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‘nlTlit pitting Crtcus.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
HAPPENINGS at home.
riTHKKED FROM OUR STATE
EXCHANGES.
knnll ~l Methodist Conference—A Negro
-hot l*v Officers —Charged with Breach
• Trut —Americas* Oil Factory and
lUiA rlioinson’s Mechanical Wonder
ft>.> Mining Boom in Hall.
. hools for the whites in Warren
opened on the Second Monday
. l#sfi and the public examination
will lie held on the second Mon
.. p... tuber next.
incil of Griffin can’t elect a City
-.••inenceof a tie vote, so the elec
idjournedovcr, leaving the ques
i. it will go over to the next
:members of which will be
. weeks from Tuesday night last,
i! conference of the Methodist
~ i hurch of Georgia convened at
. ~ ~ •n. Spalding county, on Friday
■ •anted on the 27th inst. Rev. F.
-it was elected President, and J.
- ret ary. The plan of appoint
• • the several circuits as follows:
■ !■. Walton, Gordon, Randolph
i.i.tuch. Bowden. Bremen, Talla
. and Bloomony Hill, all of which
_ It.>wden, Tallapoosa and Coweta)
t ,, . ; i. ci with preachers.
master mechanic, Mr. Koliert
tli* - East Tennessee, Virginia and
.K : . id. was made the recipient at
, . - brother mechanics of the road
l i-t, of a "Georgia” watch, manu
al. P. Stevens .* t 0., of Macon,
Mr. Elam Gillam made the
'.•■ ech, to which Mr. Itrennan
and appropriately replied.
i .-National Bank was organized
ii "atunlay last by the election
- 11. Hawkins President and a full
iv.-tors. The capital stock of the
I- JI.-1.000. $50,000 of Which has been
Mr. v' ■ V. Green, of I.ec county, has done
-vc farming this year. He made
al. - eight hundred bushels of corn,
.ilc of cotton, live" barrels of
i hundred bushels of |M>tatoes,
liter small crops in abundance,
head of hogs in fine order for the
v last the train passed over the
• Athens on the Georgia exten
t ridge is said to be entirely safe
he best in the State.
M v Winter, formerly of Athens, has
icw paper at Bainbridge, and is
_ i large real estate agency,
i '! i it i a>ol North Georgia Railroad
• t- I tied cut at one jioint through a
white marble,'and the culverts
ug for a considerable distance are
a.:. f that dainty matter.
the Electric Light Company of
give a public exhibition of their
I lamps will he thoroughly tested,
mery being in order.
Gan i aiiahnn is in Cartersville.
■ r mile railroad in Bartow coun
■ usive iron ore beds of ex-Gov.
I ntt, editor of the Banner- Watch
i n the recipient of anew suit of
led t-i him by swift Brothers, of
). a testimonial of appreciation for
n the late Congressional contest
1 h ller and >|ieer. The editor ac
gift in a graceful and dignified
full of patriotic utterances.
and coin rocks, spotted all through
. have been picked up on hestatee
ne four miles from Dahlonega. The
id lo lie the richest that lias been
; ;he county for some time.
I- ird of Education of Brooks county
rmiued that the three months pulilie
c the ensuing year in the county
taught during the months of January,
ry. March and April, and not aftcr
t Ilaanoek county farmer has sold during
■ ninths of this year three hundred and
liars wortii of butter from eight inm
i COW'S.
V ;ens Runner- Watch ■an: -Tin* Savannah
■ s i.- out in anew dress, and is now one of
.indsome.-t as well as Ih's| papers in the
\ -!a i hrouielr anti Constitutionalist:
■ -f egg- is ciHinnoiisf The more
a i- we have tlie higher some articles
■a tinardbrn: -The Savannah News
hat and a four thousand dollar suit.
i still prints a tine paper,and we wish
I get it on time daily.
I ! lphia Reran!: "That staunch and able
I Savannah News, roaches u-
I.•• autitied and improved. It is a
- institution, like Bourlion whisky,
. . • better as it grow s older.”
VI ■-r- h ■ ’i<7. -min: "Analyze those
- given members of the Georgia
I- thj railroads, and they are nothing
I Every man that accepts one
I* left at home by his constituency
■ lay Mr. John Rountree,of Perrv.
*• uncap a loaded liras# shell lic
r. ech- oadingshotgun, w hen the
■lt', ploded the shell, taking off the
•-middle linger of the left hand aud
aerating several of his lingers at
. Vetin in the 101st district G.M.,
3 unty. came utTon lasi Wednesday,
.uni resulted in a victory fur the
! ■■ vote stood: For "stock law,"
M. This settles the qnestimi
igilateil the 101st district for the
' h-. The full vote of the district
" .-*. r “The savannah News
■ harming new dress. Success to
r ■ - uin! daily, the exjtonent of pro
■ i lc of democratic govern*
liainp'un of the people’s rights.
• ailing i>a|*-rin the South, and
-t successful ever pnbUshed. It
rite at this office. Our enn-
P | -I-mi-1 .1. 11. Kstill.”
"Oyr Hienteil conteiu
innah Morning News, has
w drees, greatly improved in
I he News is one of the most en
| t ogio-ivc journal# of the
an- glad to note this evidence of
We congratulate our content
unproved appearance, though it
■ -n one of the hamt-ouiest sheets
ty of the people of EaGrange
the N'orih Georgia t onfer
ier, ts at that place this week,
—. The LaGrange Iteqiortcr
• •Mended list of the members of
Hal thosAi'lin will entertain
■ - on. and says, in eoncltision.
■nr guests, "go or send to the
’ our fricasseed fowl ready on
r: “An old gray-headed
I Dowdy has l**cn teaching
■ IVKalb'county, and among
11-\ ear old girl, the riaugh
, --*lale. Last w eek lie closed
■ 1 the 14-year old daughter of
noth litm. and skipped for
Mr. Ragsdale followed on
-iicceeded iii reclaiming his
ging her inline before any
'. r. tiowdv has a wife and
I ® * 111. I. i Oil illy."
' nthrnn discourses on the
•if Hall county as follows:
ng to work our w ay. For
oicil that there are no richer
g i than are to he found in
'•!> the fact is staring the
that they are the richest and i
iixovered. The mine near
I t - -t'Uii-liing even its owners
-. and tliev will proceed at |
C v. i machinery with live
ty of the in—t work.” I
I 'n la-t Thursday i
- Met lung, a.l oatice Court
I . -c\ ccal other# author -
''• si, wen i in search of one
.n-d. against w hom they
r the c mnUNW of a crime, i
Is, I hear the Houston county !
I u n. -t and Is-gatj tiring info i
as.-, 1 - was returned ami the '
four places, from the effects !
1 "ii Saturday morning. A !
1 kg.p t I and a verdict rendered i
-1.i.il came to his death at
I :> he commission of a
I
■ -r “On last Saturday j
n wu- thrown into excite- ,
•i that at the instigation i
"’T. one of his clerks. Mr.
".had Is-cn arrested under the j
otiiigli.luo to his own use. i
s . , ' 1 uiiid to !#• true, and than
**.'.l” •>• t- —. was guiilv or innocent, j
Mi . Rosser claims that at
• w, and at another S9OO.
'• -ted on Mr. Ventress. j
'lus-rior (Hurt fixed his j
*a. ' : -a* promptly given, and
‘ ’ j
-hi at Rising Fawn. Bade I
,r - W. ( arltnn and his
j 5 W ere at -upper, a thief ef
* into their store by breaking
n. lie secured the money |
' - [he combination lock down
’■ ler the catch. Besides the
• ■ ti-.k a suit of clothes and
■' of meat. The drawercon- j
- -ales, which 'amounted to
B of two money orders of
‘ :r.- trr ’ " *■;# found down behind
■ iui DRag fuilroad.
! gives t;.i," follow ing
■ ■ in.-leof efieclina a levy
I count! : "John 1..
-■ 1 'ne top ii district, went :
Hk, ■ noon Iga thousand
. eulton of Jonatbaa i’otts.
j h M mat ioii he found ttie
ii# -..01.h1j ac in o,ic. He knew
ih.-re.’ and h* was hound to '
H 1 *|ie outside of the clnmuey
n ‘he in-ide of the rhimney
■'c ( door from within, put
s tZ'l
Ht,..? V u W nc tt:s- *
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McDuffie Weekly Journal: “The sensation of
the week culminated in Thomson last Monday
when John Adams fired up his new self-nro'-
pelling engine and steamed out Main street to
wards his plantation. Dave Adams was the
engineer. Berry Adams, Jr., baggage master,
and Jim VI all presided at the whistle. The
machine is of fifteen horse power, has patent
air-brakes, and, instead of a oow-catcner, is
provided with a stump puller toclear the road
for ttsown passage. Mr. Loggins Wade, we
learn, has chartered the steamer for the ap
proaching holidays. He will attach a two
horse wagon and a truck, and hitch on to the
rear squire Scroggins’ Old Ship of Zion and
run the train on schedule time between
rightsboro and Thomson.”
