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TWO DOLLARS A YEAR.
A LIGHT HOUSE IN PERIL.
SAND ISLAM). ON WHICH IT
STANDS, WEARING AWAY.
The Structure’s Removal Contemplated—
Col. Ilge* Resign*—Thq Arlington Es
tate’* Title Clear—The Post Office
Department's Finances—Mississippi
Quarantine Expenses—Other Notes.
Washington, May 12.—The Lighthouse
Board is informed that the beach in front
'* of the lighthouse on Sand Island, Mobile
Bay, Alabama, is rapidly wearing away,
and that the safety of the lighthouse is
threatened. Steps will be taken to pro
tect the lighthouse, and if found necessary
it will lx* removed to a place of more se
curity.
The resignation of Lieut. C<>l. Suido 11-
ges, to take effect immediately, in accor
dance with the intimation of the Secre
tary of War telegraphed him on Mondav
last, was received by Gen. Terry at St.
Paul to-day,and has been forwarded to the
War Department.
Attorney General Brewster has rendered
an opinion to the effect that the title to
the Arlington estate is good, and that the
amount appropriated by Congress to
sal'sfy th • judgment in favor of the heirs
of General Lee may be paid to them, pro
vided $25,000 be impounded until the
question of taxes to that amount now
standing on the assessment rolls against
the estate be settled.
The receipts of the Post Oilice Depart
ment for the first half of the current fiscal
year amount, to $22,633,979, the expenses
to $20,044,445, and the surplus to $1,389,-
534.
The National Board of Health has in
formed the local authorities at Memphis
that after June 1 next they will have to
bear part of the expenses of the quaran
tine stations on the Mississippi river be
tween New Orleans and .Memphis.
A new counterfeit $5 gold coin has made
its appearance. It puports to be a coin
of the United States struck at New Or
leans in 1843. It is heavily plated and is
19 U grains light.
The Acting Commissioner of Internal
Revenue has decided that thedies,rolls and
plates used by the government in the pro
duction of proprietary revenue stamps
in all cases where it is practicable to ef
fectually cancel the stamp engraved
thereon and leave them available for
printing wrappers or labels, mav be re
turned upon application to the original
owners. All costs incurred in such can
cellation must be borne by the original
owners of the dies, rolls anil plates.
At the annual assay of coins of the
United States, held by the Assay Commis
sioners in February last, it wasfound that
some gold coins issued from the Now Or
leans mint in January, 1882, were 7-100
of 1,000 below the limit—a greater devia
tion from the legal standard than is al
lowed by law. Mr. Snowden, Superin
tendent of the Philadelphia mint, was de
tailed to go to New Orleans to investigate
the matter. His report, which has just
been submitted to the Secretary of' the
Treasury, places the responsibility for the
deficiency on the assayer of the New Or
leans mint.
The Lighthouse Board gives notice
that on or about June 11 a whistling buoy,
painted black, will be moored outside of
the Chincoteague and Turner’s shoals, on
the coast of Virginia, in 6 fathoms of
water, Assoteague lighthouse bearing
north by west half west, distant 5' ; miles.
It is surmounted by a w histle operated
by the motion of the sea, and giving blasts
at short intervals. On the same date the
black first class can buoy, known as the
Eastern Turner’s Lump buoy, w ill be re
moved.
The Bureau of Statistics of the Treasu
ry Department reports during the month
of April that there arrived in the customs
districts of Baltimore, Boston, Detroit,
Huron, Minnesota, New Orleans, New
York, Passamaquoddy, Philadelphia and
San Francisco, 78,475 immigrants. The
arrivals of immigrants in the same dis
tricts during the corresponding month
last year numbered 104,274, a decrease of
25,799. The arrivals in these districts for
the ten months ending April 30, were 417,-
689. For the same period last year they
were 544,601, a decrease of 126,912 for this
year.
A BIG LAND SCHEME.
Sharp Capitalists Trying to Make a
Bargain with Poor 1.0.
St. Louis, May 12. —Advices from the
Indian Territory says that two bills have
been introduced in the Creek Indian
Council providing for the lease of the land
known as “the Cherokee strip." the lease
to be given to the highest bidder for live
years, ami at not less than $100,060 per
year, the rental payable semi-annually,
■several parties and companies are ready
to give even more than that sum, and
there is liable to be a good deal of com
petition among them to get control of the
lands. Persons posted regarding affairs
in the Territory say that there is a
monstrous job in this land business, and
that greedy speculators stand ready to
lease the strip, which contains
About . one million acres, at. almost
I’liy price if they can get
thd privilege of renewal. With this pri
vilege they think they can secure practi
cally it perpetual lease, or perhaps in a
few "years an actual deed to it. The strip
is said to be worth now fully ten million
dollars, and in a few years it will be
worth two or three times that amount.
HU MOHS OF FRAI D YNSWEKED.
The Baptist Missionary Union Not Fi
nancially Mismanaged.
Boston, May 12. —In view ot certain
statements published criticizing the man
agement of the financial affairs of the
Baptist Missionary I nion, the Executive
Committee feel called upon to say that
charges of bad faith, discrepancies in the
.accounts and speculation in stock by one
oi its officers, are entirely wit hout founda
tioiL Every dollar received by the Treasu
rer has been accounted for and vouchers for
all the expenditures are on tile in their
office. The accounts of the Treasurer and
his vouchers ,‘or disbursement have been
examined montit by month by an audit
ing committee, composed of persons not
members of the Executive Committee, who
receive their appointment from the Board
of Managers. The certificates of the
Auditing Committee to April 1. this year,
are also on file, and they certify that the
accounts are correctly east and properly
vouched.
FIVE CONY ICTS SHOT.
\ for Liberty \\ hicli Eikliml in
Browning «»»<! Death.
CoLl’Mßta • f•• May 12. Intelligence
reached bore night from the convict
camp on the Georgetown and Lanes Rail
road. that a break li.r liberty was made
on the 4th inst. by niih’ convicts out of
ninety-nine engaged oil works.
The guards tired on thdiL 1 . killing
one man outright. Another watf
in the river and drowned. Three
others were also shot, and it is supposed
have drowned. Os the four who escaped
two have been recaptured. One of the
convicts who was shot was a white man
named Coles who. it is supposed, instigated
the whole affair. He was serving a life
sentence for murder. One of the negroes
kilted had been pardoned, but the pardon
had not been received at the convict camp
Until after the escape and death of the
pardoned man.
Kjiglaiul's Grain Trade.
London. .May 12.—The .llurl* Lam L
(“»reM, in its rev ifw ot the British grain
trade'says: “Snow storms have stopped
the progress of crops during the week.
The wheat trade has improved, and prices
in London are somewhat better. In the
provinces thev are tkl.tals. higher.
The trade ‘ in foreign wheat
was chiefly confined to lew
grade. Some' millers expect reiief, as
report lias been circulated that theiudU
.in America are shutting down. There has
N»een but little business off the coast. and
a re was a slight fall in prices. In fu
turv arrivals there was limited
trade. aiM * prices were weaker.
Flour ha ' easier of sale, hern y for
eign stocks vrei entiag a rise. The prices
of foreign flo.’' r are unchanged. Barley
has been in improved demand at en
hanced rates. Foreign was firm but in
active. Oats were dearer. la foreign
there was a slow trade, but prices were
64£9d. better. American maize was un
changed. Round was ii.igher.
Weather Indications.
Office chief Signal observer,
Washington, D. C., May 12.—Indications
for Sunday:
• In the South Atlantic States, lair
weather, variable winds, stationary or
higher temperature and pressure.
“Mother Swan’s Worm Syrup.”
Infallible, tasteless, harmless, cathart
/ic; for feverishness, restlessness, worms,
constipation. 25e.
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METHODIST VISITATIONS.
Where and When the Bishops of the
Church May be Heard.
Pittsburg. May 12.—The semi-annual
Conference of the Bishops of the Metho
dist Episcopal Church, which is in session
here, has prepared a plan of Episcopal
visitations for the fall conferences in 1883.
The plan includes the following assign
ments: Alabama district, Edwardsville,
November 28, Bishop Foss: Austin
District, Dennison, Texas, November
21, Bishop Andrews; Central Ala
bama .district. Eutaw. Decembers. Bishop
Foss: Central Tennessee, Hollow Rock,
November 26, Bishop Hurst; East Ten
nessee, Chattanooga. October 10, Bishop
Bowman: Erie district, Newcastle, Pa..
October 31, Bishop Foster: Georgia dis
trict. Atlanta. November 21, Bishop Foss:
Holston district. Knoxville. Tenn., Oc
tober 17. Bishop Bowman: Kentucky dis
trict, at Barboursville, September 12.
Bishop Foster: Savannah district, at
Newnan, Ga., December 12, Bishop Foss;
Southern German district, at Bren
ham, Texas, December 5, Bishop An
drews; Ten nesse district, at Murfreesboro
November 28, Bishop Hurst: Texas, dis
trict at Paris, November 28, Bishop An
drews: West Texas, at San Antonia, De
cember 12. Bishop Andrew's: "West Vir
ginia. district at Wheeling, October 3,
Bishop Harris. Bishop Peek being im
paired in health, it was not deemed pru
dent to assign him to any work, but
should his health be sufficiently restored'
for fall conference work, he will be as
signed.
