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MpsiMatter.
gcntti AffAlrt _
• ■ coffb*i- I+Jt m<Wthhi
n in the foliow he
mg a gin his shirt sleeve was canjfttE 7 tab;
iws. and his arm drawn ia and sawed to piecW
.re assistance could reach him. The un
tunate young man bled to death before
icai aid could be had He was twenty year*
‘ age, and leaves hosts of relatives and friends
mourn his untimely death.
The Americus Oil Mili is nearly completed,
ind the manager says he expects to turn the
wheel on the first of November.
1 he Thomssviile artesian well is 860 feet in
pth, and yet no wa'er bearing strata has yet
been struck.
f'y-flve applicants were received into the
iiodist Epi-copal Church at BainbriJge
Sunday on the result of the recent revival
that place. Twenty-two adults and two
Iren were baptized at the same time,
nrteen culprits hare been convicted at the
- --nt term or Dougherty court, and ire main
r ntence The criminal docket of the
urt is very large the present session.
ie Aiba iy Seres and Advertiser announcing
;eath of Mr. Edward Richardson, a promi
. izen of that place. The deceased helped
t . in Broad street at night by torchlight of
i rips on the first settlement of the city.
I.* South Georgia Clarion proposes to pub
- ketches of those citiz ens of Mitchell
uty who have succeeded in building them
- up. It contends that Mitchell county
poor man’s paradise in Southwestern
rgia, and is going to prove it.
e siv .nnah Presbytery convenes in the
- yterian Church at Valdosta on the 18th
o' November next.
■ 1 U enjoyed what is called the delights
fiii Indian summer last week.
. Thomasville Times ventures the predic
ti n (hat there is less litigation in Thomas
c ity according to population than any
■yin the State. At th 9 recent term of the
rior Court for that county there was but
one civil case tried.
ne plans and specifications of the Macon
Musical Academy will be turned over to the
ntractors this week, and the work will be
immediately pushed to completion.
i.iptroller General Wright says that Geor
is gaining in weilth faster than any other
Ba?e in the South.
W.-st Point has received up to the 19th of
i t r this season, 1.375 bai-s of cotton,
e Early County .Veins says that the turpen
t usiness is booming in that section,
i n. John C. Nicholls, the Democraticcandi
d itt for the First Congressional District, will
a- irt-ss the citizens of Glynn county at Bruns
wick, on Saturday evening next at S o’clock.
The city authorities of Brunswick have order
tie i urchase of twelve new street lamps,
cb will add to the lighting of dark places in
the streets of the city.
Hon. Hugh Buchanan has written a letter to
managers of the Talbot county Fair, stat
ing that it will be impossible for him to deliver
the annul! address at the exhibition this week.
In 1 - st-ad, the Thomas Hardeman has
een invited, but it is not yet known whether
he has accepted.
The friends of R. L. Ray, of Coweta county,
will present his name for the Speakership of
the next House.
Tii- public schools of Columbus give a holi
day Friday to allow the school children to wit
ness the street parade of the circus.
A commercial tourist of Columbus asserts
that he to>k orders to the amount of $78,000 in
Macon in one day.
The total receipts of cotton at Columbus up
to Saturday have been S 9,818 bales, just 414
ales less than for the corresponding season
last year.
Two tickets are in the field for the municipal
election at Griffin, both of which are headed
by W. B. Hudson for Mayor.
Ihe citizens of Jonesboro held a meeting at
0 ui c l Chamber, on Wednesday night last,
and, after indorsing the contest of Ferguson
vs. Hoyt, for Senatorsnip of the Thirty fifth
Sensorial District, pledged themselves to fur
nish the necessary funds to contest the same.
This action indicates true grit.
Senator Brown has closed a contract for
boil ling a five mile railroad iu Bartow county
for the purpose of developing anew iron ore
Dr. T. B Phiaizy and R. H. May are the op
i* -ing candidates for the Mayoralty of the city
of Augusta at the coming municipal election-
Mr. William Holloman, an old and respected
tizen of Stewart county, dropped dead the
other day. He was walking al ng the road be
tween his house and Prothro’sTnill, and his
dead body was discoverd by a party of labor
ers. The cause of his death was apoplexy.
Mr. J. W. S.ewart has retired from the Sparta
■unheain. M ssr.i. Patilio, Burwetl St Barnett
!* -vine purchased his interest in the same.
The election contest between Messrs. Foster
a: Zachry, of Henry county, for the legisla
tive seat, has been abandoned by the con
testant.Mr. Foster, and Mr. Zachary.the Repre
sentative elect, will take his seat without op
position.
A r.egro named t. F. Rushin. has been ap-
POii t-d Postmaster at Buena Vista, Marion
county He has but little education, and has
figured to some extent in the politics of the
county.
Mayor Felder, of Americus, started out with
a subscription list, Wednesday, for the rurpo-e
of raiding funds to purchase th- fair gtounds
for the Savannah and Pacific Short line Rail
way. Messrs. J. W, Sheffield £ Cos. headed the
list with S4OO.
Middle Georgia Times: “If there is a white
mm in Upson county that will vote for Buck
for Congress we will give a crown for his name
that we may put it on record to be handed
dowu to future generation*,”
Coumbus Enquirer Sun: “The Southwestern
road is doing her full duty in bringing cotton
to this citv. Already this road ha* brought
Ots more bales than at this time last year.
The river is also 1,274 ahead in receipts by the
boals.”
Rev. T. L. Houck, the blind Dreacher. died
suddenlv near Mount Airy, Ga . on Tuesday
last His remains reached Cuthoert Wednes
day, and were buried in the Eastern cemetery.
The decei.-ed was well known throughout
Georgia, and had many warm friends.
Last Wednesday Mr John Bailey, of Athens
went out to Dowdy, in Madison county, to
transact some business with Mr. J. W. Sey
mour, when a difficulty occurred concerning
the transaction. During the melee Mr. Seymour
struck Mr. B. across the temples, crushing in
the skull. Mr. Bailey was brought to the city
the same day. and, at last accounts, was not
expected to live.
H. W. G., In the Atlanta Constitution, says:
“I do hope Mr. Atticus Hay good can find it
poesiole to accept the management of the
Sla'er fund for the education of colored
youths Governor Colquitt tells me that hi*
selection was unanimous, and that the place
will pay something like $3.c00 a year salary
ar,d notconflict with Mr. H&ygood’s duties as
President of Emory.”
Mrs. Briant, an old lady, who has been living
near where tne East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia Railroad crosses over the Kingston
road, left her home about 12 o'clock Thursday
night, and while endeavoring to cross over the
railroad bridge fell and was so severely injured
that her life is despaired of. She is the mother
of Mr. Briant. who was killed a year or so ago
some few miies below Rome.
Athens Banner Watch man: “On Wednes
day last Hon. James M. Smith and Mr. B. B.
lYilliams, two well known gentlemen of Ogle
thorpe county, had a fight in the convict camp
of the former. It seems that there was no good
feeling be;we-n the two. ant Mr. Smith ob
jected to Mr. Williams acting on tue grand jury
committ eto insvect his camp. Hot words
ensued, which ended in blows ”
A colored man living on old Uncle George
Lynch's place, near Kenola, last Tuesday left
his children isouie five or six in number) at-the
house while he went to the field to work. There
was also left behind a large dog lOeuard the
house. The dog had on a heavy block Apd chain.
In playing with the dog one of the chiMren be
came entangled in the chain, while the uW was
running at break neck speed. The chilirvas
thrown against a tree and had his neck brown.
The alarm was given by the other children. Ait
by the time help arrived the child was cold Vi
death. T
The Quitman Free Press give* utterance a
i o.jt* views on the temperance question a*
vilows: The temperance boom seen* to be
Savannah morning news
J. 11. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
“ and ?^ inir K ground dally through
out the State of Georgia. It is certainly a mat
ter that interest* us all as good citizens
and second only in importance to Chris-
Intemperance is the great social
fjVjf- **, a blot upon our oiviliza
!fi 18 ,be demon which has caused
ana still causes more deaths and suffering
than war, pestilence and famine. Be it said
to their credit the people of Brooks county
nave not sought to load any candidate for
office with the whisky issue If this issue is
to come in Brooks county,, let It come up on its
own merits, and, if properly made, the Free
rress will be found on the right side.”
, is certainly looking ud. At the
last meeting of Council the report of the com
mittee recommending the opening of a public
i r .: e .T‘ ya l oan 2 **“ extern part of the city
we Presume the work will
be done, or at least in time for
8 enjoyment. The drive will
include Newcastle street to the marsh, at
which po nt it will turn and follow the marsh
to Ulouceston street, and thence come back to
KS.rSfVT? 1 - This will open up a truYv de
lightrul route and make a most pleasant drive,
espec ally in summer.
Blessed are the peace makers.” The Perry
Home Journal publishes the following inci
d “JL°L SOCI * I li,e in that county:
thia t T° * Prominent citizen of
tins county and hi* wife have been separated.
