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< ESTABEISHEIk 1850. /
) ,|. 11. ESTI EE, Editor and Proprietor, i
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
\EWS OF TH E TWO STATES TOLD '
IN PARAGRAPHS.
\ Wilcox Citizen who is a Crack Shot .
at Ninety-one—Nejjro Votes Hehl at !
High Prices in Athens—A Great Fire’s !
Xovel Origin Near Blakely.
GEORGIA.
Mrs. E. !*• Shugart, of Marietta, is dead.
J. Crovatt is Brunswick’s new Mayor.
Mrs. Mary A Hewitt is dead at Columbus.
The first brick of Roma's new public school
has been laid.
James M. Spullock’s funeral was largely at
tended at Rome.
Dade county will organize a Sunday-school
association to-day.
< oi. Charles J. Munnerlyn’s residence, near
tai cville, has been burned.
Dr. IxniiH E. Berckmans, living near Au
ta, died Thursday morning.
p jicphriw, the child murderer, has been
t u the asylum at Milledgeville.
Koiicrt Burton, one of the editors of E. R.
S ; rp< new paper at Carrollton, is dead.
1,. [<’. Burkett ami Dr. Curry are the can
, : iat' -for the Bainbridge Postmastership.
t ~|. B. K. Calhoun has been appointed by
< ordinary County Administrator for Dodge
<•< .n nt y.
There are eight men in jail at Monroe, all
< .n d, ami all charged with high crimes—
three for capital offenses.
j.dm I*. Kiker, of Gordon county, aged 35,
ya- arrested last week on a warrant of lunacy
sworn out by his wife, and placed in jail.
'I ..--day W. 11. McCall was killed at Rosin
i!a|,;, in Berrien county, by J, W. Tatem, who
f.ti-1 k him in the breast with a door bar.
I rty-two trunks were checked at the
1 . vington depot one day last week for Texas.
ainl almost as many persons accompanied
them.
Work on the big steam mill at Bainbridge is
pre . re-sing as rapidly as possible. It will be
ihi first of February next before it will be
completed.
( Jeb Henderson, the murderer of Jeff
M..-I'lcy, after dodging about for three months,
has fallen into the clutchesof the law ami now
languishes in Fulton county jail.
A free scholarship in the Elberton Military
Academy is offered to a voting man or boy in
each county in the Eighth Congressional dis
trict, by Mr. I’. E. Davant, the principal of
tliat institution.
Itov. John T. Kimbell has accepted a unani
mous call to the thirty-first, year of his pas
torate with Shiloh Church, Monroe county—a
good working church, with a large and grow
ing congregation.
Judge Wylia Brogden, one of the old set
tlers of Calhoun, has a coffee mill which has
been in use forty-three years, and a wash-tub
which has been in use twenty-four. Both are
doing good service yet.
Charles Egerton gigged a roektlsh in Spring
creek last week t hat weighed 45 pounds. He
took the monster to Bainbridge last Saturday
and sold 40 pounds of the flesh for if 4. The
head weighed five pounds.
Right verend It. W. B. Elliott, D. 1).,
bishop of Western Texas, will preach in At
lanta to-day. He has been prominently men
lioned in connection with the bishopric of
Maryland, which is soon to be tilled.
( . J. Daniels, of Albany, has been burned
out. The house was owned by Mrs. I. J. Brin
son and was insured for SBOO. Mr. Wright
In'id insurance of SI,OOO on his furniture. Two
adjoining houses wore slightly damaged.
1.. Crisman, who lived near Sonora, was
killed last week beneath a falling tree, which
lie had cut down, ami remained beneath it all
night. He was found and released next
rooming, but life had been ex tinct some hours.
The number of letters mailed and received
n! tlie McDonough post office has largely in
creased since the reduction of postage to two
cent-. I’lie use of post al cards has diminished
in about the same ratio with the increase of
letters.
At Bartow, Jefferson county, on the night
oi lhe 3d inst., Andy Wilcher cut. Willis Kin
yon’s throat (both colored), killing him in
stantly. Wicher was arrested anil lodged in
mil. No reason is known for the killing. It
seems to be unproyoked.
( . 11. Wiggersj who has been lingering in
Clayton county jail for three or four months
past on the charge of forgery, was allowed to
_.ve bond at> the late term of Clayton Supe
rior Court, and is once more enjoying his lib
erty. His health is said to have become seri
ously impaired during his long confinement.
Tlie II . . i AVirx says: “Curry, the mur
derer, is getting very impudent in jail.
Saturday morning Uncle Sailor, who lias
been cleaning up the jail for three or four
years, went toperform hisduties, when Curry
dashed a bucket of water on him. This is
but another evidence of his brutality. Aman
who would kill another while he was asleep
can do anything.”
The negro woman now in jail at Athens for
killing her child is 20 years old, and very
black. She insists that tlie infant was still
born. and that her parents knew nothing
about its interment. She says she kept it hid
that night, but early the next morning got up
and with a hoe dug a shallow hole and placed
the nude body therein. She expresses no re
grets about the matter, and seems entirely
indifferent as to her fate.
The Eastman 77>/icssays: “The largest oak
tree growing in the piney woods stands in
front of the store of M. T. Moses & Son. It is
15' 2 feet in circumference 2' 2 feet above ihe
ground. It has been struck by lightning,
but is stilt living. At the base of Inis tree
two distinct and separate streams of water
spring forth— one running directly east and
the other west. From best information the
tree is about "5 or 80 years old.
During the war. when Dr. Mary Walker
was. iiptured and placed in prison at Dalton,
the oftieer in command was Capt. George AV.
Holm the architect and contractor, of Ma
con. The other day an occasion presented
it" 11 tor ( apt. Holmes to write to her, and in
the h tier he reminded her of the meeting and
her imprisonment at Dalton. In her reply
.-he well remembers the circumstances, and
says she was always treated with considera
tion and respect by the Confederaies.
'lhe \thens UWcAz/wzt says: “The
1..:s passed when by purchasing a few
negro leaders yon can control the other vo
ter- Eu h suffrage slinger is now a leader
withm himself and demands a share of the
Last Wednesday, so »we learn, some
iiegrms got as high as $lO for their votes,
wime others sold out at fromsl to $2 per head.
" k c Um plan of buying suffrage was first
' iiri' m Athens the leaders would string
' i t t.:eir men and sell them for so much a
ouneh. like spring onions or asparagus.
Blakely. a yoke of oxen ran away
” hue the driver was standing behind them,
1 ’V !l!S D’P.e. Dropping the match, he
' 'n. pursuit of the runaways. Tlie pine
pii’uvy took fire, and the fire spread at a tre
'ic .".-i rate, going in a southern direction,
i '.'"’ ’"? (ill before it. Some farmers lost
v their fencing, and a Mr. Davis, who
- i' in bed. lost, not only Ins fencing, but
n üb'img on his place except his dwell
; ”> i.iat was saved with much difficulty.
‘ \ the ,lre was terrific to behold,
l'r. -r, ' ! lad 10 ® ce ' K '^ orc its destructive
r* 11 ' ’ '< says that during the past week
ii'v" l" !'k was plentiful on the streets of
fc.'v ns ' 11 **’ and prices ranged from six to
, ’' 'V 'per pound. The market men are
' ■ ■ the pork they want at six cents per
, ,* buy from tlie farmers at six
t ‘ ,l ’ (’' tail the choice pieces at eight anil
1 ' - per pound. Western meat is selling
"’ s at seven and a half toeightccnts.
* ’ r ai-ed corn is selling here at sixty
till -'euty-iive cents per bushel. From
ti > ." . ' ttlel 'e are more hogs in the coun-
■ 1 v time-ince the war. The corn
but ti"!’ !H>t as ,ar ?e this year aS it was last,
A ' , i e " ‘mough to supply home purposes.
