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I ESTABLISHED JBSO. j | J. If. ESTILL, Editor and Proprietor, j ITEMS IX THREE STATES. GEORGIA. FLORIDA AM) SOUTH < AROIAN \ ITT IX TYPE. The Columbuit Guards Fail to Win the Prize at the Opelika Drill—A Wilkes County Man's Peep Into Nautical Life Around Savannah—Feats of a Mil ledgeville Whittier. GEORGIA. Darien non has seventeen pilots on the bar. Hunting will now he illegal until Decem ber 13. • I( *e Gould, said to be a pugilist, is to spar at Griitin. Schley Superior Court will be in session next week. A Burke county party of three killed ninetv six partridges in seven hours. The second quarterly meeting for the Bright-ville circuit begins at Wesley Chapel next Tuesday. Steps are lieing taken by the citizens of Thomaston to secure furniture for the new K. K. I.ee University at that place by public subscription. The Mclntosh Light Dragoons have fully made up their minds to participate in the grand military tournament on the 2sth of May, in Muqim. According to the H-izetU there i- a gentle man in W a-hiiigton wlio says he rather likes to hear the -quailing of a' rat in the dead hours of the night. It is siad that a |iost otlice is needed in the western portion of x hley county, where it might lie placed on the new mail route from Ellaville to Friendship. Komc is to have a street ear hue. The line will run from the Howard street bridge up Howard street to Broad, and tltenee up Broad a distance of one mile. The Darien says: -It is said that Mr. John Deary will move to savannah with in the next month or two for the purpose of engaging in the mercantile business.” William Simpson died suddenly at his home, a few miles east of tjuitman. Wednesday night. He had been in good health,apparent ly, and his death is attributed to heart dis ease. Mr. Harper, of Covington. ha- arrived at t\ ashinglon and w ill open a drug -lore in the new building T. B. Green i-erecting, .iu-t be low the po-t office. The building will be com pleteti in ten >r lifieen days. >. 11. lingrhs, one of the oldest and most re specie*l citizens id Baldwin county, died at Meriwether station Tuesday, lie had reached the age of four-score sears. For many years tie was Tax deceiver of the countv. A 7-year-old -*.n of /.eli t olley, of Washing ton, was severely gored by a eow last Satur day. A dog had been barking at tile row, and she,becoming irritated, ran after the bov. He fell and she booked him in the back. The wounds are severe, but not dangerous. Mr. 1 at ha m, of Philadelphia, it gentleman skilled in mines and milling, has insjiecieil ;1 new gold mine on Henry "daton's place, near VV ashinglon. The shaft has only been sunken 20 feel, hut Mr. Tat ham says it promise- re markable well, though he’ cannot tell any thing definite about it. The Greenville Vin-lit ■</Z. c says: “The crop of spring oats lias escaped damage so far from the cold weather and i- looking very well. Wheat w as thinned out by the freeze that fol lowed ttic snow amt sleet.’ hut enough is left yet to make a good crop if the seasons are favorable in the future." f It is said that the White star l.iue will put a steamer on the 1 lostanatila to make regular trips between and ( arter's I.aiding a soon as all ol structTOns are removed. The distance is 107. miles. Draw - w ill have to he put in several bridges, including the one at Calhoun, if the line 1- put in operation. The Pre* says: "ifuilraau is s<m,h t.• have variety works for planing, matching lumber, making moulding, etc., etc. The building [slicing erected near the qi nit man Mills, on the South side of the railroad. The machinery is on the ground, and Mr. I. E. Griffin w ill have charge of the business." Handy singleton, a colored waiter at the Hamilton House,* haltanoogi, wassliot and killed at a colored masquerade in that city Thursday night by a negro named ( alvin Young, singleton i-a Koine darker, and his remains reached that citv Friday night. A colored woman prompted A ouug to the deed. The Washington otzrtt- -ays: “A horse coffin is something new under the sun. at least 111 this part of the country. A favorite horse ‘Mike,’ lielongingto Mr. J.M. Wood, which he had owned for tenor twelve years, died, and wa- yesterday buried in a coffin made by Mr. Hind. Ii wa- a huge box, measuring hxii feet.” The .'•</ a,ter IGjmblican -ay-: “Mr. lames A. Culver, of i.ee county, was in the city Thursday witti the hide of it bearer he caught in a -teel trap oll Chokec creek. The beaver weighed titty-seven pounds. He also showed <1- tiie hide of a very large otter, reported as weighing about twenty-eight pounds and caught in the same way." The Milledgeville Chronicle says: “Dan ( arakar is a patient whittler. "We were shown a stick the other day which he had carved out of a piece of wood that looked tor all tin- world like a natural knotted crab ap ple orosage orange cam*. It has sixtv-four knot- at regular distances from each otiier on it, and is crowned bv a head with two faces. He whittled out a cane in the shape of a snake sonic time ago, and a drummer cauie along and gave him live dollars for it." The Koiik* Courier -ays: -Alter a thorough investigation the Building Committee of the Board of Trustees of I'ublie schools have de rided that, 011 account of freezing, tlie walls of the public sc ImMil building should he torn down entirely and work recommenced on April 1. The work had not progressed far, hence ilie damage will be exceedingly small. The schools will he opened early in the fall. The election for superintendent and teachers w ill take plaee during the summer, probably iu July.” A * auton correspondent of the Morning N 7" S W rites as follow -, under date of March 22: -The farmers of Cherokee are irreatlv be hind on account of wet weather. A few peach blooms ean be seen, notwoutstanding the iate ne-s of the season. Knowing ones pre-liet a good fruit year. Mrs. Curtis, wife of Depute .sheriff J. IS. C urtis, died in Canton last Thurs day . The southern portion of tins (Cherokee county wa.- visited by a hailstorm last Thurs day. But little damage was done. No gar den seeds have been planted in this county vet. The ground has been too wet ever since the 40th of December last." The Cojf,. County Ornette -avs: “Tor thirteen years Uncle John Gaskin has been Imss of the railroad tank at Pearson, and well has he tilled the bill. He has earned and re ceived for work of the company up to date $5,200. He has been blind for a number of years, but hi- mind is still strong and his -pint high at the ripe old age of 7:1. He made the first half sweep in the United States. He has an original mind, loves the sciences, which lie has reduced to a theory of his own. and is almost a theologian, lie is a natural mathematician, and. altogether considered, a wonderful and good old man, and if the Brunswick and Western has a superannuated list we suggest that Unde John's name lie placed thereon.” Saturday’s Columbus Sun says: ‘-The long talked of competitive drill of the I.tc Eight Infantry took place at Opelika last night. The four entered by the Columbus Guards, Messrs. C. W. Connelly, Ed. lturru-. I . w. Kimbrough and Sam Goodman, accompanied by several of the officers and members of the company, and a few friends, left for < qielixa yesterday at 2 o'clock. There vvereunlv two visiting squads entered, the other being the Montgomery Greys. Each company was entitled to name one judge. The contest was fora prize of $7.0, and a special to the Kn gnirer-Snn, received at 12 o'clock la-1 night, states that the Montgomery Greys were vii torious. The Guards will’return to tlie citv at 12 o’clock to-day.” The Schley county correspondent of the Americas Jtejnihlicn