The Americus Oil Factory made its first
movement on Tuesday, the 28th. The outfit
baa been placed in position at a cost of $15,000.
lhe Republican says o 7 the enterprise: “There
are three compartments, one for the machine
to furnish the seed in such regulated quantity
a- is desirable. Belts aud buckets take these
to another room to the gin, which take off the
residue of lint, about thirty jtound# to the ton.
After which belts and buckets take the seed
to another room to the huller, then to the
masher, thence to the boiler, thence to the hy
draulic press, from which the oil runs through
a pipe to the tank which has a capacity of a
t housand gallons. This is the crude oil, which
is shipped to New York, for refinement and
-ale. The mechanism of this factory is pro
pelled by a thirty horse engine. As this is the
first factory established in our midst, we wish
it that success which will ensure other enter
prises of a like character.”
The granite rock dam of solid masonry over
one thousand feet in length, at the Eagle &
' hicnix Mills, Columbus, has been completed,
and is one of the greatest works of construc
tion ever built in the South. It is built of
solid granite, and its height above the river
lied varies from sixteen to twenty-seven feet,
and its thickness varies from fifteen to seven
teen feet, according to the pressure it lias to
resist. In the water walls were placed ten
waste head gates having a cross section of dis
charge equal to *# square feet. In the dam
there are 8,400 cubic feet of solid masonry,
equal to Zhl.31)0,000 pound- of -olid granite
rock: :.soo barrels cement and 1,200 barrels
Line were used in its construction. The credit
of the successful completion of this great en
terprise, which increases the water power of
the splendid mills to an unlimited extent, is
due to the ability of Mr. John Hall, Mechan
ical and c ivil Engineer of the Eagle A Phm
nix Mills.
Ol'K SOUTH AMERICAN I*OI.ICY
Wliat the President’s Message Will Say
on the Subject.
lt< mhington Special to St. Louie Republican.
The President has not had a chance to
say anything officially altout his South
American policy since last Decern tier,
when he discovered that Mr. Blaine, when
Secretary of State, was following his own
ideas rather than those of the administra
tion. He tirinly insisted that Mr. Blaine
should not compromise the administra
tion. Whatever may have beenfhe policy
of his predecessor iii relation to the Chili-
Peru trouble, his own policy was
one of fair dealing and no un
timely interference with either of these
powers. In the message which will
lie read to Congress next Monday the
President will make clear the difference
Between the policy begun by Blaine and
his own. This w ill be of special interest,
inasmuch as it is l>y no means unlikely
that Congress may further examine into
Mr. Blaine’s peculiar conduct. The Presi
dent of course will not allude to the Blaine
correspondence, although it has mostly
been made public since the latest message.
But General Arthur w ishes to have his
own policy clearly understood and set forth
in an official paper. The President w illsav
that he has desired that the representa
tives of the United States to Chili should
bq nf a pacific and dignified character.
He did not desire that Chili should be led
to infer that there were any covert threats
when Air. Treseott asked w hether the ar
rest of Calderon was intended as an insult
to the United States. The President will
also suggest that the Monroe jjoctrine does
not in his view extend to the prevention
of commercial undertakings which are the
work of private citizens. When, how
ever, European governments enter the
American continent for the purpose of
supplanting Republican institutions, then
it will be time enough to talk about the
Monroe doctrine.
The President will not say anything
about the interoceanic canal "scheme ex
cept to indicate his opposition to any
schemes wiiieh will involve the name or
good faith of the United States. He does
not lielieve that De Lesseps should he
driven from the isthmus by armed force.
He will express no hostility to the ener
getic Frenchman’s plans, although be may
suggest that it would Ik* a good thing for
the United States it the De Lesseps plan
was met and 'matched by another con
trolled entirely by American capital. The
President believes that the Clavton-Bul
wer treaty, which gives England with
ourselves a joint control over any inter
oceanic canal that may lie built across
Central America should lie modified, but
he doubts whether such modifications can
'be secured by bullying the British Gov
ernment. If negotiations should fail the
government could give the necessary six
months’ notice and terminate the protec
torate.
General Arthur, however, does think
that any canal across Central America
should be jointly protect hv the United
States and the country through which it
passes. He does not think, however, that
the treaty can in any way affect the Pana
ma route, and that, in fact, it could only
affect a route which will never he adopt
ed—that across Nicaragua, under the
grant of I slit. The President believes also
that the United States is not likely to offer
its sole protection to any canal that may
be built, lie will express his hope of ait
early and amicable understanding with
Great Britain. The President will dismiss
Air. Blaine's grand international Congress
scheme, with the simple suggestion that
it is the policy of the United States to per
mit other governments to make the first
advances in this resiieet.
WORK IN THE SOUTH.
Harsh Critics of the Negroes—Whites
and Blacks as Laborers.
“Studies in the .South," in December Atlantic.
In Louisiana everybody told me that the
negroes were improving as laborers, at
anv rate, all old Southerners said so. This
reminds me that throughout the South the
harshest critics of the negro whom I met
were Northern men—men vyho had gone
down there to work sugar plantations,
grow cotton, etc. These men, lieing push
ing, sharp and energetic, after the North
ern fashion, are always disposed to keep
the negro laborers “up to their work.”
The negroes do not like to work for them.
They require a steadiness of application
and exertion of which the negro in gene
ral does not appear to be capable. He can
work hard for a while “by spurts,” or on
a race, especially in a crowd, and if he
is allowed to sing while at work.
But for quiet, solitary, constant toil,
a first rate white laborer is, I think, supe
rior to almost any negro. The Northern
men in the South ’ are, as compared w ith
Southern men, very exacting as employ
ers. They are stern and impatient with
their "hands," and usually irritate and
confuse the negroes. Southern men are,
usually, not at all exacting as employers
of agricultural laborer; they are not ac
customed to being prompt or steadily in
dustrious themselves, and they value their
own ease too much to engage in any con
test with the peculiar “ways” or traits of
the negro. Thus, the shiftlessness. the
slowness, the inefficiency, the habit of tak
ing things so leisurely as if one had infin
ite time at his command—the features of
the negro life and character which are so
exasjicrating to the energetic Northerner
—are accepted or recognized by most
Southern jieople as something inevitable,
lilH* tke course of the seasons, not to be ac
celerated or interfered with to any profit
able end. I think 1 saw nobody in the
South, white or black, except a few
leading business men in the city,
who could do anything in fifteen minutes.
It is not natural to hurry in that part of
the world. I talked w ith a queer old man
in the pine woods in North Carolina, who
had observed the restlessness of most
Northern people’ when they first came to
the South. He saidthev always acted ”as
ef they was hung on wires, an’ somebody
was jerken’on embut Southern people
“know how to take their time, and jilenty
on it,” In reply I made the usual sage
remarks about differences of character as
affected by climate and environment in
general, and concluded w ith the opinion
that life ill the South during the time of a
few generation* would change the Yan
kee blond and temperament, and produce
a race of iteople who could “go slow”
on occasions. “Yes. yes.” said he;
“that’s so, young man, that’s so. I’ve
seen ’em. It takes 'em just about three
weeks.” If you give the negroes time —
to sav nothing farther regarding these
traits "ip the character of the white people
—they, going on in their large, slow, inor
ganic way, will accomplish important re
sults in the course of the year. Exertion
seems less necessary or desirable to dwel
lers in Southern lands than to Northern
people. A distinguished American au
thor has said Mtu; a man could be happy
sitting in a chair, ip the open air, all dfc>.
in Vet.ire, and that if one wishes tw work
he must uot hum- there too long. I have
iieyer been in Venice, but I saw many
places in the South that appealed to
.' ir.Me it closely in these respects.
Dyspeptic, nervous people, “out of
f r’ ’’ Cot. urn’s Liquid Bef.f Toxl^'
eytv Ask /er Golden's. Of drug*
THE PATH OF DUTY.
GENERAL TOOMBS ON PARTY
POLICY.
Democracy on the High Road to Suc
cess—Where It May Blunder—Who
should be Speaker—Let Special Inter
ests Shift for Themselveitoand Work
for the National Welfare.
