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TWO DOLLARS A YEAR.
ISU’WIGGINS’CATACLYSM
GREAT STORM OFF’ THE NORTH
CAHOLINA COAST.
Tremendous Seas ofTNewport—lmmense
Floods Reported—Tides Higher than
for .Many Years—Heavy Snow and
Kain Storms—The Scare Reaches St.
Louis.
Washington, March 10.—A storm of
great energy, which first appeared at mid
night on the North Carolina coast, has
pursued a northeasterly track, and is now
central near Delaware Breakwater. Dan
gerous northeast winds are anticipated
to-day and to-night on the New England
coast, followed to-morrow by clearing
weather and westerly winds.
Boston, March 10, 2:30 p. m.—A spe
cial from Newport says: “A tremendoufe
sea is running here. The tides are very
high and now reach to the top of the
wharf plates. Many residents are ex
tremely nervous. The surf roars as it has
not done for a year, and Spouting Rock
is sending up columns of water to an
unusual height. A telegram from High
land light says the wind is southeast, and
fresh indications are that a heavy gale is
coming on.”
Nfw York, March 10.—There were heavy
floodson the Atlantic coast on Long Island
to day. In Jamaica, Hempstead and Great
South Bays the tide was higher at noon to
day than has been known for many years.
The lowlands were covered with’ water.
As fur as could be learned there has been
no serious damage to property or loss of
life. AT Flushing the water was three
feet deep in the streets and the cellars of
dwellings were swamped.
All over Canada and at many points in
New England, northwestern and the
northern portion ot the Middle States to
day., the weather is very cold and snow is
falling heavily. At Boston a
northcast rain storm set in at
11:15 a. m., and continued all day.
The velocity of the wind is 29 miles
per hour; temperature 35 degrees;
barometer 29:32, and slowly falling. At
Plymouth, Mass., an extraordinary tide
is reported. At St. Paul, M inn., the worst
snow and wind storm of the season is re
ported along the line of the Northern Pa
cific. Freight business west of Fargo is
entirely suspended. All passenger trains
are moved with difficulty. Grafton, Da
kota, suffered most, business being en
tirely suspended during the day.
The fear of Wiggins’ storm has reached
st. Louis. About one hundred and fifty
fishermen operate on the Mississippi
an -I Illinois rivers, from St. Louis
to Peoria, and they are said
to have Liken their nets out oi the
river unti? Wednesday next. Fish are
consequently scarce. ’ The weather is
cloudy, with’ ra.* 11 '* 1 ' 11, gh and dusty winds.
Halifax. Marc.’’ 10.—The wind is in
creasingin violence ‘ ;v, 'ry minute, and is
now blowing a heavy g? l '*’' Ram is fall
ing heavily. The tide, w'‘>. cl > will not be
at its highest until nearly 1,? O’clock, is at
this hour (5 p. m.) within two foot °T the
w harf tops.
PIGEON SHOOTING.
Bogardu- Wins at St. Louis and Carvel"
at Cincinnati.
St. Lot is, March 10.—The pigeon snoot
ing match between Captain Bogardus and
Dr. Carver, 50 double birds, 21 yards rise,
Illinois State rules, for $250 a side, came
off yesterday, and was won by Bogardus.
The score was 81 to 79. Bogardus killed
the last 10 birds straight.
Cincinnati, March 10.—A “clay pi
geon” shooting match between Carver
and Bogardus occurred here this after
noon. The conditions were one hundred
single birds, eighteen yards rise, spi ling
from the fourth notch at full speed, use of
both barrels, No. 12 gauge, five traps,
English Gun Club rules. The match was
for a purse, with S3OO additional to the
winner if he should break 82 out of 100.
There was a heavy snow storm prevail
ing w ilb a strong wind during the shoot
ing. Carver scored 89 and Bogardus 71.
newTThleans races.
Three Interesting Events Yesterday.
New Orleans, March 10. -Theweather
to-day was clear and pleasant, the at
tendance at the races was light, and the
track was heavy.
■r’he first race, live-eighths ol a mile,
aamtfcap, was won by Eva K, Hickory
lim scC ullt L Lucy Johnson third. Time
The secotli.'- a race of three-fourths ot a
mih‘. for three-y'cnv-olds, was won by Cen
tennial, Monticeb'P second, Juliet third.
'Time 1:22.
The third race, a sidling race ot one
mile. Ilefere first, Annie G, second, Billie
Ci, third. Time 1:19,
THIFTLI .-FATED NA\ ARRE.
1 our Sailors and Six Passengers Landed
in Holland.
London, March 10.—A Dutch fishing
smack has landed at Maaslins, South
Holland, four sailors and six passengers
of the steamer Navarre, which foundered
while on her wav from Copenhagen to
Leith. 'There were twenty-live persons on
board the Navarre when she sank, who
made no effort to save themselves. Mr.
Manrail charges the Captain w ith cow
ardice. and says many more might have
been saved.
MYSTERIOUS MI It PER.
Two Women Brained With an Axe.
Indian AYt’Lis, March 10. —On a farm
tourteen miles from here resided Mrs.
Lucinda Foreman, a widow aged 90. and
a maiden daughter aged 51 years. Yester
day thev were found murdered. The
victims lived alone. One of the bodies
was found outside the h.mso under a
pile of straw, the other in the kitchen of
ihe dwelling. The weapon used was an
axe. There is no clue to the murderer.
Foreign Holders of Virginia Bonds.
London, March 10.—At a meeting of
committee of Virginia bondholders yes
terday it was resolved to do the utmost to
vindicate the claims of the bondholders
upon the State of Virginia, and to advise
the holders >*ot to take any step towards
converting the bonds under the Riddle
berger acl.
Advancing the Price of Pig Iron.
Cincinnati. March 10.—The principal
I coke furnaces of Alabama and Tennessee,
i which, through their officers here, supply
most of the pig iron used in Cincinnati
i and tributary markets in the West, to
' day advanced the prices of all grades of
pig iron from SSO to SIOO per ton above
the figures of the past three weeks.
Wheat and Corn for Export.
Si J oris March 10.—The boat Oak
land and barges, which left here for New
Orleans Thursday e>v nin r* but 1’ •
053 bushels of wheat ana 131,3*3 bushels
jof corn tor export, and GOO to2 9 °* .P 1K ‘k
iace freight for other points. nlf»s* n 8 a
1 total cargo of 1,565 tons.
Russian Nihilists.
St. Petersburg, March 10.—Among
the prisoners to be arraigned at the ap
nr aching trial here of Nihilists, are
'■veral important State criminals, three
naval officers, an army officer and Kobe
seil, the constructor of the famous mine in
Little Garden street.
Burned to Death.
PlTlsßt rg. March 10.—A lire at Grove
I Station, on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
I l oad, to-day. destroyed a couple of frame
dwellings, in one of which two children
named Crawford, aged live anil three
rears, were burned to death.
Assigned.
