came to Pu
a IKO and was electel Sheriff
•w ia his seventy-third year, atd
sots! and beloved ty all who ton
-'•- re of Me *-*. J. W. i D. Malloy, near
H Trl'air c -unty, was destroyed by
morning of the? id alt. On'yafes
* - were saved, to the amount of about
•art. 1: iv supposed that the fire war
tac-ed by rats igniung matches.
* lurt, factory pay* a dividend of 15Js
tea. ea a sinking fund to purchase
*'* • ••aery when needed.
’ '•orated case of Hu-st vs. the Westert
v : atlaatic tut-.r *d has ftaalgr been decide*
. - Manley Matthew* in favor of the ral
Hurst sued for sX).iik) damages al
* f avs bean sustained by the lorn of lfr
* cotton that he shipped over thst r*a't
c the war. The Judge bald thst the com
• relieved from dainrg-s bT the fact
>t* • was ordered to ship It by Joseph £.
*' “ nonary cc-mmaader of Georgia
* *• was awe of the casualties of war
hss been pending since 1566. and it ha
* - teen deii tad ia farur of the plaintiff
” 't- iais, tea Uoe* in State courts, foui
• the huprevse Court, twiev ia th>
■ i Sb Court, and once ia the United
* ■ --.,-reme Court.
- Cuiumbus water works is being vigor
"*** 1" ■ "rd to completion. One hundred and
■f fcaads are employed on the reservoir
* smaad f* of pipe have been laid
r ''*>■*•’ water ptastng through the run
% wi.. supply the reservoir has been
r '*’< shows a flow of 8.9U0.003 gallons
a'levtaa well water of Albany has been
*’ ' by Cadet B*mat Smith, of the Vir
k * Mu.iary Institute, who is a son of Mr. W
h, of Albany. By the ana-ysis it is
wi to coataia soda, iron, calcium, lithis
aad •ulpnar.
* '* wfctdi outht to he known, hut is not
% T be teved. is that all wild lands mud
• (a for taxes ia the oouaty where the
* fc -i**k Aad It mast be given la be'ore the
** J * a Y- e will hr surj -et to levy and sale
farther aouce *
(Ala.) 7W* Age says: "The
~ • KaiW|, aua its usual
°* tniecveung and instructive
e, _*• * , *w for ail classes, m before us
a..— ***”• • that have preceded It. is
v *vahhoh9th*:dnviaHtpfM W l*uJ-
Savannah morning news
J. 11. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
turist, stock and poultry raiser and house
keeper. No farmer or gardener should be
without some good agricultural periodical, and
we commend the Southern Farmer ’ Monthly
to them.”
Sumter Republican: “Trustworthy Informa
tion received by us lea 1s us to conclude that
Judge Crisp will carry five of the seven coun
ties on this side of the Flint in the nominating
convention. These counties are Sumter. Tay
lor. Lee, Schley and Webster. His friends In
Btewart are very hopeful of that county also.”
On Tuesday last the Muscogee Cotton Seed
Oil Mill was organized in Columbus with acapi
tal stock of S U),oo>. The lcc.tion has not yet
been determined upon, but it is generally un
derstood that it will be on the commons lota
east of ihe depet, recently purchased by Mr,
M M. Hirsch. At the meeting of the stock
holders. held Tuesday, the following offi
cers were elected; L M. Burrus, President; J.
H. Hough. Secretary and Treasurer. Direc
tors—A. Dexter, LM. Burrus, J D. Hough, F.
J. Jenkins, C. A. Hough. Ed. Kurniker, J. 8.
Solomon. Messrs F. S Jenkins and J 8. Solo
mon were appointed a committee to purchase
machinery.
Florida Affairs.
The Manatee Newt has suspended.
A large fleet of sponging vessels has gone to
the sponging banks, and the prospect for heavy
cargoes is good.
The Masons of Orange City held their first
meeting as an organized Lodge last Friday
evening.
One of Callahan's great and most pressing
wants is a good doctor. It would seem from
the number in the ranks of the profession that
the want ought to In easily supplied.
The Democratic Congressional Convention of
the First district was held In Tallahassee on the
19th ult.
In Orange county land hunters predominate,
and. from appearances, the county will ba well
filled with people seeking orange farms.
A subscription list is being circulated In
Gainesville to raise a fund of SIO,OOO for the
erection of new and commodious buildings for
the East Florida Beminary. Two ihousand dol
lars were subscribed within half an hour after
starting the subscription paper.
Fernandina now has the fastest tug boat on
the Southern coast. It was purchased last
week in Boston by four bar pilots—Messrs.
Lassere, Cribb, Latham and Sharp.
Funds for the purpose of constructing and
equipping Bay View College. Hillsborough
county, to the amount of $1,910, and one
hundred and sixty acres of land, have been
subscribed.
One Key West pineapple grower netted four
thousand dollars last >ear on his fruit
The Key Westers lost twenty-five thousand
pineapples by the ill-fated steamer Rio Grande.
There are within a radius of three miles of
Orange C ty nearly two thousand five hundred
acres in orange gi oves.
Another hotel is to be built in Palatka. It
wii have forty rooms, and will be erected by
Mr. Cook Carleton.
The Florida Lacon says there is too much
drunkenness on the streets of Ocala for ihe
good of the community.
About the Ist of July will appear the Enter
prise Herald. It will take ihe place of the
Netw, wbi :h will b t then discontinued.
Pensacola is growing amazingly. About
thirty b indings are now in course of erection,
the total cost of which is estimated at nearly
?#)i,OUO.
The Tax Assessor’s books of Columbia county
shows the value of taxable property to be
$953,58#; State tax, eight mills; county tax,
thirteen and a half mills.
Captain W. M. Somerville has returned, hsv
ing completed the jetty work at tha Volusia
bar. The steamer Magnet has gone up to bring
down the pile driver.
The temperance cause in Gainesville, we are
happy to state, is rapi ily gaining ground, and
is accomplishing great good Its earnest
workers have the best wishes of all good citi
zens.
Enterprise Fetes : “The largest orange grove
in Florida is that of Major H V. Norris, who
went from Chicago to Spring Garden in 1872.
He now ha* a grove of 11,1.00 thrifty orange
trees, which bear about 500.000 oranges.”
G. W, Morgan, of Bartow. Polk county, whose
life was attempted some two weeks ago by un
known parties, and was severely wounded, but
was in a fair way to recover, is reporied to
have been killed Monday night last, about nine
o'clock, bv a masked man, who entered Mor
gan's room and killed him as he laid in bed.
On Monday morning last, the 22d ult. 3lr
Warbur on, an Englishman, who resided near
Zellwood. in this county, started for Lake
r ustla with his wife and two small children,
who were twins, about two years of age. in
tei ding to have the children's likeness taken.
While on their way thither tha horse was
driven to the edge of a lake that he might
drink The waters, on account of the pro
tracted drought, had receded to the bor
ders of a deep sink, which was not
discoverable. The horse, on going into
the water, fell into a sink, carrying
the vehicle with him, and the re
suit was the whole were drowned. There was
no one near, but the barking of the dog they
had with them, and his evident alarm, at
tracted the attention of a man pa*sing, who,
on nearing the lake, saw a hat in the water,
and soon after discovered one of the children
near the shore floating in the water. After
getting it out. he went off for help. and. after
a search, the others were found and taken out.
It was a saddening scene—the father, mother,
and two children lying lifeless on tne ground,
who but a few hours before thought only of
life and its enjoyments.”
Florida Railroad Notes.
The railroad boom is extending throughout
the limits of Florida. The press throughout
the State note the activity existing in railroad
circles, and anticipate with satisfaction the
near future when this beautiful country will
be traversed by the pioneer of civilization and
prosperity—the locomotive. The development
of the resources and industries of the Slate,
the filling up the waste places by a people full
of energy and industry, the elevation cf the
social status of the people, and the fostering
of every material interest, will be the result of
the present railroad excitement in the Land of
Flowers.
Colonel McLellan, the engineer-in-chief, has
prepare! a map of the Pensacola and Atlantic
Railroad, now in course of construction
through Florida, which gives the following in
formation concerning that enterprise: The
line passes through the central portion of Jack
son county, the southern portion of Holmes
county, the north central portion of Walton
coun r y, and the central portion of Santa Rosa
county. It is expected that by the Ist of Sep
tember the road will be almost entirely com
pleted, with the exesption of thi bridge at
Chattahoochee. This road is the connecting
link which, with the Chattahoochee extension
of the Savannah, Florida and Western Rail
way, makes a through line from San Francisco
to New York, via El Paso, New Orleans and
savannah.