PULITZER’S POLICY.
Abram S. Hewitt Say* it Assures the
World’s Success.
Njsw' York, May 12.—The change in
the ownership and management of the
llor/Jiias created considerable interest
in the community, especially among the
Democracy, as Mr. Pulitzer, in his salu
tatory, announced that the paper would
not recognize either the Tilden or
Kelly faction, but only the united
party. Interviews with prominent Dem
ocrats ot all classes shows that this is ap
proved. Abram S. Hewitt said: “Mr.
Pitlitzer undertakes a praiseworthy hut
dfficult task in insisting on Democratic
union and ignoring local factions. I have
been trying to stamp out the factious in
the Democratic party of this country
and have not succeeded yet. When
I started the Countv Democray
movement I thought that it would unite
all the tactions into one broad Democratic
organization, but, instead of quelling
Tammany or Irving Hall, the County
Democracy has added another faction to
those already existing. I know of no man
more likely to give us a good Democratic
paper than Mr. Pulitzer, and based on
the doctrines enunciated bv him this
morning, the World can’t fail to be a
success.”
AFTER POLE’S SPOILS.
Tennessee** Attorney General Files An
other Bill Against the Embezzler.
Nashville, Tenn., May 12.—1 n the
Chancery Court to-day, the Attorney
General of Tennessee filed a bill against
ex-Treasurer Polk and his sureties,to re
cover a balance due the State of $292,427
with interest, and also $90,000 in United
States bonds and coupons, all of which
were misappropriated bv Mr. Poll. The
complainant charges that at least
$175,000 of said money was re
ceived by .Mr. Polk after the execution
of the bond by the defendants and appro
priated for his own use. The complain
ant has attached the notes and other ef
fects left by Mr. Polk in the hands of his
attorney, for the benefit of his cred
itors, claiming that they were for
moneys belonging to the State and im
properly lent out by Mr. Polk. The com
plainant also charges that one of Polk’s
bondsmen was indemnified w ith stocks or
bonds which were the propertv of the
State.
PEERS AND COMMONERS.
The English Liberals Deserting the
Government.
London, May 12.—1 t is stated that a
large proportion of abstentions on the part
of the Liberal members from voting dur
ing the recent divisions in the House of
Commons has been deliberate, and that
there is a growing indisposition among
some Liberals to support the government.
The 77ni<s.in an article summing up the
results up to the present time of the pre
sent session of Parliament, says that it
cannot be denied that during the last
three months the situation has become
distinctly worse. The triumphs of’the
Ministry have been eclipsed by the con
fused detail of its later policy and its fol
lowers have lost their habits of discipline.
The action of the Cabinet itself somehow
fails to convey an impression of the unity
and directness of the purpose which eaii
alone insure victory.
Good Advice from the Gallows.
Little Rock, Auk., Mav 12.—A special
dispatch to the Gazette from Newport,
Ark., says Jerry Blalock, aged 24 years,
was hanged yesterday for murdering
Thomas Bradenberg in a cotton field in
1880. Blalock confessed the erime. He
made a long speech from the gallows to a
crowd of over 2,000, w arning young men
against whisky, gambling, bad men and
bad women, to whose influence he traced
his ruin.
Vicksburg, Miss., May 12.—Henry
Revels, colored, was hanged at Lake
Providence, Louisiana, yesterday, for the
murder of Henry Hyatns, white, in the
fall of 1878. A great crowd was present,
in which the colored people predominated.
The culprit made a short speech, saying:
“The Lord has forgiven me let what you
see be a warning. There is a hereafter,
and I am willing to go."
Conquering the Gauges.
St. Lot is, May 12.—'There is high au
thority for stating that negotiations are
pending, with every probability of suc
cess, between the Texas .and St. Louis
Narrow Gauge and the Gulf.-Colorado
and Santa Fe Railways of Texas, for
traffic arrangements, under which trains
will be run through between St. Louis
and Galveston, notwithstanding the dif
ference of gauge. The connection will be
made at an intersecting point between
the two lines, where hoisting and transfer
appliances will be provided, and cars ad
justed to the different gauge of each road.
The arrangement w ill probably be com
pleted in a very few days, and will go
into effect at once.
Bat ami Ball.
Gam..s of base ball were played yester
day as follows;
At Columbus, O. —Cinclnnatis 7; Colum
bus 6.
At Chicago —Chieagos 6; Philadel
phias 1.
At Cleveland, O.—Clevelands 4; Provi
dence 2.
At Detroit New Yorks 5: Detroits 9.
At New Y ork—Brooklyns 13; Tren
tons 6. Athletics 11: Metropolitans 4.
At Pittsburg—Baltimores 6; Alle
gheny's 4.
4t Louisville—Eclipses 4; St. Louis 0.
At Buffalo—Bostons 16: Buffalos 5.
Eight tunings were’played.
Duty On Tin Plates Asked For.
I’ir rsm bg, Mav 12.—A movement has
been inaugurated i»y the tin-plate compa
nies in this city and Philadelphia for a
restoration of the protective tariff on tin
plate>. It is claimed that the reduction
lately made by Congress vir
tually ruined the industry in this
country, and that unless they 'have a
two Slid a half cent rate, those in the busi
ness will be compelled to close their own
mill*. A petition is now being extensive
ly ein ulausland numerously signed, call
ing the attention of Congress to the
above facts and. asking that the duty be
restored.
New Orleans Cotton
New Orleans, May 12.—The
of the Cotton Exchange to-day took for
mal possession of their new building with
appropriate ceremonies. A congratula
tory letter from firov. McEnery. and tele
grams from commercial bodies from the
principal cities were read. The approxi
mate cost of the building, etc., is $356,000.
The exterior is elegant, and the interior
riehlv enilxdlisheti? It is regarded as one
of the handsomest business halls in the
couclrv.
A Steamer stranded.
Washington, May 12.—The British
steumer Gulnare. from New York for
Jamaica, went ashore at 11 o’clock last
night, in dear weather, six miles uo»;h
Cf Little Egg Harbor, Y J- Her crew of
sixteen men were taken off by the life
saving crew. The vessel was ia ballast
and will probably be saved.
A Nihilist Sympathizer.
Berlin. Ma? 12.—The Assistant Secre
tary in the Royal Library has been con
victed of the charge of distributing sedi
tious writings, and sentenced to six
months’ imprisonment.
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APACHES PI T TO FLIGHT.
ELEVEN BUCKS AND FIVE SOL
DIERS KILLED OUTRIGHT.
Many of the Red Skins and Eight of the
Troops Wounded—The Enemy Dis
lodged from a Mountain Stronghold by
a Brilliant Charge Juh in Com
mand.
San Francisco, Mayl2.—Adispatcb to
the Chronicle from Hermosillo, Mexico,
retells the story and gives further partic
ulars of Col. Torres’ fight with the In
dians. He had pursued the Apaches
twenty days on a trail which led from the
Montezuma district to northeastern So
nora. At Guazonar he was joined by-
Col. Garcia and made a forced march of
five days and nights for the hills of the
Sierra Madres. Scouts spied the Indians
moving off. Twenty-five of the scouts
struck a large party in a strbne-hold here
tofore unknown to the oldest scout.
The place had the appearance of
having been settled three or four
years. It had a quantity of stolen stock
and a number of old hut’s. The scouts at
tacked but were driven back to the main
body of troops. The mountain being in
accessible the cavalry troops dismounted
and made a march of twelve miles, ami
found the Indians strongly entrenched on
the crest of a large spur of high moun
tains. The troops. 3(H) strong, made an
attack at 1 o’clock. They had to climb
the mountain on their hands and knees.
The Indians, failing to cause damage by
firing, rolled boulders down the moun
tain, but without effect. A chief sup
posed to be Juh had his station
on a high point of the mountain
to command the Indians, and could be
heard distinctly for a mile. It took two
hours for the troops to gain the crest of
the mountain. When they reached it two
of them were shot dead. The firing on the
summit lasted two hours. The troops
swinging behind the left of the Indians
made an attack, charging bayonets
and forced the Indians from their posi
tion. The Indians fled, leaving eleven
dead bucks on the ground. Five soldiers
were killed and eight seriously wounded.
The Indians were driven for miles. Their
trail showed much blood and a great many
are supposed to have been wounded.
Colonel Torres says that it was
the most Savage’ fight he ever
had with Apaches. He says that they re
treated into Northwestern Chihuahua’ He
thinks that there is no doubt that the
ranche was long an unknown stronghold
of the Apaches. It is 250 miles east of So
nora. and about that distance southeast of
Arizona, lie says that the trails of all
the small bands depredating in Sonora
and Arizona lead to this place.
Farmer Sitting Bull.
Standing Rock Agency, Dakota,
May 12.—Sitting Bull and his band ar
rived here Thursday from Fort Randall.
