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TWO DOLLARS A YEAR.
STEPHENS* FOND MEMORY.
THE LEGISLATURE PAYS ITS
TRIBUTE TO THE DEAD.
His Grand Trait- Told in Eulogistic
Speeches by the Georgia Ciceros—A
Befitting Memorial Adojated—Many
Senator* Away—The Solicitorship Ap- i
pointment in Statu Quo.
Atlanta, July 14.—1 n the House to- ■
day the roll call was dispensed with, as
barely a quorun was present. Hon. N. E. ■
Harris, of Bibb, Chairman of the House i
Joint Committee, presented the memorial ■
on the death of the late Governor Stephens, !
accompanying it with one of the most
chaste, elaborate and scholarly addresses I
of the kind ever delivered before a Geor
gia Legislature.
It was delivered with rare dignity and
much tenderness, and the closing flight of
eloquence heartily applauded. Mr. Harris ;
was assisted during his first year at the
University by a loan from Mr.* Stephens.
.Mr. Brooks, of Floyd, .Mr. Jones, of De-
Kalb, and Mr. Watson, of McDuffie, fol
lowed with brief addresses of much merit.
.Mr. McCurry, of Hart, made a lengthy
address, reviewing the life and service’s
of the deceased.
At this point in the proceedings the fol
lowing memorial was introduced:
The committee appointed to prepare a
memorial of the late Governor of Georgia
beg leave to make the following report:
The Great Reaper has been in our midst.
His resistless onslaught respects neither
age nor sex, good nor bad, rich nor poor, I
high nor low. No hovel or palace, place,
position or power are beyond the reach of
his remorseless grasp. He iias just cut
down our matchless genius, Benjamin H.
Hill, and now he has laid his icy hand
upon one whose head Georgia had just
placefl her highest civic crown. Alexan
der Hamilton Stephens, our great Gov
ernor, will come and go out before us no
more forever. His earthly pilgrimage is
ended, and he lias gone to join
“The innumerable caravan which moves
To that mysterious realm, where each shall
take
His chamber in the silent balls oGdcath.”
In preparing a tribute to his memory
we are at a loss where to begin 01 where
to end. His career was so remarkable,
his public services so great and numer
ous, his mental and moral characteristics
no wonderful and many-sided, that we can
only refer to them; but his life was such
an open book that only this is necessary:
Born, reared and educated on the soil of
Georgia, he entered public life in 1836, as
a member of the Legislature, and from
that, time to the end of his life, a period of
nearly half »; century, he was, almost
without interruption, in the service of the
State and country. Whether as a member
<>t the Legislature, a member of Congress
of the United States or of the Confederate
States, a member of numerous conven
tions, or in the exalted position of Vice |
President ol the Southern Confederacy, he
displayed abilities which place him in the
front rank of statesmanship, and made
him the acknowledged peer of any of that
splendid galaxy of great Southern states
men, whose towering intellects and match
less powers controlled the political affairs
of the I' nion, in the golden time before the
war.
The distinguishing characteristics of
Mr. Stephens, as a statesman, were, Lis
love ot liberty and hatred of oppression, i
While ho Jiad the most tender compassion
for the infirmities of our common hu
manity, he loved justice ardently and
hated iniquity, opposed wrong and de- I
nounced the oppressor with honest indig- |
nation.
Mr. Stephens possessed more versatility
oftalent than any statesman of our day.
Few men achieve success in more than .
one line of intellectual pursuits; but he ■
was an exception to the general rule. He
was not only a great lawyer, orator and
statesman, but reached a very high emi
nence as a writer and historian. His !
mind was wonderfully disciplined and 1
equipped for mental work. The integrity '
of Mr. Stephens was incorruptible and '
unapproachable. Passing, during his
long public career, through many periods
of corruption in high places, his record is ■
without a stain.
It has been said of William Pitt, the !
younger, one of the “great commoners'’ j
of England, that the best eulogy that
■could be pronounced upon him was that
he lived and died a poor man. We are I
proud to be able to say the same of our
■‘great commoner.” Like Pitt, too, Mr. i
Stephens never married. His country was I
wife and children to him, and with a’more
than Oriental devotion he loved her, and
worshiped at her shrine
But after all, the peculiar feature of Mr.
Stephens’ character, and that which will
endear him to his people forever, was his
boundless benevolence and charity.
When we consider that his mortal frame
was so invested, worn and w ithered by
disease, that for about half his lite he ;
lived an almost living death, it would be ;
incredible that he should have done so I
much to aid others, were there not
thousands who can testify to his good
deeds. His ear was ever open to hear,
and hie heart to respond to the wail of
widowhood and the bitter tears of or
phanage. His very heart-strings seemed
to have been bound around every species
of suffering humanity.
Especially was he generous to young
men struggling with poverty and thirst
ing for an education. He seemed to have
"had before him all the time the example
of the grand central figure, and exemplar
of all time, the Divine Nazarene, who
“went about doing good." But the end
has come. He has gone, as we believe, to
a country where his spirit, treed from this
•‘muddy visture of decay," can, amid the
unimaginable splendor of an eternal light,
reap the rewards of his good deeds for
ever.
Ours is the precious legacy of so good
and so great a man, who gave his life and
his life's work, and his latest prayer, for ;
us and our children. Patriot. ’ philan
thropist, benefactor, statesman, historian,
orator, fare thee well! Georgia, thy good
old mother, who gave .thee birth, mourn
fully receives thy dust back again into
her bosom. She will guard well the sacred
spot where all that is mortal of thee re
poses, for no son of hers ever shed more
lustre on his name.
1. Resolved, That in the death of Alex
,ler Hamilton Stephens, the late Governor
of this State, we recognize the loss ot one
of the truest, wisest and best of the sons
of Georgia, whose genius has added un
living glory to her name,* and for whom
oiir jieople cherish an unbounded love and
admiration.
2. Resolved, That in his death the whole
country has lost one of its most useful,
brilliant and greatest statesmen, and hu
manity an example of benevolence and
charity worth) of all imitation: whose
fame will godown to posterity with ever I
increasing lustre as the ages pass away.
Resolved. That the indomitable will
and perseverance of this great and good 1
man ill conquering adverse fortune over
every obstacle of poverty and ill-health. I
and devoting his life, with its brilliant <
success, to the good of others and the wel- '
fare of his country, stands out as one of I
the rare instances of the kind in history,
and should be treasured as an example
and held up for imitation b) all the sons
and daughters of the country for all future
time. I
4. Resolved. That a page of the journal
of this House be set apart and dedicated
to the memory of the deceased, and as a
further testimonial of respect that the 1
House do now adjourn till Monday morn- \
Ing at 10 o’clock.
On motion of Mr. Pringle, of Washing
ton, the resolutions were adopted by a ■
rising vote, and at 11 o'clock the House
adjourned.
IN THE SENATE.
Up to the time the Senate adjourned
the)" were not a hundred spectators in
Representative hall, and not much over a
hundred Representatives. After the Sen
ate spectators came in there was a
mere respectable showing, yet it was
clearly evident that but little in
terest" was taken in the exercises
bvtthe State officials or the public at large.
Senator 7Joyt. Chairman of the Joint
Committee, presented the memorial pre
faced with an address upon the life and
services of the deceased.
Senator L. M. Lamar made a most
touchingfand beautiful address, which was
listened to with deep interest. It
was a heartfelt tribute tenderly
paid. Senator Jones spoke of the de
ceased in general terms, and his eulogy
was worth v the distinguished dead and
the Senate before which it was delivered.
The resolutions were adopted, and at 10
o'clock the Senate adjourned.
XOTBB ABOUT THE CAPITAL.
Gov. McDaniel will send in a new nom
ination for Solicitor ss soon as the absent
Senators return. Five have gone to the
commencement at Athens until
Thursday. Thq Governor way go on
Mondav, and it is not thought that the
nomination can go in before Thursday,
Senator Meldrim is on the visiting com
mittee to the University ami not the agri
cultural investigating committee,
It is not true that Gov. McDaniel was
opposed to Judge Clark, but when the j
Judge failed to receive the support of the |
.Snnfinn Morning Wrgrnni.
Senator and three Representatives of Ful
ton county, he lost all chance of being
nominated, although he had warm friends
in the Senate, who might have defeated
Dorsey’s confirmation had they so
chosen. But this would not
have won the support neces
sary 'to have secured Jtfdge Clark’s
nomination.
The Gate City Guards, with thirty in
i the ranks, were escorted to the cars this
' afternoon by a detachment of the Gover
nor’s Horse Guard, and left for a week's
sport at Morehead City, N. C., accom
panied by a party of friends.
! Colonel Thornton has added Governor
I James M. Smith to his counsel, and a
; lively time may be expected on Tuesday.