1 sr * Te ris ? 10 considerable litigation,
and the dockets of the Superior Court nt every
kbe trial of the matter, or
some of Its collateral issues. Through the in-
I terposition of friends the parties were brought
tTMGT 00 Monday lat and all their differ
■** 'h ■ iiy settled. They left Perrv
- gay tor l**if kaoic in the eounfy (lie
! 1 1 . ,-.-r Ul*T*
Mr L W PaTsT
from
county, enclosing a twist of tobaceßwtiiig
year’s growth, from Orinoco sesd sent him two
years from Gainesville, Ga. In the note
accompanying the specimen he says: ‘T gave
it a fair trial this year. I planted a quarter of
an acre, upon which I had upwards of 500 hills,
which yielded one pound of tobacco to every
five plants, a little over one hundred pounds to
the quarter of an acre planted. It ij well
adapted to our climate and soil.” Mr. D. fur
ther says he has been raising his own tobacco
for the past eignteen years, and that his pres
ent crop, a specimen of which he sent us, is
the beet he has ever raised for chewing and
smoking purposes. He will plant
one acre next year. He is never bothered with
the tobacco worm. His plan is to plant what
is called the four-o’clock flower around his
tobacco patch upon which the flies gather at
sunset, and his house cats, of which he has
several, take to setting for them every even
ing, and w ill devour them as fast as they show
themselves on the tobacco plants. Mr. D. says
he has tobacco now which is three years old of
his own raising The sample sent us is evi
dently the pure stuff without any intermixture
of foreign ingredients to give it sweetness to
the taste. *We shall be glad to have Mr. Dallas’
experience in full in reference to his next crop.
We have received a nicely gotten up pamph
le\ being an annual review of the business,
progress and improvements of Waldo, Fla.*
the pleasantly located town on the main line
of the Transit Railroad, the junction of the
Peninsula Railroad and the western terminus
of the Santa Fe canal; 84 miles from Fernan
dina, 56 miles from Jacksonville, 46 miles from
Ocala aSid 71 miles from Cedar Keys. It shows
a remarkable growth both in population and
material prosperity. The population of the
town is about five hundred, the majority being
white settlers, representing the Eastern, Wes
tern, Northwestern, Middleand Southern States
of the Union.
The Leon county farmers complain of the
shortness in the bundles of ties purchase! for
their cotton crops, which they say are short
invariably two ties to the. bundle. Where the
fault lies is not ascertained.
The Library Association of Madison has or
ganized a minstrel troupe composed of Madi
son’s finest musical talent.
Anew post office has been established at
Haulover, Brevard county.
The grand jury of Orange county have
found a true bill againt Hunter and Lasten
ger. the parties arrested for the murder of the
Nebbs at Spring Centre. Their trial will
come off at the spring terra’of tliefcourt.
Allen Padget, the alleged murderer of
Lany. was brought to Enterprise on Monday
last by the Sheriff of Brevard county and de
livered to Sheriff Cone, according to the order
of Judge Cocke, and lodged in jail. His trial
will come off at the spriDg term of the court.
A correspondent in a note from Rock Ledge*
Brevard county, corrects a statement going
the rounds of the pres* that there is consider
able sickness in that county. He says there is
very little sickness in the county outside of
political fever. We take pleasure in correcting
the error, and hope that the political fever
may terminate in the complete restoration of
the county to political health by the success of
the Democratic mode of treatment.
A fish and vegetable market will soon be
opened at i alatka.
At a recent meeting of the Finley Campaign
Club in Leesburg, quite'a number of ladies
were enrolled as members. Who can doubt
General Finley’s success now?
It is thought that the person whose skeleton
was found in Hernando recently, was murder
ed about four months ago. Buckshot were
found Imbed-ed in the bones of the spine.
Nothing was discovered by which the remains
could be identified.
De Land Agriculturist: “We have had an
accession of forty or fifty laborers in our com
munity during the last few months, and all
have had work. Much land is being cleared
,and in the low lands many ditches have been
dug to prepare for future orange groves.”
Bartow Informant: “There have been many
arrivals of new settlers ia the vicinity of Bar
tow in the past week, and we hear of many
others on the way. The fall and winter tide
has fairly set in, and we look for a large in
crease of population in the next t*w months.
There is room and a hearty welcome for all.”
Hons. Wilk. Cali, United States Senator tor
Florida: Sam Pasco, Chairman State Conser
vative Democr ttic Executive Committee, and
R. H. M. Davidson. Conservative Democratic
nominee for Congress, spoke Friday in Brooks
viile to a large audience. They awakened par
ty enthusiasm and received flattering enco
miums from all present.
The municipal election at Bmoksville re
sulted in the election of the following ticket:
Mayor, A. M C. Russell; Marshal, N. B.
Rhodes; Tax Assessor, W. M. Garrison; Treasu
rer. L. B. Sanders; TownrClerk. J. T. Han
cock; Tax Collector, Fred. L. Robertson. Al
dermen : John J. Hale, John C. Calhoun, E. H.
Tomlinson, C. C. Keathly.
Bisbee, in a recent speech at Leesburg, said:
“It will be to the interest of the people of this
Congressional district to make me their next
Congressman, for Finley, if elected, will not
be able to secure any. benefit* to the district,
as the Republican Congress will not co-operate
with him. while I. through ray Republi an
friends, will be able to obtain the passage of
any bill wanted.”
Mr Benson, foreman at Dutton & Co.’s ex
tensive ginning works, at Gainesville, met with
an accident on Tuesday which nearly put an
end to his life. His clothing caught in the
band, and he was suddenly whirled round two
revolutions of the wneei, passing through a
hole two feet square or less each time. The
first time he went through head first, the uext
time feet first. Being entirely stripped of
clothes the la>t time round, he dropped down
badly bruised, but with no bones broken. He
is not considered to be dangerously hurt.
Mr. C. D. Furman, of Fairbanks, in Alachua
county, the founder of the thriving little vil
lage, who settled there alone and in the woods
only a few years ago, say* the Alachua Advo
cate. has now probably the finest orange grove
for its age in the Btate. He has 3,000 orange
trees nine years old, 2,500 budded peach trees
of very choice varieties, besides a number of
pecan, Japan per.-immon. plum and many
Other varieties of fruit trees on the place.
Although over seventy years of age. he is as
hetive and energetic as most men of forty, and
Fairbanks is proud of him.
The following civil appointment* have been
made and duly commissioned the past week:
A. Hankins, to be memoer of Board of Health
in and for the village of Millview. Escambia
county: A. H. Helvenston, to be Superinten
dent of Schools in and for the county of Sum
ter; Ben Dowd, to be Notary Public in and for
this State-at-large; Wilson L. Raley, to be
Justice of the Peace in and for the county of
Holmes; George 8. Roux, to be Inspector of
Timber and Lumber in and for the county of
Nassau; A C. Clark, to be County Judge in and
for the county of Sumter.
Jacksonville Union, 2ist: “The news of a
very brutal murder, which took place about
the first of the month, near Sanford, has just
reached us. From what we can learn, about
the time mentioned above a Mr. McMillan, who
lives only a few miles from Sanford, left his
home, but as he failed to return for several
days, fears of his having been murdered were
entertained, and another white man, by the
came of Newton, who live* in the immediate
vicinity,was suspected of being the person who
committed the deed. As Mr. McMillan failed to
appear, and no tiding* of his whereabouts
could be had, on last Tuesday the citizens de
cided to drag a lake or pond near by. After
dragging for some time they succeeded In find
ing the body at the bottom of the lake, and
when it was pulled to the surfac* of the water
it was foupd that the head had been severed
from the body, having been cut off by a sharp
instrument, and an iron pot was attached to
the body for the purpose of preventing it from
coming to the surface. As suspicion rest ed
upon Newton, the citiaeos had decided to search
his premises. After ome delay they found a
newly dug grave on his land, which, it is sup
posed. Newton had dug for the purpose of
burying the body in case it came to toe sur
face of the water. Newton acknowledged
that the iron pot which was found on the body
belonged to him, and said he had dug the hole
or grave to catch coons in. Newton and his
wife were both arrested, and are now in cus
tody. A great deal of excitement prevailed
when the above facts became known, and
threats of lynching were nimerous, but at last
the threats had not been carried into
SUCCOR THE SUFFERING.
TENSACOLA’S SAD PLIGHT.
Fifty-two New Cases of Fever—Distress
Increasing—The Scourge in Mexico.
Pensacola, October 21. —The weather is
now quite cool, but up to this time the
change has not increased the mortality,
only three deaths beiDg reported to-day.
The number of caees has slightly decreased,
Uut as three physicians are off duty It is
probable that many cases are unreported.
Forty cases were officially reported to-day.
Total cases to date, 1,968; deaths, 161.
Pensacola, October 22.—Fifty-two new
cases of yellow fever are reported to-day,
but only one death. Among the new cases
are the wife of the Captain of the German
bark Emma and two or three of the crew
of that vessel. The total number of eases
to date is 1,970, and the total deaths 162.
