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GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOEl)
IN PARAGRAPHS.
l ull Particulars of the Finding of the
Treasure Box in Schley CoESty —The
Record of a Prosperous I.oar. Associa
tion—A Bartow County Farmer's Suc
cessful Crops.
GEORGIA.
A $1,500 license fee has squelrFed the liquor
business at T' unille.
Gardeners around Perry an liard at work
improving s*ch shining hour.
Ssndersvt.le’s public liiira- y has i.een or
ganised under most favorable auspices.
The Sus>e"ior Court will convene in the new
court house at LaFayette in two weeks.
An Atlanta negress has just mothered a
child whose lower jaw is nearly filled with
teeth.
Burglars are reported at Decatur, hut they
had. up Sc last reports, confined their raids to
larders.
The Columbus Guards are preparing to cel
ebrate the fiftieth anniver arv of their organ
ization.
I sun- A. Dugat, Jr., and Miss Maggie Bar
rett, of Augusta, were trarried in that city
Tuesday.
Mrs. .1. F. Foster, of < enter, is in search of
a lost husband, lie bus not been heard from
since last June.
The tree delivery system has haen inaugu
rated at the Haw kiusville office of the South
ern Express Company.
The hoy, Milton Webb, who was arrested in
DaniHeville for robbing the post office, has
been released on bond.
Mrs. K. S. I.angmade and Mrs. Piianetta
Sheppard, two of the oldest residents of san
dersville, have recently died.
Washington Anderson's dwelling and out
houses have been reduced to ruins by an in
cendiary whose identity is suspected.
Certain alleged heirs are trying through
the courts to dispossess W. D.'Young of his
extensive possessions at Tallulah Falls.
Dr. J. B. Roberts has received his commis
sion as Postmaster at .Sentlersville, and his
appointment is for 4 years from January
last.
Meriwether’s sheriff is trudging over At
lanta in search of a negro murderer named
William llussev. Hussey will probably keep
dark.
Near Alpharetta a few days ago a negro
woman gave birth to twin boys, one a very
dark boy and the other a light sorrel. Both
died soon after birth.
A negro girl in I.aurens county bears the
lovely nais* of ‘‘Fair Rosa Beauty spot.
Temptation Touch Me Not." She was bap
tized by Immersion.”
Henry Lamb and George Harris, a couple
of Atlanta youngsters of opposite colors,
played with a pistol in the woods Tuesday.
Retry was uotki'led outright, and, hoy-like,
will recover.
A t Hieing Fawn, James Powell, while in
toxicated, was run over on ihe Furnace Rail
road and iiistantlv killed. It is supposed that
he had seated him; elf on the track, ;u.-l fall
ing asleep was run over.
A 10year old negro girl on a plantation
-even miles from Rome, last week, went to
the mantle, took down a pint of "blue light
oing” whisk) licr father Imd placed there,
.iit-i drunk the contents. She died.
The white church property of Atlanta is
worth about $147,01)0, and the ministers are
paid $23,100 per year. The colored churches
own property valued at about SIOO,OOO. and
pay their preachers annual salaries ranging
irom 1,2 u) to S3OO.
Mnj. Barns, the Atlanta Commissioner to
Ihe New Orleans Exposition, has returned
from his trip to the Crescent Citv. and is en
thusiastic over his reception there and the
prospects of tlie Atlanta exhibit. He lias
secured ample space for the city’s use.
While wa l king on the streets of Eastman
Monday afternoon two negro men were cut
ting up a stump, and one of them accidentally
cut the other on the head with an axe, inflict
ing an ugly gusli from w hich the blood flowed
profusely. The wound is n >t necessarily dan
gerous. ■ I
The citizens of IK- >oto are irritated at the
com 1 net of a negro who stands gu ar-i over
liis premises with a double barreled shotgun
and annoys passers-by. He alleges as a rea
son that his building, now in course of eree
tion, ha- lieen several times partially torn
down by unknown parties.
The “leap year assembly" at the Uplands
Hotel at Kastman next Friday evening will
lie a happy event. The ladies have n*-
the services of Kessler’s hand ' .^.ured
for the occasion. ' r ‘ - > make music
party at t l -• mis to be a valentine
do- ’ ... arsdemy Thurs-lay evening. Xo
-••“•t it will be a pleasant affair.
At Ban'll', Tuesday, the habeas corpus case
in WBfch the Mormon preacher, Mr. Echols,
seeks to gain possession of his 3-year-old
child, now in charge of his wife and her
parents, was called by Ordinary Johnson.
The defendant moved to continue until
Thursday morning, which was granted.
A negro woman living at Washington gave
birth to a child a few days ago which had
twelve fingers and twelve’toes. It was a
female, ana its parents argued for this reason
that the extra toes must go. falling in a sur
geon they had the superfluous members am
putated, leaving the little one with perfect
extremities, without causing any great de
gree of pain.
At Albany Tuesday morning, while the
-hitting engineer on the Savannah, Florida
and Western Railroad was drilling the cars
after the arrival of the 11:30 train, the switch
man misplaced the switch and the rear end
of the train ran into a lot of box cars stand
ing on the track, just as a negro, well known
in the city, was passing in the rear of the cars.
He was knocked down and run over. One
leg and arm and jaw bone were mashed to
pieces. He will die.
Doc Strickland, the Athenian negro who
w as shot through the thigh the other night,
still refuses to give the particulars of the af
fair. It is reported, however, that he was
shot by another negro while trying to force
his way into a woman's house where
his assailant was staying. Doc was refused
admittance, but persisted in breaking down
the door, when he was received with a broad
side from a pistol. The wounded man is in no
danger, and is doiug very well.
The Macon firemen got up an entertain
ment in order to rai-e the funds necessary to
insure the success of tlieir proposed tourna
ment in April. The citizens failed to patronize
the entertainment very liberally. The City
Council will probably find il impracticable to
appropriate SSOO toward the enterprise, and
the men are considerably discouraged. They
departed from tlieir usual custom of cir
culating a subscription wqier. because they
thought it savored too much of begging.
The < irter-villo American savs: “Mr. John
( . Farias, of Bartow county, made last year
J.i'dH pounds of dry clover per acre on ten
acres ef land. That would be a total of 2*5.480
pounds, and at $1 per hundred, would be
$20,480. Besides this, he threshed from the
second crop aliout 17 bushels of clover seed,
worth $7 |>er bushel, giving a gross profit of
*3X3 SO on ten acres of land, ors:£>3o to the
acre. Du the same farm he made an average
of about one-fourth 'bale of cotton per acre,
and it cost him twice as much to make the
cotton as it did the clover."
Yesterday’s Macon Telegraph says: -Last
night about 10 o’clock there was a party of
gentlemen at Ullraan .V I’utzel’s discussing
tlie feats of Miss Hurst. Col. Buchanan, of
< -dorado, who was skeptical, made a wager
uf SSO that he could take a cliair from the sa
loon and take it to the hotel aad Miss Hurst
could not throw him out of it. The bet was
promptly taken Up by Mr. Clay and the
party went to the National. Miss ’Hurst had
retired, but her father was informed of the
wager, and he aroused her. She cheerfully
agreed to use her power and arose anil
dressed herself. In the presence of quite a
crowd Col. Buchanan took his seat, and, after
a short while, was thoroughly convinced that
he hadlost the bet. The cliair was then held
by a half dozen of the strongest men in the
party, but they failed to keep it from moving.
