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iIA AND FLORIDA.
*1 Till. TWO STATES TOLD
' |\ iWU.UiUAPHS.
„f KinK’* Crwr with the
* I rntral New York—Am Eagle
, v gro Hunter While At
! i Hl* R*fl*
<■ LOKOIA.
. jail has now two inmates,
-xu well project is still
. I*:iae Hiller’s 17-year-oUI
t > twins—a heifer nml a
been elected Mayor of
against 171 east for K. L.
• use in IKuijilassville was
go. The is $2,500 un<l
_ : the water was turned into
i \theii-. It w estimated
. ,ul 90 days to fill up.
■ -• hah are engaged in getting
' a weekly paper they will
... the l uvingtoß Sun.
two false alarms excited
jht. seven small houses
mi damaged. The loss Is
. number of patients re
• Asylum at Milledge
.-t year. 117 were married
. ~t < i,-on, e. at the Erst cold
s t t wi pounds of treat,
led off .“.mil after, and our
l t.ml of his meat, being
- tnp into soft soap.
-tr.g liurrows is making a
\ioiusta in taking up a
. - Ia debt of several Imn
tirsi Itaptist Uliurrh last
t v f. w minutes.
■ ■ Newnan. tells of a pnp
w.irke<t up int i Ski feet of
-i isi'ts | hv it inches ami
g* f *r about IN feet of fence,
- *i.i worth of what remained.
■ . i~ belonging toG. W.
thns'-fourths of a mile south
.- ... in -lestcoed by fire,
el as to who fired ii. All
i >vod evept one hors*",
1 the flames. The loss is
- freight traiu No. 3 on
I Western Railroad was
stunner. Ilcury Adams, a train
act of stepping from the
• iifitier. nit—,-d hi- footing
leg and hip were caught
-of the moving train and
He died soon after leaving
■jer/.i orul M* ... n.j+r sa\s;
s.n Martin KeysoKK ihe
rtd Mas-. y's gm works, a few
vn. went out into the woods a
v i yond the works with dog and
a few birds. He heard the squeal
t far fru him. and upon going in
. 0..V.1 vl.lt he -Wf ed
v uiturv, hasting on the carcass of
**e d-.gran toward the bint,who paused
“stand u-n|"l up.ii t lie dog. fasten
r* in bis llesii. The dog ran tn
ai.*r. carrying the lunl on his
•rtin “hot at it, but failed to injure
iog came up he graldied the
Id and captive. It proved to be an
ric, measuring seven feet from
gto the other. It was brought
'i-drij; afternoon.awd pur-
Ttsnanger Eros ..on MulU-rrv
. Innl of frc<‘doin is of a dark
1 -“ . ms to have been soaring
\ great mam pigs have been
mod, but the loss w as nt
• is of another feather.’*
N.Y. fire bug. who was ar
.. last week in company* with
- k-iiten. has started for the
.t 'tnr.ff. King manifested
i _ ■ -- to r> turn to Sew
' n- th.it he Was fiolish for
The will l*e acquitted when
Tin- sheriff says that
• . h - t ome tiefore lie ran
■-i merchant ami was twice
time' receiving a big in
t 'lie lu* was detected he was
rtlaiid. One night a bright
- si-in- and an examination
t • was on tire. An en
• ami the flames extiuguish
■ifound that everything had
<*il oil. King was ar
... bond for bis appear
k i,. I. His bondameu paid
" •u’d-be flrebug has since
*> When King was arrested a
* n h - person from his wife.
* - r cirest by Kiug before he
A In it his wife 1 legged him
-. -.i ng lhal she had dreamt
** ■ week that he had U-eu ar
• Tl.i-letter was written to
1. m. -.) he sa vs, before
iiing to Mlanta. Mrs.
■ v.ouo worth of property.”
w N ini'. I’rineipal Keeper of
. ss n notified of the filing
1 ifin for me, o*l damages by
colored woman who
- - ' itcr.liary last year from
1 irdy. An arrangciueut ex-
I’nneipal Keeper and the
the lessees furnish guards
rs io the camps from the
it - • located that money can
" hen that I- done the or
•c < amps, and the lessees
oat Keeper the date of re-
The old woman. Jean
's ’ ■ need P.r one year
•>* h. c county. slio was
tl.i to the camp of Grant .V
furnished by the company.
. t appear., reached the camp
' r iast. lint ('apt. Nelms says
S**J~ J : !f l that she reache<l there on
'•ksshow that record. A
' 1 when the day for the dis
■ t w oman was ordered to be
-"Hi of April, which was done.
id against (.apt. Nelms for
extra twenty-two days whicli
ed to serve on account of the
A t o say the date was correctly
< apt. Nelins avers that he re
- it was -s*nt to him. The old
- retained Col. Allicrt Cox, and
tu. tip in January or February.
FLOKIIIA.
■ : <*t the Ocaia lire. Tampa is
- to organize a fire company,
.hoiders in the Mali.son Hotel Com
* - t u railed upon for 420 per share
tors.
f Florida egg plants, containing
- .-r ..*, r noeataeach, In Wisli
* .. a few days ago.
- Judge Bluff's large hotel at Tampa
* rank suspended. The Judge
ta-of parah -I'. which, be.-om
worse. he was advised by in- al
ia to return North for a time.
- -I:!! here, and he experts himself
■ ‘ the I-t of January, when work
| il be resumed and pushed to
•lafcajMN fami “f F ! "-r, r say: •• v. --
-.when jn-t beyond Midway,
• and freight train collided with ail
:n ight car carrying the Dan
I , Fug nicer Rogers had his arm
is otherwise injured. A white
*IIy scalded, and another train
“lc one killed. The show was
i.g i-the full text of the Fl'trida
sal front the Everglades: ••Ctstre
*, ra Fort Mtter*. Doe. I.—
■waiter* expedition tor the ex
the Eyrglades cut through from
ihafe of Lake Okee
the loth in't. They have, up to the
•le. cut their way through 25 miles
-grass, and have accomplished
the l n’.led States faileil to do
ts soldiers during the Indian
I what their most prominent civil
proo'innced impracticable and im-
If the expedition does not go south
i it has arroiupk'hed its object.
*re now rapidly wearing out.
V Hendry, one .*f the party, at the
Mai. A. I*. Williams in charge of
‘ -a. leaves the party to-day for
enttiag through to the western
Everglades, thence to Fort
•* hi< h place he will send boats to
rty at 'harks' river.”
Railroad rcmblixos.
* S ' I iMie* of Intelligeno from Near
sind Afar.
t lhal the Greeuville and Co
id will not pay interest is
11 in.* on the T impa enil of the
i rula Railroad has reached
21 miles out. About the same
ts been laid on the Kissimmee
vp of only about 20 miles re
fill L Rails are being laid at
•i'>*>ut a mile a day on each end.
•]' Tribnne says: “The rails
’ taken up and removed from
the norlds (Southern Raii
-iic and Gainesville. It
it this means that the Live
* *nd Charlotte Harbor Rail
ii.ts purchased that por
' . and will use it in the ex
■ their road south. Work will
mine need south of Palatka
- iv ille, Tampa and Key West
- means a junction with
I fida Road, probably at or
; l. and a through rail line from
1 v -ksonville.”
' t's railroad plan now is to
: tral system at Oglethorpe,
v ike a line A* miles long, which
" a single water course, and
2- v *** through Ellaville. the
8 h!. y county. The Cen
* agreed to turniah iron and
k if the citizens put the bed in
• ,n to receive them. To do this
A close canvass of
-3 line has secured a subscrip
* Messrs. L**we and Pea
v, ■ Meat-nr to raise the balance in
:> claimed that the road
liy, H,rT 'flt the city’s trade inealcu-
Bamett’s Cocoaine.
* -V-•'’Lit rOnM .. .
-a mdruff, allays irritation, and
** * vigorous growth of the hair.
' ■ r * p h' Flavoring Extracts
L, acknowledged the purest
Simttt;iit JjJtmiM
IN THE LAND OF FLOYVERS.
Effects of the Ocala Fire, and Other
Timely Topics in the State.
Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 4.—The present
year is winding up disastrously in the way of
destructive fires for Florida.’ That thrifty
and prosperous town, Ocala, had a most bit
ter experience on Thanksgiving morning, and
narrowly escaped absolute annihilation. A
general sympathy is entertained for the citi
zens in this hour of their distress, and the
earnest hope Is expressed that the work of the
dames will speedily be obliterated. Already
several of the sufferers are vigorously pre
paring to cover the scene of mins with new
and substantial buildings. The Ocala Hotel
will immediately be replaced by an elegant
structure, similar to the former in appear
ance and dimensions, and in three or four
months, the enterprising owners expect to
o|ien their doors to the public. The
fire was peculiarly unfortunate in oc
curring at this season, ju6t at the
opening of the winter, when a full tide of im
migration was flowing in, and a most pros
perous business anticipated. Ocala cannot
, * permanently damaged by the misfortune.