Tne lumber buHoess is steadily increasing in
Florida, and must grow with the opening up of
the fine timber country by the projected and
completed railroads. From points aloDg the
ine of the Central F.orida and Western Pail
read 931,500 feet of lumber were brought to
Jacksonville last week, aDd for over a month
past the wharf of the above road has been
■ined with vessels loading lumber for Northern
markets.
The Palatka and Indian River Railroad has
been located to Hibernia, and it is expected
that the road will be completed by December
next, ia time for ths winter travel.
The Paiatka and St. Augustine Railroad
is a certainty. The line has been permanently
netted and the work of construction will be
commenced at once.
•J he Transit Railroad is receiving from the
Georgia Car Works twenty new flat cars.
The Chattanooga, Columbus and Florida
Railroad, the connecting link of the Florida sys
tem with the Northwest, is attracting considera
ble attention, and wilt most assuredly be built.
Fhv survey is from Columbus via Lumpkin,
Cuthbert, Cotquit', Ham bridge and to Uadsden
-■•unty, Ftonua, a point ou the Georgia and
Florida line, where it will connect with the sys
a-m of roads now under construction and now
in operation in Florida Mr. Uunby Jordan
President of the Columbus Board of Trade, has
-aid: *1 had rath* rsee this road built than any
other road I could name. I think it is of so
much importance that at the next meeting of
our board of Trade, which U uow assuming a
-real deal oflmuaiity. 1 shall call their atteo
ion to the eMOTprise and ask that tney urge
its completion to this city.”
A special telegram to the Union, dated New
York. May *9. It*).*, says: “lhe Red-VNillard
yudicate has closed the purchase of the South
F.orida Kaiiroau from its owners in Boston.
Puis road ex lends from Hanford to K ssimmee,
and is forty miles in length. It is intended to
ex end the Transit system, now owned by the
tt*-**-1-Willard syndicate, from Leesburg to
Sanford, and connect with the South Florida
Kill road at an early day. Mr Ingraham will
remain in charge of tbe South Florida as Presi
dent This purchase will be important to Ban
ford and Ornge counties, as it will give that
territory a Cirect outlet by rail to the North
and Northwest and the Atlantic seaboard.
There are rumors a float here of still more im
portant and significant moves in Florida rail
way circles, which, if true, will be of great
valua to the State, uuder the management of
the Keeti Willard syndicate. Sir Edward Reed
and party leave England early in June for
Florida.”
murdered by Apacbes.
TombjTomc, Arizona, June I.— The
bodies of two wood choppers, Seymour Dev
and Harry Curry, were brought here to-day
from the Dragon Mountains, where they
were killed yesterday by Indians. An eye
witness states that the wen were on a load
of hay and were uaarmed. Tbe Indians
rode up behind and shot them dead, un
harnessed the horses and drove them off.
There were eight Indians in tbe party, and
they were heading for Bonora, Mexico. They
w*r? doqbtlc# frvtt Ulf Sw Agency.
FINLEY FOLLOWS DIBBLE.
THE SECOND VICTIM SELECTED.
Blabee Sworn In—Lowe vs. Wheeler
Another Specimen of Radical Jna*
tlce-A Stormy Scene In the House-
Senate Proceedings The Debt
Statement.
Washington, D. C., June I.—The Second
Florida district has been contested so many
times that It took but one day to go through
the speeches and swearing Mr. Bisbee, Re
publican, while Mr. retluctantly
but gracefully out, after Mr. Dibble, who
followed Mr. Chalmers, who followed Mr.
Cannon. This Is but the beginning of the
procession, and it Is the Intention to go on
with the firing out and swearing In before
proceeding to the real business of Congress.
The Republican side fattens under the
operation, while the Democratic side grows
correspondingly thin. It Is a foregone conclu
sion that as fast as the cases are taken up
the Republicans will be seated. While the
contest was go ng on to-day, the older mem
bers of the House could but feel very much
at home on hearing the familiar.name and the
familiar charges from this Florida district,
which has been a contested one ever since
the Seminole war, or away back to the time
of Spanish occupation, both contestee
and contestant having at different times
occupied seats after a double struggle, one
before the election and the other on the
floor of the House.
Mr. Finley, who looks every year of sev
enty, took the situation very unconcernedly
as Mr. Bisbee, who is much the younger,
was marched up and sworn in.
After Ranney had spoken for Bisbee and
Bel'zhoover for Finley, Mr. Jones, of Texas,
a Greenbacker, made a long speech for the
Democratic contestee, thus performing the
singularly Greetibickish feat of making a
Republican speech for Mack®y one day
and a Democratic speech for Finley the
next. His present attitude toward parties
in the House is consequently about as near
to zero as one can hope to sink to and sur
vive.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
In the Senate, the following bills were
favorably reported and placed on the cal
endar:
By Mr. Rollins, from the Committee on
Public Buildings—The House bill for a pub
lic building at Lynchburg, Va.
By Mr. Ferry, from the Committee on
Post Offices, with an amendment—The Sen
ate bill to provide for postal cards with
fl-xible covers to conceal messages written
thereon.
The Senate bill to reimburse the Creek
Indian orphan fund was again taken up and
passed after some debate.
Mr. Allison reported from the Finance
Committee, with sundry amendments, the
n< use bill extending national bank charters,
whtch, with amendments intended to be
proposed by Messrs. Beck, Allison and Sher
man, was ordered printed.
Mr. Logan called uo the army appropria
tion bill and the committee’s amendments
as far as the compulsory retirement clause
were read and agreed to. The clause makes
the retirement of an officer, who has served
ten years, discretionary with himself, but
obligatory as to one who Is slxty-two years
of age. It was debated by Messrs. Bayard,
Ingalls and others.
Mr. Butler gave notice of an amendment
excepting from the compulsory retirement
provision Gens. Sherman, Sheridan, Han
cock and Howard.
Mr. Maxev, at Ihs close of a speech in op
position to the clause under discussion,
cave notice of a motion to strike It out of
the bill.
After an executive session the Senate ad
journed.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
In the House,Mr. Kelley, of Pennsylvania,
asked unanimous consent to submit a report
from the Committee on Ways and Means,
and Mr. Page, of California, from the Com
mittee on Commerce, desired to report back
the river and harbor appropriation bill, but
Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania, Interposed
obj“Ctlon.
The House then proceeded to the consid
eration of the contested election case of
Bisbee against Finley from the S°cond Con
gressional district of Florida, Mr. Ranney,
cf Massachusetts, stating that he would de
mand the previous question at 5 o’clock
this evening, and made an argument in sup
port of the claims of the contestant.
At the conclusion of Mr. Ranney’s speech
Mr. Beltzhoover, of Pennsylvania, spoke for
two hours In advocacy of the claims of the
sitting member. He was followed by Mr.
Joms, of Texas, upon the same side of the
question.
At the conclusion of Mr. Jones’ speech,
the previous question was ordered without
division. After a brief speech by Mr. Mc-
Millan, of Tennessee, in opposition to the
report of the majority, Bisbee, the contest
ant, took the floor In his own behalf, but
before be had concluded his remarks, the
tacur of five o’clock arrived, and the House
took a recess until eight o’clock.
EVENING SESSION.
After the recess, Mr. Blsbee concluded
his speech, and the resolution declaring
him entitled to his seat was adopted—yeas
141, nays 9. Those voting in the negative
were Messrs. Burrows, Ford, Ulce and
Haseltlne, of Missouri; Jones, of Texas;
Harden burg, of New Jersey; Fulkerson and
Paul, of Virginia, and Hoi mm, of Indiana.
The latter was paired with Mr. Kasson, of
lowa, with the understanding that he
should vote to make a quorum.
Bistee then appeared at the bar of the
House and was qualified as a member. -
Mr. Page, of California, Chairman of the
Committee on Commerce, reported back
the river and harbor appropriation bill, and
It was ordered printed and recommitted.
Mr. Huzelion, of Wisconsin, called up the
contested election case of Lowe vs. Wheeler
from the Eighth Congressional district of
Alabama, and against this, Mr. Kenna, of
West Virginia, raised a question of con
sideration.