The Lumpkin Independent says: “lien. C.
A. Evans, of Augusta, (>a . was formerly a
citizen of our town, and in ls*>2 lost three
children, who were buried here. One was a
little boy of five years, one an unnamed in
fant, and the other a small child. Mrs.
Evans, who died in Augusta recently, re
quested that the boilies of these children be
taken to Augusta to be reinterred with two
others of their family. The coffins were ex
humed last week, and the covering of the
glass removed for inspection by a physician,
in order to obtain a certificate, which is re
quired by railroads to protect them against
infectious or contagions diseases. The bodies
of tlie children were found to be in a remark
able state of preservation, ami could be very
easily identified. Tlieir hair looked as if i’t
had just been dressed and smoothed down,
and their faces were almost lifelike, as if they
bad just dropped off to sleep."
The Germania Loan and Building Associa
tion of Atlanta has just wound up its affairs
after a prosperous career of seven years. The
books showed that the association was t*l> 4
months old when it passed out of existence,
and that during that time each share was
assessed $Bl 45. for which the owner of the
share received $l4O. Tlie total amount of
money for which the Treasurer gave his re
ceipt dnring thelifeof the body was 1270,347 33.
The association has built 07 houses, and in no
instance was a mortgage foreclosed. In fact,
the Germania was never a party to a lawsuit
either as defendant or plaintiff. By the
laws of tlie association no person was permit
ted to own more than 50 shares, but in some
cases a single person represented more than
the laws of the body allowed him to own.
•Jacob Haas represented 120 shares. He paid
into the association $9,750, and drew out
$14,400, or $4,050 more than he paid in.
The finding of a box of money In Sehlsv
county the other day lias brought forth an in
teresting little story. Many Georgians remem
ber well the consternation caused bv the raid
through the State in the late war of Wilson’s
cavalry, the principal alarm being lest every
family should be stripped of its valuables.
John R. Rcspess, then of Schley countv, had
about SSOO in gold and silver coin, and Mrs.
Respess buried it in different parts of the
place. After the excitement was over they
began to gather up the buried money, but
failed to locate one box, which Mrs. Itespess
had hid awav in the grove, containing about
SSOO. They searched repeatedly for the lost
treasure, but in vain. About two years ago
Mr. 3:e—pe*- sold the place to J. M. Gay, who
has been cu.Mvating it since. On Thursday.the
;th in-tunt, as his hands were going to work
from dinner, one of them discovered at the
root of at old stump in the Held * S2O gold
piece. Of course this excited the boys, who
began grabbing where it lay, and soon found
a fln box, the bottom of which gave, way, hav
ing rusted, and spilt the contents in
the soft plowed ground, which of course
excited the boys much more, and together they
picked up 15 S2O gold pieces, 1 $Ki gold piece,
4sl gold pieces, 1 $5 gold piece, 102 2£ cent
silver pieces, 10 5-cent silver pieces, 4 le-cent
silver pieces, making a total of S:JI9 gold and
S2O 40 silver. As soon as Mr. Gay heard
at out it he remembered the conversation
wilh Mr. Kes’pess only eight days previous.
Mr. R. having told him that he had buried in
the level flew, northeast from the ginhwise
about 100 yards, a box containing about SSOO.
So he began to make search for the fortunate
Raders to let them know whose money it was.
In the meantime two others, Mr. C. M. Joiner
and Jerry Hill had returned home from Ma
< on. where they had been carried by a United
States officer on a charge of distilling whisky.
Being let out on bond, came home Thursday
night, being tenants on said farm, and hear
ing t>f the money immediately concocted a
plan which resulted in the money changing
into their hands, claiming it, and scaring the
lioys with the threat to have them lodged iu
jail, they gave it to the said Joiner and Hill.
Mr. Respess, having leen informed of the
matter, lias caused to he issued a warrant for
the young men who claimed it, and an officer
has gone to serve it.
FLORIDA.
Farmers n Middle Florida are planting
corn.
Plum and peach trees are in bloom about
Tallahassee.
Truck planting is being indulged in iu the
truck sections.
“Rattlesnake Charles," a Tallahassee snake
charmer, is dead.
Mr. W. O. Ames is now ticket agent at the
Tallahassee depot.
The editor of the .St. Augustine Press is
eager for a leap year party.
A. J. Kemp, of Key West, bought $200,000
worth of sponge last week.
Fires in the woods are doing a great deal of
damage in Hernando county.
The St. John’s county Teachers’ Associa
tion meets Saturday, March 1.
Col. 1.. A. Hardee’s funeral was largely at
tended at Jacksonville Tuesday.
Irish potatoes that were planted before the
freeze are sprouting up nicely at Tallahassee.
A disease supposed to be cholera is prevail
ing among the swine in Cotton Plant, near
Ocala.
Burglars liave been rum aging the residences
of st. \ ucu-tine. They escaped with their
booty in every instance.
The building occupied by the Preen at St.
Augustine has passed into the possession of
lenovar for $10,250 cash.
The Key West Base Ball Club has just re
turned from Havana, after being twice de
feated by a club in that city.
A petition is now in circulation rt Key
West, asking Congress for an appropriation
to dredge the Caloosahatchie.
George If. Norris, of Spring Garden, has
picked 100 boxes of Mandarin oranges from
trees budded one year ago last June.
A mail route has been established between
Key 'V est and Largo, and Meuendez Johnson
has received liis appointment as Postmaster.
A telegraph office has lieeti opened at
Panasoflee. The steamboat Susie B. lias been
purchased and will run ou the Withlacoo
ehee river and Panasoffee Lake.
Two passenger ears, the mail ear and ex
press car were derailed February 7 on the
Live Oak and Rowland’s Bluff Railroad bv a
broken rail. No one was injured.
Austin Blair, the war Governor of Michi
gan, lias purchased six acres of land in
Orange county, Fla., where he intends to re
side* hereafter during the winter months.
Col. A. Piper, lute Commandant at St.
Francis Barracks, St. Augustine, was pre
sented last week with a gold-headed cane bv
the enlisted men of the Third Artillery at
that place.
A large number of settler * „ v , '
Pa., and vtc'- : ‘ ironl Bradford
alio-* —.y, are expected at Tampa
.-v me 35th inst. They will settle'in the
Pennsylvania colony, in’the Keystone Park
neighborhood.
The Pensacola Board of Trade estimates the
value of the real aud personal property of
Escambia county at not less than $15,000,000,
while the assessed valuation for taxes is less
than $3,5*0,000.
The Lakeland Improvement Company, with
Lakeland, Polk county, as its chief place of
business, lias been incorporated. The object
of the corporation is the laying out of a town
site, with streets, avenues and lots, the sale of
the lots, and tlie purchase and sale of lands in
the county of Polk and elsewhere ill the State
for profit and for internal improvement.
About two weeks ago a paper was found in
a match box on Matanzas beach stating that
a vessel named Cracker Six had gone down
November 0,1883, and that all hands were ®u
a raft. It has since been found that a vessel
of that name left New York in October and
lias not since been heard of and is supposed to
be-lost. It is probable that the paper was au
thentic.
Standing Bear a Merchant.
Washington, Feb. 13.—Standing Bear,
the Sioux Indian from the Rosebud
Agency, called upon the Secretary of the
Interior to-day to inquire whether" or not
an Indian had the right to keep a store,
lie had opened a shop at the agency, but
designing white men told him that he had
violated the law in doing so. He was
much pleased when assured of his right
to engage in trade. Stauding Bear is an
intelligent Indian. He took advantage of
the occasion to commend the existing
system of Indian education as exempli
fied in his son, a pupil at Carlisle, who
acted as interpreter during the interview.