The destitution and di tress here are
not diminishing, but increases with the du
ration of the epidemic. The quarantine
will continue for some time, according to
present Indications. The < xpendltures for
relief are very heavy, and the contributions,
with some local exceptions, are very small,
causing much uneasiness to the Board of
Health, which Is also the almoner for the
community at large.
New Yobk, October 21 —The Maritime
Exchange to-day received $242 for the Pen
sacola relief fund, making $2,282 in all.
Brownsville, Texas, October 21. —Much
indignation is expressed by the citizens at
the malls not leaving here, now that the
city is healthy.
Affairs at Mter and C&margo are improv
ing. The weather is pleasant.
Washington, October 22 —Surgeon Gen
eral Hamilton, of the Marine Hospital Ser
vice,furnished the following summary of the
progress of the yellow fever at Brownsville
and Pensacola during the past week. Dur
ing the week fifteen cases of yellow fever
and two deaths have been reported
from Brownsville, making the
total during the prevalence of
the epidemic 1,951 cases and 114 deaths.
From Pensacola, Fla., the official reports by
mail have been received as follows: October
12, 33 cases and 6 deaths; October 13, 46
cases and 5 deaths; October 14, 58 cases and
2 deaths; October 16, 70 cases and 3 deaths;
October 17, 50 cases and 3 deaths; October
18, 56 cases and 3 deaths. Total 377 cases
aud 24 deaths. Previously reported 1,389
cases and 125 deaths.
Brownsville, October 22.—Dr. Rudelpo
Matas has gone to the relief of the sick at
Mler. The yellow fever is yet very preva
lent there, and the physicians all are down.
The weather Is pleasant.
LAND LEAGUE FUNDS.
An Old Charge Revamped.
London, October 22.—An anonymous
communication appeared in the Irish Times
last week, in which it was asserted by the
writer, who pretends to base his conclusions
on an examination of the financial state
ments of the Ladles’ Land League as they
appeared from time to time In the Dublin
paptrs, and comparison of the same with
Mr. Eigan’s statement to the late National
Conference, that there was an under esti
mate by Eagan of receipts for
the general lund of tbs Land League of
£25.986, and an over estimate of legitimate
expenditure by £71,264, which were un
accounted for. Justin McCarthy, member
of Parliament, and Mr. Michael Davltt,
who are trustees of the Land League fund,
and Mr. McCarthy, Jr., who Is acting as his
father’s secretary, have been Interviewed
on the subject. They declare, from their
personal knowledge, that the above allega
tions are utterly unfounded, and are a re
hash of charges which have been circu
iatlngamoDg the landlords’ party ever since
the Land league was organized.
GONE TO PIECES.
A Steamer Wrecked on the Pacific Coast.
Victoria, B. C., October 22.—Informa
tion is brought by an Indian courier from
the west coast of Vancouver’s Island that a
British steamer, supposed to be named
Wambe, from Hong Kong for Victoria, has
been lost off Clooqust, forty-five tallies north
of Juande Fuca strait. The ship has gone
to pteces. Three bodies have been picked
up, but no living pereotis have been seen.
It Is supposed that several hundred passen
gers, to be employed on railway works, and
a large amount of Chinese goods, were on
board.
Weather j miications.
Office Chief Signal Observer, Wash
ington, D. C., October 22.—Indications
for Monday:
In the South Atlantic and East Gulf States,
local rains, slightly warmer and partly cloudy
weather, nvtherly to easterly winds, In the
East Gulf States higher barometer, la the
northe n portion of the South Atlantic
States lower barometer.
In the West Gulf States, fair weather,
northerly winds, stationary or slight fall In
temperature, higher barometer in the eastern
portion.
In New England and the Middle Atlantic
States, warmer, partly cloudy weather and
local rains, lower barometer, northeast
winds, shifting to south and west.
In Tennessee and the Ohio valley, slightly
cooler, partly cloudy weatber, with light
local rains in Tennessee, northwest to south
west winds, higher barometer.
Philadelphia’s Bi-Centennial.
Chkstrr, Pa., October 22 —The meeting
of Friends held In their meeting house here
to-day In commemoration of the two hun
dredth anniversary of the landing of Wil
liam Penn, was largely attended. The ex
ercises were Interesting throughout, and
were conducted In a plain, unostentatious
manner. Services in all the churches in this
city to-dsy were in keeping with the occa
sion. To-morrow the bi centennial anni
versary of the landing of Penn will be
fittingly celebrated here.
The Fragmentary Comet.
Phelps, N. Y., October 22.—Professor
Brrok6 this morning verified the discovery
made by him yesterday of the fragmen
tary comet 8 degress east of the great
comet It was smaller this morning and
resembled the portion detached from Bella’s
comet. It Is near the psth of the great
comet, and Prof. Brooks thinks it identical
with the envelope thrown off several days
ago-
Welcoming Back the Life Guards.
London, October 22 —The march of |the
Firs* Life Guards from the docks to Hyde
Park barracks to-day was the occasion of a
great demonstration on the part of the peo
ple. The entire route was densely thronged
despite the rain, aud the returning troops
were enthusiastically received.
The Cholera in China.
Ban Francisco, October 22—The steamer
A r abl arrived yesterday with Yokohama
advices to October Bth, which states that the
cholera prevails in China. Official returns
show that since the first of May more than
47,000 cases have been recorded, of which
nearly 28,000 ended fatally.
Henry George Dined.
New York, October 22.—Henry George
was entertained at a dinner last night at
Delmooico’s. Henry Ward Beecher, Roger
A. Pryor, 8. 8. Cox, Perry Belmont, A. 8.
Sullivan, and a number of other prominent
citizens of New York aud Brooklyn were
present. _
Damages for Hazing.
Portland, Me., October 21.—The trial of
the case of Chas. A. Btrout against seven
students of Bowdoln College for damages
on account of Injuries Inflicted while hazing
a freshman,was concluded here to-day. The
jury returned a verdict of $2,700 damages
against the seven students.
New Journalistic Enterprise.
New Yobk, October 21.—A new one cent
morning journal is to be started here on
on November 15‘h, by Jas. Pulitzer, of the
Bt. Louis Fat-Ztapat<'A,andßtil6on Hutchins,
of the Washington Post. The office will be
on the Spruce street side of the TYibune
building. _
Cotton Futures in New Fork.
New York, October 21. —The Rat's cot
ton report says: “Futures were In moderate
demand, and closed October 6-100c.,the
balance 7-100 c. to 5-100 c. higher than yes
terday, but only barely steady.”
Frost at Memphis.
Memphis, October 21. —There was a very
light frost here this morning. Vegetation
was not killed by it.
A valuable remedy for Indigestion, Con
sumption, Dyspepsia, Weakness, Fever,
Ague, etc. Colder’s Liquid Beef Tonic.
Ask for Colden's ; take no other. Of drug
gists generally.
SAVANNAH, MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1882.
THE SIGNAL SERVICE.
Warnings of Northers and Frosts.
Washington, October 21.—The report of
the Chief Signal Officer of the Army for
the fiscal vear ended June 30,1882, says the
system of reports for the benefit of the cot
ton interests has been thoroughly organized
and successfully operated since September,
1881.
Tne local system of warnings of the
approach of northers In the southwestern
section of the country and Texas has been
continued with gratifying results, and all
railroads traversing the sections visited bv
these destructive storms are Inactive
co-operation with the Blgtal office In the
execution of this Important work. These
storms are attended by areas of high ba
rometer, which fit it appear In the extreme
northwest, and warnings are generally re
ceived in the threatened localities from 12
to 24 hours In advance, thus giving ample
time for agriculturists, ranchemen and
others who may be able to receive notifica
tions to prepare for their approach.
The system of frost warnings for the bene
fit of the sugar Interest In Louisiana has
been continued during the coming year.
It is proposed to telegraph frost warnings
direct from the Signal Office to all telegraph
offices In the sugar growing sections.
Anew district has been established In
Texas, consisting of Fort Bird, Brazoria,
Wharton and Matagorda counties. Frost
warnings for this district will be sent to
Galveston, Texas, the Cotton Exchange at
that point assuming charge of their distri
bution.
It Is proposed to establish during the
coming fall a system of fioet warnings
similar to those mentioned above for the
benefit of the tobacco growing interests of
the country. Points have been selected as
centres to which warnings will be tele
graphed, and arrangements have*been made
with the telegraph and railroad companies
for their rapid distribution from these points
throughout the tobacco growing section of
the country. These warnings are received
as a rule from thirty-six t,o forty-eight
hours In advance of a cold wave.
A service similar In all respects to this,
hut for the benefl; of orange growers of
Florida, Is also in operation. Notifications
of anticipated frosts are telegraphed to the
Signal Service Observer at Jacksonville,
who communicates the warnings by all
available means to those Interested In orange
culture throughout the State.
EGYPT.
The Trial of the Rebels—Arabl’s De
fense.