Her citizens are plucky, energetic and full of
fhiih. and their attractive town will soon
emerge, like the l’husnix, from its present
pyre of ashes and cinders. Marion county
contains several of the largest and most valu
able orange groves in the Mate, and the lands
around Ocala arc peculiarly adapted to this
industry. Marion, with her productive soil,
line transportation facilities, excellent popu
lation and numerous other advantages, will
sism take her stand among the foremost coun
ties ir. Florida. As is usually the case, the
loses by the Ocala fire were at first over
ostimated, aim have been reduced to the sum
of 42J0.000, a considerable |ortion of which is
covered by insurance.
IT AS EAKI.Y HOT' K VESTERD A
a tire broke out in the oil room of the steamer
Dellary, *t the Deßary-Bava line, which
could not la* controlled until the destruction of
the flue vessel waseflected. The Dellary was
otic of the most elegant boats on the river, in
l" ‘iit of speed and accommodations, and a
-real favorite with the traveling community,
'tic had arrived al her dock on .Sunday morn
jog and had discharged her cargo. The steam
er was built about two years ago and had
been recently overhauled and put in complete
■ rd.-r. Her value was estimated at $78,000,
eevered by policies to the amount of $40,000.
The owners of this line are men of ample
in aii'. and although this disaster may inter
file temporarily with their arrangements, it
i> altogether probable that the gap w ill tie
speedily filled by tile construction of another
equally serviceable vessel. There were no
lives 10-t. fortunately.
“< ine more unfortunate, weary of breath,”
tool; poison last week and ended her earthly
troubles. This is the second suieide in the city
within the past fortnight, and will lie follow
ed l>y others, if the theory that self-destruc
tion often assumes itn epidemic form, be cor
rect.
TIIK NEW STEAMER CITY OF PALATKA,
intended to run between Charleston and Pa
latka. failed to arrive as expected in conse
quence of an accident to tier machinery after
leaving Now York. The repairs will soon
be completed and we shall lie able to extend a
w arm greeting to thissplendid vessel. She is
strictly first class in every respect, and will
constitute a desirable acquisition to our river
squadron.
I nited Mates Senator Wilk Call left for
" ashiugton last Saturday. With his family,
In- has I>oon spending several weeks in this
city. Col. Call is very easy of access, simple
and agreeable iu his manner, and enjoys a
widespread personal popularity. He Is ex
ceedingly attentive to the wants'and interests
of his constituents, and exercises a close and
careful -crutiny over the welfare or Florida.
Thi-Mate is very fortunate iu her Congress
ional delegation.
The 1 nited states Court convened yester
day. Judge Settle, presiding. It was adjourned
last spring m consequence of the small-pox
then prevailing iu the city. Asa consequence
the do kets show quite a number of cases.
I'licrc arc few, if any of that class, known as
’•election cases,” which have been so frequent
in farmer years, and which have been pro
ductive of so much bad feeling and irritation.
The manner in w hich juries are now drawn in
this conrt, taken as they are from both par
tic-, has removed much of the prejudice that
on. c existed. A decidedly better condition of
affairs now exists in this tribunal.
MANY OF THE GARDENS
in the eitj now present a beautiful appear
ance. The golden globes gleam through the
glossy verdure of the orange trees, while
roses of the rarest and finest variety open
their delicate tints to the admiring eyes of
strangers. That splendid fall plant, the
Poinsettea, flaunts its deep crimson flowers,
as large as those of the magnolia, in front of
many residences. Not a leaf has vet been
touched by the frost, and tender plants of all
descriptions are as thrifty and flourishing as
in mid-summer. Jacksonville is in excellent
trim for the reception of visitors, and is in
faultless attire.
Arrangements have been made for the iu
trnduclion of the electric lights, and several
buildings on Bay street will probably be
ablaze to-night. We are thus keeping abreast
with all the great modern improvements.
Mr. Plant, of the Savannah, Florida and
Western ltailruad, with his staff of officers,
was in the city recently, and on the heels of
his arrival come the rumors of several rail
ruad changes and combinations. The road
from Rowland's Bluff on the Suwannee river
has obtained possession of that portion of the
Florida Southern completed to Hague Sta
tion, between Gainesville and Newnnnsrille,
and will continue their broad gauge track to
the former town, and the strong probabiiitv
now is that trains will he in operation to that
point by the tlrst of January.
The Plant syndicate is also to construct a
branch road from the north bank of the Santa
Fe river to l-ake City, where connection will
In* made with the Florida Central and West
ern. Whatever the above company under
take they usually accomplish, and their con
tracts are carried out faithfully and in an ex
peditious manner. Before the close of another
summer the Plant system will la* extending
their lines south war’d, opening up new coun
try and greatly increasing present facilities.
THERE ARE ALSO ISFMOHS
that the Sea Island line of steamers from vour
city to Fernandina contemplate putting boats
ou the St. John's, to transfer passengers and
freight directly np to Sanford. This will cre
ate a through Fine from Savannah to the upper
M. John's entirely by water, with the excep
tion of the railroad link between this city and
Fernandina.
The dwellers upon Indian river are jubilant
of sixm living placed in communication with
the outer world bv a railroad. The Jackson
ville. Tampa and Key West, when completed
to Palatka, will then connect with the I'alat
ka and Indian River Railroad, now partly
graded and under contract, so that there wifi
be a direct line from this city to Titusville.
The lurid glare in the western heavens at
sundown, noticed in a recent Issue of the
Morning News, has been visible here for sev
eral weeks. It has varied in intensity, being
sometimes so vivid as to suggest the impres
sion that an extensive woods fire was raging.
It has, of late, tieen of such frequent occur
rence that it has almost ceased to attract ob
servation. There has not yet been given a
satisfactory explanation of tlie phenomenon.
The election of C arlisle as Speaker is high
ly appreciated by ”the old timers,” who be
lieve that ttie Democrats should take a de
cided stand on the tariff question, anil should
cease **to tote water on both shoulders.” Mr.
Carlisle is one of the great intellects of this
i A ingress, with old-fashioned ideas of honesty,
economy and retrenchment, and a safe arid
reliable leader of his party.
ALL OF THE HOTELS ARE NOW IN OPERA
TION,
except the Windsor, which will lie opened
during the month. Their registers show many
familiar signatures scattered among the
names of numerous new comers. The State
is becoming quite a resort for titled and
wealthy English sportsmen, several of whom
are making bags among the hummocks and
lakes of South Florida.
I lie rejiorl of the citv physician, showing
only fifteen deaths for the month of Novem
ber. indicates a most satisfactory condition of
tin public health. This, too, with a large
minuter of visiting invalids in our midst. The
dcr.gne fever has not yet taken its departure,
and there are still many victims of this most
annoying malady.
The preliminary steps have been taken by
the city and county authorities to erect a
joint public hospital on the land recently pur
chased for that purpose. The want of such a
building was painfully experienced during
the small-po\ visitation of last spring.
Renewed and vigorous efforts will continue
to be made for the improvement of the Bt.
John's bar, and to this end committees have
been appointed of our most prominent citi
zens to act in concert with similar bodies in
other counties to present the necessity of this
improvement in the strongest manner to the
consideration of the national legislature.
W. 11. B.
Tli© Xew Senator*.
* n %nth in (/ton Special.
When tlie Senate met great interest was
taken in the cut of the new Senators.
They compare favorably with the older
members, both as to soberness of attire
and external indications of political acu
men. Perhaps the most gentlemanly
looking of the lot is Senator Cullom, of
Illinois, whose pleasant, # intellectual face
invoked much favorable* criticism. Pal
mer, of Michigan, has a Ben Butler east
of countenance, but his optics are
straight. He parts his heavy, badly-trim
med hair in the middle, and brushes it in
sweeping angles down his furrowed
brow. Wilson, of lowa, is a canny,
looking, middle-aged gentleman, with
thick, steel-gray hair, close-trimmed
beard of the same color, and a face de
noting a good amount of sound sense.
Colquitt, of Georgia, has a sagacious
looking forehead, from which his iron
gray hair is brushed behind his ears. He
seems like a man of parts, with will
strong enough to make himself felt. The
other fresh Senators, Browen, of Colo
rado; Dolpb, of Oregon; Gibson, of Louisi
ana; Kenna, of West Virginia; Mander
son, ot Nebraska; Pike, of Xew Hamp
shire; Riddleberger, of Virginia, and
>abin, of Minnesota, are fair types of the
ordinary legislator.
Diseases, Propensity and Passion, bring
mankind numberless ailments . Foremost
among them are Nervousness, Nervous
Debility, and unnatural weakness of Gen
erative Organs; Allen’s Brain Food suc
cessfully overcomes these troubles and
restores the sufferer to his former vigor.
sl. At druggists, or by mail from J. H.