Virginia Democrats Working Without
Pay.
Richmond, Ya., Feb. 13.—The Demo
cratic caucus this evening decided to ex
tend the session of the Legislature thirty
days, or to adjourn sooner if all important
measures are disposed of. The extension
involves no expense to the State, as the
members receive no pay for an extra ses
sion unless called by the Governor. This
action indicates tha’t the Democrats in
tend to perfect every measure which will
give them control of all the election ma
chinery of the State, the management of
all State institutions, etc.
Lynching Probable.
Tombstone, I). TANARUS., Feb. 13.—When the
Blsbee murderers were called in court
this morning for sentence, their attorney
moved anew trial. This action will cause
a deiay of a year before the death penalty
can be carried out. The general opinion
in the community is that the prisoners
have had a lair trial, and that the proof
agaiust them was overwhelming, and it
is believed that if they are not legally
hanged they will be lynched.
The Nail Trade’s Dullness.
Pittsburg, Feb. 13.—Tbe Western
Nail Association met this afternoon and
reduced the card rate from $3 401* $2 60.
The stocks wore reported light and trade
unsatisfactory. The question of pro
longing the suspension of nail machines
was not discussed, and, as the 6ix weeks'
shut-down expired on the 11th, all are at
liberty to resume. Owing to the flood,
however, but lew factories are in opera
tion.
A Bar Sinister.
London, Feb 13. —Truth says that
Lord Garmoyle wrote to Miss Fortesque
that one reason tor the breaking of his
engagement was that the Duke of Rich
mond had said that she could not be re
ceived at Court. Apropos of this, Truth
taunts the Duke of Richmond with being
a descendant of illegitimate offspring of
Charles II and a French woman, named
Mine. Carwell.
Hot Springs in a Ferment.
Little. Rock, Feb. 13.—The excited
condition of the community at Hot
Springs, caused by Saturday’s tragedy
and the partisanship of the adherents o‘f
the hostile gambling tactions, has resulted
in the quiet formatiou of a military cora
pany composed of law-abiding citizens.
Sixty stands of arms, sent by train by
Gov. Sevens this afternoon, are now in
the company’s possession.
France’s Credit.
Paris, Feb. 13.—1 tis officially an
nounced that the subscriptions received
for the new French loan are three and a
quarter times in excess of the amount
asked for, and that subscriptions one and
two-fifths in excess of that amount have
already been paid.
A Hotel Burned.
Council Bluffs, Feb. 13.—The Bluff
City Hotel was burned last night. A
guest named Emma Neisen, •ot Crown
Point, Ind., was burned to death.
MISERY OF THE DELUGE.
THE CRY OF DISTRESS INCREAS
ING IN PITIFCI.NESS.
Hundreds of Hottses Toppling Over nr
Floating Off With the Current —Terri-
ble Suffering Certain if the Tempera
ture Falls—The Merciless Waters Still
Rising Rapidly.
Cincinnati, Feb. 13, 9 a. m.—The river
now marks 69 feet and 7% inches, and is
rising an inch per hour. The weather is
cloudy. There is no wind this morning.
The river rose an inch between 12 and 1
o’clock this morning.
DWELLING BOUSES TOPPLING OVER.
Cincinnati, Feb. 13, 1 r. m. —A dis
patch from Lawrenceburg says: “The
wind last night was very destructive.
Many houses were upset and great dam
age was done. Full reports are not yet
received.” A special from Aurora, irid.,
says: “Up tp 10 o’clock this morning n*
news had been received from Lawrence
burg. Many houses were seen floating
down the river this morning, and the
anxiety is great. The water here is now
risiug an inch an hour, and more dwell
ings are toppling over.”
HORRORS WHICH COLD WOULD CAUSE.
Cincinnati, Feb. 13, 5 p.m. —At 1:30
this evening the river marked 69 feet and
11 inches. The rise varied during the
forenoon from to ’ j on inch per hour.
The weather is misty and rain is falling,
with a wind from the northwest. The
Signal Service flag denoting the coming
of cold weather floats to-day for the third
time since the flood began. Hitherto its
I re-ence was welcomed. Now it brings
the worst apprehensions. Cold weather
now could have no substantial effect on
the flood that has about done its worst,
but with cold weather the imprisoned peo
ple in all the towns and cities along the
Ohio would suffer terribly for lack of fuel.
DIFFICULTIES OF NAVIGATION.
Few realize the difficulty of getting sup
plies delivered. There are no landings
for steamers, and the damage done to
buildings by the waves caused by pass
ing steamers has been so great as to cause
the occupants of flooded houses to fire on
steamers bringing them relief. Relief
steamers to be of real service will have to
be equipped with life saving crews and
boats. It can readily be seen how slow
would be the work of carrying any con
siderable quantity of fuel to such places
as Laurenceburg, lnd., and new Rich
mond, Ohio, that are entirely submerged
and surrounded with water.
SUBSCRIPTIONS COMING IN.
Nothing is done on ’Change except to
receive subscriptions. To-day dispatches
were received announcing contributions
from various sources, among them being
an appropriation of sr>oo from the Tojvn
Council of Lebanon, 0., SSOO from a busi
ness linn in Chicago, and similar sums
front New York and Philadelphia firms
having representatives here. Large sub
scriptions have also been received from
citizens, among them being one of $250
from R. R. Springer. A call has been
issued by Major Lloyd, commander of the
Grand Army of the’ Republic, for contri
butions from the various posts through
put the State.
TWENTY HOUSES WASHED AWAY.
The heavy current from the Licking
river this morning washed aw 7 2Q or
more houses in Newport, Ky. They were
huddled together and thrown into all
sorts of shapes. Three streets are com
pletely blocked by houses which have
been removed from tlieir foundations.
NO DRY GROUND IN PORTSMOUTH.
Cincinnati, Feb. 13. — A special f rr m
Portsmouth, Ohio, dfrted *yestm’; 1 ia y and
forward.:a from* Scioto the nearest
telegraph station, say’s that there is not
an acre of dry ground in the city and not
a hundred. houses that are not under
water. In a fire on Sunday Spry’s block,
Green’s feed store and the Arcade were
burned. One hundred sacks of mail mat
ter were also burned. The telephone ex
change was destroyed. Many houses
have floated off, and the post office and
banks are closed. The corn and hay crops
in the Scioto valley are ruined.
OVER SEVENTY FEET AT CINCINNATI.
Cincinnati, Feb. 13, 11 p. m.—At 10
o’clock to-night the river stands 70 feet
and 4 inches- A heavy rain fell from 6
o’clock to 8:30 o’clock to-night, when
there were slight indications of colder
weather. The local observer of the
weather for the Commercial Gazette pre
dicts heavy rains again for to-morrow.
70 FEET HIGH AT CINCINNATI.
Washington, Feb. 13.—The Commis
sioner of Internal Revenue this morning
received a telegram from the revenue
agent at Cincinnati, saying that the river
was 70 feet high at that place, and that
every distillery in that district had been
compelled to close.
LINCOLN’S RELIEF MEASURE.
The Secretary of YYar to-day telegraph
ed to the Mayors of a uuml>er of towns
In West Virginia, Indiana and Ohio, au
thorizing the purchase of supplies for im
mediate use, varying in amounts from
SSOO to $2,500, aud directing them to make
returns to the properly authenticated
military officers.