! Justice Butt will sit with Justice Pitcn
' lord.
GIAYAQI ILS SUBMISSION.
General Alfaro Issues a Conciliatory
Proclamation.
Panama, July 14.—A steamer which
I has just arrived brings General Alfaro’s
proclamation. He says that he deeply
regrets the sacrifice of the lives of the
Ecuadorians, but he first attempted to
obtain a capitulation from the dictator’s
force w ithout other conditions than sub
mission to the laws of humanity
and justice. He informs the inhab
itants of Guayaquil that they may elect
their own authorities, and the number
in the government of the interior or of
the coast, or form a separate government
if preferred. The three sectional govern
ments may unite in calling a national
convention of Ecuadorians. He savs the
; army which sustains the rights of the na
tion is victorious. Its valor has prevented
innumerable victims, yet those dead on
the field of triumph call loudly lor pa
| triotism, liberty and peace.
Advices via Colombia state that the
resistance of Gen. Vientemilla was gen
erally feeble, although the main fort held
I out vigorously. The townspeople re
ceived Gen. Alfaro’s troops with delirious
enthusiasm. The greatest order prevail
ed. Gen. Alfaro, while dismounting at
the Colombian consulate was fired
at by a colored man. The
bullet grazed him and struck
;.n onlooker. The would-be assassin was
seized, courtmartialed and shot. He had
been bribed to kill the victorious leader.
W hen General Vientemilla, in the steamer
Santa Lucia, was slowly steaming down
the river, the Liberators wanted to
charter or buy the steamer C asm a from
the Pacific Navigation Company in order
to start in pursuit, but their negotiations
failed.
The steamer Comus has left for Payta,
the French ship Kerguelen for Callao and
the Italian ship Victor Pisani will leave
to-day for Callao. Everything is going
on smoothly and business is rapidly re
viving.
\ alparalso, July 14.—Congress is
still sitting in secret session on Peruvian
matters. The government have sent
Dionyso Dirteaneo, a Peruvian notable, to
: Chili, where Garcia Calderon, the Peru
vian President, is now confined.
A TH IEE KILLED AT ATHENS
An Effort to Escape from Chief Cran
Oliver Which Cost a Life.
Athens, Ga., July 14.—Chief of Police
Cran Oliver arrested a negro named
Mathews, who was suspected of stealing
cattle. On the way to the guard house
i Mathews escaped from the custody of the
| chief and attempted to escape, but was
! closely pursued until he reached acorn
| patch, in which he managed for a time to
j hide. Being finally discovered by the
' police, he was ordered to surrender, but
j answered by firing several large stones
i at the head ot his pursuers, one ot which
■ narrowly missed its object. Chief Oliver
' drew his pistol and told Mathews that
he would shoot him if he did not give up.
.Mathews further resisted, and Oliver
i tired. The bullet passed through
i Mathews’ left lung. Mathews ran about
: one hundred yards, and was stopped by a
| second bullet from Oliver’s pistol, Ma
j thews is not expected to live.
THE UNEASY TELEGRAPHISTS.
I No Strike Vet Inaugurated, and no De
mands Made on the Company.
New York, July 14.—The officers of
. the Western Union Telegraph Company
‘ say that they know nothing about the
! impending strike mentioned in the news
| papers, and that they have received no
; demand from the operators for an increase
| of pay or a decrease of their working
i hours. It is understood that the opera
tors have not been conciliated by the new’
schedule issued by the company Thurs
day night. A meeting of operators was
held that lasted until daylight, and
another meeting was held last night. It
I is believed that forty-eight hours notice
will be given the company before a strike
| is resorted to.
POLK'S LEDGER STOLEN.
A Significant Theft Which will Have
But Slight Effect, However.
Nashville, July 14.—A great sensa
tion was caused here yesterday by the
discovery that Thursday night some one
stole from the State Treasurer's office a
bank ledger containing accounts with
depositors, from May, 1877, to January,
1883. The book was kept for M. T. Polk,
now on trial here, by Captain J. C. Flem
ing, and contains entries relied on by the
prosecution to convict Polk. Its disap
pearance is greatly commented on. A
reward of $250 is offered tor the return of
the book or the detection of the person
who stole it, No doubt is entertained that
the tacts necessary for conviction can be
secured without the book.
CHIRICAHUAS COMING IN.
Their Act ion the Result of Crook’s Vic
tory at Washington.
Wilcox, A. T., July 14. —From Mr.
Linderman, who arrived from San Bar
.nardino, it is learned that 75 or 80 hostile
Chirieahuas are at that place w aiting to
surrender. They are waiting for an escort
to the reservation. Captain Rafferty with
a troop of cavalry left Fort Bowie on
Thursday to bring them in. Mr. Linder
man says that the Indians are well sup
plied with arms, ammunition, horses,
mules and cattle. They are well posted
I in regard to the movements of the Ameri
-1 can authorities, and would not consent to
I surrender till General Crook was given
■ charge of the reservation affairs.
ST. LOl IS' MAYOR IN TROUBLE.
I The Preliminary Step Taken in Im
peachment Proceedings.
Sr. Louis, July 14.—The upper house
i of the Municipal Assembly has adopted
i resolutions declaring that the Mayor of
this city, Wm. L. Ewing, has neglected
‘ his duty and violated his oath of office, in
■ not making his appointments at the com
mencement of the third year of his term
as provided by the city charter, and that
he will be heard in the matter by the
I Council at a session on the night of July
25. This is regarded as a preliminary
step in the proceedings to impeach the
I Mayor.
COW HIDED BY A WOMAN.
The Witch of Wall Street Gains New
Notoriety in Milwaukee.
Milwaukee, July 14.—Mrs. Grace
Courtland, of Chicago, known in New-
York as “the Witch of Wall street,” last
night cowhided Wm. C. Jones, of this city,
whom she accuses of having seduced her
daughter, Maggie Jones, who is 25 years
of age. lie was struck across the face,
neck and shoulders, and severely hurt.
The assault occurred at the corner of
Wisconsin street and Broadway, the most
public place in the city, Mrs."Courtland
was accompanied by her daughter.
General Pritcher Acquitted.
Bath, N. Y„ July 14.—The Board of
Trustees of the Soldiers Home here met
in executive session this morning, when
i resolutions were adopted fully exonerat
ing General Pritcher, the Superintendent,
and commending his course, and dis
charging Rev. John Coman, James Turner
and Felix Duffy from the Home. The
resolutions also exonerated Trustee Jona
than Robie and Quartermaster Learens
from the charges preferred.
The Knights Templar Set Sall.
New York, July 14.—Apollo Command
erv. No. 1. Knights Templar, of Chicago,
embarked on the City ot Rome for Europe
to-day.
Marquis Ripon Resigns.
Simla. July 14.—1 t is reported that the
Marquis of Ripon has resigned the Vice
, ruyc-hjp of India.
That Hnsbandjo Mine
Is three times the man he was before he
began using “Wells' Health Renewer.”
J |i. Druggists.
SIX STATES STORM RIDDEN
DAKOTA ALSO IN THE PATH OF
THE WIND AND RAIN.
The Most Widespread Devastation, and
the Brunt of the Storm Borne in Mis
souri— Many Small Towns in Ruins—
The Death List Miraculously Low—
Accounts from Other Sections.
St. Louis, July 14. —A heavy rain and
wind storm passed over this city last
night and did considerable damage on
land and river. Maryville was visited by
a cyclone yesterday. Thirteen of the best
business houses were unroofed. The
court house and the jail were badly
damaged, and the City Hall and the Pres
byterian Church are almost total wrecks.
The restoration of telegraphic communi
cation. which was badly broken last
night, reveals the fact that the storm,
part of which swept over this citv, was
sreneral in character, and traversed not
; only a large part of Missouri, but cover
ed various sections of Kansas, lowa and
Illinois. The velocity of the storm
in this city was 50 miles per
hour, and came apparently
from nearly all directioas, but mainlv
from the North and Northwest. No seri
ous individual losses were sustained, but
a great number of minor ones are dis
closed in the way of damage to roofs, the
gable ends of houses, chimneys, shutters,
signs, fences, trees, shrubbery, etc., the
whole of which will aggregate niany thou
sands of dollars. Some slight injuries to
| persons are reported, but nobody wa sseri
ously hurt.
East St. Louis suffered in a similar
■ manner, and a train of 25 cars, moving on
the l>elt road on the river front, were
blown from the track and most of them
badly wrecked.
Near Browning a train was blown from
the track. Conductor Watson was badlv
hurt, a baggageman was slightly wounded
and one passenger injured." In the
vicinity of Linens the storm did great
damage to crops, buildings and farm
property generally.
At Wellsville "the school house was
nearly destroyed.