London, October 21.—A correspondent of
the Timts at Cairo says: ‘‘Very little docu
mentary evidence has been adduced In the
examination of the rebel prisoners, beyond
the file of Arabi Pasha’s official journal,
published In Cairo during the campaign.
Arabi has admitted nothing. He has not
imitated his colleagues in seeking to throw
the blame on others.”
A dispatch to Reuter’s Telegram Com
pany from Cairo states that according to an
agreement arrived at between Messrs.
Broadley and Napier, Arabl’s counsel, and
the government lawyer In regard to the
course of procedure, the English counsel
will have access to Arabi an! the right of
recalling witnesses for the prosecution for
cross examination; of calling witnesses for
defense, and of examining the evidence
given during the preliminary Investigation.
Counsel expect that the Egyptian Govern
ment will appoint several additional mem
bers on the court martial, who will be able
to speak English, and will generally take
steps to raise the proceedings to the dignity
of a great Btate trial.
Geneva, October 21.—Nlnet, who was
Arabi Pasha’s European adviser, declares
tha’ he received no reward for his services,
and that he can prove bv documents that
the evacuation of Alexandria and the de
fense of the country were ordered by the
Ministry azid sanctioned by the Khedive.
SYSTEMATIC VILLAINY.
An Alleged Murderer’s Confession Re
tracted.
Cincinnati, October 21.—Fred. Captain,
who was arrested on suspicion of the mur
der of A. W. Ross, at Glendale, October 8,
confessed yesterday that a colored man who
was arrested a few days ago was the prin
cipal murderer; that he Induced Captain to
join him lu the robbery of Roes at his house,
but Ross not being at home they waited for
him at the railroad crossing, and Harris hit
him with a stone and beat him over the
head with a club. Captain said he ran away
and Harris did the robbing. Captain was
before the Coroner to-day as a witness, and,
to the surprise of the crowd gath
ered to hear hfs confession,
said he knew nothing about the murder,
he admitting making the confession, but
said he was coaxed into making It by Jno
Mount, who had been put In jail with him.
He said Mount told him Harris and
Fred Captain, senior, were in jail ana Har
ris was about to make a statement putting
the murder on him and his father. Mount
told him his ODly safety lay in telling his
story first, and showed him how he could
tell a story that would implicate Harris and
the elder Captain, and let witness go free.
Mount said there was a large reward, and
witness would get a big share of it. He at
last consented, but added: “I have sincerely
repented since, and hope God will forgive
me.”
The Jeannette Inquiry.
Washington, October 21.—The examina
tion of Lieutenant Danenbower was con
tinued before the Jeannette board of in
quiry to day. He testified that the sudden
disaster to the ship was anticipated, and
when she first entered the pack prepara
tions were made to abandon her.
The condition of the men when landed
on the ice was good, with tlfe exception
of Cblpp, who was disabled and prostrated
by what was supposed to be tin poisoning.
Witness was disabled by the condition of his
eyes and Alexy was aSected with the ulcer
ation of one of his legs. Several men were
affected by tin poisoning and prostrated a few
days later. Everything that circumstances
would permit was done to save the Jeannette.
The force brought to bear on the Jeannette
was sufficient to crush any ship that could
possibly be constructed, If she were held In
the same position as the Jeannette. Wit
ness was asked what he would have done if
be had been in command of the Jeannette
at the time she entered the pack, and re
plied:
“I should have tried to get out of the
pack on the evening of September 6th.”
“What would have been the prospects of
your succeeding in getting clear of the ice
at that timet”
Answer—“ Good.”
A Plague-Stricken Vessel.
Fortrbss Monrob.Va., October 21.—The
Bpanlsh steamer Believer, from New York
for the West Indies, arrived here this after
noon, having in tow the French brigantine
Marie Anne, from Bt. Domingo for Havre,
with coffee. The vessel was picked up
yesterday morning about one hundred and
twenty-five miles east of Cape Henry, with
only three men on board. The Captain,
two maten and six men had died from yel
low fever on the passage.
The vessel was drifting about when picked
up. She was towed to the quarantine
grounds below Norfolk and the authorities
notified. The Believer will proceed on her
voyage to night.
—
Mexican News.
City or Mbxico, October 21—A storm
prevailed yesterday In the Gulf of Mexico,
by which considerable damage was done to
shipping and buildings at Coatzacoalcos.
The steamer Whitney, from New
Orleans, for the safety of
which apprehension was felt, arrived at
Vera Cruz this morning, with all on board
well. r
M. Sears, formerly Assistant General
Manager of the Mexican Central Railway,
has been placed in charge of the construc
tion of the Pacific and Tehuantepec Road.
French-American Claims.
Washington, October 21.—The French
and American Claims Commission reassem
bled to day. All the commissioners were
present. Judge Aldis, on behalf of the
United States, formally presented to the
commission W. Hayden Edwards as assist
ant counsel for the United States. It is
thought that the two governments will have
to extend the term limited for the com
mission, which expires in a few months, as
about six hundred cases await the action of
the court.
In Distress.
Nxw York, October 21.—The Norwegian
bark Ilex, from Pensacola for Doddrecht,
arrived at this port this forenoon In distress.
She left Pensacola September 11th, and ex
perienced heavy weather. Part of her deck
load was wasted away. She will no doubt
have to discharge her cargo of lumber and
go on the dty dock for examination and re
pairs.
THB NOBLE RED MAN.
NOT PLUNDERED MORE THAN
USUAL.
Commissioner Price’* Beport-The Moral,
Social aud Industrial Status of the
Indians—Gash Annuities Condemned-
Lands in Severalty—The Key to tile
Problem.
Washington, October 2L—The annual
report of the Commissioner of Indian Af
fairs for the year ended June 30th, 1882,
was given to the press to-day. Commis
sioner Price says the operations and results
of the last year at the different agencies
compare favorably with any preceding year.
Land has been opened to cultivation, houses
for Indian residences have been built,
schools opened, and In various ways the
cause of civilization generally advanced. The
co operation of religious societies la regarded
by the Commissioner as an Important auxil
iary In the education and civilization of the
Indians. He points to the benefits derived
from the work of the religious societies in
the past few yc are, bu’ urges liberal appro
priation for educational purposes.
The Importance of surveying the reserva
tion lands is also urged, the Commissioner
asserting tba*. the-lack of definite bounda
ries Is a fearful source of strife between
the Indians and their white neighbors.
The evils of cash annuities are commented
upon, and instances mentioned where, soon
after cash payment to the Utl, nine
tenths of the entire sum was
spent in Balt Lake City for
firearms, ammunition and whisky. The In
dian population at sixty agencies on June
30th last Is estimated at 246,932. Adding
to this number Indians not uhder control of
agents, the total number of Indians in the
United States is estimated at 262,366.
The Commissioner comments severely upon
the iniquity of the liquor traffic
among the Indians. He recommends grea’er
stringency generally in the laws on the sub
ject, and particularly urges the repeal of the
statute* allowing army officers to introduce
liquor into the Indian country. Legislation Is
suggested to prevent Intrusion upon Indian
lands, 6uch as the attempts of Payne’s Okla
homa colony. Legislation is also required
for the better protection of Indian timber
lands, and the attention of Congress is
called to the Imperfect system of laws gov
erning the Indfaos upon their reservations.
Respecting Indian schools the Commis
sioner reports 4hat exclusive of the five civ
ilized tribes in the Indian Territory, 8,508
Indian pupils attended school during the
past year. Industrial training schools for
boys at the agencies are receiving more at
tention each year, and during the pas* year
at fifty-seven schools fourteen hundred and
twenty eight acres of land were under culti
vation. The appropriation for educational
purposes during the current year ts $490,-
000, and the Commissioner asks for $920,000
for the next year.
Touching the allotment of land in sever
alty to the Indians the Commissioner earn
estly Indorses this plan, believing that the
future welfare of the Indians depend upon
giving them severalty interest in the lands.
This plan, he thinks, is one of the key to
the solution of the Indian question.
PIMLICO.
Saturday's Raceg-Bushwhacker’g Victory.
Pimlico, Md., October 21.— The first race,
the Eclectic stakes, one mile, Gano won,
Express second, Breeze third. Time 1:45%.
The second race, the Breckinridge stakes,
two miles, Carley B. won, Miss Lilly second,
Hilarity third. Time 3:40%.
The third race, a handicap purse, one and
a half miles, Parole won, Gen. Morgan se
cond, Amazon third. Time 1:40%
The fourth race, one mile, Duke of Mon
talbane won, Farewell second, Harry Gow
third. Time 1:46%.