Allen, 315 Ilrst avenue, New York city.
CONGRESS AND ITS WORK.
CARLISLE BI’SY SELECTING HIS
COMMITTEES.
A Chance That Georgia May Secure
One Chairmanship—Gresham to Retire
—Erskine’s Successor—Atlanta's Post
master—A BUI to Abolish Internal
Revenue Taxation.
Washington, Dec. o.—The fact that
but very little business of importance will
be transacted by Congress before the holi
day recess was made more than ap
parent to-day. It was the first day of a
lair field for the introduction of bills.
There were very few put in in the House,
and then there was an early adjournment.
The House practically adjourned to -Mon
day next, as no business will be trans
acted to-morrow, Mr. Carlisle has not
got his committees in shape, except in
that he has selected the men for the more
important Chairmanships. The gossip in
these selections is practically unchanged.
Phil. Thompson said to-day that there
was hardly a chance of the committees
being ready until after the holidays. It
will be remembered that Mr. Randall was
not ready with his committees before
that time when he was chosen Speaker.
The general complexion of the commit
tees will be such as to insure favorable
action towards certain reforms in the
tariff measures, but at the same time pre
vent any wholesale tariff agitation.
GRESHAM TO RETIRE.
It is considered probable that Post
master General Gresham will at no dis
tant day retire Irom the Cabinet. He said
to-day to a prominent Indianian that he
came here with the understanding that he
should succeed United States Circuit
•Fudge Drummond, of Chicago, ir he de
sired the place. All the Indiana Con
gressmen think that be will take the
Judgeship. Judge Drummond will retire
from the bench soon.
KUSKIN K\S R ETI REM ENT.
A friend of Mr. Farrow said to-night
that Mr. Farrow told him in Georgia the
other day that he had talked with Judge
Erskine about the latter’s retirement
from the bench, and that Judge Erskine
had s;rttl he would retire either on the
10(horl2th of this month. Mr. Farrow
expects to succeed him.
THE ATLANTA POSTMASTERSHIP.
M. K. Winston is here hunting for the
Atlanta Postmastership. An appoint
ment will be made in a few davs. Mr.
Winston says that he is supported by the
Republican party of Georgia “except
Buck and his crowd.” He thinks that he
will get the place. He will not, however.
The chances are in favor of William Wil
son, of Gainesville.
THE SCRAMBLE FOR PLACES.
The oUieers of the House are going slow
in tilling the minor places. The Georgia
delegation have not been informed yet
what places are to come to them. Geor
gia's patronage will, however, be small.
There are plenty of candidates for the
places, some of whom are here. There
are more in Georgia than there are on the
field of action. Mr. Nicholls wants to get
Mr. Sheftall. formerly Lieutenant of the
police force in Savannah, on the rolls.
Messrs. Hammond, Blount, and nearly all
the delegation will be in favor
of doing something for Henry
Richardson. If either Mr. Hammond or
Mr. Blount get a committee chairman
ship, Mr. Richardson will he the clerk of
that committee. 11. W. P. Ilall, ol Gaines
ville, has support for a place. Mark
Hardin is backed for Tally Clerk.
Representative Davidson, of Florida, is
supporting the claims of Eugene Speer for
a position.
HAMMOND BETTER.
Representative Hammond, who has been
very sick with pneumonia, is better to
night. His physician says that the crisis
has passed and that the groat danger is
over. Mrs. Hammond will arrive to-mor
row.
IN THE SENATE.
The Senate was called to order at noon.
After prayer by the Chaplain and the
reading of the journal several joint reso
lutions were presented to be referred to
the appropriate committees when ap
pointed.
Among the bills introduced to-day were
the following:
By Mr. Jones, of Florida—To authorize
the erection of public buildings in Key
West. It apprppritessloo,ooofor the pur
pose. Also, to authorize the Secretary of
the Treasury to settle the claims of the
State of Florida for expenses in suppress
ing Indian hostilities.
By Mr. Frye—To extend the duration of
the court of Alabama claims. It con
tinues the court to December 31, ISHTi, and
empowers the President to continue it
one year longer if necessary.
By Mr. Butler, of South Carolina—To
rex>eal the internal revenue laws now in
force, and to abolish the internal revenue
bureau.
By Mr. George—To relieve the Protest
ant Orphan Asylum at Natchez, Miss.
Also, to perm it a statue of Garibaldi tube
erected in the public grounds of Vicks
burg, Miss.
Mr. Jones, of Florida, offered a resolu
tion which was agreed to, calling on the
President for information as to whether
the ninth article of the treaty of 1819 be
tween the United States and Spain has
been fully executed by the United States,
and if not what impediments, whether of
law or fact, interfere with such execu
tion.
After a brief executive session, during
which a number of nominations were re
ceived, which were mostly recess appoint
ments, and were laid upon the table to
await the formation of the committees.
Beiore the body went into execu
tive sessiou Senator Morrill obtained
the floor and delivered a prepared speech
on his bill regarding coinage.
Senator Butler’s bill to abolish the in
ternal revenue system, introduced to-day,
provides that all laws and parts of law’s,
and all rules and regulations of depart
ments now in force for the collection of
the internal revenue tax tie and the same
are hereby repealed, but this act shall not
take effect until twelvemonths after its
passage.
Among the President’s nominations
were those ot Postmaster General Gresh
am, United States Ministers Phelps to
Peru, Thomas to Sweden and Norway,
Gibbs to Bolivia, Langston to Liberia,
and a number of promotions and new ap
pointments in the consular service.
The Senate adjourned until to-morrow.
IN THE HOUSE.
Mr. Tucker, of Virginia, called up the
resolution offered by him yesterday re
ferring to the Committee on’Eleetions the
papers in the Virginia contested election
case of Garrison vs. Mayo, with instruc
tions to that committee to decide upon
the prima facie right to the seat without
prejudice to the fin:*i decision on the
merits. In support of his resolution Mr.
Tucker said that all preliminary proceed
ings of the swearing in of members under
the law of Congress and the swearing in of
members under the law depended on the
regularity of the certificates presented by
each member. It was something prelimi
nary to organization, but when members
were sworn in the House was organized,
and for the first time was acting under
the Constitution, which gave it the right
to judge of the election of its own mem
bers. The Democratic party would do
justice in these contested election eases,
and his action was not prompted by any
desire to do injustice to Mr. Mayo.
Mr. Buckner, of Missouri,offered a reso
lution referring Mr. Tucker’s resolution
to the Committee on Elections, when ap
pointed, with instructions to report on the
legal question involved therein. The mo
tion was adopted.
On motion of Mr. Randall, of Pennsyl
vania. it was ordered that when the House
adjourn to-morrow it he to meet on Mon
day next.
Mr. Jones, of Alabama, submitted the
cu6tomarv resolutions announcing the
death of 'fhoinas 11. Herndon, of Alabama,
and out of respect to the memory ot the
deceased the House, at 12:40 o’clock, ad
journed, with the understanding that no
business will be transacted to-morrow.
MAHONE AND RIDDLERKRGKK.
Senators Mahone and Riddleberger re
ceived invitations to the caucus of the
Republican Senators yesterday similar to
those sent’ to the Republicans. Mr.
Mahone, in speaking of his attitude
toward the Republican pafty, said to-dav
that he had no objection to attending the
Republican caucus, and should have at
tended that of yesterday had he received
the invitation in season. He would not,
however, attend as a member of
the caucus or vote upon any
proposition which might come before it.
lie held that 38 Republican Senators,
being a majority of the Senate, had a right
to its control. He had no candidates for
Senate offices, and would not attempt to
influence any nomination. He had a
strong preference, as was well known,
but should content himself with voting in
accordance with his preferences. Should
he attend the Republican caucuses it
would be simply for conference. He be
SAVANNAH, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 0, 1883.
lieved that his opinions were shared by
Mr. Riddleberger.
FOLGER’S APPROPRIATION ESTIMATES.