Secretary Lincoln has ordered four offi
cers from the Columbus barracks, Ohio,
to Cincinnati, to assist in the distribution
of supplies to the sufferers from the flood,
under the direction of Gen. Beckwith.
Capt. S. T. Cushing, of the Subsistence
Department, has been ordered to Pitts
burg, to oversee the purchase and
distribution of supplies there. The other
officers have been ordered to that point to
accompany the boats which will carry re
lief to the sufferers from that city.
LEAPING UP AT LOUISVILLE.
Louisville, Ky., Feb. 13,1 a. m.—The
river continues to rise, and from the indi
cations from above will continue rising
till all previous records have been passed.
The water rose all day yesterday at the
rate of one-half inch an hour. The canal
gauge now registers forty-two feet and
four inches. The Kentucky river is rising
at Frankfort and above. The weather is
warm, and there have been a number of
showers. There is but little suffering
here, but considerable at Jeffersonville
and New Albany. At Jeffersonville all
the stores are closed, and many persons
are without provisions, having failed to
lay in a supply. Business is entirely sus
pended. The Cincinnati Shore Line track
through East Louisville is under water
and trains only come as far as the eastern
limits of the city.
STILL RISING AT LOUISVILLE.
Louisville, Ky., Feb. 13,12:30 p. m.—
The river is rising at the rate of an inch
per hour. It now marks 43 feet and 10
inches in the channel, this being within
eight inches of the highest water of 1883.
A heavy wind has been blowing for the
past twelve hours, causing the waves to
do considerable damage to property.
There is little suffering here, but tbe news
from Jeffersonville is of the most deplor
able character. Of a population of 11,000
at that place about one half have been
compelled to leave their homes and seek
higher grounds. Four-fifths of the city is
inundated. The people are suffering and
are begging contributions of food! The
Kentucky river is falling at its head
waters, but is still rising au inch an hour
at Frankfort.
GOING UP AN INCH PER HOUR AT
WHEELING.
W HEELING, W. Va., Feb. 13, 9 A. M.—
The river here has risen six inches and is
going up an inch per hour. Nothing se
rious is feared.
FALLING AT GAI.LIPOLIS.
Gallipolis, 0., Feb. 13, 9 a. m.— The
water has fallen nine inches in. twelve
hours and is still falliug slowly.
RISING AT MAYSVILLE.
Maysville, 0., Feb. 13, 9 a. m.—The
river is rising a quarter of an inch per
hour. It rose four and a half Inches last
night.
gov. hoadly issues a proclamation.
Columbus, 0., Feb. 13, 8 p. m.—Gov.
Hoadley has issued a proclamation to the
people of Ohio asking for aid for the suf
ferers by the flood.
a newspaper’s flood fund.
Chattanooga, Feb. 13—A relief fund
for the Ohio Hood sufferers was started in
this city to-day by the Daily Times , which
headed the list with SIOO. Liberal sub
scriptions are being received from sur
rounding sections.
SAVANNAH, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1884.
FOOD AND CLOTHING.
Cleveland, C),, Feb. 13.—A car load
of clothing and food was shipped to Belair
to-day. At a citizens’ meeting to-day a
subscription list was circulated, and
Senator elect Payne headed it with SI,OOO,
and in a short time $4,000 was raised for
the relief of the sufferers in the flooded
district. Subscription lists have been
placed in every bank. Bakers are pub
licly called upon to contribute bread. A
depot of supplies has been opened, and
prepared food,clothing and other necessi
ties are forwarded as often as practicable
to the Ohio valley.
$25,000 FOR -RELIEF.
Wheeling, Feb. 13. 9 i\ m.— The home
fund lor the relief of the destitute has
reached $25,000 itt cash and as much more
in goods, but this and the donations from
abroad disappear as fast as they are
received. Among the contributions re
ceived are John W. Garrett, of Baltimore,
$800; S. J. Tifden, New York, $250; James
Keene, New York, $250; Wheeling A Bel
mont Bridge Company, $1,000; the Charles
ton (W. Va.) Town Council, SSOO. The
State Fair Association has lost $20,000.
The association was in its infancy and
already heavily in debt, and this blow
will ruin it. There will be no fair is Sep
tember.
HELP MUST QUICKLY COME.
Portsmouth, 0., Feb. 13,9 p.m.—Only
52 houses are out of water in our city of
14,000 inhabitants. All the people are
tired out with care and toil. Help must
quickly come.
A CARGO OF PROVISIONS.
• Indianapolis, Feb. 13, 10 p. m.—A
steamer has been chartered at Madison
and will be loaded with 20,000 pounds of
provisions and sent up the river Friday
to distribute supplies wherever needed.
A large steamer will also be chartered
for similar service oft the lower part of
the river. A train load of provisions will*
be sent from this city Saturday morning
to Madison and a steamer will leave that
point for the scenes of distress Saturday
evening.
WHAT RELIEF IS NEEDED FOR.
Indianapolis, Feb. 13, 11 p. m.—The
following message has been received from
Gov. Porter: “The condition of Lawrence
burg is pitiable in the extreme. More
houses have been removed from tbeir
foundations than last year. Relief should
have reference now not only to the flood,
but to enabling poor people to replace and
repair their houses.”
$6,000 FROM CHICAGO.
Chicago, Feb. 13.- The Chicago Board
of Trade to-day raised SO,OOO to be sent
to the flood sufferers.
$5,000 FROM A MATINEE.
The gross receipts of a matinee this
afternoon given by the Mapleson Com
pany, including Patti and Gerster, for
the benefit of the Ohio flood sufferers, are
over $5,000.
THE PITIFUL STORIES.
New York, Feb. 13. —Dispatches con
tinue to be received from various points
in the flooded districts of the West laden
with the same pitiful stories of suffering
and dead, and calling upon all who are
able to give for aid, whether it takes the
shape of food, money or clothing.
30,000 TO BE FED BY CHARITY.
Gallipoi.is, Feb. 13, 0 p. m.—lt is es
timated that 30,000 persons along the
river, within a distance of 25 miles,
will have to be fed by charity for two
weeks. ’ 7
PORTSMOUTH’S CRY OF DISTRESS.
Boston, Feb. 13.—The following dis
pateh has been received at me office of
the Mayor:
Portsmouth, 0., Feb. 12.
To the Mayor of Ponton: Our city of ever
12,000 souls is entirely under water. Oar peo
ple have been ferrying live stock to the bills
for the past 20 hours. Over one-half of our
city will be washed away. The water stands
2 and in many houses 4 feet deep on the sec
ond floors. Already over 100 houses* have
floated away, and over 100 others
have turned and twisted, and I
should say that 200 frame houses
which are anchored with heavy ropes, tied to
trees and telegraph poles, are under water in
some parts of our city. You can then form
an idea of the volume of water. The current
has come through the streets, doing much
damage. We have not seen a paper nor had
a mail since Thursday. Sunday and Monday
we got a man to go in a skiff seven miles above
here and send dispatches. The river contin
ues to rise, amt we have telegraphed to
Columbus, to Secretary of State Newman, for
tents. Our people will have to camp out on
the hills in Kentucky and back in Ohio to
morrow night. Surely our people will be
thankful for aid.
[Signed | S. M. Johnson,
Chairman of the Finance Committee.
JACKSONVILLE’S GAIETY.