At Jefferson City the main-cell building
of the penitentiary was unroofed and one
or two other houses were damaged.
Dispatches from Maryville, Mo., say
that twenty business houses were un
roofed there and a number of small houses
and shops wrecked. The City Hall was
unroofed and partly blown down, and the
post office and two newspaper offices were
badly damaged. The large elevator of
Brinton & Welch suffered severely,
and the Kansas City Railroad
depot and the Wabash freight house
were badly injured. Twenty thousand
dollars will not cover the damage to the
town. Burlington Junction is regarded
as almost completely wrecked, not a
dozen houses in the town escaping in
jury. One man was fatally wounded.
Thirty cars were blown from the track.
The little town of Sydney is also re
i ported as badly damaged.
At Malden, one church, a school house,
j the Masonic Hall and an unfinished hotel,
! were demolished and several residences
! seriously injured. The loss is over
! SIO,OOO.
At Stanberry, one church was wrecked
| and two others greatly damaged. The
I tower ot the Normal School was blown
| down and several dwellings moved from
their foundations.
Wilcox, a small town seven miles from
! Marysville had nearly all its houses in-
I jured. Several other hamlets and small
villages in Missouri were more or less
damaged. The storm was accompanied
; by a heavy rainfall in most localities and
; in some places large hail stones fell in
| great quantities,doing very serious injury
; to orchards, gardens and all growing
I crops.
DOUBLE DANGER IN ILLINOIS.
| The Rumbling of an Earthquake Added
to the Howling of the Winds.
Peoria. 111., July 14.—Belleville, HL,
j was badly shaken up by the storm, and a
j number of houses were more or less in
jured, but none seriously. At Alton three
churches lost part of their roofs and
walls. Several other buildings were
slightly injured, and the streets littered
with fallen trees.
At Sumner a large flouring mill was un
roofed and heavy damage was caused to
the machinery and stock from the deluge
of rain which rushed through the build
ing from top to bottom. Several other
buildings were more or less injured.
At Carmi several houses were slightly
shattered, but no serious damage was
done.
At Olney two churches were badly in
jured, a large number of trees were up
rooted and other damage was done.
Cairo. 111, July 14.—A slight shock of
earthquake was felt here this morning at
about 2 o’clock.
DAKOTA IN THE BLOW.
A Pattering Shower and Balmv Breeze
Turn Into Rain and a Hurricane.
Bismarck, Dak., July 14.—A1l day
yesterday the barometer continued to fall
until about six o’clock, when the heaviest
wind storm ever known in this region
began, and lasted about an hour and a
half. The wind at one time reached a
velocity of sixty miles an hour. Lumber
piles were blown down, and a few houses
in the course of the wind were demolished.
The wind storm was followed by a shower,
which swelled into rain at a point within
twelve miles of Bismarck, and tending
Eastward.
A dispatch from Dickinson says that
one or two fronts were blown in by the
storm, and that the shops being built at
that point by the Northern Pacific Rail
road Company are damaged slightly. A
prediction is made at the United States
Signal Office that the storm will be very
severe in the East.
Hailstones Flying in Kansas.
Larned, Kansas, July 14. —The par
ticulars of the tornado on Pawnee river
are arriving. Row's and Butler’s mills
were blown away and Fitzgerald's sheep
sheds are gone. Large stones killed
young calves and lambs. Corn is cut so
that it will not hide a jack rabbit. The
hill northwest of Brown Grove looks as
black as if it had been burned. Large
hailstones cut the grass as if it was
plowed, and the heavy rain following
washed it away. The extent of the dam
age is unknown.
Nebraska M hite with Hail.
Omaha, Neb.. July 14.—Dispatches
from Louisville, Cass county, report that
the most severe hail storm ever experi
enced in that locality occurred yesterday
forenoon. The ground was white with
hail. Small grain was scattered, corn
stripped, and much of the glass in town
shattered.
Crops Ruined in Pennsylvania.
Reading, Pa., July 14.—Last night’s
storm was the heaviest known for years
in this section. Fences were levelled,
trees uprooted and stripped of their
fruit and many fields washed out. In the
lower part of the county the storm was
accompanied by hail.
Missouri Visited by the Tornado.
Trenton. Mo.. July 14. —A severe
storm passed over this town yesterday.
The Presbyterian chftrch, the public
school and other buildings were badly
damaged. The destruction in this vicinity
is estimated at from $20.(100 to $30,000.
Cyclones in Four Towns in lowa.
Council Bluffs. lowa, July 14.
I McPaul, Plumb, Holden, Percival and
Hamburg, on the Kansas Central Road.
1 in Fremont county, was visited by a
■ frightful cyclone yesterday.
A Cyclone in Indiana.
Elkhart, Ind.. July 14.—A terrific cy
clone accompanied by hail visited this
i section this afternoon, uprooting trees
and doing immense damage to crops.
A Woman to Hang.
Richmond. Va., July 14.—Barbara
j Miller, colored, on trial in the Henrico
i County Court as an accessory in the mur
der of her husband, Daniel Miller, by
Charles Henripee. her paramour, was to
day found guilty of murder in the
first degree as accessory before the facts.
Judge Newman, this evening sentenced
the convicted woman to be hanged on the
14th of September next.
Weattier Indications.
Office chief Signal observer.
Washington, D.C., Juiy 11.—Indications
for Sunday:
In the South Atlantic and Gulf States,
fair weather, southerly to westerly winds,
slight changes in temperature and ba
j rometer.
Mr.S. Gordon. White Bluff, Ga., says:
"Brown's Iron Bitters has quite relieved
me of rheumatism, witlj which I Iqng
j suffered.”
SAVANNAH. GA., SUNDAY MORNING. JULY 15, 1883.
A FAREWELL TO SCHOOL DAYS.
The Senior Class at Athens Meet *n the
Campus for the Last Time.
Athens, Ga.. July 14.—The members
of the senior class of the State Univer
sity held their class day exercises this
afternoon. By five o’clock the members of
the class had gathered under a great oak
which grows upon the campus in front
of the college chapel. Its limbs and
branches seemed to stretch forth in a
parting salutation, as it must have done
to the graduating classes for manj- years
gone by. The college boys no doubt felt
as though they were leaving true friends,
for often had they sat and eujoved its
grateful shade ’as thev did this
afternoon. The friends of the class and
many visitors were seated on chairs and
lienches facing the class. The programme
was opened by music, after which L. M.
Farmer, President of the class, intro
duced the orator, J. P. Brook, of Wood
stack, Ga. His speech was a polished
piece of rhetoric. He mentioned
how many eminent men had
sprung from humble parentage. He then
drew a striking picture of a noble man,
in which truth, honor and sincerity were
the most predominant characteristics. He
said that the earth was the ocean of life,
and fame but a pebble upon the shore. He
then entreated his classmates to lie hon
orable men, so that when thev died it could
lie said that the earth had lost and
Heaven gained a man.
The historian of the class, J. W. Ben
nett, of (juitman, Ga., was next intro
duced by the President. He mentioned
each member of the class and gave a short
sketch «f their course, telling the time of
entrance, the relation each one was
held in by his mates, etc.
The poet, J. 8. Lotton. of Lexington,
Ga., was next introduced, and delivered
an original and very creditable produc
tion.
The prophet was G. F. Hunnicutt, of
Turin, Ga. This gentleman gave bis
opinion of the future career of each mem
ber of the class. After placing the settee,
smoking the pipe and singing a song, they
were dismissed with a benediction pro
nounced by W. W. Coile, one of the mem
bers of the class who had been elected
Chaplain. The trustees are holding daily
meetings and a full list are in attendance.
GLADSTONE’S BAD BARGAIN.
The House of Commons Almost Sure to
Vote Against the Canal Project.
London, July 14. —The Standard says
that the government are sounding M. De
Lesseps as to whether any modification
of the agreement in regard to the Suez
canal is possible. It is not believed, says
the Standard, that M. De Lesseps will
agree to its being materially modified.
The son of De Lesseps was hastily sum
moned to Paris yesterday. He will re
turn to London in a few days. It seems
certain that the House of Commons will
reject the scheme. At least thirty Liber
als will oppose it, and several others will
abstain from voting on it. The Irish
members will join the Conservatives in
opposition to it.
At a meeting of the shipowners held at
Newcastle to-day resolutions condemning
the government’s agreement with M.
de Lesseps were passed.