St. Louis, March 10.—An assignment
I >’• as tiled to-day by Todd, French A Co.,
w holesale boot and shoe dealers. The as
sets are sworn to at $9,900; liabilities.
$13,500.
The People’s World-Wide Verdict.lfi
Burnett's Cocoaine ha-, been sold in
every civilized country, and the public
have rendered the verdict that it is the
purest and best Hair Dressingin the world.
Burnett’s Flavoring Extracts
are invariably acknowledged the cheapest
and the best.
Stye iCinnbnn JUormnij Sdcqrmn,
THE WESTERN FLOODS.
Tlie Waters Receding in Some Sections
—Threatened Breaks in Levees.
Helena, Ark., March 10.—The river
has declined half an inch and will proba
bly continue to fall slowly for several
days, when a more rapid decline is ex
pected. The levees are still being
strengthened, and w ill be made thorough
ly secure in this vicinity. The back
w ater is still rising in the overflowed dis
tricts below. This will continue
until the decline in the river is
great enough to draw the water back
through the crevasse. The most terrific
current roar, which can lie heard here
during the still hours of night, are tearing
through the country below, carrying de
struction with them. In the Old Town
lake region the water is higher than ever
before known, the losses to planters being
greater than ever before from the same
cause. ( abins, fem . s and dead carcasses
of animals are to be seen floating down
the river in great numbers. The South
ern express business has been transferred
to the Midland Road owing to the stop
page of the trains over the Iron Mountain
route.
Memphis, March 10.—The Appeal’s
Skipwith, Miss., special says: “The ef
forts to stop the Ellislie break have been
without result. The gaps are about two
hundred and fifty feet wide, and the veloc
ity of the water six to seven miles per
hour. The water is three feet deep. A
weak point has been reported in the levee
on James Richardson’s plantation, near
Mound Landing. The levee board has
sent a large force of men to protect that
point. The protection and main levee
are still considered safe.
New Orleans, March 9.—The Pica
yune’s Helena special reports a break in
the levee at Laconia circle, sixty mites
below. There is much excitement there,
the water is rushing through with great
rapidity. Unless the crevasse is closed
much damage will result.
The river at Arkansas City has risen an
inch in the twenty-four hours ending at
5 o’clock this afternoon, and is still rising.
The water is only eight inches below the
highest flood of last year and the back
water only four inches below.
THE DEMOCRATIC POLICY.
Views of Hon. Robert M. McLane, of
Maryland, on National Affairs.
Balti more Sun.
lion. Robert M. McLane was in Balti
more yesterday. He seemed to be w r ell
rested’ from the fatigues of the late ses
sion of Congress, and as vigorous and en
ergetic as ever. A representative of the
Sun visited him and asked what he
thought would be the effect of the recent
internal revenue and tariff legislation on
the business of the country and on politi
cal parties.
Mr. McLane said: The political effect
of the passage of the tariff bill, so far as
the Republicans are concerned, w ould not
be to relieve them of the odium w hich at
tached to their inability to carry out the
recommendations of the President, which
was to revise the tariff in a revenue sense,
making it less prohibitory, and to reduce
internal revenue taxation to the extent of
a $100,000,000 a year. The effect on the
Democratic party ought to be to
strengthen it greatly in the estimation
of the country, because the Republi
cans have reduced the revenue taxa
tion not half as much as the President
recommended, and the reduction for the
most part is in favor of the wealthy classes
of the country, notably the great bankers
and banks,and the large dealers in tobacco,
the latter being affected by the heavy in
crease of duty on the leaf, while the manu
facturing interests in tobacco are taxed
as much as ever they were, and in some
respects more so, in order that the Con
necticut tobacco planters may be pro
tected.
In reference to the prohibitory duties on
iron and wool, they are left, notwithstand
ing an apparent reduction, and on other
articles the rates have been made higher
than either the Senate or House were
willing to make them. In truth, the only
real reduction in the rates of the tariff is
in the article of sugar. This will amount
in the aggregate to twelve or fifteen mil
lions of dollars, to the great injury of the
American planting interest, though not to
that of the rich capitalists .engaged in
refining sugar, for on that the reduction—
to make a bull—is rather an increase, the
mode of assessing being so artificial. The
practical result will be injurious, in my
opinion, to the country, and the issue of
revenue reform and tlie necessity for it is
as great now" as ever, and the question
will be as much as ever an important one
in party politics, An enormous consump
tion of w'olen goods will still bear the
burthen of a prohibitory tax, The same
may be said of an infinite number of arti
cles composed of iron and steel, so that
throughout the whole South and West
people will continue to clamor for reve
ijpx* reform and the repeal of revenue taxa
tion.
If the Democ* al Io party pursue the con
servative line of action indicated in their
opposition to this bill both in the Senate
and the House of Representatives, they
will .have overwhelming success. That
line of opposition contemplates a repeal
of all the internal revenue taxes, except
the tax on whisky, and a revision of the
tariff w ith a view 7 to secure ths. highest
revenue rate, which would bring into me
Treasury pasily $250,000,000, leaving a
large free list. Os <"ourse this revenue rate
would abolish all the prohibitory duties,
b'jt would leave nearly every industry in
the country fully protected. I believe the
revenue rate on all the great manufactur
ing industries of tl;e country would be
from 40 to 50 per cent, ad valorem, which
on the basis Os the present consumption of
the country, w oiild yield the revenue in
dicated. ami would in rease with in
creased population and consumption, so
that every year faxes could be reduced
and the free list enlarged,
It was this discrimination below the
revenue standard that made Robert J.
Walker's tariff of 1846 so popular with the
country, and nine-tenths of the Democrats
who took psi’t in the present tariff debates
committed tlieu*se)ves to that doctrine.
For one I was determined from the be
ginning to vote for no measure ibaf was
not satisfactory on all these points, be
lies’ing it better to leave the existing law
in force than to disturb all the adjusted
rates anil regulations for one that did not
differ in principle Horn that already exist
ing. Tlie internal revenue sections of the
law, standing by themselves, J a bled for,
and proposed to increase the reduction at
least a hundred per cent.
If the Democrats act with common dis
cretion and secure the respect and confi
dents of the people, there is no question
ot their ing the country. They can
do this if thev reaped existing industrial
interests and’ take sufficient liige to bring
down tfee highly protective ami prouibi
lory rates ig a minimum revenue stan
dard. If they .carry th e c< Alntry and get
possession of the legislative a..d tf'eexecu
tive, it might require the entire te»iu
of a Democratic J’renident to adjust the
present tariff, and it w ould be far better to
take that time than to bring bankruptcy
upon interests which have grown up un
der the fostering influence of war tuxes,
Ji-c great reproach to the Republican par
is Ibai i,t has allowed nearly twenty
venrs L" 3 10 l )ass without this
reform Cguiidt itself to the
country, and this Mue aloi ( v to in
sure its defeat.
ill ILDLNG UR OUR NAVY.
Five New Vessels to be Built, and Five
Monitors to be Repaired.