Conventions, the Fair, and Other
Events Making Things Lively.
Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 13.—The
city is packed with strangers. Governor
Bloxham and Cabinet and other dis
tinguished persons are in attendance on
the convention of the Expressman’s Aid
Society, which assembled this morning.
Library Hall is handsomely decorated for
the occasion. President Plant presided.
Bishop Young opened with a prayer.
Governor Bloxham .pnd Mayor Dancey
welcomed the association. A large num
ber of delegates were present. Ex-Gover
nor Bullock was introduced and made a
short address. The usual routine busi
ness was transacted, and the convention
adjourned. The members will make an
excursion to-morrow to St. Augustine.
THE AGRICULTURISTS.
The Agricultural Association is in ses
sion. A number of interesting papers
were read.
THE STATE FAIR.
There was a large attendance at Up
state Fttir to-day. The tournament com
menced, and some good tilting was done.
A few unimportant races occurred to-day.
Exhibits arc still arriving. The weather
is fine. Theatrical and other amusements
are numerous.
THE PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Part of the Press Association met this
morning and took action with respect to
the annual meeting.
AN EXTRA SESSION OF THE LEGISLA
TURE.
An effort is being made to call an extra
session of the Legislature.
TORNADOES IN TWO STATES.
Considerable Damage Done In Both
Arkansas and Texas.
Texarkana, Ark., Feb. 13.—A cyclone
struck the eastern suburbs yesterday.
Tbe main body was 200 yards wide and
lasted ten minutes, doing great damage
to houses and fences. The dwellings of It.
F. May and W. L. Franks were blown
from their foundations.
THE DESTRUCTION IN TEXAS.
W aco, Texas, Feb. 13.—A torn ads oc
curred here yesterday. The residences of
Dr. Burleson and Mr. Horn were blown
down. Tbe music-room at Waco Univer
sity was blown off its brick foundation.
A large amount ot feuciiig was ruined.
The storm was quite severe at Bartlett
and Ranger, blowing down houses at both
places.
At Longview the heaviest rain of the
winter occurred, and much damage was
done to stock in the low lands.
All trains are ordered abandoned at this
place. There are heavy washouts in the
International Railway near Minola. The
Texas Pacific is washed away about two
miles west of Sherman, and all communi
cation is cut off except by wire.
MURDERED WITH A SWORD.
An Aged Couple of Illinois Fall Victims
to a Bobber’s Kapacity.
Chicago, Feb. 13.—J. L. Wilson, an
aged and wealthy resident of Winnetka,
and his invalid wife, were found dead in
their cottage to-day. They had evidently
been murdered for purposes of robbery.
The weapon used seems to have been a
sword which had belonged to a son ol the
dead couple and which had been kept in
the house since the war. Suspicion is di
rected to a man w ho had been visiting the
aged couple but whs has disappeared.
An Opera House $350,000 Behind.
New York, Feb. 13.—The financial re
port of the New Metropolitan Opera
House for the season ending February 1,
shows a deficiency of $250,000.
IIAZEX AND GARLINGTON.
BOTH CENSURED BY THE PRO
TEUS COURT OF INQUIRY.
Their Good Intentions Acknowledged,
but their Errors of Judgment Round
ly Denounced—The Shortcomings
Detailed in Nine Separate Counts —
Laxness in the General’s Department.
Washington, Feb. 13.—The report of
the court of inquiry into the loss of the
Arctic relief steamer Proteus was trans
mitted to the Senate to-day by the Presi
dent. It finds Lieut. Garlington guilty
of an error of judgment in not waiting
longer at Pandora harbor after the sink
ing of the Proteus, in order to connect
with the consort steamer Yantic and
make a depot of supplies, but it commends
his general conduct of the expedition be
fore and after this event, and says that
the error described occured in the exer
cise of a difficult and unusual discretion,
for which he should not be held to further
accountability to Gen. Hazen. The re
port gives credit for zeal and good inten
tions, but finds grave errors and omissions
in liis actions, which are described at
length and numbered from 1 to 9, forming
a severe arraignment of that officer.
While awarding credit to Gen. Ilazen,
Chief Signal Officer of the Army, for the
best intentions in devising measures for
the rescue of the command of Lieut.
Greely, and for an earnest desire, which
it was impossible that he should not have
entertained, to restore those adventurous
men to tbeir country and homes after two
years’ exile lrom the world of humanity;
and while further commending the study
and care of Gen. Ilazen and of his assist
ants in the Signal Oflice In 1883 in the
preparation of the outfit and material of
the expedition of that year and the selec
tion of its personnel, the court is of the
opinion that in many particulars, and in
some of the gravest moment, he failed in
an adequate comprehension of the neces
sities of the case and of the measures and
means essential to meet them.
ERRORS OF JUDGMENT.
The following grave errors and omis
sions are noted m his action:
First. In not submitting in the fall of
1882 to the Secretary of War, for the ac
tion of Congress, a sufficient plan, with
corresponding estimates, tor the organi
zation and equipment of a complete and
efficient relief expedition, to be conveyed
in two vessels fitted for ice navigation,
whereby the chances of failure would
have been greatly diminished.
Second. In objecting strongly in the
fall of 1882 to the proposed endeavor by
the War Department to obtain from the
navy men for the relief party of 188;!.
Third. In sending an independent
command upon tbe most perilous and
responsible, as well as distant expedition,
with only one commissioned officer.
Fourth. In informing Lieut. Garling
ton in his instructions that Lieut. Greely’s
supplies would be exhausted in the fall of
1883, whereas means of correct knowledge
were within ready reach in the Signal
Office to show that Lieut. Greely’s com
maud was fully provisioned for more j
than three years from the summer of 1881, j
the natural effect of this being to urge |
Lieut. Garlington to undue impatience !
ana J? I’each Lady T'rrtukiin nay
with all the stores Entrusted to his
charge, and to obscure from his
inental vision, after tbe ship and
cargo had gone down, the de
sirability of advancing as far as
possible northward to give notice of the
disaster, in order that Lieut. Grcely, be
fore coming down too far to go back,
might, being so warned, retire again to
bis well provided station at Lady frank
lin Bay.
Fifth. His persistent rejection of the
wisest measures that it remained possible
for him to adopt in tbe spring of 1883,
and which was repeatedly urged upon his
consideration, to wit: The making on the
northward voyage of the relief ship of a
large depot for the winter at or
near Littleton Island, the objec
tive point of the projected retreat of I
Lieutenant Greely, whereby the ship
would have been lightened of the stores j
which it was in no wise necessary to car
ry to Lady Franklin Bay, or to expose to
the dangers of Smith Sound, and whereby
the subsequent loss ot the vessel would
have been of comparatively trivial conse
quence.
The explanations offered by the Chief
Signal Officer of his desire not so to make
a depot that it would be a deviation
from Lieutenant Greely’s own plan of re
lief, is, as has already been shown, utter
ly untenable and illogical. Concert ol
action between the retreating and
relieving parties was undoubtedly
important, but this being secured by com
pliance with all Lieut. Greely’s requests
as to the location of depots or otherwise,
how could any intelligent deference to
those requests, either in their spirit or
letter, forbid that further precautions and
measures should be devised and taken
with a view to his rescue? This was
plainly the case in the proposed unload
ing at or near Littleton Island on the way
northward. Lieut. Greely asked to have
a winter station made lor him near that
place. If one-half or two-thirds
of the stores of expedition had
been unloaded at the entrance
of Smith sound there would have been se
cured a vastly greater approach to a cer
tainty of the full attainment of Lieut.
