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K srtBLISH£D 1850. I
| -riLt. Editor and Proprietor, i
-rvvs IN THREE STATES.
, , x , |ORIDA AXD SOUTH
i |\A PVT Ilf TYPE.
I ..j • itive Cotton Factory—
. Finances—A Cedar
* "u • i. • r 'fntcnCKl for Life—
v .*t i Madison—<uarrel
( gsters Fire their Ances
tlOMU.
eccs at AmerieusVfed
;Tin*ry of Twiggs county.
ranges were shipped to
ltoonev. Postmaster at
V -inee ISBS.
-> -t of .Jefferson aggre
r it counts up $128,150. j
burglars who have i
.. at t enters have been
-cli-sv) bonds on tb 17th ]
>ut two were for the
. Mavorof Monte- i
* <•' were refilled with
white child was found j
in the hollow pier of a J
- been sown in Hall j
:ie season before, and
rou*.
i -lation between Me- j
- iff has Iwn changed
r ( offee county, has in
• ;, d *>ne man has caught
ith it this season.
n moistened by a drop
M ater gins have all
a con sentence cotton is
r- of the '\irr°lt Free
rr lit. u. and the Ac
..r give renewed evi
ucs of their editors.
' origin in the barroom
. at Gainesville. gave the
and resulted m heavy
DuPre's stock, of goods.
- ihai there ;re a large
j iin t off, e county that
I ■-nt ot tax. because no one
them to the Tax Receiver,
arefni consideration and
.rand jur\ has returned
II i Jones aud Jim i*o|ie for
< mth Austin, the Columbus
ig.ethorp.- lias, w ttiiin two
I, wife and two children.
r-g—even Ills wife's bed—and
[ unknown, accompanied by his
Mp, proprietor ..f the Pioneer
<ad foundry at Covington, has
enty-five bands, all thrown out
i ~nt Mr. Camp expects to rc-
Kirk. a white man living near e-
Md 1 sentenced to life imprison
ing in ambush and fatally shooting
j had seduced, and with whom lie
—and stables of i harlie Alston,
• ic. were totll> destroyed by
night, together with a very
com and fodder, and three or
dton. with -evera! hundre'l
-red. The lire is said to
. -k of an incendiary.
i • -ays: “The w.*od<
by a train a few hundred
i-l Wednesday about 12
a lime it threatened Air.
-n an'! negro house*, but
. . ut cn masse, ami after a
- Siting it as stopped.”
s>s: “ After conference
! • gentlemen will visit
>.c! ■ x mime its working,
arid start the work of our
There arr ten gentlemen in
•tart th- glove with SIOO,OOO
- w ill 1h- a guarantee of
i front the |>eople of our
says: "Ed. Spinks,
.-e I*-longing to Ilarroid
<• me Presbvterian church.
! were "ir at work, leaving
•a. Two of the children
*whipped. In his rage
• g of lu> brother Itang
r< :n. and the house and
v-ept the children, was
i prints a cora
} H i. Harwood, Chairman
I mmilU-e. and another
i on the financial condi
- fhown that the citv
to pay the $2-fi"o which
" timuaby to the < Allege
' rawfor,, finds the germ of
■ tc of affairs, and calls
iimicipal management.
•i a ■ says: “Connett,
j killed his wife in Atlanta
' n to Madison, when' he
her ami brother-in
'> . a respected contractor
■.-. mission of the deed.
As-ante with Cornett, who
• printer authorities,
i ' . l.artrelf to defend him.
r-i and. will be insanity.”
••••orge Miller entered G.
-■ ■ rM> l 'uough last week
- * the family and stole
•i v. When approached
the Shi ft he confessed, but
111 co, gambling, lie was
M<dkouough ami h-lgcd
- he was arraigned lie
- n the charge of larceny
was convicted and sen-
■' ' says: "Some two
•'jroes, Cmb Henderson
*ne involved in a ■ Jtrti
k bridge. and the former
’.he latter. Caleb jumped the
! harts. an<l a few weeks
I Last Tuesday the
Uka, Ala., arratel Caleb
Dcputr Sheriff John
Henry rountr. who went anil
k for trial. There was a re
' r hi# anv-t, ami we learn, the
dispute about the division of
It is to be hoped it wilt lie settled
ha* ilist been published in the
• .• •..* which was written
v‘4. by Wilson Lumpkin, Esp,
town and county iu this >t:u>
w hich he tells ho w he decided
•lie present site of Atlanta the
Vtlantie and Western Itail
iid was owned by Samuel
'*<ke rounly. lie woiild not re
nd donated 4ve acres, w hich
■ Engineer Charles F.
,„j Hut tot a feeling that
, ’ *v 'ntageof thegentle
, '* . would hate tieen
Vtn iir,t cat.’** 1 Marlliss
, Mr. I.umpLm's daug. V '“' r * now
!on, of Atlanta. Th.' “ ams
tiy changed by the Legtsla. *****
r roams.
r Ivey.of Live Oak. is dead.
V in -mt. living near Elberton. is
e, of Taiiahassee, has planted
f land in beets.
r.uuard’* residence was burned
• ‘range last week,
in * Ferrell. uf la-on countv, have
1 Mash's island, in Wakulla county.
• •r> Ann Phillip*, wife of Rev. >. K.
died at the Methodist parsonage in
y recently.
antic House near Daytona is to
** worth of new furniture, and all
■ - this season,
•... of Levy county, has a copy
•i/. a newspaper issued at
• >s*k countv. (is., bv X. S. S.
*■ .1 ni.,.. tvs*
'■} had only two case* on the
vet of that county lasi week
.mm was for larceny,
othrr a civ and case.
ix'eurred at Daytona on
: w hich the following parties
njured otherwise: Messrs.
. John Kckmon and I>avid
Tnilty, Superintendent of the
s 1 -la i irange Company, and
•i 1 W. 11. Davis, late of New
*'*- purchased thirty tine build
:rn and wife, who are trying
I’ve .f cost on the man's rep
- th rrespomient of
’: pa|>er*, is pronounced a
the papers which he claims to
./•says: “Report reaches
■ asastness at Kissimmee, on
•i which two brothers named
led quite aeriously from
The itiSeullv seems to have
•! too uiuch whisky. A man
. One .if the
>i through the shoulder, the
irespontlent ef the Live Oak
■ 1 iver Jenkins, a pauper, who
la • ff* - ng w itli at ulcerated foot.
i.. i off with i a old Spanish
• an :-aw, last Wednesday,
f 1-ake City. The doctor be
nny the operation, and aban
- ton as he could throw the
i- i-'or fellow suffered terribly
eouid be called from Bran
■ ami recut and dressed the
- ■> s', dl m a crmcal condition,
utenained f„r his recovery.’’
j. sOtTU CAUOLIKa.
K •’ "y of Uie pemtentiarr for the
‘ i **> been 113,000.
* v Varoliua Methodist Conference
*iiniler. December 11.
*' Oconee,made eighty
' 'f fine syrup on less than a
' . .. - ; re. and 100 bushels of potatoes
. ■ ■* i * kaif an acre.
' of Greenville have determined
■intent to the Confederate dead
la *y and will give an entertain
■ k in aid of the project.
Iraaidt says that the prohi
v '• Barnwell county will receive
"* of the entire delegation from
when it cme* before the legtsla
■i < nvention. of South Carolina,
lUfostiny meeting in Charleston
* _ * hey held their second centennial
*****occasion interesting ad
n made.
Wte j§tiimmtlt JHarning Mma.
The sumter Matchman complains that some
of the insurance men sent to Sumter to ad
lust the losses caused by the recent fire re
ported to considerable sharp practices in the
settlement of the claims.
John Davidson, near Martinsville, has been
living at the same place as a tenant since 1815,
nearly 40 years. The land on which he lives
has changed hands several times during his
tenancy, but he holds on.
Henry Carson, of Greenville, tried to run
away with Mis3 1.. Beattie, of that place, on
Monday, on matrimony bent, when tney were
captured by the young ladv’s irate parents.
But “Love laughs at locksmiths.”
>ix or seven negroes, three of them women,
believed to lie the perpetrator- of the Whittle
robbery, nine miles below Edgefield Court
House, or moreor less connected with it, were
caught last week and lodged in jail at Edge
field.
Recently a meeting of citizens was held at
Beech Island for the purpose of considering
the feasibility of anew road leading to
-Augusta, and also the establishment of a free
bridge across the Savannah river at a lwint
near Sand Bar Kerry.
The Kev. I). A. fox worth's gin house in
AA illiam-burg county was burned last week.
V new gin house, gin, press, grist mill, eleven
bales cotton, bagging and ties were burned.