, le county is in good condition,
tie-. ■ '‘'“up. and there is less indebted-
t;_;.t ]'. . ' retofore. It is the credit system
I-. " ie prosperityjof this coun-
ty., ."plenty of home raised corn and
j . ' ‘' - ai ’mers will soon get out of debt,
1 mr.e independent.
i_i| , I ecior Court spent Wednesday try
~ ' . ",?*■ Hosea Bice and Annie' Bice
r ,/i. '-arietta and North Georgia Rail
r. . D'auy for $5,000 damages. It will be
’i-ar.-J ' v : >‘‘at Rateree, a coi.xict in
Hay.., \*' Marietta and North Georgia ;
*' liar . ” lll l l :u >y, was sent by the company !
Gaia ''° uat y in 1881 to arrest another ’
tia- .i l:v * escaped from their camp in '
*■ : '"’, lnt - v ? Kateree, while in Ilaral-
e, t li?s v, ’ up to Mr. Bice's house.call-
I■■ r’ ’ ' mie Dice, to the door, andimade
. ‘•oposals to her. Mrs. Bice order-
Rateiv, e Premises and shut the door. ,
thick' i "i a Pistol and shot through the
in h vr / ; ' ‘ "’r. inflicting a serious wound
■ ■•'■ry J'.i 1 ’ l le ase was giving to the
bay n,,,_.* . 'ark. When court opened Thurs
‘ ' r tae foreman of the jury wrote
: .. . 7 I!, jte,-fating there was a' stoek-
a th- .''ailroad company on the jury
°nliot>‘. ''.' could not agree. The counsel
y lr .. ’ lllen agreed to a mistrial.
' < Hl Owens, of Wilcox county, will
i>. :t °. e on f.' lc first day of January
‘"in ' ,‘ l " kinsville Dixpatch says the old
f 1 I'riv ~ . J-', and active, and goes fishing
bi-iriii, ...; 1 pT; He is still a goodshot with
v ;i ;he calls "Old Betsy.” He
’ ut lii Ol >e of the new style of rifles,
‘-"tii i :i - . .‘’/no'.dd his own bullets, and uses
ii. ■ Wlt 1 ,lint an d steel instead of
u 'ircm ,s /i7 a r tr 'figes. He is the father
; -iu t . r ~;,n2 r " Dorn are now living, who
j ! ' la, lc!i. ***' lr en and grand and great
’y®eß(h v ',.,, Jiving number 245. Mr.
g 11 i, ■ ti " 1 ? ox county, i- the oldest of
are Joshua and Al-
v r '' J. K>'n ! T 3 .? V ! u ?, iu Wilcox county, and
h'Oweiiß ~A dn d Mrs. Jonathan Walker.
tl- Worth days ago an art ide
reunioii ZVm ? lv ! l ’g an account of the
u " : re. wh? fM < a * ol,n AfcCranie, of Ber
•,iuai'" tIUp h ° 16 ln . hls B lßt year. At that
u..ikinJ <'i’ e iHi Present and 4 being
” r - 1 * fie. total membership 100.
> rho will be 91 years of age on '
next New Year's day,could muster 243, and it .
will thus be seen that Mr. MeCranie would
have to take a back seat.
FLORIDA.
New Smyrna is to have a lighthouse.
Circuit Court is in session at Gainesville.
Carpenters are needed all over South Flor- i
Ida.
Capt. Lund has sold the steamer Fox for
$3,500.
A drought is beginning to prevail nearly all :
over the State.
The Orange. Ridge Echo has discarded its
patent outside.
A Madison county fanner lias a hog which
weighs 800 pounds.
A new jail is to be built at Enterprise. The
old jail is now empty.
Duval county is advertising for bids for the
building of a court house.
The South Florida Citizen has changed its
name to the Apopka Citizen.
There was a light frost in low, damp places
about Enterprise December 1.
The Palatka Transfer Company lias pur
chased forty-eight lots on Lemon street.
A young man named Bryan, at LaGrange,
in Orange county, is importing large numbers
of sheep.
The town election to decide upon reducing
the corporate limits of Apopka will be held
December 15.
Tom Johnson, of La(,range, in Orange
county, h.iVSff orangeTTfiTh Tew than an inch
in diameter which holds a cluster of oranges
150 in number.
Mr. Dickson, of Enterprise, intends to have
a packing bouse built just as soon as he can
get carpenters at it. His crop off liitle over
an acre will be not less than live hundred
boxes.
Mr. Bridges, President of the Atlantic,
Gulf, Coast-Line Railway Association, is now
in Florida, with his private car. He has
made very considerable entries ot Florida
lands in the lower part of the State.
A verj' successful artesian well has been
bored at Daytona, Volusia county, affording
an ample supply of water at a depth of 250
feet. St. Augustine is about to undertake
another artesian well on a larger scale.
W. A. Lovell has recently visited Jackson
ville and Sanford to interest prominent
i steamboat men in putting a boat upon the
I Wekiva. He has received assurance from
I Capt. Lund that a boat will be put on in a
i short time.
11. A. Deland, says the Deland Echo, still
has faith in the future of our town and neigh
borhood, as since his arrival, only a few weeks
ago, he has invested $65,000 in our sands.
During the same time lie has sold property to
tlie amount of $20,000.
The school children of Apopka have collec
ted $3 03 to buy a stove for the school house.
This amount has been paid over to the Treas
urer, Dr. E. R. Pt tnce. It will require about
sl2 for the purpose. The Board of Trustees
has no funds. If the patrons will contribute
the balaace the stove will be bought.
Rev. J. R. Taylor has been transferred to
the Florida Conference from the Missouri
Conference, of which he has been an accepta
ble member for over twenty years. He has
located his family at Apopka, and expects to
take work at the approaching session of the
Florida Conference, January 9, 1884.
ALABAMA’S MARSHA LS.
More Evidences of Their Peculiar Meth
ods and Proceedings.
Washington, Dec. 8. —The following
telegram was received at the Department
of Justice to-day from the United States
District Attorney in Alabama:
Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 8.
The United States Circuit and District
Judges, holding court here yesterday,
issued a decree removing from office all of
United States Marshal Strobach’s depu
ties at Mobile for official misconduct. Mr.
Strobach has gone to Washington, having
in charge a colored juvenile prisoner
sentenced to the reform school
in the District of Columbia. In
view of the expensive vexatious
and trifling eases which deputy marshals
have commenced before the Commission
ers in Alabama, for trespass upon public
lands, the J udges have ordered that here
after no Commissioner of the Circuit
Court of the United States for the several
districts of Alabama shall issue any war
rant or process for any violation of the
laws enacted for the protection of public
timber, without first securing a certificate
from the District Attorney, his sworn
assistant, or a special agent of the Interior
Department, that they, or either of them,
have examined the case and believe that
a warrant or other process should be
| issued.
I Crown Prince William’s Visit to Home.
London, Dec. 8. —A Berlin dispatch
■ says that the chief object of the journey of
I the German Crown I’rince to Home is to
I reciprocate the cordial attentions which
| have been paid to the German Imperial
■ family by the royal family of Italy. The
j same dispatch states that the Prince will
! also pay a visit to the Pope while in
i Rome.
A dispatch from Berlin says that the
question of Crown Prince Federick Wil
liam visiting the Pope can only be con
i sidered after the meeting between him
! self and King Humbert shall have taken
place.
Madrid, Dec. B.—Crown Prince Fred
i erick William, on taking his departure
; for Seville yesterday, left gifts of 25,000
j pesatas to the servants of the royal palace
i and 50,000 pesatas tor Spanish military
i asylums. The Prince reiterated his ex
j pressions of the great pleasure he had ex-
I perienced from the hearty welcome ac
| corded him by the King, court, Spanish
. army and people.