The fifth race was the Bowie stakes, four
mile heats. Hartford was first off In the
start, with Bushwhacker second, Ella War
field last. In the upper turn Bushwhacker
went to the front and ran through three and
a half miles at not less than two and fre
quently five lengths in front of Hartford,
and Ella Warfield trailing six lengths
behind. Ella Warfield then ran up, and in
the last half of the fourth mile went to
the front, passing the last quarter half a
length aheadjof Bushwhacker and Hartford
ten lengths behind. EllaJMmld finished
the heat six lengths iu whacker
and Hartford distanced*. Time
In the second neat. FaMHEiriErkd off
in the start and held the iwlgMntoificish
In the third mile. Ella
and passing the half-mile
mile, ran up and was on nearff •Ten terms,
but Bushwhacker shook her
when they passed the stand. CompSiSjtSpl
third mile she was only a head beSBB TE'J
the lower turn she again fell off
whacker kept his pace and won tha%jfej,
heat, by a dozen lengths. Time 7:40. sTI
When the horses were called to the nH
for the third heat daylight had passedadSiltj
the moon shone with sufficient brigtajjEiiEJ
give a faint view of them on thMfipnii]
side of the track from the am bd
Bushwhacker was first jtafl,' jfe'
the first quarter led by threo tosgtlnr lie
widened the tap to fotuajlMugta. which he
held through the
miles. At. the "miff dfc third
milt- F. la and
up 'wogjHHttjWhf'
around the tui7*R37raWtting Into the
back stretch Wtehed the girth of Bush
whacker at the'rsalf nnle pole, but In the
lower turn he shook her oflE and made the
gap wider than ever. The old horse finish
ed the heat and the race running by a dozen
lengths. Time 9:06%.
THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK.
Bmln’i Prospects—Folger’a Defeat
Predicted—'The Illinois Legiala
ture—The Virginia Campaign, Etc,
A Washington special to the Baltimore
Sun says that some Interesting Information
as to the political situation in several im
portant States has been received in that
city. An ex Governor of Massachusetts,
whose Republicanism Is of the staunchest,
and who has alwavs been considered one of
the most practical and far-seeing of politi
cians, says that he will be surprised if Ben.
Butler Is not elected Governor of Massachu
setts. He looks also for Democratic gains
in Congressmen from Massachusetts. For
some days bets have been offered here that
Butler will be elected.
A stalwart Republican who came from
New York predicted that Folger
would be defeated by sixty thousand ma
jority. On the strength of this and other
information which Is regarded as reliable, a
well known sportsman here made
bets of one hundred dollars each that Cleve
land would be elected by twenty, by thirty
and by forty thousand majority.
An official holding one of the highest
Federal positions in Illinois, a Grant man
and a devoted friend of Senator Logan, in a
private letter received here Wednesday, says
there is great danger that, the Republicans
will not have a majority in the next Legis
lature of Illinois, with its prlzs of United
States Senatorship. There <g a very
serious absence of harmony among
Republicans in a number of the legisla
tive districts. Independent candidates are
running all over the State, and in addition
to the Democratic and Republican candi
dates the Greenbackers, anti-monopolists
and prohibitionists have set up candidates
in many of the districts. The writer says
it will be almost a miracle if these organ’za
tions do not hold the balance of power in
the Legislature, and the chances are very
fair for a stralghtout Democratic majority.
From Nebraska the news comes that Sen
ator VanWyckhas taken a stand against
the Republican candidates ior Congress. In
the Third district there are three Republi -
can candidates, which is thought will in
sure the election of the Democratic candi
date.
Advices received from Colorado indicate
that the Republicans are becoming a little
anxious concerning the Legislature, which
also has the election of a United States
Benator.
Advices from Republican sources in Wis
consin concede the election of three Demo
cratic Congressmen In that State, with the
chances in favor of another.
It is proper to say that the Republican
campaign committee profess to put no con
fidence in such advices, and claim that their
news is all of an encouraging character.
This, of course, is to be expected.
A member of the regular Republican
committee of Pennsylvania writes that
Beaver will be elected beyond a doubt, and
the Pennsylvania stalwarts echo the same
opinion. But, when offered wagers on the
result, they Invariably decline to back their
opinions.
Governor Cameron, of Virginia, passed
through Washington Wednesday evening
on his way to Richmond from the Shenan
doah valley, where he had been making
speeches. In conversation with your cor
respondent, Governor Cameron said the Re
adjuster meetings were numerously
attended, and were of the most spirited and
enthusiastic character. He said the Ohio
election would have no effect upon the re
sult in Virginia; that his party would elect
six out of the ten Congressmen, with a very
good chance for seven, and that the majority
for John A. Wise, the candidate for Con
gressman at large, would be greater than his
(Cameron's) majority for Governor a year
ago. The Governor said the Bourbon
funders in Virginia were as dead as they
could be, but they did not seem to know it.
SECOM EDITION.
3:30 O’CLOCK P. M.
THE WALKING MATCH.
The Score at Noon.
New York, October 23.—The walking
match commenced last night at Madison
Square Garden at twelve o’clock. The score
at noon was: Hazel 83 miles; Hughes 85 miles
and 2 laps; Noremac 75 mile# and 1 lap;
Rowell 74 miles and 6 laps; Hart 72 miles
and 6 laps; Fitzgerald 72 miles and 5 laps;
Panchot 70 miles and 1 lap; Herty 69 miles
and 2 lap*, and Vint 60 miles and 7 laps.
New York Stock Market.
New York, October 23, 11 a. m —The
stock market opened 1 percent, higher than
It closed Saturday for Illinois Central, %
per cent, for Texas Pacific, 2% lower for
Richmond and Danville, l%for West Point,
and Irregular but generally % to 1 per cent,
lower for the remainder of the list. During
tbe past hour the market has been only
fairly active and weak. At 11 o’clock there
was a decline of % to 1% per cent., In
which Wabash preferred, New Jersey Cen
tral, Louisville and Nasnville and Western
Union were most conspicuous.
A Bark Abandoned.
London, October 23—The Italian bark
Enrico P., Captain Pinoncello, from Pensa
cola August 15 for Genoa,was passed on the
Bth instant abandoned, waterlogged and dis
masted.
Manilla in Ruins. .
Hong Kong, October 23.—The greater
part of Manilla has been destroyed by a
typhoon.
THE LATEST MARKETS.
OFFICE OF THE MORNING NEWS, I
Savannah, October 23, 1882, 4 p. m. (
Cotton.— The market op aned steady and un
changed. At Ip. m. was firm and generally
asking higher. The sales were 2,674 bales.
We gtve the official quotations of the Bavannah
Cotton Exchange:
Middling fair io%
Good middling 10 7-16
Middling 10 3-16
Low middling 9 is.jg
Good ordinary. 91Z
Ordinary
Naval Storos.— The market opened quiet and
firm at an advance of 12%c. for W. W. and W
G * an d a decline of sc. for K and M. At Ip, m
was steadv at an advance of sc. for M and N.
The sales were 758 barrels. Spirits turpentine
opened quiet at 50c. for regulars and ?9c. for
oils and whiskys. At Ip. m. was unchanged
No sales. We quote: Rosin*—a, B, Csl 65, D
V-22'3 W, F 81 85 * G#l 85, Hsl 90.1 $2 00,
K svt 25, M $2 75. N $8 35, window glass $4 25,
water white $4 28. Spirits turpentine—Oils
and whiskys 49c., regulars 50c. •
(.■..
markets by telegraph.
NOON REPORT.
FINANCIAL.
Paris, October 23, 2p. m.—Rentes. 81f 27c.
,Nw York, October 23 -Stocks opened
dull Money, 4% per cent. Excuange—long,
*4 81%; short, *4 85%. titate bonds inactive.
Government bonds generally unchanged.
COTTON.
Liverpool, October 23.— Cotton opened with
a moderate inquiry, which was freely supplied;
middling uplands, 6%d; middling Orleans, 6%d:
sale* 8,000 bales—for speculation and export
1.000 bales; receipts 11,400 bales-American
9,250 bales.
Futures: Middling uplands, low middling
clause, deliverable in October, 6 28-64d; de
liverable in October and November, 6 15-64a
6 14-64d; deliverable in November and Decem
ber, 6 10-64a6 9-64d; deliverable in December and
January, 6 10-64 ab 9-64d; deliverable in January
and February, 6 10-64a6 9-64d: deliverable in
February and March, 6 11-6ia6!o 64d; deliver
able in March anil April, 6 13-64d: deliverable in
June and July, 6 18-64a6 19-64d. Futures steady.
1:30 p. m.— Futures: Middling uplands, low
middling clause, deliverable in May and June,
6 16-64d.
3:00 p. m.—Futures: Middling uplands, low
middling clause, deliverable in March and April,
ft 152-ft4d.
New York, October 28.—Cotton opened
steady; sales 1,583 bales; middling uplands
10 15-16 c; middling Orleans, ll%c.
Futures—Market opened dull, with sales as
follows: October, 10 71c; November, 10 61c; De
cember. 10 61c; January, 10 69c; February
10 81c; March, 10 90c. ““O'*
OiiOCIRIES, PROVISIONS, ETC.
Liverpool, Oqfiober 23.—Lard, 6?s 3d.