A spark from the engine caused the fire. Loss
$1,500 and no insurance.
Five dwellings in AVinnslioro, a few days
ago, were entered by burglar* in one night,
and something stolen from each house. At
tempts were made to enter seven others,
but without success. The robberies are be
lieved to have been done by a gang ot tramps.
Several Charleston merchants and others
doing business in Charleston have, through
inadvertence and an ignorance of the postal
laws, been recently subjected to fines of $lO
for enclosing first class matter in mail matter
of a lower class. For instance the enclosing
of a bill in a liook is a violation of the law.
The Rock Hill Herald says that a colored
!*>>, named 1.-. m Sibley, while out hunting
la-t Saturday, lost iiis right eye in a very
singular manner. His gun had only one
barrel, and as he went to lire at something
the barrel jumped out of its place in the
-t-“-k. and.-iriking him in the eye. knocked
it out.
i Iterate Stitt and Monitor: “A difficulty oc
curred ou the mail hack a few nights ago be
tween Mr. John O'Brien, the former carrier,
and a couple of drummers. They alighted
from the hack to settle the matter, and the
carrier, having no time to lose with them, left
them in the road about six miles from town,
eonsnuenlly they were compelled to foot
it in.”
A grandchild of Moses Dunham, colored,
w - -mothered to death on Col. AV. R. Davie's
place, near Rock Hill, ou Saturday last. It
-eeins that a family was moving into a house
in w hich others were already living, and not
observing that the child was sleeping on a bed
in the building, someone of the persons mov
ing in laid a lot of goods on top of it. AA'heu
the mother finally went to the lied she uncov
ered the child and found that it was dead.
Miles McMahan, a negro thief, broke into
the store of s. J. Wilson, at Siinsonville,
Greenville county, last week, aud was so
badly wounded that he died of his wounds in
a short time. For some time AA'ilson has been
troubled with thieves who have broken into
hi- -tore and committed small robberies.
AA'ilson got tired of this, and set a gun with a
wire attached so that it would lire when the
window was entered. His plan succeeded
admirably, and McMahan, tlie colored bur
_-lar. was brought down at the first shot.
A BA HON SWIMiLEI).
flow the Dutch Syndicate ol the Max
well Laud Grant Company was Vic
timixed of I.urge Sutus of Money—Ke
solved Upon Revenge.
In ■ r i '■>/.) nil to Chicago I*re*s, .A'or. G.
Baron T. W. de Constant Rebecque,
who represents the Dutch syndicate of
the Maxwell Land Grant Company, and
who is a prominent banker and counsellor
of Amsterdam, passed through the city
yesterday en route for the East. He ft
was who caused the arrest of Frank H.
sherwin. the New Mexican cattle king
and son-in-law of ex-Governor Gilpin, of
Colorado, a few weeks ago, on the charge
of misappropriating about $04,000 of money
which rightfully belonged to the Dutch
company.
Sherwin was President of the company,
and the utmost confidence was reposed in
him. Baron Rebecque says that lie came
to this country to examine the affairs of
the company, and found that Sherwin had
robbed the syndicate of a large amount of
money. He had leased the gold and coal
min s on the grant to various parties,and,
in addition to this deal, from which he
was receiving a large revenue, he rented
timber lands, the proceeds of which were
also added to his income.
Not satisfied with this, the Baron says,
Sherwin obtained a lease from the Dutch
company for thirty years on tlie grazing
lands of the grant. As soon as the papers
were made out, which placed him in pos
session. Sherwin went to England and or
ganized a company for stock raising. He
received $1,000,000 and returned to this
country, lie may have received more
money! hut it not known positively
whether he did or riot.
Baron Rebecque, although knowing all
this, determined not to arrest Sherwin.
Ho resolved to buy Sherwin’s interest in
tin* grant, and paid nearly $750,000 for it.
He then asked Sherwin to make a settle
\ inent, but that gentleman refusing to do
so, his arrest followed. The Dutch Com
: panv are determined to prosecute Sher
win to the fullest extent of the law. It
; has resolved to keep him in the jail in
j New York, where he now is, until the
j trial, so that he may not escape from the
I clutches of the officers.
CATCH IXO A FARM IX A FLOOD.
\ Rocky >llll Site Converted Into Ten
Acres of Rich Farming Land.
(jnilforii (In-1.) Speinal, JTor. 19.
K. M. ltobinson was in town to-day to
buy a boiler and engine with which" to
run a small grist mill on the Whitewater,
a stream which empties into the Miami.
Mr. Robinson tells a queer story of the
loss of the water power by which the mill
was originally operated. The mill site
consisted of ten acres of stony land, whol
ly unproductive and ot no value except
as a site for a mill, the power being ob
tained from a large dam which was fed
by the Whitewater. The entire vallev
for miles, with the exception of these teii
barren acres, is a garden spot. The
soil is as tich as any in the Miami bot
toms.
"The recent rains.” said 31 r. Robinson,
“did great damage throughout Indiana.
After the flood receded we found that our
mill dam was tilled level full of rich soil
washed away from the farms above us.
There were, perhaps, three acres in the
dam. We had about seven acres of ‘stony
batter’ outside the dam, and this was also
••overed to the depth of from live to ten
feei" " ith the richest soil in the valley.
Vltogi'thw we were the gainers by tlie
flood to *b* extent of ten acres of good
farming land- If we had steam instead
of water to dri our machinery we would
laugh at our loss. This is the first time
1 ever heard of any one catching a farm
in a flood, but we hai’O caught one sure.
It is small, but no smaller than many
others in the valley that are making their
owners rich. Our ‘stony batter’ before the
high water was not worth over $l5O. Our
new ten acres are just as valuable for
truck farming as some lands that have
tieen sold there recently for S4OO an acre.”
Mr. Robinson believes his acquisition is
a permanent one. Such a freshet may not
occur again in that stream in a hundred
years, and if it should be repeated ho be
lieves his ten acres will, on account of
their location, gather much more soil than
they will lost 1 .
New York's Virtuous Society.
Correspondence Philadelphia Record,
1 understand that 31iss Ellen Terry is
rather disappointed that she has not seen
more of the society of New York ladies
since her arrival here. At a dinner some
few nights ago, where the wife of the host
was the onlv lady present, she did not
hesitate to express her disappointment at
having met so few New York ladies. I
have lieen furthermore told that 3lr. Irv
ing and Mr. Barrett, who were invited to
spend the day at a country place
near New York, wrote to inquire
if the ladies—meaning 3frs. Barrett
and Miss Terry—might accompany them,
and that the answer was that they* might
come, but that the ladies of the house
would not lie at home. This is rather
hard on 3lrs. Barrett, who is one of the
best of her sex—a woman as virtuous as
she is delightful.’ For my parti must say
that if I received Mr. Irving I would re
ceive 3liss Terry. I don't believe in mak
ing fish of one' and flesh of another. If
Miss Terry is not a person to receive into
one’s household, then neither -is Mr.
Irving, i know that the world looks dif
ferently at this sort of thing, and I think
in ordinary cases that it is well that
it does, but it seems to me iu
this particular instance where both
parties are before the public and are
equally talented, and are sought alter
lor the" same reasons, that as much clem
ency should be shown to the woman as to
the man. To be sure. Miss Terry has had
a good many husbands, all of whom are
living, I believe. I believe there are four
of them. But some women have a genius
for husbands, and I suppose she is one of
them. Her first husband was the famous
English portrait painter. Watts, who, I
believe, has been knighted for his artistic
attainments; but there was a divorce and
Miss Terry married again. 1 believe that
she found Mr. AVatts father slow-going for
her tastes, and that she was rather gay
and festive for his old-fashioned ideas. 1
can’t help thinking what a capital wife
she would make under ordinary circum
stances for an artist, as she is so ex
tremely picturesque.
NEIYRY STILL IN TURMOIL
NO GENERAL OUTBREAK. BUT
ROCKS FREELY' USED.
Several Persons Injured and Many Ar
rests Made—The Meetings Postponed
—Farther Particulars or the O’Don
nell Trial—El Mahdi’g Revolt Spread
ing-Other News from Afar off Lands.
Neaa'ky, Dec. 2, 5 p. m. —There has
been no serious trouble here to-day so far.
The town is occupied by a military force.
The local league has issued green pla
cards announcing that the meeting called
for to-day has been postponed by order of
the Dublin executive. Mobs have been
running about the streets, cheering and
hooting, and occasionally stones have
been thrown. Several persons have been
injured and some arrests have been made.
The excitement continues unabated.
Dublin, Dec. 2. —Orange lodges con
tinue to pass resolutions strongly con
demning the suspension ofLord Rossmore.