Florida’s Winter Influx.
New York, Dec. B.—The indications
< are that travel to Florida this winter w ill
I be extraordinarily large, and prepara
i tions to accommodate the people are being
i made. The Iron Steamboat Company
| will send to the St. John’s river one of
their best steamers, the Cygnus, which
will ply regularly between Jacksonville
and Palatka, connecting with the Tourist’s
Line on that river. Special railroad in
ducements are also being offered trav
i elers.
New York, Dec. B.—The Cygnus, one
[ of the largest of the Iron Steamboat Com
pany’s fleet, left New York to-day for
Jacksonville, Fla. During the winter she
will ply between Jacksonville and Pa
latka, on the St. John’s river, and, in con
nection with other steamers, will form
what is to be known as the Tourists’ Line
between Savannah and Enterprise, Fla.
The State Capital.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. B.—Mrs. Myers,
who was run over by a Georgia Pacific
Railroad engine last night near the Ex
position Mills, says that she did not at
tempt suicide as supposed, but tried to
cross the track ahead of the train. She
may recover.
THE SAFE ROBBERY.
Tripp, Connolly and Denman, remain
firm ‘in their ’denial of guiit with
O'Shiedlsin the Askew’ safe robbery. Con
nolly has been released and the others are
expected to be, O’Shields being a hard
ened criminal and not trustworthy. •
A STORE BURGLARIZED.
The California shoe store, on Mitchell
street, was burglarized last night to the
extent of two hundred dollars worth of
fine shoes.
French-American Claims.]
Washington, Dec. B.—At a meeting of
the French and American Claims Commis
sion held to-day, the following awards
were made against the United States with
interest at 5 per cent, from dates in 1864
and 1865: Romain Dupie, Indian Village,
La., $1,260; Jean 11. Ehrmann, Natchi
toches, La., $3,305; Urbin Lamargue, Ver
millionville, La., $100; Calin Juberly, St.
Martinville, La., $500; Jean Jaanneaud, i
Rapides, La., $6,693; Casse B. Castea, St.
Martin’s, La., $1,186: Anterne Towrres, I
Natchitoches. La., $720. The following
cases against the United States were dis
allowed : Jean B. Reval, New’ Orleans,
La.; estates of Emile Vial, New Or
leans, La.; Andre Mailles, Iberville, La.;
Clara L. Acaze, St. Martinville, La.; Jean
M. Cases. New Iberia, La.; and Charles
Forques, New Orleans, La.
Chili ami Peru.
Panama, Dec. B.—Gen. Lynch, Com
mander-in-Chief of the Chilian forces, left
Mollendo yesterday for Chorillos. Gen.
Monteros has disappeared from Canete. ,
Difficulties are pending between the ;
church and State, owing to the refusal ot
the Archbishop of Lima to accept certain
nominations made by the present govern
ment.
A Balloon Picked Up at Sea.
London, Dec. B.—A balloon has been
picked up at sea off the coast of Portugal,
which contained a watch, an altitude in
dicator, 1,700 reis, and some clothing.
AT THE NATION’S CAPITAL
THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF CAR- i
LISLE'S COMMITTEES.
Pennsylvania Comes Over to the Ranks :
of the Speaker—Logan’s Bounty Bill—
Lefevre's Promises—Last Season’s
Bills Already Almost Exceeded—Phil
lips’ Charges a Boomerang.
Washington, Dec. B.—The man in
Washington who has had the hardest
week of it is John G. Carlisle, Speaker of .
the House of Representatives. Considera- '
tion of the question of how to make up
the committees has, with its attendant j
beleaguering of the appointing power, told ;
pretty severely upon Mr. Carlisle. The I
method which he pursues is a very sim- 1
pie one, though be does not send j
to members to ask them what [
they want. He lets them come to him, ;
and they are not backward about coming i
forward. He said to-night that as far as I
real results were concerned be had made i
but very little progress. He was not at a I
point where he could give any informa
tion about the complexion of the commit- .
tees w hich would be at ail definite. He
found, he said, that what he thought i
many men wanted was not really i
what they desired, and then there were
men who wanted something for other
men, which he had not expected. He
said also that the Committee on Rules
would probably be announced next Mon
day. The Speaker is Chairman of that
committee. Mr. Randall wilb be second
on it. During the week the Elections
Committee will be announced. Mr. Car
lisle now thinks that he may announce all
the committees the day before the holiday
adjournment, as Mr. Keifer did; but it is
very probable, he says, that such an
nouncement may not be made until after
the holidays.
PENNSYLVANIA SUPPORTS CARLISLE.
The Pennsylvania Democrats w ho howl
ed so loud and kicked so viciously because
Mr. Randall was not elected Speaker are
of changed minds just now. They pre
dicted that Carlisle’s election defeated
the Democratic party forever. The horde
of Pennsylvania editors who came down
to rant for Randall w’ent home and pre
dicted all manner of bad things for the
national Democracy. These gentlemen
have also changed about. The Pennsyl
vania Democrats in Congress now say
that they are glad that Carlisle has been
elected. It has dawned upon them that
it is better with him and fair tariff
view’s for the Democratic party
than it would be with Randall. They have
become Carlisle men. They speak confi
dently of 1884. So it is with the editorial
kickers. The correspondents here ol a
number of Pennsylvania Democratic
papers have received letters from their
employers instructing them to support
Carlisle, and saying that after the first
! shock has passed over they are with Car
i lisle, he having been chosen.
LEFEVRE’S VACILLATION.
Representative Lefevre, ol Ohio, has
: succeeded in making a record for himself
i that must be somewhat unpleasant to
him. He has lost the faith of many fellow
! Democrats, especially of his Ohio col
j leagues. It all grew’out of the Speaker
i ship contest. It appears that he wrote his
name down on both the Carlisle and Cox
slates. He voted for Randall. On the morn
ing of the caucus day, putting his arms
around General Clark’s neck, he said that
he would vote for him for Clerk. He
voted for Atkins. Vacillation and
promise breaking among statesmen is no
! uncommon thing. Lefevre’s offending
seems to be that he did too much all at
j once. Mr. Morrison, of Illinois, said to
day: “I have a great mind to secure the
organization of a new House Committee,
j to be known as the Committee on Liars,
' with Lefevre as Chairman thereof.”
THE SENATE CAUCUS COMMITTEES.
The Senate caucus committees of both
parties have been in session to-day, and
have finished their work of recasting the
membership of the Senate committees.
After adjournment the chairmen of the
two committees held a brief conference,
at which it was decided to lay the result
of the labors of the committees before
their respective caucuses, to be called at
10:30 o’clock Monday morning. If the
work is approved by the caucuses, Senate
committees will be formally named by the
Senate Monday.
1,000 BILLS READY.
On the first regular bill day in the
House, next Monday, there are ready for
introduction at least 1,000 bills, on various
subjects.
This is evidently going to be a big Con
gress. Amzi Smith, Superintendent of
the Senate Document Room, said to-day
that there had already been introduced
bills and joint resolutions to within about
260 of the total put in during the two ses
sions of the last Congress.
BAD FOR PHILLIPS,
In regard to the charge that Secretary
Teller and Senator Daw’es w’ere bribed to
secure the passage of the Cherokee in
demnity appropriation, developments to
day make matters iook a little dubious for
ex-Congressman Phillips, of Kansas. It
looks as if Mr. Phillips himself retained
the $22,000 and then told the Indians that
he had to pay it to Messrs. Dawes and
Teller for their influence.
tabor’s modest boom.
Ex-Senator Tabor, the universal and
immortal, is very busy here now. He has
i a great scheme which will go before Con
gress. It is to construct an inter-state
railroad between New York and San
i Francisco direct. A paper called the
! Statesman is published in the interest of
i the scheme. It nominates Tabor for
i President in 1884 on the Republican
i ticket.