a says: “We know of a place where water usually has remained in a pond tlie year round, covering from 1 to 25 acres of land; this pond is not nearer than ollc mile from any running stream of water, and on account of the last unprecedented dry summer and winter the water had all dried out six or eight months ago, lmt one day this week we had rain enough for a quantity of water to stand, anil it was only two or three hours before it contained hundreds of grown frogs, such us usually inhabit such places. Theuuestion is, were they imbedded in tlie dry earth waiting several months for rain to conic, or where did they come from :" The YVashington Gazette of Friday says: ‘ Mr. O. >. Barnett returned hist Fridav from the mouth of the savannah river, where he liad been engaged in surveying with reference to putting jetties in the river, lie was one of the engineering corps of four employed by the United States Government: and in lux month’s stay down there combined lmth business and recreation. He was there principally for his health. The party lived on two “house fiats,” as they are called, which went tied up to an island". During a severe storm one night one of these flats was swanqied and the other one came near sharing the same fate. The one that went down was occupied by the steward and the other employed hands, but they escaped drowning. Mr. Barnett says he learned something of nautical language while down there, and the difference between a sloop, a brig, a schooner,etc., that a citizen of the inland at first appears very green in such matters among coa-t people. He had the pleasure of going over and inspecting a great many foreign vessels that were anchored at the quarantine station. He says these vessels seldom ever briug anything to Savannah, but are nearly always loaded with ballast. They gre principally engaged in exporting.” FLORIDA. Cedar Key wants a bank. Del.and wants a money order post olliee. Fires are raging in tlie woodsaliont Apopka. A school house to cost $2,500 is to be erected at DeLand tills summer. Postmaster Burrell, of Oraugc l ity, lias been removed from office. Strawberries are plentiful at 25 cents per quart atGreeu Cove Springs. The sale of oysters in Jacksonville will be prohibited in nine days more. Greouwood, near Marianna, ships five wag on loads of eggs daily on an average*. Most of tlie farmers around Green Cove Springs are through planting cotton. Madison county farmers are busy seeding corn and preparing land to seed cot lon. Corn at Green Cove spring is selling at $1 75 a bushel, and at Madison at forty to fifty cents. At a temperance meeting last week at De- Land 120 persons signed the total abstinence pledge. Large hail stones fell thick and fast for a few seconds at Green Cove Spviugs last Wednesday. Col. O. YV. Bailey, of Jasper, after serving as a Justice ot the Peace for about seven years, Mh resigned. Cedar Key has two saloons at present, and two more will probably be added to the 1111m tier tn a short time. Alligator limiting with a “bull’s-eye” lan tern on Dead river is now the principal sport | for the nimrods of DeLand. The Floridian says that Tallahassee’s boom will receive a set hack if a 200-room hotel is not erected there during 1884. ! Dr. Thomas and the Board of Health, of ! ( edar Key. have reached an amicable set tie - • ment of the matter in controversy between them. ! The vulcaniz.er of Dr. G. F. bumpkin. T dentist of Jacksonville, exploded Saturday. I The doctor had a narrow escape from serious injury. ' It is estimated that 7.5,000 visitors have spent I the present season in Florida; and that there ! lias liven 2.5,000 people settled in tlie State vvith | 111 the past year. Ed. < . Campbell, formerly of the Pensaco la Advance-Gazette, has lately assumed the Citv eilitorshipof the Jacksonville Herald and is doing good work. It i- -ant the cold wave the past winter lias not discouraged the orange growers of Flori da. Thousands of acres are being put out in young trees ttiis spring. Tlie Soring says: “The orange trees in and around Green Cove are literally covered with embryo oranges so that we niav expect an unusually large crop the coming season.” Mr. Brigham, formerly purser on the Caddo Belle, has accepted a position in the custom house at Cedar Key. Air. H . H. Anderson yo" fills Ids place as purser on the Caddo Jacksonville children trap wild mocking birds and sell them to guests at the hotels. The purchasers cage the birds and the latter soon dash their brains out agaiust the bar- of their miniature prison. The Kepuhlicans of I-eon countv will hold their county convention, to elect delegates to tin* state convention, at Centreville on the Hith of April. The precinct meetings will be held on the 17th of next month. C'apt. IE F. Bradford. United States N’avv, as-umed command at the navy van! at Pen sacola la-t Saturday, superseding Lieut. Win. Wvi-h, who lias been commandant at that jHiint for a considerable length of time. Solomon Sills, of Miccosukie. shipped his whole crop of syrup to New York. It was graded high in the market, and sold readily for forty cents a gallon, but he claims that the freights arc so exorbitant farmers cannot af ford to ship their syrup. Nearly all the leading hotels in Florida are making arrangements to enlarge their ac commodations during the coming summer U a moderate estimate the established hotels will he prepared next winter for a twenty per cent, increase of patronage. The number of arrivals at the three Talla has-ce hotel- to date this season aggregate U*i2 more than were registered at the same hotels up to and including April 3, 18sa. This is ex clusive of hoarding houses, fifteen of which accommodate from twenty to thirty guests. The proprietors of the hotel at White spring- are hnvingan engine put iipand pipes run through the house, for the purpose of supplying water to every romn in the house from the celebrated spring. This water can be used for drinking and bathing purposes by guests in their rooms. The Orange Heights mineral spring- at Apopka, three in 1111111 tier, are eon-tantlv flow ing with water clear a- crystal and possessing mineral priqicrtics which proveto lie highly lienetirial to invalid-, and not surpassed by any water for its refreshing sweetness and pleasantness for drinking purpo-es. It is rumored that the proprietors of the steamship City of I'alatka have fullv decided to build another steamship the coming sum mer to run between I’alatka and Charleston, via Jacksonville, in connection with tlie City of I’alatka. Except that she is to he fifty feet longer, the new steamer will be 111 every re spect similar to the City of I’alatka During the survey made last summer one of the engineers of the Ship ( anal Company discovered in the interior of the state an ex tensive dtqMisit of what he believed to he gen uine phosphate rock, specimens of it were taken to New 5 ork and submitted to a well- I known analytical chemist, who has recent lx | reported that it is not only a genuine phos phate, but that it is richer iu fertilizing prop erties than tin* famous Carolina phosphates should tin- deposit prove as extensive as the discoverer believes, anew industry on a large scale will soon be inaugurated in ’Florida. A mass meeting at Cedar Key passed a resolution asking the City Council to purchase the laud now used as a cemetery, but which is not owned by the citv. The" meeting also recommended to the Board of Health and < ity Council to proceed at once to put the town in first rate sanitary condition, to pre vent the introduction of disease and conserve public health. The following was the subject of another resolution adopted: “Asa few parties own most ot the