Washington, March 10.—Secretary
Chandler lias directed the Naval Advisory
Board to go to work at once in carrying
out tlie provisions in the naval bill in
regard to building up the nax y. Five new
vessels are to be built, and five double
turreted monitors to be rejmired and com
pleted. The Advisory Board will prepare
places for this work. The completion of
the monitors will l>e first commenced It
is thought the first contract will be entered
into in about two mouths.
Bright’s Disease, Diabetes, Kidney,
Liver and Urinary Diseases.
Have no fear of any of these diseases if
you use Hop Bitters, as they will prevent
and cure the worst cases, even when you
have been made worse by some great pull
ed up pretended cure.
THE LAND LEAGUE FUND.
PARNELL SAYS THE X‘23,000 IS
IN S kFE H ANDS.
What the Times Says About the League
—The Enrollment of Recruits in the
Invincibles—Biggar and His Breach of
I’romhe Suit—W hat Has Become of
Patrick Egan?
London, March 10.—The Times says
Parnell *states that he does not
know where Patrick Egan is, but that the
balance of the Land League fund ot
£25.100 is quite safe.
The limes in an editorial says: “We
have good reason to believe that the inquiry
now proceeding will implicate the Land
1 eague beyond a doubt in tlie immediate
patronage of crime in Ireland, even if it
does not establish its direct connection
with the Invincibles. The flight of Patrick
Egan, unless explained, is a moral ac
knowledgement of guilt, from the damn
ing consequences of which none of his as
sociates can escape unless Egan can clear
his own and his associates’ character.
We shall not be surprised to learn that
the leaders of toe Land« League who still
remain in the United Kingdom may
shortly conveniently follow Egan’s ex
ample.”
A correspondent of the Times at Dublin
states that the enrollment of recruits in
the ranks of Invincibles still proceeds,
notwithstanding the readiness of men now
in prison to betray one another.
Biggar has resolved to appeal against
the decision in the breach of promise suit
brought against him by Miss Fanny Hy
land, which resulted in a verdict for the
plaintiff. Miss Hyland’s solicitors write
to the papers stating that Patrick Egan
was subpoenaed for the plaintiff', but for
reasons best known to himself failed to
attend.
GRIME AND ITS ABETTOR.
The Indicted Detective and Fence Keep
ers of Washington.
A Washington special of the 27th ult.
says: "‘The movement for the purification
of the detective and police service of this
city, begun several months ago by a com
mittee of citizens, has been completely
successful. The principal city detectives
are proven to have been in league with
thieves, fence keyers and receivers of
stolen goods. Dismissal from the service
is apparently not the only punishment in
store for these bad men, as they have been
indicted and warrants issued for their
arrest. The guilty parties are Detectives
Miller, McElfresh, Flinders, ex-Detective
Coombs, and it is reported that the citi
zens' committee has proof of dishonest
practices by other members of the force.
George W. Mantz, keeper of a fence house,
has also been indicted.
The chairman of the citizens’committee
yesterday received a letter from Mr. A. L.
Snowden, Superintendent of the United
States Mint at Philadelphia, in reply to
an inquiry as to whether bullion has re
cently been sent there by either ot the two
alleged fence keepers in this city, Mantz
or Donohue. This letter gives the weight
and value of the two shipments, one from
each in November. In regard to Mantz
the following is the statement:
On November 17, 1882, the Adams Ex
press Company, through its agents, sold
to the mint 378,25 ounces of silver bullion,
in the form ot a bar, the proceeds of which,
amounting to $369 84, was sent from the
mint November 20, to “G. W. Mantz,
Eleventh and C streets, Washington,
D. C.”
The shipment at this time by Thomas
Donohue amounted to only llljj ounces,
and the proceeds to slll 38. But it ap
pears that this was one of a series of simi
lar consignments, whether monthly or
weekly is not known. No inquiry swnw
to be made at the mint as to the source of
the bullion.
Electric Flashes.
Al. Coumoundol Couraoundours, a well
known Greek statesman, is dead at
Athens.
The Royal Commission at Cork advises
the*closing of Spike Island prison, the
scene of the recent revolt.
The following Postmasters have been
appointed by the President: Mrs. Vir
ginia Sharpe, at Wilson, N. C.; 11. L.
Gudgers, at, Asheville, N- C.
Mr. Tukes' Dublin committee have se
lected four thousand persons for emigra
tion, half of whom will go to friends in the
United States and half to Canada.
A bill passed the yester
day changing the name of Dorsey county
to Dejjoto county. It was named for ex-
Senator Dorsey during the reconstruction
era.
In the Chamber of Deputies at Madrid
yesterday a bill was introduced for a
credit of 85,000,000. pesetas for public
works, Bonds issued under the bill are to
be redeemable in twenty years.
The German Government lias forbidden
the introduction into Germany of the
Vienna Alhjemeine Zeitung during the
next two years. The Berlin 'tribunalshave
already pronounced against two numbers
of this obnoxious journal.
The authorities at Vienna have closed
the reading club of German students at
the High School because of the recent
meeting held in honor of Wagner, whiclj
partook ot the character of an Irridentist
display in favor of union with Germany.
7’w o ladies of Rome, the last descend
ants of Aiperigo Vespucci, who gave the
name oi America to the Western hemis
phere, are now begging that a pension of
ten crow ns per month, which was assigned
Jo their family by the republic of Florence
in 1600, be restored to them.
Died from Her Injuries.
New York, March 10. —Anna Leahy
was arrested last night on a charge of
vagrancy. She was taken to court this
morning, and while geing up stairs she
managed to elude the Officer who had
her in custody and jumped through an
open widow" to the ground, a distance of
thirty feet. She died shortly afterwards
iron) her injuries.
Bishop Quinlan’s Remains.
Mobile, March 10.—The remains of
John Quinlan, Roman Catholic Bishop of
this diocese, arrived at 5 o'clock this
evening by special train from New’ Or
leaus, Tiiuy were received by a large
concourse of peupie of all creeds. They
will lie in state at the'cathedral till 'l't’es
day looming, when the funeral wiU’thke
place. '
General (Jordon’s Railroad Commences
Work Monday.
Jacksonville, F< March 10.—
Work on the iiew ? international railroad
from this city to Tampa and Key V est
begins Monday morning. The work will
be pushed with the utmost rapidity. Gen,
Jno. B. Gordon. President of the company,
is here directing in person.
The Rgeent Poisoning in a Virginia In
sgj’e Asvlum.
Staunton, Va., March 10. Professor
Mallet, chemist, announced that he has
foiiiid out definitely the nature of the
poison caused the deaths at the
insane asylum here recently lie will
niake it known to the jury on Tuesday.
A.. Kditpr Dead.
Danville. Va,. March iO.— C. N. B.
Evans, editor of the Milton N, C.)
Chronicle, died this morning at Milton,
He commenced editorial life about forty
years ago. and was author of “The Fool
ixili 'r Letters.” He was a member of the
Semite ot >ortb Carolina.
i’apil Shipwreck..