PAYING INTEREST ON THE BONDS,
j The Acting Secretary of the Treasury
; has authorized payment on and after this
I date without rebate of the interest on the
; bonds embraced in the 123 d call which
l will mature on the 15th inst., payment to
I be made in the order of the presentation
: of the bonds.
LOGAN’S BOUNTY BILL.
Gen. Logan’s bounty bill provides that
! 80 acres of land be given to each soldier
j w’ho served for a year or less, 120 acres
I to those w ho served over one year and 160
i acres to those soldiers w’ho' served over
I two years.
THE ATLANTA POSTMASTERSHIP.
Gen. Longstreet arrived to-night. He
' says positively that he is not supporting
. Col. M. E. Thornton for the Atlanta Post
mastership. Gen. Longstreet is for ex-
Congressman Freeman.
THE NEW CLERK OF THE HOUSE.
John Bailey, for many years Chief
Clerk of the House of Representatives,
will soon be succeeded in that position by
Maj. Thos. O’Towle, the present printing
and bill clerk of the House.
LIEUTENANT ERWIN'S ORDERS.
Lieutenant J. B. Erwin, of the Fourth
Cavalry, of Savannah, was to-day ordered
from court martial duty at Jefferson Bar
racks, Missouri, to his regiment in Mon
tana.
NEWSPAPER CLERK.
Chas. E. Lacker, of New York, has been
appointed newspaper clerk ot the House I
of Representatives.
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE FOLDING ROOM :
Peter H. Pernot, of Indiana, has been I
appointed Superintendent of the House ;
folding room.
El Mahdi’s Campaign.
Cairo, Dec. B.—TheMudirof Dongoljn t
Upper Nubia, telegraphs to the Egyptian [
Government that theChiefsof the Kabba- .
bish tribes state that El Mahdi has de- ;
manded submission of those people to his !
authority, but the Chiefs promise that i
they and their tribes will remain faithful ;
to the government.
London, Dec. B.—ln response to noti- i
fications from the Porte that Turkey was i
about to send a fleet of war vessels to I
cruise in the Red Sea, Great Britain
states that no objection will be made k
thereto, provided that the Turkish fleet
will act in concert w ith the British squad
ron in those waters.
The Queen Full of Water.
London, Dec. B.—The steamer Queen,
from Charleston for Reval, which, on No
vember 30, went ashore on the Island of
Nargen, is full of water and lies in a dan
gerous position. The crew have landed
at Reval.
SAVANNAH, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1883.
CHINESE AFFAIRS.
A Stormy Debate Among the Deputies
Over the Vote on the Credits.
Paris, Dec. B.—Admiral Peyron, the
Minister of Marine, has received a dis
patch from Admiral Galiber in Madagas
car waters, stating that he has destroyed
several ports on the East coast of the
island, and that landing parties destroyed
the port of Marawal. Fevers are preva
lent among the troops.
Le Figaro and L'Gaulois say that
it is reported that Marquis Tseng,
the Chinese Ambassador, presented
an important dispatch to Prime Min
ister Ferry on the sth inst. It has
been ascertained, however, that the dis
patch merely declares that the relations
between Marquis Tseng and the Ministry
have been in no way interrupted, as cer
tain papers said.
Admiral Peyron, Minister of Ma
rine, has received a dispatch from
Sargon, dated December 7, stating
that the French forces recon
noitred the approaches to Sontay on the
Red river November 23. He captured
a junk near Hai Phong, which was loaded
with combustibles, and had seven men ou
board. The imb-Governor of Haid Zuong
having been suspected of acting in collu
sion with the enemy, has been sent to
Saigon for trial. Admiral Courbet in a
private letter to the Governor of Cochin
China states that operations will shortly
begin. He says: “We are eager to
march.”
In the Chamber of Deputies to-day the
debate upon the Tonquin credits bill was
resumed.
La Liberte and Le National published
reservedly a statement to the effect that
Marquis Tseng since sending his dispatch
to Minister Ferry, on the sth inst., called
twice at the office of the Minister of For
eign Affairs for an answer, allowing it to
be understood there that unless a reply
were speedily forthcoming, he w ould be
obliged to demand his passports.
M. de LaFosse, in the debate in the
Chamber of Deputies, said that in his
opinion war W’ith China was inevitable.
With the present government in power
he should not vote for a credit, as it was
a war credit. M. Leon Renanlt
declared that the present govern
ment was not responsible for the
situation of affairs. The responsibility
rested with the uncertain policy formerly
pursued. He contended that stability in
Cabinet negotiations with China was
impossible, because Chinese diplomacy
was the most shifty in existence.
If] the Ministry were defeated it would
cause China to' believe that France was
drawing back. M. Camille Felletar
made a violent attack upon the policy of
the government. The debate was ad
journed until Monday. The Senate has
elected Gen. Campenon Minister of War,
and M. Masse a life Senator.
Rome, Dec. B.— Le Deretto says three
Italian men ol war are about to sail for
Hong Kong, to join the vessels of other
powers in protecting European interests
in the East.
ON THE VERGE OF RUIN.
A New York Bank With Impaired Capi
tal Given a East Chance for Fife.
New York, Dec. B.—Attorney General
Russell has begun a suit in the name of
the people of New York against the Pro
duce Bank, doing business at No. 59 Bar
clay street, for a dissolution of its char
ter. The complaint is based upon an
examination of the affairs of the bank,
made last'July, by Willis *S. Paine, Su
perintendent of the Banking Department.
The result was the discovery that the
capital of the bank, which was $125,000,
has been impaired to the extent of $26,482.
The bank was ordered to make it good
within 90 days, but failed to do so.
Another examination was made last
month, and it disclosed a fur
ther impairment of capital. These
facts were made public to-day, when
Deputy-Attorney Keeler made" applica
tion before Judge Lawrence for the ap
pointment of a receiver to wind up
the affairs of the bank. The mo
tion was opposed by John L. Cadwalla
der, who made a long argument before
the court, in which he stated that when
the first alleged impairment was made
known, steps Ijad been taken to reduce
the capital from $125,000 to SIOO,OOO, and
that in this way the bank has made good
$25,000 of the deficit. Since that time cer
tain assets of the bank had greatly in
creased in value, and aflairs wopld
adjust themselves if they were let
alone and not meddled 'with. The
bank, he said, owed $154,000 to depositors,
and the only other creditor was the Con
tinental National Bank. This, with other
corporations, he thought, were willing to
come forward and deposit in cash in the
Produce Bank a sufficient sum to indem
nify depositors, and for this reason he
argued against the appointment of a re
ceiver, by which the interest of all parties
might be ruined. He had not expected
that the matter w’ould be brought up in
court, and he made a fervent appeal to
the reporters present not to make the
matter public, as it would frighten de
positors and cause a run on the
bank. After hearing the arguments
at great length by the counsel, Judge
Lawrence stated that in the exercise of
his discretion he would refuse to appoint
a receiver at present on condition that on
or before Monday, the 10th inst., the
amount at that date due the entire num
ber of depositors of the bank be paid into
the bank, and be held separate in trust to
pay to each depositor on demand.
SHI 1» WRECK SUFFERINGS,
The Old Story of Water Everywhere but
None to Drink for Days and Days.
New York. Dec. B.—The steamer State
of Pennsylvania, which arrived here to
day from Glasgow reports that on Novem
ber 28, in latitude 52:30 and longitude
23:20, she sighted a ship in distress, -which
proved to be the bark Benefactress, of
Greenock, owned by Adam Hamilton &
Co. “Weput out a life-boat and picked up
the survivors of the crew,seven in number,
namely: John Campbell, master; John
Lindsay, mate; James Birkett, second
mate; Neil Brown, carpenter; Thomas
Newey, cook; Joseph Cairns, steward,
and Alexander McLaughlin, boy.” Capt.
