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m toc arrt. a*t hwmilk per Mure,
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• ---t „* w Npeeaai Notices )l per touare
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.•*. A4>rtiwo -at* of Ordißtnoa. Sheriffs
, Uer oflkmis inserted at the rate pre
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hat* boar* tag. For Real, Lent ead Found, 10
crew a line No eC-wlieem**.* inserted
t r >- tlMse Iwadiascs for Ires than 90 cents
- anew can to# (side by Post Office Order,
SUlWet Lwisr or MYrpre. at oar risk.
t 4 tarot* the saseruoa of ur edvtr
etrs-nt on any rpretfled day or days, nor
% • irnarr tin number of insertion wita
- the time matured by the advertiser,
i rert’.i ewraw will, bowevrr. hare their
(SiiMrtvtt taMNt when the Mme
a op. bet when aoridattally left
eWt nnd the lumber of iiteerttocs• • fc.<
t n, A* Binary paid for the omitted in
•stawna att be returned to the advertiser.
AH MSan abenM be nddresnd^^
Savannah. Ga.
: af the ftd Ofict in Sarassai
4 Clear Mail Matter.
lirorvli Affair*.
( . on Improvement t'ompasjr contem
, b -Auaeat B HtaosviUe, Troup couo
, '••’{■* c.naery. with a capacity of
■, ire bates per lay. The eatablbh-nent
• . rer an acre •* trroun i, anl the ma
,erry w :i be so arranged that when the cot
- r u one it will eot stop until it
i- oat a reeked bale. The seed cotton
. v.th a rapnoty of one hundred bales.
< A*-d into bio*. and as each load cornea
, t tie <->ehed and placed in a certain bin.
, e t ,t - wl be so ar.anged that the cotton
,-ee he thrown in from the outside, From these
„ - ? e cotton will be carried by mechanical
. ~u> the c mnera. then to the gins, and
• sMy t< the prr-ea There will be connected
• ii, . ai-rry a large warehouse and shelter
ttf -tock and wag -ns in case of rain. The
18, that pr ,(• e to establish this public
-t n< .•*•••0 tfj’UtU'd under the laws of
Uavßachusetts. Mr. J. S Atkinson
, , bare -large of the machinery and Mr.
* r |t v w til be the general agent tf the
.■ . The site has been purchased, and
.at* for the butt Ung have all been pre
ti >1 work will be coin uenced th : s work
. <t| that the gin will be in operation
- , ;h- uanJ crossties a*e wanted for the
,twt, n and Oraralgaeßailroad.
i lottrcMtiy ha* made the recessary sur
. ~ 1 taken all the preliminary steps to
v rto irakiag the changes In the evunty line*
• • eg to the petitions of the people of the
to. r Colquitt’s littls son Walter was
■ y a calf on Monday, the blow cutting
- •? and in (I c ting an ugly and painful
; id extirstia will be run from Atlanta
-n 5.v -nr on the flfM tt&in to thatpoint
- >e Oti icea’l and Gc rgi* Road.
sr inml route from Wrightsville to
■ • the southeast pariioa of Johnson
ii be pn* in operation oa the l>t of
AEs. n, ... wvvnSjtif to recent surveys, is
,Kt feet above sen level
a John’s day was Masonic ally celebrated at
tnmew m> Friday evening, by a maguiflrent
ge John Slt< wtraker. of Riohmoad coun
h. ( i; >oey, of KcDulSe county, and
S vr ii. F.q ,of hichmoad county, are
.. Vrw of for the Judgeship of the Augu-ta
■ Superior C urt. Judge Snead declines
• al -in name to b* ned fer re-election.
-.. ir •> nters are still after the City Council
j ,---ta l thoii- h the tax on commercial
. v ,. . and there is little doubt of success
1 (at, the? wilt appeal to the courts.
Ta: -ilah Fal - arl New Holland Springs are
s • • m,-.* pi, • '\r places of resort for the
•ge Tv-on |• on shot and killed Join L
~ ,a Harr <* nrg, near Augusta, on
-, av eight l*i> kma. who teemed to be in
• *.■ iag humor, a vanend upon Thompson
kn > m one hand and a pistol ia the
-* i'caiing the cperaUon several times,
althonrh *a-*d off b? Thowpa n who had a
, h>,-h be had been practicing at a
nark FtwallT ?'>nki*s an and a friend of bis
•r Uta threatening advance on
i.pson, i b'ii the latter find, strikieg tbe
. - |, the abdomen, from the effects of
-be ,-4 almost instantly The jiuy of
• n- . -wed a venfict of justiSable bomi-
T , wi - k of gr-> ' og the Svvannah Valley
- - T>Mmr satisfactorily. A force
• can at McCormick and another fen miles
i- at are wotkirg towards each
r-iwdeed an 4 forty convicts are working
• v so, tta and North (levpa Railroad.
,* .'■vanuea have chows Uuoerwatorial
••e-si-'* Mp to gala. Tbeae c. unties rtaad as
H w. six for Stephens; Glynn,
r.an and K arty, two each for Bacon. Bibb
und fk'htey wet this wwk.
swren w M be run on all the night trains
> toy-a and Albany daily except Sun
'rain* v seeds Stephen* delegate* to
.-vrmtarul v\>a vent ton and rtcom
-v tta ad-- 1 ‘> wof tbe majority rule,
r- • tows at the junction of the C-ncin.
wnd tbe Georgia Pacific Bonds
• m named AaMelL. in honor of tbe late
■Wrcrs": Ansneli. of Atlar.ta.
v, kfOwt-i says tbe Macon and
-v , M-M- t will rearit Atlanta about
•r-d - hat a hof July excurskw will be
- ’•war* of Its In* through run
*>#i eiMSi-enerl vxetcwenof Washington
at tdwsoa. Hancock county, will take
• Wedneadsy. July Mh. An address
er* vered by Rev. A. J. Rattle. D D.
—t at Mercer Cniveraity. Tbe prises to
.x-essfu srß be dedtvervd by Hon. W. L
v %nd ;be -v-s isa wi I wind up by s
v M whteh the movieti talent of the in
tv, tw hrv-Mght prominently forward.
- at thanks far the courtesy of an in?i
--h. j-Twvi oa tbe trterestingoccaaton.
• Be JWemcry- "On Saturday even
-1-1. ae e gSneer on tbe 8 and T.
, : a -rurvmg ia the 5 o'clock train,
me by the heat and died at night
sects o' *. He had been in bed
•.* ' raw ttsne past ”
Tbe^wf gO—wtr Adilewlfrsi Society at
-e; ng Saturday appoHMed Dr. T J
•> . V J. J.n Krite-r and J. H. Barnes
-o— to the mryriag of the Georgia State
MtwmWnrri svwti, which meets at Marietta
■ eeri Twewbty la f ugnst.
A-- .prim of the Macon Mrjrsfi
* heard rvcrwt y that the beers of
• - Martin. <s weed, intend to commence
- iv sgeiww tbe city of Atlanta for Use
-v .-fab < f a-i containing two bun
iv.'fcnd a half aceta, lying it tbe
• ihe <a:t |- V. ’Sought that tbe Kim
- aides the Irrntory in -{ iMUoo "
- -r inri by over Ifiv c-tixenacf Ooch
sr ; TieuMqp was m at 9o Bon. A. H. Stet-h
--*;.• i him to address them at Ooch
te ; ;st- tl tame. K* replied stating
- he . ..1 nek do so at i resent, owing to hbv
vritn eti duties, but would certainly do
as (V* cress adjourned. He also
•■ • health ts better nj than it has
•a i*r the part thirteen year*.
r ft- arc? ban been selected as the
- "or R< p twsutlts from Bpald
a na* in th- r,xt Legislature an*
• c r* iutiov ac--ted: “That we
-a., tbs framer* of probibttion in the
- U R AW |R —j each
c a to tsses* ns in convention at
** -a tbe s<,l Fsiurday of July, and
- - me i’iij elect dee del*gates to that
—-Twtiaw tr wiani iiti > candidate for Fens
i- --SB, the Iw.mh KXtW Senatorial dis
an S-imeav a terrifle hail and windstorm
- through Heard county, taking Franklin
■ c am. oowtiwg from tbe north went- The
tn*H (he i hattahooeben river,
- tot i r, a Aha. whtch bad Jus* been completed
1 a !m* < f 9\<*a was swept awaT and torn
spwwea The shade trees were blown down,
at the M-wets of the town were blockaded.
N ®* -if tbe cWtw-ns sought safety by taking
r ‘' .* m the court he use. Tfce growing crops
•*** unsdefwbiy damrgyd by the wind and
"a. home of the huistoana were as targe as
*** *eta
N* M ccwwty has taken the lead in the
--wi movement in the State The Pro
Kt * invent*-* usvg.Met at Urtflln on
M Colonel 8. W. M nog hem pre
*e its drUberaticvjn The Committee
** i-te-ws reporte 1 a platform, the mos
n*, kut of which b the foiiowtng:
*e as* dm. f-w a general law p-ot,-biting
•t* foot traOt* anywhere in the Waif,
we -stag get that, than wa ask tor a
• ** W*; option’ law, no that by a vote
**f *nm.nnity nr locality may get rid of I
•hunt If we cannot get a general
' law. than, aa a las* n-aort, we ask that
• Mwiararv give us a chanoa and we’U
• u uaem on! of bpaldiag county.