Portland. Maine, Marell 10.—The
fishing schooner J. NV. Sawyer, With a
crew of sixteen men. was wrecked near
southwest harbor, Mount Desert, to-day.
three men were drowned. The Captain
and another were badly injured.
Acquitted.
Shrereport, La., March 10.—The
Standard's Texarkana special says:
“Sheriff Dixon, who was tried for killing
A. S. Johnson in the court house there
Thursday, was acquitted to-day. The
jury were out fifteen minutes.”
An Inhuman Father.
Atlanta. March 10. —a drunken man
in Hall county named Herring to-day
poured a shovel of hot coals on his infant
child, and burned it to death.
On the Ist of August an Internation
al Electric Exhibition will open at Vien
na,
SAVANNAH. GA., SUNDAY MORNING, .MARCH 11, 1883.
Ek'
GEN. HENRY R. JACKSON’S
Oration at the Funeral of Governor
Stephens.
[The following is the corrected text of
General Henry R. Jackson’s eloquent
eulogy of the late Governor Stephens.
The abstract of General Jackson’s oration
given in the telegraphic columns of the
Morning News was necessarily brief, and
the revised text will be read with interest.
—Ed. Telegram. I
How profoundly must all of us realize
the impotence of words to voice the sad
spirit of the passing hour! A sigh, a sob,
a flood ot tears, these are the eloquence
fit for an occasion like this; and these—
are not all of us prepared to give? There
has not been a moment of my waking
life, since I heard that he was dead, when
I could not have burst into tears like a
woman, or failed to feel that I need not
blush to weep. With astonishment I have
asked myself. What is the meaning of
this? What relationship bound you to ;
the dead to account for this? That, for 1
manj’ years past, Mr. Stephens has been
to me a special admiration, is known to
all who know me well. But we do not
weep for those whom we simply admire.
When they perish, the W’orld may grow
darker indeed, but we do not feel so lone- :
some in it. How r , then, am I to account
for this?
Oh! that speech in Savannah! God
only knows how grateful I was to Dr. Mil
ler for the few words, “His journey did
not cause his death.” Probably I was
most instrumental in getting him thither,
and meet it is that 1 should come to lay
my garland, humble though it be, upon
his bier.
Mr. Chairman, pe’init me to say, the
presence of that wonderful and phenome
nal man in Savannah came like a revela
tion to her people, and left a seal deep
upon her which will rest there forever.
No reaper ever gathered sheaves of grain
as he gathered sheaves of hearts. But
still the question recurs, “How came
this to be so.? What w r as there
in the man that thus caused h uman hearts |
to swarm to him as the bees of Hymcttus :
swarmed to the honeyed lips of the fabled
singer?” Let us, for one moment, reflect!
I ask tlie most enlightened thinker of us
all—what is most God-like in its power— i
what in rhetoric, w hat in pdetry, w hat in
the world of thought; nay! what in his
tory, what in the world of action—what
is it that has the most God-like power to
concentrate human contemplation; to at
tract and fasten human affection? As
cend, if you please, through the telescope i
far up into the infinite! descend, through ,
the microscope, far dowwi into the infini
tesimal! behold! contrast is the compass :
that spans the universe of God! contrast
is the compass that measures the civiliza
tion of man! Lo! a God from Heaven
nailed to the wooden cross of earth!—
contrast is the figure which Om
nipotence itself has used to rouse
and win the love of man-
kind! And in whom among the liv
ing; nay! in whom among the dead, has
contrast ever so deeply enthroned herself
as in the man whom Georgia mourns to- i
day? Let those who stand at a distance i
suspect or prate, if they please, of exag
geration! We, who knew him. know* that
here exaggeration is simply impossible.
What figure strong enough to illustrate ;
the truth?—a condor emerging from the i
egg of a dove; the pyramid of Cheops bal
anced upon a schoolboy’s marble: the i
genie escaping from the Arabib casket to ;
eclipse, with its stupendous development,
the sun in heaven. Nay! let the imagina
tion loose—give to her the wildest of
eagle’s wings!—she cannot exaggerate. I
Behold the poor, frail, emaciated, physical !
frame! IJelpless—almost as helpless as an
infant in its swaddling clothes—and then
see the mental and the moral development
rising from it,
• 'Like sou.e tall eiiif ibat rear- its awful form. :
Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the
storm ;
Though rolling clouds around its breast are
spread,
Eternal sunshine settles ou its head.”
Evoke from history, if you please, the :
grandest of her heroes—her Alexanders, |
her Ctesars, her Bonapartes!—rest as
sured that in the comparison he will tri- j
umph. Circumstance, the kiitrf-niaker.
fought for them; Circumstance, the man- '
destroyer, warred against him. Who |
among us that observes, who among us
that reflects, is not aware that, with
the representative man, chronic dis
ease, continuous pain, the perpetual con
sciousness that death may he near, con
centrates thought and emotion on self;
captures the noblest examplars of our com
mon humanity, and rivets them down to i
the very dust of self ? But how was it with
him? The more he suffered himself the
more he strove to relieve the suffering of
others Every pang that struck at his
vitals but sow ed tho seed of a grander
charity. Heroic conqueror of self and
circumstance ! to whom can w e fitly apply
the term God-like, if not to him?
And so he came to Savannah with the
serene light of heaven already in his eye.
Our people swarmed about him as he
moved along our streets. The high, the
humble, tlie learned, the ignorant—all
ages, all colors—followed fiiin. lord as he
was of the universal heart. From home
to home he went, repelling no imitation,
NN'lliCl*; by possibility, he cbuld accept.
Weak ano liegaye himself to the
pleasure of others. Last of all he came to
Ils, iinmorable day! NVho of us can
ever forget it? Riehaiff ’ a ‘, a 'l himself
again. There was the feeble ring of tn- old
clarion-like voice which years before bad
charmed me as never l>ef6re had charmer
charmed «o wisely. There was the same
weird light oi <.:: a '“i’ful eye. as he re
called the memories cf tt;w pas*. Con
versation was directed to eloquence, and
how eloquently did he recount his own
experience of eloquent meq.. from
Webster, of the North, he came to the
giants of Georgia historv, Titan-like
Toombs, hurling bis Hamilcftr bolt
against the toes of his country: im
passioned Lumpkin, with tornado-like
eloutience—rain, sleet, hail, whirlwind,
all ’ mingled together—sweeping every
thing before it. ihe classic serneu; the
Apollo-like Forsyth: and, looming lip in
the remoter distance, the Alpine in
tellect of Crawford. Oh! what a feast
of reason! what a flow of soul!
| When there was a pause, I said to
him: “Governor, you have given us the
j great men who figure in Georgia history;
I tell us something now about your tramp.”
i The sweet smile that played athwart his
lips, what w’ords can ever express! And
the eloquence of a practical life—how it
beggars the tongue of man! If ever hu
man words did express it, they came from
his own humble servant: “Mars Alec is
kinder to dogs than most people are to
folks.” NVhat Demosthenian or Cicero
nian lips have ever formulated such an
eulogium!