M. Fontaine, Secretary of the Suez
Canal Company, in an interview, con
firmed the remarks made by M. De
Lesseps that he (M. De Lesseps) was in
different as to whether England accepted
the agreement relative to the second Suez
canal. He declares that the speculators
were opposed to the agreement, and were
interested in their own schemes. He said
that no English canal was possible,
because M. De Lesseps had obtained
a complete concession, to interfere with
with which would be robbery. M. De
Lesseps, he said, was determined to carry
out his programme with or without Eng
land’s help. If such help was refused
British ship owners would suffer, for the
tolls would be higher. At a meeting of
merchants and ship owners at Birming
ham to-day resolutions were passed con
demning the agreement between the gov
ernment and M. De Lesseps.
STOCKS IN ENGLAND.
The Canal Muddle Affects the Value of
Home Securities.
London, July 14.—The Economist this
week says that the rate of discount for
bank bills from 60 days to three months is
3% per cent, and for trade bills from 60
days to three months to 4 per cent.
Business has been restricted, owing to the
fortnightly settlement. Home government
securities have fallen, largely owing to
the belief that the government’s agree
ment with M. De Lesseps will increase
the national debt. Egyptian securities are
higher. There has been little business in
American securities. Denver and Rio
Grande, and Louisville and Nashville are
IG, Central Pacific 1, and the others
% lower.
THE LOSS OF THE NIAGARA.
No Assistance Yet Sent from Havana, but
Preparations Making.
Havana, July 14.—N0 assistance has
yet been sent from this city to the
partially burned and stranded steamer
Niagara. The only vessel in port having
os board the pumps and machinery neces
sary for helping her is not in a condition
to leave. It is expected, however, that
she can be made ready to proceed to the
relief of the Niagara to-morrow. Purser
Bemis, of the steamer Newport, who was
formerly a sea Captain, will proceed to
the Niagara w’ith a relief partv.
The purser of the Niagara will
take the place of Mr. Bemis on
the Newport. A further investigation
shows that among the Treasury bonds
deposited in the treasury at -intervals bv
the Spanish bank are $64,000 in counter
feits. At the Matanzas branch of the
Treasury a large amount of counterfeit
bonds have been discovered, while there
is a probability that four books with
bonds representing $500,000 have disap
peaaed from the Treasury.
YELLOW FEVER ON THE WANE.
No Cases in New Orleans and No New
Ones in Texas or Mexico.
New Orleans, July 14.—1 n reply to an
inquiry, the President of the Board of
Health to-day stated that there has not
been a single case of yellow fever in this
city during the present season. The
Board of Health and the Marine Hospital
service are in perfect accord. He further
stated that if any ease of fever occurs,
it will be promptly reported.
Washington, July 14.—The Surgeon
General of the .Marine Hospital Service
has been informed that the bark Salome
sailed from Galveston, Tex., vesterday
for Hampton Roads with all’ well oh
board. This vessel had been infected
with yellow fever. Information was also
received that no cases of fever have ap
peared in Brownsville. Texas, or Mata
mora, Mexico, since the last report.
Havana, July 14.—The number ot
deaths in this city during the past week
from yellow fever was 55.
BATTLES OF' THE FIREMEN.
A Quarter of Rostov Laid in Ashes by
the Recent Fires.
London, July 14. —Nearly one-quarter
of the town of Bostov, Russia, burned, de
spite the exertions of the populace, the
fire brigade and troops. Several firemen
were injured.
Belleville. Nev,. July 14.—Fire this
morning destroyed half the business part
of the town. The losses are ;55,000 and
the insurance $.30,000.
Folk’s Jury Secured.
Nashville. July 14.—The twelfth
juror in the Polk trial was secured this
morning, and the jury is now complete.
The attorneys for the defense moved to
quash the indictment, in which it was
held that the first, third, fourth,
fifth, sixth and seventh counts
did not conform to the requirements of
the constitution, in that no specific facts
were given, hence there were no facts
before the grandjury on which to properly’
base an indictment. Judge Allen said
that he would take up the case again on
Monday.
Leo Supports His Note.
Rome, July 14.—An article written with
the consent of the Pope, which has ap
peared in L- Rasseana. reviews the Irish
question with the object of showing that
the policy of the Vatican has been con
sistent throughout the present pontificate
;md for a period long anterior thereto.
The article is an emphatic reassurance of
the principles contained in the recent
letter of the Pope to the Irish Bishops.
Wells’ “Rough on Corns.”
Ask for Wells' -Rough on Corns.” 15c.
Quick, complete, permanent cure. Corns,
warts, bunions.
DOWN WITH THE BASTILE.
FRENCHMEN AGAIN REJOICE
OVER THE WORK OF 1789.
The Great Statue Republic Unveiled
in Paris—A Mild Allusion to the Sen
tence of the Anarchists—The Day Ob
served in New York. New Orleans and
Elsewhere.
Paris. July 14.—Extensive prepara
tions were made tor the celebration to
day of the national fete day, but a heavy
gale prevailed last night which, to a great
extent, destroyed the decorations through
out the city. The unveiling in the place
Chateau de Eau of the great statue of the
Republic, which was one of the chief
features of the day's festivities, took
place this morning with appropriate cere
monies in the presence of Senators and
members of the Chamber of Deputies, the
Municipal Councillors and a vast con
course of people. The weather during
the ceremony was cloudy.
The Prefect of the Seine in his address,
pointing to the statue, in the right
hand of which is an olive
branch as an emblem of peace, said:
“The ‘Republic’ holds in her hand an
olive branch, showing that the period of
violence is passed and that universal
suffrage has replaced revolution.”
France, he said, is unwilling to impose
her own will upon oth“r nations, but
wishes to live at home freb and respected.
The President of the municipality also
spoke. He said that he should have been
happy had an act of clemency marked
the ceremony. This remark referred to
the refusal of the government to grant
amnesty to the Anarchists.
There" was a grand review of troops
this afternoon by President Grevy and the
Ministers. On the arrival of the Presi
dent and his Cabinet at the reviewing
ground they were greeted with shouts of
“Vive la Republique!”
New Orleans, July 14.—The French
population of this city to-dav celebrated
the anniversary of the fall of'the Bastile,
the French national holiday, by the firing
of salutes, a display of flags throughout
the city, the erection of a triumphal arch
on Canal street, which was richly em
bellished and decorated ami by a grand
festival at the West End for the benefit of
the Charity Hospital. There were also
tournaments, music, balls and fireworks.
Many places of business were closed this
afternoon in honor of the occasion.
New Y’ork, July 14. —The French na
tional festival, commemorating the cap
ture and destruction of the Bastile, was
celebrated to-day by the French resi
dents ot this city. Delegates represent
ing all the French associations met early
this morning and with the Guards La
fayette marched, under command ot M.
Bergeret, formerly General of the
Commune at Paris, to the office
ot M. Albert Lefaivre, the French
Consul General. They were accompa
nied by a band, and carried with them
French and American flags*. There felici
tous speeches were made and M. Lafaivre
expressed his gratification at seeing the
union of the French and American na
tional banners, adding that the name of
Lafayette would always be a pledge to
close friendship between the two nations.
An informal reception was then held and
the societies went to an uptown park,
where the day was celebrated with
games, dancing and an address by the
Consul General of France.
Mexico, July 14.—The storming of the
Bastile was celebrated by the French
colony here to-day with much enthusi
asm. Two banquets and a ball were given
by the French. Houses were decorated,
and the principal streets of the city were
gay with bunting.
Lima, July 14.—There were great fes
tivities among the French residents here
to-day on the anniversary of the taking of
the Bastile.
MONMOUTH PARK AT ITS BEST.
A Crowded Grand Stand and Fast Fly
ers on a Good Track.
Monmouth Park, N. J., July 14.—This
was a great day for the Monmouth Park
Association. The weather was delight
ful, the attendance large and the track
fast. Between the third and fourth races
the famous horses Iroquois and Leonitius
were exhibited to the public from the
quarter stretch. The days events were
as follows:
First Race—One and a quarter miles.
Kinglike won by a head, with Parole, the
favorite, second, and Fair Count third.
The time was 2:12. Mutuals paid sl9 15.
Second Race—For the Atlantic stakes,
for two-year-olds; three-quarters of a
mile. King Ernest, minority filly, after
wards named Norag, won by two lengths,
with Aquipoise second and Leo third. The
time was 1:16%. Mutuals paid $27 50.
Third Race—For the Raritan stakes;
one and a quarter miles. Euclid won by
a length, with Carnation second and
Renegade third. The time was 2:12.
Mutuals paid $159 75.
Fourth Race—Free handicap sweep
stakes; one mile. Duplex won handily by
four lengths, Brad was second and Sweet
Home third. The time was 1:43%. Mu
tuals paid S4O 45.
Fifth Race—Selling allowance; one
and one-eighth miles. Major Hughes fin
ished first, with Antrim second and Nim
rod third, but claimed a foul, which was
allowed against the first two named. The
race was given to Dank. His time was
1:58%. Mutuals paid sllO 10.