. & " **A ttbr csiliaf bimstlf E
■ ) smt to Floyd county about two
r ~* r > *tnce Me was a man of good education
l-ensmg addrvns In June. ISM), he mar
era * a F atier. are Test, cf this county.
■ - twe months since he left home saying he
A return in * few days, tut has not been
been made I
“ ks hncoey. and nf-ratths deemed rrii-
; * hsw* received that he. uodar the name
• *•■<• Bonssnon, married, ta Rsptem
•!*a - Mrik Ha tha Riehar dv, ia Cherokee
vwwps, who is sttu bring Be to rn-
Savannah morning news
J. 11. EBTILL, PROPRIETOR.
ported aiso to have still another living wife in
Atlanta. He is about fifty tears old, six feet
high. has a bald head and pretends to be very
religious”
Columbus Enquirer Sun: “The railroad
which is now in contemplation between this
city and Savannah is quite a popular enter
prise. Americas has held an enthusiastic meet
ing indorsing the scheme, while the citizens of
Tattnall also held a meeting last week and are
enthusiastic over the project. If this road is
constructed, and our citizens take hold of the
matter with the proper spirit, more men can
be brought to Columbus than ever before—men
of character, men of means, representative
men. those who are united in building up the
country through which it passes. It Is hoped
that the committee appointed by the Board of
Trade will not find its time so occupied that
the matter will not receive their earnest atten
tion. It is a matter that should be pushed
through to a successful issue.”
An oleomargarine factory is Atlanta's last
material industry. A company has been or
fanix-d with J!0u,000 capital. Of this amount
IO.WO was taken in New York and the balance
allotted to Atlanta. Under charge of the com
pany that builds the factory will be a union
stock yard. The factory, grounds and outfit
will cost, it is estimated, JSO.uOO, leaving a good
working capital. Work will be commenced in
a short time. It is now said reliably that 2,C00
pounds of oleomargarine a week are sold in
ibis city, moat of which is consumed here. I
saw letters from two of our wholesale gro
cers who handle it in large quantities. One of
them wrote that nearly all the retail grocers he
sold to preferred tutterine to butter. It costs
the grocer eighteen cents a pound, and will
readily command thirty-five to forty cents.
Florida Affairs.
The cattle steamers and schooners from Ha
vana to Key West briDg Urge quantities of de
licious tropical fruits to Key West.
Pineapples, mangoes, sapodillas, sour sops,
av c )da pears, and other delicious tropical
fruits are plentiful at Ksy West.
Mr. 8. 8. Lowe, of Key West, has shipped
already this season, of his own raising, 182,000
pineapples. Other growers have also made
large shipments, making the total shipments
to date 360,000, most of them raised at Key
Largo.
The Island City Acte*, of Key West, has been
sold to Mr. Menard, of the custom house, and
from this on it will be conducted as a Republi
can pap -r.
Oen. Abe Sawyer has retired from the edi
torial staff of the Key West Democrat
Kt. Augustine Is very much in need of more
hotels, and the Frets can point out to capital
ists wishing to satisfy this want some eligible
sites for that purpose.
St, Augustine is manufacturing and shipping
large quantities of orange wine.
The St Augustine saw mills are kept very
busy, the demand for lu nber being great.
The Florida Pathfinder will in the future be
issued from Bt. Augustine.
The Escambia bridge by moonlight is the ob
jective point for Pensacola excursionists
The work on Escambia bay bridge, Pensaco
la and Atlantic Railroad, has been delayed
about two weeks by the striking of a soft bot
tom. which required the contractors to get cut
creosoted piles 70 feet long. This will postpone
the completion of the bridge until early in
August. .
The new grant opera bouse at Pensacola,
though not yet completed, has been engaged
for the first week in December by the agent of
Charles E. Ford’s Comic Opera Company. The
contract with the builders requires its comple
tion by the first of November.
Mr. John Hart, for many years Postmsste r
at Madison, Florida, has been removed and a
negro appointed in bis place. Mr. Hart lias
been a moat efficient officer,and the people of
Madison will, ore and all, regret hfs remova’*
He has been the local agent of the Morning
News at Madison for fifteen years.
Senator Jones, of Florida, received the de
gree of LL D. at the Georgetown College com
mencement on Thurs lay.
Orange City will be in telephonic communi
cation with the outside world shortly. The
company has decided to put it up at once, and
hu ordered the wire and instruments.
Micanopy's pecan orchards are laden with
fruit this year, and, besides this, she has six
churches, with preaching at each on the Sab
bath day.
An Alachua county civil engineer b lieves
that l'aire's prairie can be reclaimed at a cost
of *l2 OCO.
lion. Robert B Archibald, Jonathan C. Gree
ley. Joseph E. Lee, Arthur D. Bissnetc and
George R. Foster have been selected to act as
a Board of Examination, to examine all appli
c\nts who desire to compete for an appoint
ment to a cadetship in the Military Academy
at West Point; the examination to commence
on Tonrsdsy. the 13th day of July text, at
such place as the chairman of raid board may
designate.
Florida Time*: “James Paschal, Town Mar
shal of Hawthoroe, at the junction of the Pe
nin<ula and Florida Southern Railways, was
shot and killed last Saturday by John Fuliv
k>ve. On the preceding day the Marshal had
arrested Fullylove for disorderly conduct, and
in locking him up. it is said, relieved him of his
in >nev and pistol. It seems that Paschal de
nied taking the property, was arrested for lar
ceny. and bound over to the Circuit Court.
Afterwards they met in a barroom, where hot
words passed, and Fullylove shot Paschal in
(he ablomen, killing him almost instantly.
The murderer escaped.”
Key West Democrat-. “The Royal Ponaeanna
is. by all edds, the handsomest and most grace
ful tree we have ever seen when in full bloom,
as now. The tree sometimes attains a height
Of forty feet, and has large, spreading branch
es. These are covered with on* great mass of
(lowers of every hue. No bouquet ever gath
ered could equal it in choice colors Just
imagine, those who have never seen anything
of the kind, a bouquet full fifty feet across and
forty feet high, of the most gorgeo is ft jwers,
and you may realize one tenth of the beauty
and grandeur of this tropical tree. Language
otnnot describe it.”
The Sumter Advance says: “There is no town
in South Florida that can compete with Lees
burg in the wav of natural and artificial ad
vantages Its situation on Lake Astatula, or
Harris, and Lake Griffin affords transportation
to the Bt. John's through the Ocklaweha river
and the St. John's and lAke Eustis Rilroad,
and it will soon be connected with the Indian
river country bv means of the Leesburg and
Indian River Railroad The road is now graded
from near Wildwood, p intof junction with the
Tropical Railroad to this place. Our people, ith
a few exceptions, fully alive to the interests of
tbs town, have sdbscrihed nearly sufficient
funds to build a graded wagon road to Corley’s
Island, thus giving all south and southeast
Sumter an opportunity of bringing their pro
duce to martet at all seasons of the year. No
unprejudiced mind can examine Leesburg and
the surrounding country without coming to
the conclusion that it is a favored spot The
people are sociable, energetic and Intelligent;
the climate mild and healthful, and the whole
surrounding or untrv growing into one vast or
chard ef the citrus family, gives a reeommen ‘
dation to this town that can seldom be found.”
Political Assessments.
The Bes Lon Journal (Republican) Inllg
nantly ss\ s of the current political assess
men is on Ft deni employe 4 :
“It Is not easy to write with patience of
; uch a practice as this. That it has been
done before does not make It any more
tolerable. That It would be done hy the
n mocrata If they were In power does not
make It ary more right when done by the
Republicans. To call It a system of ‘volun
tary contribution’ Is the flimsiest of pre
•enscs. which Is not even Intended to de
ceive. Is there any Republican laborer out
aide of the government employ, earning
•me dollar and seventy-five cents a dy,
from whom the Congressional Committee
would look for a contribution to the cam
paign fund of ten dollar** Are there any
other wage earners who would be expected
to contribute a week’s wages each to war and tt e
political expenses of the par j And if
there are no other laborers or wage-earners
of any class from whom such contributions
or anything like them can be expected, why
are they expected from the empl yes of *e
navy yard.- * There is but one answer. Tte
Cong-essional committee anticipate tost the
men who receive the circulars wili not dare
to re'use the eontrlbnt'on which Is asked of
thrm. the circular conveys no open menace,
but between the lines every recipient will
retd a warning that If he does not comp’y
his place will be fllied bv eome one who has
a keener sense of his obligations to
the party. The dread of losing his
means of support will drive many a man
to reason that it Is better to give up one
week’s wages than It is to lose his equation
altogether. And It is upon this pl’lful hea l
rfcat the Congressional Committee build
their expeetatlons of receiving the bnlk of
the assessments which they have levied
upon even the meanest officeholders. This
Is despicable. It is a shame that the ser
vants of the government, under a well
grounded dread of losing employment, can
be called upon to stand and deliver by a
political committee.”