vacant lots in our city, and have withdrawn tiie same from market, we would suggest to them that it would lie liirg* ly to their interest, as well as the general interest of Cedar Key, if they would -sell every settler sufficient land to build home or place of business, thereby an choring capital and enterprise among us w hich now goes elsewhere, for the reason that p rsons residing here, or wishing to immi grate to this pi -ee, cannot purchase a home in our midst." Various minor improvements about the city are advocated, and the following shows how the citizens propose to defray the exfffinse of |earrj mg out their plans: “Resolved, That inasmuch as the improvements specified, and others quite as necessary, will reqnire the outlay of more money than can he obtained through the ordinary channels of revenue, I we respectfully request our City Couucil to take such steps, immediately, as are necessary | under the law to raise the needed revenue by I borrowing money or issuing city bonds: and, I in tlie meantime, the want of the funds I necessary to carry the work forward at onee be supplied by the issue of citv script.” SOI'TH CAROLINA. The ( hosier Reporter says: “Two thousand additional spindles were put in the Fishing Creek Factory last week, making in all 5, OOj spin.lies.” The sixty-second annual meeting of the Charleston Port Society for promoting the g'-pel among seamen, was held in the Mariner's Church, in that city, Friday after noon. A few nights ago while .1. \V. Nuns, of Kingstree, was at his desk writing, some per son shot at his house, the ball striking the window facing, and glancing struck the blind and then fell to the ground. The gin. press and grist mill of J. C. llollv, of Bed <>ak township, Barnwell county, were destroyed by fire on last Thursday night. Air. Holly is satisfied that it was <if incendiary origin, but has no clue to the perpetrators. The Orangeburg Timm and Democrat says: “Messrs. \V. H. l’crrvclear and \V. F. Rohm- I son have fades I 111 business during the past ! week. Bad collections and a consequent in- ! ability to meet their liabilities was the cause.” On Sunday morning the dead body of Char lotte Ashley, colored, was found inl’owell’s mill pond, 111 Barnwell county. Although there were no witnessesof her death, it is sup posed to have been accidental and not a case of suicide. Airs. Margaret Petrie, about 79 years old, was killed by the up train of the Spartanburg and In ion road Saturday evening, about one mile below the Glendale station. She hail gone across the road to pick up some chips and was returning just as the train was com- ; ing up. when she was striu-k hv the cow 1 catcher and instantly killed. V’ verdict ol accidental death was rendered by the coro ner's jury. Air. \V. J. Neeley, of York county, has lost two fine mules since January Ist, the last dy ing about two weeks ago. Suspicion attach- ! ing to the death of the last mule, the body was dissected by Dr. Camiiladl, who sent the | intestines to Dr. J. I!. Johnson for analysis, . which showed that the intestines were fully ' charged with arsenic. Mr. Neeley lias lost seven mules ‘luring the past six "years— all dying iu the same way. . A Columbia special of the 21st inst. says: “A remarkable discovery has been made in Chester county. For some time a rumbling : sound lias been heard on the plantation of Nicholas Calvin, and two days ago it was found that the noise came from au opening in the ground from which smoke was issuing in a considerable volume, and lor quite a dis tance the ground was heated. The inhabi tants are also unable to account for the phe nomenon. A party of diggers worked with pick and spade to ascertain the cause of the incipient volcano, but were forced to desist in consequence of the intensity of tire heat and the dense volume of smoke. Many of the residents believe it to be an actual volcauo, and othora think it is a geyser, judging from the xapors amt surrounding moisture. Great excitement and some alarm prevail.” A Laurens correspondent of the Charleston V. wrote tlie following: “Although no cast on the civil docket Yvas of any great import ance there was one of some interest to the lawyers. At the sale of au intestate's per sonal property during tiie early part of the war.the widow Knight several slaves and gave her note, will#good sureties, to the administrator. In the progress of the warthe administrator was killed in battle. Tlie sons of tiie intestate all living in the army the widow became administratrix de bonis non. and received from the personal representative of tin- deceased administrator all the Vlioses in action’ of tlie intestate, including her own note alive mentioned. At the settlement of tlie intestate's estate the administratrix de hums non was charged, by the Judge of Pro bate, \n ith the value of that note as so much •easli in hand The tact, however, was be vond question that tin* administratrix do bonis non had accounted for every dollar she ever received; that she was ruined bv the emancipation of the identical slaves for which this note was given, and otherwise so insol- veut as not to be able to pay on the above mentioned decree as much as 1 per cent. Her administration bond surety sues the sureties to the note to compel their payment of their and her (widow and administratrix’s) sale note in aid of the former, and one of the sureties to the note is a large creditor of the intestate's estate and pressing for satisfaction of the probate decree. The defendants (note sureties', by their attorneys, claim that the note was paid by operation of law, when it came lo the maker’s possession in*the character of administratrix, and tiiat the precedents are binding agaiqst the ad ministratrix and Iter bondsmen for a faithful administration, and exonerate her as an individual and also her sureties to the note. The attorney, however, for the plaintiff, (the surety to the administration bond) contends that there is no case to be found Exactly like this; that the principles which have war ranted certain exceptions to the general rule as to “cash in hand” clearly warrant this case beiug made anuther exception; that un der the Code all legal ffetions and technical ities have tieeu swept away; that facts are now omnipotent, aud that to require the bond surety to pay for the sale note is shocking to natural justice! The Judge reserved his de cision, which will be looked tor with a lively interest bv many others thau the parties and i their attorneys.” AT THE NATION’S CAPITAL THE WORK WHICH WILL EN GAGE CONGRESS THIS WEEK. District of Columbia Adairs on the Tapis To-day—lmportant Appropria tion Bills—A Vote oil the Whisky Bill To-morrow—Senator Blair’s Edu cational Bill. W ashington, March ’23.