They number 147 Indians all told. Four
deaths occurred on the way and one birth.
The old Chief talked peace on his arrival,
and said that hereafter he desired to en
gage in farming pursuits unmolested.
Gall, Crow King and the others of his old
hostile Lieutenants were infusive in their
reception of the old warrior.
RELIGION FOR INDIANS.
The Southern Baptists Getting Inter
ested in the Heathen Red Alan.
Galveston, May 12. A special from
Waco to the A'eics says: "In the South
ern Baptist Convention yesterday, the re
port of the Committee on New Orleans
was read. It says that New Orleans is a
great lield for church energy. The evan
gelical influence of that city- is weak, and
it recommends that a special denomi
national effort be made. Doctor
Boyce, of the Theological Seminary
at Louisville, addressed ths convention.
The event of the afternoon session was a
speech through an interpreter from Rev.
Wesley Smith, a full blooded Muscogee
Indian, who said that the Indian Terri
tory had thirty churches and a member
ship of 2,(MM). The Baptist school report
on Indian missions was adopted with a
resolution offering good faith with Indians
according to stipulations.
A Statesman’s Romance.
The Harrisburg Independent gives this
as the veritable account of President
Buchanan’s only love-making: “In 1814
Mr. Buchanan was a young lawyer and
an ardent Federalist politician, practicing
at the bars of Lancaster and Lebanon
counties. He fell in love with the daughter
of Robert Coleman, then a rich iron
master. The Colemans had an antipathy'
to the young lawyer, but Miss Anna Cole
man received her admirer w ith favor. At
this time Mr. Buchanan represented Lan
caster county in the Legislature. Between
Miss Coleman and a Miss Ohl, of Lancas
ter, there was a close intimacy. The
latter, who secretly disliked Mi-. Buch
anan, was ready -and artful enough for
any intrigue to estrange the lovers.
Knowing that Mr. Buchanan would ar
rive from Harrisburg on a certain even
ing, Miss Ohl banteringly told Miss C.
that he would call on her first when he
reached Lancaster. This was regarded
as preposterous by- Miss C., who, never
theless, accepted the banter, and the
matter so rested. That evening Miss O.
made it a point to be near the office w hen
the stage stopped on its arrival from Har
risburg, and the moment Mr. B. emerged
she seized his arm, insisted that he
must accompany her home, protesting
that she had an important communica
tion to make to him. Refusal was of no
avail to a brilliant young woman, impell
ed by a subtle motive to achieve success
in her adventure. And the young states
man was literally dragged into the meshes
prepared for him- by' his artful deceiver.
He went with the lady, and his going
forever sealed his life in loneliness. Miss
Ohl kept Mr. Buchanan at her home until
an ■ hour too late for him to call
at the Coleman mansion, and she
managed to let her friend, Miss C., know
where he was. At a proper hour the next
day Mr. Buchanan called on Miss C., to
be coldly’ told that she never again de
sired to see him, and to have the door
rudely closed to him. That day Miss C.’s
brother hurried her to Philadelphia by
private conveyance. Once out of Lan
caster the young lady repented her rude
ness and her overcome by re
morse for what she had done, as the story
always ran, she resorted to poispn."
A Discarded Lover’s Revenge.
Connellscilte (Pa.) Special.
Two weeks ago John White and Mrs.
John Harvy were married. At the time
Jack Bradley was paying attentions to
Mrs. Harvy. and when the wedding oc
curred he swore that he would kill the
newly made bride. Accordingly he en
tered the White residence at East l.eisen
ring this morning and walked into Airs.
White’s bedroom. She ordered him away
and he refused to go: and instead put his
arm around her and attempted to kiss
her. She repulsed him, and tie then drew’
a revolver and attempted to shoot her
through the head. She struck the weapon
down and the ball took effect in her left
side, inflicting an ugly though not neces
sarily dangerbus wound.
He then drew the revolver again, but,
by a quick movement, the ball was sent
harmlessly’ by thfi intended victim’s head.
Mrs. White then seized her assailant,and,
after a desperate struggle threw him to
the floor and fled. .He came immediately
to Connellsville, and it was only after a
terrible struggle that the police captured
him. After being taken to jail lie took
poison, but the dose was too much,
and instead of killing him it acted as an
emetic and his life was saved. He was
eoinmittedto the Uniontow n jail.
On the Lexington Race Course.
Lexington. Ky„ May 12.—T0-day‘s
e\ ents were as follow s:
First Race. —Purse S2OO for all ages;
1’ -mile, maiden allowances. Tqm Bar
low came in first. Arthella second, and
Mark Sand third. The time was 2:00.
Second Race.—Filly stakes for two
year-olds. SSO entrance, $25 forfeit. S2OO
added. Second lilly to save her stakes.
Half a mile. Eva was first, Salara sec
ond. fiofden Rod third. No time was given.
Third Purse S3OO for all ages.
Winners at this meeting to carry five
jiounds extra. Mile heats. Mistrial
crossed the line first, with Greyhound
second. Time I:s6’*; 1:55.
Ovations to Gen. Alitre.
V alfakai.'G. May 12.—Gen. Mitre con
tinues to receive ovations in rhe south.
An extraordinary session at Arequipa
was opened on the 22nd of April. Sen or
Montero in his opening address eulogized
the firm alliance maiiitained by Bolivia.
and hoped for a speedy and honorable
peace.
Easily Proven.
It is easuy p; .ven that malarial fevers,
constipation, torpidity o! the liver and
sidneys, general debility, nervousness,
uud neuralgic aliments yield readily to
this great aisegee conqueror. Hop Bitters.
It repairs the ravages of disease "by con
verting the'food into rich blood, and it
gives new life and vigor to the aged and
infirm always, “ “ ]
SAVANNAH. GA.. SUNDAY MORNING. MAY 13, 1883.
A DIVIDED PARTY.
The Significant Truths Told by Roscoe
Conkling.
Pott.
There is a good deal of significance in
the angrv talk that Roscoe Conkling made
in New- York the other night. The stal
warts do not care whether the Republican
party elects the next President or not, un
less he can l>e one of their own kind. Mr.
Conkling speaks the sentiments ot his
wing of the party. The men who followed
Grant and who tried to secure his nomina
tion three years ago. are filled
with the venom of defeat. They re
alize that they can never again hope to
control the party unless a national defeat
under the lead of their enemies shall
bring union and harmony through disas
ter and discipline. The New Y’ork elec
tion of last year fixed the status of the
stalwarts in the Republican partv. Thev
cannot bring victory to the Republican
banners. They constitute the unsuccess
ful element of the organization that they
used to lead. The strong men cannot
stand up against the hypocrites. It is a
curious outcome of polities that the dis
satisfaction of the country with the Re
publican party results ’in the over
throw of the best men and the
triumph of the weak and cunning.
No one can live in Washington, and
keep his eyes open, without seeing
that the stalwarts are more admirable
characters than the people whom Mr.
Conkling long ago fitly characterized as
half-breeds. The stalwarts, however, go
under because they defend the things of
which the country complains, and aseert
that what the voters insist are evils are
necessary under our form of government.
The half-breeds, on the contrary, roll up
their eyes in pions acquiescence in the
demands of the people, and yet keep on
doing precisely what the stalwarts suffer
for defending.
There was never an administration so
scandalized by office brokerages as Air.
Hayes’. A pretence was made of adopt
ing civil service reform rules, but, bar
ring the successful efforts made by Mr.
Schurz? it resulted in the most arrant
hypocrisy. Civil service order No. 1 was
first secretly and then openly disobeyed.
The department clerks formed political
associations, and assessment papers were
regularly issued and served on
the temporary slaves of the gov
ernment. Even Justices of tlie Supreme
Court took part in t in; scramble for patro
nage. Justice Miller securing a place for a
son-in-law. and Justice Harlan betraved
much greater ability in filling places than
he has ever shown in the discharge of his
proper duties on the bench. John Sher
man filled the Treasury with corrupt
Louisiana politicians, and was even in
famous enough to appoint to a place a
vyoman of whom he had in his office this
history: She had been convicted of for
gery; she had betrayed to a gang of coun
terfeiters a band of detectives, and she
had been the proprietor of a house of ill
fame in New Orleans. The civil service
under Hayes was quite as corrupt as it
was under Grant, and only’ less corrupt
than it promised to be finder Garfield.
Senators who profess to look upon the
days of Grant w ith horror, and who are
too holy to approve of this administra
tion. are industrious office beggars,
and the worst enemies of a decent
civil service. An official of the
Treasury Department once told me
that a prominent Senator, who
took an active part in the debate on
the Pendleton civil service reform bill,
was the meanest beggar of patronage in
public lite. Senator Harrison, who is too
pure a man for any town east of Indian
apolis, or any State except Indiana, has
been here looking after a place for a friend.