Campbell says that fifteen of the crew left
in the long boat on the 26 th
of November contrary to his ad
vice, they being between 500 and 600
miles from land. He has doubts as to
their safety. When the survivors -were
rescued the vessel was breaking up very
fast, and they had no water to drink for
11 days except what they caught during
a shower. The men who’ left in the long
boat had provisions for two weeks, but no
water.
A Lieutenant's Fall.
Providence. Dec. B.—Lieut. Leverett
H. Walker, of the Fourth United States
Artillery, of Fort Adams, fell 35 feet
from a window of a building in Newport
last night, dislocating his hip and shoul
der. Walker had a room on the fourth floor
which, when he forgot his key. he entered
by climbing around the cornice, from the
hall window. Last night he stepped out
of a third story window, mistaking it for
the floor
British Columbia’s Chinamen.
San Francisco. Dec. B.—A dispatch
from Victoria, B. C.. says: “Tne House
has passed a resolution instructing the
government to introduce a bill restricting
Chinese immigration. The startling
statement was made by the Provincial
Secretary that there were 3,000 destitute
Chinese on the main land who can only
subsist by murdering and stealing, which
they have already begun.”
Nicotera Not Killed,
London, Dec. B.—The latest accounts
of the duel fought at Rome yesterday, be
tween Baron Nicotera and Signor Lovito,
state that the former was slightly wound
ed and the latter severely injured.
Rome. Dec. 8. 11 p. m.—lt is stated that
both duelists are rapidly recovering from
the effects of their wounds.
Mary Anderson’s Success.
London, Dec. B.—Mary Anderson, in
her representation of “Galatea” this week,
has exceeded all previous successes here.
She played to crowded audiences, and
was called before the curtain several
times between the acts.
O’DONNELL NOT DESERTED
PRESIDENT ARTHUR TO TAKE
ACTION IN THE CASE.
Congressman Finerty Takes an Out
and-Out Stand for a War of Dyna
mite and Assassination—Tlie Utter
ances of the Irish Clergy During the
Orangemen Excitement Condemned
at Rome.
London, Dec. B.—A Rome dispatch
states that Le Moniteur de Lome, a Papal
organ, strongly censures the Catholic
Clergy at Newry, Ireland, for their atti
tude during the recent agitation there.
It especially condemns the sermon of
Father MacCarten in the Cathedral at
Newry last Sunday, in which he char
acterized the action of the government
in prohibiting a Nationalist meeting there
as having a tendency to drive the people
to rebel, and as a direct insult to the
Catholic Church. Le Moniteur de Home
also draws attention to a paragraph pub
lished in the United Irishman, of Dublin,
asking its friends in London to furnish
the addresses and biography of the jury
men in the O'Donnell case, in order to
enable their obituaries to be prepared.
Washington. Dec. B.—The following
members of the House of Representatives
and prominent citizens called on the
President to-day and were granted an
audience in the Cabinet room at 1 o'clock:
Messrs. Cox and Robinson of New York,
Morrison, Springer and Finerty of Illinois,
General Lefevre and Foran of Ohio, Mur
phy of lowa, Maybury of Michigan, Lamb
of Indiana, McAdoo of New Jersey, Col
lins ot Massachusetts, O’Neill and Burns
of Missouri, J. B. Irwin of the Pekin.
Illinois, Daily Times, Fritz and Young of
Ohio, and others.
After a few minutes devoted to intro
ducing, President Arthur heartily shak
ing hands w ith each of the gentlemen and
some interchange of jocular remarks on
the political status of the callers being
Democrats, Mr. Cox said:
Mr. President—These score or more of
gentlemen come to speak to you in behalf
of Patrick O’Donnell, a citizen of the
United Skates. He has just been sum
marily tried and sentenced to be executed
upon the 17th instant. We do not come
here as lawyers to criticize the procedure
by which he was convicted, nor do we
ask that his sentence be set aside because
he took the life of an informer, the
execration of mankind, the odium of his
tory. We simply ask a postponement of
his execution, if your intervention as our
Chief Magistrate can effect-it. Because
of the general and earnest sentiment of
the people XVe represent I may be allowed
to say that certain facts have' produced a
broad and deep seated sympathy. These
facts are that the killing was not murder;
it w T as not malice; it was not deliberate.
The elements of murder are lacking in the
case. The condemned man was not a
member of any secret organization when
he entered upon the voyage. He was not
aware that Carey, the informer, was
a fellow passenger. He was pur
suing a bonafide journey with
his wife to the Cape. The truth is that
the killing was an affray. It grew out of
a provocation. It was sudden, and has
no connection with politics in Ireland.
Besides, it is thought by many that the
trial was unfair, not to say cruel. The
authorities at the Cape claimed jurisdic
tion. It is a law of the realm that the
“first port” of the nation whose laws are
broken is tne locus in quo for the trial.
Custom and law unite to condemn the
proceeding. It is contrary to English
jurisprudence. Besides there was wanting
that old practice, of late.abrogated in Eng
land, -whereby the jury should have bee’ll
impaneled of one-half of the nation he be
longs to, and the other half of the nation
by which he is tried. It is also certain
that the Judge decided upon the facts as
well as law. Thus was there a mockery
of jury trial and a scandal on justice. I
mention these matters not for your pre
sentation of them in a diplomatic way.
Your administration may not consider it
proper to criticize, much less anathe
matize, the action ot British courts.
We would not allow any reflections
upon our judicial action from the
English Government. Still these
facts have produced their general
and ineradicable impression upon the
American people. As such I recount
them. This sympathy is intensified by
the knowledge that Patrick O’Donnell is
a citizen of this country, although natu
ralized, yet by treaty tie is in the same
relation as if born on our soil.
Gen, Collins, of Boston—lt has been
concededj and 19 w<?ll known, that he is r
citizen.
Mr. Cox—ls, Mr. President, this hurried
execution takes place a shudder will run
through our people, for is it not true that
O’Donnell was a national soldier?
Mr. Finerty—lt is generally so reported
and understood. It has not been con
tradicted.
Mr. Cox (continuing)—Let us endeavor
to do something. I would not embarrass
the executire by undue requests. Having
long served on the Committee of Foreign
Aflairs, I have had occasion to
protest against assumption or usurpa
tion by Congress of diplomatic powers
which is exclusively lodged in your
function, but, sir, you have interfered in
another case, that of Dr. Lamson. It
was a case of poison murder. It had
none of the interesting and interna
tional phases of this case. It did
not invoke universal sympathj’, as
this case does, hence, as members of Con
gress we thus, though unofficially, repre
sent this universal sympathy. A large
vote is among them and we are not a lit
tle interested, all of us. [laugh
ter] in the fact that we rep
resent at least 20,000,000 of
people of Irish descent, among whom we
count such soldiers as Gen. Sheridan, and
you, Mr. President, are proud to be reck
oned among the descendants of this gal
lant race. [Here the President smiled
and bowed assent]. On behalf of the sym
pathetic people, and in view of
the facts which I have related,
we only ask that vou
direct your Secretary of State to oben
negotiations to carry out our earnest
wishes.”
Mr. Finerty—As ordinary diplomacy
will be too late, may I, without impro
priety, suggest that the negotiations for
the postponement of the execution should
be by cable, and at once?
The President—The execution is fixed
for Monday week, the 17ih; oi course it
must be by cable.
Mr. Cox—ls there should be a post
ponement of the execution, in the mean
while such representations may be made
either to commute the sentence or enlarge
the prisoner under the proper conditions.
We appeal to you for clemency and hu
manity.
The President, in reply, said that the
Department of State would at once tele
graph Minister Lowell to make all possi
ble inquiry regarding O’Donnell’s citizen
ship, and that he (the President) w’ould
take whatever action he could with pro
priety.