Sixth Race—A handicap steeple
chase over full course. Ranger won bv a
length, with Hilarity second. The time
was 6:20. Mutuals paid $7 50.
London, July 14. —At the third Dixey
July meeting at Kempton Park to-day
the race for the Kempton Park July han
dicap was won by the Duke of Westmin
ster’s four-year-old chestnut colt Whip
perin, with Mr. Cumberland’s three-year
old chestnut colt Chenchy (late Pastry-
Cook) second and Col. Forester’s six
year-old brown horse Toastmaster third.
There were seventeen starters, including
J. R. Keene’s four-year-old bay colt
Golden Gate and Lord Rossin«re’s' (for
merly Lorillard’s) five-year-old bay geld
ing Passaic.
APACHES ON THE WAR PATH.
Crook's Straggling Foes Upto their Old
Tricks.
Toombstone, Arizona, July 14. —Re-
ports from Sonora,Mexico, are to the effect
that Apaches are raiding the districts of
Montezuma and Zan Pasepa, committing
murders and stealing cattle. A special
from Aposura states that a band of 20 sav
ages attacked hacienda Pasepa six miles
south of Aposura, and killed three men.
Colonel Bandola started in pursuit of the
Indians with thirty Mexican troops. He
found the bodies of three men. It is
positively known that twelve men have
been murdered by the Apaches in the
neighborhood of Aposura since General
Crook took their families from the Sierra
Mad res.
Darien Items.
Darien, Ga., July 12.—1 n the foot race,
as announced for Monday last, between
Messrs. I. H. Aiken and Axson Way, dis
tance one hundred, yards. Mr. Aiken came
out about fifteen feet ahead. Races were
also run between Messrs. Ellis and Reli
han, the former winning, and Inssely and
Aiken, with Mr. Aiken victor for the sec
ond time. A large number of people wit
nessed the contest with great enthusiasm,
despite the heat and glare of weather at 93
degrees.
On Tuesday night fire broke out between
12 and 1 o’clock in a small wooden build
ing lately occupied as a cobbler's shop,
on Broad street, opposite J. K. Clarke &
Co.’s. It was totally destroyed.
Services will be suspended at the Pres
byterian church in town while the minis
ter makes a short trip to rest ’mid other
scenes. This will give St. Andrew’s a
better congregation until the time comes
tor the rector of that churcn too to have a
little change.
The way is opening for our railroad at
last, and help will come from Savannah
and Brunswick and everywhere round
about us. The demand in' the west for
Georgia timber, necessitates the building
of- a rapid and direct means for exchang
, ing the golden treasures. A’ellow pine for
yellow ore! Patience will be rewarded
—the patience of fortv wars standing.
H. S. B.
The Telegraphist Caught.
New Haven. Conn., July 14.—Tele
graph operator Welch, whose’ negligence
caused the recent collision on the New
Y’ork and New England Road at Plain
ville. by which several persons were
killed, lias been captured and put under
arrest at Southington, Conn. He has
been held in $2,500 bail for trial for crimi
nal carelessness.
A Disabled Steamer Returns.
New York. July 14.—The German
steamer Main, for Bremen, which sailed
this evening, just after clearing the bar at
4:40 o’clock this evening, broke her main
shaft and is returning to port.
A CHAPTER ON MELONS.
Profits of the Melon Growers of Quit
man.
Quitman. Ga., July 14.—Our town has
been all astir this week. The loading of
twenty to thirty cars of melons per day
makes an interesting sight at the depot.
As near as I can estimate it, Quitman
depot will, this week, ship over 125.(00
melons. There is no place in the South
from which so many fine melons will tie
shipped this season as Quitman.
To-day one week ago a grand water
melon cutting took place in the Court
House Park, witnessed by three or four
hundred people. Three prizes were ottered
by the railroad and commission men. The
prizes were.tirst.a prize of $2 50 each for the
two largest melons: second, a prize ot $6
for the best melon of forty pounds weight,
or over: third prize for the second best
melon over forty pounds, $4 50.
Mr. Tarver, of Macon, was elected
Chairman, and Mr. Shellnan, of the Cen
tral Railway, Secretarv, The Chair ap
pointed Major Bellamy, Mr. J. T. Perdue
ami Mr. Wm. Haddock as the committee
ot judges. Melons under forty pounde
were not allowed to be entered. ’ The dis
play was interesting.
The first prize was won by Messrs. E. J.
and J. M. 5 oung, with a melon weighing
46 pounds and 15 ounces. Their contest
ant was Mr. C. M . Duncan, whose melon
weighed 46 pounds and 6 ounces.
The second prize for best melon went
to C. W. Duncan.
The third prize for the second best
melon went to C. R. Denmark.
Melons were then served to the crowd
and everybody got plenty.
Quitman depot alone will ship enough
melons this season to net the growers a
profit of $40,000.
The Georgia railroads will get nearlv
that amount in freights.
That the melon business is a success is
greatly due to Messrs. Jelks, Brown A
Co., of Cincinnati, Ohio.
The Messrs. Jelks are Georgia men
from Hawkinsville, and well known to
the mercantile world.
A very handsome couple were made
happy to-day in the Ordinary’s office.
Mr. George llarby and Miss Leila Griffin,
ot Greenville, Florida, were united in the
holy bonds of by Judge Jones,
who wound up his ceremony by saying,
“I pronounce you husband and wife in
the name of the Father, Son and Holv
Ghost, amen!” Miss Griffin’s guardian
objected to the marriage, and she went, a
tew days aso, on a visit to her uncle,
some fifteen miles below Greeirville, from
whence the happy couple eloped to
Georgia. Mr. llarby is a successful mer
chant at Greenville, and his beautiful
bride is an heiress, having about $25,000.
Dr. M. C. Wilkinson’s residence was a
day or two ago deetroyed by fire. Loss
$2,500; insurance SBOO. Denurry.
Wolford too Much for Fry.
National Republican,
At the close of the war old Wolford set
tled down in Eastern Kentucky and be
came a Democrat, and most of his men
did the same thing. When the Democrats
gave him the nomination for Congress
last fall, the Republican State Committee
sent General Speed Fry up into his dis
trict to counteract the influence of old
Wolford’s war record. Fry started off in
tending to remain in the district six
weeks and speak wherever Wolford did.
He was back in four days.
“What's the matter,’ General?” asked
the Chairman in surprise, as he stalked
in, black as a thunder cloud.
“Matter! Why, matter enough. If you
want a man to go into the Eleventh dis
trict to talk against that old scoun-
drel Wolford you will have to find some
body besides me. I'm done. When I
agreed to stump the district I suppossed
I would have sensible men to talk to;
instead I find them all a lot of fools
and liars and scoundrels.”
“Didn’t they' treat you right?”
“Treat me right! Oh, yes, they treated
me right. They treated me like a prince.
When I reached the first town old Wol
ford met me with a cordial welcome and,
to my surprise, he gave the opening and
closing of the joint discussion. I spoke
for one hour and a half on national issues
—the tarifl, finances and the standing of
the parties—and dwelt with special em
phasis on the magnanimitv shown by the
Federal Government in its treatment of
the Confederates at the close of the war.
About half of my audience had served in
the Confederate army, and I saw that 1
was producing a good impression.
“Now, what do you suppose that old I
hooknosed rascal of a Wolford did? Why
he got up and began talking, never pay- j
ing the slightest attention to what I had
said on national issues, but after a brief
introduction took up my good-will plea.
“Don’t you believe a word Gen. Fry has
told you about the magnanimity of the
Federal Government and the Republican
party,” he shrieked. “Its a lie. What
did they do with General Lee after the
surrender of Appomattox? Why they
took him out and hung him right between
the lines in plain v ”
“ ‘Hold on,’ I shouted, ‘that is not true,
General Wolford, you know you are per
verting facts.’
“Instantly two or three of theold Second
Cavalry boys sprang to their feet, and
swore that they had been on the ground
and seen General Lee hung, one of them
remarking with a swagger that if any
body questioned the statement he would
have to chew on the barrel of a six
shooter.
“ ‘What did they do with Jeff Davis af
ter he had surrendered?’ continued old
Wolford. ‘Why, they tied 1,800 pounds of
iron to his legs, threw him into a dun
geon and starved him out for eight months
and then took him out and hung him.
That’s what they did with him. A—
of a magnanimous government that.’
“I interrupted to say that Jeff Davis
was alive now and healthy, but two or
three Second Cavalry liars stood up and |
swore they had seen him hung, and that
if anv man disputed it they would make I
him eat his words or six inches of cold !
steel. And there the old scoundrel
stood, hanging Alex. Stephens, Long
street, Joe Johnston, Hampton, and
every Confederate of prominence he
could think of, and proving what he said
by eye witnesses from the Second Ken- I
tucky Cavalry. What show did I have
in talking to such a crowd of Ananiases
as that? I quit then and there. If you
ever get me up there in those mountains
again you may shoot me.”