Secretary of the Treasury Folger trans
mitted to Congress to-day estimates of
the appropriations required for the fiscal
year ending June 30.1885. The amount
estimated as required for all the expenses
of the government is $283,123,300, which
is $22,323,282 less than the aggregate of
the appropriations for the present fiscal
year, and $57,154,857 less than the sum
called for in the estimates submitted last
jear. The appropriations for the pres
ent fiscal year, including deficien
cies and miscellaneous, are $305,448,-
587, the estimates on which those
appropriations were based, calling for
$340,280,162. The estimates submitted to
day are divided as follows: Civil estab
lishments, $22,040,663; foreign intercourse,
$1,569,601; military establishment, $27,-
136,152; naval establishment, $22,747,751;
Indian affairs, $8,466,810; pensions, $40,-
000,000; public works, $17,760,214; postal
service, $2,958,111; miscellaneous, $25,-
293,960; permanent annual appropria
tions, $115,147,037. The estimates in all
the above eases, except for pensions, for
foreign intercourse and permanent
annual appropriations, are tor larger
sums tlian those appronriated for use
during the present fiscal’ year. The ap
propriation for {tensions for the present
year amounted to $80,576,287; for foreign
intercourse, $2,177,984, and the perma
nent annual appropriations to $117,-
529,521. The estimates which show
increase over the amounts appropriated
last year,_ are as follows: Civil establish
ment $547,216 increase; military estah
ment $1,015,055 increase; naval establish
ment $0,707,314 increase; Indian afiairss2,-
427,423 increase; public works $11,789,363
increase qiostal service $2,942,087 increase;
miscellaneous, $1,162,911 increase. The
increase in the estimates for the naval
establishment is due to provisions for
completing steel cruisers, monitors and a
dispatch boat. The increase in the esti
mates for public works is owing princi
pally to an item of $8,025,500 for
improving rivers anil harbors and to an
increase in the estimates for public build
ings from $1,591,300 to $3,847,967. The
other additions, however, arc $211,000 for
buildings for a national museum and
$086,138 for anew naval observatory. The
increase in the estimates for the postal
service is to cover a deficiency in the
revenues of $2,958,111.
DEMOCRATIC Cl UCUS.
The Democrats of the House of Repre
sentatives will probably hold another
caucus early next week to consider ques
tions of policy and to shape the course of
the party with respect to the legislation
at this session. Among well informed
Democrats no secret is made of the fact
that the object of the last caucus had in
view in arranging to have the rules
governing the House in the Forty
seventh Congress apply to the present
House only until two weeks after the
Committee on Rules shall have been ap
pointed, was to have an early report from
that committee embodying the changes
in the rules which the leaders of the party
deem essential to expediting business.
An important question which will be pre
sented to that committee for con
sideration is whether the changes
in the rules which were made
during the Forty-seventh Congress
and which the Democrats in that Congress
opposed as intended to gag tlie minority,
shall be repealed. Some prominent Demo
crats are not iu favor of striking out these
rules, taking the ground that they should
not restore to a Republican minority what
was taken away from the minority by a
Republican majority.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
Ex-Clerk of the House McPherson has
prepared an exact tabular statement of
the members of the House,’ showing that
it is composed of 190 Demociats, 118 Re
publicans. five Readjusters, three Inde-
the latter being Messrs. Lyman,
ot Massachusetts, York, of North Caro
lina and Ochiltree, of Texas) and one
Greenback-Labor Representative. There
are two vacancies, one in the Second
Mississippi and the other the Seventh Vir
ginia Districts.
President Arthur will make the Missis
sippi river improvements, the Hennepin
canal and other public works the subject
of special messages to Congress. Refer
ence to these subjects was omitted from
the regular message with a view of treat
ing them more in detail in supplemental
communications.
NUTT’S TRIAL.
The Defense Secures an Advantage by
Gaining a Change of Venue.
Uniontown, Fa., Dec. s.—The session
of court to-day was entirely occupied with
the examination of jurors summoned to
serve in the Nutt case. The panel em
braces 80 jurors. Fifty have been exam
ined and but one secured out of that num
ber. The counsel for the prisoner stated
this morning that they would base the
defense entirely on the theory of emotional
insanity, and they have summoned a large
number of witnesses to prove that the
prisoner has been peculiar from his in
fancy, and that ho was imbued with an
uncontrollable desire to take life. The
trial promises to be protracted and ex
citing.
Uniontown, Pa., Dec. 5, ll p. m.—At
the afternoon session of the court the
panel of jurors was exhausted and onlv
three had been sworn. In despair the
counsel for Nutt moved for a change of
venue. 'Phis was granted and the case was
ordered to be cert ified to the courts of Alle
gheny county. The intention is to secure
as speedy a trial as possible, and it is
thought that arrangements can be made
to begin in two or three weeks. The
change is con-idered by Nutt and his
friends to be greatly in his favor. If pos
sible the opinion that the killing of Dukes
was justifiable is more pronounced in
Pittsburg than in Fayette county, at
Nutt’s home. Dukes has many friends,
especially among a certain class of poli
ticians in Allegheny. No political feel
ing lias entered into the case, and a ver
dict of acquittal is expected.
SAVED BY lIIS MADNESS.
The Fanatical Murderer of His Child
Sent to an Insane Asylum.
• Barnstable, Mass., Dec. s.—The trial
of Freeman, of Pocasset, the fanatic, for
the murder of his little daughter Edith in
a religious frenzy, in May, 1879, was com
menced here to-day in the Supreme Court,
where the case had been carried on an
appeal. The testimony in regard to the
crime was the same as that given ou the
firmer trial. A couple of medical ex
perts gave their opinion that Freeman
was insane. All the testimony in regard
to the killing indicated that i’t was the
result of religious Irenzy. His wife said
that her feelings were the same as her
husband’s when the child was killed, but
presently they entirely changed. The
jury were out but a few minutes when
they returned with a verdict of not guilty,
by reason of insanity. Chief Justice
Norton then ordered that Freeman be
committed to the Danvers Insane Hos
pital for life.
A Detective's Rascality.
CHICAGO, Dec. s.—Charles Haley, who
has been employed as chief of the Chicago
and Northwestern Railroad detective ser
vice, lias been arrested, charged with
compounding a felony. The general claim
is made against Haley that he has been
directly connected with an organized
gangof monte sharps, and that by giving
them his official protection has shared in
moneys obtained from gullible travelers,
and particular instances are cited where
be shielded train gamblers who had ob
tained large sums of money by the three
card monte and other well known confi
dence methods. Haley is reputed to be
wortli from $40,000 to $50,000.
An Unconscionable Georgia Lothario.
Baltimore, Dee. s.—To-day a young
man of plausible address and genteel ex
terior tried to swindles fancy goods firm
by means of a bogus check p’assed upon
a messenger who delivered valuable
goods, which he immediately pawned.
He was captured to-night ’ and the
goods traced and recovered. On
his person were found a number
of letters from females iu Griffin and other
points in Georgia full of affection. He
had also a pawn ticket for a watch left in
Philadelphia, and quite a number of com
munications from New l'ork. He was
locked up for a hearing to-morrow.
I>own With the Wires.
New York. Dec. s.— At a meeting of
the Board ot Aldermen to-day a commit
tee reported in favor of the passage of an
ordinauee compelling all electric lighting
or illuminating companies, within six
months from the passage of the act, to lay
all their wires underground. Action on
the matter was deferred to the next meet
ing.
A Slight Cold
If neglected, often attacks the lungs.
Brown’s Bronchial Troches give sure and
immediate relief. Sold only in boxes.
Price 25 cents.
CHINA READY TO FIGHT.
SENG YU LIN REPORTS THE
CONFLICT INEVITABLE.
All Foreigners in Canton Notified and
the Mobilization of Troops for the I>e
fense of the City Ordered—The Yel
low Book Given to the French Depu
ties.
Hong Kong, Dec. s. —Admiral Seng
Yu Lin, whom the Emperor of China sent
to Tonquin to investigate the position of
atlairs there, hasreturned to Canton. He
has notified all foreigners that war with
France is imminent, and has ordered the
massing of all the available land and sea
forces for the protection of Canton. The
Admiral holds France answerable for
precipitating the war, and warns neutral
powers to observe their treaty stipulations
aud rules of international law.
St. Petersburg, Dec. s .—Le Jour
nal De St. Petersburg declares that noth
ing is known in St. Petersburg relative to
Prussia participating with the other pow
ers in the joint protection of foreigners
and property in the event of war betw'een
France and China
Paris, Dee. s .—Le Liberie says that it
believes that M. Ferry’s negotiations with
Marquis Tseng aim at the conclusion of a
treaty on the basis of the formation of a
neutral zone between China and Annam.
The same paper asserts that Earl Gran
ville, the British Foreign Secretary, has
informed Marquis Tseng that it China
does not make important concessions
England will leave France to complete
liberty of action.
The yellow book upon Tonquin at
lairs was distributed to the members of
the Chamber of Deputies. It contains the
Chinese memorandum which Prime Minis
ter Ferry on the 28th ult. gave to the Ton
quin Credit Committee. The memoran
dum states that France had imposed on
Annam an unjust treaty, ignoring the
rights of China, that France had invaded
Annam and manifested an intention to
take Bacninh, the key of the Chinese em
pire, etc., and that China, while feeling
compelled to resist aggression, appeal
ed to the honor of France to so
act as to prevent bloodshed. It aDo con
tains the note of M. Ferry to Marquis
Tseng, the Chinese Ambassador, suggest
ing that special power be entrusted to the
military chiefs in Tonquin to effect an un
derstanding by which China could stir
render Bacninh and Bontay peacefully to
Admiral Courbet, and that subsequently
a definite settlement could be negotiated.