Mr. Cox, before retiring with the dele
gation, handed to President Arthur a
copy of an appeal prepared by the Clanna
Gael Association, which has - been sent to
each member of Congress, and which in
its main part is as follows:
“The act for the commission of which
our fellow-citizen, Patrick O’Donnell,
now awaits execution, is that of
having dared to defend successfully
his life against an attack made upon
him by a wretch who had already
betrayed and hounded to death several
of his own associates. The conduct of
O’Donnell is regarded as not only justi
fiable, but meritorious, by hundreds of
thousands of American citizens of every
origin, as is proved by their liberal con
tributions to the fund for his defense.
We request your prompt aid to
relieve him from his impending
fate not for these reasons alone, but also
because it is acknowledged even by his
prosecutors that, not only was he uncon
nectecl with any society, but that he was
quite ignorant of the identity of his as
sailant until a very short time before the
affray. Therefore the essential elements of
deliberation, premeditation and malice
aforethought—necessary to establish a
charge of murder—are totally wanting,
because the colonial authorities at the
Cape of Good Hope insisted that he had
committed the alleged offense within
their jurisdiction, and ought consequently
to be tried in their courts, not-
withstanding they were compelled
by the British Government to
yield him up that h? might be tried in the
centre of its power, because he was not
tried at the first port ol the nation, whose
laws he was said to have transgressed,
according to legal usage and require
ment, and because the Judge
who presided at his trial, con
trary to law and precedent, undertook
to decide a question of fact the very pur
pose for which the jury is impaneled, and
i without which the sacred right of trial by
jury became a mockery. We are con
firmed in the conviction that it can't be
considered unbefitting that even execu
tive action should be requested
in the present instance, by
the fact that in several cases,
one notablyjof quite recent date, such a
course has' been adopted at the solicita
tion of friends of the accused. The ques
: tion is simply whether an American citi
i zen shall by a foreign government be put
to death by illegal and foul means w ithout
I remonstrance, without an effort to save
j him. We rely confidently upon your
sense of justice and national spirit to ren
j der such help as may be in your power in
this matter, and request such action as
may lead to the desired result.
“I; indorse every word of that article,”
j said Representative Finerty to-night,
, atter a perusal of the editorial concern?
| ing (iVDonnell in his paper at Chicago to
day. “Now I speak,” he continued, “as
I an American journalist and not as a
i Congressman. O'Donnell, if he has
j got to die, will die in glory.
His ease has aroused the sympathy of not
only the Irish-American citizens, but also
of all the people o? the United States. A
! great howl is going up from over thq en
i tire country at the outrageous action of
j the English Judge before whom the
t prisoner was tried. By Jove! who ever
i heard of such a procedure as this? Pon
; tius Pilate was an honorable man
, compared with him. This trial
: has given the party of violence
; supremacy in Ireland. There are
1 5.000,000 people in Ireland without arms.
I They are prevented by England herself
j from going on the field of battle w’here a
i contest might ensue. They cannot arm
themselves, and what is left
for them to do? Why nothing
j but what so many American
’ people w’ould do if placed in like condi
i tian. They would resort to violence, and
would take means to accomplish their
I ends as a small man would do in an at
l tempt to whip John Sullivan. In my
j opinion, the Irish will act in their own
I behalf, and destroy not only the English,
i Parliament building, but ruin her other
j interests as far as possible. I cannot say
how nor when. If I knew, it would not
be for me to tell; but I do know that such
procedure will happen. lam opposed to
raising any more money to aid
in the trial of Irish prisoners. O’Don
nell’s trial has been a farce. To ask tor
more money to continue similar trials
i would be dishonest. No hope of a fair
trial nor justness from an English court
can be entertained.”
“By a postponement of the time for the
execution, what will be gained?” was
! asked.
“If President Arthur asks that the ex
ecution of the sentence be postponed for a
time England will no doubt grant the re
quest, for she will not desire to offend
America. The facts, then, of O’Donnell
being an American citizen will have to be
secured and opportunity gained for giving
him a fair trial. I don’t want war to be
i the outcome, for our navy is not in good
j condition just now for any conflict, but
i I do want justice for O’Donnell. It
j looks, however, as if he will hang at the
’ time set for his execution unless this
■ government can interfere. The alleged
i civilization of England may consider the
moral resentment of America.”
Chicago, Dec. B.—The Citizen, whose
i editor, John F. Finerty, member of Con
i gress, aided in originating the Parnell
fund and the large fund w’hich w r as used
I in the defense of O’Donnell, contains a
I leading editorial in its current issue on
the conviction of O’Donnell, and declares
that, as a sequel of his trial, the
| party of violence will henceforth
■be supreme in Irish politics. The
| paper declares that O’Donnell’s
j killing of Carey was the boldest avenge-
I ment of history and the most honorable,
! and his conviction by the usual English
hung jury and inevitably partisan Eng
j lish Judge has put an end forever in the
I Irish mind to all hope of even ordinary
I justice from Englishmen. After declar
ing that it will never again raise a cent
to defend any Irishman in a British court
of law and never contribute or a<l ’[o Ca te
contributions ot anv [T.ore money unless
it be tor tn» purpose of “striking terror
I ifitn d enion heart of the overgrown
I dastard that hesitates at no crime to
[ maintain an iniquitous power, and that
• never fails to whine abjectedly when
forces superior to hci' ? wn ar . e applied to
make her quail,” the ediioi7. al says:
“O’Donnell will no doubt be hangeu
December 17. The Irish race failed to
save him. It must not fail to avenge him.”
The editorial further declares that Eng
! land shows no merev and that Ireland will
| no longer show any; that while England
j points to her ships and her cannons, Ire
l land may point, and soon, to the wreck of
j the Parliament buildings and the ruins of
i St. Paul, and suggests that a New’ Zea
j lander may be seen on London Bridge
i trying to cross it on planks.
RUIN WROUGHT BY FIRE.
i Boston, Worcester and Pittsburg Firms
Sustain Heavy Losses.
Petersburg, Ya., Dec. B.—The sumac
w’arehouse of E. H. McCullough, at
j Blacks-and-Whites, in this State, WiiS set
, fire to last night. The building contained
i about 500,000 pounds of sumac, which is
almost a total loss. At one time it was
feared that the whole town would fall a
! prey to the flames, and the fire depart
i ment here was telegraphed for. A train
! was promptly made ready to take the de
. partment to the scene, when intelligence
j came that the fire was under control.
! McCullough’s loss is not known. It was
partly covered by insurance in foreign
i companies.
Worcester, Dec. B.—The Athens A.
; Worsted mills, in Milbury, burned this
i morning. The mills and machinery were
i owned by Turnbull & Co., of New'York,
| who lose SIOO,OOO. The stock and a por
| tion ot the machinery was owned by
I Keating & Briggs, of Milbury. Their loss
I is $50,000.
Boston, Dec. B.—Fire broke out this
I morning in the five story building Nos. 46
I to 50, Federal street, ow'ned by Boardman
j & Co. The principal occupants were the
i Standard Bay Company, and their loss is
$75,000, and their insurance $37,500. The
, set of bag making machinery destroyed
is the only one used in this country. R.
' J. Lawrence & Co., printers and station
i ers, loses SIO,OOO. George Coleman, book
binder, loses $20,000.
Boston, Dec. B.—A tire broke out this
; evening in the hold of the British iron
steamer Otranto, of Preston’s Liverpool
line, now tying at the Massachusetts dock.
Water has been pumped into her for five
hours, but the fire is not yet extinguished.
Jacksonville Items.
Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. B.—A Span
ish brig, the name of which is not given,
from Barcelona to Savannah, has been
wrecked near Lake Worth. No lives were
lost. The crew have been taken to Key
West.