Conquering the Misplaced Switch.
A’orwtcA (Conn.,) Bulletin.
Mr. Daniel McCarty, of the New London
Northern Railroad, one of the best section
masters in this part of the country, has
just invented a switch which does’a way
with the > shaped frog, lessening the
chances for an accident where the main
tracks and side tracks meet, and forever
abating the danger of a misplaced switch.
By his invention the main line of track
is made continuous, and the switching
is done by moving the side rails up to the
main line, which they overlap with a lip.
and. as they are slightly higher, easiiv
take a train off. The ends of the side
track are set upon a hinge or pivot, and
are held in in place bv a strong spring,
which will yield only to the flange of the
wheels of a train passing on the main
line. Hence, if the switch is left on, the
rapidly passing train in the opposite di
rection does not shoot off the track, but
keeps the line, the side track yielding auto
matically as the train passes. One ot the
new switches has been manufactured and
thoroughly tried at Palmer, and it works
to a charm. It is so simple in construc
tion and works so perfectly that one
wonders that this was not the first in
vention for switching trains instead of
the last.
Kellogg’s Case Again Postponed.
Washington. July 14.—The decision
of the pleas of abatement in the case of
ex-Senator Kellogg, indicted for receiving
money while Senator, for services in rela
tion to contracts with the United States,
was to-day postponed until Wednesday.
England and the A atican.
Rome. July 14. —Cardinal Howard has
left here for England. It is said that his
mission is to ascertain the tendency of
the views ot the English Government in
regard to founding diplomatic relations be
tween England and the Vatican.
Eagles Stuffed with Fraud.
Washington, July 14.—Information
has been received at the Treasury De
partment that •'tilled" twenty dollar gold
pieces have appeared in Tennessee and
other parts ot the South.
. William McNulty, alias Johnny Steele,
more widely known as Coal Oil'Johnny
than by either of those names, has reap
peared in the oil regions of Pennsylvania,
He has found, here and there, recovera
ble bits of his recklessly squandered mil
lions, and the money thus obtained sup
ports him fairly, and he is hopefully
prospecting for coal and iron. He as
. serts that he knows more than he used to,
i but the access of knowledge is not appar
■ ent. except that he has learned to write bis
i name.
APPLYING THE NEW ACT.
FOLGER TELLS HOW TO TAX
UNENUMERATED ARTICLES.
The Highest Rate of Duty Not Always
to be Applied—The Circular of Partic
ular Reference to Manufacturers of
Flax—The Communication Very Im
portant.
M ashington, July 14.—The Treasury
Department has issued a circular to the
| customs officers which is regarded as im
portant in its explanations of the new
tarifl’act, where conflicting rates of duty
are found to lie applicable to the same ar
ticles. which has reference
particularly to duties on manufactures
of flax not enumerated in the new
tarifl act, is as follows: -The
following provisions are found in schedule
J, of the tarifl' act of March 3, 188.3:
Brown and bleached linens, ducks, can
vas, paddings, cottons, diapers, crash,
huekabacks.handkerehiefs, lawns,or other
manufactures of flax, lute or hemp, or of
which flax, jute or hemp shall be the
component material of chief value, not J
specially enumerated *r provided for in
this act, 35 percent, ad valorem; flax or 1
linen thread, twine and pack thread and
all manufactures of flax, or which flax
shall be the component material of chief
value, not specially enumerated or i
provided for in this act. 40 per cent, ad
valorem. For manufacturers of flax not
enumerated there would thus appear to
l>e two provisions, one fixing the rate ai
35 per cent, and the other at 40 jier cent,
ad valorem. The department holds that
the provision first cited was designed
more especially to embrace textile fabrics, !
and that all textile fabrics named therein i
and all others of the same general charae- |
ter are dutiable thereunder at 85 per cent.,
white manufactures not enumerated
in said act which assimilate to flax or
linen thread, twine and pack thread,
as well as those articles
themselves, are dutiable under
the provision last quoted at 40 percent.
This is in accordance with the. general
principles by which the tariff laws are
interpreted. Consistency must be given
to the various provisions’ of the tariff as
tar as practicable, and the provision in
section 2499 of said tariff—if two or
more rates of duty should be applicable
to anv imported article it should be i
classified for duty under the highest of
such rates—-is not to be applied where
in a case like the present consistent effect i
can otherwise be given to each of the '
two provisions which may appear to con- i
fliet.” !
COMPTROLLER LAWRENCE'S
DECISION.
Georgia’s Revolutionary Claim Held as
an Offset for Government Taxes.
Special Baltimore Sun % 12th,
All of the States which adhered to the '
Union paid their quota under the direct :
tax act of August 5, 1861, while the war I
was in progress, with the exception of
the States of Kansas and Missouri. Os
the States which, composed the Southern
Confederacy, Arkansas is the only one
against which no charge is carried on the
books of the Treasury on tliis account.
The amounts given below stand as bal
ances due the United States on account
of the direct tax levy of 1861, by the vari
ous States which are named: ’ Alabama
$529,313, Florida $77,522, Georgia $584,367,
Louisiana $385,886, Mississippi $413,084.
North Carolina $576,194, Soutli Carolina
$.363,570, Tennessee $669,498, Texas $355 -
106, Virginia $729,071.
On the third of March last an act was
passed by Congress appropriating $35,555 i
to refund to the State of Georgia certain
moneys advanced to the General Govern
ment during the revolutionary war. When
the State Agent applied at the Treasury
for the payment of the money the First
Comptroller decided that they could not re
ceive it,but that it should be a’pplied as part
offset to the claim of the United States
against the State on account of tfie direct
tax. The Georgia authorities demurred
to this, and the Governor of Georgia lias
deemed it of sufficient consequence to
send a special message on the subject to
the Legislature, and to inform that
body he has notified the Secretary
of the Treasury that the State
does not acquiesce in the
Treasury ruling. But as the Treasury
intends.to hold on to the money, the noti
fication of the Governor will not amount
to much. The First Comptroller to-day
furnished a very full statement of the rea
sons influencing his decision. He says he
finds on the books a balance certified as due
the United States by the State of Georgia
on account of the quota of direct taxes ap
portioned to said State by the act of Au
gust 5, 1861, and, as the said act provides
a special statutory mode of paying the
quota of tax apportioned to any State by
declaring that it “shall lie liable to be
paid by set-off of any liquidated and de
termined claim of such State against
the United States,” he could
not take any other course but
credit to the tax account the sum appro
priated in March, 1883, to pay the “liqui
dated and determined claim” lor ad
vances made by Georgia in 1777. The
Comptroller also mentioned the signifi
cant fact that the same rule which is now
applied to the State of Georgia has been ap
plied to the States ot Kansas, West Vir
ginia and Missouri. The Kansas case is i
very similar to that of Georgia. Congress '
by act of March 3, 188], appropriated
$190,268 for amount due the State of
Kansas for five percentum of the net pro
ceeds of sales of public lands in that State.
When the Kansas authorities came for
their money the First Comptroller handed
them a bill for $62,382 balance due on ac- I
count of the direct tax of 1861, and in- l
formed them it must be deducted from >
the $190,268. The Governor of Kansas be
came very indignant, just as the Gover
nor of Georgia is now. He denied, as the
Governorof Georgia denies, that the State
had ever assumed the payment of the
taxes, and notified the Secretary of the
Treasury, as the Governor of Georgia
has, that the State would not consent to
the proposed set-off. But the First Comp
troller deducted the money all the same
and filed his opinion, with the naive re
mark that “the refusal of the State of
Kansas to consent to a set-off in satisfac
tion of its debt to the United States
does not affect the right and duty
of the Comptroller to make it.” The
Attorney General in a formal opinion sus
tained the action of the First Coin ptroller,
but said that the authorities of the State
of Kansas could go to the Court of Claims
and seek the recovery of the amount
withheld if so disposed.’ But Kansas ac
quiesced and went neither to Congress
nor to the Court of Claims. The First
< omptroller says Georgia, if dissatisfied,
has the same remedy which was pointed
out to Kansas. So far as the Treasury is
concerned the same rule which has been
applied to Kansas, Missouri, West Vir
ginia and now Georgia, will be applied un
der similar circumstances to ail other
States which are debtors on account of
the direct tax ot 1861.
Governor Kirkwood’s Poaition.
New York Trilrune.