Marquis Tseng, in replying to the latter
proposition, says that he regrets that
France regards the occupation of Sontay
and Bacninh by her troops as indispen
sable to the settlement of the question,
lie also says that he fails to perceive
the necessity of France occupying
those places which she is aware
the Chinese hold. Marquis Tseng com
ments on the statement made by Minister
Ferry in the Chamber of Deputies on the
31st ot October, in which he declared that
the French Government did not believe
that China would declare war, nor had
France any intention of doing so; that
France was desirous of firmly establish
ing herself in the Red river delta by
gaining possession of Sontay and Bac
nitih; that when that was achieved no
body would be able to drive her out; that
with patience, sang froid and her forces
she would be proof against everything,
and that that prudent policy would lead
to a settlement of the Tonquin affair.
The Marquis observes that this statement
produced a painful impression in Ton
quin. If it became a question of the pos
session ot Tonquin, further negotiations
would be useless, as it would be impossi
ble for China to agree thereon. On No
vember 30t.h Al. Ferry declared that the
ideas of the French Government had not
changed during the last three years.
French policy, he said, was guided by the
principles which formed the basis of the
treaty of 1875. The government desired
the consolidation of the French protecto
rate, the free navigation of Song Koir
river and security for its commercial rela
tions in Tonquin. The Marquis
having renewed the proposal
to fix a line of demarcation
between the armies in the cantonment at
Hanoi and at Sontay and on the banks of
Red river, AL Ferry pointed out that
Alarquis Tseng declared on the first of
August that there were no Chinese troops
in Tonquin, whereupon M. Challomel
Lacour, the then French Minister of
Foreign Affairs, replied that there was
consequently no danger of a conflict. If
the Chinese forces approached fortresses
against whicli the French were advanc
ing they would run the risk of being con
sidered Annamite auxiliaries. Since then,
added Al. Ferry, the situation remained
unchanged by our acts. Our plan of
campaign has not been modified and can
not be modified. It is not with us that
the responsibility for the conflict will
rest.
Brawn vs. Capital.
Pittsburg, Dec. s.—The Western Nail
Association, met to-day, and, alter a pro
tracted session, the resolution adopted at
the last meeting ordering a general sus
pension of the nail mills for live weeks
from December 22 was rescinded. This
action was brought about bv a number of
manufacturers refusing to shut down, as
they did not consider a suspension at this
time advisable. The discussion of the
subject was quite heated.
Heading, Pa., Dec. s. —ln consequence
of the “sNut down” of the Pottstown Iron
Company’s nail factory, the nail plate
mill was stopped to-day. The Hopebar
mill will probably close in a few days.
This will throw 000 men out of work.
Pittsburg, Dec. s.— The colored wire
cleaners in Oliver & Roberts’ mill struck
to-day against a reduction.
The bolt makers in Oliver Brothers &
Phillips’ mill also quit work on account
of a reduction of 50 cents per day.
The machinists who refused' to submit
to a reduction, have been notified that
their wages will remain unchanged, and
a suspension has been ordered until fur
ther notice.
The Diphtheria at Yale College.
New Haven, Dec. s.—The prevalence
of typhoid and malarial fevers among the
students at Vale College is puzzling the
faculty, The professors aver that the
sewerage and drainage of the college
buildings are perfect, and they cannot ac
count for the unusual illness that has
prevailed thus far this term. The reports
of deaths have,however, been exaggerated.
But two students have died of typhoid fe
ver, and one of these contracted the dis
ease abroad during the vacation. There
are now and have been a number of stu
dents more or less ill from malarial fever,
but there is no great alarm, and it is
thought that when the cold and seasonable
weather sets in the health of the college
will be fully as good as that of any other.
A Compliment to a Newspaper Mail.
Louisville, Ky., Dee. s.—Two years
ago the members of the Board of Trade of
this city inaugurated a custom of annu
ally electing one life member, chosen
from among those business men whose
energy and enterprise have made them
an important factor in the prosperity of
the city. To-day Walter N.Haldeman,
President of the Courier-Journal Com
pany, received this graceful compliment,
he being the third citizen so honored. His
predecessors are R. A. Robinson and B.
T. Avery. The Board of Trade is largely
indebted to Mr. Haldeman for the solid
basis on which it now rests.
Kuin Wrought by Fire.
Nashville, Dec. s.—The wholesale
drug house of Pendleton, Thomas & Cos.,
ou North Market street, was partiallv
burned this morning. Their stock is
valued at $75,000. The insurance is $57,-
000. The loss is estimated at $25,000,
divided among twenty-two companies.
Constantinople, Dec. s.— Haskieni,
a quarter inhabited 0v Turks and Jews,
has been on lire all day. Hundreds of
houses have been destroyed and much dis
tress prevails.
Havana, Cuba, L>ec. 6.—The dry dock
here was burned last night.
Internal Taxes.
Washington, Dec. s.— The Deputy
Commissioner of Internal Revenue savs
that the internal taxes already collected
for the present fiscal year are at the rate
of $123,000,000 per annum. He estimates
that the collections for the entire vear
will amount to about $130,000,000. This
estimate includes between six and seven
millions to be collected in special taxes
in April and May, but does not include
an increase which is anticipated from
spirits forced out of bond.
Changes in a Steel Firm.
Boston, Dec. s.—The Norway Iron
Works in South Boston, which are ope
rated by Naylor & Cos., an English firm,
will close its operations under that man
agement Jan. 1, and a project is on foot to
continue the business under a joint stock
company. The specialties of the works are
the manufacturing of steel boiler plate,
carriage springs aud cutlery steel, and its
business amounts to $1,500,000 per year.
A consumptive cough is dangerous. Ar
rest it with Hale’s Honey of Hoarhound
and Tar.
LORD LORVE LECTURES.
Canada Landed to tlie Skies by the Late
Governor General.
Birmingham, Eng,, Dec. s.—Lord
I Lome delivered a long lecture here last
I evening upon Canada and its product. He
particularly praised the salubrity of the
climate, and said that fevers which were
too common in the United States were un
known within the boundaries of the Do
minion. He lauded Canada as a
iiekl lor emigration, and expatiated
upon the. marvelous progress made
by the various towns. He instanced Pie
tou, in Nova Scotia, which he said with
its cheaper labor will soon rival Glasgow,
Belfast and London as an iron ship build
ing port. He said that Toronto is one of
the most prosperous young cities upon
the American continent, and one that is
destined to have a great future. He con
cluded by saying that the Canadian
people are thoroughly devoted to their
connection with the mother country, oth
erwise they would have long ago dis
carded their allegiance, of which thev are
proud. With tiie Dominion of Canada
and the Australian colonies in close re
lations, England need never fear
that her proud position in the world will
be shaken or questioned.
Sir Charles Tapper, the'Canadian High
Commissioner, in seconding the vote of
thanks to Lord Lome for his able and in
structive lecture* said that Canada had
never progressed so rapidly as when she
was under the administration of Lord
Lome. The Dominion, said he, also owed
a debt of gratitude to Princess Louise.
CANADA’S RUINED BANK.
The President a Defaulter and the Di
rectors Severely Censured.
Montreal, Dec. s.—There was great
excitement here to-day over the flight ot
Thomas Craig, President of the Exchange
Bank. Feeling has turned completely
from the defaulter to the directors who
allowed him to escape, and some of whom
are alleged to be at least privy
to his delinquencies. The condition
of the bank is considered to be
far below that represented by the
statements at the stockholders’ meeting
yesterday, and it is believed that with
double the liability paid up there will not
be sufficient, by 25 or 30 per cent., to liqui
date the liabilities to depositors and other
creditors. The shareholders are organ
izing their lorces to resist io the last the
directors being appointed as
liquidators, as they have been
exclusively elected on their
own votes and proxies. Craig, the Presi
dent. went West on the Grand Trunk
Railroad Monday night. His wife writes
that the strain was too much for him.
Admissions were made to-day that G. W.
Craig, Secretary and Treasurer of the
Montreal Loan and Mortgage Company, a
brother of the absconding President, had
been tampering with the funds of that
company, but to what extent is not yet
known.
Ireland and Her Troubles,
London, Dec. o.—Mr. Guy, O’Donnell’s
solicitor, is endeavoring to induce the
members of the jury which convicted
O’Donnell to sign a memorial which is to
be presented to Sir William Harcourt,
Home Secretary, asking him to commute
the death sentence of O’Donnell. Some
of the jurymen are willing to sign the pa
per, but it is expected that the majority
of them will decline to do so.