Greely’s wishes and urgent needs than
when the whole cargo was subjected to
tbe hazards of a heavy ice pack habitual
ly present in that water, and while a de
lay of a few days would have involved
no appreciable disadvantage from retard
ing a voyage to Lady Franklin Bay which
was not essential. The omission to make
thisjdepot, which was essential, threatens
serious danger to the lives of
Lieutenant Greely and his command.
- The further reason that Gen. Hazen
assigns tor his action that a naval tender
would be itself a depot was, as has already
been shown, wholly fallacious and un
founded.
Sixth. In failing to perceive the neces
sity for a second vessel until nearly the
middle of May, 1883, or to advise the Navy
Department of what such a tender was
wanted to do, or how far was wanted to
go, until a fortnight later, whereas a defi
nite and explicit request ought to have
been made immediately after the enact
ment of the appropriation which author
ized the expedition two months sooner,
and that much longer notice was given to
enable a more complete fitting of the ship
for the purpose.
Seventh. The omission of proper direc
tions and measures for stowing the cargo
,of the Proteus in order that the most im
portant material for the purposes of the
expedition should be readily accessible in
an emergency, owing to which omission
it was unknown to either Lieut. Garling
ton or the master of the ship where the
arms and ammunition provided for the
party were stowed, and upon the loss of
the ship the command was left with only
a few arms and a comparatively small
amount of powder and shot, that had been
kept in their personal possession. It was
of vital importance that the cargo should
be so stowed that its most essential con
tents would be easily accessible and re
j movable in an exigency. The instruc
tions to Lieut. Garlington Mere insuf
ficient, while he was denied permission
| to proceed in advance to St. John to at
; tend to the matter, which was committed
| to the sole care of a non-commissioned
j officer, who wholly failed to attend to it,
■ not even going to St. Johns for that pur
! pose. If a sufficient quantity of arms and
i ammunition had been saved, a cache of
them might have been made tor
use of Lieut Greely, the amount of whose
supply of this indispensable material has
not been made known to the court, and
however ample it may have been origi
nally, by this time may be entirely ex
hausted.
I Eighth. The lax, negligent and defec
tive method of keeping the record of pub
lic business and conducting correspond
i ence in the Signal office as illustrated by
| the action of the Chief Signal Officer in
j regard to the so-called supplementary
, instruction or order to Lieut. Garlington,
! which, in fact, was no order at all.
Gen. Hazen’s attention was called
to the document in the nature
of an order placed by one of his staff with
the orders to Lieut. Garlington in that
officer’s hands without, as the Chief Sig
! nal Officer testifies, his express or concise
authority. He contented himself with
telling the Lieutenant that the paper was
no part of his orders, without calling to
account the officer who had thus pre
sumed from this point of view to give* an
order or even a suggest ion in conflict with
the terms of the written orders signed by
himself as Chief Signal Officer. He cer
tainly ought to have withdrawn the paper
containing the contradictory direc
tion or suggestion to the act
ing Adjutant of the office, with
orders to cancel it and if on record to ex
punge it therefrom, unless, indeed, he
was prepared to make it an order, and
embody it In the instructions over his own
signature. On the contrary,he takes none
of these steps,but wholly omits to acquaint
his Acting Adjutant with hi 6 conversa
tion with and last oral instructions to
Lieut. Garlington and leaves that Ad
jutant tinder the impression that the
memorandum which he remembers that
he had sent to the desk of the Chief Sig.
nal Officer with the instructions for the
expedition, and with them received back
without comment for transmis-
j sion to Lieut. Garlington, was
id supplementary order or postscript to
I the instructions of that officer, from
which course of action it resulted that the
memorandum was recorded as an enclos
ure to Lieut. Garlington’s instructions
and afterward published to the country
as an indication that he had been guilty ol
disobedience of orders in failing to make
the depot at or near Littleton Island on
his voyage northward. If any further
illustration were needed of this mischiev
ous manner of conducting official busi
ness it would be apparent on reflection
that if a fatal accident bad befallen
the Chief Signal Officer during
Lieut. Garlington’s absence of knowledge
of the iast interview between these two
t*>uld have been confined to the survivor,
whose testimony in repelling the charge
of a violation of his orders as that of a
man deeply interested would have had to
be judged in the light of Lieut. Cazaaic’s
knowledge only of having sent to the
Chief Sigual Officer and received back
again for transmission to Lieut. Garling
ton the memorandum in question. That
it was not signed nor mentioned in the
body of the instructions over Gen. Hazen’s
signature might have been regarded as a
matter of form rather than of substance.
Touching this memorandum itself the
court is of the opinion that neither was it
an order nor did it properly carry any
force as a suggestion to the commander
o? the expedition, who was instructed to
strictly conform to the letter of Lieut.
Greeiy’s requests.
Gen. Hazen had rejected the idea em
bodied in the memorandum as in conflict
with those requests, and so informed
Lieut. Garlington, stating that they were
law to him. The Chief Signal Officer, if
lie had desired or intended that Lieut.
Garlington, if delayed near Littleton Is
land on the voyage northward,
should make a depot, he could
easily have embodied in
the orders a proviso to that effect, in
stead of obscuring such an idea under the
vague intimation of discretion reposed in
a distant commander, to be called into
exercise according to the facts as they
should develope themselves. This discre
tion, however, cau have no application to
Lieut. Garlington’s subsequent action,
as the very condition of the fact that tins
officer indicated as his objection to stop
ping at Littleton Island to unload was
found here in a clear and unobstructed
passage north ward.
Ninth. Following the custom when of
ficers of different services, with inde
pendent commands, are. ordered to co
operate in a single expedition the Chief
Signal Officer should have taken care to
have Lieut. Garlington furnished with a
copy of the instructions of the Navy De
partment to the commander of the Yautic.
While the foregoing grave errors and
omissions are regarded as having either
directly led or largely contributed to the
abortive issue of the expedition, yet as they
are all deemed to have been due to a lack
of wise provision and sound judg
ment in the exercise of wise adminis
tration and discretion, and unattended
by any willful neglect or intentional
dereliction of duty, the court, after ma
ture deliberation, is of the opinion that
no further proceedings before the gen
eral court-mortial are called for.
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
A Popular Young Man Detected in a
Series of Forgeries.
Atlanta, Feb. 13.—Lewis P. Morel, a
popular young gentleman, bookkeeper for
Travnham & Ray’s planing mill and sash
factory, was arrested at the car shed to
day noon, with a Charleston ticket in his
possession. He has been forging the name
of the firm to acceptances at Lowry’s
bank, but this morning was detected by
Mr. Travnham, and his arrest followed
soon after. The last amount obtained was
this morning, and was nearly S9OO. The
friends of Morel feel deeply pained at his
conduct, as he had been held in high es
teem.
THE CAPITOL COMMISSIONERS.
The Capitol Commissioners held two
sessions to-day. Both were devoted to
consulting Architect Edbrooke in regard
to plans and estimates for the interior ar
rangement of the building. Tlie commis
sioners propose to make haste slowly and
avoid any miscalculation in the prelim
inary matters. Not a single objection has
yet been heard to the design selected.
MASSACRES IN TONQUIN.
The Mandarins Bushing Through the
Country Crying “Death to the Chris
tians.”