—ln the House of Representatives to-morrow is set apart lor District of Columbia business. The District Committee, however, will have nothing of general interest to bring up. Should the minor matters that it will pre sent he disposed of early, discussion of the bonded whisky bill will be continued. The friends of this measure expect to reach a vote Tuesday. On the evening of that day the Demo cratic caucus on the tariff question will be held. The Indian and pension appropriation bills have been reported by the Appropria tion Committee, and either of them may be taken up in the House after Tuesday. The Appropriation Committee has a num ber of bills in an advanced stage of prepa ration which can be reported on short no tice. The sundry civil and legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bills, the two most important measures, are al most completed. THE EDUCATIONAL BILL. The Blair educational bill is the unfin ished business in the Senate, and neither its friends nor its opponents are willing to make predictions as to its fate, or the time which will be required to dispose of it. Senator Blair is still liopelul that it will pass. An attempt to set it aside for the consideration of the pleuro-pneumoma bill, and another to send it back to the committee for revision, which, if success ful, will be equivalent to its defeat for the present session, will probably lie made 011 Monday, or if the bill tie not earlier dis posed of on Tuesday. There seems to be a majority in favor ol" some kind ot national education bill. The bankruptcy bill, the pleuro-pneu monia Dill and the bill to regulate prac tice in patent suits still stand as special orders on the calendar and w ill require more time for consideration than that portion of the week remaining after the educational bill is disposed of. The Ap propriation Committee lias under consid eration the naval and post office appro priation bills, but it is not thought prob able that either will be reported in time for action by the Senate this week. MR. MORRISON’S VIEWS. His Bill Going Through—He Has no Hope for the Whisky Bill. Washington, March 23.. —To-night the News correspondent met Representative Morrison, father ot the tariff' bill, in the lobby at Williard’s Hotel. “You will have your caucus on the tariff bill on Tuesday night,” the correspondent ob served. “Yes, sir. And we will have a majority of between twelve and twenty,” be re plied. “Do you anticipate a stormy caucus?” “No, sir. Democrats are always will ing to abide by tlie decision of the majori ty. We (the tariff reformers > are clearly in the majority and will carry the caucus in favor of tariff'reform, and, I think, when a vote is taken in the House, it will re ceive a good round majority.” “Will you make each man’s vote in the caucus a test of his Democracy ?” “Oh, 110; such talk is nonsense. No man on account of his vote on this lull will be ostracised, but the bill will go through, however, and as the sentiment of the great Democratic part}’ of the country.” THE WHISKY BILL DOOAfED. Mr. Morrison Rays that while he favors the whisky bill, he apprehends that the vote, which will probablv be taken on Tuesday next, w ill be against it. There are several members who have expressed the belief that the subject has been agi tated to death. EDMUNDS AND LINCOLN. The Republican Presidential Ticket AY liich Catches Massachusetts. Boston, March 23. —The Advertiser Avill print, in the morning, about 300 re plies to a circular sent to prominent Re publicans i’ll every Congressional district, with a del,ire to obtain a correct repre sentation of the Republican sentiment throughout the State upon the Presiden tial question, and the action likely to be taken by the caucuses and conventions of the coming month. Edmunds and Lincoln, by a decided majority arc• first choice for President and Vice President two-thirds of the writers selecting t'aese names and giving the pre vailing se'utiment of Republicans in their vicinity as favoring their nominations. Arthur *comes second and Blaine third for Preside nt, while the feeling for Lincoln as Vice Pr esident is almost unanimous. SIPPING POISONOUS SAP. Due Pennsylvania Lad Killed and Three Others Probably Beyond Aid. Philadelphia, March 23.—A special from Meadville says: “Six children from the village of Valonia, near this city, went out yesterday afternoon in search of ‘sugar water.’ Not finding a camp in operation the boys tapped some kind of a tree with their pocket-knives and all the children supped the juice. Soou after all were taken sick and gave every symptom of being poisoned. George Fusty, aged 10 years, is dead and three others are con sideved beyond aid. The kind of tree fur n Vuing the deadly poison is unknown.” A GAME OF BLUFF. An Effort to be Made to Kill the Mor rison Bill Without Debate. Saturday’s New York Herald's Washing ton special says: Both factions of the Dem ocratic party in the House are playing a game ol bluff', which is getting to lie ex tremely monotonous to those who look on. It is a relief, therefore, that a caucus is to bo held. The preliminary beating of drums which has been going on must, it would seem, then come to a stop. What the caucus will conclude nobody now knows, although blusterers on both sides profess to be very confident. Whe ther the caucus is to be merely a confer ence, to talk the Morrison tariff bill over, or whether it will be a real caucus pre scribing a party policy is not even yet certain. How much the friends of the bill will concede, ijf anything, is not known; nor what concessions, if any, will secure the support of those who now oppose it. In a sort of pronunciainento issued here to-night, probably without the knowledge or consent of the tariff re form leaders, it is suggested that the bill will be open to amendment in the House, and that Mr. Morrison will accept amend ments. But, 011 the other side, the pro tectionist Democrats desire not only to defeat the bill but to prevent its consid eration. The game has become one of political strategy between Mr. Morrison and Mr. Randall. Mr. Randall has a grievance, and to defeat the Morrison bill would mean to him the defeat of.Mr. Morrison. The success of the lnil would mean not only a second and almost ruinous person al defeat for Mr. Randall, but it would in sure a victory for the tariff' reformers at Chicago in July. The weak point of the tariff reform side lies in their known anxiety to pass a meas ure through ’the House. This has led to attacks upon them from men Yvhose votes were necessary, and who have demanded that their special in terests be exempt from reduction. Thus ores were some time ago struck from the free list on the demand of some Southern Democrats, and the free list generally was pared down. At present attempts are-making to coerce Mr. Morrison into the abandonment of the whole free list, aud even changes in the body of the bill are urged. AVhat he will agree’ to con cede remains to lie seen, and whether any concessions will help him effectually. The Republicans are very desirous to secure the defeat of the bill without de bate, but some of them do not agree to this. They have prepared tariff speeches, and would like to put themselves on record. An attempt is making, however, to secure a united Republican vote to cut off the bill without debate, and the lead ers ou that side believe that they can get Democratic Y’otes enough, if their own men stand solid, to lay tlie bill aside when it is brought into committee of the whole. An Alleged Complaint Against YY'allace. Constantinople, March 23.