Dublin, Dec. s.—Mr. Healy, member
of Parliament, presided at the fortnightly
meeting of the Irish National League in
this city to-day. Mr. Harrington, mem
ber of Parliament and Secretary of the
league,announced that £I,OOO had been re
ceived from America since the last meet
ing. Mr. Biggar, member of Parliament,
in a speech referred to O’Connor Pow
er, member of Parliament for Mayo,
as the James Carey of Irish politics, and
added that no Irishman had a choice of a
government situation who had not first
become a traitor to the iaterests of Ire
land.
T. D. Sullivan, member of Parliament,
in referring to the action of the govern
ment in proclaiming Newry, said that
it had not been the custom
to interfere with Orange celebrations,
but that henceforth when Orange meet
ings were announced the Nationalists
would probably hold counter meetings,
and thus compel the government to pro
claim both. He attributed the present
unhappy state of affairs to the recent tour
of Sir Stafford Northcote.
Failures In Business.
Galvkston, Tex., Dec. s.—An Austin
special reports the assignment of B. J.
Kopperd, a dealer in general merchan
dise. His liabilities are .$25,000 and his
assets $27,000.
New Tore, Dec. 5.—S. M. 3fvenberg, a
silk manufacturer at No. 72 Leonard
Street, made an assignment to-day. His
liabilities are SOOO,OOO.
M indsor, Vt., Dec. 5. —Jones, Lamson
& Cos., proprietors of the Ascutney Mills
at Windsor, and whose failure for nearly
$500,000 last August uecessitated shutting
down, have made a settlement with their
creditors and expect to resume operations
soon. The firm are large manufacturers
of cotton yarn.
Tlie Needs of Agriculturists.
Louisville, Ky., Dec. s—The Farmers’
Congress ot the United States convened
to-day at the Galt House. Sixty delegates
were present, representing Kentucky.
Tennessee, South Carolina, Mississippi,
Colorado and Indiana, and other dele
gates are expected to arrive to-night.
The President of the Congress, Maj.
T. J. Hudson, of Lamar, Miss., made an
address of some length, setting forth the
demands and wants of agriculturists,
and especially urging the appointment of
a Commissioner of Agriculture as a mem
ber of tiie President’s Cabinet.
Indian Pupils to Become Teachers.
Washington, Dec. s.—The Secretary of
the Interior is considering the feasibility
of employing some ot the advanced oupils
at the Carlisle Indian School in subordi
nate positions at the new Indian schools
at Chilocca, Indian Territory; Genoa,
Nebraska, and Lawrence, Kansas. In
answer to a letter from the Secretary
Superintendent Pratt, of the Carlisle
school, has expressed himself in favor of
the proposition, and has furnished a list
of the pupils competent to discharge the
duties of sub-teachers.
Comments on Arthur’s Message.
London, Dec. .5. —The Times, in com
menting on President Arthur’s message
to the United States Congress, savs that
the document is somewhat colorless. It
sees a tribute to the Irish vote in the
United States in the language which the
President uses in regard to paujier emi
grants. The press generally express dis
appointment that President Arthur does
not recommend reductions in the tariff at
this session of Congress. All the papers
refer to the picture the message presents
of the great prosperity of America.
Shot by a Policeman.
Danville, Ya., Dec. s.—Green Miller,
a negro, was last night shotbv Policeman
Williams, and the wound will probably
prove mortal. Miller was beating his
wife and Policeman Kennedy, attempting
to arrest him, was resisted and choked.
Policeman Williams interposed and Mil
ler, turning on him, fought and bit him.
Miller finally consented to go with Ken
nedy to jail if Williams dra not accom
pany them; but seeing Williams follow he
rushed on him aud Williams shot him
down.
Hurraysville’s Rioters.
Pittsburg, I’a.. Dec. s.—The hearing
of the habeas corpus proceedings against
the Murraysville rioters was closed at
Greensburg this morning and Judge Hun
ter decided to admit all to bail except
Bowser, Milton, Weston, of Chicago.
Col. Blakely aud Joseph Johnston, of
Pittsburg, aud Henry Ramsley, of Mur
raysville, were reouired to turulsh bail in
the sum of $.5,000 each and the others in
less amounts.
The Women Held for Trial.
Stonington, Conn., Dec. s.—Judge
Lippett has found six of the Wequetle
quack women probably guilty of breach
of the-peace and forcibly entering the
school house, and has bound them over
for trial at the January term of the Supe
rior court at New London. Two of the
prisoners were discharged.
A Land Grant Refused.
Washington, Dec. s.—ln the case of
the South and North Alabama Railroad
Company’s application for certain lands
in Alabama, aggregating 5,0(X) acres, the
Secretary of the Interior has rendered a
decision adverse to the company.
The Medical Students Give In.
Washington, Dec. 5.— A1l but two of
the students who left the National College
of Pharmacy a few nights ago because of
the admission of a colored man as a stu
dent returned to their classes this evening.
Mr. A. 11. Moore, Mill Ray, Ga.. says:
“I have used Brown’s Iron Bitters for
dyspepsia, and am happy to say with best
results.”
BIRMINGHAM STILL IRATE
ALL EFFORTS TO PACIFY THE
CITIZENS UNAVAILING.
The Judge Suspends the Session of the
Court on Account of the Excitement-
Several Mass Meetings Held and the
Advocates of Lynching In the Majority
—Troops Again Called.
Birmingham, Ala., Dec. s.—Judge
Bpratt, on convening court, iu sessiou
now sitting, speaking of the existing dis
turbance, said that he would not hold
court without the assurance of the sup
port of the court and law by the citizens.
1 hereupon, at the suggestion of a member
of the bar, a mass meeting was called to
take place at 1 o’clock, and the court
took a recess for that purpose. Iu a short
time the building was packed with peo
ple. A committee which had been ap
pointed submitted a resolution condemn
ing mobs and all mob law. The read
ing of the resolution excited confusion,
and was said to be too radical in the present
exoited condition of things. The resolu
tion was recommitted and other names
were added to the committee. The second
report advocated the support of the law,
provided as speedy a trial as possible be
had, and advised them to return to their
homes to await the action of the court.
Judge Spratt, on reconvening the court,
directed the Sheritt' to arraign the
prisoner Posey at 4 o'clock, with a
posse to protect him. At a
mass meeting of citizens part of the
crowd left the building protesting against
any delay. They gathered outside of the
court house, and until dark, with aug
mented numbers, listened to speeches de
manding the lynching of the prisoners.
Ihe authorities feared to bring the pri
soner into court, and troops were accord
ingly asked tor, and two companies were
sent from Montgomery.
Birmingham, Ala.’, Dec. 0,11:30 p. m.
This morning three more companies
from Greenville, Opelika and Tuscaloosa
arrived. All the commands belong to the
Second Regiment of Alabama State
troops, under Col. F. G. Jones, of Mont
gomery, who is a veteran Confederate
soldier of distinction. About 200 men,
armed with Springfield rifles and one
Gatling and two field rifle guns, comprise
the command. This morning the three
companies brought the prisoner to the
court. He was arraigned and his
trial set for Friday, which is the
earliest possible time allowed by the
law. Col. Jones to-day issued handbills
broadcast, declaring that he and the
troops here would only see the law exe
cuted and the peace preserved, citing the
State law as authority. Mayor Low also
issued a proclamation calling on all citi
zens to retire peacefully, and stating that
the troops were strong enough and would
certainly protect the prisoner. The cool
est heads believe that the strong military
display w ill have the effect of preventing
any serious disturbances. It is said that
Wesley Posey had ravished several little
negro girls, and that the negroes are us
much incensed as the whites, although
they are making no disturbance. The
military will remain on duty till the trial
is over.
Y ictoria Approves Appointments.
London, Dec. s.—The Queen has ap
npproved the appointment of Sir Edward
Sullivan as Lord Chancellor of Ireland,
Right Hon. A. M. Porter, Queen’s Coun
sel, as Master of Rolls, John Naish,
Queen’s Counsel, as Attorney General for
Ireland, and Samuel Walker, Queen’s
Ceunsel, as Solicitor General for Ireland.
Hooting Out tlio Freneli Language.
Metz, Dec. s.—Baron Von Manteuffel,
Governor of Alsace and Lorraine, has
annulled the resolution adopted by the
District Diet of Upper Alsace, allowing
the use of the French language in its de
bates. The ground of the Governor’s ac
tion was that the Diet had exceeded its
legal power.
Russia's New Constitution.
St. Petersburg, Dec. s. —Le Journal
de St. Petersburg denies the report con
tained in the St. Petersburg dispatch to
the Berlin Tagblatt on the 25tli ultimo
that the Czar had selected Tolstoy and
J m - y Councillors Pobedonnziefi' and Kat
koff to elaborate a constitutional charter
ot the empire.
Charleston's Election Cases.
Charleston, S. C., Dec. s.—ln the
United States Court to-day the election
case ot Mitchell was declared a mistrial.