Public meetings are to be held in various
parts of county Ulster to pass resolutions
of like tenor. At Newry Protestants on
their way to church Avere assaulted.
Four companies of infantry, with twenty
rounds of ammunition per man, are
posted about the town, which the police
are patroling. A body of Lancers
occupy the square, and constabulary
forces are stationed at the court house
and on the AVarren point road. There
Ayas a large attendance at the Uatholic
< atliedral. where Rev. Mr. McCarten, re
ferring to the meeting which was prohibi
ted, said that such acts on the part of the
government were enouah to make rebels
of them all, and if persisted in would
drive the people to rebellion. He declared
that the meetings would be held, despite
tlie government or the Orangemen, and he
characterized the prohibition of the meet
ings as a direct insult to Catholics. Dur
ing the attack on Protestants two police
men Avere injured by being struck by
stones.
O'DONNELL’S FURY ASSUAGED.
Tlie Presence ot a Priest Has a IJuietliig
Effect ou Him in His Ceil.
London, Dec. 2.— The Observer, re
ferring to tlie trial and condemnation of
O'Donnell, tlie slayer of James Carey,
says: “No exception can lie taken to the
mode of the trial, the ability of the de
fense or the finding of the jury. No other
result could have been expected. Seldom
has a more righteous sentence been
passed.”
On leaving the dock last night, O’Don
nell, guarded with a strong escort,
walked with a firm and unhesitating step
to the cell for condemned prisoners. He
was intensely excited, but maintained an
air of defiance and continued to anathe
matize England and the English people
and their laws. On reaching iris
cell. O’Donnell, by a strong effort, regain
ed his habitual composure. The Catholic
chaplain of tlie prison. Father Fleming,
soon visited the prisoner, and remained
closeted Avith him for a long time. The
visit had a soothing effect on the prisoner.
After a refreshing night’s sleep O’Donnell
ate a hearty breakfast, and conversed
freely with the warders during Sunday,
lie expressed no surprise at the verdict,
although he confessed that the jury's
hesitation had inspired him with the hope
that lie might escape the extreme pen
alty of the law. lie highly praised
Mr. Russell’s aide defense. He still
maintains that he is innocent of murder.
All day Sunday O’Donnell displayed ex
treme indifference, and even bore a jaun
ty air. He does not seem to dsepair of a
respite. He says his friends
outside will move heaven and
earth to obtain his release.
Father Fleming revisited tiie prisoner
to-day and remained with him a long
time. lie says that O’Donnell is in good
spirits and is prepared for the worst. A
brother of O’Donnell will visit him on
Monday. Despite tiie rumor to the con
trary, the prisoner will remain at New
gate, where he will be banged, probably
December 17th. Ample precautions have
been taken to prevent a rescue. Two
warders remain with O’Donnell night
aud day, and are answerable for the safe
keeping of his person.
EL MAUDI'S FOLLOWERS.
Bedouin Uprisings Reported in Darfour
and in Nubia.
Cairo, Dec. 2. — Two men who left El
Obeid between the 16th and lfith of No
vember, arrived at Khartoum yesterday.
They saw El Mahdi march out to meet the
Egyptians before the recent battle, and
afterward saw him return to El Obeid
with guns, l ilies, large stores of ammuni
tion and a train of camels belonging to
the Egyptians, which had been abandoned
in an intrenched position, owing to the
scarcity of water. They report that the
Egyptian army had been completely anni
hilated after two days’ fighting. No
prisoners were brought into Ed Obeid.
London, Dec. 2.— The Observer's corre
spondent at Cairo reports that a rising
has occurred in Darfour, and that Stattin
Bey, the Governor of that province, who
is a native of Austria, has been attacked
and wounded. The correspondent also
reports a rising of Bedouins in the vicinity
of Kasala, in Nubia.
Germany’s Hatred of France.
London, Dec. 2.—The 3larquis of Ilart
ington, Secretary of State tor War, in a
speech yesterday at Accrington, stated
that the British Government had received
an intimation from the German Govern
ment that it is willing to co-operate with
England to protect their subjects and in
terests in China, in the event ot war be
tween China and France.
Prince Victor Napoleon’s Policy.
Paris, Dec. 2.— La Pays, in referring to
Prince Victor Napoleon's recent letter de
clining an invitation to the Bonapartist
banquet, states that it has authority to
say that the Prince has no intention of
disavowing his faithful friends, being in
spired with the ideas of Napoleon 111., and
promising France when the time comes a
strong and honest government which will
protect the rights of Democracy and con
serve the interests of religious creeds.
Pacified Croatia's New Ban.
Pesth, Dec. 2.—Count Hedervary is
gazetted as Ban of Croatia, in place ol
Gen. Von Bamberg, the military com
mander, who has completely restored or
der in the disaffected districts.
Russia's New Gold Rentes.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 2, —A ukase has
been published ordering the issue of 0 per
cent, gold rentes to the amount of 50,000,-
000 roubles at OS, and redeemable at the
option of the government after ten years.
Tirard's Estimates Agreed To.
Pauls, Dec, 2.—The Chamber of Depu
ties bas agreed to all the estimates of M.
Tirard, Minister of Finance.
Dead.
London, Dec. 2. Payer, the Aus
trian Arctic explorer, is dead, aged 41.
A Fatal Accident at Montgomery.
Montgomery, Ala., Dee. 2.—As a
freight train on the South and North Ala
bama Railway was about to start for the
North this morning the boiler
of the locomotive exploded.
The engineer was badly scalded and will
probablv die. The fireman was badly
hurt. A man named Allen, who was
standing by was struck on the head by a
piece of flying iron and killed instantly.
Edmunds Has a Telegraph Bill.
Washington, Dec. 2.— Senator Ed
munds is reported to have a bill ready lor
presentation to Congress providing for a
national telegraph system to connect the
capitol at Washington with all the State
capitols. He does not favor Interference
with the existing corporations.
Thompson’s Defeat.
Washington, Dec. 2.—The defeat of
Thompson bv Leedom as nominee for Ser
geant-at-Arms of the House is a triumph
for the young Democracy of Ohio, and
will, in the opinion of some politicians,
insure the election of Payne, of Cleve
land, as Senator, in place of Pendleton.
Blackburn iu Luck.
Washington, Dec. 2.—lt is generally
believed that Representative Blackburn
will have his choice of committee chair
manships. He will also have Carlisle’s
support for the Kentucky Senatorship.
What will Brown’s Iron Bitters cure?
It will cure Heart Disease, Paralysis,
Dropsy, Kidney Disease, Consumption,
Dyspepsia, Rheumatism, and all similar
diseases. Its wonderful curative power is
sirnpiy because it purifies and enriches
the blood, thus beginning at the founda
tion and by building up the system, drives
out all disease, For the peculiar troubles
to which ladies are subject it is invalu
able. It is the ouly preparation of iron
that does not color the teeth or cause
headache.
SAVANNAH, MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1883.
CARLISLE'S POLICY'.
He Attributes His Election to the Prin
ciple Which He Represents.
Washington, Dec. 2.—Gov. Under
wood, of Ohio, a personal friend and neigh
bor of Mr. Carlisle, had a long interview
to-night with that gentleman, in which
he (Carlisle) very freely expressed his
views as to the policy that should be pur
sued by the majority in the House. He
said that he recognized the fact
that it was a principle of
which he was- the representative
that had elected him, aud it was some
thing to be thankful for that the Demo
cratic party had at last realized that a
principle affecting a great majority of the
people was vastly more important
to the party and the country
than the success of any man. He
interpreted liis election to mean that
from this time forth the Democratic party
would go to the people with an aggressive
and definite policy, aud adhere to it be
cause it was right and deserved to win.
He said that the committees would be or
ganized with a view solely to the fitness
of the members for the various subjects
of legislation that would command tlie at
tention of Congress, and without undue
regard to their relations to him in the re
cent contest.
SPENCER'S EXPLANATION.
The Star Route Investigation Condition
ally Instigated at His Suggestion.
Washington, Dec. 2.—Ex-Seuator
Spencer and his counsel are engaged in.
the-preparat!On of replies to the interrog
atories propounded to the former by R.
T. Merrick, of the counsel for the govern
ment, under orders of the court. Mr.
Spencer will describe in detail bis vvh >re
abouts and his journeyings from the Ist
of July, 1882, the date of his departure
from Washington, until he was brought
back. He will aver that he was not in
hiding, but traveling upon important pri
vate business. He will say that the state
ment that he had seen Mr. Dor
sey pay money to Gen. Brady is
false, and that he never to his recollection
saw them together. He will also say that
the star route investigations were gotten
up by his instigation. That upon the re
quest of Postmaster General James he
consented to remain in Washington at liis
own expense, and without compensation,
during its progress, on condition that he
should not be known in the matter, and
that he received the promise, both of
President Garfield and Postmaster Gen
eral James, that his connection with the
investigations should not be known.