—1 t is un derstood that the Grand A'izier has com plained to the United States Government of Minister Wallace’s reeeut conduct. SAVANNAH, .AIONDAY, MARCH 24, 1884. SOME NOTABLE WOMEN, Seen by the Governor of Missouri while Visiting Nashville. A Jefferson City special to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat says: “In a conversa tion with the Globe-Democrat correspon dent, Gov. Crittenden spoke of noted la dies whom he met during his recent visit to Nashville. Of Mrs. James K. Polk he said: “A’es, she is well preserved and quite active, considering that she is 81 years old. About twenty-five of us called on her at her residence, and were received by her in person in the most gracious manner. She is a very handsome and in telligent lady, taking deep concern In every movement in the interest of the South. She desires to see it prosperous and in harmony with the progressive views of all the States. She resides in the old family residence purchased by President Polk before his death. It is an old-fashioned Southern resi dence, built of brick, with a large portico in front, supported by large pil lars. The outside of the house shows evi dence of age; the inside is full of bright ness, comfort and handsome adornments. President Polk was not a man of large fortune at the time ol his death. Within the last tew years Congress has appropri ated S.S,(XX) annually for the widows of Presidents Tyler, Polk and Lincoln. This sum gives Mrs. Polk a comfortable sup port, when added to the other means she had. Her home is always a charming visiting place, for not only the old and young at Nashville, but also to the thou sands ot strangers who go to that city. Her mind remains bright and is well stored with the recollections of other (lavs, the events of our past history, and the remi niscences of the very many great men who played their parts on the political stage in her day at Washington. She commands the universal respect of all classes at Nashville. She is a devoted Christian woman, ever having a word of cheer for the prosperous in life, and of deep, consoling sympathy for those whose lives have not fallen in such pleasant places. The world is better because of her life. That life will go out as gently and sweetly as dies the wave along the sltore. “President Polk was buried in the vard immediately in front of the residence. His last resting place is marked by a unique monument, bearing this inscrip tion: ‘James Knox Polk, 10th President of the United States,’ and other appropri ate ones. The grave and monument are much worn and corroded by time. Con gress should see that the graves and mon uments of our dead Presidents are care tully preserved and protected against the wear and tear of age. “Nashville is full of historic places and persons. I met there Mrs. Porter, tbe daughter of Felix Grundy, one of the early United States Senators from that State. He was the compeer and equal of Clay, Webster and Calhoun. I remem ber hearing one ol the greatest lawyers and statesmen of that day say that Felix Grundy had no superior as a lawyer, and was the peer of any man. Mrs. Porter is the worthy scion of such a father. She is the mother of Mrs. Fred N. Juilson, of St. Louis. Mrs. Porter is still a queen in the social circle, ‘an autocrat at the break fast table.’ Such ladies are bright, golden links connecting the present with the past. She, too, commands the respect and love of all. “1 also met with Miss Patterson, tlie granddaughter of President Andrew Johnson. She is said to resemble that grand old commoner even more than any ol his children. She is tall, graceful and quite handsome. She is also quite intellectual, possessing all the unbending disposition of Gov. Johnson when she believes that she is right. As she remarked to another in my presence: ‘Right is right; nothing more or less, and there is no compromisin g it. Policy and diplomacy may present it in one hue or another, but" at last it remains the same great principle, which should never he yielded for the sake of policy.’ Withal she is a young lady of attractive manners and disposition. There is noth ing repulsive or unwomanly in that strong will and sincere determination. She is a worthy descendant of that remarkable man who would not have flattered Jupi ter! for policy’s sake, nor Neptune for his trident.” THE BOSTON BANK FAILURE. Opening of the House Investigation—An Angry Scene. The House Committee on Banking and Currency, says a AVashington special of the 21st, began the investigation of the failure of the Pacilic National Bank, of Boston. The Comptroller of the Currency and his employes are accused of responsi bility, first, for the failure of the bank, by neglect to investigate its condition as the law requires: and secondly, for permitting it to resume business when it was appa rent that its assets were not of the value represented by the Bank Examiner. The bank finally closed its doors a few weeks after the Comptroller permitted it to resume. Several ol the shareholders of the bank were present at the meeting this morn ing, as were also Comptroller Knox, Bank Examiner Needham and Receiver Price. Mr. Knox made a broad denial of the charges preferred agaiust him, and ac cused the stockholders, who started the investigation, of attempting to libelously asperse his character. George H. Frost, of Neponset, Mass., one of the movers for the investigation, who lost $45,000 by tlie failure, followed Mr. Knox, and accused Mr. Needham of having deceived the directors of the bank. The committee adjourned before Air. Need ham had an opportunity to reply. The Examiner is a short, thin, nervous man, with a bald head and white side whiskers, who has the reputation of being a good church member and an excellent neighbor. Bustling across the commit tee's room to where Frost, a heavy, broad shouldered man stood, Needham began a wordy attack upon him. With some pro fanity he told Frost that he was a coward and a liar, and announced his intention to whip hint then and there. Frost -,vas so astonished that he stuttered and stam titered, vainly seeking words to make a reply. Chairman Buckner quickly put himself between t he two men, shoved them apart, reminded them of their folly, and Mr. Frost left tlie room, Needham firing a volley of severe adjectives in his wake. The inquiry promises interesting disclos ures, and it is reported that the investiga tion of other bank failures will follow. ALLEVIATING A CANCER. The Russian Minister’s AVife Effects the Astonishing Cure by Houiieopatliy. An astonishing change has lately been manifested in the condition of Mrs. Henry Bingham, wife of the Philadelphia Repre sentative in Congress, savs a AVashington special. A year since a cancer developed itself in her mouth, and the most eminent surgeons in Philadelphia were consulted. An operation was performed, but late last fall the cancer reappeared, and alter sev eral consultations. Dr. Agnew and the other physicians pronounced it incurable, and upon her repeated commands told Mrs. Bingham that she could not live more than three months, at the most. A few weeks ago Mine, de Struve, the wife of the Russian Minister, learned of Mrs. Bin gham’s condition and was urged to go and see her. Mine, de Struve is a most won derful woman in every way; of strong anti decided character, a fine mind, and great nerve and courage.' Before her marriage she studied medicine, and, although a member of one of the most distinguished Russian lamilies. a favorite at tbe court of the late Empress and tbe possessor of a great fortune, she was de termined upon beginning the regular practice ot her profession. M. de Struve persuaded her out ot this promised career, and she practices her art now on the members of her own family. In theory Mnte. de Struve is a honueopatliist, and she uses chiefly the medicines of the great Dr. Mattei, of Bologna. Italy. Dr. Mat tel has been especially successful in the treatment of cancers, and Mine, de Struve keeps with her always a full case of his preparations. When . Mine, de Struve came to see Mrs. Bingham she began with a course of Dr. Mattel's medicine. Within these few weeks Mrs. Bingham has improved wonderfully. The opium is wholly discontinued, she sleeps, she eat 6, the cancer is diminishing in size, and a few days since Mrs. Bingham was able to ride. out. DeGaefl’s Capture Rumored. sr. Peteusbukg, Marcli 23.—A number of important Nihilist arrests have been made at Kieff. One gendarme was mor tally wounded while assisting in making arrests. It is rumored that DeGaetf, the leader of the party of Nihilists who mur dered Lieut. Col. Sudeikin, is among the prisoners. Two Cardinals to be Created. Rome, March 23. —At the consistory to morrow the Pope will create two Cardi nals and twenty-one Bishops. IN TIIE PATHS OF CRIME. ALLEGED SEXUAL SINFULNESS LEADS TO MURDER. The Girl’s Brother Finally Killed in a Terrible Death Struggle After Wound ing His Antagonist—Further Particu lars of the Daring Bank Robbery at Augusta and the Capture of the Crimi nals. Marco, Ind., March 23.