Paris, Feb. 13.—La Liberte asserts that
the news of the massacre of Christians in
Tonquin reached the government as long
ago as January 6th, when men-of-war were
sent to the coast of Pbanhoa. The two
Mandarins who were the instigators of
the massacre were conveyed to Hue,
tried and executed.
La Patrie says that over fifty Christians
were massacred in the neighborhood of
Hue, and that the mission houses were
demolished. Bands of men in the pay of
the Mandarins of Nguien aud Vantoung
are pillaging and murdering, and crying
“Death to the Christians.” The Vi
cariate of Eastern Cochin China is en
dangered. The Christians in the vicinity
of Fourane are fleeing to Puinhoin,
hoping to find the French there.
LABOR AND ITS HIRE.
The Fall Biver Strikers to Solicit Finan
cial Aid.
Fall River, Mass., Feb. 13. — At a
meeting of the Spinners Union last night,
committees were selected to visit New
York, Brooklyn, Troy, Newark, Boston,
and other cities which have large labor
unions, to a6k assistance. It was decided
to strike in more mills if the improve
ment in the print cloth market continued,
but no decisive action was taken.
THE LEVEE STRIKE.
St. Joseth, Mo., Feb. 13.—The labor
ers on the United States government
works at Kemp levee struck yesterday
for higher wages. The old levee still is
intact, and probably will remain so. The
laborers at Hardscrabble continue on a
strike. All hopes of closing that gap are
abandoned.
BATTLES WITH THE FLAMES.
A Barracks Burned and Troops Camp
ing Out With the Mercury 25 Degrees
Below Zero.
Pierre, I)ak., Feb. 13.—At 3 o’clock
yesterday morning fire broke out at Fort
Sully, and at 9 o’clock 3 companies had
been burned out of the barracks. No as
sistance could be rendered, as the near
est water is the Missouri river, nearly a
mile distant. The barracks will all be
destroyed, necessitating the camping out
of the soldiers, with the mercury at 25
degrees below zero.
A Train Overturned.
St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 13.—A train
from Chicago left the track near Greene,
la., this morning, the baggage car and
two coaches overturning. Some 39 pas
sengers were bruised, but only one child
was killed and another seriously hurt.
AT THE NATION’S CAPITAL
MB. TURNER SPEAKS IX THE
CHALMERS CASE.
Representative Crisp at His Back—Mc-
Pherson’s Banking Bill Discussed in
the Senate— McKeogh’a Nomination
Recommitted to the Committee on
Judiciary—The Danville Investigation
to Begin To-Day.
Washington, Feb. 13.-Mr. Turner, of
Georgia, to-day surprised the House. It
had been repeatedly commented among
the members that they did not know
what Mr. Carlisle saw in Mr. Turner to
put him at the head of the Elections Com
mittee. They saw to-day that Mr. Car
lisle builded whereof he knew. Mr.
Turner brought to the consideration of the
House the Chalmers-Manning contested
election case with a report that neither be
seated upon the prima facie right, but that
the case be considered on its merits. He
made a splendid speech. He talked as no
one supposed that he could. His speech
was strong, incisive and yet matter-of
fact. His report will be adopted by the
House, but after further debate. ’ Mr.
Crisp, of Georgia, ably seconded Mr.
Turner in a speech that showed the
lawyer and at the same time the debater.
KEOGH’S NOMINATION.
The nomination of Thomas B. Keogh
to be United Brates Marshal of the West
ern District of North Carolina, which
was a few days ago reported adversely
from the Senate Committee on Judiciary,
was taken up by the Senate in executive
session to-day, and without discussion,
was recommitted to the Committee on Ju
diciary.
NOMINATIONS WITHDRAWN.
The President to-day nominated L. 11.
Randle for Postmaster at Oxford,Miss. The
President to-day withdrew the following
nominations: Perry L. Harrison, to be
Postmaster at Huntsville, Ala., and John
F. AYarwiek, to be Postmaster at Talla
dega., Ala., both of which were sent to
the Senate on the 4tb inst.
THE DANVILLE INVESTIGATION.
The sub-committee of the Senate Com
mittee on Privileges and Klections,
charged with the investigation of the
Danville election not, will sit with open
doors, beginning at 10 o’clock to-morrow
morning.
IN SENATE AND HOUSE.
Detailed Beport of the Proceedings In
Kotli Bodies.
Washington, Feb. 13.—1n the Senate
to-day, the Chair announced the affixing
of his signature to the House joint reso
lution relating to the Greely relief expedi
tion.
Mr. Hale, from the Committee on Naval
Affairs, reported unfavorably, and moved
an indefinite postponement of the joint
resolution introduced by Mr. McPherson,
limiting the amount of money to be ex
pended by tbe President on the Greely
relief expedition to $500,000. It was in
definitely postponed by a vote of 27 to 26.
Mr. Voorhees ottered a resolution which
went over until to-morrov.’, directing the
Secretary of the Interior to withhold lor
the present his approval of patents or cer
tificates for lands selected by the North
ern Pacific Railroad in lieu of others said
to have been lost to said company under
the act of J uly, 1804. The preamble to
the resolution sets forth that the rights of
settlers mTght be injuriously affected by
such approval.
After consideration of some private
bills, the Senate at 2 o’clock laid aside
the unfinished business of yesterday in
order to take up the special order for the
day, it being Mr. McPherson’s bill re
ported by Mr. Bayard from the Committee
on Finance, to provide for the issue of cir
culating notes to national banking asso
ciations.
Tfie bill provides that upon the deposit
of any United States bonds, bearing inter
est in the manner required by law, any
national banking association making the
same shall be entitled to receive from the
Comptroller of the Currency circulating
notes of different denominations in blank,
registered aud countersigned, as provided
by law, not exceeding in amount the par
value of bonds deposited, provided that
at no time the total amount of such notes
issued to any such association exceed the
amount at such time actually paid in of
its capital stock. The bill repeals all
laws and parts of laws inconsistent with
its provisions.
Mr. Sherman offered an amendment
providing that if any of the bonds de
posited should bear" a rate of annual
interest higher than 3 per cent., additional
circulating notes should l>e issued equal
in amount to one-half the interest accru
ing on each bonds before; their maturity
in excesßof3 percent, per annum, such
amount to be ascertained and stated by
the Comptroller of the Currency on the
lßt day July of each year hereafter.
Mr. Bayard spoke at some length in
favor of the bill. He was followed by Mr.
! Sherman in support of the bill with his
amendment. The debate was also par
ticipated in by Messrs. McPherson and
Aldrich. After an executive session the
j Senate adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE.
In the House to-day Mr. Warner, of
Ohio, rising to a question of privilege,
said that he understood that the joint
resolution passed by the House and
.Senate Monday for the relief of sufferers
by the Ohio floods was not sent to the
Senate for the signature of the presiding
officer until late yesterday afternoon. He
wished to know’ the cause of the delay,
and, therefore, offered a resolution
directing the Committee on Enrolled
Bills to inquire into the cause of tlie de
lay.
The House proceeded to consideration
of the Mississippi contested election case
of Chalmers against Manning. Mr. Tur
ner, of Georgia, Chairman of the Commit
tee on Elections, spoke in support of the
majority report, which declares that on
the prima facie case neither of the con
testants was entitled to the seat. Neither
the majority nor minority report were
signed, but Mr. Turner stated that ten of
the members of the .Election Com
mittee were in favor of the
former, while only five supported
the latter, lie went into an argument to
show that under the resolution referring
the decision of the prima facie case to
the committee the committee was not
confined to an examination of credentials
presented by Mr. Manning, under which
alone Mr. Manning was undoubtedly en
titled to the seat. It was its duty to in
quire into the allegations made by Mr.