CONGRESS’ SESSION.
Doubt as to the Day of the Delivery of
the President’s Messsage.
Washington, Dec. 2.—lt is still uncer
tain whether the President's message
will be sent in to-morrow or on Tuesday,
though the probabilities seein to be
strongly in favor of Tuesday. The member
ship ot the Senate committees will doubt
less be speedily arranged through caucus
instrumentality, but tli# appointment
of the House committees by the new
Speaker may be expected to require much
more time. Judging from precedents,
little or nothing will be done by Congress
this week except to organize, receive the
President’s message, and afford op
portunity for the intnxluetion of bills. In
recent Congresses from 14 to 24 days have
elapsed between the election of the
Speaker and the announcement of the
committees.
A Petition with a Million Signers.
Washington, Dec. 2.— Miss Francis
E. Willard, President of the Women's
Temperance Union, says that a petition,
signed by a million names, will be pre
sented to both the Republican and Demo
cratic National Conventions, demanding
a prohibition plank in their party plat
forms, and if the parties tail to provide it
then the temperance vote will exercise
the right of bolting for a candidate of
their own. The statement is looked upon
by cranks as foreshadowing anew party.
Supervisor Dumont’s Report.
Washington, Dee. 2.— Mr. Dumont,
Supervising Inspector General of Steam
Vessels, in his annual report says that
5,333 vessels were inspected during tlie
year and 23,292 officers licensed. Thirty
lbur accidents occurred, involving a loss
ol 284 lives, or one for every 1,750,<X)0 pas
sengers carried.
Senator Anthony Improve#.
Neav York. Dec. 2.—Senator Anthony’s
condition was so much improved this
evening that his physicians think that he
will be able to sit up to-morrow. No un
easiness is now felt as to his ultimate re
covery, though it will probably be some
time before he is able to leave the hotel
where lie is stopping.
Tlie “Palatka” Disabled.
Philadelphia, Dec. 2.—The new twin
screw steamship City of Palatka, from
New York November*2B, arrived at Ches
ter yesterday with her machinery dis
abled. She has on board a number of pas
sengers and a large amount of freight for
Palatka, Fla, She worked her way np
the Delaware with one screw.
Waiting for a Boom iu Cats.
Boston Herald,
A Lewiston (Me.), boy one day last week
learned in some way that furs, and espe
cially cats’ fur, bad risen in price and
were in great demand. That night a
neighbor’s cat fell a victim to the young
ster’s greed. The boy talked learnedly of
furs at the table the next day. His eyes
were fixed on tbe family cat," but she was
unfortunately white, and white muffs are
not in fashion, and the youngster knew
it. The cat's skin was removed and
stretched upon a board, and a black cat's
skin sunned on the back shed throughout
tbe day. The next day, after the mills
shutdown, there was not a more indus
trious boy than he. Every furrier in the
city looked down that evening into an
anxious boy’s face, and was obliged
to decline an invoice of cat’s furs
cheap for cash. It was a tired boy
who climbed into his little bed that night
and vowed vengeance on the man who
was responsible for the exertion. He told
his story at the mill next day. Someone
told him that a cat-skin was "not so much
a first-class fashionable lur as it used to
be, but it was a great thing for spavins on
horses. Tbe next day the boy was indus
trious again. Every stable keeper in .the
two cities was interviewed by a bright
eyed boy on the subject of spavined
horses. Some of them paid no attention.
Some of them looked over his goods, while
the boy waited expectantly. “It nearly
broke my heart,” says one liveryman, “to
see the tears gather in the boy’s eyes
when 1 laughed at him. 1 wouldn’t a
laughed if I’d known he was in earnest.”
The boy didn’t sell bis l'ur. He went home
with it and tacked it on the board agaiu
and stored it away in the shed chamber.
Someone told him that cat was liable to
be fashionable any day, and now the boy
awaits the coming millennium for cats.
Save*! by a Sneeze.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The sneeze was one of the old-fashioued
whoop-ee-00-whoop, three-times-three or
tier. I was surprised to see my friend,
the Captain, step forward with eager
spryness, and hear him shout, with the
joyfulness of a man who had made a dis
covery, “Why. how do you do, 3lajor+”
The two men clutched each other, shook
each other by the hands and shoulders,
and finally made me understand that they
hadn’t seen one another for nineteen
years. The Major had changed greatly,
and he asked, in bewilderment, how the
Captain knew him. “By your sneeze,”
was the answer. “There is no other
sneeze like that in this country, you know.
And when I heard it ring out, I remem
berered that time at Guvandotte, yop
know, and I knew 3lajor’3liteheli was
before me.” Then, turning to me, the
Captain said: “That was our first scout
ing expedition early in the war. We
landed in the evening to look up some
guerillas who had made a dash that day
to the steamboat landing. The regiment
divided,and the men went scampering
over the country in gleeful recklessness.
Soon rt became very dark, and both bat
talions lost their way. Moving forward
in line, one battalion came suddenly on
a body ot troops formed to receive them,
with skirmishers out. Neither officers
nor men were clear as to. what the
regulations called for iu such a case,
and there was a hurried and excited con
ference. The troops might be our own
men, but they ignored every challenge,
and we knew that they, like ourselves,
were ready to tire. There was a minute
of terrible suspense—everybody in doubt.
Then suddenly there rang out from the
ghostly line in the distance the Major’s
double-shotted sneeze. It was like the
ringing of a joyful knell, and in our relief
both battalions fairly danced as roar after
roar of laughter succeeded the sneeze. It
was a narrow es'eape from a mistake too
common then, of one Union regiment pour
ing a murderous fire into another. The
Major’s sneeze saved us.’*
LINCOLN’S YEAR’S WORK.
THE WAR DEPARTMENT’S EX
PENDITURES $49,591,055 42.
A Small Army of Deserters-1,985 Courts
Martial During the Twelvemonth—
-242 Deaths in the Ranks from all
Causes—The Defenseless Coasts—Lieut.
Greely’a Cane.
Washington, Dec. 2.—The following
are extracts from the annual report of
the Secretary of War:
The expenditures by requisition under
the direction of the War Department dur
ing the fiscal year ending June 30, 1883.
were as follows:
Salaries, contingent expenses and
postage $ 2,146.005 10
Military establishment—Army
and Military Academy . ’ $7,830,978 15
Public works, including river
and harbor improvements 15,659,337 31
Miscellaneous objects 4,154,736 86
Total $40,791,055 42
SIGNAL SERVICE.
The appropriations for thesuppoitof
the Signal Service for the fiscal year end
ing June 30, 1883, have been found insuf
ficient, and estimates will be submitted to
supply the deficiencies. •
ADDITIONAL COMPANIES.
During the past year an additional com
pany in each of the regiments of artillery
has been mounted and equipped as a light
battery, so that there are now in service
ten light batteries, stationed in different
parts ef the United States.
DESERTIONS. ♦
The number of desertions from the army
in the past year was nearly 3,600; only a
few less than the extraordinary number
of the year before. The most earnest ef
forts are being made to ascertain and. so
far as possible, do away with the causes
of desertion. I beg leave to renew the
recommendation made last year, that a
partial remedy may be found * bv increas
ing the pay to what it was in 1865, that is,
sl6 per month for a private soldier and a
proportionate amount for non-commis
sioned officers.
RETIREMENT OF ENLISTED MEN.
The Adjutant General recommends that
Congress be asked to authorize the retire
ment of enlisted men who have served
faithfully for not less than 35 years, with
full pay of the grade held by them at the
time of their retirement.
CASES OF COURT-MARTIAL.
The number of records of trials by gen
eral courts-martial received, revised and
recorded during the year was 1,985, being
an increase of 131 over the previous year,
and the number of records ef cases tried
before garrison and regimental courts
martial received and filed in Judge
Advocates’ offices at department
headquarters during the same pe
riod, so far as reported,
was 8,404. The number of reports and
opinions rendered upon courts-martial
and miscellaneous questions of law was
1,487, being an increase of 596 over last
year. The number of transcripts of pro
ceedings of courts-martial furnished was
511, and the copies of records ot courts
martial furnished in contorniity with the
114th Article of War numbered 119.
LARGER PERMANENT POSTS NEEDED.
In regard to quartering troops, the ne
cessity for so many very small and scat
tered military posts is fast diminishing,
inasmuch as the Indisns are collected on
permanent reservations; at the same time
the necessity for larger permanent posts
near Indian reservations and frontiers is
increasing.
THE DEATH ROLL.