N\ ashixgtok, Nov. 30.—General Roliert
Toombs, of Georgia, who has been in the
< it> on legal business liefore the Supreme
t ourt, left to-day for home. In conversa
tion, he spoke very hopefully of the pros
pects of the Democratic party. He said
the partv was on the high road to success,
but whether that success is to be achieved
or not dejiends in a very great measure
upon the organization and conduct of the
next House.
H . man as Carlisle, f f Kentucky,
should lie chosen Speaker and the commit
tees organized in the interest ofthejieo-
Ln‘ a, V, l . not to subserve special interests,
4f .J'l 1 I >e u Wf l ® ut > if such a man as
Randall should be again made Speaker,
lie thinks there would be another Demo
cratic failure in I.shi.
The mission of the Democratic party is,
he says, to work for the national welfare
and let special interests take care of them
selves.
KELIjf HIG’S SEAT.
The New Orleans “Picayune’#” Sensible
Comments.
New Orleans, Nov. 30. Senator
Kellogg has left for Washington. The
Picayune , commenting on the withholding
of Kellogg’s certificate by the Governor,
says: “In reality, we suppose nobody
seriously doubts either that Kello'“>' is it
citizen of this State or that he was” duly
elected by the voters of the Third district.
Every attempt to defeat the will of the
people by legal subtleties and flimsy pre
texts is a blow at popular government and
a stain iiikiii the honor of the party which
makes it.”
A Baton Rouge special savs: “The Gov
ernor has issued a proclamation ordering
an election on February Bth for a Con
gressman in the Sixth district to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of General
Herron.
“The Governor has ordered a promulga
tioii of the vote ot the Third Congressional
district without giving a certificate to any
one. Kellogg has 1,8*7 majority.”
A CRASH ON THE RAILS.
Two Collisions Near Union Point.
Union Point, Ga., Nov. 30.—At 1
o’clock this morning, four miles lielow
here, an up freight train from Augusta,
while backing down for a cab ear which
it had left at Crawfordville, came into
collision with an up passenger train. A
minute afterwards another up train ran
into the sleeper of the passenger train.
The collision occurred in a deep
cut and on a curve of the road. Two en
gines and several freight ears were
wrecked. One of the engines exploded.
All the passengers escaped injury. Jack
Sheppard, a fireman, was painfully but
not seriously hurt. Considering the cir
cumstances and the damage to the rolling
stock, the escape front loss of life is re
markable. The wreck will be removed to
day and trains will then run regularly.
TRAGEDY IV A THEATRE.
An Actor Misses ail Apple 011 ail Ac
tress’ Head and Kills Her.
Cincinnati, Nov. 30.—This afternoon
at the Colisseum Theatre in the fourth act
of the play “Si Slocum,” Frank Prayne,
in the shooting the apple off the head of
“Lucy Slocum,” personated by Miss An
nie Yon Behren, missed the apple and
shot Miss Von Behren in the head. She
died in fifteen minutes. Prayne was im
mediately arrested.
The curtain fell and the play was
stopped. The audience supposed that the
victim was only slightly hurt. Pravne
used a Stevens rifle. No. 22 calibre, and
was executing ids backward shot. The
catch snap of the rifle was imperfect and
slipintl just as the hammer fell, blowing
the cartridge shell out backward.
FALL OF A DERRICK.
A| Mason Killed, Two Injured, and
Another Missing.
Whitehall, N. Y„ Nov. .lo.—At Piatts
burg this afternoon, while workmen were
lowering front a derrick car a heavy stone
for an abutment of the bridge where
the Delaware and Hudson Railroad
crosses the Saranac river, the de
scent of the stone was checked too
suddenly, causing the derrick car to tip
into the river, dragging the tender of the
engine with it. William Heffernan, a
master mason from Green Island, was in
stantly killed, and two others seriously
injured. A mason named James Murrav
is missing and is supposed to be under the
tender in the river.
THE GERMAN FLOODS.
The Kliine Receding—Much Sickness in
the Submerged Districts.
Berlin, Nov. 30.—1 t was announced in
the Diet last night that the worst of the
floods were over. The Rhine lias fallen a
foot a Irtilf in the last twenty-four
hours. Detailed rejKirts received show
that there is six feet of water in the streets
of Cologne, Coblentz and Bonn. At Bonn
four hundred and ninety houses are sub
merged, and nearly all the provisions and
fodder in the town have been destroyed.
There is much sickness in the flooded dis
tricts, especially among children and the
poor.
MURDER IN CHICAGO.
A Negro l>esperaJo Fires Fpon Two
Officers.
Chicago, Nov. 30.—Last night two offi
cers arrived at the house of Bill Allen
alias Joe Rahman, a colored waiter, one
to arrest him for assaulting a neighbor’s
wife, and another for cracking the skull
of another waiter with a hammer. Allen
shot the first officer who came to the door,
Clarence Wright, through the heart, kill
ing him instantly, and retreated through
an alley after emptying his revolver at the
other policeman named Jones, and es
caped. Jones will probably die.
STRUCK ON A LEDGE.
A British Steamer Wrecked Oft’ Nova
Scotia.
Halifax, N. 8., Nov. 30.—The British
steamer Cedar Grove, from London No
vember 17 for Halifax and St. John, N. 8.,
struck on a ledge off Whitehead, Guys
boro, last night, during a gale and sank.
One boat, containing the chief officer, en
gineer and twelve tnen, arrived safely at
Causo to-day, while another boat with
Captain Fritz, his wife, one lady passen
ger and the rest of the crew are missing.
The vessel was anew one.
THE MEN THAT WORE THEGRAY
The Confederate Monument at Charles
ton Unveiled.
Charleston, Nov. 30.—The monument
to the Confederate dead was unveiled to
day in Magnolia Cemetery in presence
of "an immense gathering, estimated at
fifteen thousand. Senator Butler delivered
the oration.
THE PURITAN.
Unsuccessful Attempt to Launch Robe
son's Crack Monitor.
Chester. Pa.. Nov, 30.—An unsuccess
ful attempt to launch the United States
monitor Puritan was made this afternoon.
The vessel moved but two feet, Another
attempt will !*e made to-morrow,
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
An Unexplained Tragedy in Maine.
Corin'NA. Me., Nov. SO.—At North New
port. yesterday, Charles Crowell shot his
fiance' through the head while riding in a
carriage, then shot himself also in the
head. Neither sjioke afterwards, and no
explanation can be given by the friends of
either.
Weather Indications.
Office Chief Signal Observer,
Washington, Nov. 30.—Indications for
Friday: , .
In the South Atlantic States, fair wea
lthier. winds mostly westerly, stationary or
hlgUiri tomperatqfe and pressure. ’
Useful 111 the Fapljly.
AVe usually leave It to doctors to recom
mend medicine, but Parker’s Ginger
Tonic has been so useful in our family in
relieving sickness and suffering that we
c annot say too inuci in its praise.— Salem
SAVANNAH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1882.
. CABLEGRAMS.
President Garrett’s Rejoinder to Presi
dent Green.
Baltimore. Nov. 30.—Mr. John W.
Garrett, President of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, has addressed a letter to
the President of the Corn and Flour Ex
change, which is a rejoinder to the open
letter of President Green, of the Western
In ion Telegraph Company in regard to
Mr . Garrett*9 charges that all cable cor
respondence under the present system is
open to the inspection of the Western
Inion officials. In his letter to-day Presi
dent Garrett reviews his charges and
quotes the reports of his agents, who were
sent to inquire as to the possibility of the
transmission of cable business without
passing under the scrutiny of Western
l nion officers. Their language agrees with
Mr. Garrett’s former statement. Mr. Gar
rett also quotes John Pender as contem
plating the establishment of a separate
cable office in New York, where all domes
tic companies could exchange cable busi
ness and each control its own share both
of outward and inward business, and he
says Mr. Pender’s plan resulted from a
statement by Mr. Garrett similar to that
made in his Baltimore speech.
A LSACE-LORRAINE.
The Optional Use of French by Local
Representatives Refused.
Berlin, Nov. 30. — The Reichstag lias
rejected by a vote of 153 to 118 the motion
to allow as optional the use of French in
the debates in the Provincial Committees
of Alsace-Lorraine. During the discus
sion, Herr Boettischter vigorously opposed
! the motion, and declared that there was
no chance of the Federal Council ever al
lowing it to become a law. The use of
the French language, moreover, was un
necessary. because SO per cent, of the
population were Germans and another 80
per cent, speak Doth languages. The po
litical tendency ot the motion was made
apparent by the satisfaction with which
the French press greeted its introduction.