“Governor,” one of us said, ’-we hear
that you have a room at Liberty Hall for
tramps?” “Yes,” he replied. “I feel it
my duty to try to make everybody as
happy as I can.” NVe saw the tips of the
angel wings. NN'e realized that an angel
had blessed our house, and we felt, oh,
how profoundly! that everywhere the lines
over which those wheels had rolled were
holy. That no Georgian could cross them
with a base thought in his head, or a
mean, malignant feeling in his heart,
without becoming a traitor to the mother
earth which gave that frail, attenuated
form to the breathing world, and is now
about to hug it back to herself again!
Early History of Alex:md<*r H.
Stephens.
7b the Editor of the New York Times'.
There are a tow points relating to the pri
vate life of the late Gov. A. H. Stephens,
ot Georgia, w’hich may be of interest to
your readers, and w’hich did not find a
place in your biographical sketch of him
yesterday.
After the young lad, struggling with
poverty, had gone for a short time to
school his strength of character and vigor
of mind made him distinguished among
the companions whose physique he could
never hope to equal. Here, indeed, was
one who seemed born for the pulpit. An
association of benevolent ladies residing
in NVashington, Wilkes county, Georgia,
took his education into their hands to the
extent of furnishing the pecuniary means
which his father was unable to provide.
It. was with the hope that he
would become a bright and shining
light in the Presbyterian Church that
they sent him to college at Athens, and
w atched nis career there as he took one
after another of the honors in his class-
But the young graduate found other fields
more attractive, and bitterly disappointed
these ladies by adopting the law’ as his
profession. To support himself while pur
suing the preliminary course of study, he
resorted to teaching, Employment was
obtained at a country school in Liberty
count}’, where his firmest friend was a
gentleman ol scientific tastes who had
graduated in 1805 or 1806 from Columbia
College. Three sous of this gentleman
were prepared by Mr. Stephens for ad
mission to the college from which he had
recently been graduated. Two of them
are still living, holding professorships in
a w'ell-known American university, and
widely known in the scientific world on
both sides of the Atlantic.
Although his career as a teacher was
brief, Mr. Stephens always retained an
active interest in educational progress
and a hearty sympathy With teachers. A
few* years ago the present writer was in
trusted with the duty of preparing a pro
gramme for the annual session of the
Georgia Educational Association. A dis
tinguished Senator yho had promised to
deliver an address was compelled as
the last moment to decline. A reluct
ant appeal was made to' Mr. Ste
phens, whose feeble health had pre
viously prevented the writer froih asking
such a favor of him. His response was
prompt and cordial. At the appointed
time he was the first man to be present.
NN’ith the aid ot tw o assistants and a pair
of crutches lie took his place upon the
platform, and for two hours he discoursed
on “ The Teaciter’s Vocatjqn ” with such
eloquence anti power as can never he ton
gotten by those who heard him.
After Mr. Stephens had entered upon
his profession lie did not forget his obliga
tions to the ladies who had helped him in
his youth. NVithin two years he paid back
every dollar, with interest, thus enabling
them to devote an equal charity to any
other whom they might select. ’ But this
was not all. As soon as his professional
success was sufficient to cover more than
his own expenses .he began, sys
tematically and quietly, to fur
nish aid to young men whose
brains and energy exceeded their pe
cuniary ability. His own experience on
that rugged bath made him entertain
always a special fellow' feeling for those
who in youth were compelled to struggle
with adversity. The public will never
know how many have owed to him the
judicious aid that decided their course in
life. If, possibly, some of them were
young men in whom aspiration exceeded
inspiration, if they have failed to attain the
eminence of their benefactor, his tongue
never proclaimed it, and his heart never
begrudged the gift.
NN'hatever may be the political differ
ences between North and South in which
Mr. Stephens was prominent, there are
none at the North who w ithhold their re
spect. and none who knew him in his na
tive Geotgia but to love him In private
life as tender as a woiuan, in public life
as unflinching as a Roman; as free from
affectation and cant as he was tenacious
in his fidelity to his people, he dies
beloved as no one else in his
State is belcved—“the great Georgia
Commoner.” The last duty that he
performed was to accept an invitation to
do L .. .i" tc ynemorv of Oglethori*e at
tlie Sesqui-Ueiitenitiai celebration taiei ,
held in Savannah, traveling three hundred
miles to join with his follow citizens in
celebrating the completion of the first
. century and a half since the settlementof
i Georgia Os those who have held dfetin
guished- positions (hiring this lass half
century of Georgia's his<<ry, Alexander
11. Mepiiens occupies the highest place.
Era klyn, Monduy, March 5. 1883,
Weather Indications.
Office Chief Signal Observer,
NVashington. D. C.. March Iff.—lndica
tions tor sunaaj
In the’ South Atlantic States, fall
weather, southwest veering to northwest
winds, stationary or lower temperature,
I and higher pressure.
THE FRENCH SOCIALISTS.
SENTENCE OF NINETEEN OF THE
11 EC ENT RIOT EKS.
The Government will Prevent Meetings
To-Day—The Subject Discussed in the
Chamber of Deputies—Ann« and Ex
plosives Discovered—Warrant for the
Arrest of Louise Michel.
Paris, March 10.—The Socialists intend
to hold a meeting on Sunday at the Place
de L'Hotel de Ville. Riots are expected
to occur. Several ot' the persons arrested
on the Esplanade des Invalides yesterday
displayed revolvers.
The Republigue Francaise asserts that
there were Monarchist Deputies and
other Monarchists among the rioters. An
attempt was made to form a barricade
with paving stones, but it was prevented.
Felix Ryatt was among the rioters.
Nineteen of the rioters arrested yester
day have beep sentenced to various terms
of imprisonment, the maximum being six
months. Seven of the prisoners have
been acquitted. The government will
positively prevent the proposed meeting
of Socialists to-morrow. No one will l»e
allowed to approach the Hotel de N ille.
The Liberte says these meetings are
merely precursors of a grand displav to
be made on the 18th inst.
In the Chamber of Deputies to-dav M.
NN aldeck Rousseau, Minister of the inte
rior, replying to Paul de Cassagnac. said
that the Republicans condemned and the
Monarchists encouraged the disorderlv
meetings. The government, he said,
would enforce order with all the
means at its disposal. Cassagnac
protested against the charges macle
against the Monarchists. He as
serts that the republic was an’swerable
for riots, which he declared were onlv the
beginning. He said that whenever M.
Ferry was in power the people starved.
Waldeck Rousseau rejoined that Cas
sagnac’s speech showed who w ere pleased
at the rioting.
Count de Maille, Legitimist, exclaimed:
“You are a calumniator,” and was called
to order.
Waldeck Rousseau added that if,
through the action of Cassagnac's or any
other party, future meetings should less
easily be dispersed, different measures of
repression would be taken.