The total number of deaths from all
causes reported from tlie army for tlmrfs
cal year ending June 30,1883, is 162 from
disease, and 80 from wounds, injuries and
accidents. Tlie casualties from actual
warfare during the last fiscal year were
few, only two reports of this nature hav
ing been received, involving the death of
one soldier and the wounding of nine
others.
UNION AND CONFEDERATE RECORDS.
The general examination of the records,
both Union and Confederate, has been
completed. Any further examination
that may he necessary will be for such
missing links as may be developed in the
compilation. The formal reports of mili
tary operations made by the Union com
manders have all been copied, and those
made by the Confederate commanders
will be copied by the end of the next
fiscal year.
Nine volumes in all have now been pub
lished; seven more are in the hands of
the printer nearly completed, and the
manuscript of five additional volumes is
arranged for printing.
OUR SEA COAST DEFENSES.
Our sea coast, with its great cities and
important harbors, is defenseless to-day
against the attack of a modern iron-clad,
arid it is humiliating even to imagine the
mortification, loss of life, property and
prestige to which we would be subjected
should war come suddenly upon us, as
the history of nations shows, may happen
at any time.
For many years no appropriations have
been made for continuing the construc
tion of our forts, and the barbette batte
ries, designed for the country’s defense,
are incomplete and rapidly going to ruin.
It appears to be not only a matter of pru
dence but of absolute necessity that these
works, so long delayed, shall at once be
commenced aud pushed to a speedy com
pletion.
THE GREEI.Y PARTY.
It will be necessary that early provision
should be made to tit out another expedi
tion for the relief of Lieutenant Greelv
and his party. Their exact situation and
condition is only a matter of conjecture.
They have had with them at Lady Frank
lin Bay a supply of food, clothing and
other necessaries entirely sufficient to last
them until next summer, and there'would
be no reasonable apprehension for their
safety if it wore known that they had re
mained and were now at Lady Franklin
Bay.
RECOMMENDATION REGARDING MILITIA.
I earnestly recommend that the atten
tion of Congress be invited to the subject
of giving substantial encouragement to
the formation of volunteer militia organi
zations in every State and in the District
ot Columbia by liberal appropriations to
supply the necessary arms, equipments,
tents, ammunition and other ordnance
stores. With our small standing army,
our main dependence for public defense
must be on our militia, and the wisdom
of the comparatively small expenditures
which would encourage their organiza
tion and their efficiency in drill and dis
cipline seems apparent.
A MOONSHINER AND HIS WIPE.
Sinnie Pippin's Wild Life In the Ken
tucky Wilderness.
Xashvijle American.
Sinnie Pippin is a yellow-haired girl,
tall and wiry, about ID years old, and
weighs about 115 pounds. She runs in the
woods with Fayette Anderson, and they
live there together more like Indians than
white people. As soon as Fayette gets
hold of any plunder, Sinnie comes to town
and sells it for him, and buys coflee, car
tridges and such things as he needs, and
goes back into the woods, and they start
out on another expedition. Once they
commit a robbery, they start off as fast as
they can through the woods, sleeping in
the day and traveling in the night, until
they get into anothar county or across
the Kentucky line, but always manage to
get a good way from th* robbery before
people commence to hunt for them.
Anderson’s plan is to meet a man trav
eling along the road, find out what he can
by talking to him friendly-like, and if be
thinks the stranger is worth robbing, he
will take a short cut through the woods,
and be waiting in the bushes when the
stranger passes along the road. “Halt
and throw up your hands,” is the first
thing the wayfarer hears, and before he
has time to collect his thoughts. Ander
son has a pistol muzzle up" against his
temple, and is going through him with his
left hand. Sinnie, his girl, makes it hard
to capture him, because she lies around
the towns in Putnam, Smith and Overtop
counties, and gets all the news and car
ries it to him. This keeps him posted and
puts him on his guard.
3Vhy don’t we capture Sinnie Pippin,
you ask? Well,we have had her in jail, but
being a woman, we couldn’t get anything
against her, so we had to turn her out oq
the range again, and the precious pair
keep robbing and running by night, and
sleeping in the woods and mountains by
day, and there is no way of doing any
thing to stop them.
The Gome Combination.
New Orleans, Dec. 2.— To-day’s base
ball game resulted as follows: Gore Com
bination 4, Ciucinnatis 3.
Allen’s Brain Food botanica extract
strengthens the Brain and positively
cures Nervous Debility, Nervousness,
Headache, unnatural losses, and all weak
nbss of Generative System; it never fails.
$1 package, 6 for $5. At druggists, or by
mail from J. H. Alien, 315 First avenue,
jSfew York city.
FATAL DUEL IN THE NIGHT.
One of the Participants Found Dead
the Next Morning—The Other as Yet
Unknown—The Mystery and Romance
Surrounding the Death of a Young
Telegraph Operator in Michigan.
Marshall (Mich.) Special to -V. I'. Sun, SSth.
The dead body of Byron M. Sibley, a
young and good-looking operator, was
found near an old manufacturing estab
lishment near the depot. He lay upon
his back with a bullet hole in his temple,
and not far away was his revolver, with all
except one ot the cartridges discharged.
There were footprints in the partly frozen
earth, indicating a struggle; but the
motive of tlie murderer was not robbery,
for the young man’s watch and money
were undisturbed. As he was universally
esteemed and not known to have aii
enemy in the world, his friends and ac
quaintances, .save one, were at a loss to
account for the tragedy. This one, Wil
liam Ward, a hotel clerk, was able to
throw some light on the tragedy, bu|. only
enough to invest the case with a thrilling
interest, and throw around it enough ot
mystery and romance to set the town wild
with excitement.
Ward explained that the day before the
tragedy Sibley had told him that he was
in trouble with a promineut citizen of the
place, who accused him of improper inti
macy with his wife, based on the woman’s
confession. The injured husband had no
tified Sibley two weeks before of his dis
covery, and hail then threatened to kill
him if he did not leave town. Sibley had
protested his innocence of the charge, but
the husband refused to believe him and
insisted that Marshall was not large
enough to hold both of them. Sibley had
gone to Detroit to secure a transfer to
some other town, but, failing in this, had
returned to Marshall on Monday last and
resumed his work. That afternoon he had
received a letter from his enemy saying
that he was sorry he had come back, and
giving him until the next day to leave
town. Sibley told his friend that he had
written the man a note saying he had
made up his mind to stay; that he was
innocent of the charge, and that if the
husband did not stop dogging him one or
the other would have to suffer for it.
Ward asked the man’s name, hut Sibley
refused to give it to him. He showed
Ward his revolver, aud said that while
his enemy had a self-cocker he would, if
it came to that, make the best fight he
could with his old style weapon.
Sibley had the letter, unaddressed,
in his hand as he went out, and the next
morning it was found, still with no in
scription, on his body.
When news of the murder spread
throughout the town many people remem
bered that about 9 o’clock the previous
evening they heard two pistol shots in the
neighborhood of the depot. One family
living near the scene of the murder say
that they heard the shots, and soon after
light footsteps on the sidewalk as of some
one running in slippers or very light shoes.
A woman testifies to having passed the
manufactory just before the shots were
fired, and being seized roughly by a well
dressed man who came out from a lumber
yard near there, hut who, on seeing her
lace, liberated her with an apology. The
theory having the most supporters is that
Sibley and the unknown husband met in
the lonely spot described by appointment,
and that, becoming involved in a scuf
fle, _ both fired, the young man
falling a victim. It is certain that two
shots were fin and, and from the fact that
Sibley’s death must have been instantane
ous, it is believed that he fired first, and
that before he could draw again liis ad
versary killed him. Another theory, and
one that is well sustained by several de
tectives, is that Sibley went to the old
manufactory to meet the recreant wife;
that her husband learned of the appoint
ment and followed them; that he was the
man who seized the passing woman, sup
posing her to be his wife, and that the
hurried footsteps after the shooting were
those of the guilty woman, who, seeing
herself discovered, fled for home while her
husband was engaged in his encounter
with her lover.
The morals of the upper crust society
here are not so spotless as to preclude the
possibility of several families being sus
pected as chief actors in this tragedy;
but as yet public suspicion is divided be
tween two. The detectives claim to
know who the man and woman are, but
say they will not make any arrest for the
present, as they are convinced that Sibley
fired first, and that the husband shot in
self-defense. There are hints that the
young telegrapher was, in fact, guiltless
of the intrigue charged upon him by the
wife, and that she made use of his name
to cover up the tracks of a much more
prominent man, who is just now in terror
over his threatened exposure. The fact
that previous to his death young Sibley
had not been known by any of his friends
to be on intimate terms with anv married
woman gives color of reason to’this sug
gestion.