Mr. Wheeler asked and obtained unani
mous consent to make a statement. Twenty
eight days after record in this case had been
printed be bad been forced Into an argu
ment before the committee. The case stood
alone In this, that it was the only case where
the argument was held before the sub
committee when the only Democra'
onthat sub-committee was necessarily
atsent. It was the only case
in which counsel for the contestee had only
been allowed ninety minutes to argue tbe
case involving Important questions of law
and fact, and where the contestee was only
allowed seven minutes to utter words In hi 6
own behalf. Now it was proposed to force
this case before the House on the very day
that the majority report was printed. Again,
three of the gentlemen who were to argue
the case were absent, and one was sick.
Yesterday he bad selected other gsntlemen
to present the case, but they had been una
ble until to day to procure the report.
Mr. Calkins asked that Mr. Hszelton
should be permitted to reply, and at the
same time Inquired whether the Democrats
Intended to make dilatory motions.
Mr. Kenna rose to accede to Mr. Calkins’
request, and at ths same time stated In re
ply to Mr. Calkins’ query, when ha was In
terrupted by Mr. Robeson, of New Jersey,
who insisted that Mr. Kenna should not
continue until Mr. Hszelton had been beard.
Mr. Kenna replied that he would not
make a statement at all, unless permitted to
do so now, but his voice was drowned In
cries for the “regular order’’ from the Re
publican side.
In the midst of the confusion Mr. Hazel
ton was beard to exclaim that Mr. Wheeler
had had every right before the Committee
on Elec .ions.
When order had been restored Mr. Kenna
stated that when Interrupted by Mr. Robe
son he was about to ask unanimous consent
to grant Mr. Calkins two minutes to reply
to Mr. Wheeler.
There was no objection, and Mr. Calkins,
while disclaiming any intention to force a
man into a contest when gentlemen who
were to present his case were absent, said
that it would.be desirable to know whether
the gentlemen on the other 6lde would make
dilatory motions or would help to make a
quorum.
Mr. Kenna believed that he “represented
the united sentiment of his side of the
when he said that no dilatory motion
would be made or attempted ; but that, af
ter forcing a special rule in tbe manner in
which It had been adopted, in all cases, the
gentlemen on tbe other side must develop a
quorum.”
“Then we will go on,” cried several Re
publicans.
The House then decided, yeas 148, nays
4, to take up the election case.
Mr. Hszelton took the floor and reiterat
ed his statement that the contestee had had
full and ample opportunity to be heard,
that his counsel bad been heard as long as
he desired, and that the gentlemen had been
able at any moment to get the report.
Here Mr. Manning, of Mississippi, stated
that he had gone to the document room
this morning, and had been Informed that
the report had not yet been received.
Then Messrs. Kenna and Cox, of New
York, rose respectively to a parliamentary
Inquiry and point of order, and a stormy
scene ensued, which continued for some
time.
Mr. Cox Insisted that he had made a tno
tloh to adjourn,Mr. Hazleton having yielded
to him for that purpose, which he had never
withdrawn, “and (to the Speaker) you know
it.”
Mr. Page, of California, rose excitedly
and demanded that the gentleman from
New York should be respectful to the
Chair. [Derisive laughter and shouts of
“Oj! oh! oh!” on the Democratic side.]
Mr. Cox to Mr. Page—You cannot lecture
me. You are not the Speaker.
The Speaker stated that Mr. Cox had
withdrawn his motion to adjourn, and there
fore he had not been entitled to the floor.
Mr. Cox asked to make a statement in re
ply, but the Speaker stated that he bad
already made hts statement, and the Chair
was willing that the two statements should
stand side by side.
Mr. Reed then moved to adjourn and the
Speakt r proceeded to put the question, not
withstanding Mr. Cox’s efforts to be heard.
“Well,” said Cox, “that is what I call
brute force—mere brute force.”
“It Is not,” replied the Speaker.’
Tae House then, at 9:50, adjourned,
PLEASANTS AND WADE.
The bond of Pleasants as Collector of In
ternal Revenue at Savannah has not been
received at the Treasury Department yet.
Commissioner Raum says that he expects
the bond in a day or two, and It it
proves satisfactory he will direct
that a transfer of the office from Wade to
Pleasants be made about the 10th instant.
Ilium has heard privately that Pleasants is
having some difficulty In securing bonds
men. In view of several statements which
have been made explanatory as to why Wade
was removed, It should be stated that he
was remove! simply because the Longstreet-
Atklns syndicate asked It and recommended
Pleasants as his'successor.
THE DEBT STATEMENT.
The debt statement Issued to-day shows
the decreaso of the public debt during the
month of May to be $10,375,441 19. Cash
in the Treasury $242,103 76S 05. Gold cer
tificates outstanding $5 055 420 Sliver cer
tificates outstanding $60,736,220 Cert fl
cates of deposit outstanding $12,330,000.
Refunding certificates ou'standing $476,-
550. L-gal tenders outstanding $346,681,-
016 Fractional currency outstanding $7,-
049 503 77. Cash balance available $141,-
441.876 69.
FREEDMAN’S BANK DIVIDEND.
The Treasury to-day paid to Comptroller
Knox, as (Jornrniseloner of the Freedman’s
Bank, $250,000, and the Comptroller at
once began the payment of 15 per cent,
dlvldendsto the creditors of the bank located
in Washington. Payment to creditors out
side of the city will be made very soon, and
due notice will be given through the press.
HOGUES AT THE BAR.
Tlie Star Route Trials Begun—Dor*
il’ Last Straw Broken—Tlie First
Da) > Proceedings.
Washington, June I.— Thß star route
trials began to day. Colonel Ingersoll in
behalf of the Dorsev brothers opened with
arequfstfor leave to withdraw their plea
of not guilty and enter a motion to quash
the Indictments on the ground of informali
ty In the composition of the grand jury,
the fault being that the jury was not drawn
under the act of 1879, providing for a non
partisan selection of the jury with the as
sistance of a United States Commissioner.
The court ruled that it was not a
proper motion, even If made in
the first Instance, because the Dis
trict having do place in politics, there
was no occasion for the application of such
a law. The District had its special code,
and It bad never been the practice to allow
the Intervention of commissioners lu the
selection of a jury. The selection of a jury
was then proceeded with. Under the laws
affecting such trials in this District, the
prosecution were only allowed three per
emptory challenges, while the defense were
allowed four for each defendant, making
twenty-eight in all, there being seven de
fendants named In the indictment.
This placed the prosecution at
disadvantage, and the defense were
correspondingly aggressive. The challenges
on the pirt of the prosecution were soon
exhausted, and the selection of the greater
part of the jury was in the hands of the de
fense and the court. The challenges by the
defense exhausted the panel, when only ten
jurors had been obtained. Four talesmen
were summoned, and from those the remlin
ing jurors were selected. The following Is
the complete list:
Wm. Dickson, foreman; Mathew Mc-
Nelly, John B. McCarthy, Edward J. Mc-
Lain, Wm. K. Brown (colored), Edwin D.
Doniphan, Henry A. Olcott, Wm. Holmead,
Thos. Martin ('•o'ored), George W. Cox, E.
T. Murray, aud '/. ichariah Tobrierer.
Mr. Merrick asked the court to caution
the jury agaiost having any Intercourse with
any parties relative to these cases. He also
desired them to abstain from reading news
papers, and he criticised severely attacks
made by local newspapers upon the prose
cution. Undue influence, he said, had been
brought to bear by these parties, which he
W3Uld make the ground for future action.
Judge Wylie said that perhaps he should
consider it his duty lobring these newspa
per attacks to the attention of the grand
jury.
Colonel Totten said the defendants might
claim the privilege. If anybody had been
vilified, he said, it was the defense, and he
made a bitter attack on what he called the
lying newspaper correspondents who had
been sent here from day to day.
In answer to an Inquiry from the prosecu
tion, Judge Wylie said tbty should have the
opening argument, aud It was arranged that
Col. Bliss should give an explanation at
length to the jury of the particulars of the
cases, and should state what the government
expected to prove. This argument will
probably be delivered to-morrow. The
court also added that the defense would be
allowed but one opening argument by one
of their connsel.
“It Is my Intention,” said JudgeWylle, “to
bring these cases to a close before Ju'y 4th,
evob If we have to sit at night aud on
Saturdays to do it.”
Still he thought the usual court hours
would suffice.
A NEVADA HORROR.
Nix Men Drowned lu a Mine.