Warner Miller, the good man who secur
ed his first election to Congress to act as
an agent for his own wood pulp mill, has
broken with Mr. Arthur, because the
President will not fill his hungry maw
with Postmasterships. Mitehell, ’the re
former of Pennsylvania, has made a
statesmanlike but futile effort to effect an
inroad on an internal revenue collector
ship. The people have trusted the half
breeds because they did not recognize
them as the- wicked partners of the stal
warts, and now’ the two wings of the old
party have parted forever.
Mr. Conkling’s speech, which was not
only angry but in bad taste, was an ex
pression of the feelings of all the stalwarts
concerning the party situation and pros
pects. The President feels as Mr. Conk
ling spoke, and the administration is not
taking much interest in politics. Mr.
Chandler is the only man who is working,
and he and Mr. Frank Hatton are trying
still to build up a Republican party in the
South through the co-operation ’of the
Democrats who have been discarded
or kept out of public life bv
their own associates and neighbors.
Mr. Arthur is apparently leading
an* easy, careless life, without
much concern for the affairs of govern
ment beyond those which relate to the
daily routine duty of the office, which he
W’ill occupy until March 4, 1885, releases
him from his thraldom. He rather ex
pects, with Mr. Conkling, that he will
then be succeeded by r a Democrat, and
that the haff breeds w’ill learn that thev
can no more get along w'ithout the stal
warts than the stalwarts can without the
half breeds. The cohorts are not recover
ing from their dissatisfaction with
each other. • They are as far
apart as they were at the Sara
toga convention of last year, or on the
day' after election, when it was discovered
that stalwart weaMfess and half breed
treachery had defeated Folger by 200,006
majority. There is no chance of the union
of the two w ings. The half breed poli
ticians are too happy' in the conscious
ness of their strength to refrain from
nominating next year an ultra member
of their own faction, and then what w ill
the stalwarts do? What did the half
breeds in New York last year?
OSCAR WILDE’S FRIEND.
"Hungry Joe* the Bunko Alan, Again
Alanages to Escape Punishment.
York Herald.
Policeman Henry Neihoff took to the
Jefferson Market Police Court y esterday'
“Hungry Joe,” recognized leader of the
bunko men. He was neatlv attired in a
dark gray Prince Albert suit, and Be in
formed the Justice that he was a gentle
man of leisure. Th'e policeman told Jus
tice Duffy that he found “Joe” loitering
abouts the hotels on Madison Avenue, and
suspecting that he was there for no good
purposes, arrested him. In Joe’s com
pany was another w y ell dressed young
man, and he was also taken to court,
where he gave the name of Patrick
O'Brien.
“You are known as confidence men,”
said Justice Duffy to the prisoners. “Is
there any reason why I should not com
mit you as vagrants having no occupa
tion or visible means of support?”
“When I was here before," said Joe,
"that charge of vagrancy was thoroughly
tested. We went before Judge Donohue,
and I produced $30,000 in cash, together
with deeds of houses and lots, showino
-1 had an income.”
“Andyou were discharged?”
“Certainly, sir. Could Ibe a vagrant,
owning that amount ot property?”
“One would hardly think so; but can
you show that property now?" said the
Justice.
“T hat is not necessary’,” was the replv,
and taking trom his vest pocket a neat
little purse Joe extracted a new silver
dime, w hich he held up to the view of the
Justice. "You cannot call me a vagrant
with that in my possession," he said. -I
do not solicit alms nor beg: consequently I
am not a vagrant.”
"You would make a good lawver," said
the Justice.
"So Judge Beach told me three weeks
ago.”
"You are l>oth discharged this time,"
said Justice Duffy, “but let me warn you
that if either of you come before me again
I shall find some way of holding you.”
"Thank you, sir." replied Joe, with
great dignity, and as he was about leav
ing. the court he turned to the officer who
arrested him and remarked: “Henrv, I
shall remem'ber you."
"And I shall remember vou, and don't
you forget it. if I find you on mv post
again," returned the,policeman.
Joe gave the name of James Bradv
when arrested yesterday. On previous
similar occasions he has gone under the
name of Joseph J. Astorhouse. In the
rogues' gallery his picture is subscribed
“Joseph Olvany." His real name is un
known. He is supposed to be the man
who nearly succeeded in getting some
$4,200 from Oscar Wilde.
Coal Miners Ask an Advance.
St. Louis, Alay 12.—The coal miners
in the districts in Illinois opposite this
eity have made a formal demand on the
operators for an advance to two and a
half cents for digging until September 1,
and for three cents thereafter during the
winter months, a
Murder Among the Coal Miner*.
Cm Ai i^LoOGA. May 12.—A special to
the Times from Glenm’ary says that in an
affray with coal miners, Bill Connors
killed Chris Duer and mortally wounded
“Doc" Heaps. A mob of negro miners
Kat e lakeq Connors to lynch him. .
FRANCE’S FOREIGN FOES.
CHINA READY' TO FIGHT HER
IN TONQUIN.
A New Ironclad Launched for the
Celestial Navy—De Brazza Occupies
Loa ngo in the Name of the Republic—
Sociali't Sentences and Other Events
in Europe.
London, May 12.—1 tis understood that
the Foreign Office has received news to
the effect that China intends to oppose
the plans of France in regard to the estab
lishment of a French protectorate in Ton
quin.
Stettin. May 12.—An iron-clad built at
the Vulcan Ironworks for the Chinese
navy has made a successful trial trip.
The new vessel is of 6,060 horse-power.
Her departure for the East will possibly
be expedited because of the Tonquin affair.
She is specially intended for coast de
fense.
Paris, May 12.—1 t is stated that M.
Waddington has a political mission to
Berlin,’ where he is now stopping en route
to Moscow. La France •t'ys that M.
Brau, Minister of Marine, has received a
dispatch from M. de Brazza which states
that he has taken possession of the village
of Loango and the adjacent territory in
the name ol the French Government.
Opening of the Fisheries Exhibit.
_ London, May 12.—The international
fisheries exhibition was to-day opened
with great eclat by the Prince of Wales
in the presence of a distinguished com
pany. The ceremonies on the occasion
were in accordance with the programme
heretofore announced. The Prince of
Wales in his remarks expressed regret at
the unavoidable absense of the Queen and
conveyed, the thanks of Her Majesty to
all the countries participating in the' dis
play and to their representatives for their
untiri g exertions in the w ork of insuring
the success of the exhibition.
A Case Withdrawn.
1 ienna, May 12.—The Public Prosecu
tor has withdrawn the charge brought
against Herr Schonener, member of the
Chamber of Deputies, who is accused of
seditious utterances. The offensive lan
guage was used in a speech made at a
festival in memory of Richard Wagner, in
wjiich Herr Schonener expressed himself
in favor of a fusion of the German
provinces of Austria with Germany. The
prosecution ol Herr Schonener has from
the first been regarded as a mistake, as it
tended to unduly exalt the imnortance of
the affair.
Hindered bv Poles.
Berlin, May 12.—The North Cerman
Gazette ascribes the rejection of the bill
to increase the duty on wood by the
Reichstag to the hostile votes of the Polish
deputies, whose efforts it says are w holly
directed towards the pestoration King
dom of Poland, and who favor every
measure detrimental to the Empire, anil
especially if, as in the present ease, it is
advantageous to their brethern in Aus
tria and Russia.
Emperor AVitliam Explains.
Berlin, May 12.—The Emperor Wil
liam has written to the Prussian Cabinet
referring to the changes in the War and
navy Ministries, w’hich he says were caused
by want of energy on the part of General
Von Kameke and Admiral Y’on Stoseh in
protecting the Imperial prerogatives of
the military’ command against the preten
sions of the Reichstag.
Socialists Let Off’ Easy.
Lemberg, May 12.—The trial of twenty
four Socialists have just been concluded
here. The prisoners were sentenced to
imprisonment for terms varying from
three months to a few days.
Gould in the South.
Mobile Register.
That Mr, Gould is now engaged in work
ing out a clearly defined scheme there can
be no mistake. He has placed himself in
a position where he can, at the proper
time, secure the control of the East Ten
nesse,Virginia and Georgia system,know n
as the Seney Syndicate lines’ bv lease or
through its voting power direct. These
lines reach from Norfolk to Savannah.
Brunswick, Chattanooga, Atlanta. Meri
dian and Memphis. But what is known
as “the Gould combination” will, it is
said, include more than this, embracing
the Seney, Erlanger, YVabash and Mis
souri Pacific systems, with a mileage of
about 15,000 miles. As regards the Er
langer systems, the following from the
Cincinnati Nevis will be found of interest:
“It has generally been supposed here
abouts that the Erlanger system had be
come so identified with the’South that its
interests were altogether in the direction
of further investment, but such is not the
fact. The Erlanger lines proper and what
are called the Erlanger system are widely
different, but not conflicting interests.
The public has never correctly’ un
derstood how’ the Alabama, New-
Orleans and Texas Pacific Junction
Railway Company, limited, was formed
or what it owns. In the first place there
is no such a corporation as the -Erlanger
syndicate,’ neither does Baron Erlanger
own or control the voting power of the
Alabama, New Orleans and Texas Pa
bific Junction Company. This is held by-
London capitalists, and it is this com
pany that holds the majority of the share
capital of the Cincinnati, New Orleans
and Texas Pacific Company, known as
the lessee of the Cincinnati Southern.