LILII’UTIAN ACTORS.
A Dramatic Company of Dwarfs that
Will Entertain New York the Comiug
Week.
New York Times, Nor. S3.
The most unique dramatic company
that ever appeared in this country ar
rived here yesterday by the Hamburg
steamship Lessing. It consists of a lili
putian troupe that has played with much
success in Germany, Belgium and Lon
don. All those who' doubt the truth of
Gulliver’s narratives will be convinced of
that great traveler’s veracity when they
see the lineal descendants of the royal fam
ily of Lilliput perform on the stage of the
Thalia Theatre next week. There are nine
persons in the company, and one of the
tallest is Miss Minna Mignon. 21 years
old, who] is 46 inches in height and who
takes the role of the leading old woman.
The other actors are Anton Hiebler, aged
19, the walking gentleman, one-half of an
inch shorter than Miss Mignon; Richard
Dorn, 22 years old, 46 inches high, a char
acter delineator; Selina Goerner, 21 vears
old, 41 inches, leading juvenile; Johann
Wolff, 40 years old, 42 inches, first come
dian; Ignat/. Wolff, 30 years old, 36 inch
es, second comedian; Reinhold Fischer,
aged 21, who gives character sketches;
Miss Ada Mabr, IS years old, 40 inches in
height, soubrette,' and Franz Ebert,
aged 20, 30 inches in height, the first ju
venile.
Immediately on landing the members of
the party were driven to No 238 East
Fifteenth street, where tliev will reside
during their stay in this city. They were
getting ready to' go to the theatre last
evening as a Times reporter called and
was introduced to them. A prettv little
boy was looking sadly at the group of lit
tle ladies and gentlemen. He had wanted
them to play marbles aud ball with him,
and had offered them all the candy he
could raise, but he was unable to induce
them to romp about with him. Hence his
sadness. The actors and actresses
shook hands with the reporter, and
their hands completely disappeared from
view in his. The little ladies
are bright and lively, and the gentlemen
good natured and polite, and Mr. Ebert,
the comic actor, wears a grin that pro
vokes a smile on the part of every one
else. Cupid has been busy among this
company, and two, Herr Hiebler and
Fraulein Goerner, are engaged to be mar
ried. It is very probable that the wedding
will take place in this city. While in
Berlin the company performed at the Na
tional Theatre. In Brussels thev appeared
in the Opera Theatre, and in London in
Crystal l’alace. They also gave a private
performance before Queen Victoria. On
Monday aud Tuesday they will appear in
the Thalia Theatre in their favorite play,
‘•Lumpaci Vagabondus.”
Another Story About It.
Brooklyn. Etujle.
It was reported a few weeks ago that
William K. Vanderbilt had suffered
serious losses from speculating in Wall
street. The report was contradicted on
the authority of his father, who exhibited
a natural anxiety to conceal from the
public the extent of “Willie’s” indiscre
tion. The fact is no longer denied, how
ever, that his losses were not only severe,
but that they mvolved the bulk of his
available fortune. When the true state
of the case became known to William H.
Vanderbilt he had an angry interview with
his son, which terminated in an offer to
make the latter an annual allow ance of
$70,000 provided he would pledge
himself never again to dab
ble in stocks. William gaye the pledge,
but insisted that the sum specified w ; as
insufficient for his support, and after con
siderable discussion it was increased to
SIOO,COO. It is also known that Mr. Van
derbilt has altered his will so that, in
stead of having the absolute control of
his share of the property, William will
only enjoy a life estate, his children to
inherit the principal after his death.
These measures have been taken with
the entire concurrence of the other mem
bers of the family, who believe that the
prodigal son has been treated fully as
well as he deserves.
I had severe attacks of gravel and kid
ney trouble; was unable to get a medi
cine or doctor to cure me until I used
Hop Bitters, and they cured me In a short
time. —A Distinguished Lawyer of Wayne
county, N, Y.
A YEAR IN TIIE MAIL BAGS
POSTMASTER GENERAL GRES
HAM’S ANNUAL REPORT.
An Increase Over Last Year of B.G Per
Cent, in Receipts—About 82,000,000
More Revenue Expected Next Year—
The Free Delivery System and Other
Departments.
Washington, Dec. 2.-Tbe following
is a synopsis of the annual report of the
Postmaster General;
REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES.
The revenues of the department for the
fiscal year ended June 30, 1883, amounted
to $45,508,692 01.
The total amount disbursed during the
year, not including credits to Pacific
railroads, was $43,282,944 43.
he receipts for the year were $3,632,-
282 40. or 8.6 per cent., more than those
of the previous fiscal year. This ratio of
increase is about 8 per cent, less than the
average one for the preceding three years,
anil it may be accounted for in large part,
it not wholly, by the fact that the public
were induced to limit their purchases
of three cent postage stamps and
stamped envelopes In anticipation of
the change of letter postage.
The increase in the
ITEM OP COMPENSATION TO POSTMAS
TERS
was $1,350,717 74, or a little more than 15
per cent., over the expenditure for the
previous year. This was an unusually
large increase, but it is estimated that
nearly $700,000 of it was due to the fact
that the act of March 3, 1883, to equalize
the salaries of Postmasters, was made to
apply to the fourth-class ortices from the
date of its passage, instead of from Oc
tober 1, when the reduction of postage
took effect. The expeiliture was $1,515,-
”•*1 ■fO •)> excess of the appropriation.
The increase in the expenditure for
clerks in post offices was $458,682 81, or
about 11 percent, over that of the pre
vious year, and for letter carriers it was
$.>50,048 77, or 20 per cent.
As compared with the previous year,
there was a decrease in the expenditure
for star service ot $1,042,939 58, or 18 per
cent.
REVENUES FOR NEXT YEAR.
In the absence of more certain data, the
reveill e for the next year has been esti
mated at $47,104,078 31, upon the following
calculations:
The increase in the postal receipts tor
1880 over 1879, following the revival of the
business industries of the country, was
P er cell t.; for 1881 over
1880 it was 10.4 per cent,; and for 4882
over 1881 it was 13.8 per cent. The in
crease for 1883 over 1882 was only 8.6 per
cent.; but, as has already been explained,
the receipts of the last year were mate
rially affected by the then approaching
reduction of letter postage. Except for
this reduction of postage the increase of
receipts would probably have been not
less than 10 per cent.
THE FREE DELIVERY SYSTEM
was in operation during the year at 154
offices (including 42 newly established
ones), and employed in the aggregate
3,080 carriers.
The total appropriation for this service
was $3,200,000.
The number of mail letters delivered
during the fiscal year was 342,013,750, an
increase of 14.66 per cent, over the pre
ceding year; mail postal cards delivered.
86,133,228, an increase of 20.49 per cent.;
local letters, 104,437,140, an increase of
16.03 per cent.; local postal cards, 60,472,-
193, an increase of 18.75 per cent.; regis
tered letters delivered, 2,830,203, an in
crease of 10.86 per cent.; newspapers de
livered, 203,508,005, an increase of 26.60
per cent.
The number of letters collected was
345,317,803, an increase over last vear of
4.90 per cent.; postal cards collected,
115,113,531, an increase of 15.78 per cent.;
newspapers collected, 64,751,842, an in
crease of 4.90 per cent. The whole num
ber of pieces handled during the year was
1,324,637,701, an increase over last year of
1a.83 per cent., and the average number
handled by each carrier was 359,955, a de
crease ot 1.99 per cent.
THE GROSS RECEIPTS OF THE 2,193 PRES
IDENTIAL OFFICES
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1883,
amounted to $33,535,253 95, or 74.28 per
cent, of the entire revenue of the depart
ment for the same period, while the fourth
class offices 45,650 in number, yielded
only $41,614,746 05, or 25.72 per cent, of
the revenue.
The salaries of Postmasters at Presiden
tial offices amounted in the aggregate to
$3, <07,500, or 11.06 per cent, of the gross
receipts.
It is the general opinion that the rates
ot pay for railway mail service have been
greatly increased of late years; the fact is
otherwise. The cost per mile of transpor
tation in 1854 was 11.4 cents; in 1883, not
withstanding the enormous increase in
the weight of mails and the superior facil
ities provided for distribution, the cost is
10.75 cents per mile.
At the close of t,ho year there were
3,855 railway postal clerks, an increase of
2.85 per cent, over the preceding year,
while the increase in annual salaries* paid
averaged only 47 cents per clerk.
MONEY ORDER SERVICE.