Herr Bennigsen also opposed the mo
tion and added that there would be, in any
case, another struggle for possession for
Alsace-Lorraine whenever the increasing
ferment in France came to a head.
A BRUTAL MURDER.
The Perpetrator to be Lynched If Caught.
Ch arleston. Nov. 30.—Near Camden
in this State this morning F. M. McDowall,
a prominent citizen, was murdered with
an axe by a negro named Joe Wilson.
The negro then dragged the dead body to
a ditch near by and covered it with brush.
The body was found this afternoon. The
negro fled. The county is being scoured
for him, and, if caught, it is not impro
bable that lie will be lynched.
A STIR IN ROME.
A Deputy Refusing to Swear Allegiance.
Rome, Nov. 30.—Considerable excite
ment was caused in the Chamber of Depu
ties to-day by the refusal of a Radical
member, Signor Falleroni, to take the oath
of allegiance. Having twice refused to
comply the President ordered him to with
draw. Signor Falleroni replied: “I have
been sent here by the people and I shall
only leave under compulsion.” There
upon two quaestors removed him.
Fifty Cents on the Dollar.
New Orleans, Nov. 30. —'There was a
meeting to-day of the creditors of Mc-
Clellan & Col thorp, of Milliken’s Bend,
and of S. T. A J. McClellan, of Tallulah.
La., who failed a few days ago. Fifty of
their seventy-one general creditors were
represented. Their liabilities are esti
mated at $128,300, of which $91,500 is un
secured. The creditors agree to accept
fifty cents on the dollar, and to allow the
firm to continue business.
The New Orleans Election Frauds,
New Orleans, Nov. 30.—After a long
and careful investigation of the late elec
tion frauds in this city, the grand jury to
day presented two indictments for forgery,
and publishing as true a forged document,
against thirteen of the perpetrators of the
late election frauds. Capiases were
issued for the parties named in the indict
ment, and bail was fixed at $5,000 in each
case. The names are withheld until the
arrests are effected.
Russian Students Expelled.
St. Petersburg, Nov, 30.—The Coun
cil of the University lias decided to ex
pel forty-six students who were the
chief actors in tin* late disturbances.
Their parents have been placed under po
lice supervision. Twenty-three others
have been expelled from the University,
with the understanding that they will be
readmitted if repentant.
The Championship Foot Race.
New York, Nov. 30.—The foot race be
tween Myers and George was run with a
hitch. The Englishman took the lead tit
the start and kept it to the end of the race,
his time being 3 minutes and lOjg seconds.
Myers followed six yards behind him.
Time 3 minutes and 13 seconds.
An Alabama Merchant Murdered.
Atlanta, Nov. 30.— Mack Drew, a
country merchant, was murdered in his
store, fifteen miles from Eufnitla, on Sat
urday night. Bob Cochran, colored, alias
Bob Alston, was arrested Tuesday night
and confessed the crime.
All Epidemic of Scarlet Fever.
Columbus, 0., Nov. 30.—An epidemic of
scarlet fever prevails at Imbrele Asylum :
with 94 cases and 0 deaths to date. The 1
fever is spreading alarmingly.
A Fatal Leap from a Train.
Augusta, Nov. 30.—W. J. Maxon, of
Boswell, S. C., jumped from a moving
train on the South Carolina Road, near
Branchville, S. C., to-day, and was killed.
WINTER IN WASHINGTON.
A Brilliant Outlook Socially and Po
litically.
Washington Cor. Xetr York Commercial.
Theelections areover, the Forty-seventh
Congress will soon reassemble, and the
social thoughts of the national capital
are lightly and rapidly turning toward the
next “season” in Washington, and the
next “season” is likely to be an unusually
brilliant one. A large number of mem
bers of Congress will leave Washington
next March by the expiration of their
terms, and their families and friends will
l# eager to improve the closing opportu
nity to indulge in the gaveties of the
national capital while they can be buoyed
tip by social station. The next House of
Representatives will consist of thirty-two
more members titan the present House,
and the meml>ers elect and their families
will not unlikely desire to get a taste of
capital life, and to make a little prepara
tion for the siK*ial duties that will be de
volved upon them a year hence. Indeed,
year by year, the people of the country—
the society of the country—are rapidly
learning to believe that the national capi
tal in winter is the most enticing, the
most attractive, find the most instructive
city in the republic. A few vears ago Wash
ington was a great straggling village with
much mud and no mirth, possessing no
attraction for people whose official busi
ness or whose personal interests did not
command their presence. Within a gen
eration it has become unquestionably the
handsomest and most impressive city in
the United States: its eighty miles of
broad avenues like marble floors, its nu
merous and adorned “circles” —places for
beauty and breathing—giving you at once
the suggestion of revolution and of free
dom, for it is said that the French revolu
tion laid out the city of Washington. Its
public buildings, unsurpassed in the
world, are not alone among the growing
attractions of the capital.
The home architecture of Wathington
is already become the most interesting
and artistic in the United States. The
northwestern part of the city, a few years
ago a wild desolation, is dotted now with
beautiful residences. Mr. Pendleton, Mr.
Windoni. Mr. Cameron, Mr. Robeson and
Mr. Blaine are prominent among the men
who have given to the resident architec
ture of the northwestern portion of the
national capital a picturesque, independ
ent American character, There is less
imitation in the Washington residences
than in any other city l have ever seen,
and it is this variegated light of the
earliest of the arts that constitutes the
chief charm of the Washington homes to
the student and lover of the art of archi
tecture.
The Chilians continue to levy heavy
fines on the merchants of Lima and
threaten to make the exactions tenfold
worse in ease the iieace negotiations fail.
One difficulty in the way of an adjustment
seems to be that no sooner is a matter
agrqed upon than the Chilians set it aside
and increase their demands, Montero has
called forelections of Congressmen in parts
of the country still under Peruvian rule,
aud the Congress so chosen will meet In
Arequipa in March. Until then it looks as
though no authoritative action need be ex
pected.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
THE REPUBLICANS AND REVE
NUE RFORNf.
The “Little Joker” t$ be Put Away—The
Bee in Pendieto#’* Bonnet —“Our
Emory” Rises Superior—LaGrange and
Jacksonville Post, Offices Johnny
Davenport’s Fruitless Dicker.
Washington. Nov. 30.—The Republi
cans in Congress are going to tackle the
question of internal revenue right away.
There have been conferences about the
best method of procedure aud exchanges
of views by mail. Especially during the
last two weeks has quiet caucussing been
going on among them. President Arthur’s
views and advice, and the opinions of
Commissioner Raitm have lieen sought
and received. Out of it all comes a plan
of operations which it has been decided to
pursue. The plan it will be seen possesses
all the elements of good-hoy ism. It
is in fact just about what the
leading Democrats have been
in favor of all along. The Republicans
simply attempt to steal Democratic thun
der. and they hope to curry favor by doing
at this session what they were so roundly
rebuked for not doing in the past. But to
the line of operations to lie advanced.
They will advocate tin* reduction of the
tax on whisky to fifty cents a gallon; the
reduction of the tax on tobacco to eight
cents per pound: the reduction of the
t:ix on cigars to three and four
dollars a thousand; the reduction
of the tax on beer to fifty cents
a barrel; the reduction of special license
taxes fifty per cent., and the removal of
all other internal revenue taxa
tion. such as the tax 011 hank
capital and deposits, on bank stamps,
matches, perftintery, cosmetics and pro
prietary medicines. The present condition
of the internal revenue matters before
Congress is Ibis: What fs known as the
little revenue hill,yclept the “little joker.”
which would make a reduction of $23,000,-
000 annually, passed the House and is now
the first hill on the Senate calendar. There
will be in a few days a caucus of Repub
lican Senators, at which the programme
is to decide that the “little joker” shall be
recommitted and a bill put before the Sen
ate making the reductions mentioned
above. This bill is to be taken up and put
through its soon as possible. It would
make it reduction of $80,000,000 annually
in internal revenue taxation. This
is all very well, but the Republicans will
find that they have not plain sailing before
them. Their tariff men, as is well known,
are for wiping out the whole system of in
ternal revenue. Judge Kelley, Chairman
of the Committee on Appropriations, has
already prepared a bill to that effect,
which he will introduce in the House as
soon as Congress reassembles. The Re
publican good boys who have made up the
plan for reduction are greatly afraid of
that same Kelley and his followers. They
have been told that Kelley has said that
he would never again go into or be govern
ed by any caucus of his party on this sub
ject. If the Democrats should see fit to pre
vent the Republicans from doing anything
with the revenue in order that the’ latter
might reap a little late glory, Judge Kel
ley and a sufficient number of other Repub
licans would go with them to make that
attempt a success. The Democrats have
not as yet formulated any definite plan of
operations. Their ideas' generally have
been given heretofore.