The Alabama, New Orleans and Texas
Pacific Junction Company- also
own the Vicksburg and Meridian Road,
the Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific
Road, and the New Orleans and North
western, which is now ’being constructed
from Meridian, Miss., to New Orleans.
The Alabama Great Southern, from
Chattanooga to Meridian, is the prop
erty of Baron Erlanger and company,
and although it is a part of what is
known as the Erlanger system, it is not
the property of the Alabama, New ()r
--leans and Texas Pacific Junction Com
pany, as is generally supposed. About
the time of the completion of the Cincin
nati Southern, Baron Erlanger sent Mr.
John Scott over to take the management
ot the Alabama Great Southern, with in
structions to ‘put the property on its feet
if possible.’ Mr. Scott was not slow to
see that, with the Southern on the north
and,the Vicksburg and Meridian on the
south, as a part of the Alabama Great
Southern system, the property might bo
made to return a lair yield on the invest
ment. Then he communicated to Baron
Erlanger with the suggestion that the
Vicksburg and Meridian be purchased, a
line between Meridian and New Orleans
be constructed, and the Southern secured
either by lease or purchase. Mr. Scott’s
suggestions were adopted, and the Er
langer syndicate formed for the pur
pose mentioned. But in organizing
the syndicate, or more properly
speaking, the Alabama. New Or
leans and Texas Pacific Junction
Railway Company, limited, Erlanger and
company became large minority holders
of its stock, but did not sell the Alabama
Great Southern to it, and right there is
where Mr. Gould will find, or rather has
found, the weak spot in the ‘Erlanger sys
tem.’ Baron Erlanger has the riirht to
sell the Alabama Great Southern, and
being a daring speculator, Mr. Gould will
find him. in fact, has found him, the right
man in the right place.”
With the Alabama Great Southern and
the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
systems under his control. Mr. Gould can
soon have a connecting link of his own
with the Texas Pacific. He can have it
byway of New Orleans through the road
lietweerf Meridian and New~ Orleans,
or he can continue the Vicks
burg, Shreveport and Pacific Road
to completion. There is another out
let also open to him. viz.: through the
purchase of the Mobile and Alabama
Grand Trunk Railroad. That road has
just been purchased by representatives
of the holders of its l>bnds. We may be
mistaken, but we think a good round
sum offered by Mr. Gould would induce
them to sell again.
Stocks in London.
London, May 12. —The Eranomist savs:
"The rate of discount for bank bills, from
sixty days to three months, is 3% per
cent., and for trade bills, sixty days to
three months. 4u?4’ ; per cent. When the
settlement had been completed on Fridav
the markets became ffrmer. American
securities have improved. There is a
prospect that bondholders will vet get
better terms than they •'expected. ’ Home
railways and Grand Trunk Railwavs se
curities are depressed. The Central Pa
cific and Louisville and Nash'ille Roads
have declined 2)4, Erie preferred 2. Orer
gor. and California preferred tu . and Den
ver and Rio Grande and WSbash pre
ferred 1.
Another Cyclone Sufferer.
New Orleans, May 12.—The Times-
Democrat Wesson special*says < harles
Lane, aged 18, who has lingered uncon
sciously since April 22d. died this morn
ing of injuries received during the cv
clone.
THE RAM MANASSAS.
How the First of the Kind Ever Used
in Naval Warfare Was Built.
-Veic J’ori Worhl.
The history of the ram Manassas and of
her projector and commander should be
placetl upon record before it is too late to
get the truth. John A. Stevenson, a
wealthy retired sea captain, was living in
New Orleans at the breaking out of’the
civil war, and the Manassas was-wholly
his conception and invention, and it was
put afloat entirely at his cost and expense.
Before the battle of Bull Run he pur
chased the Enoch Train, which had been
constructed in Boston and used as a tow
boat on the Mississippi River. She was
a double propeller, with two engines
and powerful machinery. 180 feet long,
2’/ feet beam. 8 feet hold and about 96
tons burden. He took off her houses, cut
her to her plank-shears and then first put
on an arched deck of heavy timber, com
pletely covering her from stem to stern in
the shape of a turtle’s back, finally plat
ing the whole with two thicknesses ol
railroad iron, bent and fitted so as to form
a smoth surface over the whole outside to
the water's edge. Two short smoke
stacks alone protruded above the even
surface of the w hole outside. The prow
was constructed with heavy iron project
ing in front about 5 feet, 3’>„ feet under
water. She was steered by a wheel en
tirely covered under the deck. In case
she should be boarded by the enemy it
was so arranged that hot'water could be
thrown in streams upon the boarding par
ty. The construction of such a novelty at
New Orleans attracted public attention. It
was visited by many hundreds of people,
was called the ‘Nondescript,’ and was
very generally ridiculed by the public.
But Stevenson was strong minded, had
faith, had money? and was encouraged by
bis friend, Captain Charles YVilliani Aus
tin. now a resident of Savannah, Ga., who
superintended in her construction, it is
troin him that all the- facts herein men
tioned were obtained. When completed,
which was soon after the battle of Bull
Run, the next thing w as to obtain a crew.
Federal gun-boats, heavily armed, were
were lying at the mouth of the Mississippi,
and it was these which it was intended
she should attack. Commodore Hollink,
the Confederate Naval Commander at
New’ Orleans, refused to detail men
for service in her, but gave consent
to Captain Austin to obtain volun
teers, if he could, from out the
navy. Nineteen were obtained. With
these the Manassas proceeded to Fort
Jackson, twenty-two miles above the
blockading squadron. Commander Hol
lins allowed Stevenson and Austin the
use of his despatch boat Iva with which
to reconnoitre the enemy in the after
noon, preparatory for a night attack.
They approached to a point just out of
range. There lay the steam sloop Rich
mond next to the’ east bank of the river,
with twenty-two guns; then the sloop-ot
war Vinteunes, with fourteen guns; next
the sloop-of-war Preble, with fourteen
guns, and next the steamer sloop-of-war
YVaterwitch, with six guns. They all
lay abreast, across the Mississippi at the
head of the passes, headed up
stream, with their springe out,
guns shotted and all ready for action at
a moment's notice. These four Federal
boats, with fifty-six guns and well
npanned, was a mighty power for the sin
gle Nondescript, w ith nineteen heroes and
no gun, to attack. Some of the Confeder
ate naval officers had said that the Non
descript would be blown out of water.
Leaving Fort Jackson at about S o’clock
on the mornin" of October 12, 1861, with
Captain Austin, her commander, as the
only man on deck and each of his men at
his proper place below, the ram proceed
ed to and arrived at the scene of action
about 3 o’clock in the morning. The
Richmond had been selected by Captain
Austin in the afternoon as the Federal
boat first to be attacked. Nearing the
Richmond the Nondescript was got
under the utmost headway, and
not until she was too near the Rich
mond and until it was too late to
withdraw’ without discomfiture, perhaps
disaster, was it discovered that a schooner
was lying alongside the Richmond on the
side of the attack. The ram proceeded all
steam on and striking the schooner first
cut her in two and ran the iron prow of
the Nondescript clear into the Richmond.
The rani then hauled off. The schooner
sank. The Richmond discharged her
broadside of guns at the ram but without
effect. The Richmond found herself dis
abled and leaking and withdrew, giving
signals of danger to the other boats, and
the blockading squadron all disappeared
down the passes. The blow which the
ram struck the schooner and the
Richmond produced such a concus
sion upon the ram as to disa
ble one of her engines and
render her unfit to attempt further aggres
sions, but it did not destroy Captain Aus
tin’s footing on the deck. The ram was
not aided or followed bv any fire rafts, or
any steamers or propeller astern of her,
nor were :Tny shells thrown or guns tired
at the Federal fleet, as some Federal ac
counts have described. The ram was
taken back to New Orleans and repaired,
was adopted by the Confederate authori
ties, and Mr. Stevenson was fully com
pensated for her. The Nondescript was
named the Manassas by Stevenson soon
after the battle of Bull Run. After her
victory, the Confederacy having been thus
taught by Mr. Stevenson how to build
effective war vessels, then, and not until
then, began changing the Merrimac into
an iron-clad ram at Norfolk, Va.
Mr. Stevenson, in building the Manas
sas, builded greater thanjhe knew, for in a
practical way he gave to the public new
ideas as to carrying on naval warfare,
w’hich have been since adopted and devel
oped in different forms in all the navies of
the globe.
A PERILOUS JOURNEY.
The Narrow Escape from Death of a
West Virginia Y'oitth.
iVheelinij (W. Va.) Special to New York Timex.