Chalmers denying Mr. Manning's prima
facie right.
Mr. Elliott, of Pennsylvania, spoke in
favor of the minority report, which de
clares Mr. Manning" entitled to the scat
on the prima lacie right. In determining
ttat right the Committee on Elections had
not tlie power to go behind the Governor’s
certificate. The Governor ot Mississippi,
the only witness authorized to speak, bad
spoken, and had said in due form that
Mr. Manning had received a majority of
the votes cast. This case should be de
cided like other cases, where it had
always been held that no evidence could
be introduced to impeach the certificate
of a Governor.
Mr. Curtin, of Pennsylvania, offered a
resolution recommitting to the Committee
on Elections the question of the prima
facie right to the seat,with instructions to
ascertain and report whether a certificate
of election was issued by the Governor of
Mississippi to any one, and if so to whom.
He contended that the Elections Commit
tee had made a mistake in going behind
the returns of the Governor and making
an investigation of the facts which tend
ed to prove the final merits of the case.
Mr. Oates, of Alabama, supported Mr.
Curtin’s resolution, asserting that the
Committee on Elections in investigating
the facts of the case aud not confining its
examination to the credentials, had placed
an erroneous construction on the action
of the House.
Mr. Cbb, of Indiana, spoke briefly in
favor of the minority report.
Mr. Cox, of New York, said that Mr.
Manning certainly thought that there
were some bad features in his certificate
when he declined to present it. He was
anxious that the House should assume
the responsibility of accepting the cer-
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tificate and seating him. The House re
fused to take the responsibility, and re
ferred the matter to the Elections Com
mittee. The committee, in turn, refused
the responsibility, and the question, like
Banquo’s ghost, again came back to the
House.
Mr. Herbert, of Alabama, presented an
argument in favor of the immediate seat
ing of Mr. Manning on the prima facie
case, even though in three hours after
wards the House should decide that on
its merits Mr. Chalmers was entitled to
the seat.
Mr. Crisp, of Georgia, spoke in support
of the majority resolution.
Mr. Davis, of Missouri, argued that
neither Mr. Chalmers nor Mr. Manning
was entitled, prima facie, to the seat, anS
favored a speedy decision of the case upon
its merits.
After further discussion the matter wont
over until to-morrow.
Mr. Harnier,of Pennsylvania, presented
petitions in favor of pensioning Unioa
soldiers who suffered in Andersonville,
Libby, Belle Isle and other Confederate
prisons. They were referred.
The House then, at 5:10 o’clock, ad
journed.
GREAT ACTIVITY IN EGYPT.
Strong Reinforcements to be Sent to
Save Suakim.
London, Feb. 13.—Lord Wolseley, Ad
jutant General of the British army, tele
graphed last evening to Lieutenant-Gen
eral Stephenson, commanding the forees
in Egypt, to collect a force for the relief
of Tokar, if this is possible, and if not,
ter the defense of the Red Sea ports. Gen.
Graham is to take supreme command of
this force, with Col. Buller in command
of the infantiy, and Col. Steward of the
cavalry. There is to be a brigade of five
solid battalions in line within a few days.
It necessary the garrison at Alexandria
can be brought to Cairo, the. former city
being left under charge of the fleet. The
Tenth Hussars, now in the Suez canal
homeward bound, are ordered to Suakim.
Gen. Lord Wolseley concluded by direct
ing that the greatest publicity should l>e
given to the determination to" relieve To
kar by British troops.
It is reported that a majoritv of, the
Cabinet are urging more vigorous action
in Egypt. Premier Gladstone, Earl
Granville and some other members of the
Cabinet are opposed to increasing Eng
land’s responsibility.
KHARTOUM’S EVACUATION.
Gen. Gordon has sent word to Col. De
Costlogan, directing him, if unable to
hold Khartoum, to blow up the forts in
order to facilitate the recapture of the
city.
THE CENSURE OF THE PRESS.
The Times publishes this morning a
dispatch from Berlin which says: “Ex
pressions of scorn and indignation are
heard ou every side with reference to the
impotent and pusillanimous British
statesman who is described as the author
of the Bulgarian atrocities, and theautlipr
of the Soudan measures.”
In discussing the fall of Sinkat tlMt
Times, in its leading article this morning,
says: “The first stroke of the whip has
fallen, and all England tingles with the
pain of the blow. If no change shall be an
nounced in the ministerial policy, the
gathering dissatisfaction of the country
will have a serious and perhaps decisive
effect on the division in the House of
Commons upon Sir Stafford Northeote’s
motion of censure.”
GEN. GORDON’S REPORT.
In the House of Commons to-day Mr.
Gladstone said that dispatches had been
received from Gen. Gordon stating that
the reported massacre of women and
children was improbable. The efforts of
the rebels were confined to inciting their
neighbors to revolt. In no instance had
the rebels in one district invaded the soil
of their neighbors. The events in the
vicinity of Soakim bad not endangered
the safety of the garrisons at. Khartoum.
ENGLISHMEN HUMILIATED.
A correspondent at Cairo says: “The
disaster to Baker Pasha’s army caused
nothing like the sorrow which’prevails
among Englishmen here over the massa
cre at Sinkat. There is a universal feel
ing of humiliation and shame that the
gallent men of Sinkat were killed almost
within sight of the British ships.”
SARCASM OF THE FRENCH PRESS.
The Paris press pretends to doubt Eng
land’s power now to protect Egypt against
Kl Mahdi, much less to accomplish her
purpose in Soudan.
MADE A CORRESPONDENT.
Col. Burnaby has been appointed cor
respondent of the Post in Soudan. Mr.
Burnaby is the person who made the fa
mous journey to Khiva in 1875. He served
as military correspondent of the Times
with the army of Don Carlos in Spain.
The Khedive is said to be deeply affected
by the massacre at Sinkat.
JUBILANT CONSERVATIVES.
Conservative meetings were held all
over the country last night, and at all of
them the policy of the government was
condemned and confidence was expressed
that Parliament would be speedily dis
solved, and that the Conservatives would
triumph at the next election.
ALL QUIET AT SUAKIM.
Cairo, Feb. 13.—Dispatches from Ba
ker Pasha report that Suakim is quiet,
and that there is no firing at the out
posts. No news had been received from
Tokar. Official letters had been sent to
Tokar urging the garrison to hold out
until the troops arrived. Gen. Gordon,
with several powerful chiefs left
Berber to-day for Khartoum. He will
proceed slowly, as he desires to see the
people along the river.
TROOPS GOING TO SUAKIM,
A council of war is now sitting. The
departure of the British Commissary
General for Assiout has leen deferred.
The Black Watch, the Gordon Highland
ers, the Sixteeenth Rifles, the Eighteenth
Hussars (mounted infantry), the battal
ion of Egyptian troops with English offi
cers, and the Egyptian Camel Battery,
manned 0 by British artillerymen, have
been ordered to Suakim and are expected
to reach there within a week. The
British garrison at Alexandria will be
transferred to Cairo, its place being taken
by the English marines.
It has been decided not to retain Tokac
if the troops should succeed in relieving
that town, but to blow up the forts and
order both the suocorers and succored to
retreat to the Red sea coast. It has not
yet been decided whether to attempt to
relieve Sennaar or not..
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