Virginia City, June I.—Yesterday
morning a pump column in the Alta mine
broke, and soon after the bulkhead in tbe
east drift gave way, letting in a heavy rush
of water. Six men working In the west drift
were cut off. Air was forced Into the drift,
and pumps set to work, but the water has
risen in the mine to a height indicating
that the men must be drowned.
Colton Fntnrea In New York.
New York, June I.—The cotton
market report says : “Future deliveries at
tne first call began selling l-100iS-100c. be
low yesterday’s closing quotations, but ad
vanced during the call 2-100,4-100 c. and
subsequently 8-100a9-100c. above tbe prices
of yesterday at the close. The Improvement
is to be traced to the rumors of the forth
coming unfavoraole agricultural report. At
the third call June brought 12 00c, July
12 12c., August 12 21c., and bids were re
fused of 11 91c. for S ptember, 11 50c. for
October, 11 33c. for November, 11 34c. for
December, 11 47c. for January, 11 60c. for
February, and 11 70c. for March.”
Weather Indication*.
Onricß Chief Signal Observer, Wash
ington, D. C., June I.— lndications for
Friday:
In the Bouth Atlantic States, local rains,
followed by clearing weather, westerly to
sou herly winds, higher barometer in the
northern portion, stationary or slight rise
in temperature.
In the Middle Atlantic States, fair
weather, westerly to southerly winds, higher
barometer, stationary or slight fall in tem
perature.
A Flailing mill Burned.
Chicago, June I.—The planing mill of
Kaezberg it Rtnn was burned this morning.
The foreman, John K. Gartlesezer, entered
tbe building to save some plans of which he
was the draughtsman, and was burned to
death. Three other employes were badly
burned. Tbe loss is estimated at $30,000.
Attempt* to Fire a Town.
Joliet, 111 , June I.— Three separate at
tempts were made last night at about the
same time by Incendiaries to burn this city.
Hamland & Clark, livery men, are the only
losers, their premises being damaged to the
amount of SIO,OOO.
Furniture Factory Burned.
Troy, N. Y., June I—The Seymour Chair
Company’s factory at West Troy was burned
to-day. Loss $85,000; insurance $49,000.
SAVANNAH* FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1882.
THE CRISIS IN EGYPT.
EUROPEAN CONCERT RESOLVED
UPON.
A Conference to be Held at Conutan*
tlnople Debates In Parliament
and the French Chamber ol Depu
ties—Grounds for the Porte’s Inter
vention.
London. June 1. —The Times, In a leading
article, says: “Yesterday the French Cabi
net proposed, and England agreed to re
commend, that the powers and Turkey hold
a conference at Constantinople to settle the
Egyptian question on the basis of the status
quo, namely: the maintenance of the sov
ereignty of the Sultan—the position of the
Khedive, the libertlee of Egyptians as guar
anteed by the firmans, the prudent devel
opment of their institutions, and the ob
servance of International agreements.
A dispatch to the Times from Constanti
nople says: “The representatives of Ger
many, Austria, Italy and Russia went on
Wednesday to the ”>rte and supported the
demarche made by the English and French
Ambassadors, advising Turkey to support
the Khedive, and to summon the disturbers
of the peace of Egypt to Constantinople.”
A dispatch to tne Standard from Alexan
dria states that the publication of this in
formation has had a good effect. It is felt
that Arab! Bey cannot long withstand the
pressure of the powers.
In the House of Commons this afternoon
Sir Charles Dilke, Under Foreign Secretary,
said that the government, at the suggestion
of France, had agreed to Invite the other
powers to a conference for a settlement
of the E?ypt!sn question on the basis of the
status quo. The government had already
proposed to M. de Freyclnet to take the
powers Into their confidence. It might be
objected that the conference would cause de
lay,but the government believed, on the con
trary, that it would expedite the settlement.
It had suggested to the Sultan that It was
desirable that the Turkish fl ig be displayed
In Egyptian waters, and that a Turkish com
missioner be conveyed to Egypt thereunder.
Admiral Seymour, he said, bad been In
structed to take steps to protect the
canal. The papers on the subject would be
presented Immediately.
Mr. Gladstone said he did not apprehend
anv immediate necessity for landing troops.
Mr. Gladstone said that wbat was most
apprehended by the European residents in
Egypt as likely to endanger their
safely was a European military Interven
tion. He did not apprehend any im
mediate necessity for landing troops.
The government consider themselves
pledged to uphold the present Khedive. It
was feared that Intervention bv Europe in
stead of by Turkey would icflime ana’i
elsrn. There was no reason to consider the
life of the Khedive or the lives of Europeans
endangered. The rumor that Indian troops
were about to be brought to Egypt was
without foundation.
Sir Charles Dilke stated that there were
French and English gunboats at either end
of the Sutz canal. The question as to the
Presidency of the conference was Dot yet
decided. Turkey had been invited to par
ticipate. The government rec jived a com
municitlon from M. de Freyclnet to-day tes
tifying to the complete concord of views
between France and England.
Mr. Gladstone said a telegram had just
been received which announced that Arab!
Bey hal completely thrown off the mask,
aud would probably act on the pretended
deposition of Tewiik Pasha and proclaim
Halim Pasha Khedive. Mr. Gladstone stated
that the government considered themselves
bound to support the present Khedive, be
cause he bad, as far as they could judge,
behaved with perfect honor and good faith.
Mr. Ahmead Bartlett asked If the de
cision of the conference to be held at Con
stantinople would be enforced by arms.
Sir Charles Dilke replied that that was the
very question on which the conference was
called together.
In the House of Lords, the Marquis of
Salisbury said ho had received information
that six hundred soldiers were employed In
erecting earthworks around Alexandria, and
tnat the British Government would nov per
mit the fleet to interfere. Lord Salisbury
remarked that if they allowed these works
to be continued, grave consequences might
result. He hoped the conference at Con
stantinople would be a short one.
Lord Granville replied that the govern
ment were fully aware of all the circum
stances, and must be left to ju Ige how best
to fulfi 1 their duty.
Paris, June I.— ln the Chamber of Depu
ties to-day, M. de Freyclnet, replying to an
Interpellation relative to Egypt, defended
the resort to European concert. Any other
course, he declared, must lead to complica
tions. The idea of French military inter
vention In Egypt had no place whatever in
the government’s plans.
M. Gambeita asked what course the gov
ernment would take, if its proposals were
disregarded by the conference.
M. de Freyclnet replied that If anybody
thought France ought to undertake a mili
tary expedl‘lon, the Chamber must judge
between such a policy and that of the gov
ernment.
M. Uambetta declared that he could not
hear without protest that France would
never Intervene.
M. de Freyclnet explained that he meant
that France would never agree to settle the
Egyptian question by her own isolated ac
tion. Ia entering the European concert
France has accepted the duties which the
decisions of Europe might entail.
M. Gambettasald the government bv such
prior declaration had revealed to Europe
the secret of her weakness.
M. de Frevclnet made an explanation of
the objects cf the conference similar to that
made la the British Parliament.
The order of the day pure and simple was
moved by M. Clementeau acd was rejected
by a vote of 323 to 176.
An order of the day expressing confidence
In the government was adopted by a vote of
298 to 70.
Vienna, June I.—An invitation to the
conference at Constantinople to consider
the Egyptian question reached the Austrian
Cabinet to-day.
Cairo, June I.—The Khedive has re
ceived a telegram from his agent at Con
stantinople, stating that an Ottoman com
missioner will 6tart for Egypt to-morrow
without waiting for the conference.
QUEEN CITY JOCKEY CLUB.
Tbe Results of Yesterday’s Events.
Cincinnati, June I.—At Chester Park
to day, the first race, for a club puree of
$250, one and a quarter miles, Sanntei won,
Nancy Lyle second, Glendower third. Time
2:25.
The second race, for a club purse of S2OO,
one mile, Lord Edward finished first, but
was disqualified for fouling Maniac. This
decision gave Maniac the race, and placed
the Tom Bowling colt second, Watchman
third. Time 1:57&.
In the third race, the Merchants’ stake,
mile heats, the following Is the summary:
Bibcock 1 1
Lute Fogle 2 2
Darley 33
Time 1:553^—1:56.
OUTRAGES IN IRELAND.