DAVENPORT’S dicker.
John I. Davenport, of New York, just be
fore the last election was very busy about
the so-called Morey letter business of the
last Presidential campaign. He announced
in the newspapers that this time he cer
tainly had the guilty parties. Davenport,
during the Presidential campaign, was
given $25,000 by the Republican National
Committee to find out all about the for
gery. He did not find much of anything.
He appeared in Washington about three
weeks before the recent elections with ids
report. This he submitted to Jay Hubbell’s
committee and wanted some money. He
implicated in the report many prominent
Northern and Southern Democrats. Even
Jay Hubbell would not take the report as
a campaign document. It was too libel
ous on its face. Davenport then took his
wares to the New York Republican State
Central Committee, but that body of poli
ticians were afraid to circulate them.
Next, little .Johnny tried to sell the stuff
to several New York newspapers, but
found nowhere a market. The thing will
hardly see the light of dav unless some
body not caring whether he brings him
self under the ban of the libel laws or not
should see fit to circulate Davenport's
mass of lies.
A CANDIDATE AND AN ORGAN.
Senator Pendleton, of Ohio, has a very
good idea of himself as a Democratic
Presidential candidate. He thinks that
the position is one for which lie is suited
exactly. And he is already doing work
to further his ambition. Tin* principal
Democratic paper in Ohio, the Cincinnati
Enquirer , is dead down on Pendleton.
That able sheet pitches into him every
time he shows his head. Il not only goes
for him generally, but personally. As an
ott’set, Mr. Pendleton is going t(i have an
organ of his own. Next Monday
anew Democratic paper in Citi.
cinnati will make its bow. It will
be called the Mews, and plenty of
money will lie spent to make itjro. It is a
widely circulated fact among politicians
that Senator Pendleton’s big money is to
be the motive power of the hew venture,
and that the pajier is to boom Pendleton
for the next Democratic nomination, The
history of prominent men ami their per
sonal organ has not shown that success
which readily adds to the ranks of such
combinations.
BTII.L PICTURESQUE.
Representative Emory Speer is nothing
if not spectacular. He fades front the Con
gressional view sifter this session, but his
orbit is still brilliant. Mr. Speer is quite er
ratic. He read himself out of the “Inde
pendent” party dome time ago and said that
that he was going to be in the future a
Democrat of the deepest dye. Now he
lias been interviewed, and says that he
has hopes of anew party, and that if that
party is what he thinks it ought to be,
you can find Emory Speer in its ranks, or
words to that effect. Now the question
arises, if you are sufficiently anxious to
inquire, where does Mr. Speer stand, any
way? Give it up. Ask us an easier one.
DELAYED MATTER.
There is quite a lot of interesting matter,
which was gathered by the late census
but has not yet seen the light of day. The
delays, some unavoidable and some not in
putting together the facts collected by the
census, arc* seriously complained of in all
parts of the country .'it looks something like
as if the census office wanted to make the
job last as long as possible,. Among the
reports yet to come out are a number of
special interest to the South. There is a
report on the cotton industry of Georgia
which will prove very interesting. It is
said to he one of the most complete special
reports made.
PAUL STKOBAOi,
Mr, Strobach, of Alabama, that flagrant
Radical, lias returned to Washington in
full force. He is just scooting around
button-holing every Republican of promi
nence. He wants intercession with the
President in his behalf. It will be remem-
Iwred that the President several months
ago appointed Strobach to be Marshal of
Alabama. Subsequently, upon lieing
given a whiff of the record of the appointee,
he withheld his commission. That’s
where the matter stands now. What
Strobach wants is that commission. lie
will hardly get it. haunt he the White
House never so faithfully and button-hole
people never sp persistently.
RECESS AIPOINTMKXTS.
There are about forty appointments
made by the President during the recess of
Congress which will have to be sept to tin*
Senate for confirmation. Amonir them are
the appointments of W. M. Led with to lie
Postmaster at Jacksonville, Fla., and J.
C. Beall to be Postmaster at LaGrange,
Ga. Potomac
The third annual Convention of the
American Agricultural Association,
which is to lie held at Chicago on Decem
ber 12, is expected to lie one of the largest
and most interesting gatherings of agri
culturist* ever convened in this
The exercises will include addresses and
paiiers by leading men in agriculture and
public affairs. Practical questions per
taining to agriculture will lie discussed.
Especial attention, it is said, will be given
to the subject of ensilage, which lias at
tracted much interest of late. Opinions
will also lie exchanged on such topics as
stock breeding, dairying, transportation
and the tariff. It is iikewise proposed to
take action with reference to holding a
national agricultural and industrial expo
sition next year.
Croup, that dreadful disease which may
at any time attack a mother’s daritug, can
be cured by the use of Coussens’ Honey
of Tar, the favorite household remedy for
Coughs and Colds, Hoarseness. Bronchitis
and diseases of the Throat and Lungs.
Price 50 cents a bottle. For sale bv G. M.
Hfiidt <fc Cos., druggists. 1
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.
The life of the Archbishop of Canterbury
is in great danger. He has taken leave of
his servants.
A proclamation will shortly be issued
placing the suburbs of Dublin' under the
curfew clause.
There are extensive inundations in Hol
land. A large tract of country is already
submerged, and the rivers are still rising.
Advices from Sydney. New South Wales,
report the sinking of the steam collier
Moniora in a gale off Botany Heads, and
the loss of sixteen lives.
A dispatch from Berlin says that two
letter bags containing official' correspon
dence from Prince Bismarck have been
stolen while on the way to Berlin.
The family of a laborer named Sullivan,
in San Francisco, were poisoned recently
“by eating fish.” Two children are dead,
and another not expected to recover.
The first of three iron steamships to run
between Newport News and Brazil was
launched recently from Roach’s shite
yard, in Chester. It is of 2,200 tons bur
then.
The Supreme Court of Indiana has re
versed the decision of a lower court legal
izing the Vincennes lottery. The lottery
men in Indianapolis at once refunded the
money paid for tickets for the last draw
ing.
A special dispatch from Vieksburg
says: “For the dredging in Vieksburg
harbor, Ritterhouse A Moore, of Mobile,
bid 12 1-10 cents i**r cubic yard, which
being the lowest bid, will doubtless be
accepted by the government."
The European police force at Alexan
dria is to be reduced to three hundred, and
that at Cairo to two hundred and fifty
men for the purposes of economy. The
remainder of the force will he sent home
at the expense ol Egypt. Much dissatis
faction is expressed at the reduction of
the force.
The double-turreted monitor Miantono
mah, which lias been lying at the League
Island Navy Yard fora longtime past,left
recently under orders for the Breakwater
and Norfolk. It is understood that she
will go from Norfolk to Washington for
official inspection by the Secretary of the
Navy and.Congressional Naval Commit
tee.
Last Sunday the family of Thomas
Hughes, living near Spottsville, Ky., went
to church “to he gone all day,” leaving an
infant in care of a colored girl. The girl
went to a neighbor’s to spend the day,
leaving the infant upon a pallet on the
floor. When the family returned they
found that the child had been gnawed to
death by rats.
The state Department has issued a
pamphlet entitled “Ostrich Farming in
the I nited States,” which contains “full
information concerning ostrich farming at
the Cape of Good Hope and Algeria, from
the hatching of the eggs to the export of
the feathers, together with the estimated
expense of importing birds into the United
States, and the probabilities of the suc
cess of the experiment.”
Prof. Brooks, of the Red House Obser
vatory at Phelps, New Y ork, asks “in be
half of astronomical science and astrono
mers” that on Sunday next prayers be
offered in all the churches for clear weather
on the (ith of December, the date of the
transit of Venus. He reminds the public
that “the solution of the sublimest prob
lem known to science is to be attempted
on that occasion, the opportunity for
which will not occur again for 122 years.”
It was discovered a few days ago that
on October 15th the Wabash Railroad
ticket office in Adrian, Michigan, was
robbed of nearly $3,000 worth of tickets bv
a young man named Charles E. Rowell',
who had been discharged from the com
pany’s employ. Rowell ’was arrested in
Indianapolis, where, disguised as a tramp,
lie was attempting to sell some of the
tickets. He confessed his guilt, and is
now in jail at Adrian. Four of the stolen
tickets were found in the hands of “scalp
ers” in Detroit.
Madame Christine Nilsson gave her first
concert in New York Tuesday evenimr.