This morning two white burglars en
tered the residence of Col. Marcy, a prom
inent lawyer, and fired two shots at that
gentleman without injury.
Bishop Blum's Reinstatement.
London, Dec. B.—A majority of the
special dispatches from Berlin' to the
London newspapers point to the proposed
visit of the Crown Prince Fredericks
William to the Pope, and the reinstat -
ment ot Bishop Blum to his diocese in
Limburg as events that indicate the con
clusion of the difficulties between Prus
sia and the Vatican relative to church af
fairs in Prussia.
Russia's Friendship for Germany.
St. Petersburg, Dec.B.—The Czar and
German Ambassador to Russia were
among the notable personages present at
the festival at St. George’s Winter Palaee.
i Grand Dukes Peter Nichailovitch and
George Nichailovitch took the oath of
allegiance. At the State banquet the
i Czar proposed a toast to Emperor Wil
liam.
A YEAR IN THE NAVY.
THE NEW STEEL CRUISERSAND
DISPATCH STEAMER.
Chandler Deems Reconstruction a Ne
cessity— Seven New Ships Per Year
Needed for the Next Ten Years—Tlie
Demand for an Extension of the Mer
chant Marine.
Washington, Dee. B*—The following
are abstracts from the report of the Sec
retary of the Naw:
THE NEW STEEL CRUISERS.
The three steel cruisers and the armed
dispatch steamer, named the Chicago,
Boston, Atlanta and Dolphin, will be
completed, the cruisers within 18 and the
dispatch boat within 12 months from the
last week in July, 1883; The total cost
for the hull and machinery of the vessels,
excluding masts, spars, boats and rig
ging. for preparing which the navy yards
are to be utilized, is $2,440,000, Wing
$744,100 less than the estimates, and $315,-
000 less than the next lowest bids.
additional new vessels proposed.
The condition of out fleet makes it I
necessary that reconstruction should be
continued as rapidly as a due regard for
economy will admit’. The Advisory Board ;
recommends seven additional unarmored
steel cruisers, three to be of the types
already adopted, represented by the Chi
cago, Boston, and Dolphin; two heavily '
armed gunboats of 1,500 tons displace- I
ment, and two gunboats of 750 tons and
not more than 9 feet draught, capable of
going to sea and also of navigating shal
low’ waters. The estimated cost of the !
seven vessels is $ 1,283,000. The department
concurs in the opinion of the board that
the limit of combined efficiency and I
economy Is reached m the Chicago, of i
4.500 tons displacement; and while con- !
demning in general the policy of building j
enormous vessels, costing $4,000,000 each, '
in which every other quality is sacrificed
to speed, it is ready to submit plans for '
such a vessel, should Congress deem it '
necessary. But the immediate object i
must be at moderate expense to replace (
our worn-out cruisers with modern con- :
structions fitted for general service; and, ,
therefore, reconstruction should for the !
present be continued on the lines already i
begun. 2
THE STANDARD FIXED.
The standard fixed by the first Advisory ■
Board of 43 vessels at sea and 27 in re- ;
serve, 70 in all, being based on the opinion I
of nayal officers, may be taken as a maxi
mum. To arrive at it the department
advises the building annually of at least
seven new ships during the next ten I
years, before the end of which period the ’
country will find itself possessed of a
modern steel navy in every way adequate
to the maintenance of the safety and hon
or of the nation.
SALE OF CONDEMNED SHIPS AND MATE
RIALS.
In pursuance of the act of Congress and
of reports of the inspection boards, forty
six vessels have been stricken from tlie
Navy Register. Os these, eight have been
reserved for purposes for which they can
be made useful, or for future sale;'eight
others will be taken to pieces at the navy
yards, as they cannot be advantageously
sold. The remaining twenty-seven ves
sels, excluding the Florida, Pawnee and
Benicia, for which no bids were made,
have been sold to the highest bidders, in
accordance with the statute. Their ap
praised value was $330,100, and they sold
for $384,753, an advance of $54,653 over the
appraisement.
Sales at public auction of condemned
stores and supplies have also been made
at the navy yards, under the provisions of
law. amounting to $135,000.
NEW NAVAL OBSERVATORY.
It is urged that Congress should appro
priate the sum necessary for the erection
of a new observatory building, for which
a site has already been purchased, and
also a specific sum' for printing the annual
i observations. It is recommended that a
Board of Visitors to the Observatory
should be appointed.
EXPENDITURES AND ESTIMATES.
The net amount available for the cur
rent expenses of the fiscal year was
. $16,396,427 20, and the expenditures were
$2,795,937 79 less than the amount appli
[ cable therefor. The estimates for the
I usual objects for the fiscal year enß’- '
June 30 are $16,319,307 76. additi ‘ o ”
S S!? h p P ropriat ’ons required for compleL
I new cruisers are $2,103,527. and for
completing the monitors $3,996,654 62,
which, with the addition of $1,349,400 for
completing the New Y'ork and Mohican,
and for steel rifled guns, makes a total
for the increase of the navy of $7,449,-
581 62.
COAST DEFENSE.
..nt- 110 Secretary advises, as a measure of
national defense, the creation of an inte
ger coast line of w’ater-ways across the
hefld Os Um peninsula of Florida, along
the coast froih Florida to Hampton Roads,
between the Chesapeake Bay and the
Delaware, and through Cape Cod. To
these should be added a railroad from the
mainland of Florida to Key West. The
work to secure the combined commercial
and military advantages which these
avenues would afford should be imme
diately begun and deliberately and eco
nomically prosecuted, and not'left to be
done hastily and expensively in an emer
gency.
THE MERCHANT STEAM MARINE.
Our naval progress must depend upon
the revival of our merchant steam marine.
The carrying trade of the world is per
. formed in fast screw steamers, with fixed
hours of departure, and almost of arrival.
In this business we hardlv share. We
should immediately establish steamship
lines to South America and across the
Atlantic. The longer we delay the more
difficult and expensive will be the work.
Posey Out of Birmingham.
Montgomery, Ala., Dec. B.—The ne
gro, Posey, who was yesterday convicted
of a criminal assault upon a young
white girl, was, this morning, at Birming
ham. sentenced by Judge Spratt to be |
hanged January ll'tb. Posey was brought '
to the jail of this county for safe keeping, j
in charge of Col. Jones and military com- !
panies sent from Montgomery, Greenville i
and Opelika, about 2 o’clock this after- I
noon, and he was delivered to the Sheriff ;
at the depot, who immediately put him in ;
jail. The soldiers have been relieved. I
Manitoba talking of Seceding.
Toronto, Dec. B.—A special from
Winnipeg says: “A large meeting of far
mers was held at Rapids City last night
and high tariff ami railway monopoly !
were freely denounced. Rev. M. Craw
ford said: ‘lf we are to be trodden down
by other provinces I would advocate se
cession.’ Citizens of Brandon also met
last night and indorsed the stand taken by
the Farmers’ Union. Deputations are be
ing appointed in places all over the
province to attend a grand convention at
Winnipeg.”
Senor Kivas’ Recall.
City of Mexico, Dec. B.—Za Libertad
newspaper asks the government why Don :
Carlos Rivas returns to Mexico. The of- |
filial organ of the government replies i
that Senor Rivas is recalled because he ;
reached no settlement with the bondhold- I
ers. ana that the President knows of no 1
new arrangement. The reply of the gov- .
ernment organ was telegraphed to Senor
Mariscal, at London, for publication.
Spencer’s Case.
Washington. Dec. B.—ln the criminal '
court to-day, the counsel for ex-Senator ;
Spencer read his answer to the interroga- I
tones of the government in the charge ‘
against Mr. Spencer, who, it is alleged,
disobeyed the order of the court to appear ■
as a witness in the star route trial. The ■
Judge took the papers in the case, and ,
will render a decision Monday.