New York. r 23.—Flour opened dull
and opened %a%c lower,
hut most of the de
•fh | i*~ lower, but after-
Liy*W. | -bbßs t! decline. Fork firm
fwut.qkflf ■ steady at 13c. Freight*
[u)BiapOTMsybtober 23.—Flour quiet but
hwMuM UtayMTd street and Western superfine,
fffiiSfc extra, $4 25a4 75; ditto family,
gA'WWgOity mills superfine, $3 50a4 00; ditto
BKt*rs4dfea4 75; Rio brands, $5 75. Wheat
finyg—Ufry and a shade lower; Western
MHNHIMoBing firm; Southern red, $1 05a
$1 14al 16; No. 1 Maryland, $1 11;
h.dPTT r " 111 winter red, on spot and October
Western quiet but firm; Southern, white 88a
90c for old, yellow 95c.
NAVAL STORES.
New York, October 23 —Spirit* turpentine,
57a6?%c. Rosin, $1 85al 95.
Postal Telegraphy.
Chicago Tribune.
It is said that Postmaster General Howe
Intends to devote considerable space in his
annual report to the subject of postal tele
graphy, and will make a deUllea statement
showing the great superiority of the British
system over the American system. The
former is owned and managed by the gov
ernment, and the latter practically controlled
by one giant corporation. English ex
perience has proved that an improved ser
vice is rendered at a reduced cost to the
public by applying to telegraphic corre
spondence the same principles which govern
correspondence by mail. Business progress
certainly demands equal facilities and the
minimum cost of service In both systems of
communication.
The popular reception of Mr. Howe’s sug
gestions on this subject will depend largely
upon the tendency he shall develop as to the
means to be adopted for the establishment
of a government system of telegraphy. It is
believed tnat Jay Gould looks fondly and
confidently to the sale of the Western Union
Telegraph Company’s plants, franchises,
patents and appurtenances to the govern
ment as the ultimate realization of
the huge stock-jobbing schemes in
which he has been engaged. The
capital stock of the corporation
U now $80,000,000, and Mr. Gould is said to
entertain the hope that the government may
be Induced to pay $100,000,000 for the in
vestment which the capital stock nominally
represents. If such a sale to the govern
ment upon such a basis be undertaken It
will be the greatest job of the century, and
It will meet with a popnlar protest powerful
enough to create a havoc In Congressional
and official circles.
English experience not only teaches the
advantages of a postal telegraph system,
but also furnishes a warning against the ac
quirement by purchase of existing lines at
extravagant prices. The English Govern
ment was outrageously swindled in this
way. It bought up telegraph lines at a capi
talization more or less fictitious, and then
discovered that it was loaded down with
rotten poles, defective wires, obsolete ap
pliances, and burdensome contracts which
greatly Impeded the achievement of cheap
rates and efficient service. It would be eu
preme folly for the American Government
to repeat this error. The capital stock of
the Western Union Company represents
abundant watering, the payment of immense
bonuses for crushing out competition, the
absorption of blackmailing schemes, the
losses of bad management in rival compa
nies, and the manipulations that have been
made in the stock by various parties in con
trol. It has been roughly estimated that
$25,000,000 would duplicate tbd actual plant
represented by the $80,000,000 of Western
Union capital stock, and the advantages of
new material, improved methods, and more
substantial construction would make the
smaller investment more valuable than the
larger. There is no claim upon the govern
ment to assume all the past losses, all the
bad Investments, and all the cost of buying
off competition which the Western Union
capitalization represents in the interest of
monopoly.
If the system of postal telegraphy shall
ever be adopted for this country it will not
be to enable Jay Gould and his associates to
realize on fictitious stock, nor to add.to the
bulk of the national debt, nor to increase
the expenses of the government, but to
furnish the people with a low and uniform
charge for telegraph service which shall
make the system self-sustaining, com
prehensive and expeditious. This object
cannot be secured by paving at the
start from three, to four times as
much for telegraph facilities as they
would cost to establish anew, and the
country is not prepared to tolerate anew
era of bribery and corruption which would
be necessarily incidental to any nego
tiation of a lob Involving the expenditure of
from $80,000,000 to $100,000,000 of govern
ment money. When the Post Office Depart
ment went Into the parcel -delivery business
it did not buy out the express companies
nor is it any more lmcumbent on the Gov
ernment to buy out the telegraph companies
at their own price, in order to establish a
system of postal telegraphy.
TROPIC LANDS.
THE TIDiL IVATE IN COLOMBIA.
Villages Swept Away —Earthquakes—
Revolution in Ecuador—Chili-Peru—
Peace Negotiations Progressing.
Panama,October 20.—The Colombian Gov
ernment has learned of an outbreak of
small pox at Emperador. There are five
cases of yellow fever in the Canal hospltll
to-day. Tbe United States steamer Sara
toga arrived at Colon yesterday. AU well
on board.
Last month the district of Ban Bias, In
this State, was visited on the 7th by a series
of tidal movements, which did damage to
life and property. From accounts given
by aa Indian, it appears that the
tide ran out a great distance
and on its return swept away vil
lages built on the beach and In the different
Islands of the archipelago and on the main
land. The ou'flow andlDflow occurred four
times In a day, the greatest damage being
done by a third wave. The villages of Rio
Coco Isla, Padona and Napacandl, on the
islands of the same name, were also swept
away and more than forty persons were
drowned.
At Playon Grande every house was washed
down, but only two persons were drowned.
Playon Chico, which adjoins it, also suf
fered. Sixteen persons lost their lives at
A qulla Cande Island, and several thousand
dollars worth of Imported goods was swept
Into the sea. The village at Red Banana
and Moiqulto have also been flooded. The
people are left homeless ana their goods
destroyed. Other villages must have suf
fered, but the particulars had not reached
San Bias.
San Salvador, October 20.—A slight
shock of earthquake occurred at 7:30 to
day. The dry season appears to have now
set (n.
Lima, Peru, October 21.—At 1:40 a. m.
to-day a slight shock of earthquake occurred
here.
News from Arequipa says the official acts
of the Provisional Government show that
they are marching: healloDK toward a fatal
end. ihe Prefect of Areqalpa tendered his
resignation, but the Supreme Government
refused to accept It, because a. 1 resent his
services cannot be dispense! with.
Panama, October 21.—Rumors are cur
rent in Ecuador that a revolution, headed
by Alfaro, is again making headway, and
future operations will be carried on in the
Interior, and not as formerly, on the coast.
Alfaro Is said to have a number of men with
him, and at last accounts was within four
days’ march of Quito, which he hoped to
take by surprise. Alfaro’s great drawback
la the need of money.
Washikgton, October 21,—Senor Elmore,
the Peruvian Minister in Washington, to
night received a cable dispatch from Dr.
Rosas, the’ Minister of Peru lu Pari?, In
forming him that peace negotiations be
tween Chill and Peru are still In progress
In Chill, and that Plerola, the ex-Dlctator of
Peru, who has beretofefre been reported en
route for Peru, Is still in Paris.
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.
The French Chambers have been sum
moned to meet on the 9;h of November.
There were eight deaths from yellow
fever in Havana during the week ended
Saturday.
A fire last Saturday night destroyed the
Eenterprls flour mills at Memphis, Tenu.
Loss $30,000. ’
Commodore Hugh J. Purviance (retired)
died at Baltimore Saturday morning at his
residence in that city.
A Keonlgsberg dispatch says : ‘‘There
has been a tremendous decline In the prices
of Russian grain, owing to the competition
of America.”
Mrs. Hamilton Fish was thrown from a
carriage near Garrison’s New York, recent
ly, and had two ribs broken, besides suffer
ing other injuries. She was reported at last
accounts to be doing well.
A dispatch from Fort Morgan, Alabama,
say 6: “An unknown brig was forced to
anchor off Sand Island yesterday on account
of the storm. She Is supposed to be tbe
Ortolar, from Galveston.”
The Tammany Hall Convention nomine
ted A. S. Hewitt for Congress from the
Tenth New York district. Ferry Bel
mont was also nominated by the Democ
crats In the First New York district.
There Is great interest manifested at
Brownsville, Texas, in the coming election
There Is a split in the Democratic party
One side Indorses Ochiltree, Independent,
against Finley, Democrat, for Congress.
The Charcoal Iron Workers’ Association
adjourned at 11 p. m. Saturday night, aftor
a three days’ session at Chattanooga. They
have visited all the Important furnaces to
the South, and are deeply Impressed with
the outlook of the Iron regions in this lo
cality.
James Donnelly, thirty-five years of age,
was dumping a hod full of bricks Inside the
great chiffinfy at Havemeyer’s sugar house,
in course of erection at Williamsburg, a few
days sgo, when the staging broke and he
was killed by falling to the ground, one
hundred feet below.
A motion challenging the array of jurors
In the case of Healy and Incidentally at
tacking the constitutionality of the act cre
ating the District Courts, was argued at
New Orleans on Saturday, by Judge Whit
aker and District Attorney Finney. The
motion was overruled by Judge Roman.