We like to see such Indignation. The
practice la certainly despicable, especially
as it is in direct violation of the Federal
law of 1876, and the law-breaking Is * v
proved by the President of the Lmted
elates.
What Akabi Looks Ljkb —He Is a man
of large physique, with rather a heavy face,
except bis eye, which looks as though it
might flash fire if he were once aroused.
But his manner was very quiet, and the few
words that he raid when 1 conversed with
him through an Interpreter was such as
might be uttered by any other patriotic
man He said he had come out this even
kg, though not feeling well, to do honor to
the memory of a men who hau freed his
country from a foreign yoke, perhaps think
ing In himself that what Washington had
done for America he might do for Egypt.”
—Dr. H. M. Field in 1M FmegditL
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
A Quiet Day in the Senate—The Im
migration Regulation BUl—Rea*
gan Scores Van Voorhla- Bank
Charters’ Extension—The Internal
Revenne Reduction Bill Passed.
Washington, June 27.—10 the House,
Mr. Rinney, of Massachusetts, from the
Committee on Elections, reported a resolu
tion in the contested election case of Stro
bich vs. Herbert, from the Becond district
of Alabama, granting leave to the contes
tant to withdraw bis contest without preju
dice. Adopted.
Mr. Thompson, of lowa, from the same
committee, submitted a report in the con
tested election case of Smith vs. Shelley,
from the Fourth district of Alabama, ac
companied by a resolution declaring the
seat vacant. Li<! aver for future action.
Mr. Page, Chat) man of the Committee on
Commerce, rising to a question of privilege,
sent to the Clerk’s desk and had read the
following statement relative to the passage
of the bill to regulate immigration: Oa
Monday, the 19. h inst., by unanimous con
sent, Mr. Reagan of Illinois, representing
the Committee on Commerce, moved to sus
pend the rules and pass the Honse bill to
regulate immigration. The bill, which
he offered, wss handed to him
by Mr. Van Voorbis of New York,
and purported to be the bill agreed to by
the Committee on Commerce. Mr. Reagan
and the members of the committee present
were misled in regard to the bill which was
passed, they supposing it to be a true copy
of the bill agreed to by the committee. The
committee recommends and asks that the
House substitute the true bill, now in pos
session of the committee, for the one passed.
Mr. Van Voorhis objected.
Mr. McLine, of Maryland, contended that
as the statement Intimated that the gentle
man from Texas (Mr. Reagan) had been im
posed upon, a question of privilege was
raised, and it was not competent for an ob
jection to be raised against the considera
ton of the bill. The Speaker took the con
trary view,
Mr. Page said that without intending to
reflect upon anybody, he desired to state
that tbe Committee on Commerce found
itself embarrassed from th fact that tbe
wrong bill bad passed the House, and he
deemed it just to the committee that the
House should consent to pass the bill as it
came from the committee.
Mr. Van Voorbis—For tbe last wepk the
newspapers have beeu filled with publica
tions such as the one I now send to the
Clerk’s desk. I do not blame the newspa
pers because the falsehoods in them
emanated from 6ome number or mem ers
of tbe Committee of Commrce. There
never was a falser charge made than that I
designed to derive any benefit in the pas
sage of a bill of euch momentous import
ance to the country.
He then sent to the Cletk’s desk and had
read, as “a specimen brick, ’ an article in
the Chictgo Tribune, alluding to his action
as a high-banded outrage. Continuing, he
said tbe provision of this bill, which is com
plained of. was one of the highest public
concern. I believe that every patriotic mem
ber of this House, 4f he will r ad the bill
and examine authorities and facts, will
*ee that this feurih section ought to be
pasatd exactly as tt is. In tbe concluding
portion of Mr. Van Voorhis’ rc-mnks h
made an a’tack upon Mr. Reagan, of Texa-,
characterizing his conduct; hb “sneaking,”
and the accusation of the gentleman from
Texas as one of ineffable meanness.
Mr. Hammond, of Georgia, immediately
demanded that tbe words be taken down,
and offered a resolution declaring that the
language used was ur parliamentary and
should receive the censure of the House.
Mr. Van Voorbis quickly withdrew the
offensive remark o , claiming that he did cot
know that they were unparliamentary,
whereupon Mr. Hammond, with ill con
cealed sarcasm, stating that it would be
cruel under such circumstances to press the
resolution, withdrew it.
Mr. Reagan expressed his rm >zement that
the gentleman from New York, instead of
meeting the statement presented by the
committer, had chosen to go out of his way
to a’teirpV to make an issue with
him (Reagan) and to charge
that he had caused newspaper
publications to be made, and was endeavor
ing to persecute him. He had enough of
propriety to know that, it would not be
proper to give to newspapers the contem
plated action of a committee on a subject
like this. He bad never said a word that
could be used against the gentle
man from New York, nor bad be
ever committed an act that could, in the
most remote degree, excuse or justify the
gentleman’s course. This morning tbe gen
tleman admitted his part in the transaction
and then under’ook to cast odium upon him
(Mr. Reagan) because; as was asserted, he
added in ex-cutlng his purpose, so that,
if bis sta’ement were true, its legitimate
and logical result would be to make him
( Mr. Jteagau) Infamous alorg with himself.
The gentleman bad said that on Sa'urday,
the 17th inst., they had talked over the pro
visions of the bill before the committee
and the bill as tbe gentleman desired that
it should pass. It was exceeding y ur.-
plea ; ant to have to fqmrely contradict
anybody, but he was obliged to say
that the gentleman came to him
that Saturday and desired to talk about, the
bill. He was > usy at the time, and the gen
tleman went away, and tbe subject of the
bill was not mention, and between them. Why
the gentleman should go so far back In
order to construct an argument to justify
h’s conduct m'ght be appirent at the bot
tom, while it was not apparent on tbe sur
face.
It was sufficient to say that the gen'leman
brought him the bill with the statement
that, It was the committee’s bill. The gen
tleman had criticised him for not knowing
the coa’ents of the bill he had offered. He
thanked God that his experience had been
with that class of men whom he regarded as
truthful. He had the gentle
man as truthful. If he had to look upon
every member as attempting to cheat and
defraud him, he could give faith to nothing
unless It, was proven. All he did was to ac
commodate the gentleman at his own re
quest. He had obeyed the gentleman’s wtsh,
had aided him, accepted his sugges
tions, believing them truthfnl, and had
acted upon them, and In return
the gentleman had leveled hts attacks upon
him Perhaps the gentleman thought that
by attacking the ex Pos*master General of
the Confederacy he could excite political
prejudice. Mr. R-agan continued at some
length, squarely denying many of Mr. Van
Voorhls’ allegations, and, at the conclusion
of bis speech, the immigration bill as agreed
to by the Committee on Commerce was
passed without division.
A motion to recommit the bill, with in
structions to the Committee of Ways and
Means to report a bill abolishing Internal
revenue taxation, except that on bank cir
culation and distilled spirits, was defeated
—yeas 56, nsvs 125. The bill was then
passed—yeas 127, nays 80.
It abolishes the tax on bank checks, capi
tal and deposits, matches, perfumery,
and proprietary medicine'; reduces the
special license tax on tobacco dealers,
and reduces to $4 the tax on cigars and
cigarettes weighing more than three pounds
per thousand, and to seventy five cents the
tax on cigarettes weighing less than three
pounds per thousand.
The bank charter bill having been
reached, most of the Senate amendments
were concurred In, including that author
izing the Secretary of the Treasury to ex
change 3 per cent, bonds for per cents.
The most Important amendment not con
curred In Is that relative to gold certificates.
Mr. Crapo gave as reason for non-concur
rence that he desired the provisions of that
portion of the bill broadened.
Adjourned.
SBXATB PROCEEDINGS.
The Senate during the morning hour took
up the legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill, the bill having prece
dence under the rules. No attempt was
made to resume discussion upon the politi
cal assessments, or that bankruptcy meas
ures and the items of expenditure were to
be considered paragraph by paragraph.
The Senate, after disposing of sixty-eight
of the one hundred and sixteen pages of
the bill, Informally laid it aside until to
morrow
The House bill to regulate immigration
was received and referred to the Commerce
Committee.
After an executive session the Senate ad
journed. _
Weather Indication*.
Omca CHiar Signal- Obsbrvkr, Wash
ington, D. C. f June 27.—Indications for
Wednesday:
In the South Atlantic States, local rains,
partly cloudy weather, alight changes in
temperature, stationary or a slight rise in
barometer, south to west winds.
In the Gulf States, warm sonth to west
winds, partly cloudy weather, local rains
east of the Mississippi river, slight changes
Id barometer and temperature.
Chinese Charity lor lowa Sufl'erers.
lowa Citt, lowa. June 27.—The Chinese
merchants of San Francisco to day tele
graphed $3,000 to Gov. Sherman for tie
sufferers by the late cyclone.
SAVANNAH, WEDNESDAY", JUNE 28, 1882.
BUSINESS BLOCKED.
The Freight Handlers’ Strike—The
Situation at Jersey City Unim
proved—The Pennsylvania Road
Alone Free from Trouble.