—At Pleasant A’alley, Ind., yesterday, A'es Meeks enter ed the house of a man named Goodman and shot him in the back, the ball passing through the body and lodging under the skin in front. Goodman threw Meeks 1 down, wrested his pistol lrom him and : shot him twice in tlie forehead and once | in tbe chest, killing him. Goodman will ! probably recover. Meeks alleged that his sister had been dishonored by Goodman. THE BANK ROBBERS IX JAIL. *2,440 Recovered from a Piece of Piping in the Vard of a Brothel. Augusta, Ga, March 23.—The bank robbers were identified and brought back here last night and jailed. To-day $2,440 of money was found secreted iu a Dleee of pipe in the yard of a com mon house in this city. The conductor on the train yesterday overheard one of the men give the number of a bouse to a companion, telling him not to forget it. On his return to Augusta the clue was followed up and the premises searched with the above results. Upon their arrival at the police station at 3:30 o’clock this morning the prisoners gave their names as Simmons and Wat son.g They had keys and blank checks in their possession. The robbers registered yesterday at the Globe Hotel as from Aiken, S. C., under the names of G. AVatson and U. H. Sim mons. but it is believed that they Yvere traveling under assumed names, as no such men live at Aiken. A diamond ring and s2ll were found on their persons. RAVAGES OF THE FLAMES. An Acid Works Laid in Ruins by a Sunday Fire at Baltimore. Baltimore, March 2(l,—The acid works of Thomas G. Chapel I, on Federal Hill, were totally destroyed by fire to-day, and one ol the buildings of the Flango Guano Company, adjacent, was partially burned. The building and stock of the acid works were insured for $115,000 in fifty-nine different companies at an average of about $2,500, no one insurance exceeding $5,000. The insurance will probably cover tbe loss. All the machinery in the building was new and there was a full stock on band. The loss of the Flango Company, con trolled and owned principally in Boston, is estimated at about $30,000. It is fully covered by insurance. TWO BRICK BUILDINGS BURNED. Galveston. March 23. —A special from Hillsboro says: “Two brick blocks of 7 stories, owned by J. D. Warren, was de stroyed by tbe fire of an incendiary ves terday morning. The total loss is s4!),<h'k>.” THE CAMPAIGN IN SOUDAN. Suakin Unhealthy—Hewitt Confident of Opening the Road to Berber. London, March 23.—Suakin is un healthy. It is proposed to leave 400 Brit ish soldiers] at Suakin, to be relieved every fortnight, and to station the re mainder of the troops at healthier points. Admiral Hewitt is|sauguine ol being able to open the Berber route. He pro poses to divide the road into sections and make the tribes answerable for their re spective divisions. The troops will ad vanee on AVeduesday to form cantos around Tamanieb and attempt to sur round Osman Digna. THE MYSTERIOUS MONSTER. Edgefield Still Infested by the Yx lllipus- Wallapus. Right on the top of the information that the Willipus-wallapus bit off a dog’s nose in Edgefield on Monday night, says the Nashville American of the 21st inst., comes the information from Mr. Melville Chadwell, who keeps books for Messrs. John Gilgan & Cos., and resides in Edge field, to the effect that he actually met and repulsed the mysterious monster in Edge field, on Lindsley avenue, on Tuesday night. Mr. Chadwell told his brother-in law, Mr. Moses R. Priest, yesterday, that if he wanted to hunt the Willtpus-walla pus he needn’t watch for hint in the Eighteenth district any more, for ho was now infesting Spring Park, Edge field. “Why!” said Mr. Chadwell to Mr. Priest, “1 was never so astonished in my life when I saw this great big ani mal about the size of a bear coming to wards me on all-fours as if he meant busi ness strictly. I was mighty glad I had my gun, I can tell you, and 1 let him have both barrels right in the face. This seemed to disconcert hint a little, for he stopped and rubbed his face while I leisurely re tired from the scene Yvith all the dignity inspired by the occasion. As near as I could make him out in the fog he was be tween the size of a bear and bull, and had no taij to speak of. The slugs I let drive into hint must have done him some injury, for I was plenty near enough to hit him. He was an ugly looking creature I can tell you, and I afterwards heard that after the shot was fired he was seen going into Spring Park.” Doc. Ambrose says he is not sur prised at hearing that the AVillapus wallaptts has no tail, for about a week ago, in company with Fred. Gross and Billie Cheatham, he hunted him out of the Eighteenth District to his lair on the bank of the Stone’s river, and as he was about to go into his hole, after being badly wounded, according to Mr. Ambrose, he caught the ugly beast by the tail and Messrs Cheatham and Gross immediately took hold Yvitli him. They were being drawn in the hole by the main strength of the monster, when Doc. Ambrose, who is proverbial for bis presence of mind, whipped out a sharp hunt ing-knife, and wit) one powerful stroke severed the tail of the AA’illapus wallapus from its body. In proof of this fact, Doe. Ambrose produced a black, skinny-looking object, the like of which the reporter jtever saw before, and said it was certainly the caudal appendage of the Willapus-wallapus. The doctor lays no small store by tcis trophy of the chase and his own and his comrades’ prowess, for he has suspended it from the wall of his saloon with pink ribbons and placed a placard upon it, which reads, “The AVil lapus-vvallapus’ tail.” The dog whose nose was bitten off by tlie monster died yesterday in great agony. DOMINION SENATORS AROUSED. Alleged Murder of a Canada Indian by Men from tlie United States. An Ottawa (Ont.) special of March 21 to the New York Herald, says: In reply to Senator Macdonald, Sir Alexander Campbell, Minister of Justice, stated in the Senate to-day that it had come to the notice of the Dominion Government that an Indian, named Loui Sam, had been seized within the boundaries of British Columbia by a party of masked men from the neighboring American territory, and afterward hanged by them. Immediately upon receiving the information the Do minion Government had sent a message to the British Minister at Washington, asking him to bring the matter to the no tice of the United States Government. A few days since Sir Alexander stated that he had received a telegram from the Lieu tenant-Governor of British Columbia to the effect that he bad received a commu nication from the Governor of AY'ashing ton Territory assuring him that he would do all in his power to identify the perpe trators of the outrage. Senator Macdonald drew the attention of the Senate to the gross breach of inter national law which had been perpetrated on the people of the Dominion, and he hoped that the government would not al low such an insult to pass without repre senting tlie facts to the authorities at AVashington. Senator Altfion, during the discussion, reflected severely ou the British Minister at Washington. Yvhom he thought would have been better occupied in acting promptly on the representations made o’l this case from Ottawa than in preparing ' bogus statistics of the exodus from Cana da, as two weeks had elapsed since he was first notified, yet he evidently had taken no action in the premises up to the present time. Peruvian Affairs. Lima, March 23.