Ihe trial of the case of Horsey, Supervi
sor of Registration at Charleston, was
commenced. District Attorney Milton
again applied the stand-aside rule to 15
white jurors.
Negro Children Burned.
Augusta, Ga., Dec. s.—Three negro
children were burned to death in Colum
bia county to-day during the absence ol
their parents, who locked the children up
in a cabin and went to church.
Making Good a Defalcation.
London, Dec. s. —The directors of the
London and San Francisco bank have
voted to pay out of its reserve fund the
amount of the defalcation ot its recent
secretary.
Stroecker Given Hig Choice.
Berlin, Dec. s. —The Supreme Church
Council has summoned Dr. Stroecker, the
Court Chaplain, to either abandon his
nnti-semitic agitation or resign his posi
tion.
Cetewayo’g Troubles.
London, Dec. s.—lt is reported in
Durban that the Zulu chief Cetewayo will
be restored to power over his tribe and
lands under the protection of British
troops.
Inciting the Commune. .
Paris, Dec. s. —Placards notifying
workingmen to attend an anarcliial meet
ing in front of the Bourse Friday have
been posted in the disorderly quarters of
the city.
Tennyson to he Made a Peer,
London, Dec. s. —The Daily News this
morning confirms the statement that Al
fred Tennyson, the poet, will shortly be
raised to a Peerage.
She Looked Like Her Great-Great-
Grandmother.
Buffalo Courier.
A few days ago Miss Jennie Hazen, of
Angola township, was passing a second
hand picture dealer’s store in Buffalo
when she noticed among some old paint
ings a picture that was a striking like
ness of herself. Looking at the reflection
of herself in the window and then upon
the old painting, the resemblance was
wonderful. The young lady, who is only
16 years old, returned home to Angola full
of her discovery, insisting that someone
had been painting her picture and ar
ranging her as a fright (the girl of the
painting was dressed in the style of the
last century ). Incited by curiosity some
of the family went to Buffalo, and, upon
seeing the picture, were as amazed as
Miss Jennie. Their bewilderment was in
creased by deciphering the name Jennie
on the back of the painting. It also bore
the name oi the artist, “Richardson, Phila
delphia.” The painting was bought for
$3 50 and was sent to the young lady’s
grandmother in Erie, Mrs. Dr. M. J.
Clark, who recognized it as the portrait
ot her grandmother, Jennie Elizabeth
McMichael, an intrepid Philadelphia girl,
whose adventures during the revolutionary
period were told at hundreds of firesides
by the grandfathers and grandmothers of
the present generation.
Blunders of the Absent-Minded.
A U the Year Hound.
Absent-minded people make queer blun
ders. Rev. Jonathan Edwards, the New
England preacher, who died of emall-pox,
when out riding asked a small boy who
bowed as be opened the gate for him:
“Whose boy are you, my little man?”
“Noah Clark’s hoy, sir,” was the reply.
When he returned the same boy appeared
and opened the gate. “Whose boy are
you?” asked Edwards. “Noah Clark’s,
sir. The same man’s boy I was
a quarter of an hour ago, sir.”
The first Lord Lyttleton was terribly
absent-minded. He fell into the river
once, and sank twice before he remem
bered he could swim, thus coming near
commuting the egregious blunder of
drowning. A clergyman walking one day
in the country wae in deep thought. He
was so accustomed to riding that on
reaching the tollgate he cried out: “Here,
what’s to pay?” “Pay for what?” said
the gate-keeper. “My horse,” replied the
preacher. “What horse? You’ve got no
horse.” “Bless me,” looking down to his
legs, “I thought I was on horseback.”
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SUNK YVITH ALL HER MEN.
A Sandy Hook Pilot Boat Run Down
by the Alaska—Meetiug Oft’ Fire
Island—No Knowing Yet How Many
Men Were Lost, or Who They Were—
Capt. Murray’s Account of it.
New y ork, Dec. 5.—A fishing smack
arrived last night at Stapleton, S. 1.,
having on board wreckage picked up off
Fire Ireland belonging to pilot boat No. 8,
the Columbia. It is now deemed certain
that the Columbia was the pilot boat
run down in the night by the steamship
Alaska. All the pilot boats in harbor
have tneir flags at half mast. Four pilots
and a crew of six men lost their lives by
this disaster. Until this arrival it had
not been made certain what pilot boat it
was that was lost.
Xtu; York Sun, December t,.
The Guion line steamship Alaska’ re
ported on her arrival from Liverpool
yesterday that she had run into a pilot
boat just after midnight vesterday morn
ing, and sunk her, with ail on board. The
Aiaska was steaming along with a light
at the masthead, to indicate that she
wanted a pilot. She was about seventv
tive miles east of Fire Island light. At
12:L), Capt. Murray being on the bridge
and in charge of the ship, a boat with a
light at her masthead was seen on the
port bow. The steamship was then head
mg west, the wind was northwest, and
the pilot boat was headed about northwest,
so that she was slowly approaching the
steamship on the port side.
A strong northwest wind was blowing.
Ihe night was starlight. As the Alaska
bore down on the pilot boat the latter
buined her torches to let the steamer
know that the signal for a pilot was seen,
lken the Alaska reversed her engines un
der a full head of steam. The pilot boat
was then almost dead ahead of the steam
ship and a little to port. As the Alaska
slowed up her bow fell off until it brought
the pilot boat dead ahead. A minute later
the bow of the steamship cut the boat
down just back of the mainmast and ran
over it. Ihere was one cry as she swept
over the wreck, and that was all. The
yawl of the pilot boat had just been
launched and was swamped.
A life buoy burning a torch was cut
adrift at once on the Alaska, and a boat
was manned and lowered, but neither
saved any one. The wind was so strong
that, the boat was not able to reach the
buoy, Capt. Murray savs, and the buoy
was not picked up until daylight. The
Alaska waited about until 7:30 in the
morning, and then came in.
When questioned about the collision by
a number of Sandy Hook pilots alter his
arrival in port. Capt. Murray said that
his ship was making leeway at the time,
he supposed, because he had reversed the
engine. He was watching the pilot boat
through his glasses. Suddenly he saw the
boat try to run across his bows from lee
ward to windward. In so doing she ran
into the Alaska’s cutwater with her star
board quarter. The force oi the blow
broke the boat open. He tried to make
out the number of the boat on the sail
while she was approaching and as the
wreck drifted by, but he was unable to
do so. The lee side of tbe sail was dark
before the collision, and the sail was all
adrift afterward, and was flapping so that
lie could not make out the number.
The pilots say that it is probable that
when the pilot boat first saw the signal of
the Alaska she was hove to under close
reefed mainsail and reefed forestaysail.
Under that sail she would make little or
no headway, and but little leeway. On
seeing the signal of tlie Alaska, the man
at the wheel probably put up his helm to
let the boat run down to meet the Alaska.
Having so little headway, she would hang
oil for some time. When the Alaska re
versed her engines her bow swung rapidly
around to leeward under the pressure of
the northwest wind until she headed
directly for the pilot boat. The pilot boat
could not have had headway enough to
attempt to sail across the bows of the
steamer, even it pilots were in the habit
of trying that.
“How long before you can tell which
boat was lost?” was asked of a pilot at
the Burling slip pilot office.
“It may be two weeks. Certainly several
days. We shall have to wait until all the
rest are accounted for. Still, the yawl
might be picked up and identified.”
At the loot ot Beekman street the Jersey
pilots said it could not be one of their
number. Two of their boats sailed yes
terday. One was about 400 miles out and
one was at Cape May. The rest were in
port.
The Alaska got Pilot Boat 14 about 8:30
o’clock,and took on Christopher Peterson.
On the steamer few of the passengers
knew of the collision until morning. Then
a collection of $1,200 was raised for the
benefit of those dependent on the lost
men.
“Could it not have been a coast schooner
instead of a pilot boat?” was asked of
Capt. Murray by one of the pilots.
“Impossible. I know a pilot boat when
I see it.”
WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE.
Some Speculations with Regard to It.
a aehinj/ton Special Courier-Journal. 3d.
The making of the committees is now
the order of the day, and already the new
Speaker is busily at work.
Mr. Morrison, of Illinois, will, of course,
be Chairman of the Ways and Means. He
has not merely earned it by his services,
and entitled to it by his record, having
been its Chairman under the lamented
Kerr, but he is the embodiment of
revenue reform. Mr. Randall is
conceded the Chairmanship of the
Appropriations bv a stretch of
generous courtesy which he does not de
serve, for, after beating Blackburn four
years ago by a very scant vote, he practi
cally ignored him in the construction of
his committees. By the recent caucus
vote, ot which lie received little more than
a fourth, he is entitled to no other eon
-B[deration thau Mr. Carlisle sees fit to
give him. The new Speaker, however, is
a child in good-natured forgetfulness, and
will heap coals of fire upon his head in
tiie form of kindly recognition.