On the 30th day of last June there were
5,927 money order offices in operation,
whose transactions during the year, of
domestic orders issued, amounted to $117,-
329,406 31, and ofdomestic orders paid and
repaid to $117,344,281 78; of international
orders issued, to $7,717,832 11, and of in
ternational orders paid and repaid,
to $3,063,187 05, a grand total in
issues of .$125,047,238 42, and in
payments and repayments of
$120,407,468 83. The fees received on do
mestic orders issued aggregated $1,101,-
821 80, and on international orders $170,-
238 80, a total of $1,272,060 60. The gains
were, in domestic transactions about 3 y,
percent., and in international transac
tions from 1.85 to over 56 per cent.; in
domestic fees about 4per cent., and in
international fees from 0.56 to over .54 per
cent.
The gross revenue for the last fiscal
year from domestic money order business
was $311,704 67; and from international
money order business for the vear ended
June 30, 1882, it was $99,914'70. There
was a net profit of $150,104 34 after all
expenses paid from appropriations had
been deducted.
The new postal notes, the issue of which
was authorized by the act of March 3,
1883, are being extensively employed
for remittances of small sums,
DEAD LETTER DEPARTMENT.
The total number of undelivered letters
and articles of third and fourth class
matter received at the Dead Letter Office
during the year, including 61,424 on hand
from the previous year,) was 4,440,822, an
increase of about 4 per cent, over the
year ended June 30, 1882.
Of the letters and parcels which were
opened during the year for the purpose of
restoring them to the writers, 15,301 were
found to contain money, amounting to
$32,647 23; 18,095 contained drafts, checks,
money orders, etc., representing a value
of $1,381,991 47 ; 96,808 contained mer
chandise, samples, books and miscellane
ous articles; 66,137 contained postage
stamps; 40,215 contained ieceipts, paid
notes, canceled drafts, insurance papers,
etc.; 35,160 contained photographs. From
letters for which the department failed to
find owners the sum of $7,782 16 was sepa
rated and deposited in the United States
Treasury.
REGISTRATION SERVICE.
The number of letters and parcels sent
through the registered mail during the
year was 10,594,716. The amount ot reg
istry fees collected was $926,549 70, an in
crease of $85,057 80, or 10.10 per cent, over
the previous yea*. The actual and esti
mated losses (a number of cases still being
under investigation), were only 627, or,
say, one out of every 16,897 letters and
parcels forwarded. This small proportion
of loss is unprecedented.
FOR THE BENEFIT OF NEWSPAPERS.
I recommend that the rate of postage
on newspapers and periodical publi
cations sent by others than the publishers
or news agents be made 1 cent per three
ounces.
ABOUT LOTTERIES.
I recommend the passage of an act pro
viding that every newspaper which con
tains an advertisement of a lottery, or any
agency thereof, shall be excluded from
the mails, and rendering the person who
deposits it for sending by mail liable to
the penalties which, under existing laws,
he incurs for so depositing a letter or cii
cular concerning lotteries.
POSTAL TELEGRAPH.
The Postmaster General does not favor
government control of the telegraph.
Masonry at Montgomery.
Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 2.— The
Grand Lodge of Freemasons will meet
here to-morrow. Many prominent dele-,
gates have already arrived.
Mr. David Spipp, Guyton, Ga., says;
“ify Strength and appetite I quickly re
gained by the use of Brown’s Iron Bit
ters.”
A TERRIBLE TIME.
A Cyclone Compels a Party of Hunters
to Take to Water.
iSf. Louis ReDublican, Dec. 1.
A party of eleven hunters returned last
evening from a week spent in duck shoot
ing in Butler county. Mo., and, according
to a report by some of the party met at
the Southern Hotel last night, they had a
terrible experience with the hurricane
which swept over that region on Wednes
day last. Three of the party were oil the
borders of a lake or slough, and the oth
ers were camped in tents about four miles
distant. The hurricane struck the partv
on the lake soon after dark, its approach
bemg announced by a loud roaring of the
wind in the forest and a swaying of the
trees, which bent down and sprung back
like a held of grain. The rain commenced
pouring down, amidst dealening thunder
claps and Hashes of lightning. To avoid
the falling branches it was proposed
by one of the party to turn their
boat upside down and crawl in under it
tor safety. This proposition was not ap
proved by the other two, who proposed to
row out into the middle of the lake and
thereby avoid being crushed by the falling
trees, which threatened everv moment to
tumble about their heads, this last ex
pedient was adopted, and when they got'
out into the lake the boat seemed in im
minent danger of being swamped and en
gulfed in the waves or being lifted up bv
the cyclone, and with the inmates carried
through the air. to the certain peril of
lire and limb. In this emergency aliappv
thought struck one of the partv, the prin
cipal narrator of these occurrences, who
jumped overboard with his gun, when,
luckily, the water was found to be quite
shallow, extending only to the arm
pits. The other two also got out
ot the boat, and they' sunk the latter
to prevent its being swept away like a
cockle shell, so impetuous was the wind,
carrying everything before it. They felt
sale m the water, as little else than ‘their
heads were exposed, with their guns ele
vated above tbe surface. The devasta
tion going on in the woods was terrific.
Large trees were uprooted and limbs and
branches were flying through the air like
arrows, It seemed as if some - terrible
Titan was cutting a swath through the
woods. The lightning kept up a contin
uous flash, which fairly blinded the eyes.
One of the gentlemen avers that it had the
appearance of a red blaze, aud was no
doubt an emanation of the electric fluid,
in one of its most astonishing phases. It
was in tact a perfect war of the elements,
and what is singular, the ducks, attracted
by tbe light, flocked to the
lake and swam about, less terrified by the
hunters than by the hurricane. Large
numbers were killed by the party' during
the two hours which the storm lasted.
At last when the wind lulled, the boat
was raised and the water baled out.
About midnight those at the lake found
their way over the fallen trunks of trees
to the camp, where the balance of the
party were. The tents were all blown
down, and the havoc made by the hurri
cane was seen everywhere, but fortu
nately no one was hurt, though greatly
alarmed like their friends in the lake.
The next morning the lake party rowed
out and tilled their boats with the ducks
slaughtered the night before, but before
they got them out to the Iron Mountain
Railroad they were thrown away, as they
could not stand the hot weather, the cold
wave from the north not being encoun
tered by the returning party until yester
day morning.
SINKING WITH THEIR SHIP.
Eighty-Nine Souls go I>own in the
French Brig Rocaley Colliding at
Sea with the Ship Thomas Dana—
Only Twenty-One Persons Saved.
-Wic York Sun, Dec. 1.
The ship Thomas Dana, of Boston, Capt.
Sissou, which left Liverpool on Oct. 22 in
ballast for New York, lies at anchor on
the Jersey flats. The end of a white spar
is sticking into the starboard bow near the
back ropes, and a piece oi wood is wedged
in the gripe. Three or four sheets of cop
per have been torn loose, and she is rigged
with a jury jibboom.
“VYe were sailing along.” said Capt.
Sisson yesterday, “about s>i'knots an hour
at 5:30 a. m., on October 30, and just com
ing out of the English Channel. It was a
beautiful morning. The second mate had
the deck, and everything was snug and
shipshape. At 5:35, as I satin the cabin, I
heard the lookout pass the word that
there was a green light dead ahead. The
officer on deck took the glasses to have a
look at her. It might have been eight or
ten minutes later that I heard all hands
called. f £his was followed by a tremen
dous shout under the starboard bow, a
light shock of a collision, and then a hur
rying of feet and a confusion of sounds
forward.
“The green light which the lookout had
seen belonged to a little brig that was
sailing along with the wind on the star
board quarter. As she passed across our
bows someone gave a cry on her, and
then the man at her wheel did the only
thing that could have caused trouble. He
shoved the helm hard to port, luffing her
up until she struck us a glancing blow on
the bluff of the starboard bow. As she
sheered around there was a rush of hall
naked men through two or three hatches
on the brig, a struggle among those who
became wedged in and could not escape,
and then she rolled over and sank out of
sight. There was not a scream or cry
after the first shout. In two minutes not
even a bucket or a stray fender could be
seen on tbe water.
‘•We had a crew of twenty-two all told.
When called to save a ship'they gathered
forward and threw ropes’ ends and lines
to the men on the brig, and succeeded in
saving all that reached her deck. Twen
ty-one in all were saved, one of whom was
her second officer, a few were of her crew,
and the rest were passengers. She was the
French brig Rocaley, 160 tons register,
bound from St. Pierre to St. Milo, having
in all 110 souls on board and no cargo
She had been chartered by a gang of men
who had been at St. Pierre'curing fish dur
ing the past season to take them home.
Not one of them could speak a word of
English; not one of us could speak a word
of French. We tried in vain to learn
something more about them. After the
collision we cruised around the place until
10:30, but nothing was found.