A Theory of a Wise Ex-myor of
Liverpool,
London, June I.—Mr. Forwood, late
Mayor of Liverpool, writes to the Times that
his experience during the Fenian activity
convinces him that the outrages In Ireland
are perpetrated by hirelings of the small
knot of Fenians in America. To suppress
these, he 6ays, American co-operation is
indispensable. This can only be secured by
showing that the American conspirators are
a distinct organization from the Irish
Nationalists, and can be dealt with without
interfe ing with the Irish vote. England
has a right to ask America to strangle
Fenianlsm in tbe place of Its birth.
misnomer Successfully Pleaded.
New York, June I.— Judge Benedict to
day discharged from custody Charles H.
Smith, Indicted with Brockway, In Washing
ton, under the name of Smytbe, for counter
feiting United States bonds. The ground
of discharge was misnomer. The District
Attorney announced his intention of having
anew indictment drawn at once covering
the variation of names.
Striking Hod Carrier*.
Washington, June I.—The hod carriers
of Harrisburg struck to-day for an advance
of twenty-five cents per day, and building
operations stopped. They had been receiv
ing $1 75 per day.
Diuenbower In Wtaslilngton.
Washington, June I.—Lieut. Danen
hower arrived to-day, and to-night he held
a reception at Willard’s Hotel, where he
wsb overwhelmed with congratulations and
compliments.
THE WHISKY RING.
Tbe Investigation Continued.
Washington, June I.—-Senator Windom’s
whisky ring Investigating committee to-day
heard J. M. Atherton, of Louisville, Ky.,
whose utterances to a Louisville Oomtner
cial reporter, called this committee Into ex
istence. Witness Isa member of the execu
tive committee of the Kentucky Distillers’
Association, and gave the committee a his
tory of the formation and purposes of that
association. Their Income was derived
from membership dues, which are $25
per annum for each member. The associa
tion employed Colonel Wharton for one year
from January, 1882, at a salary of $5,000, to
look after their interests and represent them
before Congress. The association had never
employed anyone else or paid any money to
secure influences in Congress or elsewhere.
When witness was in Washington in
January last offers of assistance
were made by certain gentlemen In pre
paring a bill to be presented to Congress,
but their offers were declined. Witness was
asked who the parties were, and positively
declined to give their names.
Mr. Hawley said it had been reported that
applications were made to distillers for em
ployment In pressing these matters upon
Congress, and by newspaper men amoDg
others. It was Intimated that the distillers
were told that If they did not make dis
bursements in some form to press corre
spondents among others, the measure sought
would be defeated. Now, some of the gen
tlemen of the press,and they as a body are as
honorable as the people of any other pro
fession, said that If an Investigation should
be made they hoped that any suc-h conduct,
if such there was, would be fully exposed.
This they desired for the honor of their
calling, and Mr. Atherton will oblige them
by exposing any attempts or suggestions of
the kind.
Mr. Atherton explained that he had never
been approached by newspaper correspond
ents on the subject, nor had he ever received
from any newspaper man au intimation that
if certain correspondents were not feed, they
would kill the bill. Any such assertion was
u'terly false. The gentlemen who had made
offers of assistance had done 60
In good faith. He presumed, of
course, they expected, If retained,
to be paid for their services, but they had
not mentioned the name of a single Senator,
member or government official or intimated
that they might improperly control any in
fluence in Congiess. If such had been the
case he could not hesitate to expose them,
but he did not feel justified in dragging
in the name of honorable gentlemen
and exposing them to unjust censure.
Argument and persuasion failed to move
the witness from this position, and when the
commission adjourned it had gained no
further information. The commission is
now considering the advisability of adopt
ing compulsory methods of extraction.
THE IRON TRADE.
An Army of Workmen on a Strike.
Pittsburg, June I.—The fires In every
iron mill in this city, with one exception,
have been put out, and the mills have shut
down. The exception is the Union Iron
Mills of Carnegie Bros. & Cos., who signed
the scale last night. They will continue to
rnn, having contracts on hand that must be
filled. This is generally considered a
bad break, and is calculated to weaken
the lines of manufacturers. It is one
of the largest Iron mills here,
and has a cipacity of 300,000 tons a year.
The steel mills are running as usual. Many
of them have signed the scale, but as they
do not employ many puddlers It Is not
thought their running will have any effect
on the situation. It is expected that most
of the sheet iron mills will sign within a few
days. It Is generally believed that the
strike will be of loDg duration. Those
mills which have suspended operations will
take advantage of the condition of affairs to
make needed repairs.
Washington, June I.—Reports from some
of the points where iron workers struck to
day, give tbe number of men out as follows:
Louisville, Kv., 250; Chicago, 1,200; Cincin
nati, Ohio, 1,500; Youngstown, Oalo, about
10,000; Pittsburg, about 30,000.
At Shamokin, Pa., the miners in the Back
Ridge colliery have struck for more wages.
The ironmasters at Cincinnati expect that
their workmen will resume very soon, as
the contract Is still in force between the
Amalgamated Association of Iron Workers
and the Cincinnati employers which was
made some months ago on the occasion of
the local strike. The present movement in
Cincinnati is not sanctioned by the union,
and all locil officers of the union are at
work. They have appealed to the officers of
the central organization to Intervene In be
half of the existing contract.
DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND.
Charleston’* Officious Postmaster
Arrested Under (lie Ka-Klux Star*
uies.
Charleston, June I.—W. N. Taft, the
Radical Postmaster of this place, who took
so prominent a part In Interfering with the
registration of voters here and arresting the
supervisor, was to-day arrested and held in
SI,OOO bond under the Ku-Ktux statutes of
the State, passed by the Republican Legis
lature in 1870. He Is chargedwith willfully
and unlawfully, with force and arms, as
saulting, intimidating, interrupting, and
Interfering with a number of
citizens duly qualified to register In or about
the 30‘h ultimo aud Interfering with them
in the exercise of their political rights.
The act under the statute in question is a
misdemeanor punishable with tine not ex
ceeding SI,OOO, and Imprisonment not ex
ceeding one year, or both, in the diicretion
of the court. Taft gave the necessary bond
and will appear for examination on Satur
day next. The State officials, who have
been persistently browbeaten and bulldozjd
bv'the Federal officials, have thus indicated
their Intention to strike back and to carry
the war Into Africa.
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
-- ■
A Sickening Story from North Caro*
Una*
Boston, June I.—A special to the Herald
from Asheville, N. C., says: “I. Estemen, a
well-to-do farmer, who lives fourteen miles
from here, went off on a spree yesterday,
accompanied by his daughter, Ruth, eight
years old. While the father was sleeping
off the effects of his potations the child se
cured the bottle of whisky, swallowed the
contents and made her way home, where
the father found her drunk. He roused her
and told her his intention to kill her. She
begged for life, saying: ‘Pa, don’t kill me
now, I am drunk; wait till I get sober.’
The infuriated man dragged the child out
of bed and beat her to death.”
New York Gaming House Keeper*
St ulcted.
New York, June I.—Charles B. Raison
pleaded guilty to-day in the General Ses
sions Court of keeping a gambling house
and was fined $250. Albert F. Smith, Geo.
Middleton, George Morgan and Burner D.
Eaton, also indicted on tne same charge, put
in similar pleas and were also fined $350.
These gamblers are the ones who won
money aggregating forty thousand dollars
from Geo. W. Tompkins, cashier of the
banking firm of Hatch & Peter, 25 Pine
street. The money was the property of the
firm, wh* brought suits against the
gamblers for its recovery, but the suits have
been settled, the money having been re
paid. This fact operated in mitigating
their sentences.
The malley Trial.
New Haven, June I.— ln the Malley trial
to-day, a bath house keeper at Savin Rock
and a boatman testified to having seen on
the afternoon of August 6th and the morn
ing of August 6th a white object floating in
the water and drifting towards the
spot where Jennie Cramer’s body was
found, which they thought appeared
to be the body of a dead girl. A servant
girl in the Malley’s employ testified to
haviDg seen James Malley, Jr., at home on
Friday night, where he took supper, a bath
and went to bed. Lu!u Malley, sister of
James Malley, testified to the same effect
as the last witness, and with even greater
details.
Fire in Cvuoecilcui.
Norwich, Conn., June I.— A fire at Put
nam early yesterday morning, destroyed the
Bugbee block, amoDg the occupants of
which were the city poet office and a num
ber of mercantile establishments. Loss
about $6,000; half insured. The fire is sup
posed to have been Incendiary and caused
by tramps.
THE FLORIDA CANAL.
SHIP TS. BiKHE CANAL.