Among the changes which are to be
made, Perry Belmont is strongly urged
for Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Com
mittee. He is a type of the young Democ
racy-brave, conscientious and enlighten
ed. His leanings are for foreign affairs and
international relations. The Chairman of
this committee has much necessary inter
course with the diplomatic corps located
in Washington, and, being a gentleman
of fortune, with an establishment of his
own, Mr. Belmont is in a condition to
discharge all needful courtesies and hos
pitalities of the situation. He has been a
steady friend ot Mr. Carlisle, and is a
thorough revenue reformer.
Of course John Randolph Tucker will
hat e the Chairmanship of the Judiciary,
as, if the Democrats come in, he will lie
Attorney General. He is conceded to be
the ablest lawyer of the House. Blount,
of Georgia, is another good and true man,
who has never had his deserts. He will
get them now. So will Albert Willis, who
lias shown up a bigger man than was be
fore suspected. Joe Blackburn is modest
and unsolicitous. He says to Carlisle,
“go along and make your committees for
the best, and don’t mind me.”
The Ways and Means Committee is the
real job, and it ought to be and will be
thoroughly revenue reform. It is be
lieved it will consist ot eight revenue re
formers and five protectionists, four of
these to be Republican and one Demo
crat. Here is a shrewd guess of its com
position :
Wm. R. Morrison, 111.; Chairman,
John K. Tucker, Va.; Frank 11. Hurd, O.;
•Jas. 11. Blount. Ga.; John A. Kasson, Iowa;
S. J. Randall. Pa.; \V. D. Kelley, Pa.:
John Hancock, Tex.; Albert S. Willis, Ky.;
J. Warren Kcifer, O.; A. S. Hewitt, N. Y.;
E. John Ellis, La.; Wm. 11. Calkins. Inti.
This is a lairer committee than the last,
and, whilst making assurance of revenue
reform a certainty, gives the Protection
ists and Republicans their strongest men.
Roseerans will be Chairman of Military
Affairs, with Slocum a good second. Dors
heimer will be given a good place on the
Judiciary; so will Follett. Reagan, of
Texas, Buckner, and Hatch, ot Missouri,
Herbert, of Alabama, and Stockslager, of
Indiana, will all get good chairmanships.
A Grocery Clerk Shot and Killed.
Charlotte, N. C., Dec. s.—Sydney
Morton, a clerk in a grocery store at
Monroe, in this State, was shot and killed
to-day by John McLarty, colored. Mc-
Larty claims that the shooting was acci
dental, but the Coroner’s jury committed
him to jail without bail.
Victims to Breaking Ice.
Chicago, Dec. 5.—A special dispatch
from Lake City, Minn., says: “Rev. Mr.
Robinson, pastor of the Methodist Church
at Pepin, Wis., andC. H. Conans, Princi
pal of the High School, broke through tbe
ice on Lake Pepin yesterday and were
drowned.”
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VIRGINIA'S LEGISLATURE.
M.IHONE ASKED TO RESIGN BY
THE SENATE.
Ilie Governor Favors Carrying Out
the Kiddk-herger Bill—The Reopening
or the Boundary Line Question Rec
ommended—An Appeal for a Legal In
vestigation of the Danville Case.
Rn hmond, \ a., Dec. s.—The General
Assembly met at noon and both houses or
ganized by the election of the Democratic
caucus nominees. A joint committee
waited on the Governor and soon thereaf
ter eis message was received and read. A
resolution was introduced in the Senate
calling on Senator Mahone to resign. Tbe
preamble consists of a sharp arraignment
of tne Senator. Governor Cameron in
his message deals mainly with State
affairs. lit the matter of the public debt
lie refers at length to the working of the
Kiddleborger act, and recommends that
the requirements of the bill shall ail be
carried out by the present Legislature,
and that lurther legislation be adopted to
increase its effectiveness. In relation to
the condition of the public school system
lie says that in the past two years tbe
facilities for free education have been al
most doubled. He hopes that his views
in favor of furnishing means for teaching
all people to understand their rights
the limit of their privileges
andleel and perform the full measure ot
their duties, will meet with no opposition
in \ lrginia, and he urges upon the Legis
lature the imjicrtance of further improv
liig the moans of educating tlie children
of all classes. The Governor says that
the long vexed question of a proper boun
dary line between Virginia and Maryland
is about to lx? settled. He urgently
recommends a repeal of tlie act passed
at the session of IXBI-82 to define tlie true
boundary line between the two States,
and intimates that Maryland got the ad
vantage of Virginia. As to the oyster
interest, he complains that Maryland has
a licet of nine vessels eugaged in the sup
pression of unlawful dredging on her
oyster beds, while Virginia has none,
though she has the largest oyster interest
on tlie continent. He will send a special
message to the legislature on this subject.
THE DANVILLE AFFAIR.
Referring to the recent trouble in Dan
ville, lie says: “It is sad to mar the pleas
ant picture by alluding to an unhappy
circumstance which all good people
should pray God shall never be repeated
in the State of Virginia. Far be it from
the Governor of this commonwealth,
whose duties are purely executive, to
criticise in any partisan sense the
trouble by which death and blood
came on the 3d of November
to many citizens in one of the cities of
this State. There is no purpose here to
ask your honorable body to investigate
the matter. There is right vested in the
Governor to do so, but tlie charge made
against this State and that community is
that men were killed, men were wounded,
of no matter of what party, of no matter
what color, and that, contrary to all the
law-observing habits of this people, no
man has been accused, arrested or tried
for his partin killing or wounding. This
is a view of the affair in which
a**. flood people should join. A
judicial investigation should be had, wit
nesses should be allowed to testify, should
be made to testify, and the truth should
be made apparent so that the common
wealth of Virginia should be placed be
fore the world as one of the States which
tries crime, no matter who may be the
criminal.
A George Washington Hatchet for
Speaker Carlisle.
ITJtfA inuton Star, Tec. S.
It has for some years been the custom
for tiie friends of candidates for the Speak
ership (ladies as well as gentlemen) to
send flowers to the desk in the
House of a candidate on the day
he is elected, and some times even
a candidate known to have been defeated
in the caucus for the nomination receives
these testimonials. Two Kentucky ladies
had prepared for the successful candidate
for Speaker from their State an entirely
original design in flowers and hand
painted satin and sent it to him at the
House to-day. It is a gavel in the shape
of a George Washington hatchet, which
rests upon the mossy stump of a tree in
such wise as to leave both sides of the
blade and handle entirely exposed. One
side is of exquisite flowers and the other
of satin, finely painted in oils by an artist
of talent, who originated the design for
the decoration, the inscription being com
posed by one of the donors. Through the
center of the blade appears in illuminated
letters, in old English text, on white
satin:
“May eyo be keen as blade of hatcher.
When worthy members rise to catch it,
And rulings true as steel to match it,
All lawful business to dispatch it.”
On the left of the inscription is tho
trump of fame blowing out gavels, and be
neath it on the left is a little nude George
Washington, hatchet in hand, cutting
down a cherry tree. On his right are a
larger hatchet and a felled troo. In the
upper left-hand corner appears against a
sky baekground the dome of thecapitol
with a waning moon in the west and a
rising sun in the east. In the centre part
of the handle, on a white satin ribbon ap
parently twined about it. is in German
text, “G. W., to the Speaker XLVIII. Con
gress, greeting,” and below that is paint
ed a large mallet. The hatchet on which
all this is painted is the size of hatchets
in common use.
On the card of the ladies who sent this
appears the following advice to the
Speaker as to how to wield the double
ended instrument:
“For noise use hammer end as gavel.
And blade when knots yon can’t unravel.”
A. Challenge Declined.
Berlin, Dec. s.— Herr Phillips, editor
of Die \olks Zeitung and a member of the
Reichstag, has challenged Dr. Stoecker to
tight a duel, owing to obnoxious remarks
made by the latter in regard to the liberal
press. Dr. Stoecker has declined the
challenge on the ground that he is a
clergyman.
Duped to tlie Tune of 925,000.
Fall River, Mass., Dec. s.—The loss
to the Fall River Mills by the fraudulent
bills of lading issued by Joseph Lohnstein,
of Sherman, Texas, is from $25,000 to $30,-
000, divided among six mills.
A Stalwart Old Knemy.
One of the toughest old adversaries of
human comfort, and most difficult to ex
terminate, is rheumatism. Many middle
aged people suffer torture with it, and the
old folks who have it find it the pest of
their lives. The case of a venerable lady
of Lewistown, Mass., is of great interest
to the victims of this tough old enemy.
51 rs. Swett says: “I have been using
Ferry Davis’ Pain Killer for about eight
years. As soon as I apply Pain Killer I
have almost immediate relief from pain.”
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