Raleigh Greathouse and Roy Everley,
who reside in Preston county, nearly lost
their lives a few’ days ago while trying to
cross the Cheat river. They were on the
north side of the river, and decided, rather
than to walk two or three miles up or
down the bank to secure a skiff or boat,
that they would construct a raft. About
noon they launched their craft, but found
it unmanageable in the rapids. Great
house concluded to leave the raft and
swim to the shore, and advised Everley
to follow hinr, but Everley, who
could not swim, clung to the raft,
which went down the river at lightning
speed, at times on the water, and then
unde%for fifty yards at a time. Finally
the raft lodged on a rock. Everley’s
friends were by this time informed of his
misfortune, and going to the rescue risked
their lives several times in endeavoring
to save the unfortunate man. Ropes were
tied together, and Henry Barker swam to
a rock in the stream, and from it at
tempted to throw the rope to Everlev, but
the current was too strong and carried it
away from him. Fortunately, after Ba
ker had relinquished his hold on the rope,
owing to the current, it drifted to the
raft and Everley got one end, while
the other drifted to the shore. The
rope was fastened to the raft
and to a tree on the shore, and Everlev
attempted to pull himself to land; but the
raft struck a rock and became fast. Night
was now on them and still the man was
not saved. At last they decided to cut
the rope and let it ride the current. Down
the rapids went the raft shooting at light
ning speed and carrying its rider to what
seemed certain death. For seven miles
this young man traveled in this perilous
way. In some places the raft would shoot
under water and then leap over rocks and
glide again over the rapids at breakneck
speed. Drenched and almost exhausted
from the terrific ordeal, the young man
made one more effort, succeeded in pull
ing his raft into still water, and was final
ly saved.
Tobacco Flies at Work.
Petersburg, Va , May 12.—Intelli
gence has l>een received from different
sections of Virginia to the effect that
great damage is being done to young to
tacco plants by the tobacco fly, and in
many instances farmers have had all their
plants destroyed. Planters are much dis
couraged.
The Georgia Pacific.
Birmingham, Ala.. May 12.—The
Richmond and Danville Ex
tension Company, pui-chased the
Milnes Mines and railroaft to
day for $375,(»00. They will erect the gen
eral shops of the Georgia Pacific Rail
way here, expend about $1,500,000 in im,
provements around Birmingham.
Spiocbe and His Band.
?*T. Ix>Uis, Mo., May 12.—The entire
band of Spioche, the Creek rebel chief,
numbering from 600 to 700 souls, have ar.
rived at Fort Gibson, w here they will re,,
main under military control until thev
are disposed of bv the United States au
thorities.
Delaware’s Whipping; Post.
YVilmington, Del.. May 12.—At New
Castle tfeday Sheriff Martin whipped nine
prisoners, seven ot whom bad been con
victed of larceny and two of receiving
stolen goods. Two were whites and seven
colored.
PARNELL AND THE POPE.
CLERGYMEN' CONDEMNED FOB
PROMOTING THE FUND.
His Holiness Arrayed Against the
Priests who Countenance the Agitation
—Archbishop Croke Promises Obedi
ence-Masses So be Said for Joe
Brady.
Rome, May 12.—Archbishop Croke, of
Dublin, was received in auditorium by
the Pope yesterday, when His Holiness in
formed the Archbishop of certain grave
resolutions which he had taken in regard
to the agitation in Ireland, especially
condemning clergymen in promoting
the Parnell fund. It is believed
that the resolutions will shortly be
communicated to the Irish episcopate.
The Archbishop promised the Pope that
he will in the future conform to the atti
tude of Cardinal McCabe with regard to
Irish affairs. Le Monitevr has reason to
believe that an important and very eate
goried document has just been sent by the
Vatican to the Irish Bishops.
Dublin, May 12. —Kinsella, who made
a voluntary confession to the police last
week that he was concerned in the mur
der of Lord Leitrim, was again arraigned
in court to-day. His story is not believed,
as its thought that he is' a lunatic. The
-Fudge was about to discharge Kinsella,
when the later said that he was afraid
that he would lie shot if he was released.
He was therefore remanded to prison.
Liverpool. May 12.—A number of the
Irish people here have ananged for the
saying of masses on Monday tor the re
pose of the soul of “Joe” Brady, who is
to be hanged in Dnblin on that day.
“COUNT WILLIAM TILDEN."
Further Developments in the New York
Probate Court Romance.
Xetc York Special, Bth.
William Tilden, who began life by ped
dling varnishes on his back, died in this
city in 1869 a wealthy varnish manufac
turer, leaving an estate valued at from
$1,500,000t0 $2,000,000. His will author
izes the executors to divide the property,
barring certain legacies and an annuity,
to his widow’, among his four sons, Wil
liam, Milano C., Marmaduke and Beverly
B. Tilden. The executors were YVilliam
T. Blodgett, -I. M. Fiske; David Dows, N.
U. Ely, Charles Tracy, and, on the death
of Mr. Blodgett, YVilliam Tilden, Jr. Yes
terday, before Surrogate Rollins, a motion
was made by W. s. MacFarlane in behalf
of Beverly B. Tilden, who was the minor
until 1880, to open the accountings of the
executors and show that their "expendi
tures were extravagant and contrary to
the provisions of the will. Affidavit's in
support of the motion were made by
Charles W. Rose, the confidential clerk
for ten years of the testator; Mrs. YVilliam
Tilden, Beverly B. and Milany C. Tilden,
and V. K. Stevenson and J. 11. Smith, real
estate brokers.
After the death of the testator, these
affidavits state, the Tilden family lived in
New York until the fall of 1870, when a
trip was made to Europe. An Italian
named Biaggi accompanied the famiiy as
tourist manager and tutor, being employ
ed by the executors. The family stayed
in Paris in the apartments formerly oc
cupied by the Prince of Wales. The boys
lived in Berlin in excellent style. The
elder two, William and Milano, were then
well advanced in their teens, and Marma
duke and Beverly were several years
younger. The family remained in Europe
about sixteen months and spent
about $70,000, one-fourth of which is
charged by the executors to the account
of the infant son Beverly, the affidavits
state. The boys w r ere sent to school and
in the university in Berlin, and were trav
eling about Europe with Biaggi until he
left them. The eldest son, William, now’
one of the executors of the estate, pur
chased a baronet’s title and palace at Co
burg for about $40,000 in 1871. He was
called Count, and in this eity he was
known as “the Princf.” While at Co
burg, it is alleged, lie became interested
in the wife of the former owner of the cas
tle, and, getting in the latter’s power,
gave him a power of attorney to contract
various debts in Berlin for fixtures, up
holstery and decorations. One of the ex
ecutors, in 1872, discovered this condition
of affairs and endeavored to relieve the
Count from his embarrassing position. On
the payment of a large sum of money an
arrangement was made by which he’w’as
released from all obligations to the owner
of Coburg castle. The four sone traveled
about Europe, returning to this country
in 1872. While in Berlin, in January iii
1872, two of the sons conceived the idea
of giving a grand ball to all young
America in Germany. It took place in a
beer hall, and the festive occasion enjoyed
by everybody was generally known as’tbe
ball given by two titled Americans in
honor of their countrymen After their
return to this country the two elder sons
entered Harvard College, but were not
graduated. The fifth accounting is now'
pending before referee Thomas G. Har
land, and it appears from it, it is charged,
that about $175,000 has been overpaid to
the two elder sons.
Beverly Tilden was found last night in
Delmonico’s. In answer to inquiries he
said: “I make no charge against the
executors, either collectively or individ
ually. I don’t say they have swindled,
or acted unfairly or anything of that sort,
you know, but I do think they might have
administered the estate a little more fair
ly from W’hat I have been told. 1 don’t
know’ anything, however, and that’s just
why 1 have taken the proceedings. J
simply want to know’, yoa know, w’liat
money they have spent, how they have
spent it, and tor whom it has been spent.
I know it has not been for this individ
ual,” and he tapped his shirt
front lightly with his finger. “Now the
fact is, what I principally object to is that
they have given me the most of my share
in unproductive lands, from which I de
rive no income, and I have actually been
obliged to sell property in order to obtain
my living expenses. I was urged to the
step I have taken by an intimate friend,
whose name I would rather not mention,
but in whose judgment I trust implicitly.
I have not been well treated. I was
packed off to school in Germany, and up
to the age of eighteen was only allowed
fifty cents a week spending-money. Fact,
I can assure you.”
I nsects Affecting Vegetables in the South.
Prof. C. V. Riley in National Farmer.
The Orange Judd Company has just is
sued a new work entitled “Truck Farm
ing at the South: A Guide to the Raising
of Vegetables for the Northern Markets.”
Into tlie small space of 2RO octavo pages
the author —Dr. A. Oemler, of Savannah,
Georgia, one ot our valued correspond
ents—has crowded a good deal of practi
cal information. Dr. Oemler has for many
years ow ned and successfully operated a
large truck farm on Wilmington Island,
and, in consequence, practical experience,
combined with a large theoretical know),
edge, characterize his work. The volume
possesses a certain interest to the ento
mologist. Chapter XI. is entitled “In
sects and their remedies,” and is princi
pally devoted to general considerations.