Tliat “Great Tirol*” a nnh-Oie of
Ita Arcs Four Hundred ITHIes Out
of the Circle—The Cost of a Ship
Canal Carries It too Par south In
the Peninsula for Practical Utility
—Patronage too Scant for the Great
Investment—All the Bcqulrements
ITlet In a Barge Canal.
By a Staff Correspondent.
In concluding this series ot articles, it is de
sired to place in somewhat c’oser comparison
than heretofore, the relative advantages claim
ed by parties representing these too separate
and distinct enterprises, and in doing so it may
be thought proper, for the s*ke of brevity, to
ignore the harmony usually secured by supply
ing the connecting links of a subject. Since
the articles were commenced considerable in
terest has been manifested In the success
of the barge canal, and in addition to approv
ing letters from various Quarters, a large
amount of printed matter relating to, or bear
ing upon the interests involved, has been re
ceived through tbe mails, some of it from un
known sources. Much of this it has not been
practicable to use in the limited space as
signed to the articles, but it is proner to ac
knowledge the valuable aid it has afforded on
various divisions of the subject. As attention
has been given almost exclusively to the a 1-
vantages of a barge canal, very little was said
about the proposed ship canal, which, no doubt,
many have considered as the same enterprise,
but the subject of controversy between two
parties differing in opinion as to comparative
feasibility; this is not the case, however, as
will be seen by what follows.
the ship canal.
In a column of matter clipped from the New
York Herald, dated Octobar 15th, 1879, some
one has enclosed us an interview by a corre
spondent of that journal with several parties
representing at that time the Florida ship
canal. From that interview we extract the
following dialogue, omitting the names of the
parries.
“General was found in his offlea, on
South street [St. Louis], and asked whether a
ship canal was intended across Florida.
“ ‘lt is, most emphatically,’ answered the
General. * * *
” 'Have you the money to build such a grand
canal as is proposed?’
■* ‘Yes.’
“ ‘Who has it?’
“ ‘I have it right here.’
“ 'Are you going to spend It right away?’
“ ‘No. There is a contingency. * * * *
Whose money Is it—the Frenchman’s or the
Americans? Was it raised in Paris or here ?’
“ ‘ln both places—we have the money.’
“ ‘What do vou ant from Congress.’
‘“Nothing whatever.’
“ ‘Why not ? I was told by Captain Rea.of St.
Louis, President ot the Mississippi Valley
Transportation Company—a friend of your
project—that it is absolutely necessarv, be
cause you are afraid the State of Florida char
ter will not sufficiently protect you in reference
to the question of national neutrality V
‘“Now what has neutrality to do with us?
Our canal is to commence and end in a sin-le
Btate—Florida; and in American waters neither
international nor inter-state affairs will con
cern us. My idea is that the prime questions
are—right to construct, place and money to
construct. We have them all except the right;
and allow me to say that tne legislative and
executive branches of the Btate of Florida are
in full accord with us. There is a question at
issue tnat will not be determined for some
days, and, while I would like to tell you mauy
things, I cannot do so till that question is deter
mined.’
“'Well, you cannot go on for some time, I
presume, because you await information?’
“ ‘Exactly so; surveys have been made, the
French engineers have made others—cursory
—and have gone back to report. I cannot tell
you what the report is. I can hardly say that
I fully know.’
“ 'What are the altitudes to overcome?’
“ ‘Our opponents say a hundred feet. I sty,
upon authority of the engineers, about eighty.
But the money is ready, and we are ready to
put a ship canal across Florida ’
‘“Where do you propose to cu! ?’
“ ‘I really do not know; but in the most
practicable place.’ * * *
THE QUESTION OF CUTTINO.
" ‘How about cutting through ridges, high
lands and timber*’
" ‘The further up Florida you get the nearer
you get to your object of connecting the At
lantic Ocean with the Gulf, and the more sail
ing distance around and insurance and time
you save. But, of course, the engineering
difficulties increase as you go from the low
lands or lower Florida to the highland* of
Northern Florida. The idea is a tide-water
canal.’
**♦***
“ ‘Why don’t you commence werk?’
“ ‘Ask me that two weeks hence.’
“ ‘Do the Florida people want it?’
“ ‘Yes; all except a few interested parties.’
“‘Opposing progress’ Who opposes pro
gress?’
“ ‘Naturally the railroads oppose a canal.
Besides there are people who' want a barge
canal, and who oppose a hio canal. They say
a barge canal can do all ihe business.’
“ ‘What is a barge canal ?’
“ ‘The same as the Erie Canal ’ ”
With all this readiness, "money in hand.”
abundant patriotism, perfect feasibility of en
terprise, Florida Legislature in accord, and
nothing whatever to ask of Congress,
nearly three years have passed, and not a lick
struck on the ship canal, which was, by this
time, to have revolution red the great trade of
the Gulf and the Mississippi. The “contingen
cy,” it seems, never happened, and, of course,
the wheels were never set in motion There
must have been obstacles to the shlpcansl
which were overlooked in the enthusiasm of its
friends and promoters, and we will see if some
of them cannot be brought to light.
Obstacle number one may be the fact, that
although theship canal was said to be a “pri
vate anterprise,” it nevertheless possessed an
unmistakable French accent, and a very slight
intimation from Washington would have been
sufficient to spoil the “contingency;” while the
Florida Legislature, aside from the diplomatic
international feature for future consideration
might have reflected that it would do as well
to place such a monopolizing power of trade
under the control of home influences. The fact
that trustworthy citizens were connected with
it, was not sufficient. The capital invested is
what governs in grand public enterprises, and
not the disbursing officers who may be changed
with every revolution of the wheel of fortune.
It may be that the French capital
ists also put on their studying
caps when the surveyors made their
report, and here, two serious obstacles were
presented: There existed a barge canal com
pany, proposing, with less than one sixth of
the money required for the ship canal, not only
to cross the same peninsula forty or fifty
miles north of the ship canal, but actually,
with no increase of that one sixth, to open a
land-locked water route all the way to the
mouth of the Mississippi. The serious nature
of these facts were probably paralleled by an
other reflection: True, they might possibly ac
quire the necessary franchises from the State
of Florida, but what security could the State
give to foreigners against future disrup
tion of friendly national relations? It
might do very well to invest money In canals
among such feeble nations as those of North
Africa and Central America, where French
power could be wielded in the enforcement of
their rights; but to venture so grand a specula
tion wholly within the territory of a giant
power, captious, aggressive and already com
mitted Irrevocably against foreign “entangling
alliances,” would indicate a degree of blind
ness and imprudence of which the astute
Frenchman could scarcely be guilty.
Here was presents i three very serious obsta
cles, and a fourth might be found in the luke
warmness of the Floridians themselves when
they came to consider that the great depth and
width of the ship canal across the backbone of
their tropical peninsula converted the South
ern section of it into an island that could no
longer be entered except over the most extf n
sive and costly bridges. Only where this mon
ster canal approached the tide water could
boats or ferries oe thought of as means of
crossing it, and throughout its passage of the
broad sand hills of the interior, from fifty to
one hundred miles, suspension bridges of great
extent would be absolutely necessary on all
important public highways, entailing a per
petual heavy expense not mentioned in the
cost of the canal, or to be assessed upon the
counties within whose limits they were con
structed.
A fifth obstacle arises from the fact that a
ship canal is practicable ouly at a point so far
south on the peninsula as to render failure in
its grand object of providing a shoft cut from
the Gulf to the Atlantic, and, at the same time
free from the dangers of the cape reefs inevita
ble. A great effort has been made to show
that it would save eight hundred miles of navi
gation between the Atlantic and the Gulf but
we have already shown that only a little more
than that distance is saved by the barge canal
located much farther north on the peninsula'
having excellent land-locked ports for the
safety of vessels entering the canal; whereas,
the ship canal, no matter which route it tabes'
can claim no safe harbor on either side, and
must construct them at enormous cost
Again, it has been claimed for the ship
canal that, with the Suez and Darien canals
connecting the Gulf and Pacific ocean stream
used by commerce, a “great circle” is formed
around the world, which is vaguely to be con
sidered a great commercial advantage, but
nobody seems to know exactly how. Great as
may be this advantage, however, unfortu
nately for the Florida ship canal, it appears to
be three or four hunt red miles out of the cir
cle, and ships would scarcely sail six or eight
hundred miles out of their way for the pur
pose of patronizing even so meritorious an
enterprise. On this point we quote the follow
ing from an article by Gen. Henry C. Wayne
In 1879:
“Others, of the same classes, throw out mys
terious inuendoes of some reciprocal influence
to be exercised by the Florida ship canal upon
the proposed interoceanic ship canals through
Panama or Nicaragua. The fallacy of any
such agencies is at once apparent, when we
recognize the facts that the east coast of Flor
ida Is about 81 degrees west of Greenwich, and
the mouth of the St. John’s river in latitude
30 degrees, 32 minutes; that Nicaragua is about
83 degrees west, in latitude 11 degrees, 30 min
utes, and Panama about 81 degrees west, in
latitude 8 degrees, 59 minutes. That is, that
Panama and Nicaragua are nearly on the same
meridian, or due south of the east coast of
Florida, with about l,Buo miles between them’
and the St. John’s river, the islands of Cuba
and Jamaica and the Carribbean Sea interven
ing. As well hint at reciprocal influences upon
the South Pole.”