New York, June 27. —The freight hand
ler’s strike remains In the condition a* yes
terday, neither parties showing signs of
yielding. The strikers remain peaceful and
quiet. The streets in the neighborhood of
the various depots are blocked up with
trucks laden with freight. At Pier 39,
Pennsylvania Railroad, fifty Italians are at
work. Oae of the officials here said they
received all the freight that came yesterday
and expected to do the same thing to day.
Some Italians were at work to-day In the
New York Central and Hudson River Rail
road depot in Bt. John’s Park. No freight
was being received there, but an effort was
being made to handle that already taken in.
Thousands of dollars worth of perishable
goods are awaiting here to be removed. Tbe
Erie and Pennsylvania depot, near the
Batterv, are in the eame condition as yester
day, piles of freight and no facilities for
moving it.
The steamboat lines are doing an immense
business, and steps are on foot among tbe
striktng freight handlers to induce the men
who load these boats to join them in tbe
strike and thus make it impossible to move
freight either by land cr water. Is was
hinted at to-day by eome strikers that if
these men can be got to join them a further
increase to twenty-five cents may be de
manded.
The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Railroad Company have a few men at work,
and are moving a few trains. The Erie is
having freight bandied on two of i's nine
piers in Jersey City. On Dock C a large
quantity of west bound freight Is being
shipped with the aid of clerks from the va
rious offices who have been pret-sed Into
service to fill the places of the striking
checkers. The company resumed work last
Dight iu the elevator with a s*nall force of
men.
The Pennsylvania Company are appa
rently working more men than tbe other
three companies together, and are shipping
their freignt over the road with little ho
ticeable delay A strong force of regular
and special t ffleers protect the men, and
outsiders are excluded from their vard.
The Central Railroad of New Jersey are
working a large force. The Jersey City
Police Commissioners continue to swear in
all comers as special police. These men are
paid and fed by the and fferent railroad com
panies. Tne commissioners have a written
guarantee, signed by the officers of the rail
road companies, in which the latter assume
aDy expense Incurred by the special police.
Philadelphia, June 27.—Officials of he
Pennsylvania Railroad Company state that
their freight is now suffering but little de
tention in New York. The men who have
refused to work have done so voluntarily,
and no advance in wages has been made or
promised to them
COTTON SEED OIL.
The Crushers’ Annual Convention
New York, June 27.—The fifth annual
convention of the Cotton Seed Crushers’
Association was held here to-day, and was
called to order by Mr. Glldermelster, Chair
man of the local committee, who welcomed
the delegates to this city. Representatives
were present from Atkansas, Georgia, Lou
isiana, Texas, Illinois, Alabama, Mississippi
and Tennessee.
President Jules Aldige made an address,
reviewing the his’ory of cotton seed crush
ing for oil from 1834 until the Association of
Co’ton Beed Crushers was organ'z and. Sta
tistics showed that the reports of oil from
the States was for the season 1876-77. 39,281
barrels; 1877-78, 98,354 barrels; 1878-79,
127.5(5 barrels ; 1879-80, 147,241 barrels ;
DBO-81, 147,708 barrels ; while the exporta
tion from September 1, 1881, to June 21.
1882, is only 11,798 barrels, the failing off
being due to assaults from abroad.
A GAMBLER LYNCHED.
Hanged on a Sign After* Fatal Fa*
■Hade.
Raton, N. M., June 27.—Yesterday after
noon Deputy Sheriff Dolmann attempted to
arrest a gambler named Gus Mentzel. The
latter fired two shots at Dolmann, slightly
wounding him and Charles Fox and Jacob
Harris, who were standing near. Shortly
afterwards Dolmann made a second attempt
to arrest Mentzel at his gambling bouse.
Mentzel again opened fire on the deputy,
which resulted in tbe death of Harry Moulton,
a Justice of the Peace, Hugh Edels’one, one
of ihe proprietors of the Moulton Hotel, and
E 8. Jackson, a saloon keeper. All three
were instantly killed. H, Lltlmere and
Deputy Sheriff Bergan were seriously
wounded. Mentzel was then seized by an
enraged body of citizens and banged to a
sien over the Raton Bank. Deputy Sheriff
Bergan Is dying and the citizens are wild
with excitement. It is thoughts raid wtll
be made upon the gamblers here to-night.
A KENTUCKY TRAGEDY.
A Town Markhal Stab* a Citizen
and I* .murdered by Hl* ltela*
live*.
Mount Sterling, Kr., June 27.—At
Frenchburg, the county seat of Menifee
county, on Saturday, there was a Masonic
festival, and the town was full of people
Town Marshal James B. Day admonished
Joe Rothwell, who was noisy. Roth
well drew a pistol and shot Day
twice morta’ly. Day, in falling, se'zed
Ro'hwell ?,nd slabbed him six times. Roth
well died almost immediately. Then ffm,
Rothw-U, a brother of the dead man, and
Sam Itothwell, his cousin, appeared and
opened firs on Day, and shot him four times,
killing him They then moun’ed their
horses, fled and escaped.
A MYSTERY CLEARED UP.
Jbe Secret of an lowa Tragedy Re*
veals*.
Des Moines, lowa, June 27.—A young
man named Delalre was arrested in Polk
City last night on suspicion of being the
murderer of R. P. Stubbs, the Mayor of
that city, last April. Under threat of
iynebieg, Delalre confessed that a
gang numbering fifteen had plot
ted to rob Stubbs, and he brought two
desperadoes from Missouri named Wyckes
and Blackman to do the work, and that
Wyckes did the killing. The same party
robbed a bank safe in Kansas City some
time since. Delalre’s sister was working at
Stubbs’, and knew of money being In the
house.
THE RECENT CYCLONES.
Tbeir Sacrifice oi Life and Property.
Chicago, June 17.—1 tis estimated that
not fewer than one hundred and thirty per
sons have been killed by the recent torna
does in Kansas, Missouri, lowa, Nebraska-
Dakota and Minnesota, and that tbe total
amou'it of property destroyed will exceed
In value $3,500,000.
A Case ot Yellow Fever In New Or
leans.
New Orleans, June 27.—Henry Forbes,
a sailor of the steamship Marco Aurello,
which arrived from Havana on the 17th
lost., has been admitted to the Charity Hos
pi’al. He has a clear case of yellow fever.
Forbes recently (came from Montevideo,
and shipped at Havana. He was admitted
to the Charity Hospital on Bunday, and died
last night. Drs. Jones and Herrick, of the
State Board, and Drs. Cbaille and Bemiss, of
the National Board of Health, all agree that
the case Is one of yellow fever.
The Halley Trial.
New Haven, June 27.—1n the Malley
trial this morning Charles H. Bollman con
tradicted the Malley sisters in certain points
in their recent evidence as contrasted with
the evidence they gave at West Haven.
Mr. Doolittle notified the defense to be
read; with tbeir rebu .tal this afternoon, and
was informed that there would be no such
rebuttal.
A Horse Thief Lynched.
San Francisco, June 27.— A dispatch
from Fort Tnomae, Arizona, says that
officers left there yesterday iflth a noted
Mexican horse thief named Eplfance in
custody. When two miles from Smithvllle
a band of marked men took the prisoner
away and hanged him. The lynchers are
i opposed to be Mormons.
THE CRISIS IN EGYPT.
SIGNS THAT ENGLAND SEANS
BUSINESS.
Twenty Thousand Troops Ready to
baibark-TheChanael Fleet Paaeea
Gib ral ar-Arabl and the Rioter*—A
French View of Brtilah Diplomacy.
London, June 27.—The Times, in an edi
torial, says: “In view of information we
have received from various quarters, we
cannot doubt that preparations for tbe pro
tection of the Suez canal are maturing on
a considerable scale. We have reaeons to
believe that the First Army Corps and a
considerable part of the Second are at full
strength, and should it be necemry to
strike a sudden blow, there would be no
difficulty in dispatching 20,000 men to Egypt
In a few days. Egyptian unified stock has
fallen 15 per cent, since the last stock ex
change settlement.”
It is stated tl at General Sir Evelyn Wood
has been ordered to be ready to proceed to
Egypt.
A dispatch to Reuter’s Telegram Com
pany from 8 mla couflrms tbe report that
tbe government is communicating with
India with regard to tbe dispatch of Indian
troops to Egypt.
Alexandria, June 27.—The British Vice
Consul here has resigned. A consular offi
cial bas advised Engiiehmeti, who desire to
remain here, to take up their quarters In
the Eastern Telegraph office, as news might
arrive at any moment from Constantinople
which might cause a popular outbreak.
Arabl Fasha declares that the natives im •
plicated in the massacre at Alexandria on
tbe 11th Inst, shall not be punished, unless
the Europeans who fired upon the rioters
are also punished. All the Ministers except
Ragheb Pasha and Arabi Pasha went to
Cairo last evening.
Malta, June 27.—Preparations are mak
ing for the embarkation of troops in the
event of necessity.
Paris, June 27. —La iJberte remarks
that the diplomacy of Eogland has pro
duced an unpleasant Impression in France.
England, it says, is not to be blamed for
following tbe policy of each for himself.