Captain J. C. Post, of the United States
Engineer Corps, has been relieved from
duty under Lieutenant Colonel Gillmore,
and ordered to relieve Captain A. M. Mil
ler In charge of the Mississippi river Im
provements. Captain Post will take the
station at Alexandria, Louisiana. First
Lieutenants J. M. Bailey and J. W. Bymons
have been ordered to report to Lieutenant
Colonel Gillmore at Charleston, 8. C.
Henry Hannah, of No. 510 Bedford avenue,
and Thomas Leander, of No. 515 De Kalb
avenue, Brooklyn, were arrested recently on
a charge of highway robbery. The priso
ners, who are only ten years of age, a few
days ago, stopped a smaller boy In the
street, and took from him two dollars and a
half, which he had for a pair of shoes.
Whether the young rascals had been reading
dime novels or not remains to be seen.
The rubber manufacturers of the United
States, in session In New Tort, have
adopted the following resolution: “We, the
undersigned manufacturers of rubber boots
and shoes, hereby agree to close our resp*>c
tlve factories on and after December 23,
1882, and to keep them closed until the
price of rubber shall fall to a point which
warrants us In resuming. The time when
that point has been reached shall be de
termined by the meeting called by the
Chairman or Secretary of this meeting, on
the request of five members, who are manu
facturers of rubber boots and shoes.” About
sixty firms, having an aggregate capital of
$30,000,000, were represented in the meet
ing.
FROM PANAMA.
The Recent Earthquake—The De Les
geps Canal.
Mr. Mops Washerman, of Ban Francisco,
arrived la Chicago Tuesday direct from Pan
ama, and to a Tribune reporter he gave a
graphic description of the earthquake which
was felt at the latter place September 7 and
the following dav. The trembling motion,
he says, was from eou'h to north, and the
shock lasted about two seconds. Had It
been longer the town would have been de
stroyed. The shock was felt about 6:30 a.
m., and was perceptible throughout the
whole town. The cathedral was a mass of
ruins and the town hall was serlouslv
injured. The Panama Railroad was
damaged to a considerable extent. The
trains were abandoned on account of the
dilapidated condition of the track. The sec
ond shock was felt the following day and
crested great consternation. This was more
severe, but was of less duration. The peo
ple were greatly frightened, and for ten days
thereafter the majority of them deserted
their houses and slept in the plazis or streets
Procehslons were formed in which holy pic
lures and crosses wore carried, while the
priests petitioned for relief from the terrible
visitation. The earthquake was also felt at
Aspinwall, and there three persons lost their
lives In jumping from the windows of their
shaking homes.
Mr. Wasserman also had considerable to
eay about the work on the Panama canal,
which he considers a good deal of a failure.
5 a S. he sa y®> upended about
$25,000,000 and have very little to show for
it. Over $4,000,000 has been expended
on their railroad, and this scheme alone
wIU require about 111,000,000 more. They
have eleven miles of road. The chief monu
ment of the enterprise is two fine ho*pttals,
very elaboratelv built. Every day two funer
al trains leave the city and come back
loaded with tbe remains of the workmen,
who are dropping off by scores. The gen
eral feeling, even among the employes,
according to Mr. Wasserman, is that tbe
canal will never be successful until it Is put
under the control of Americans. It is now
managed by French officers. At the present
rate of expenditure, he says, the will
cost at least $500,000,000 before it can be
completed.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
HER MOTHER’S SECRET.
CHAPTER I.
THS mSTKBfS OF MOSDBIXK.
There h a wound within her-’Us a wound
That lias too deep for tears; and many awhile.
When all that te around her seems to smile.
Within her heart of heart a knell doth sound.
Isaac Williams
“Mother! Oh. mother! it will break my
heart!” walled Odalite, sinking at the lady’s
feet, and dropping her head into her hand?,
face downward to the carpet
The lady gently raised her child, took her
In her arms and tenderly caressed her, mur
muring softly:
"No, my own! hearts never break, or one
heart, I know, must have broken long ago.
Besides,” she added, in a firmer tone—
“ Honor must be saved, though hearts be
sacrificed.”
“ ‘Honor,’ mother, dear? Ido not under
stand. Ido not see wbat honor has to do
with It. Or if it has, I should think that
honor would be better saved by my keeping
faith with Le than by breaking with him!
Ob, mother! mother! It will kill nu!
moaned Odalite.
“My child, my dear girl, hear me! Listen
to reason! Leonidas Force has no claim to
be remembered by you. You have never
been engaged to him. You were but a little
girl of thirteen when he went to sea on his
first voyage, three years ago, and you have
not seen him since. What possible claim
can he have upon vou, since no betrothal
exists between you?” gently questioned the
lady, tenderly running her fair fingers
through the dark tresses of the young head
that leaned upon her bosom.
“Oh, r other.” replied the girl, with a
heavy sign. “I know that there was no for
mal betrothal between Le and myself—but
—bn*'—we all knew, vou and father and Le
and I —aU knew—and always knew, that we
two belonged ‘o each other and would
alwayt belong to each other all our lives.
Le and I never thought of any other fate.”
“Idle, childish fancies, my poor little girl!
too trivial to cause you these tears. Wipe
them away, and look clearly at the higher
destiny more worthy of your birth and
beauty,” murmured the lady, pressing her
ripe, red lips upon the pale brow of her dar
ling.
“Oh, mother, [ do not want a higher des
tiny! Ido not want any destiny apart from
Le. And these are not childish fancies, and
not trivial to mel Oh, think, mother, Le
and I were playmates as far back In my life
as I can remember. We loved each other
better than we loved any one else in the
whole world. You and father used to laugh
at us and pretend u be Jealous; but we taw
that you were pleased all the time; for you
both Intended us for each other, and we
knew It, too, for father used to say when be
saw how Inseparable we two were: ‘So
much the better; I hope their hearts will not
be estranged when they grow up!’ And onr
hearts have never become estranged from
each other!”
“Oh, yes, dearest, 1 know that there was
some speculative talk wheo you were chil
dren of uniting you and Leonidas, so that
the name of Force might not die out from
Mondreer. But I never really approved of
marrying cousins, Odalite, merely to keep
the family name on the family estate.”
“But, mother, darling Le and I never
thought of the family name and estate; we
only thought of one another. And, besides,
we are fuch very, very distant cousin?—
only fourth or fifth, I think—that that objec
tion could never be raised. Oh, mother 1
dear mother ! do not compel me to break
with Le! 1 can not! I can not! Oh, in
deed, I cannot!” she cried, burying her face
,'n the lady’s bosom.
Elfrlda Force caressed her daughter In
silence.
Presently Odalite lifted her head and
pleaded:
“He is coming home 60 soon now, and so
full of hope! He expects to be here by
Christmas; and he expects—oh, yes, I know
by bis la6t letter that he expects to—to—
to—” The girl’s eyes fell under the com
passionate yet scrutinizing gaze of her
mother, and her voice faltered into silence.
“To marry you early in the new year, I
suppose you mean, dear.”
“Yes, mother.”
“He did not say so.”
“No, mother dear, he did not say so, in so
many words, but from the whole tone of his
letter he evidently meant so. Father thought
he did. and even tried to teaze me about the
New Year’s wedding, asking me how many
hundreds I should need to buy my wedding
clothes.”
“What was It he said In his letter that
leads you to suppose he has any such ex
pectations? I confess that I saw nothing
of such au intention when I read the let
ter.”
“Only this, mother, but it was very elg
j niflcant. He wrote that now he had in
herited Greenbushes and all his Aunt
Ltura’s money, he was rich enough to re
sign from tbe navy, and he need not go
to sea any more, nor ever part with me
again; but that he could stav home, repair
and refurnish the house. Improve the land,
and farm It on all the new principles, and
make the place a paradise for us to live
in. He wrote, mother dear, as of certain
fixed facts ”
“He was very presumptuous, my dear
little girl, for there is nothing certain in this
world of changes,” gravely commented the
lady.
“But La’s heart has not changed, nor has
mine.”
“My poor darling,” eaid Elfrlda Force,
smoothing his daughter’s dark hair with a
gentle hand, "my precious child I It grieves
me to do so, but I must prepare you for
what seems inevitable. You must forget all
this youthful folly, and think of L-onldes
Force only as a cousin. You do not really
love him as a betrothed maiden
should love her affianced husband.
You only fancy that vou do. In reality
you know nothing of such a love as
that. Le was brought up in the house with
you. You have no brother. Le has no sis
ter. You therefore love each other as
brother and sister. By and by you both
may discover—but not for each other—the
higher, deeper, stronger love which uni'ee
the husband and the wife In a true marriage
—3uch a love as I could wish might crown
my darling’s ilfe with lasting joy—such a
love as you might find in a union with Angus
Anglesea, if you would but give him the
opportunity of winning your heart.”
“Madame I” exclaimed the girl, starting
to her feet, and gathering her black brows
over black eyes that blazed with Indigna
tion, “I tote Colonel Anglesea ! I tote him
and I fear him ! And I would rather (He
this day and never behold the face of Le
again, than litten to Colonel Anglesea!’’