While the Florida ship canal then is too far
north to form an arc in ' the “great circle”
passing through Nicaragua, Sue* and the Gulf
and Pacific streams, it is necessitated by its
coat to fall too far south on the peninsula to
command the trade it aspires to' control. It
ESTABLISHED 1850
has been shown that the canal must receive
the entire tonnage of the Gulf trade to pay its
expenses, and it has been shown with equal
force that a very large percentage of that
trade has not, and never will, have any use for
that or any other canal. This would narrow
its patronage down to a point that must so
greatly increase its charges as to do away with
the small advantage of its use. and if we edd
to this scant ness, the competition of a barge
canal emptying the commerce of nearly all
the Guif ports of the Union into At
lantic ports north of the ship cans',
it would prove a dire calamity
to the plethoric stockholders of that enter
prise. This is the really great obstacle to the
ship canal, and no doubt that which so su i
denly and effectually quieted the “boom” that
enterprise worked up three y*ars ago. General
Gillmore’s survey of Ckeflnokee (then in pro
gress) proving it to be a lake 117 feet above sea
level, affording an ample supply of water for
the summit level of a barge canal, and devel >p
ing a continuous waterway already connecting
the Gulf and Atlantic, enabled the ship canal
people, the State of Florida and all others in
terested to discern the fact that whether
the ship canal was ever constructed or
not the Okeflnokee, Atlantic and Gulf
barge canal was a foregone conclusion. No
thing short of exclusive pritHlege could now
save the ship canal, and this could not be
secured through the Florida Legislature, be
cause the barge canal assumed an inter state
and national importance that could not be
ignored or restricted. Beside, it would hwe
been exceedingly unwise and short-sighted
policy on the part of Florida to grant such
p-ivilege across the narrow peninsu’a. if that
exclusion was to prevent a barge canal passing
over her borders in the northeast, spanning her
interior, and lining the whole seacoast of her
middle and western divisions. Traversing her
territory from northeast to southwest, the
barge canal will drain and reclaim tor her
about 400.000 acres of excellent land, and render
accessible millions of acres, covered
with valuable timber now compara
tively worthless. Very little of this can
be claimed for the ship canal, which
on account of its great cost, must seek the ad
vantage of the shorte-t cut across the penin
siila. without regard to loc&l developments.
While the latter presents for State considera
tion a yawning chasm, one hundred feet deep
and two hundred broad, seventy-five or eighty
miles long, for the use of sea going ships alone,
the barge canal meanders a narrow, shallow
stream along her northern border, passes down
centrally through the State, connects the I tnd
locked waters of her southern coast, and bears
upon its bosom the trade of the mighty Missis
sippi valley The barge canal proposes to the
Stite of Florida no less than the location
through her territory and along her coast, the
grand highway of trade of the twenty great
States andTerritoriescomposing the Mississippi
valley, already with a population of 25 00 .000,
anu destined to contain double that number
within the next two census decades. Once con
structed and in operation, it will present the
most astonishing business aspect ever wit
nessed in this or any other country Hundreds
of barges will be seen passing daily—soma
from Minnesota in the extreme North, s'.me
from Colorado, Kansas and Texas in the West,
some from every locality af the great interior
of the valley, and some from the towns and
cities along all the Southern rivers intersected
by the canal. Its cheap transportation will at
tract mills and manufactories to its heavily
timbered forests, immigrants to its now cheap
and uncultivated lands, and thousands of labor
ers to its multiplying industries, while villages,
towns an t cities spring upas by magic through
out its vast extent.
It is well that the State of Florida ‘did not
strangle in the interest of a cut across her nar
row peninsula, this grandest opportunity for
development that she will ever have, and it
will be well for her if Congress shall be induced
to countenance and aid the movement now on
foot to set the wheels of this great work in
motion. l. C. B.
A SENATOR’S HONOR.
Tbe ITlcPberson-Cliatnbers Libel
Salt.
Philadelphia, Juno I.— The libel salt of
Senator McPherson against Julius Cham
bers, the correspondent of the New York
Herald, was brought to trial to-day. The
complaint was against an article In the New
York Herald, in which Senator McPherson
was said to be a stockholder in Shlpherd’s
Peruvian Company. When Senator Mc-
Pherson concluded his direct testimony,
counsel for Chambers said they were
satisfied the article was untrue as
far as It referred to Senator McPherson;
that it was published In good faith, but that
Chambers had been deceived by his inform
ant. At this point James B. Mantrope the
man from whom Chambers received his
Information and who was at that time con
fined in the Eastern Penitentiary,interjected,
“I deny it.” Chambers was the only witness
for tbe defense. He testified that he had
visited Mantrop in jail at a suggestion from
the .Herald office, taking him a let
ter which Mantrop had written
to Congressman Belmont, offering
to make disclosures. Chambers said he
supposed what he had written was to be
used before the House Foreign Affairs Com
mittee in the Shipherd investigation. The
jury found a verdict of guilty with recom
mendation to mercy. Judge Biddle im
posed a fine of one thousand dollars. The
fine was immediately paid.
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.
The English channel squadron has sailed
for Gibraltar.
The Maine Fuslonists yesterday nomina
ted Harris M. Plalsted for Govereuor.
The Senate yesterday confirmed John S.
Monlx as Postmaster at Newbern, N. C.
A parade of the Bicycle Club took place
recently in Chicago. Five hundred bicycles
were in the line.
Francis A. Prevost, Clerk of the Superior
Court of Baltimore, attempted to commit
suicide with a razor, and Is In a critical con
dition.
A dispatch from Berlin save: “Mach sur
prise is evinced here at the fact of the
United States Government having sent two
men-of-war to Alexandria. The Germans
consider American interference unneces
sary.”
Sarah Beckbardt, seventeen years of age,
committed suicide in Baltimore on Tuesday
afternoon, by shooting herself in the temple,
because her mother threatened to inform
her father of the tact that she had been out,
in continuation of picnic festivities, all the
previous night.
Mr. John Schole, aged fifty-one years, of
Brooklyn, while attempting to catch a
canary bird which had flown through a
second-6tory window of his residence into
the street, fell out and was seriously in
jured about the spine. It, is feared that he
nas also received internal injuries of a
severe character.
Anew locomotive just built at Pa’erson
at the Grant Works, and designed to use
naphtha as fuel, was placed on the Erie
track at Paterson and tested. Bteam was
got up with remarkable ease, and the test
was regarded as quite satisfactory. In a
few days ihe engine will be used to draw
some cars to test its power.
While mingling with the crowd at Gar
field’s tomb on Wednesday, Mr. O. 8 Pome
roy, of Btrongvllle, 0., was robbed of notes
and cash to the amount of $2,000. Accord
ing to the statement of Pomeroy, the
robbery was an exceedingly bold one. He
says two men crowded up to him, one threw
an arm about his neck aud choked his cries,
while the other went through his pockets.
Several thousand people were on the ground
at the time. The police have arrested three
men on suspicion.
A few davs ago two boys named Derrick
Pike and Fred Reusch were playing in a
boat a few rods above middle Genesee Falls,
near Rochester, N. Y. The boat by seme
means became loose and drifted into the
stream, which is very much swollen. The
boat was seen to go over the middle falls,
containing the two boys and a dog, and the
empty boat was seen to go over the brink
of tne lower falls. The boys did not come
to the surface, and must have been almost
instantly swept over by the current.
New York Stock market
New York, June I.—Stock speculation
opened generally weak, with prices % to %
per cent, lower than the closing quotations
of yesterday, the latter for Michigan Cen
tral, New York Central, Chicago and Bt.