Her American engagement is for fifty
concerts, and down to the close of her sea
son at Philadelphia last week she had ap
peared in eleven concerts, of which the
aggregate gross receipts were $46,53(3,
Iter two Philadelphia concerts yielded
$12,013. She will give another concert at
New York on Saturday, and then leave
for Chicago and San Francisco, her mana
ger, Mr. Abbey, accompanying her. She
will return to Philadelphia' in the spring.
ARMY CRITICS IN EGYPT.
What the Germans Think of Sir Garnet
Woliieley’H Fore*** in Egypt,
The campaign just ended stands unique
in British military annals as affording
the best opportunity yet offered for study
ing the Dueen's army and the diverse types
of its officers. Ponderous Life Guardsmen
have been riding and fighting side by side
with the active, wiry horsemen from Ben
gal. Pensive engineers and artillerymen
—sometimes a little priggish in their way,
but downright good fellows when you come
to know them —sturdy linesmen who have
won their way without “protection,” re
served hut courteous riflemen, proud and
fiery HighUtnders, atul dashing hussars
and dragoons—l put these two together,
for there is scarcely any difference be
tween them in the British service—have
been hobnobbing with red-legged zouave
clad Belooeher and dusky mountaineer
from the Punjaub,
With such variety to feed upon I was
rather surprised that only two countries
took the pains to send military attaches
to watch and criticise the campaign,
These two countries were Germany aud
the United States, and, oddly enough, both
attaches—Captain Baron von liagenau
and Commander Gooderich—arrived in
Egypt after the battle of Tel el Kebir,
“We are waiting impatiently to see your
report upon us?”
This question was put at a fashionable
cafe by a tall, handsome guardsman to an
equally handsome and still taller officer of
the Prussian General Start’. The reply
was; “Our reports are strictly confiden
tial in their nature, and are’iieyer made
public.” From the nature of the special
information sought by this officer, and
from my own knowledge of the German
army gained from experience with it in
the field as well as in garrison, I cannot bp
far out of the way in surmising that the
points of unfavorable criticism in tjie
Prussian report are about as follows;
First. General carelessness and negli
gence in the performance of outpost duty,
A shortcoming, encouraged by the ab
sence of any legitimate outpost duty nu
the part of the enemy during the present
campaign, and which in the face of a
wretched, uncivilized Egyptian army
proved harmless, but which would lead to
perhaps fatal results in a campaign
against an American, German and Aus
trian or Russian firmv.
Second. The general want of military
aplomb and “get-up” throughout the ser
vice, and especially among the younger
officer of the Guards, as well as of the
line.
Third. That company officers, especial
ly in the Guards, are too dependent upon
their non-commissioned officers for their
drill instruction and discipline of the
men, as well as for the internal economy
of their companies. ’ -
Fourth, That commanders of battalions
are in the same way dependent upon tlieir
Adjutants.
Fifth. Unnecessary inattention on the
part of private soldiers in reference to
saluting officers, especially those belong
ing to other corps or regiments.
Sixth. The fact that when a British
army, with the sole exception of the In
dian contingent, takes the field everythin'*
becomes at once in an abnormal conde
tion. Officers are suddenly called upon to
perform special duties in which they have
had no practice or instruction in poa<'e
and to which they are wholly unaccus!
tomed. Moreover, uniforms are exchanged
for noiidescript jackets, where all distinc
tions of regiments and sometimes even of
rank are lost. '
Seventh. That the mem# of the “short
service” system Instituted bv Sir Garnet
Wolseley. and for which praise has been
claimed by Idm and accorded by the au
thorities in England, has uot been tested,
because as a matter of fact the average
length of service of the soldiers—including
the marines, who actually took part in
the campaign—was seven and otte-lialr
years
The apartments of Prince Polignac. in
Paris, were set lire to a fortnight ago by
the Prince’s son. Jules Camile, who avow
ed his object to be the accomplishment of
an act of justice, but, through the prompt
action of the fire brigade, the building was
saved from destruction. The voting ntan
had asked his father for money and had
been refused. He was at the time in great
financial straits; indeed for vears he had
led an unhappy and useless life, hav
ing been frequently seen i- Vl te
dens in company with such anarch
ists as the Louise Michel Socialists
The mother of the* young man was a ladv
with whom his father eloped in his youth
and whom he afterward deserted His
grandfather was the Prime Minister of
Charles X. *
The youthful rotor, beauty, sad lustre
are gntdtmHy ft reh|qryd (of gfa V’fcair by
GOTHAM GLEANINGS.
LANGTRY SCORES ANOTHER
TRIUMPH.
The Rev. Albert Simpson's Dupes
Growth of the Green-Room Fraternity
—Blanche Roosevelt’s Genius—An Oc
cidental Star —A Veritable German
Baron Drawing Beer.
New York, Nov. 30.—The greatest suc
cess Mrs. Laugtry has yet achieved as an
actress was in the character of Juliana in
“The Honey Moon,” in which she made
her first appearance on Monday night. A
great deal of skill is required to express
the changes through which Juliana passes,
from being a defiant young woman to a
subdued and gentle-spirited lady, and Mrs.
Langtry did so well in all the phases of
the piece that she was greeted with enthu
siasm in each of the eight acts. Her
dressing in this character was above
criticism. Her chief fault throughout the
play is her apparent self-eonsci* i.snebs.
Since her success in In r • ew pa-1
terest in her engagement. \v'
ginning to flag, lias r viva . :
this week there will la crowu
Wallaek’s. Mrs. Lar. ;try is *.-
elated over the applatti th.fi
011 Monday night and l -.^i
criticisms.
I went to a meeting at a hall in the
Grand Opera House the other day, con
ducted by the Rev. Albert B. Simpson, of
whom you have already heard. The con
gregation assembled much like that of
any other church. There was a prepon
derance of women—there always is in a
congregation, but here there was a greater
disproportion than usual. The men
who were present were of the sort that
usually frequent places where strange doc
trines are preached, or where there is re
ligious excitement; the women were, in a
large part, pale-faced and sickiv-lookiug.
Before the services opened, the women got
together in groups and talked about the
healing of their own diseases and of the
miraculous cures daily occurring. Their
faith in the efficacy of prayer offered in
the right spirit to bring down the healing
touch of the Holy Ghost was without lim
it. They gossipped quietly until a young
man distributed Moody & Sankey Ilymn
hooks. The Rev. Mr. Simpson came in,
looking pale and with large dark circles
under his eyes. He preached a short ser
mon 011 the mission of Christ and the impor
tant part that the healingof bodily infirm
ties had in his work. The curing of the
diseases of the body, lie said, always came
before the healing ol the soul. When he
had concluded his remarks he invited
members of the congregation to relate
their experience, to which invitation a
large number responded. Several women
testified that they had been instantly
healed of the most serious diseases, and
that they were now in perfect health—a
statement, poor creatures, hard to recon
cile with their pallid faces. One had been
cured of spinal disease of long standing;
another of heart trouble; another of
nervous disturbance; another of sciatica;
another told how through the prayer of
faith she had overcome her hatred of her
brother-in-law, a sort of a healing of the
mind or soul. Some of those who testified
remarked that they were not fully restored,
but thoroughly believed that tliey would
be. About half of the congregation
1 crowded into an adjoining room after the
j benediction had been pronounced, where
j a special service of prayer for healing was
, held. Those who sought relief were
anointed on the forehead with oil. Both
pastor and jieople thoroughly believed
! what they said; they were sincerity itself.
The delusion is perfectj and will go on
until by some accident it is dispelled.
Actresses and opera singers with divers
j accomplishments appear to be multiply
ing in this country. If Bernhardt were
! to return, her versatility would not be as
! much the talk of the town as she was—
! nay, it would hardly be noticed. It is be
coming the fashion for a woman on the
stage to be an author, if she can, also
j clever at painting or sculpture, or both, a
| professional beauty, too, with innumer
able other little accomplishments and
graces added. A few mouths ago Laura
Don astonished the town by writing
clever newspaper articles and poems,
painting pictures which had merit enough
to be admitted at the Academy, then writ
ing a play replete with strong situations
and brilliant dialogue, which she produced
under iter own management and taking
the leading part herself. This versatility ex
cited envy in the breast of Lillian Russell,
the reigning beauty of the hour on the oper
atic stage, She labored industriously for
days with her pencil and paint brush, and
came out in due time with a great flour
ish as an artist. But I am missing my
mark. I started out to speak of the ge
nius of Blanche Roosevelt. As far as my
memory goes back, she began her career
several years ago as the European corres
pondent for a Chicago paper. Her letters
were brilliant, and there was much talk
about her cleverness with the pen.