It behooves France to adopt the same course
iii Egypt.
Constantinople. June 27.—The confer
ence held its third sitting to-day. After the
sitting the Secretary of the Bult#n had a
long conference with Lord Dufferiu, the
British Ambassador.
Gibraltar, June 27—The British fqmd
ron, ci mmanded by tbe Duke of Edinburgh,
consisting of eight men of-war, has arrived
here from the west. The torpedo depot
ship Hector arrived here to day. All pro
ceeded eastward.
SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE.
The Called Session Opened.
Columbia, June 27 —The Legislature met
In extra session to day, pursuant to the call
of the Governor, to redistrict the S ate. A
bill was Introduced in the House to amend
and declare the law relating to the chal
lenge cf jurors by the S.ate in criminal
cases, and to declare the Jaw In relation to
standing aside jurors in certain cases. A
resolution was offered to adjiurn sine die
on July 7.
A caucus of Democratic members was
held to-day, and tt was the general opinion
that no matters will be taken up save those
which relate to redistricting, and that tuch
modifications of the election laws will be
made as to correct certain clerical errors
In tie set fixing polling precincts, and
give precinctß in certain counties which,
were intended to go in the set, and add
others where the requirements of voters
made it necessary. It is not likely that
any change will be made In the registration
law, and it is pretty certain that the stock
and liquor laws will not be allowed to come
up for consideration.
MURDER AT SEA.
An Engineer of the Morgan Line
Kick* a Fireman to fleaili.
New York, June 27.—John Miller, chief
engineer of the steamer City of New York,
of the Morgan Line, was arraigned in the
Tombs Police Court this evening charged
with baring on the passage of the steamer
from New Orleans, on Thursday last, kicked
Patrick Walsh, a fireman, so brutally
that he died soon after. Walsh com
plained of sickness, and said he could not
work. Miller compelled him to go below.
Tbe latter claimed that he thought Walsh
feigned illness in order to get rid of bis
work. The court directed Miller to be
taken bsfoie a United States Commissioner,
wbo would adjudicate theca6e.
Cotton Fnturea In New York.
New York, June 27.—The cotton re
port says: “Futuie deliveries, more espe
cially as regards the present crop, continue
In good request. The fluctuations are
greater than usual, but efforts to run prices
down thus far have proved unsuccessful.
The course of the market cannot be better
described than by stating that August be
gan selling at the first call at 12 57c., ad
vanced to 12 62c., and e’esed at 12 59c., that
sales were subsequently made at 11:20 a. m.
at 12 55c.. but at 1:40 buyers had to pay
12 64c.
“The higher Liverpool quotations, the
advance of spot cotton here, and the small
receipts are, no doubt, contributing their
share to the continued advance of futures,
but the feeling, generally, has apparently
changed. There is evidently aleo a larger
short interest than has hitherto appeared
possible. The third call showed a decline
of 3-lOOc. to 4-100 c from the highest point,
and for October a decline of 6 100 c. July
was bought at 12 50c.. September 12 30c.,
October 12 73c. to 12 72c , November 12 56c ,
December 12 58c., and January 12 69c.”
New York Stock Market.
New York, June 27.—Stock speculation
opened irregular, but prices in tbe main
were % per cent, lower than yesterday’6
closing quotations, the latter for Ohio and
Mississippi. In tbe early trade a general
advance of % to % per ffent. took place,
New Jersey Central leading therelD, after
which the market became weak and fell eff
M to 1 per cent., New Jersey Central and
Delaware and Hudson being most con
spicuous in the downward movement. After
this the market, although dull, became
s'rong, and In the early part of
the afternoon an advance of }{ to 1)4 per
cent, was recorded, In which Nashville and
Chattanooga, Louisville and Nashville, Lake
Shore and New Jersey Central were promt
nent. This was followed In the late trade
by a decline ranging from to )4 per cent.,
Michigan Central, Louisville and Nashville,
Wabash common and Nashville and Chatta
nooga being most conspicuous therein. In
the final dealings some shares recovered a
small fraction, but the market in the main
closes weak, with prices generally H to X
per cent, below yesterdav’s close, the latter
lor Northwestern. Boston Air Line prefer
red, however, was 2)4 per cent, higher.
Transactions aggregated 183,000 shares.
Base Ball Yesterday*
Bt. Louk.—Browns 8, Eclipses 5.
Cleveland.— Troys 2, Clevelands 0.
Buffalo. —Bostons 13, Buffalos 8.
Chicago—Chicago* 8, Providences 1—
eight innings
Detroit.—Detroits 11, Worcesters 0.
New Haven.—Yales 9, Princetons 5.
Teller Owen’a Haul.
Bt. Louis, June 27.—Mr. Ellis, the
government back examiner, thinks tbe
embezz’ement of Owen, the receiving teller
of the Third National Bank of this city,
will amount to $200,000, but will not Impair
the capital or affect the soundness of tbe
bank.
Schooner Aalaor*.
Port Rotal, 8. C.,June 27.—The schoon
er Nellie Morse, Capt. Anderson, from
Beaufort for Boston, with a cargo of lum
ber, is reported ashore on Bay Point beach,
leaking badly. She will probably get off on
the next tide and come to Port Royal to dis
charge ber cargo and repair.
An Atlanta Editor Cowblded.
Atlanta, June 27.—W. L. Clark, editor
of the Bepublican, was cowhided by Edward
McCantress this morning. Clark stated in
his paper that In the Shields trial the evi-.
deuce of McCantress and Venable was not
genuine, but was strained and improbable.
Killed by an Officer.
Leadvillk, Col., June 27.— Thomas
O’Conner, a well known veterinary Burgeon,
was shot and killed yesterday afternoon by
officer Townsend. O’Conner resisted arrest
and fired once at the officer.
That Hatband of Ulna
Is three times the man he waa before he
began using “Wells’ Health Renewer. sl.
Druggists. —.
THE TURF.
of Yesterday** Event* at Co
ney Island and Chicago.
New Toes, Jane 27.-—At Coney Island
the first race for three-year-olds, one mile,
Hilarity won, Jim Farrell second, Peek
third. Time 1:46%.
The second race, selling allowances, one
and one-quarter miles, Sol Sprague won,
Strathspey second, Warfield third. Time
2:12.
The third race, a handicap sweepstakes,
for two-year-olds, three-quarters of a mile,
Wood flower won, Bella second, Magnate
third. Time I:l7s£.
The fourth race, for all ages, one aDd
five-eighths of a mile, Eole won, Nettle
second, General Monroe third. Time 2:55.
The fifth race, a selling race, one mile,
Blenheim won, Edwin A. second, Baby
third. Time 1:46^.
The e'xth race, a steeple chase, over the
short course, Kitty Claris won, Bernardlne
second, King Datcbman third. Time 4:58.
Chicago, June 27. —The first race, for
two-year olds, five-eighths of a mile,
Ascender won, Barnes second, Pearl third.
Time 1:08
The second race, for all ages, one end
one-eighth miles, Flander won, Tom Bar
low second, Churchill third. Timel:s7^.
The third race, for three-year-olds, one
and one-fourth miles, Tom Plunkett won,
Gunner second, Harry Gilmore third. Time
2:l3J*.
The fourth race, for all ages, five eighths
of a mile heats, Bellboy won the first heat,
Mamie W. won the second and third heats.
Time 1:0-4; l:08t<.
BRITAIN’S REALM.
An Important coincidence—The De
bate on the Repression Bill.
London, June 27.—The House of Com
mons this evening resumed considera
tion of the repression bill. Clause four
teen, providing for the apprehension of
absconding witnesses, was adopted by a
vote of 193 to 37.
Tbe Daily News says : “The examination
of the weapons left behind by the murder
ers of Mr. Bourke and Trooper Wa'lsce,
near ArdahaD, Ireland, on June 8, shows
that they bear the same private marks as are
borne by the rifles seized at Clerkenwell.”
In tbe House of Commons last evening
the Irish members violently attacked tbe
new land corporation in Ireland.
Mr. S-xton declared that it was a diaboli
cal scheme for depleting the population.
Mr. Dillon implored the government to do
something to bring about a truce in Ireland.
Mr. Trevilyan, Chief Secretary for Ire
land, replied that the government would not
Interfere with any private association of
landlords or tenants as long ss it kept with
in the law.
MONROE COUNTY.
Forsyth A Prosperous Region A
model Journal.
Fobsvth, Ga., June 24.— Editor Morning
News: Forsyth is the first point of importance
on the Central Railroad, beyond Macon from
Savannah, and is said to be located on the
highest elevation of any town between Macon
and Atlanta. Whether or not this is the case
I have no means at preeent of determining,
but its site is certainly a commanding one as
regards the surrounding country. Looking
from a second stery window of the town, the
view for miles in every direction is unob
structed, the blue hills of Crawford couu'y
bounding the horizon on the south and east,
and those of Upson and Butts on the north
and west. The healthfulness of the locality is
beyond question, there being no body or stream
of water of any size nearer than the Ocmul.
gee river, ten or twelve miles distant. In this
connection I may add that the voice of the
mosquito is rarely heard tn this part of the
land.