His remarks upon remedies for cut worms,
contained in this chapter, are of especial
interest, and indicate that the plan first
suggested to us, of placing balls of clover,
cabbage or turnip leaves poisoned with
Paris-green solution, in rows 20 feet apart
all over the lield after the land is pre
pared for cabbages or other crop, is by
far the most efficacious and practicable
way* of battling with them. Dr. Oemler
also mentions especially three new injuri
ous insects which have been referred to
by us in the pages of the Naturalist and
elsewhere: Doiyphora jancta and Cassida
terana on egg-plant, and Hotis repitalix
upon cauliflower. In addition to the gen
eral considerations of this chapter, under
the head of each of the individual crops,
the author has given a list of principal
Southern insect enemies brief special men
tion of the most prominent.
Rather Embarrassing.
Wall Street Daily Xetra.
A cotton buyer for a New England fac
tory lately met in Mississippi a colored
preacher, who explained during a con
versation on religion that he was doing
the Ixird’s work on a salary of eight dol
lars per year, and that his congregation
was in arrears for the last year’s salary
to the tune of five dollars.
“Can’t you collect?" queried the buyer.
‘•I reckons I mought, sah, but you see
de situashum am radder embar’asfn.”
“How ?"
"Why. sah, if I *houd collect df- money
it would bust de congregashum, an ‘if de
congregashum busts what’s ter become of
me an’ de meetin' house?”
An Ex-Governor Dead.
Philadelphia, May 12. Ex-Governor
Israel YVashburn, of Maine, died here to
day, aged 71 years. He was here for med
ical treatment tor kidney troubles, but
died from an affection of the heart.
Failure.
New York, May 12.—The failure of
Henry K. White, dealer in straw goods,
is announced. His liabilities are $130,060
and his assets $1<» ) O(X?.
SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS.
NOT IN THE GUIDE BOOKS.
A Place Where Calhoun Drank Sherry
and Clay and Webster Gambled.
fk.ieMngton Letter in Cleteland Leader.
1 am surprised to find how little people
know' of Washington and its life. Fifteen
thousand strangers come here every win
ter, and hundreds of thousands visit the
capitol every year, but, as usual, not one
man in ten sees anything, and the great
masses at home know absolutely nothing
of the strange sights and stranger people
who miike up the 200,000 residents of
NN ashington. Last night, for instance, in
a stroll on Pennsylvania avenue.l noticed
a couple of Congressman entering a
little saloon directly opposite the Nation
al Theatre, it was a low wooden build
ing. old and weather worn, and on the lin
tels of its door I noticed the words, "John
Hancock, foundtnl 1846." Directly over
this entrance was the sign, “OM < uriosi
ty shop." I entered a long, narrow room,
with a ceiling so low that the head of a
siade would scrape it. The bar, tilted
out as elegantly as any in Washington,
covered the wall at the right of the en
trance. Baek of it hung the pictures ami
relies ot the crimes and honors of the past,
and the walls of the rest of the room were
covered with articles which would make
anv museum rich.
The old, gray-haired negro’ who tended
the bar was in himself a curiosity. He
told, as he tilled my glass, that lie had
been tending the same bar for thirlv-tive
years, and that his saloon was the chief
resort in former times of the statesmen ot
the capital. Said he: “1 have often seen
Clay, Webster and Calhoun drinking here
together. Henry Clay and Daniel Wele
ster used to be here night after night.
Clay always drank brandy juleps, and his
spirits rose rapidly under -the influence
of liquor. Webster drank considerable,
and the only observable change in him
was that his eyes grew brighter and his
talk became, if anything, more measured.
Calhoun seldom drank strong drinks, and
usually took either lemonade or sherrv,
and often nothing. He would come in to
talk. They were lively’ fellows in them
days, and they liked their fun just as well
as the big men do now. They Otten plaved
cards here."
"Did they gamble?" 1 asked. “No, not
for money, but generally for the drinks.
I remember a game of cards Clay and
Webster and two other men plaved’ here
one rainy night. They played here for
the drinks and smells. The men that won
drinks and those that were defeated paid
for the drinks and were forced to smell
the glasses of tlieir opponents. They
started in at 10 o’clock and they played
until 2. Luck was against Clay, and I
don’t think he won a drink during the
whole evening.”
I spent a very pleasant half hour ex
amining the curiosities hung on the walls
and put up in cases around the room. In
one place there were a pair of shoes
formerly worn by NV ashingtom No. 10’s
I should say, with broad, flat solesand
common-sense heels. No aristocratic in
step had the Father of His Country, and
the pair looks more like the slipshod pair
of a cobbler than those of an F. F. V.
Next to this was the seediest looking
white plug hat I had ever seen. Large,
old and fuzzy, its nap worn off’, and its
color changed by the dirt of several de
cades, it was labeled as the hat of General
Zach Taylor, and the card’stated that it
came from the battle of Palo Alto. An
autograph letter ot President Lincoln
stood near by one of John C. Calhoun’s,
the great Secessionist and tho great
Unionist almost kissing each other. A
picture of Charles Guiteau was appropri
ately made an off companion to one of J.
NV i Ikes Booth, and on the other side of the
room was a theatre bill, giving the plav at
Ford’s the night the assassination of Lin
coln occurred. Bills offering SIOO,OOO re
ward for Booth's arrest; the extras pub
lished by the Washington papers the
morning after the tragedy, and one con
taining a special telegram announcing
that the assassin had been shot, and call
ing for rejoicing, made up parts of the col
lection, showing up the last days of the
civil war. There was currency of all
kinds, postage stamps dating back almost
to their origin, and a hundred or more au
tograph letters, any of which would be
very valuable now. This liftle saloon is
one of the curiosities of the capital. It
is not down in the guide books, but its
history and museums make it worth see
ing.
A MODERN BORGIA.
A Woman Accused of Attempting to
Poison Her Children.
New York World.
Henry NVilliams, a real estate agent, of
No. 25 Delancey street, called at police
headquarters last night and said that his
wife, Sophia, had disappeared on April 18
alter having made an unsuccessful at
tempt to poison his two children. He
showed a vial containing a w hitish pow
der. which he said had lieen administered
to his children bj' his wife. After taking
it on April 18 the children were taken sick.
Two doctors came to the conclusion that
t he children were Suffering from the effects
of poison. The customary antidotes were
administered, and the children recovered,
but the youngest is still in a precarious
condition, but will probably recover.
The maiden name of Mrs. NVilliams is
Sophia Stohl. She is a native of Germany.
While still voting she married therea man
named George Henegel. She, after a few
years ran away from him and came to
this country, landing in Philadelphia,
where for some time she lived with her
brother. There she made the acquaint
ance of G. Sultzer, whom she married.
The first husband apiieared on the scene,
and Sultzer fled to Milwaukee. His wife
followed him. He discarded her in Mil
waukee and she returned to tier brother's
home in Philadelphia. While she was
living with her brother in Philadelphia
Henry NVilliams, who was then in the
wholesale provision business in that citv,
and had just lost his wife, and had five
or six young children, advertised fora
housekeeper. The woman who is now
missing answered the advertise
ment. She was accepted as house
keeper, and subsequently Mr. NVilliams
married her in ignorance' of Vfce feet that
she had already two husbands,frotqL Ttem
she had never been divorced. aftei
the marriage, Mrs. NVilliams insisted that
her husband’s property should be settled
on her. The husband objected. Domes
tic quarrels ensued, and'Mrs. NVilliams
on one occasion was arrested, according
to Henry NVilliams, for making a deter
mined attempt to poison her oldest child.
She was sent to Moyamensing prison.
NVhile there she attempted to commit sui
cide. She was Jinally discharged and
NVilliams told Inspector Murray last
night that on the same day she cut her
throat and was carried to her home by two
policemen. She was put under medical
treatment and recovered, but soon after
wards she tried to poison her youngest
child and to kill herself. She was again
sent back to Moyamensing prison, where,
within a few days, she repeated the at
tempt to commit suicide. Her first hus
band, Henckel, is now in Philadelphia.
He followed her to this country. NVil
liams says that if she is arrested be will
prosecute her for bigamy and for her at
tempt to poison his children.
Northern Mexico.
The Northern States of the Mexican re
public are very thinly populated. Enor
mous tracts are owned by single families,
many of these properties being as large as
the great English ducal estates. Other
vast tracts are given over to the roving
and savage Indians of the North, who
make tlieir homes in the mountain fast
nesses. In a word. Northern Mexico is
quite as sparSely populated as was Texas
when Americans began to settle in the
then Mexican State. First came, in Texas,
American colonization, then independ
ence. and, finally, annexation to the Uni
ted States. That history may repeat it
self in Northern Mexico is the fear of the
press of that section. “We see,” says the
Monterey Jlerinta, “that the frontier lands
are being sold to American companies,
that the Yankee monopoly is each day be
coming more absolute among us. * * *
In fact, the northern frontier, being un
populated, and the land having passed in
to the of Northern speculators, it
is but natural that they should promote,
on their own responsibility, an exclusive
ly American colonization of their Immense
properties.”