Count Albert DeMur, the Catholic
leader, said that cavalry charges would
not solve ’social questions.
An order of the day pure and simple
was accepted by the government, and was
unanimously adopted, receiving 406 votes.
The police discovered at the houses of
persons arrested yesterday arms, ex
plosives and lists of organizers of a move
movement for Socialist meetings.
The Soir says that a warrant has been
issued for the* arrest of Louise Michel,
charging her with pillage at the head of
an armed band, with making a violent
assault on the police, with uttering sedi
tious cries, and with inciting tlie over
throw of the established government.
These charges will render her liable to a
penalty varying from five years’ imprison
ment to twenty years at hard labor.
A BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK.
A Virginian Who Has Supported His
Family by Begging Far and Wide.
irasAfofirton (.Va.) Letter to the Xew York
World,
In a log cabin under a spur of the Blue
1 Ridge Mountains and near the village of
NV ashington, in Rappahannock county,
Va., lives a man w hose career has bemi’a
remarkable one. For many years of his
life he was literally a beggar on horse
back. Born of the shiftless race to be seen
in those mountains, he found himself soon
after reaching his majority the head of a
family, consisting of hie wife and a nu
merous brood of children, for whose main
tenance such labor as he was willing to
perform was utterly inadequate. In this
state of affairs he naturally sought assist
ance from the country folk’s around him,
and to such good purpose that he was en
couraged to extend his field of operations,
and no man became more regular in at
tendance on the quarterly terms of the
Superior Court than “Kit’Jenkins.” By
dint of earnest solicitations he managed
to collect enough from politicians, law
ers and clients assembled on these oc
casions to purchase a somewhat aged and
attenuated steed, and the second year af
ter the close of the war found him “A
Beggar on Horseback.” In the first com
pany of infantry that marched from the
neighborhood to the battlefield of Manassas
under the command of Captain Thomas
B. Massie, were enrolled two scions of the
Jenkins family. One of them was either
killed ip battle or died in some hospital,
and -Kit” did pot fail to re-enforce his ap
peals for help by recounting this fact. At
first his circuit was within-a radius of
probably five miles, and every farm-house
within that distance of his mountain hut
received a visit from him at least tw ice a
year. He went prepared generally with a
bag large enough to hold a side of bacon
and a half bushel of meal, with room also
for such favors in the shape of cotfee,
sugar and tobacco as he could obtain. Al
ways respected and presenting a coun
tenance calculated to soften the stoniest
heart, he was seldom sent away empty
handed,
By degrees he enlarged his bounds, and
in the last year or two of his peripatetic
career was often heard of in towns fifty
or sixty miles away. Once he crossed the
Potomac riyer into Maryland and return
ed to his home byway of NVashington, in
which city he was duly honored bv notices
in some of the newspapers. ' But it
is of his last trip that he speaks with
greatest pride, for it was then that he had
the honor of ringing the bell at the front
door of the Gubernatorial mansion in
Richmond. Just what happened to him
after tl|e bell has sounded - Kit’’ has never
clearly related; however, the next morn
ing found him astride the old bav nag
w hose ffead w as pointed toward the house
of Jefferson, at Charlottesville, There he
created no little merriment and acquired
much from the students of the university.
His appearance on this return is said to
have resembled that of one of Mosby’s
scouts after a visit to the house of some
loyal Dutchman in the valley. His wants
for the coming winter were supplied, but
at the expense of the life of his faithful
companion. After the death of his horse
he gave up his wanderings, but does not
allow’ those within reasonable range to
forget him or his necessities. At hog-kill
ing times there are few of the farmers
around who are unwilling to put by a por
tion for the old man. At May anil June
courts, when most of the important busi
ness of tlie formers is settled, -Kit’s”
small figure ma} still be seen, and if his
little eyes have lost somewhat of their
keenness and if the black of his beard has
given place to gray, be is none the less
ready to bandy jokes or return flattery for
kind words or deeds. On election day he
never misses, and once having promised
his vote for a candidate, no soft words or
proffered bribes have been found pow erful
enough to shake the loyaltv of the Prince
of Beggars.
A Nfw Peabody Project in Lon
don.—The Peabodv Trustees are on ’he
point of completing ’ bv far the largest
work to which they have hitherto set their
hands. This consists of the erection of
lio fewer Vhau thirty-three blocks of dwel
lings of a type now familiar to all London
ers. The trustees some time ago ac
quired seven acres of land, divided into
two plots by NVhitecrosss street, and uj>on
these two plots they have all but com
pleted dwellings which entirely dominate
the squalid and crowded thoroughfare,
and. to a large extent, metamorphose tb«
neighborhood TU buiiqiugs ai e five and
six stories high, are constructed of yellow
bricks, and present altogether an aspect
01 solidity, cleanliness and coinfort,
strikingly in contrast w ith all the
rounding property The Moiguiiorhood
uOrtM. aqa is well adapted, there
fore, for a large work of this kind. Near
ly nine hundred tenements of one, twOj
three or four rooms each will prot ided
when these structures are all finished,
and portions of these have been for some
months only awaiting the construction of
the roadways giving access to fheun and
the completion, of tbe diainaifo—
■ "
Skinny Men.
“Wells' Health RenewerV restores
health and vigor, cures Dvspepsia, lmi>o
tence, Sexual Debility. sl.
STEALING BAGGAGE.
The Criminals in Systematic Thefts of
Trunks Arrested at Albany.
Sre ial to .V r ic !'</» t Ti-<et.
Lwoof Pinkerton’s detectives have suc
ceeded in unearthing a conspiracy by
which baggage on the New York Central
and Hudson River Railroad has been sys
tematically stolen for several months.
Recently Henry Editor and John F. Strain,
a coppersmith, were arrested on the
''Darge of conspiracy and grand larceny.
Etiner has been in the employ of the rail
road company since 1861. The first four
.' cars he served in various capacities, but
tn iso.) ie was promoted to baggage
man and has held the position ever since,
his route extending from Albany to Svra
<atse. Strain had no connection with'the
railroad whatever. The third man, who
is also tinder arrest, is named Charles Du.
rant, alias M ilson. He was captured in
New A ork and will be tried there. He has
had no connection with the road.