Forsyth has four churches—two owned re
spectively by tbe white Methocists and Bap
tists, and the other two by negroes of the same
denominations. In addition to good primary
schools, this is the seat of the Monroe Female
College, which is the denominational female
college of the Baptist Church in Georgia. The
college building was unfortunately destroyed
by fire some time since, but the friends of the
In-titution are making strenuous efforts to re
build it, and the work has already begun.
The business portion of Forsyth consists of
neat brick structures—several destructive fires
having convinced property owners that they
were cheaper in tbe long run than the frame
buildings usually run up in small towns. The
merchants and professional men of the town I
found to be Intelligent, courteous and enter
prising.
Monroe county, of which Forsyth is the
county seat, is known as oneof th j leading ag
ricultural counties of the State. Her citizens
appear to be of the very best class of Georgia
farmers—men who by honest toil have sur
rounded themselves with most of the comforts
and many of the luxuries of life. While the
cereals and cotton are made their staple crops,
one has hut to look around to see that they do
not neglect their orchards, vineyards, melon
patches, beehives and other similar industries,
which may be said to make up tbe comforts of
a country home in Middle Georgia. The soil of
this section, owing to the underlying subsoil of
clay, is of a deep red color, and when wet is
very tenacious. This clay renders the land
capable of unlimited improvement, however,
by holding the fertilizers put upon it. The
crops of Monroe alreaoy matured are larger
than for years psr, and as the outlook for
those yet to ripen is extremely promising, it
may he truly said that “peace and plenty
crown the smiling land."
fn conclusion, let me say that among other
advantages enjoyed by Forsyth and the sur
rounding country is the possession, in the
Monroe Advertiser, of a first class weekly
newspaper. This paper is owned and edited by
John T. Waterman, Esq., who has for years
been recognized by the press of the State and
the readers of the several papers with which
he has been connected as one of Georgia's very
best newspaper men. He has edited several
papers with marked ability, and it may be said
with the strictest adherence to truth that no
paper with which he was connected ever failed
to take the highest rank in all the essentials
that go to make up a first-class family news
paper. From the contents of his last issue it
may be seen that, while fully alive to
all the political topics of the day,
that the conservation of the fruit crop is, in
his estimation, paramount to the question of
the Gubernatorial nomination, at present so
unnecessarily agitating some of the State
press. In brief, Mr. Waterman makes the ma
terial development of the State at larae and of
his own section particularly, one of the princi
ple features of the Advertiser.
The Morn i no News I find is recognized here
as elsewhere- as the safest and most reliable
paper in the South—the leading paper of the
empire State. L. W. 8.
Mr. Stephens Improving.
Savannah, June 27.— Editor Morning News:
I have just received a letter from Hon.
Alexander II Stephens, bearing date of 25 h
instant, in which he says: "My sprained
ankle is mending, though slowly. I am
now able to attend the dally sesslous of the
House." Knowing that the great commoner
has a great many friends among the sub
scr bers of your valuable paper, I thought
you might like to insert the above, hence it
is at your disposal. Very respectfully,
C. C. H.
Marvelous Story of a Silver Mine.—
The earliest settlers of Cherokee county,
Alabama, used to hear strange and marvel
ous stories from the Indians of a great sil
ver mine, which was said to be located on
the banks of the Chattooga river, in the vl
clnity of Gaylesvllle, but they could never
be induced to point out the exact locality.
Few believed the story, though the Indians
displayed many roughly carved ornaments
of silver, which they said were taken from
the mine in solid blocks. Several years
ago Mr. James Callan received informa
tion that the mine was located on his
farm, and he immediately set to work to
discover it, and has spent much time, labor
and money in his vain search. Learning
these facts, Col. Bhoner, Capt. Turner,
Lawyer Clemons and others of Rome, 6a.,
sent to the Indian Nation for an Indian
named Holland, who was supposed to know
all about it. He soon arrived, and with the
party of Rome gentlemen came down to Mr.
Callan’s. Holland says there is a vein of
silver, three feet in diameter, running
through Mr. Callan’s farm and extending
several miles, worth, at the lowest computa
tion, $10,000,000. — Cherokee County {Ala.)
Advtrliner.
Telephones Causing Deafness.—
Several of our friends in this city have
had their sense of hearing diminished in
one ear by constant use of the telephone.
Persons who use this instrument arc apt
to apply the instrument to the same ear
every time, and the consequenoe is the
organ is overworked, and slowly ap
proaching deafness in that ear is sure to
follow. Several parties in this city who
are affected by it have applied to an
eminent aurist in Boston, who reports
the cause to be as above described. He
recommends that persons who use the
telephone apply the instrument alternate
ly to their right or left ear.— River
WASHINGTON GOSSIP,
NO HOPE FOR THE DOOMED AS
SASSIN.
Everything Ready for Hl* Execu
tion—Parson Hicks* B iom-A dif
ference on Adjournment The
Ghouls at Garfield’s Tomb—Their
Lateet Lie Nailed,
Washington, June 26.—The newspapers of
the city are beginning to publish columns daily
about Guiteau. We are having with the morn
ing’s readings about the same old kind of stuff
that was dealt out in such liberal doses until
the trial of the assassin closed. Daily what
the condemed man eats and drinks, who he
sees and what be says to them is dragged out to
lengths nauseating. Because Guiteau dies next
Friday by the hangman, the morbid interest
which all ao-called "great criminals" excite
has sprung up afresh over this villain, and tbe
newspapers do not even print enough drivel
about him to suit a certain class of what might
be called driveling readers. There is in Wash
ington a class of people, larger perhaps than
in any city in the Union, who delight to
read, and read by the column, stuff about men
who are to be hung.
Everything is in readiness to swing Guiteau.
The last card has been played in his behalf,
and the game is about over. Next Friday
night there will be no more Guiteau alive. Tbe
ropes by which he is to hang have beeu care
fully prepared. They have been greased time
and time again, and manipulated by hand, so
that there is no reasonable doubt hut that the
Job will be done well. The scaffold has been
adjusted to a nicety. In fact, to use a favorite
expression of the assassin, everything has been
arranged in the most “high-toned" manner.
Put the accent on the word high. The ques
tion what is to be done with the body is one
which is apparently attracting a great deal of
attention outside of Washington. Warden
Crocker to-day told me that applications
from no less than one hundred medical in
stitutions had been received for the carcass.
Offers of good sums of money had
been made for it. The boss of a “world’s
museum” in Baltimore has renewed an offer
of $6,000 for the body. Of course it will be
turned over to the relatives of the condemned
man, unless he should make a will as to what
should be done with it. Those who know
Guiteau well say that there is no doubt but
that he will make some provision for the final
disposition of. his remains, and that the pro
visions of that will will be as sensational as his
whole life has been since he shot Garfield. The
morbid curiosity people need not fear that
Guiteau will fail to make as big a sensation out
of his taking off as they could desire. The Rev.
W. W. Hicks, who is his spiritual adviser,
manages to get himself interviewed on an
average of at least five times a day about his
client, if the word may be used in this connec
tion.
A SLANDER.
There has been plenty of literature since
Garfield died defaming his character, and most
of it, in fact nearly all of it, has heen given
publicity in Republican papers. While Garfield
was living aDd while be was on his sick bed
with hopes of recovery, these sheets were the
most fulsome in their praise of him and of his
"noble and pure character” and “the grit and
nerve of himself and family.” The latest
revival of defamatory articles against the (lead
comes just at this time when the rran who is
to be hanged for striking him down is to en
counter the noose, which should have been his
long ago. President Garfield was no saint—no
man is a saint. But it is disgusting to note
that the mouths who would willingly have
licked his feet alive, now cry infamy over his
tombstone. The slander which is now being
diligently printed on the dead President is as
base as could have been conceived. It was, of
course, first printed in a Republican newsna
per. I refer to the lie in circulation that Jay
Gould gave Garfield $100,006 to help in his elec
tion.upon receiving from him the promise that
when President he would appoint
Stanley Matthews to the then
existing vacancy on the Supreme Court
bench. And in proof that this assertion is cor
rect the liars point to the fact that Garfield did
appoint Stanley Matthews to that position. I
happen to know just how Stanley Matthews
was nominated. Haye3 had nominated him
before, but tbe Senate adjourned without
taking action on the nomination, so it fell
through. It is a custom as old as the date that
we first had Presidents for the incoming Exe
cutive to ask the outgoing if he had any re
quests to make. Garfield asked this question
of Hayes. The latter with his usual modesty
made a number of requests. But the
foremost one, and the one upon
which he put the strongest appeal,
was that Garfield should again nominate Stan
ley Matthews to the Supreme Court. In
deference to that demand Garfield made a big
mistake and complied with it. Matthews was
confirmed. It had long been known, though
no proofs were ever made of the fact, that
Matthews wore the Jay Gould collar. I have
stated te cts There is another point which
clearly shows the utter lack of foundation for
this latest slander upon a dead man It is duly
chronicled as part proof that the principal
reason why Jay Gould wanted Stanley Mat
thews on the bench was that he could be used
to influence the Supreme Court in declaring
the Thurman act—which was to make the Pa
cific Ra lroads comply with tbe terms of the
law—to be unconstitutional. The truth
is that, at least a year before Garfield
nominated Matthews, the Supreme Court had
declared the Thurman act to be constitutional.