A story is told of her journalistic enter
prise which bears comparison with some
of the achievements of the persistent and
insinuating James Gordon Bennett. She
sat at the opera one night making a sur
vey of the house with her opera glass,
when her eye fell on the plump figure of
the exiled Queen Isabella, of Spain, and
her darling boy Alfonso. Here was an
opportunity hot to be missed. Tak
ing a card from her pocket, she called
a sleek ttsfier and' had him take
it to the young I’ritjce. The boy Alfonso
laughed good naturedly at the push of the
fair Chicago correspondent, and sent word
that lie would l>e pleased to meet her after
breakfast the next morning. An inter
view with royalty was made the subject
of a long letter, full of glowing description
and picturesque detail, Next, we hear of
our American girl as a student of art, in
which she made rapid progress. But
even this did not satisfv her
craving ambition to he accomplished,
and site began training her voice with
great geal. There is more yet. On her
return from Europe recently she brought
the manuscript of a novel to be called “A
Woman’s Trial,” or “A Woman's Peril,”
or at least something about a woman,
which will be shortly published. As it
embodies a great deal of the singer’s own
varied experience, it will undoubtedly be
interesting reading with sensation enough
in it, if anything may lie judged by a
name, to make all the seutimental young
ladies in the country anxious to get at it.
Just now Miss Roosevelt is in a quandary
what to do next. She wants to publish
her book; Col. Mapleson is desirous of se
curing her to sing in opera, and offers of
engagements to sing in concert are coming
in from various directions. There are
some disadvantages in lieing a genius.
The latest victim to mania for theatrical
i honors is Mary E. Wadsworth, who made
; her debut as a prima donna the other
I night at the Alcazar. Sfie is not a giddy
j young girl, fig is usually the ease, with a
great deal more ambition than experience,
j but the widow of a rich San Francisco
Judge, yet withal plump and
1 pretty. Her history, however,
j reads much like the old story.
She used to sing and (IfiiU’-e in her youthful
1 days in amateur theatricals, much to the
admiration of her friends. Her father
was the popular landlord of a tavern in
Trov, N. \\, who was jovial and success
ful in making money, which the daughter
inherited. So the debutante has a {brtuiie,
and can afford to snap ringers at fail
ure, if she does HOt succeed in the end.
iYs I have said,'she is pretty and she has
shown some cleverness. As it is becom
ing the fashion since Langtry came among
us to analyze women on the staged I must
sav that Mrs. AYadsworil; has artns which
do'uot stand Close scrutiny. They are
sfiapely enough, tapering from the eb-ew
to the wrist in graceful lines, bv.t are cov
ered with spots that t\Ci ..out of powder can
cover up.
An English enthusiast on co-operation
has been again lecturing on this subject
He did not receive nue ii attentioif. This
method of saving money does uot seem to
make much progress in this country
which is almost enough to base the asset’
tion on that it is not m*uieu U ud will not
thnve ; All the uatya attempts made in
this city, as tar as 1 know, have failed,
the greatest undertaking that has been
made in this direction is the t'o
opefative Dress Association, of which Kate
Field is the founder, and which is still an
experiment. The principal difficulty with
this establishment is, I think, that tfie
prices are as high as those elsewhere, so
that those who are not members, and there
fore not entitled to a cOmtuission, find no
advantage in trading there. As for the
niemtiers, they are continually being
scolded by Kate Field for not making
their purchases, at tlieir own establish
ment Xhe truth of the matter is that there
m such great competition that the
five per cent. discount does not
form a factor Worth taking account of.
But if energy and perseverance count for
much in an enterprise of tljj*, kind, Miss
Field will make the a, succees
yet. Judged strictly from a erUieal
however, tfceire appear to be
A Hlenees of ito goiftg lhe way of similar
Veutures. tf i* does not live, the members
UttU only reproach tbemseh ea—they-WILL.
• t °P ped at a gorgeous beer garden
m Fourteenth street yesterdavand Bought
a mug of beer from a German'Baron. This
sounds like fiction, but it is a fact. On
the plate glass window in gold letters is
the name of Otto von Muhlbaeh. He is a
German Baron, and belongs to one of the
best families in Prussia. He is handsome,
accomplished and jovial, with ruddy
cheeks, blonde hair and whiskers parted
in the middle in true German fashion.
■How is it that he is selling beer T The
Baron is good natured but impetuous and
headstrong, aud one day quarreled with
his father, who threatened to cut hm off
without a dollar. The son smiled. He
told the father, who was towering in a
rage above him. that if he would give him
30,000 thalers he would never enter his
door again. Then the father laughed
hysterically, and said his ungrateful
son would end up lv becoming a
beggar. The Baron Otto von Muhlbaeh,
the son, took a more hopeful view of his
future, said he would come to America
with his money and make his way in the
world. He came. When he talked of
going into business here in New York
people laughed at him. His place in the
. rid seemed ’o be at a convivial table
*’es I,' wine, singing snatches
' ’ ••' ( uing stories. For
' talking of business
: i. Jiorous in the ex
. ,* > "ious he attempted
n this subject, the ■
MM to Ik*.’ While
eer garden one night
with a jolly company he called the pro
prietor to the table and asked him how
much lie would take for his garden. The
rotund proprietor roared; so did the Ba
ron’s companions. “How much ?” in
sisted the Baron. “Oh. $19,000,” replied
Theiss. “It is mine,” shouted the Baron,
and called for a bottle of beer wherewith
to seal the bargain. The proprietor of the
garden and the men around the table
thought no more of it, but the next morn
ing the jolly Baron walked into the garden
and threw down a thick pile of crisp bank
bills and asked for a bill of sale. Theiss
did not refuse the money, as the price af
forded a good margin. Thus it was that
we come to have a real German Baron in
New York selling beer.
Hall-Haynes.
Tlie Shipping Problem.
-V<*ic York Times.
The joint Congressional committee which
has lieen inquiring into the causes of the
decline of American shipping has closed
its sessions in this city. It has devoted
five days to receiving information and
suggestions from those claiming to be in a
position to know something of the subject.
There has been a good deal of variety both
in the information and in the opinions
offered by those testifying liefore the com
mittee, but there is a clear dividing line
between the theories that are held in
regard to the question. In fact, all
opinion on economical and commer
cial questions and the relation of
the government thereto seems to
lie divided by the same line. On
the other hand, it is claimed that
trade and industry should lie left, so far
as possible, to regulate themselves. The
only interference of the government should
lie for the purpose of protecting the rights
of person and property and obtaining reve
nue for its own legitimate needs. Freedom
alike from restraint and from attempts at
stimulation is believed by those who hold
to the theory of non-interference to be con
ducive to the most healthy development
and the highest prosperity. On the other
side, it is contended that It is the business
of the government to encourage, to foster,
to build up and to protect a great variety
of home industries and home interests’.
This may be done by restrictions upon
competition front abroad and by a direct
stimulus applied in the form of’ subsidies
or bounties at home.
This difference of opinion as to the pro
per relation of the government to industry
and commerce is at the bottom of the di
vergence of sentiment op tho subject of
tariff laws and shipping laws. Most of
what are called our navigation laws are
acts of early date, and they were intended
to protect American sailors, American
shipping and American ship building, and
by protection fo promote tin* development
of our marine, American sailors are pro
tected by being allowed to draw a certain
amount of their pay in advance and being
aide to get three months’ extra wages if
discharged at a foreign jiort. The result
is that they fail into the hands of a
class of professional lioarding house
keepers who get them into debt to
themselves for board, clothes and
liquor and then ship them off their bands
and get all the advance pay: and when
they get abroad they manage by incompe
tency or bad behavior to get discharged,
collect their extra pay, and are sent home
by Consuls to go through the process
again. It is the almost universal testi
mony that this kiini of protection is equal
ly ruinous ?o the sailors and to the inter
ests of shipmasters. It is one of the minor
burdens of American shipping that its
owners and masters are not aUftWed to
make their own bargains for Hie employ
ment of crews and fo deal as freelv with
them ag other shipowners and shipmasters
are allowed to do. There are numerous
other burdens in the form of consular fees,
tonnage dues, pilotage foes, port charges
and general taxes which are not intended
to lie protective, but which are exceeding
ly discouraging to the (uyqer* oi' vessels.