Ex-Governor Kirkwood, of lowa, says
that he cannot support on the stump or
vote for the Republican nominee tor
Supreme Judge. It is Mr. Kirkwood’s
opinion that Judge Day should have been
renominated, and that his defeat for
the reason that he voted against the
constitutionality of the prohibitory
amendment was a mistake. As
this decision to bolt part of the ticket
would embarrass him, it is doubtful if the
ex-Governor appears on the stump this
year. How large a number of Republi
cans will follow Mr. Kirkwood in his re
volt it is as yet too early to estimate. He
has had in past years a larger personal
following than any other man in lowa,
and if his popularity and influence still
continues, his action may result in de
feating the Republican candidate for Su
preme Judge.
In the Base Ball Arena.
Washington. July 14.—Games of base
ball were played to-day as follows:
At St. Louis—St. Louis 8; Columbus 7.
At New Y'ork—Atiantas 7; Kevstoness.
At Buffalo—New Yorks 11; Buffalos 8.
At Chicago—Providences 3; Chicagos 4.
At Detroit—Detroits 5; Bostons 2.
At Cleveland —Clevelands 9; Philadel
phian 2.
At Cincinnati—Cincinnatis 9; Eclipses
3.
At Pittsburg—Atlantics 3; Alleghenys
At Baltimore—Baltimores 3; Metropoli
tans 2.
At Reading—Actives, 10; Brooklyns, 5.
Prussia’s Strategic Kailways.
Berlin, Julv 14.—Gen. Bronsart Von
, Schellendorff, Minister of War. has been
inspecting the fortresses on the Eastern
frontier, and has drawn up a report ad
vocating the extension of strategic rail
ways in East Prussia on a large scale.
Crete Ready to Revolt.
London, July 14.—Affairs in Crete,
owing to the resistance of the people to
Ithe payment of taxes, are very grave, and
committees are being iorm’ed through
the island to resist illegal measures of the
Porte. An outbreak is expected.
SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS.
A PILGRIMAGE TO GREYSTONE.
Another Believer who Has Made the Re
turn Trip to the Democratic Mecca.
Western Paper.
I own that as I rang the bell at Grey
stone I felt some compunctions of con
science at thus disturbing the rest of a
dying old man, but as I had come all the
way to New York on business connected
with the exposition I could not go awav
without bidding the venerable statesman
lying at death's door a last farewell.
Judge my surprise, then, when Mr. Til
den himself opened the door to answer
my timid ring. I looked at him in speech
less amazement as he stood liefore me a
physical and intellectual giant, nor did I
recover my self-possession until in a thun
derous shout that startled the sparrows
in the park, he roared: “Henry, old boy,
how does she boom?” at the same time
slapping his brawny hand on my shoulder
with such force that the clavicle was frac
tured and the scapula split from the cor
acoid process to the inferior angle. Ruddy
with the glow ol perfect health were his
round cheeks, and when he laughed I saw
that he had not an unsound tooth in his
head. We talked of everything in the
world except politics. He’ wrote a beau
tiful little Greek poem, while we chatted
about the dogs of Hymettus and the
horses of Diogenes and Chiron, the scenter
and other classical subjects. We went
over the house, which is being newly kal
somined from garret to cellar, the lavish
outlay of money being guided by the most
faultless taste in the mixture of the kal
somine. The house is nine stories high,
and when 1 grew weary on the fourth
floor Mr. Tilden todk mein his arms and
carried me the rest of the distance as
though I had been a baby. It is a plav
ful way the old giant has of tiring out his
visitors.
His hair is long, curling and raven
black, and there is not a wrinkle in his
face, not a furrow on his brow. He is
passionately tond of bicycling and rides
as far as fifteen miles aday. His favorite
bicycle lie keeps in a roon'i adjoining his
own and feeds it with his hands. Hesings
superbly and lias a childish way of run
ning to the piano to dash off some spark
ling little improvisations, as interludes
the c mversation. As I looked at him 1
could not belli saying:
“Mr. Tilden, you liear your age remark
able well; can it be possible that you are
really forty-one?"
He shook his head with a semi-mourn
ful inflection and said:
“All, my dear boy, time is relentless. I
shall be 48 years old next December.”
Had 1 not received the assurance from
his own lips I could not have believed it.
When 1 left him he insisted on shoulder
ing my trunk and carrying it to the sta
tion. As I pressed his hand at parting 1
said to him:
“Mr. Tilden, if the next Democratic
National Convention should follow its
own wishes and the earnest desire of the
American people and nominate you for
President, would you accept tlie nomina
tion ?”
He squeezed my hand in his mighty
grasp until the blood oozed out under my
finger nails and shouted:
“Would 1?”
Then he slapped his hands together
like a clap of thunder, and sprang straight
up into the air. 1 watched his vanishing
form as it disappeared behind the clouds
without a fear, knowing well that the
athlete would come down at Greyetone.
And as his figure passed out of sight a
voice fell like a failing star:
“Would a duck swim?”
MAMIE ON HER MUSCLE.
A Young Lady with a Pistol and a
Bowie Knife Causes Consternation in
the Navy Department.
Washinyron Special Courier-Journal, 11th.
The upper corridors of the Naw De
partment were thrown into a state of
high excitement this afternoon by the ap
pearance in them of a very pretty voting
girl named Mamie Roe, who resides on
Thirteenth and I streets, N. W. She wore
a wide belt, in which were displayed sig
nificantly a large pistol and a Bowie
knife. “I am looking for a clerk in this
building,” she said, “and if I find the
villain I will kill him on sight.” She
showed determination, and was anxious
to find the individual whose name
see would not divulge. After roaming
about like a blood-thirsty Apache Indian
on the war path, Mamie was finally taken
in hand by Mr. Alexander Abrahams, a
clerk in the State Department, who finally
induced her to give up the knife and pis
tol and leave the building. She left un
der protest, vowing to kill the clerk or
perish in the attempt. Miss Roe is quite
a handsome blonde of rather short stat
ure, has a bright and flashing eye and
dresses very well. The Navy Department
clerks are all on the qwt vine to find out
who the lamb is that Miss Roe wants to
slaughter.
A Prodigious Family.
Barcelona (Spain) Corr. Parix L'Etenement.
There has just arrived in our country
an old man of ninety-three years, a na
tive of Galicia, which he left seventy
two years ago to seek his fortune In
America.
This venerable nonagenarian, whose
name is Lucas Negreiras Paez, is ac
companied by a little family composed of:
Sixteen daughters, of whom 6 are
widows, 9 wives and 1 unmarried.
Twenty-three sons, of whom 4 are wid
owers, 13 married, 9 unmarried.
Thirty-four granddaughters, of whom 3
are widows, 22 married, and 9 unmarried.
Forty-seven grandsons, of whom 4 are
widowers, 26 married, and 17 unmarried.
Forty-five great-granddaughters, of
whom 2 are married, and 27 single.
Thirty-nine great grandsons, all single.
Three great-great-granddaughters.
Seventy-two sons-in-law and daughters
in-law.
A total of 279 persons.
This good great-great-grandfather was
three times married, and had by his three
wives 37 children, the last of whom was
born in Boston in 1864, when Paez was 64
years of age.
His first born child is now 70 years old.
He has had 17 children, the oldest of whom
is 47, and is therefore 28 years older thaS
his uncle, the last child of his grand
father.
Don Lucas Negreiras Paez is quite
rich, having amassed considerable money
in the leather trade at Boston. The busi
ness is still conducted by some members
of the family—which includes doctors,
lawyers, engineers, druggists, merchants,
etc. The ship upon which he came to
Europe belongs to him, and was com
manded by his own grandson, who is a
Captain.
The old man is quite strong and in ex
cellent health. Every day he takes two
hours' gymnastic exercise, walks for two
hours, and himself educates the children
ofhis grandchildren. He has never drank
wine or spirits. He does not smoke. He
proposes to end bis days in Galicia. He
is now at Madrid, where he will shortly
be presented to the King.
Knew Her Failing.
Wall Street Daily Neicn.
“So, Mary, you are going to leave me
to take service with Mrs. De Vere?”
“Yes, ma’am, but you see she pays me i
more wages.”
“I suppose so; and I suppose your mind |
is made up to go. Mary, I want to make
you a present before you go.”
“Please don’t, ma'am.”
“Why, what do you mean?”
“I mean, ma’am, that Mrs. De Vere
will want to know the cost of your parlor
curtains, the number of your servants,
and the name of your dressmaker.”
“And suppsse 'shedoes?”
“Why. I’ll have to tell her, and as much
more as I can think of. It’s mv failing,
and if you give me your old back silk not
to tell, and she gives me a', new $7 hat to
pump out all I know, I feel that I shall
lean towards the hat.”
Mary is allowed to go, and Mrs. Eras
tus thanks her stars that the girl never
knew that her diamonds were paste or
the furniture mortgaged.
Avenging the C'lingan Murder.