This is no defense of either Jay Gould or
Matthews—God forefend that I should ever
write of either than in their true characters I
I simply want to file a truthful protest against
the one of the many feats of the hyenas who
delight to dig away the graves.
A DIVFERENCT.
There is a decided difference of opinion be
tween the members of the House and the Sen
ate as to what time there shall be adjournment.
The House, as you know, has passed a resolu
tion fixing July 10th as tbe date for adjourn
ment. Members of the Senate do not opine
that way. But very few of them think it at
all possible for Congress to get away before
the ISth, and many of them ssy that it will be
the 20th or 25th before the capitol clears out,
and the Senate seems to be about right. Many
would like to get away sooner, but how they
can seems to be a question impossible of solu
tion. The heat of the city Is almost over
powering. It is hot enough almost to fry fish
on the asphalt pavements. Such a condition
of affairs is not conducive to any great amount
of work on the part of either house, and the
differences existing between the two branches
over the completion of the necessary appropria
tion bills are such that renders final action
on tnem a futuriry of considerable extent, as
the present appropriat ons expire on the 30th
of the present month, it is a certainty that sev
eral of them will have to be continued by joint
resolution on the present basis until the
amounts appropriated for the next fiscal year
become laws.
NOT MUCH INTEREST.
ThBre is not very much interest in Congres
sional proceedings now. There is now and
then a shot between members which is always
of interest, but the average daily business is
not such as to interest tbe public at large. It
is evident that not much more can
be done by the legislative branch of
the government, and so the interest dies away.
The business to be now accomplished is of a
general routine character. Except in changes
in amounts for an item here or there, the ap
propriation bills are pretty much the same
every year. Buch sameness is conducive to in
difference. It is only now and then that a fight
over individual portions of a bill disturbs the
languor. About the only thing that causes a
flutter is the daily batch of nominations from
the White House. There are a good many im
portant offices to be filled before the Senate
adjourns, and in them the principal interest in
the public business lies. Potomac.
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.
Three persons were prostrated by heat in
New York on Sunday. A man and woman
died from sunstroke in Brooklyn.
A movement for the severance of Norway
from Sweden, and for the establishment of
a republic, is assuming increasing propor
tions. Unpleasant complications are ex
pected.
The Emperor William has finally accepted
the resignation of Herr Ritter as Minister of
Finance. The Prussian Gcvertment is
elaborating a schedule of bourse and pub
lic house taxes.
A party of assassins in disguise, fired
from a carbine a discharge of slugs into the
shoulder of Thomas Magaghey, a consta
bulary pensioner at Kilkeelan, near A'hbcy,
county Meath. Magaghey was sitting at
the time in the kitchen of the lodge house
of a wealthy farmer. He was last reported
to be dying.
A dispatch from Lisbon says: “A mon
ster meeting was held here on Sunday at
which Progressists and Republicans frater
nized. Violent revolutionary speeches were
made. At the Ltmoevro jail the prisoners
mutinied, and shouted from tbe windows,
‘Vive la Republic#. 1 ”
Rev. R. Moffat Nell, of the First Presby
terian Church, N. |Y., is
accused of having forged his letters of ordi
nation by which he received charge of tbat
congregation. The members of the church
are much excited about it, and the Elders
have instituted an investigation. The rev
erend gentleman denies the charge, and
says it is the work of an enemy.
The chairmen of the Prohibition Amend
ment and Anti Prohibition Amendment
State Committees of lowa have united in a
circular asking each voter as he deposits his
ballot on election day to drop into another
box, which will be provided, a contribution
to the sufferers of the cyclone. The money
will be token charge of by the judges of
election, and sent to the Governor for dis
tribution.
In his sermon Sunday Rev. Henry Ward
Beeeher indorsed the freight handlers’
strike as justifiable, and said that the
Knights of Labor, Workingmen’s Union,
etc., were popular educators, and the edu
cation of the common people was to be ap
proved. He did not always approve of
strikers. The cheapening of things was a
grand work of capital, but capitol should
not cheapen men.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
GCITEAU’S LAST SUNDAY.
Ihe Awaxsln Cool Hi* Spiritual
A dvlser Believe* Him to be Sane—
Preparations for His Execution.
Washington Special to Baltimore Sun, i’th.
Gulteau’s last Sunday was about his
quietest day. He was up by 7 o’clock, and
after taking the usual prison breakfast
brushed up his cell a little and awaited the
call of his spiritual adviser, Rev. Mr. Hicks,
who. however, did not call until the after
noon. There were a good many visitors to
the jail during the day, but none were
allowed to see Guiteau, or to go into that
portion of the jail where he is confined.
The death watch, which has been kept
up for the past two weeks, will be main
tained now until his execution. At all
times, day as well as night, the condemned
man is constantly in eight of the two guards.
The presence of the two guards has irri
tated Guiteau somewhat, but in the last few
days he has not complained about it It is
extremely warm in all parts of the jail to
day, and it is safe to say that Guiteau was
as cool as any one else In the Jail. He com
plained lees about the weather than did the
guarde. His clothing consisted of a shirt
and pantaloons. He haa not worn his coat
or vest for several days. He always wears
slippers, and since the warm spell set in
bas nearly alwavs had a palm leaf fan in
his hand. Guiteau knew that his
brother, John Guiteau, was expected
in the city, and several times during
the day aEked if he had yet arrived. John
Guiteau did arrive, but did not go down to
the jail as he intended, but will, he says,
call on him to-morrow. When Rev. Mr.
Hicks called this afternoon Guiteau asked
his construction and view of several para
graphs which he had marked in his Bible,
and after Mr. Hicks had given them he
said : “That suits me, because I suppose it
is the best the human mind can give, but it
Is not fully satisfactory.” As Mr. Hicks
was leaving him he remarked that these
visits were becoming very few, and that, the
condemned man should pay more attention
to preparing himself for his life hereafter
than to commenting on or contradicting
passages of the Bcripture. Guiteau remarked:
“Oh, that is all right, and I will attend to it.
Being a Christian man, I have always felt
that I could doubt certain parts of the
Bcripture without doubting the entire
word.” The meeting closed with prayer
by Mr. Hicks. When leaving the jail Mr.
Hicks expressed the opinion that bethought
Guiteau was sane. This was of interest
from the fact that it is understood that
when Mr. Hicks and others saw the Presi
dent in Guiteau’s behalf last week they con
tended that he was not fully sane, seme of
them. Dr. Godding, the Superintendent of
the United States Hospital for the Insane,
who was one of the number, contending
that Guiteau had been insane since be was
nineteen years of age. Both John Guiteau
and Mrs. Scovllle, his sister, will witness
the execution. Mr. Scoville will, however,
not come.
A change bas been made In connection
with the fctffold. It has been found that
the drop interfered wl h the view of the
body after it bad been allowed to fall. Toe
hinges are changed to theo'herend, and
now when the drop falls it will be behind
the body, which will be In full view all tbe
time. The jail authorities have received a
number of letters and telegrams from poli
ticians, newspaper proprietors and others,
asking for tickets to witness the hanging.
None of them will be granted. While the
arrangement has not been made, and will not
until Gen. Crocker, the jail warden, receives
the death-warrant, which will be sent
to him to morrow, it is understood that none
but the regular resident newspaper corre
spondents will be admitted. Under this
arrangement it will be useless for others to
apply. Passes have been refused to Senators
and members of Congress. Guiteau’s body
will be turned over to bis brother and 6ister
immediately after the execution, and they
will make the arrangements for its inter
ment. All of the applications from show
men and other speculators for the body have
been refused. The Gulteaus have not yet
decided where it will be buried.
Guiteau has never seen the scaffold from
which he is to be launched into eternity,
and has never asked to see it. This formida
ble Instrument of death, which stands in tbe
northern corridor, has not been moved since
the last execution. The platform is thir
teen feet from the floor of the corridor.
The warden, when asked how he thought
Guiteau would meet tbe ordeal, said: “I
should not express |my opinion on the sub
ject. Guiteau is a coward, but it may be
that his pride, or his intense egotism, or
snme spiritual consolation that his religious
adviser may afford him, will keep him up.
I don’t expect it, however. While he has
not manifested abject fear, he has frequent
ly shown sIgDS of uneasiness.”
The rope which is to be used in the exe
cution has been rigged up for the occasion.
It is a fine piece of Manilla, originally seven
eights size, which haa been stretched until
it is now of but three fourths size, and is
forty-six feet long. It is as soft and pliable
as it can be made. After haying beeD laid
out the ends were firmly bound with twine
and the knot tied. It has six turns in it, the
end, after passing through the loop at the
top of the wrap, having a common knot in
It to keep it from slipping.
REPUBLICAN MADNESS.
One Hundred million* of Dollar*
lor Tribute—Congress Ran* Riot
with an “Overflowing Treasury.”
New York World.