“Our own damage amounted to the loss
of a jibboom, and the breaking in of a
couple of plank by the end of her jibbom
that is still there. One of her lower yards
was landed on our starboard topgallant
forecastle, where it lay fore and aft with
the slings inboard after the brig sank. On
November 8 we landed the survivors at
Fayal.
“The disaster was followed by another
fatal accident just before we got into port.
A. 11. McDonald, a seaman, whilst at
work on the foretopgallant yard, on No
vember 28, fell unaccountably, and was
instantly killed.”
The Thomas Dana is a ship of 1,440
tons. Her lights are not less than twenty
feet out of water. Capt. Sisson believes
that the crew of the brig on deck were
gathered about the galley drinking coffee
instead of keeping lookout, and that
when they saw the towering black hulk of
the ship above them they were too much
frightened to see that they were really
out of danger.
BBKAKS THE L’ONTKACT.
A Young Man Working a Year on a
Farm for a Shotgun and a Bride.
Salem (X C.) Special to N. Y. Sun Not. SS.
James Buck, white, owns a small farm
near Bodkin, upon which he and his only
daughter live. She is 22 years oi age, and
is plain looking. Buck saw the chance of
making a profitable crop of tobacco if he
could only get someone to assist him and
his daughter in the field. He was very
poor, and could barely make enough to
live on, and knowledge of this fact pre
vented his obtaining help. Richard Tur
ney, a young man, moved in th#
neighborhood about fourteen months
ago, and obtained work on a
neighboring plantation. Turney be
came enamored of Buck’s daughter.
The father determined to turn the affec
tion to account, and agreed, if the voung
man would assist him on the farm for one
year, that he would give him a double
barreled shot gun and his daughter. Tur
ney accepted the offer. The term of ser
vice expired to-day, and Turney demand
ed the fulfillment of the contract on the
spot. Buck gave him the shotgun and
called the daughter in and asked her to
agree to become Turney’s wife. She re
fused, saying that she had already given
her heart to another, to whom she was to
be married to-night. Turney went off' in
a terrible rage. He threatens to sue the
old man for $5,000 for breach of contract,
and get an injunction restraining the girl
from marrying his rival,
An editor’s Testimonial.
A. M. Vaughan, editor of the Greenwich
'•‘■Review,” Greenwich, 0., writes: “Last
January I met with a very severe acci
dent, caused by a runaway"horse. I used
almost eyery kind of salve to heal the
wounds, which turned ta running sores,
but found nothing to do me any good till I
was recommended Henry’s Carbolic Salve.
I bought a box and it helped me at once,
and at the end of tovo months I was com
pletely well. It is the best salve.
\ PRICE *lO A TEAR, i
> 5 CENTS A COPT. j
BREWSTER’S REPORT.
772 NEW SUITS ADDED TO THE
SUPRE3IE COURT LIST.
Nearly $8,000,000 Asked for by the
Claimants—l,s97 Civil Suits Disposed
of — T1 ‘C Treasury the Mecca of Thieves
The Want of a Jury System—Classes
in Crime.
Washington, Dec. 2.— The following
are extracts from the annual report of
the Attorney General:
SUPREME COURT.
. Lhe total number of causes disposed of
in the Supreme Court, at the October
term. 1882, in which the United States
were interested is 74.
COURT OF CLAIMS.
Since the last report 772 suits, claiming
upwards of $9,000,000, have been brought
against the United States, of which 10,
claiming $1,256,046 26 were brought on
transmission by the heads of departments
under the act of March 3, 1883, chapter
116. There have also been brought 51
suits claiming $162,155 17 against the
District of Columbia.
CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS.
During the last fiscal vear 1,597 civil
suits were terminated. In 642 of these
judgments were for the United States, in
115 for the defendants, and 820 were either
nol.pros., dismissed, or discontinued; 11
were appealed from the District to the
Circuit Court, and 9 from the Circuit to
the Supreme Court. Many of the civil
suits reported nol.pros.. dismissed, or dis
continued, were settled by authority of
the Treasury- Department and discon
tinued under its direction. There were
pending July 1,1883, 4,432 civil suits to
which the United States was a party.
There were terminated during the last
year 7,792 criminal prosecutions. Twelve
thousand one hundred and twenty-four
such suits were commenced during the
year, ot which 2.153 were cases in admi
ralty, and 9,971 were other miscellaneous
suits.
Twenty-seven thousand seven hundred
and ninety-one civil suits to which the
United States was not a partv, were pend
ing in the Circuit and District Courts of
the United States July 1. 1883, viz.: 3,386
in admiralty, and 24,405 other miscella
neous suits.
The expenses of the courts, when finally
ascertained for a fiscal year, usually
reach $3,000,000. It is not prudent to sup
pose that they: will fall below this sum
in any year.
RECALCITRANT MORMONS.
The Legislature of the Territory of Utah
refuses to appropriate funds for the exe
cution of the Territoiial laws under Con
gressional legislation. If this legislation
is to be maintained special appropriations
must therefore be made annually to meet
tbe demands of justice.
A GOOD RECOMMENDATION.
Many oi the persons convicted of
offenses against the laws of the United
States are not professional criminals. In
a majority of cases their offenses grow out
of the collection of the revenue or are the
result of temptations arising from carry
ing and handling the mails. That these
uutortunate persons may not be made
professional criminals by association in
prison with old olfenders, I earnestly re
commend that some provision be made
for their separate imprisonment.
A KICK AT WASHINGTON JURIES.
The National Treasury is the great ceu
tre of allurement and temptation. In
roads are made upon it through all ave
nues by which it can be approached.
Every device which human ingenuity can
contrive is resorted to, and perjury, for
gery and all crimes nececsary are unhes
itatingly committed to reach the treas
ure and despoil the public money. The
constant zeal and care of experienced
government officials, in every department,
are required to prevent these vile jdans
being carried out.
Theeffortjon one side is to steal the money
of the people, on the other to prevent it;
but with all tbe care and attention which
honest and competent public servants can
exert, bad men are sometimes successful.
Laws have beep passed by Congress broad
enough to make every fraud or attempted
fraud upon the government a crime to be
severely punished. The one great diffi
culty now encountered is the want of a
properjury system with which to enforce
these laws.
It is the subject of belie! and common
report that tbe business of “jury fixing”
flourishes to an alarming extent in the
District. It is asserted that men live,
support their iamilies, ahd even become
rich in the practice of this nefarious pro
fession.
BLOCKING THE LITTLE GAME OF MAR
SHALS AND OTHERS.
To protect the government against pay
ing excessive salaries in districts where
the business has heretofore been worked
up by the institution of frivolous cases,
for the sole purpose of increasing fees, 1
respectfully recommend that Congress
give the Attorney General the authority,
at his discretion, to adjust salaries of
marshals at the close of each fiscal year,
increasing or diminishing the same lor
the next fiscal year upon some basis to be
fixed by law. In this manner justice
could be done both to the United States
and its officers.
MAKING MATCHES.
The Big Factories in Sweden—A Plan by
Wnich Forests are Preserved.
The manufacture of matches is an ex
tensive industry in Sweden. From the
factories in .Jonkoping, in Smaiand Wen
ersborg, and Mariesbad, at the loot of the
great inland lakes Wettern and Weuern,
the homes of the civilized world are light
ed up. Already very rich and powerfu',
these factories are growing more so since
the United states has become their great
est customer.
At Jonkoping is the oldest and greatest
match factory in the world. It was
established 100 years ago. There are shown
specimens of tlie matches in use when the
nineteenth century They are big
fagots of wood, with a handle and a tip to
dip in a sulphur tub. They are the giant
ancestors of the delicate little slivers used
for matches to-day. Millions of the latter
are turned out in a day. There was a time
when they did not make a million of the
big matches in a year.
The wood is taken from neighboring
forests. They parcel the forests out in
fifty sections. Every year they cat one of
the sections,and then replant it with young
trees. The great forests of Smaiand sup
ply the factory at Jonkoping. The trees
are hewn into planks in the forest and are
cut into slivers at the factoVy. They use
the outside rinds of the trees for boxes for
the matches.
Transportation is cheap and rapid in
Sweden. You can go to any of the ship
ping ports in five days at the furthest.
The tarffic is mostly by canal. The fac
tories are on the banks of the lakes, and
wide canals reach from lake to lake.
The President of the Jonkoping factory,
Mr. B Hay, reports that last year they
paid 50 per cent, dividend. In the five
preceding years they averaged 45 per
cent. They hope to pay 75 per cent, this
year.
Mr. J. I. Daniels, Mclntosh, Ga., says :
“Brown’s Iron Bitters relieved my sister
of general debility and dyspepsia.”
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