Whipping* for Wife-Beaters,
Nashville, Tenn.. May 12.—The first
indictment was brought to-day under the
new law making wife-beating punishable
by whipping.
The Mexican Government, with increas
ing expenditures for subsidies as rail
roads are built, and decreasing receipts
from customs as the revenue from duties
levied on imports of railroad construction
fall off, is getting, week by week, into
deeper water financially, Senor Sanchez,
the President of the Tehuantepec Railroad,
has, It is said, started for this country to
raise a loan for the government, to aid it
in the coastruction of the Isthmus Rail
way, and Don Carlos Rivas, President
Gonzalez’ private Secretary, is on his way
to England to secure concessions frotii
Mexican bondholders there. A crash
seems near at hand in Mexico.
BETRAYED BY A WOMAN.
HOW A DI AMOND THIEF’S GUILT
WAS EXPOSED.
Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars’ Worth
of Stolen Sparklers In the Pair’s Po#..'
session—Frightened Out of England
the Fugitives in Vain Seek Safety In
this Country.
James Henry Marriott, a young Eng
lishman. for years a trusted clerk ami
salesman in the large jewelry ami diamond
house of Franz Kramer. No'. 1 Rue de la
I’uix. Paris, mysteriously disapia a red on
the 7th of March last with $75,000 worth
of diamonds belonging to his employer.
l'he police were promptly informed of
Marriott’s disappearance and an exten
sive search was instituted for the missing
man. but not the slightest clue to his
whereabouts was obtained by the shrewd
detectives. It was first supposed that
Marriott had fallen into the hands of
thieves, who. alter robbing him of the
diamonds w hich he carried, had killed
him and made away with his body, there
were many points unearthed during the
inquirii s made by the secret police which
tended to support the theory advanced.
The firm had the utmost confidence in
their salesman, and for a time they would
not allow the least shadow of suspicion to
rest on him. Several days after Marriott
had vanished. Marie Peseux, a comely
young woman of nineteen, the mistress
of the missing salesman also was sudden
ly lost eight of. It was subsequently
learned that she had fled to England anil
to a female companion of hers she sajJ
intended joining her lover there, ers,
not until' then that the truth £
and young Marriott was
robbery of the diamonds. The t‘\,,'
closely follow ed. The Parisian detu
were otten at the heels of the dish
salesman, but. apparently by accidl
always managed to escape from’-
clutches. In London the clew was\* «,er~
taken up. and the secret agents in
of the fugitives there learned that he hnd
attempted to dispone of some of therdun
<ier. He attempted to mak. a sale at one
of the first houses in that city, but wheu
he was asked how it was he came by the
stones he ran out of the store and escaped.
The diamonds w hich he left behind liitn
were handed over to the Scotland Yard
police, and thus afterwards came into the
hands of the French authorities. Marriott
with bis mistress soon afterwards fled
from England and the pair reached thia
city by steamer on the 12th of last month.
The stolen stones were successfully smug
gled into this city by Marie, the greater
portion of them'being sewed up in her
muff and the remainder concealed in her
pin cushion. The young woman a few
days ago was seen on Broadway, and on
account of the diamonds with vvhieh she
was decked attracted attention. Police
man Blond, of the West Thirtieth street »
station, learned that she had attempted £
to sell some of the jewelry to'a
dealer on his post. Ills' suspicions C r—*--
arroused, and for the last few days Mn»»
has been tracked alaout town. She wen.
to Staten Island yesterday, and on het
return to this city met Marriott in the
Battery Park, where they were arrested.
At their rooms, No. *219 West Twenty
second street, the whole of the valuables
stolen by Marriott were last night re
covered.
A DUEL iviTH~FISTS.
Two Lovers Settle Their Affair In the
Ring—A One-sided Fight.
A special dispatch from Wilkesbarre,
Pa., says: “An affair of honor which
took place recently between two young
men in this city hag just come to light, al
though great efforts have been made by
the interested parties to hush the matter
up. It appears that both Hu* young men
were paying attentions to the same'lady,
and thus affairs arrived at a crisis hist
Sunday night when one of them, Meehan
by name, found a rival, in the person ot
John Gallagher, at the young lad v's home.
H<> immediately demanded an explanation
of the young lady. She replied that she
loved both and thought one as good as the
other. This was not satisfactory, how
ever, to Gallagher, who vented his spleen
upon Aloehan, and challanged him to mor
tal combat. Meehan promptly accepted
the challange. on condition', however,
that no deadly weapons should be used.
Accordingly,both men,with their seconds,
repaired to Hilliard’s Grove, at Fiva
Fines, in the northeastern part of the city,
where a ring was pitched ami all prelimi
nary preparations made for t bo battle that
was to decide which was the best man
and the one most worthy of the young <
lady’s hand. *
“Both men stripped to the waist, came
to the scratch smiling and shook hands.
In the first round Gallagher took the ag
gressive and led off in fine style, but was
sent sprawling to the ground bj a well
directed blow front Meehan’s right
shoulder, which ended the first round. In
■he second round Gallager again forced
the fight, both men clinching and going to
the ground. -X
“she third, fourth and fifth rounds were
repetitions of the first and second, and
when time was called for the sixth round
<•allaght-r’s friends tlirew up tlie sponge
ami said they were satisfied. Both par
ties then, returnee! to their respective
homes. I here is much excitement over
the encounter, and the young lady, It is
said, is prostrated over the aflair. The par
ties are well knojvn here.”
New York Railroads.
T he annual report of the State Engineer
ot New Y ork states that there are 322
steam railway corporations in that State
<>t tins number only 260 have made re
ports. ihe total capital stock reported is
J6’23,7 72,211; proportion for New York
state, $-497,386,453; total funded debt, $447,-
•*H.XB3; proportion for the State. $2X5.108,-
a'*i;. total refunded debt, $34,254,252: pro
portion for the State. $21,822,327; total
capital stock and indebtedness, $1,193,-
proportion for the State.. $704,317,- _l
. <O. 1 here are 7.309 miles of main lines iu ■]
operation, and 2,380 miles of branches. I
rhe total miles of road in operation in tho 1
State is 6,641. There are 628 miles of rail- 1
road completed but not in operation (Sep- '
tember 30, 1882 i. The numlier of locomo
tives in use in the Staleis 3.541. There are
2.2ii> first class passenger cars. 552 second
class and emigrant cars, 876 baggage,mall
and express cars, and 140,240 freightcars
in use. Ihe total cost of roads in opera
tion is $702,868,948, of which $464,106,946 is
the proportion for the State. The total re
ceipts from al! sources were $118,766,909-
proportion for the State, $78,421,989. The
total expenditures were $117,462,398; pro
portion for the State, $73,233,357. forty
seven persons were killed and 72 injured
year. The elevated railways
returns as follows: Receipts from
S2 u J' < ’ es » $*>>973,633; total expenditures,
$.>,«.>.,801; number of passengers trans
ported, 86,361,029. The average amount
received per passenger waa 6.86 cenlomjun
the average cost of transportakrfn per
passenger 4.25 cents. Five passengers
and 12 employes were killed, and 56 pas. *
sengers and 79 employes injured.
One Poor Boy’s Successes.
Bouton.
p ® ulA - Chadbourne en
ten cd M llliama.College, possessing onlv
a small sum of money, expecting to earn
jnoney to pay his expenses while in ool
,e BOO . n found that he was some*
w nat more advanced in bis studies than
>he other I reshmen, and thought that he
might possibly enter the Sophomore class; /
thereby saving himself the expense of one f
collegg year. He called on the Presi ’-mt,
told his story and asked to be exanuJ&d
for the sophomore class. After the exatai- 1
nation he was told that he might enter it. *
but he would have to study hard, and
must oe contented .with the certainty of
graduating without honors. He entered
the class; but the sequel did not justify «
the J resident’s prediction. Mr. Chad- *
bourne graduated valedictorian.
lit® Bad ami Worthless
are never imitated or ccmnterftiled. This
!■» especially true of a family medicine,
and it is positive proof that the remedy
wnfto.bM is of the highest value. As soon as
it had been tested and proved by the whole
world that Hop Bitters was the purest,
best and most valuable familv medicine
on earth, many Imitations sprung up and
began to steal the notices in which the
press and people of the oountrv had ex
pressed the merits of H. B. and in every
" a y t r y ,n l? induce suffering invalids to
use their stuff instead, expecting to make
tnoney on the credit and gowfuame of
U.K. Many others started nostrums put ;
up in similar style to H. 8.. with various.
\r devised names in which the word i
■•Hop or “Hops” were used in a wav to f
induce people to believe they were the
same as Hop Bitters. All such pretended
remedies or cures, no matter what their |
na,ne is, and especially those 1
with tne word “Hop” er “Hops” in their |
name or in any way connected with them I
or taelr name, are imitations or counter- 1
.eits. Beware of them. Touch none of
"*“• - 1 M nothing but genuine Hop
Litters, with a bunch or cluster of srreeu
Hops on the white label. Trust nothing
else. Druggists and dealers are warned
against dealing in imitations or counter,
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