Des MoiNKs, lowa, July 14.—News
has just teen received that one of the
murderers of Polk City has teen killed at
Elkhorn Grove, Shelby county. The man
killed confessed that he killed Ciingan,
and also Mayor Stubbs, a year ago.
The other murderer has been 'captured,
and is in charge of Sheriff Littleton, of
Polk county.
Religion in the Schools.
Buenos Ayres, July 14.—The Cham
j ter of National Deputies are having
i stormy debates on the subject of religious
I teaching in the public schools, which is
now the principal topic of discussion.
The literals are in the majority. The
I Catholics are seeking signatures to ape
; tition to be presented to Congress.
Feather Weights Fight Seven Rounds.
New York, July 14.—A prize fight oc-
I curred at Fort Hamilton this morning
between Harry Street, of New York, and
j Morris Murphy, of England, two feather
I weights. Seven hard rounds were fought,
i when Street was declared the victor. The
i tight was with bard gloves for a purse of
GOSSIP FROM GOTHAM.
MIDSUMMER FKUUI4ARITIES OF
THE METROPOLIS.
New Yorkers who See Nothing of New-
York—Central Park the Pleasure
Ground of the Rich—Roscoe Conkling
and Mrs. Sprague—The Brooklyn p o .
lice Outwitted.
Regular Correepandence Sunday Telegram.
New York, July 12.—Clark Russell, in
his last novel, the “Sea Queen,” tells of
cockneys who wouldn’t, live out of Lon
don for the world, and yet art* strangers
to the sights for which the British capital
is famous. They badge so far from their
offices that the time-uot spent in sleeping
and working is occupied in passing from
where they sleep to where they work.
And yet they consider themselves fortu
nate in living “in town,” and pity those
who do not,
Mr. Russell could have said as mueh
for many New Yorkers. There are thou
sands of men living beyond the Harlem
river who spend from two to three hours
a day in going and returning from their
houses to their places of business, and
who, consequently, see less of what is
worth seeing in New York than a visitor
to the city does in a week. They live so
far from the theatres that they do not en
joy any acting more than once or twice a
year, rightly considering the play not to be
worth the candle; and they have only
seen the obelisk from a distance, as they
passed Central Park in one or the'other
the elevated railways. J
Central Park, indeed, is the park
of the rich, and not of the
poor. It is so distant from the
tenement quarters in the lower partof the
city, that comparatively few persons liv
ing therein visit ft more than once or
twice a year. Os course, on any tine Sun
day you will find tens of thousands of peo
ple in the park, but, of the less prosper
ous, you will seldom see the same faces,
while you will find the “carriage folk"
there every day.
To illustrate how seldom a person in
humble circumstances visits Central
Park, let me tell you of the experience oi
my laundress: She lives in West Twenty
ninth street, within a mile and a quarter
from the park, and, consequently, is
nearer by from two to three miles than a
quarter of a million other New Yorkers
in her condition of life—that is, no better
off than she is. About three years ago
she made her tirst visit to the park in
twenty years! As her pocket was picked
of S3O when she got there, it is not likelv
that the visit will lie repeated for another
double decade. You may ask why she
carried so much money to a crowded re
sort abounding in pickjiockets.
planation illustrates King Solomon's dieT"*” -
turn that the destruction of the poor is
their poverty. She had no time to put the
S3O in a bank, and she was afraid to leave
it behind in her tenement lodging lest its
unguarded defenses should be forced ami
the money stolen.
Eels, they say, get so accustomed to be
ing skinned that they rather like it.
I know of a dressmaker, living to be
sure in one of the better class tenements,
who actually dislikes the country. Last,
summer, she spent three days, tilling a
professional engagement in ’ a country
house on the Hudson, where she was
treated with great consideration, and
was taken out driving each afternoon.
She said that she cried with homesickness
m arly all the time she was there, and
came away before her work was finished,
because she could stay away from New
York no longer! Think of its being a
penance to be in the country in place of
New York in midsummer!
The heat of last week, however, must
have convinced the laundress who will
not take the trouble to walk a mile to
spend an evening in Central Park, and
the dressmaker who is homesick in the
country, that tenements are not desirable
habitations in July. It was so intense
that the Virginia cadets on one dav de
clared themselves unable to do any sight
seeing, as they were not accustomed to
such a high temperature, and, had it con
tinued, the daily death rate, whieh had
more than doubled, would have assumed
the proportions of a pestilence. The cool
weather of Sunday, however, which saved
hundreds of lives, caused the loss of
thousands of dollars to the Coney Island
and Rockaway hotel keepers, as the rain
kept away the myriads ol visitors for
which they had made such elaborate
preparation.
Another illustration oi how one man’s
loss is another’s gain is afforded by the
experience of Detective Tessaro, who
sailed on Saturday for Italy, having in
charge Pietro Eduardo Martiningo. a
cashier that had robbed the Subalpine
Bank of Turin of $1«O,(KX). Tessaro cried
with joy when he was told that he was to
go to Italy, for he will now be able to once
more see his old mother w hom he left be
hind him when he emigrated twenty-six
years ago. As the Turin bank directors
had to pay SIOO,OOO in order to bring mother
and son together. Tessaro’s trip is an ex
pensive one for them.
Ex-Senator Conkling’s recent appear
ance in court calls to mind the disregard for
public opinion shown by him and Mrs.
Sprague. At last accounts he had rooms
at No. 3 West Twenty-ninth street, while
she lived at No. 10—exactly opposite—and
the ex-statesman is said to lie in the habit
of crossing the street to call on his oppo
site neighbor at all hours. He was often
seen, too, at theatres and other public
places with her. Those who know Mrs.
< onkling, the fair and stately sister of Ex-
Governor Seymour, wonder'at her hus
band’s infatuation for a woman who is
her inferior in jiersonal api>earance as
well as in everything else.
The New York police have succeeded in
putting their Brooklyn brethren to shame .
tin February 17 two detectives came
over here to arrest a desperado, who had
committed a burglary in Brooklyn, named
Hovan. They found him early in the
evening at Sixty-sixth street and 'Third
avenue. In place of being captured he
shot down both hie would-be captors and
escaped to Pennsylvania, where he was
subsequently arrested for another bur
glary and sentenced to three years impris
onment in the Western penitentiary.
The wounded detectives, who were not
badly hurt, since their recovery have been
scouring the country in search of their
assailant, and, no longer ago than Tues
day, showed their ignorance of his
whereabouts by visiting the burglar, who.
on Monday, shot two Jersey City police
men, and was in turn shot by them in the
hope of identifying him as Hovan. Now,
police etiquette required them to secure
the co-operation of the New York police
when they attempted to make the arrest
which resulted in their being shot. You
can imagine, then, Inspector Byrne’s
malicious satisfaction, when, nearly
three months ago, he ascertained that
Hovan was securely under lock and key
while the Brooklyn police were looking
high and low for him. He secured the
publication of his superior knowledge in
to-day’s paj»ers, and there is wholesale
swearing Is-ing done in consequence in
the City of Churches.
The Inspector, by the wav, never took
any steps to arrest the principals in the
alleged duel between the editor of ihe
Sifting and bis friend the sculptor,
considering it a huge hoax for advertising
purposes. y. p>.
Married in a Great Hurry.
St. Lemin Pont- Dlnpatck.
“The quickest courtship on record,”
said one old resident, “was that of Dr.
Nick McDowell, who, driving along the
street in his buggy one day, saw a beau
tiful girl standing at the window. He
immediately stopped and hitched hie
horse, rang the bell, inquired the
lady s name, was ushered into the par
lor. announced his own name, said
he was "pleased with her appearance and
wished to marry her at once.’ Nothing
but the knowledge that she was actually
in the presence of the celebrated physi
cian kept her from fainting. To her plea
of surprise at this unexpected announce
ment, he only replied, ‘Now or never.’
" hen she asked to ’take a week to con
sider,’ he said, ‘I am going down street to
attend a critical case, and have no time
to spare right now.’
•“Give me a day, then?
“ ‘l’ll tell you what I’ll do. When I
J“ rou 4fh with this professional visit
lil drive around and get a preacher. If
you’ve made up your mind to marry me
by that time, all right!’ and he left her
breathless and unable to articulate
another word. When he returned they
were quietly married. ‘No cards.’ ”
England's New Minister to Mexico.
Cn y or- Mexico, July 14. —Sir iipenoer
st. John, the British Minister, arrived
i here yesterday and was met at the station
by many prominent Englishmen. He will
present his credentials Tuesday.
A Sign of Clvilizatioa.
Bi ENOS Ayres, July 14.—8 y a colli
sion between working trains atLal’latte
station twe persons were killed and four
oadly hurt,fourteen slightlv wounded and
seyeral wagons destroyed. ’