N\ hile it ifi a question whether any
American merchant could long afford to
run vessels in the foreign trade if they
were given to him, he is nqi allowed to
buy a ship and try tfie experiment unless
it is lmilt it, this countrv. Whatever
might he the ease under different condi
tions, it is unquestionably true that under
present conditions an American built iron
steamer cost# considerably more than a
British built iron steamer. It iffojtlv nec
essary to know this fact find the one other
fact that no American is allowed to buy
and run under the flag of his country a
ship of foreign build to understand fully
the cause of the decline of American
shipping and the transfer of the carrying
trade to foreign vessel*. These facts ex
plain it completely. If our peculiar bur
dens and restrictions were removed from
the shipping business and our capitalists
were allowed to buy vessels wherever
they could get them cheapest, and conse
quently as cheaply as their competitors
would obtain them, it is quite imssible that
we might regain our share in the carrying
trade. It is certain that we should unless
the aforesaid capitalists had more profita
ble uses for their money, in which case it
would be proved $0 be economical to let
others do the carrying while we did better
by producing and mannufacturlng.
But then the advocates of intervention
set up the cry tqat we ought for our own
national good to build ships a* well as to
sail them, and we can pover do this if our
merchants are allowed fo buy them cheap
er abroad. But unless we can build them
as cheaply as they are built abroad our
merchants cannot afford to. buy them and
enter into competition with foreign mer
chants who get them at the lowest price,
and they certainly will pot lie
built unless they are to lie
bought. TV tally sensible course
is to see whether we can build them as
cheaply or not. If duties are removed
from the materials which enter into their
construction and equipment, am if bur
densome restrictions t>fv removed from
their employment aßer thev are built, we
shall spun find out whether we can build
them dr not in competition with ether
countries. At the same time no. harm
could come from admitting fo register
foreign-built vessel*; fu’r if we could build
as gooff “lies at no greater cost ~ur
own would find a market in f) f
them, and if we could nqt there wmiid Ik.*
no market for our* in any ca3,\
Under KB application of the theory of
fruivtoiu aud non-interferenee of the gov
ernment, we should have an opportunity
of determining w bat we could and could
not do, while at present it is a matter of
speculation merely. If we could compete
in ship building and the carrying trade
profitably, we should do so, and if we
could not i| would be because we bad bet
tef use for our capital and labor and saved
money by having our carrying dque for us.
But the marine protectionist claim that
we should build ship* and engage in
the carrying trade for our own nation
al good, whether it is profitable
or not. There is but one way in which it
can lie done, if it woulff not prove profita.
ble under a policy of freedom, and that is i
by the payment of bouuties to ship build- j
ers atfo subsidies to ship owners, and that I
i what these advocate* hf protection and !
encouragement aw forced fo urge. In i
other W'.tfvw, they would have the people j
of the country taxed to build up the ship- 1
ping interest. This would put vet one i
more burden on the production and labor .
which pertain to the natural resources and 1
advantages of the coiuitrv, Tt>i* is what l
Mr. Roach anff the Fhjilaffelphia econo
mists woiffff do..
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THE UNITED KINGDOM.
A WAIVING TO THE IRISH
AGITATORS.
Redmond to be Prosecuted—Havitt and
Healy Admonished—A Limit to Politi
cal Utterances—King Cetewayo’s Res
toration to be Arranged as Early as
| Possible.
London, Nov. 30.—1n the House of
Commons to-dav, Mr. Trevelyan, Chief
Secretary for Ireland, stated that the re
cent inflammatory speeches of Messrs.
Davitt, Healy and Redmond had been
considered by the government, and that
if such B|>eecties were continued, the
meetings of the National League would
be prohibited. Mr. Redmond’* speech, he
said, came within the purview
ot the 4th section of the prevention
of crimes act, and a prosecution would
forthwith be instituted in his case. The
speeches of Davitt and Healy did not
come within the act. Those made by
Healy were indictable, but he (Mr. Tre
velyan 1 advised that Healy would not lie
prosecuted. Mr. Trevelyan said that if
RaVitt and Healy persisted in making in
flainmwtrrry sflbee hues' application would
be made to have them Ikhiihl over to be of
good behavior or be committed to prison.
Mr. Healy here rose, and in a delimit
manner said he begged to inform the
government that he would return to
Dublin to-morrow.
Sir Richard Assheton-Cross asked if the
fact that Mr. Davitt was u ticket-of-leave
man had lieen brought to the notice of the
Secretary of State for the Home Depart
ment.
Mr. Trevelyan said the attention of the
Irish Government had been called to the
fact, but that their opinion was very
strong that Davitt should lie treated like
any other person.
Hon. Evelyn Ashley stated that proper
instructions had been given to arrange for
King Cetewayo’s restoration as early as
possible.
GEN. LONGSTREETS ACCOUNTS.
Wliat the General Himself lias to Say
About Them.
Wash inyton Post*
OAcral Longstreet, United States Mar
shal for the Northern district of Georgia,
is in the city. The investigation of his
accounts will not be finished for some time
yet. The main difficulty is said to be in
the examination of the accounts of the
Deputy Marshal. General Longstreet was
seen last evening by a Post reporter.
“What have you to say of the charges of
irregularities in the administration of
your oftice?’’J
“There are no Irregularities in mv office,
nor have any charges of such lieen intima
ted to me. I saw the Attorney General
to-day, and in a long interview he said
nothing of any charges against me.’’
“What started the investigation?’’
"There is no investigation. Some four
months ago I made application to the gov
ernment for special officers to come down
into my district in Georgia and help us
arrange our accounts, which had become
complicated. This is the extent of the in
vestigation, so far as I know anything
about it.”
“TV hat is the object of vour visit to
Washington ?”
“I have come merely as a commissioner
of the Garfield fair. 1 have no other ob
ject in view.”
“W here did the charges against you
originate?”
“The charges originated outside of the
government, and among people who want
ed to do political harm.”
“When will the investigation be con
cluded?”
“I do not know. The officers came down
ostensibly to help us get our accounts in
shape, but they did not get in my office
over twice. 1 guess they came down prin
cipally to look at some land. Knowing
there was 110 truth in the charges, 1 have
given myself no concern in the matter,
rhe officers arc stiil in Georgia and mv
accounts are already in the hands of the
Department of Justice.”
DangerouM American Fortunes.
London Sjitctafnr.
There in evidence forthcoming from
America that fortunes uuiv tf* uccuniii
luted on a scale of which Englishmen have
little conception, and when thev have lieen
accumulated their increase may lie sought
ironi a motive which is never quite satia-
: o< i “ie thirst tor direct and indirect
influence on affairs. Europeans, even
those who study the subject, underrate
American fortunes, tirst,' because they
think the rich must spend iargelv, and,
secondly, because they assume, what is
quite false, that great wealth must lie
invested at about 4 per cent. It ma
American example shows, be invest >,y
millionaires who do not care for re-t :ii
vvork which yields from three times '<> t,
times that rate. Now, the govi ru.
financial fact almut the Vanderbil til
wavs is that they are managed te !d
and do yield, a steadv 10 per cen< <nd
Mr, Vanderbilt oughrt, therefore, t ... i,
possession of an income of £2,00 non ■,
year. It is not, jirohahly, so much 1
part of his fortune must have la
mated fur probate duty on share
par; out taking it al only a millk i
half, Mr. Vanderbilt, who does n
unproduotively the interest of 1
deads, might easily at 70, own £st
yielding an average of s ]ier cent
of his known rivals, perhaps, eoulc
hut their sons might, and it is
the curds that in 1020 the Ameriet
may possess a dozen capitalists ei
fifty millions solidly Invested, vie in
comes of from three to four'm _..„ un a
year. He it observed, we do not include
any fresh making of money by the million
aires, though they make it every day; or
any calculation about compound interest,
though there is such a force in movement
in their favor. We assume only that they
live on the interest of their interest—in
Mr. Vanderbilt’s case £60,000 a year—and
iuvest the remainder in the new'railroads,
telegraphs and steam lines which they
construct or regulate. The temptation so
to accumulate, in a country where lazy
wealth brings so little enjoyment, while
working wealth brings power, status,
and celebrity, is great, and the drawbacks,
to a man not afraid of occasional threats,
are not many. Railway managers are
easily found, other stockholders take much
work bff the millionaire’s hands, and as
against ordinary accident, so vast an in
vestment forms its own best insurance. If
an Englishman could own 51 tier cent,
of the Midland and Great Northern,
and appoint any directar he pleased, his.
wealth would tie fairly secure, much more
secure than if he owned a wheat grown'--
county in Eas nglia r the existent
<>t a fortune c Kind, iu the iuuxi-W
a man whose 1 ness la lit >* the acqui
sition of powei for ih mruunin ?
We cannot hut el . i u>t of it.
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