Louis preferred. In the early trade the
maiket was weak, and recorded a dicltne of
3 i to 1# per cent., in which New Jersey
Central, Missouri Pacific, Denver and R>o
Grande and Wabash pre fei red were pronl
nent. The mai ket after this became strong,
and in the early part of the afternoon an
advance of to % per cent, took place,
New Jersey Central, Northwestern preferred
stnd common, Michigan Central, Mlssouil
Pacific and Texas Pacific being conspicuous
in the upward movement.
Subsequently there was a reaction of %
to 1% per cent., in which New Jersey Cen
tral, Denver and Rio Grands and O.rgon
Trans continental were moat promtneLt A
general recovery of % to l>g per cent, to-k
place in the late trade, New Jersey Central
leading the upward turn, but the market in
the final dealings again sold off % to I>£ per
cent., New Jersey Central leading me de
cline. The market closed weak with prices
K to 1% per cent, lower than yesterday’s
closing figures, the latter for Denver and
Rio Grande. Transactions aggregated
215,000 shares.
Tlie mauebeater Summer meeting.
London, June I.—At the Manchester
summer meeting to-day, the race for the
Manchester cup was won by Lord Elles
mere’s (formerly Lorlllard'a) five-year- jld
chestnut horse Wallenstein, J. L. Davis’
four-year-old chestnut colt Cortlslmo sec
ond, and J. P. Kemble’s five-year old chest
nut horse Essayes third. Fifteen horses ran.
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Keller** Dirty Work—Tbe Galleries
snd tbe Row—Decoration Day—
Tbe Place Hunting Contingent.
Washington, May 31.— -At this writing tbe
Republicans, through the more than arbitrary
rulings of Bpeaker Keifer, have the upper hand
in the contest over the Mackey-Dibble case.
Keifer has entertained an amendment to the
rules which cuts off filibustering, and which
amendment is in direct contradistinction to the
rules themselves. That is, simply and without
any unfairness in the statement, the position
of Mr. Keifer. He has simply, though in a
more glaring form, stultified the office that he
holds. Heretofore his characteristic has been
assininity; now this assininity has coupled with
it a purpose for political ends as full of small
politics as were ever indulged in by a ward
politician. But still the Democrats, despite
Keifer, keep up thd gocd fight. When they go
down the right will be so plainly on their side
that even the most rural voter cannot fail to
grasp it in its full details.
THE GALLERIES.
The galleries of the House have been, during
the deadlock, filled with beauty and other
things A deadlock is the thing that brings
out full galleries With a deadlock fun is ex
pected to be a hand-maiden, and she usually
is. There has been considerable fun during
the present deadlock, but not tbe amount that
is usually expected. The night sessions have
attracted the most attention. Eveiy session of
the House ar night has drawn to the capitol
thousands of ladies and gentlemen. It is true
that they do not remain long, but their pres
ence has been of such a c haracter as to Inspire
the members of the House in the same way
that a full house inspires the theatrical people.
They want to give them as good a show as pos
sible. consequently there h ive been during the
n'ght as well as during tbe day sessions legis
lative antics, all of which the galleries have
enjoyed.
DICORATION DAV.
Decoration day was observed In Washington
on tbe old routine plan. The Grand Army of
the Republic, which ranges in years from fif
teen to seventy, went out and partially deoo
rated tbe graves of tbe Union dead, as they are
distributed around Washington. Some other
people assisted them by their presence, but
really for picnicking purposes. All the rest of
Washington went on excursions down the Po
tomac or out into the country. This year more
than any other demonstrated the fact that in
the Northern mind Decoration day means a
holiday to be enjoyed as every one to his own
bent seents to determine. It thus becomes
simp y a day for rt creation and a “good time
generally”— in which it differs most materially
from tfie Decoration day of the South. Only
one branch of the government service—the
House of Representatives—failed to regard the
day as a holiday. From practical results ac
complished it would have been well had the
House done so likewise,
THEY ARE WAITING.
One of the most notable features iu Wash
ington jugt now is a class of men, office seekers
of course, who are awaiting anxiously the re
turn of the President from New York. These
men are to be seeu around the hotel lobbies
every night. They declaim that they only
await the return of President Arthur to see
their nomination for this or that place sent to
the Senate. “Just assoou as the President re
turns,” they sav, one and alt, “1 will get what 1
am after.” Tney will be disappointed, as they
have been often before. The President is a
slow-moving official; and these same men hava
been on the confident bench for weeks. It
only shows a streak of human nature when
they seizs u: on the absence of the President to
say that as soon as lie returns they will get the
“htiie place” that they have anxiously expect
ed for months. Potomac.
Two M<nlioilisi Preachers.
Savannah, May 30 .—Editor Morning Newt :
During “the late war,” while passing home
ward on furlough over the Central Railroad, I
noticed on a seat near me a venerable looking
old gentleman, the unobserved listener to a
very animated conversation between two tal
ented young ladies occupying a seat in front of
him. The interest he seemed to manifest in
what he heard attracted my attention, and
scanning him closely, I made up my mind that
a face so beaming with intelligence and man
ner, something like sweet condescenston,|be
longed to a good man, and one I might engage
in conversation with safety and profit. I made
the venture, anl a long, very pleasing conver
sation followed, much of which is still remem
bered. It was Bishop Early.
Passing over toe Pavunnah, Florida and
Western road a few days ago. a similar Inci
dent occurred—if not with a Bishop—yet, with
a man not less venerable, attractive and full cf
good works. As in the first incident. 1 engaged
him in conversation—found that he was a Pre
siding Eider ofthe same church, had been thir
ty-seven years a minister, and now over sixty
y ears of age performing the duties of a district
as large as the State of Massachusetts, in which
tie has built tbe only district parsonage in
Georgia, at a cost of two thousand dollars.
'J his parsonage is at Waycross, the headquar
ters of a district extending from Liberty coun
ty on the east to Dougherty on the west, and
south to the Florida line and St. Mary’s. A
native of Augusta, born in 182.', he has devoted
all the y ears of his manhood to the ministry,
and his beaming, intelligent conversation at
once convinces cue hearer that he is one of the
few who not only live “void of offense,” bat
seize upon every valuable moment for good
words and good deeds. It was Rev. John M.
Marshall. B.
Trescotl** Itootles* Krrand.
Panama, May 21.—Messrs. Trescott and
Walker Blaine have returned from their
fruitless and ungrateful task of endeavor
ing to restore peace among the bellig
reut republics of the South. They
have received from the Peruvian
organs, and also from Bolivian
official sources, nothing but abuse. With
the departure of the American commis
sioners the Indefinite occupation of Peru
begins, and it is safe to say it will not end
while the present generation of Peruviana
survives.
The Ilona parte Line.
Paris, June 1. — Napoleon , the organ of
Priuce Jerome Napoleon, has suspended
publication for lack of popular support.
Prince Napoleon has written a final letter to
the editor, declaring that bis sons will
always represent true Napoleonic doctrines
despite perfidious appeals to the worst senti
ments. This refers to Paul de Cassagnac’s
efforts to secure the resignation of Prince
Victor as the head of the Bonapartlst party
to the exclusion of Prince Napoleon.
Bate Hall Yesterday.
Philadelphia.— Athletics 3, Cincinnati
none.
Princeton, N. J.—Prlncetons 10, Dart
mouths 7.
New York.— Chicagos 4, Metropolitans 2.
Pittsburg. —Allegheny 6 11, Bt. Louis 4.
Worcester— Clevelands 13, Worcesters 3.
A New Kngland failure.
Boston, June I.—C. B. Darling & Sot,
dealers in liquors, have riled a petition lu
insolvency in Dedham. Their liabilities ex
ceed 1100,000, and their assets are 1,785
shares of stock of several mining companies.
A Holocaust lu Sweden.
Stockholm, June I.—The poor house in
the town of Oesthammerhas been destroyed
by fire. Twenty persons were burned to
death. The fire was caused by lightning.
Prince Charles of Prussia, who Is now in
his seventy-first year, Is an inveterate
smoker, and it is related of him in Berlin
that the other day he had made for himself
a cigar-holder with three openings, which
enables him to smoke three cigars at the
same time. The Prince is said to smoke
from eighteen to twenty-four of the strong
est Havana cigars dally, and occasionally to
fill his t-iple cigar holder with different
brands so as to increase the enjoyment of
smoking by a suitable mixture.
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