Railroad officers here are very reticent
about the artair, and fear that the an
nouncement ot the arrests may prevent
the capture ot other conspirators. The
method of operations was very skillful
Some time last Sepxunber. while Effner
and >train, who were old friends, were
both “dead broke," a scheme to raise
money was concocted. A plan was sug
gested by which Effner should substituFe
a check tor the right one on a trunk
whose contents he might deem of sutli
cient value, throw'the check awav, and
then send the duplicate check bv mail to
strain, at New York. The latter, on re
ceiving it, was to present it, obtain the
trunk, and dispose of the con
tents to some one of the numer
ous receivers of stolen goods in
York, and divide the amount re
eeived with Effner, This plan was
carried out, and soon after the agreement
Etiner, while “dead-heading" a trip from
Syracuse with the regular baggageman
managed to substitute a check on a large
trunk destined for New York, unobserved
by his companion. On arriving at Albany
he instantly sent the pocket check to
Mrain in New York. The latter was
shrewd and cautious, and instead of <«-o
ing himself for the trunk, hired a man “to
get it tor him. On securing it, its con
tents were speedily disposed of. As the
sum obtained was not large, or at least so
represented to Etiner, the latter got no
dividend on that trunk. Then, when “dead
heading" again on the same route, he
substituted checks on another trunk and
meeting Strain in this citv on his arrival
gave him the pocket check, and the latter
proceeded to New Y'ork and disposed of
the trunk and contents, sending Etiner $5
as his share. How many more trunks
were stolen in this way, and whether
other baggagemen were in the conspiracy
does not appear as yet. But it is believed
that goods ot passengers to tin* amount of
several thousand dollars in all have been
taken.
Last December, as the reporter was
further informed, Charles Durant, alias
" ilson, approached Effner ami intimated
that he w as “fly" to the latter’s little deal
with strain, and very strongly intimated
that unless he was let into the deal he
would make things uncomfortably hot for
Etiner. It is supposed that Strain, in a
moment ot confidence, let Durant into
the secret. At any rate, finding himself
in the toils, Etiner was forced to become
an accomplice of Durant, and one dav
while taking the latter along with
him “deadhead" be took the checks
from a trunk, and throwing it
ofl at Fonda, told the baggage
master then that it belonged °to
Durant, who also alighted, and shipped
it back to New York, w here its contents
were disposed of. Thus the game was
worked through the winter. In the mean
time Pinkerton’s men were at work, and
by diligent effort soon succeeded in ob
taining a clue as to how and where the
baggage disappeared. They continued to
work cautiously until they had sufficient
proof beyond a doubt, and then the arrests
were made. Effner and Strain, it is said
on being confronted with the proofs, made
a clean breast of the transaction, confess
ing their own guilt and implicating cer
tain persons in New York who win also
be proceeded against.
Mailagascar’s Envoys.
Philadelphia Record.
Now that a royal embassy has arrived
in this country from Madagascar that
island will, doubtless, get its nine-day
share of attention. About all that the
general public know of Madagascar is
that it is a large island on the eastern
coast of Africa, about two hundred and
fifty miles from Mozambique; that it is
about one thousand miles long and two
hundred and fifty miles broad; that its
surface rises in terraces from its coast to
the mountain range in the centre, and
that the native government is a despotism.
Recently it has been discovered that
there is a growing commerce there for
Americans, and a commercial treaty w ith
that island has been ratified by the Sen
ate, thus anticipating in a measure the
ooject of the present embassy. A similar
treaty has been negotiated with Great
Britain; but the Ambassadors failed in
attaining consideration in France.-
As illustrating the march of progress
during recent years it mav be remarked
that only fifteen years ago'the natives of
Madagascar were pagans. There are
thousands of schools on the island now,
and the inhabitants are regarded as
Christians. The people in general are
not highly intelligent, but the Prime
Minister is said to be an able and pro
gressive man, who is trying to break
down the wall against foreigners which
the old nobles of the island have built up.
'l'he total exports of the United States
to Madagascar are estimated at not less
than $1,200,000, principally cotton. A
tabular statement prepared by Vice Con
sul Whitney, of Tamatava, shows the
trade of this country at that port during
the y ear 1882. Five United States vessels
of an aggregate tonnage of 2.779 tons, en
tered during the year, and all brought
United States goods. One German vessel
from the United States direct, with United
States goods, valued at about $37,950,
also entered that port. The amount
of the imports from the United States
by the five vessels wa55306,738 60, and the
exports of the United States amounted to
$310,179 78. The imports, as in previous
years, consisted largely of domestic sheet
ings and shirtings though there was an
increase of general merchandise, the value
of which was $3,987 61, agains t $1,542 10
for the year ending June 30, 1881. Seven
I nited States vessels of an aggregate ton
nage of 3,548 tons, entered the port of Mo
junga during me year, bringing United
Suites goods to the value of $95,044. The
exports from that port to the United
States amounted to $242,332 91.
The total numberof vessels of all classes
that arrived at Tamatava was 206, and of
departures 201; of these, were steam
ers. Aggregate bmnage of arrivals, 37.-
291: of departures, 35,091. By nationality,
5 Americans (sail), aggregate tonnage
2,776; British, 15 steamers'and 88 sail,
making 103, aggregate tonnage 7,68-1,-
French, 31 steamers and 48 sail' making
79, aggregate tonnage 20,099; German. 12
sail, aggregate tonnage 3,056; Norwegian.
7 sail, and Hcvaor Malagasy)-, 1 sail, ma
nage 3,000. Eighty-five of the vessel* were
small coasters, under British, and French
flags, of an aggregate tonnage of 1.309,
trading l>etweeu that port and other points
on tke coast. Nine men-of-war 2 British
and 7 French) have also entered the pert
during the year.
A coachman who wears the gilt buttons
of a " all street speculator was the other
day interview ed by a curious citizen, who
observed:
“I presume you have a chance to dab
ble alfftle in stocks';"
“No. sir," was the prompt reply,
“Mell, you are in a pu&iuon to pick up
a pointer now apd then, eh?"
“No, gir.’ l
“What! Don’t you ever overhear any
thing?" •
••Never. I got all the {joints I wanted
ten years agj, when 1 was ck-aned out of
$30,000 m twenty-four hours. I Uuw
looking for ten per cent, cojuunlssions
on oats, horse-shoeing and. new har
ness. There’s. much fluctuations in
stocky”
E. B. Moylan. Sr., Savannah. Ga., says;
‘‘l have been troubled w ith my blood, and
after using Brown’s Iron Bitters, urn much
improved."
Silk skirts that cling like Jersey welc
hing w ill replace the ehapiois skirl of the
aesthetic woman as spring advances.
SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS.
DAVID- DAVIS.
OFF TO HIS WEDDING IN A i’lL
ACE CAR.
Lucky Harry Spofford-A Youn- ll ,u
"ho G Never Left-Gifts for Huar.ne
Alaska,.s_Two Cent Postage _ One
Way of l>oinjr It-The Proper Thin-
Personal.
.? V \ S " IX^ rox ’ D.-Ex-*eimtor
P.iMd Davis, who went down into North
< arolina to-day to In* married to Miss
Burr, of Fayetteville, started off in splen
did style. He had a special ear. Th * pru
dent Illinoisan evidently thought tirit
although he was a little late in ma:rying’
he would certainly go to his bride in style".
The car was magnificently fitted. There
wen* flowers everywhere, and the draper
ies were new ami rich. Mr. Davis took
with him the well wishes of
hundreds of friends in this city. He is
have emU-M- 1 m*- 0 ’ and his ac,s of charitv
base endeared him to nianv hearts The
employes ot the Secretary’s ortie.* have
just presented him with a nmgnßtoint
sihei water pitcher and goblet and the
unployes of the Sergeant-at-arms’ olff'*
gave him an elegant punch bowl. They
did this because of his uniform kind
ness and consideration toward then!