De Lesscps’ Would-be Assassin.]
London, Dec. B.—-A Paris dispatch
says that M. Wennemacker. the Belgian
engineer, has been arrested at Nice, '
France, upon suspicion of being the j
author of the attempt to murder M. de
Lesseps t by an infernal machine. A |
quantity of dynamite cartridges were
found at his lodgings.
For Speaker of the Commons.
London. Dec. B.—Hon. Arthur Wei- '
lesley Peel, member of Parliament for
Warwick, has consented to receive the
nomination for Speakership of the House i
of Commons.
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THE LOSS OF THE MANISTEE.
The Captain Goins to His Death with
the Bravery of a Hero.
Minneapolis, Minn.. Dec. B.—A spe
cial dispatch says Mr. Carlston. of Duluth,
has received a letter from a friend who
was a passenger on the ill-fated steamer
Manistee, of which the following is a
synopsis: “As the boat went out
she encountered a very heavy gale
from the southwest, and when about
twenty miles out an attempt was
made to put her about and she broke in
two. The life boat?- were made ready,
but before they could be launched all but
one were swept away. Onlv twelve per
sons were allowed t v get in this boat, and
they had a terrible time. After the
steamer went down there was nothing
but the wide expansion of water before
her. They rolled around on the t.irbulent
waters, cold, wet and hungrv, tor three
days, and one by one dropped off, death
having come to their relief. Some of
them were frozen to death and
some died from sheer exhaustion
and exposure to the winds.
They say that Capt. Mcßay never left the
ship, but that he wrapped himself up in
his heavy overcoat and remarked: ‘1
will never leave the boat until the last,
soul isofl. lam Captain of chis boat,and.
if she is a cottfn for anybody she will be my
coflin.’ After the men left the ship they
say the Manistee made one plunge under
the waves and that was ide last of her.
They report that when they left the ship
the crew and ten or eleven passengers
were on board, and. that out of
those who started out in the
boat only two were saved
and reached Houghton. They say that
the wreck occurred oil’ Eagle harbor, and
that there was no possible chance ol
saving her under the circumstances.
They say that at last, when everybody'
knew that there was no hope of saving
the ship. Captain McKay gave his orders
just as coolly and collectedly as if he
were on land.’’
CREAM OF THE SPECIALS.
What the Washington Cmrespoixlents
Have to Say About Men and Things in
General.
SENATOR BUTLER’S JOKE.
When Senator Butler introduced a bill
to-day abolishing the internal revenue
system a smile came to the faces of Sena
tors on both sides of the chamber. Butler
is one of the very few Senators who favor
wiping out internal taxes. Conversation
among the Senators indicates that if But
ler’s bill should be brought before the
Senate it would be defeated by a large
majority.
COSTLY FOOTPATHS.
Secretary Folger yesterday submitted to
Congress a communication from Architect
Clarke and Mr. F. L. <>l instead, trans
mitting estimates for the proposed terrace
and approaches to the capitol. This
shows the total estimated cost of work to
be $814,588 98; amount already expended,
$35,136 67; cost of work to be done, $779,-
452 31; amount asked for for next fiscal
year, $138,708 47.
SWEET CHARITY.
The Blue Anchor Society is under the
management of Mrs. Waite, wife of the
Chief Justice, and its object is to provide
clothing and restoratives for the ship
wrecked. Among those who take part
are Miss Nogueiras, the daughter of the
Portuguese Minister; Miss Stewart, the
grand-neice of Gen. Hunter, and n chorus
made up of all the fashionable girls in
town who have good voices.
THE FEMININE EMPIRE.
Mrs. Sheridan has begun her receptions,
being fairly settled in the new home pre
sented to the General by his friends in
Chicago. She has taken Tuesday as her
day, and, although the season does not
fairly begin until after New Year, many
I persons have taken the opportunity of
welcoming her back to the city where, in
I Southern parlance, ‘‘she was raised.”
The ladies of the Supreme Court have
resumed their social duties. Monday is
the day set apart for their “At homes.”
Two of the houses, however, are closed
I by mourning—Just joe Harlan’s and Jus
i tice Field’s, j j ie death of Mrs. Childs,
, Justice Harlan’s eldest daughter, took
I p’etOe in Chicago last October, and Justice
! Field’s wife has gone into seclusion
through sympathy with her sister, whose
husband, Col. Condit Smith, died a few
months ago.
OLD POLITICIAN WITH NEW TB’*- KS
John C. New called a n '7etiii"-of the
Republican and Democratic Congressional
delegations *Tom Indiana at his rooms in
the Treasury building for Saturday, to
take measures to secure the meeting of
both the Republican and Democratic Na
tional Conventions at Indianapolis.
A HUNGRY HORDE.
Three men met in cu l „? rencc
capitol last night. Their brows
I wrinkled with care and their faces hag
i gard and weary. They were Sergeant-at
armsLeedom, Clerk of the House Clark
and Doorkeeper Wintersmith. A week
! ago each of them was smiling and happy,
■ even though a little anxious as to the re
sult of the caucus. Four days in office
’ nas changed them into gloomy misan
thropes. They look more like condemned
1 prisoners than officers of the House
of Representatives. They met to
try and agree upon the fill
ing of the offices in their gift upon
a state basis. The perspiration drip
ped from their fui rowed brows as
they wrestled with this gigantic problem.
For every office at their disposal there
are a hundred applicants: every appli
cant has a hundred friends, and each
friend has a friend who takes especial
pride in joining with his friend in a per
sonal indorsement of his candidate for
Clerk, Doorkeeper, or Messenger. The
applicants come from every State in the
L nion, and Ohio, as usual, furnishes the
largest number of office-seekers, and our
own State comes next this year, probably
owing to the success of Mr. Carlisle. New
York and Pennsylvania, which furnished
candidates for the Speakership, are also
largely represented.
Arthur and the Veterans.
Washington, Dec. s.—The Mexican
at the White House this
evening in a body and paid their respects
to President Arthur. They were received
in the EaSt room and were presented in
dividually to the President by Gen. Den
ver. The President said he was glad to
see them, and would feel it an honor to
shake each of them by the hand. The vete
rans were escorted to and from the White
House by several posts of the Grand Army
of the Republic and the Union Veteran
Corps.
Nearly 400 jtersons, including a number
of Congressmen, attended a banquet given
to-night by the local association to the
National Association of Mexican Veter
ans. Commissioner West, of the District
of Columbia, was master of ceremonies.
In responding to the toast, “the President
of the United States.” Senator Logan said
that the President being the chief officer
of the nation, has a prouder position than
belongs to any man beneath the sky.
Senator Maxey responded to the toast,
“Mexico, Our Sister Republic.” He said
that the government’s policy is magnan
imity and generosity towards Mexico.
There is peace between us and by the
Providence of God may it always be*so.
Three to Die for One.
Jackson, 0.. Dec. B.—The trial of La
ban Stephens, for the murder of Ander
son Mackey, was concluded here so-day
and a verdict of guilty rendered. This is
the third person convicted of this crime.
Jones brothers, who were convicted of
the same crime, will lx? hanged December
21. Stephens was not sentenced.
Thf* Three JtCuiperors to Meet.
Berlin, Dec. 8. —Rumors are current
here of another meetimr of the Emperors
of Germany, Russia and Austria, as the
result ot the recent conference between
M. de Giers, the Russian Foreign Minis
ter, and Prince Bismarck.
Failure.
San Francisco, Dec. S. —Henry Lunde
& Co.. English exporters, have suspend
ed. The liabilities of the firm are $340 -
000, with assets aggregating $300,000. The
failure is due to loss in wheat charters.
Reintroducing the Death Penalty.
Berne, Dec. 8. —The authorities of the
Canton of Valais have decided to reintro
duce the death penaltv as punishment for
murder.