Tbe gods seem to have determined to de
stroy the Republican party. They have
certainly made its leaders mad. The most
extraordinary act of public profligacy ever
heard of in tbe United Biates, or in any
other country in the world, was yesterday
perpetrated by the Republican majority in
the House of Representatives, when a bill
appropriating one hundred millions of dol
lars was passed without a word of debate,
with only a word of protest and under a
suspension of the rules.
The country will now begin to see what
Robeson and Keifer were after in what they
impudently described as “the struggle for
honest elections.” Their anxiety was not
that Republicans should be voted into the
House whether they had been elected or not.
It was simply that the rules might be sus
pended when the jobs In which they were
interested came up for action. The coun
try cannot know as yet what thefts the
pension bill may coyer. It knows that
Dudley may be trusted to get rid of every
dollar that Is appropriated to his depart
men\ and that Keifer made up the com
mittees in the interest of expenditure.
Everybody knows that two-thirds of the
pensions that will be paid under this bill are
simply robberies of the Treasury, aided and
abetted by the Republican guardians of the
Treat ury.
One hundred million dollars! Does the
reader take in tbe appalling significance of
these figures* It is tbe labor for a year of
two hundred thousand laborers that was
yesterday voted without debate! it is tbe
full pay for a year of an army of five hun
dred and fifty thousand private soldiers that
the rules of the House were suspended to
distribute among claimants for pensions!
The total pension list of Great Britain,
loaded down, as Keifer and Robeson and
Hiscock and Dudley would declare it to be
with abuses, amounts to—how much, thinks
the reader ? To $15,000,000 less than one
sixth of the amount which the majority of
the House yesterday voted was not of im
portance enough to occupy the time of the
House with a discussion!
The total pay roll of the British army,
with 180 000 on tbe active list, was in 1890-
’Bl, $22,500,000. The whole war bulget of
the German Empire, the military model of
the world, with 419,014 men and officers
under arms, for the current year is $79,-
276,552—1e5s than four-fifths of tbe pension
list of a country whose happiness it is to be
relieved of the necessity of supporting an
enormous army; and the general pension
list and invalid fund of the German Empire
together amount to leas than $10,000,000.
The whole army budget of France, with an
army in active service of 502,000 men, was
last year $14,000,000 more than the sum re
cently tossed away as a bagatelle “without
a division” in tbe American House of Rep
resentatives.
Besides this vast and corrupt waste, of
which less than one-quarter represents all
that the country honestly owes to its pen
sioners, and all that its honest pensioners
will get, the colossal job of tbe river and
harbor bill, by which $17,000,000 were flung
away the other day, becomes a mere piece
of pilfering. And let not the people forget
that all this waste and all this theft are a
premeditated and systematic attack upon a
surplus collected by methods of taxatloa
the productiveness of which a Republican
Congress has scouted the idea of diminish
ing—a system of taxation which a Republi
can President has packed a Tariff Commis
sion to keep In full force. The Republican
majority of Congress is voting away hun
dreds of millions at a time, money which
ought to be in the pockets of the taxpayer,
for fear the taxpayers should ask them how
they came by it.
The day of reckoning for these things
cannot be far off.
There 1* Hardly an Adult Person
Living but is sometimes troubled witb kid
ney difficulty, which ia the moat prolific
and dangerous cause of all disease. There
is no sort of need to have any form of kid
ney or urinary trouble If Hop Bitten are
takes occasionally.
Sensation!! Revelations Promised.
Rochester Union. \ -■
The Union recently referred to some .-ti
ling facts certain stalwarts are going to g ve
to the public touching the Presidential cam
paign of 1880, which facts are intended to
bring odium upon the half breeds and their
cause forever. In the same connection some
of our esteemed DjmoctaMc contemporaries
are now reproducing the following remarka
ble article, which first appeared in Hugh
Hastings’ Npw York Commercial Advertiser
on the Stk of April last, in tbe belief that
the statements therein made will be sustain
ed by revelations shortly to be made.
“At the Dorsey dinner, Mr. Whitelaw
Reid boasted of h!s knowledge of the se
crets of the campaign, but he did not tell
all that a little letter will tell, that he has
kept more securely from the public than
John Hay did the midnight bulldozing
letter that he boasted Garfield was not even
allowed to touch. Hd he told all be knew
of that campaign, and of the doings of the
persons who palled tbe tacst hidden wires,
of the promises made, and the means used
to achieve success, a sensation would have
been produc and more startling and
more disgraceful than any chapter
In American politics, and th-re are
some pretty black ones, too. Rid was
nearer to Garfield and those who really con
ducted the campaign than the National
Committee,which did Its work before theeyee
of tbe country. Tbe relations be sustained to
Jay Gould and tbe fast that the Tribune was
and is tne recogn’sed organ of the railroads
and corporations, gave him connections and
opened avenues such as no one else con
trolled. Beginning as Jay Gould’s stool
pigeon, it naturally followed in the per
formance of bis degrading duties that he
should act as the go between in alt base ne
gotiations. He was the most available man
in the country for carrying into execution
the plot that bad been formed. He could
approach Garfield, lay the plans before him,
exact the promises that were demanded, aud
then carry blood money to Ohio. That he
made all possible use of these opportuni
ties will become public in due time. This
will explain his presumption in dictating to
and bulidozing tbe President of the United
States, for It will expose to all the
world how he obtained his ascendancy oyer
General Garfield. Is will beyshown that
this political purist, whose paper denounced
bossism during ihe Senator’s fight last year
and whose cry, ‘Down with the bosses’,"was
made the rallyiug cry of the half breeds,was
at that very time engaged in exercising In
fluences upon the President euch as no
other Executive had ever been subjected to.
If all these facts be true, It will be seen how
completely Garfield was in the clutches of
unscrupulous conspirators and why White
lav Reid presumed to write bulldozing
letters to him, which John Hav insolently
read but did not ixrmit the President to
touch. A black chapter will be unfolded,
sooner or later, aud when it is the country
will see what kind of men surrounded
President Garfield and the influences tbat
controlled his official action. The truth is
bound to come out.”
And now will the truth come out at lart?
Rumor says it will, and that very quickly.
If It does come, what a washing In public of
soiled Republican linen there will be, to be
sure! “The truth according to Republican
authority is,” 6ays the Troy Press, “that the
monopolies, the rings and the office holders
bought the election of Garfield and knew
their man when they did it. This much
has been believed all along, but the people
are Interested in knowing how the money
was raised and who had charge of the dis
bursements. It is known that Mr. Garfield
in person ‘struck’ the star route ring.
His ‘my dear Hubbell ’ letter proves that.
Did he write other letters asking for cor
rupting funds ?” Give us the truth. Re
cent rumors tend to confirm the theory that
Roscoe Conkling is preparing a broadside of
damning facts and revelations concerning
the campaign of ISB3 that will, when made
public, astound the country, and dismay, if
they do not actually destroy, what Hugh
Hastings Irreverently calls the ,r Garfield
garg.” Let the black chapter be unfolded,
no matter what hearts may bleed in conse
quence of the unfoldiog. We are very cer
tain the country can stand it if the Republi
can party can.
President Arthur’s Bail Nomination
for Chief Justice of New Mexico.
San Francisco Bulletin.
The President has nominated Samuel
B. Axtell for Chief Justice of the Terri
tory of New Mexico. Axtell took his
start in public life as District Attorney
for the county of Amador. He was more
expert in small politics than in the law,
and in a few years managed to have him
self nominated for Congress in a district
that insured his election on the Republi
can ticket. If he ever did anything in
Congress to commend himself to the fa
vor of the people of his district we have
not heard of it. lie did contrive to se
cure his brother a lucrative Federal ap
pointment.
From being a California Congressman
he drifted into the Governorship of Utah,
where lie was soon known as the p6t and
protege of Brigham Young and the Mor
mon hierarchy. When he lost his situa
tion as Federal Governor in the land of
the Saints he drifted into New Mexico,
carrying with him the reputation of a
stauuch friend of the Mormons, some re
ports going so far a3 to say that he had
i'oined that church and was in fact a
lishop in it. Next to Utah, New Mexi
co contains more Mormons than any oth
er Territory. It also contains 40,000,000
acres of land tbat are covered by Mexi
can and Spanish grants, which claims
will, in the main, have to be litigated
first in the United States Territorial
Court, wheicof this man is now nomi
nated as Chief Justice.
The Chief Justice of that court ought
to be a good and thorough lawyer, not a
mere politician of the lower grade, as
Axtell is, and not a man smirched as his
record is while he was Governor of Utah.
Had he remained in this State it is ex
tremely doubtful if he could have been
elected to the Legislature or any other
conspicuous office without the help of
the Central Pacific Railway corporation.
It is to be inferred from this nomination
that the Utah Church corporation is the
ruling power iu New Mexican politics?
The Longest Fence in the World.—
The longest line of fence in the world
will be the wire fence extending from the
Indian Territory west, across the Texas
Panhandle, and thirty-five miles into
New Mexico. We are informed that
eighty five miles of this fence is already
under contract. Its course will be in
the line of the Canadian river, and its
purpose is to stop the drift of the North
ern cattle. It is a bold and splendid en
terprise, and will pay a large percentage
on the investment. The fence will be
over two hundred miles long.—Claren
don News.
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