You have um heard, have you. of anv
body presenting heifer with anything? '
A 1.1 CKY YOI'XG MAX.
There is one young man in Washington
thing" nJ
has a hand) knack ot catching on with
out any apparent effort. Whether it is a
Democratic or Republican Congress vou
will find bun snugly ensconced in u ‘ fl t
Place about the capital. His name is
airy Sportord. He is the son ,f
the Congressional Librarian. Thev call
him ‘-lucky Harry.” H<* is very popular
too, which is an unusual thing'for lucky
inen. Ihe places he gets are those that
hold on tor the year round. He thus-i ts
his pax during the recess as w ell as durim*
the session. But he does not stop then*'
11 anj pleasant < ongressioimi trip Is ar
uinged for the summer Harrv sLfford
always inanages to go along. He » At
gets left. As no Congressional junketiir h
wen* provided at the last session it became
n , n V l V er °* "under to some people to
think how young Spofford was gj,‘g
spend the turn* before Congnws a-ain
nieets. I lie was equal to the em""
giiK). Ihe gosernment steamer Talla
poosa left the city to-dar fm‘
the Best Indies on a survov
trip Her Captain invited lb*presentatiio
, t 't'j eX-'i/d H linol ?’ "Do was a member
of the N.ual ( ommittee in the last House
to go along w ith him as a guest Ho
also asked I'homas to invite”one of bis
friends to go along too. \„w Harrv
spoflord is clerk of the Naval < im.min.Ll
" horn did Thomas invite as his accom
pany! ng friend > Wby, Harrv Spot or< f
LT r T. V u -‘ sl ' o ’'Dl De castaway, ’a,
island inhabited bv savages So,,flbr
wmuld wdhiu a week Im* their sJnS?
ot the iieasury at a big round salary.
THE PltopKit IHIXG.
Tin* Navy Department is going todo the
correct thing by those Indians of St ] «w
rence Bay who so kindiv took can* of tm.
crew of the burnt Arctic relief stemno,"
Rodgers. It will be remembered that the
I ' ,,li:i » s <l | d everything in their power toy
n le "‘ . *i‘ v l )rov Dled them w ith fo<»d
clothing and shelter until thev wen* en’
aided to return home. This summer the
department will semi to the Indians a big
supply ot useful presents. The presents
will probably he taken to thorn on the rev
enue cutter Corwin when she makes her
expedition to Alaska.
TWO CENT POSTAGE.
I was talking to-day with First As
sistant 1 ustmaster General Hazen \bwnt
the ellecton the revenues which the in
°f o'° ee,lt <et ter iswtage
would have. He said that there would
be until the law went into eff-ct a aerious
the U sale n ”f t! “‘ eVeuu ° B drived from
Hit sale of {Kistage stamns
would be causal by
that those who use the mails most for lei
ters arem the habit of purchasing their
supplies long in advance. They would
not want to have on hand MippJiJs of the
piesent stamps when the new ones are
put in use, October Ist next. So they w li
D'-Dtly until the new stamps are issued.
As the government gets its revenue from
the stamps sold, not from the stamp"
used, iDere would consequently ls>iv
' l' ,g . °' L “ BUt ” 8a “l '«r
Hazen, “I do not think that after
the new system of postage is in vogue we
will lose anything, 1 think the im rease
in the use of the mails caused by the re-
P°Btage from three to
two cent*,, will keep the money deriviil
from that source as large in amount as
what we get now from the sale of three
cent stamps.
OXE WAY OF DOIXG IT,
The money, except in several Instances
"Deie i is specified that it shall become
U ! ?. ,,ce * appropriated by
< ongress at the late session for
improvements on the several public build
do r s i ,ot ,H ‘ con ‘c available
until the Ist day ot July next. In many
instances the improvements and repairs
plot ided for are very much needed It is
very inconvenient to wait until the Ist of
•July for them to be m.ule, and they- don’t
wait, lhe work is given out, and” is now
in progress. The way thev do it is that
they tell the men who do the job that they
cannot pay them now, but ‘will on the
Istol July. The men will sendin their
bids dated not before the fourth, of the
month.
PERSOXAL.
Ex-Mayor Wheaton will leavr- next
Saturday or Sunday for home. He ex
pects his daughter here in a dav or two
She will not remain long—going to New’
‘ Potomac.
Burning of a Cotton Cvnipregit.
New Orlbaxs, March 10.—The Times-
Lkinoc.tats Jackson t Tenn.) special re
ports the burning of a compress there
with a hundred and fifty bales of cotton.
Loss, $18,000; insurance, sm,ooo.
Losing a Day.—James Healey, his wife
and y<*ung son, living in Batavia, N. Y
retired to bed at the usual hour Saturday
niglit. A coal stove was situated in ah
adjoining room, and durii*g the night m»
much coal gas escaped, from it that the
sleepers were rendered insensible and in
that condition they remained until Mon
day morning. Mrs. Healey regained con
sciousness aliout 7 o’clock, when she arose
and prepared breakfast, she was suffer
ing from a violent headache, and she no
ticed that the lire in the stove which
yyarmed the sitting-room, off from which
thev slept, was out. About 8 o’clock she
called her husband and son. w ho respond
ed and ule their meal. They all supijoscd
it was Sunday, and Mr. Healey, who is
employed on the railroad, put oh bis best
suit, expecting to go to church w ith his
wife, but her lw-a<l pained her so she con
cluded to remain at hi me. Then-lore Mr.
Healey stayed around the house. Lato iu
the afternoon another son, who had been
out of town, returned home, and tlye fam
ily discovered their error and realized that
they had slept -36 hours. . 7a,. /kxp-,
rr<if u/uZ C'hrr>nicle y
A Bov’. Essay ux Wom vxScffragf
“ jllo " iDg is from the essay of a*
bright Boston schoolboy;
••Let us pause; this step once taken can
not be retraced.”
.^', not . n ? en thbt D-ad a public life
.1? an,| Dar saying in connection
with the woman suffrage question? If
yvoman suffrage is now granted, how can
it e'er i.-e taken back? Some one says
yybj should it ever be given up? These hre
the reasons: 1. AH women do not know
Low to vote, anti the lower classes can be
easily bvibe/l, so that they w ill take a
bribe <o vote tor a certain {>erson and v«
a bigger bribe will vote for some one else.
2. The more enthusiastic suffragists
would want in time themselves to be
woiimu Governors, Presidents and of'
rtcials. Are they equal to it? 3. It would
in time ruia the country, mid then you
would v. ant to abolish 'it. AVomun suf
fragists, 1 am a boy and represent a "rent
♦ I^*’" hat that wants is
that ov,r children s cbildr^.n> b children to
Ttoora day s children go not want the
I n.tedj-tates riiin py y On . ■\Ve ivish
m the rc^, u pjj e j n w hich yve were