“Oialite ! Odallte, my child ! You are
ta'kmg to your mother. Come to my heart
again, and calm your excitement,” aald the
lady, holding out her arms.
And the young girl fell weeping upon the
bosom of her mother.
The lady allowed some time to pase in
which the girl’s paroxysm of tears exhausted
Itself, and then caressing her gently, she
began, in a soothing tone:
“My precious child, do you doubt your
mother’s love or truth?”
“On, no, no, no! How could you ask such
a question of your own child, mother?”
earnestly protested O lallte.
“D> you doubt that duty is to be held
above all other considerations?”
“No! Oh, no!”
“Well, then, I have something to tell you,
mv darling, which will make you forget all
selfish aims, and even also the wishes of your
old playmate. Come with me to your own
bed chamber, where we shall be most eecu-e
from ail interruption. I will tell you of a
fatal episode in my own youth, when I was
younger even than you are’how. Oh, that 1
should bave to tell such a tale to my daugh
ter! But, Olallte, when you bave heard It
you will learn just what you have to do In
order to save us all, and especially to save
your noble, generous, honorable father from
ruin and disgrace. And then, Odallte,when
you have learned all, you shall do exactly as
you please. Not one word of coercion, not
another wo dof persuasion, will I utter. I
will leave our fate In your hands, and yon
shall be absolutely free to act. Come with
me now.”
She took her daughter’s arm and they
arose from the sofa.
For a moment they stood, quite accident
ally, facing a tall-mirror between two win
dows on the opposite side of the room, and
that mirror for the moment reflected two
beautiful forms, of which It would be diffi
cult to decide which should bear off the
palm for beauty.
The elder lady, Elfrlda Force—wife of
Abel Force, the owner of Mondreer, one of
the finest old places on the western shore
of Maryland—was a tall, stately blonde,
with a superbly rounded form, a rich com
plexion, and an affluence of golden brown
hair, rippling all over her fine head, and
gathered into a maaa at the nape of her
graceful neck. She wore an Inexpensive
closely fitting divse of dark blue serge’
whose very plainness set off the perfection
of her figure, and enhanced the brilliancy
of her complexion, showing to the best ad
vantage that splendid beauty, which at the
age of thirty-five had reached Its zenith
Just now, however, the vivid brightness of
her bloom had faded to a pale rose-tint, and
her lovely blue eyes seemed heavy with
unshed tears.
Her young daughter, O lallte, equally
beautiful In her way, was yet of an entirely
opposite type# She waa of medium height,
snd her form, though well rounded, was
slender almost to fragility. Her head was
small and covered with a fine suit of rip
pllng jet black hair, which she wore care
lessly, partly in a black net, partly escaping
down the shoulders. Her eyes and eyebrows
were black aa jet; her features were delicate
and regular; and her complexion was of a
clear Ivory white. Bhe wore a crimson me-
Hdo dress, plainly made, closely fitting, and
relieved only by narrow white ruffles at
throat and wrists.
Only for a moment they paused, and then
they walked out of the room, and the pretty
plc'ure disappeared.
They went to Odallte’s chamber, where.
In privacy, the proud lady could tell the
daughter Her Mothbk’b Secret— a secret
so terrible that she believed it would com
pel the poor girl to give up her young
dream of happiness with her chosen lover.
Leonidas Force, whom she Idolized, and
accept a life of misery as the wife of Colonel
Angus Anglesea, a heartless adventurer,
whom she loathed. The above we publish
as a specimen chapter; but the continuation
of this story will be found only in the N. Y.
Ledger. Ask for the number dated Novem
ber 4 which can now be had at any news
office or book store. If you are not within
reach of a news office, you can have the
Ledger mailed to you for one year by send
ing three dollars to Robert Bonner, pub
lisher, 182 William street, New York.
A Radical on the War.
Mr. L&bouchere publishes the following
caustic comments on the Egyptian cam
paign: “According to the telegraphed ac- *
counts of the Khedive’s triumphs! entry
into Cairo, he was accompanied In his car
riage by the Duke of Connaught and by
Sir Garnet Wolseley, and the former occu
pied the seat of honor by the side of the
nominal ruler of the country. This certain
ly seems a strange arrangement, for as the
Duke of Connaught Is only In Egypt in the
caDadty of an officer under Sir Garnet
Wolseley’s command, It was a gross breach
of etiquette for him to take precedence of
his chief. If the Duke of Wellington were
alive and In command of the army his royal
godson would speedily receive some such
rebuke as His Grace administered to Wil
liam IV. when he was starring about as
Lord High Admiral. If princes are to be
actively employed in either army or navy
they must forget their royal blood when on
service and act In all reapects like other offi
cers of their rank.
“The newspapers announce—whether
with truth or not I do not know—that Par
liament will be asked to make a grant of
£50,000 each to the naval and military
commanders In Egypt. Except that It is a
bad habit there ie no more reason why a
successful military command should be re
warded with a money bonus than civil ser
vices. The Romans were In the habit of
giving a donation to the soldiers engaged In
a campaign, and It would be more sensible
for us to follow this example, Instead of
presenting their commander with a large
sum. One hundred thousand pounds ster
ling would enable us to give £4 each to
25,000 men. If, however, we are In a
liberal mood we might still more use
fully distribute this money among the
widows and orphans of the soldiers who
have been killed. The man who is killed
for his country deserves a higher recog
nition than the man by whose order he dies.
The Radicals, say the effusive newspapers,
a-e positively capable of declining to vote
for this grant. They are. It is said that
Sir Beauchamp Seymour’s refusal of a Peer
age la dependent upon his being given a
larger sum than £50,000; that Is to say, like
a wise man, he prefers solid cash to a title.
Those who have, however, to pay, like wise
men, prefer to do so in titles rather than in
cash.
“As regards Sir Garnet Wolseley, my
opinion of him is much what It was before
the campaign. He is a good, hard working
officer, whose services are marred by his In
tolerable habit of bragging. He may be a
great military genius, but he has not yet
given any proof of it. In Egypt he did hts
work well and therefore he deserves praise,
although the work proved by no means diffi
cult. No one ever supposed that the Egyp
tians would vanquish us. But they showed
themselves even worse soldiers than was an
ticipated. A story Is told of Blr Garnet
putting his finger on the map and saying
that the war would end about September 15
by an engagement between Ismallla and
Cairo. Given the fact that he made Ismallla
the basis of his operations and that the
Egyptians did not Interfere with him, but
let him conduct the campaign as he pleased,
this was pretty obvious; Indeed, a good
many of the newspaper strategists said the
same thing.
“Arabi’s mistake seems to have been not
havlog blocked up the canal. He allowed
himself to be persuaded by M. de Lesseps
that It would be treated by his opponents as
a neutral zone. Had he been wise he would
have asked for an assurance to this effect,
and if he did not obtain it have rendered
the passage through It impossible. Nothing
would have been easier, as he was for a
considerable time in command of Its banks,
and had he employed the fellahs In shovel
ling sand Into It, instead of erecting
earthworks, only to be deser’ed, I
do not precisely see how Sir Garnet’s
prophecy could have been verified.
In the choice of the officer to bring the dis
patches of Sir Garnet Wolseley home that
General seems to have made the same mis
take as he did when he declined to send
home on a like mission Major Marter, who
had captured Cetewayo, but Intrusted his
dispatches to one of his own persona! fol
lowing, who was on his arrival rewarded
with a gift of £5OO and promotion. Fortu
nately for the taxpayer it was then decided
that hereafter this donation should not be
made. It might, be well, however, to draw
the attention of the Commander-in-Chlef to
this piece of favoritism.
“The Foot Guards complain bitterly of
their not having had an opportunity of
showing their valor in Egypt against the
foe. They say they were employed, under
a broiling sun, on such persistently severe
fatigue duty that many officers of the Indian
contingent were shocked, and observed that
In India no European troops would be thus
treated; and, In despair, they named them
selves ‘The Duke of Connaught’s Own Nav
vies.’ Their complaint Is that they were
kept to any sort o’f drudgery so long as It
was out of shot, and that this was unjus Ifi
able, now that r fles kill at a mile and a
half and field artillery at two miles. On the
other h^ndit must be remembered that It
takes two to make a fight; and as Sir Garnet
Wolseley was aware that the Egyptians
would not stand the attack of his first line,
he can hardly be blamed for having kept
his reserves out of danger.’’
The First Auditor of the Treasury, in his
annual report for the year ending June 30th
last, shows that the number of accounts re
ceived by the First Auditor’s office during
the year, relating to receipts into the Treasu
ry. was 7,193, representing $973,687,471 39;
number of accounts relating to disburse
ments 20,802, representing $1,625,740,807 75;
number of bond accounts, 1,155; total num
ber of accounts, 29,150; total value of ac
counts certified, $1,999,298,279 14. The In
crease In the number of accounts over the
previous year was 922, and Increase In value.
$120,768,062 39.
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