—The resignation of Senor Larrabure y Unanue has been ac cepted. He will be temporarily replaced by Senor Zaldivar. Don Belisario Salinas, the Bolivian Minister to Chili, has been transferred to l’eru. It is rumored that ex-l’residcnt Pterola will start for Europe ou the 27th inst. ELECTRICAL DISTURBANCES. A New Theory to Account for Wondrous Winds aud Phenomenal Floods. Beyond a doubt the winds and the rains have each formed a “combination” on us until \Y e have come to be the most deluged and cycloned country of the age, and at such short intervals as to have the dis play become monotonous, says a St. Jo seph, La., letter to the New Orleans Timea- Democrat, Time was when old folks talked about the waters of 1828, ’44, ’SO, ’62, ’74, the “Natchez tornado,” and the “Last Island hurricane.” But ’B2, ’B3, and ’B4, all in one procession, and the “AVesson cy clone,” the \Vestern tornadoes, and the last little breeze tearing around promis cuously over the country, form such a climatic carnival as to suggest that two or three screws must he” loose some where in the Ohio ValleY - , and several more somewhere iu the wind-mill. Ami now it is quite in order for some protoplastic scientist Yvith an idea scratching around him to rise up and find the screw-holes and proceed to put the machine in order again, while some of us are leit to enjoy it. Or for some hypostol icai outlet man to open a vent at the other end and nip the thing iu the bud while it is young and tender, and before it gets too big for him to see all around it. We know that rings and combinations are the legitimate results of civilization, and hold the same relative value in pro duction ot power, as the “division of labor” in political economt’ does in the produc tion of wealth. May not the modern wind and rain storms also be the result of civilization? The product of electrical combinations, acting on atmospheric conditions favora ble to a sudden burst of wind-motion, or a continuous fall of rain-masses? The net-work of wires and steel rails crossing and radiating from an hundred centres to every portion of this vast country, form ing a connected chain of perfect conduc tors, of many thousand miles, would seem to be a most appropriate vehicle for per fecting these electrical combinations and uniting currents from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from the lakes to the Gulf. The “fishbar” connection, for splicing and uniting the ends of the rails, has come into universal use, and makes a solid and perfect conductor of the rails from New A'orkto San Francisco, from Chicago to the Gulf coast. AVinds are produced by heat, both equatorial and electrical; the latter are the most violent and sud den. Rain clouds gather over certain centres for days and weeks, by a suc cession of winds. If we could break up the combination we might scatter the cloudy forces and stop the floods by open ing the circuit. It is a well ascertained fact in our own history that barren and waste plains, as well as other lands bare of trees, are sel dom visited by rains, but that since the railroads have crossed these countries rains have become more frequent and crops more certain in such localities. Another fact seems to be also established, that tlie atmospheric conditions or changes are of late more pronounced than formerly; when it is dry it is dryer, and when it is wet it is wetter, and more of it. In other words, there appears to lie a combination or concentration ot atmos pheric farces unusually strong in which ever way the tendency lies at certain lo calities. Rainfall beiug due to evaporation, con centration and condensation, it follows that the average rainfall is necessarily the same. But too much “aY'erage” at one place is what the weather bureau must draw a focus on. If it is due to the rails and the “fish liar” connection, perhaps a non-conductor like paper board or rubber beltiug, placed be tween the connecting “liar” and the rails might do the work. The attention of the “scientist” aud the “outlet” man is re spectfully cal(ed to this suggestion, and it is hoped they will concentrate on this problem. JOAQUIN MILLER’S CABIN. A Place to Give a Poet Inspiration. Joaquin Miller, t’ue poet of the Sierras, says a Washington special, has just got into his log cabin. I called upon him in it, and found a tall, well made, blue-eyed man of forty-live, with long, tawny hair flowing out from under his slouch hat, with pantaloons tucked into a pair of line boots, and a good-natured air of Western wildness, which well accorded w’ith his picturesque surroundings, lie received me cordially and kindly showed me over the cabin, saying that for fifteen years he had been wandering about over the face of the earth, and that he was glad to feel that he had at last a place he could call his home. The cabin is on the bights at the head of Sixteenth street, the great street or the Washington of the future. As Waukeen says: “The President’s house is at one end of it and his hut is at the other, but that while he has a cabin the President has only a cabinet.” Sixteenth is a great wide street pa\ ed with asphalt, and lined alternately with $50,000 mansions and SSO negro huts. The White House, almost bathed by the Potomac and faced by Laf ayette Park, is its starting point, and half way up towards Mr. Miller’s cabin is a green plat in which a bronze equestrian statute of Gen. Scott looks at the Execu tive Mansion. The street steadily rises, carrying with it old St. John's Episcopal Church, George H. Pendleton’s mansion, negro laborers’ cabins, Senator Cameron’s great palace, and a like mixture till it reaches the boundary of the town, where there is a jump upward in the shape of a fifty-foot hill or plateau, running back into the country. On this plateau Joaquin Miller has bought a lot and put up one of the prettiest of log cabins. The lot runs almost to the edge of the hill, and the view is certainly one of the finest in the United States.' Mr. Miller says he has never seen anything to equal it, and that if man can write poetry any where he ought to be able to write it here. Stand in front of the large yard of the cabin, under one of the great oaks which shade it, all Washington lies before you surrounded by hills which make it look as though the nature arouud was a mam moth coliseum of the gods and the national capital the scene going on in the arena below. The great white, classic capitol is plainly seen, the Potomac flows on along the edge of the arena, and off on neighboring hills you can look into Alqx andria and at the tombstones ot Arlington. WHAT <’OL. PAYNE SAYS. •Senutor Payne is not a Candidate lor the Presidency—Tilden the Man. A New York special of the 20th says: Col. o. 11. Payne, of Cleveland, son of Henry B. Payne, prominently spoken of as a Democratic candidate for the Presi dency, said to-day: “Senator Payne is not a candidate, and has so stated; but it is not likely that anything I may say in this connection will have anv effect, judging from the past.” ’ \ “Do you coincide with Mr. Tilden in the belief that Gov. Hoadly of your State would be oue of the strongest men the Democrats could unite upon as their standard bearer, and that he would, if nominated, secure a large German vote in Ohio!”’ “Gov. Iloadly would unquestionably make a strong candidate, for he is an ex ceptionally able man. It is extremely doubtful, however, if he could be induced to accept, owing to the feeble state of his health.” “As to Mr. Tilden ?” “He should be the nominee at Chicago. A purer patriot and a grander man than he does not live.” A Diasusted Democrat. Representative Henley, of California, says a Washington special to the New York Times , is reported to be somewhat chagrined at discoveries he has made since he introduced his resolution calling for an investigation of the Alaska Com mercial Company’s contract with the government. One of the resolutions is said to have been offered with the expec tation on Mr. Henley’s part that an inves tigation would show that a large part ol the Republican campaign fund in Califor nia was contributed by the Alaska Com pany. He now knows that a majority of the stock of that concern is owned by Democrats, and the largest stockholder gave to the Democratic campaign fund in California the largest contribution it re ceived. Mr. Henley has also received in timations’ that this stockholder is not pleased with his hasty effort to gather in material for Democratic use in the cam paign on the Pacific slope, and that this displeasure may have an unpleasant ef fect upon Mr. Henley’s political hopes. Mr. Henley’s ignorance of the fact that a Democratic Ways and Means Committee investigated the Alaska Company in 1876 is excused on the ground that he is anew member. A Peaceful Settlement of the Andorra A fl air. London, March 23. —The Andorra diffi culty is being settled peaceably. A PAYMASTER’S HARD LOT AFTER YEARS OF WORRY HE BECOMES MAD. i Racking Experiences while Guarding Government Funds—The Victim of Two Robberies—Pitied but not Con soled—The Thanklessness of the Office as Described by au Army Officer. Paymaster Broadhead’s case, says a AVashington letter to the Philadelphia Hecord, is a very sad one. About 15 years ago he went down into the Southwest to pay tbe troops at a small field camp. He had $2,500 with him m a little iron safe. He got to the camp at nigbt._ He took his safe to the tent he Yt as to share Yvith a brother officer that night. He was very tired and slept heavily, even though a storm raged outside. In the morning he found an impression on his mind that dur ing a moment of wakefuiness in the night he had seen his companion l>etiding over the safe, candle in hand. He dismissed it as a dream and prepared to pay the troops. When he opened bis safe it was empty. High spirited, sensitive, the Y-erv soul of honor, Broadheacl was crushed by the discoverv. He thought the man who slept in his tent had taken the money, but be could not prove it, and so he had to assume the loss himself. He paid it all back in two years out of a small salary. He w orried ail the time about the matter, as he feared an other loss. He traveled with everv possi ble precaution, and even then he trem bled. Eight or nine years past, and he was beginning to be himself again. One day he had to pay out $25,000 at Fort Sill. He sealed up the money in an iron safe at Fort Leavenworth, and* turned it over to the express company to be carried to Wichita, the railway station nearest Fort Sill. At Lawrence he had to change cars, it Yvas an hour before the train left for Wichita. At Wichita Paymaster Broadhead noticed that the wax seal over the keyhole of the safe had been disturb ed. lie told the express agent before be surrendered his receipt that the seal had been removed and ttien replaced. The express agent thought he was mistaken thought the seal had been partially re moved by the rough handling which the safe had received. Finally, Paymaster Broadhead surrendered his receipt, call ing attention of witnesses to the condi tion oi the seal. Then he put the safe ill a wagen and slowly jolted more than 100 miles to Fort Sid. Arrived at the fort, he opened his saffi and found it filled with brown paper. Every dollar of bis money had been taken. The shock was terrible to a man of his experience, then 60 years old. For a timo be was pros trated. Then he rallied and at once returned to Wichita. Of course, he found no trace of his money. lie at once sued the express company. After several years of litigation of the’most vexatious character he won his suit in the highest courts, and the express company paid the money to the government. But Bruad head’s success did not bring him peace. He was too old. He had become morose, nervous, suspicious—suspicious of him self and of everybody else. A Yvord, a kindly word, from tbe Secretary of War or the Paymaster General would have soothed and comforted him. But tlie iron rules ot .officialism forbade the expression of the sympathy which they felt with the unfortunate l%ymaster. And noYY- his brain has yielded to the incessant worry, and he is on his Yvay East to die in an asylum. “1 refused a Paymastersbip iu the army,” said au old army friend; “I would not carry the burden involved for ten times the salary. To start with, you have to giY'e an iron-clad $40,000 bond. Your bondsmen are, of course, responsible for all your accidents and mistakes. Aou are always carrying large amounts of monev—any where from SI,OOO to s3oo,ooo—under the most disagreeable and hazardous circum- stances on the most fatiguing journeys. Most of our post garrisons are so small that when a Paymaster starts out on the I>lnins they can only spare him two, three, or, at the most, four or five soldiers as an escort. In order that the chances of rob bery may be lessened he must travel with the utmost secrecy. He must get out of the little frontier towns without being known, and must travel as rapidly as possible. He has two ambulances—one for himself aud the money, and one for the escort. Of course, he" has to travel in the beaten track and stop at the usual watering places. There are no others. I remember ■ several years ago a Pavmaster of mv ac quaintance stopped for the night ‘by a stream. A quarter ol a mile farther up was another camp fire. Thither two of his four soldiers rode after supper. There they sat down with some plainsmen to cards. They drank, they quarreled. Fi nally one of the soldiers was shot dead. The other was too quick for his enemies. He shot two of them before either could pull his weapon out. Then he galloped back to the Paymaster’s camp. The Pay master hearing the shots, feared the worst, and was prepared, with his little force, to give his life lor the $50,000 he had in his safe. But the plainsmen made no pursuit. The Paymaster always believed it was all part of a scheme to raid his camp and eaptifre his safe, and that it Yvas defeated onlv by the promptness of the second soldier. No, 1 never wanted to be a Paymaster. Except once,” he added reflectively. “That was during th early days of the war, when the Federal troops Yvere occupying Ar kansas. The General in command sent to New A’ork and bought for a song or two several million dollars in counterfeit Confederate money. He had his Paymas ters and his Quartermasters and his Com missaries instructed. They were to take nothing from the people except for a con sideration. They were to be offered first, Quartermasters’ receipts; second, green backs; third, the counterfeit Confederate money. No*'-, as a general rule, the peo ple knew nothing about Quartermasters’ receipts. They knew that the greenbacks would render them suspicious to the Con federacy, under which they expected to live; but they were entirely willing to take the Confederate money, which was so much brighter and cleaner than any they had ever seen. Thev gave receipts for money received. They were perfectly willing to give receipts for anything, be cause they got three or four prices for their things—but it was all in counterfeit Confederate money. 1 don’t suppose that the Federal Government was the gainer by it.” GKANT STANDS HA' I.<X.AV He Scans the Political Field and Mea sures the Candidates. Gen. Grant was found on Friday morn ing in a private parlor upon the sunny front of the Arlington Hotel, says a Wash ington special of the 21st inst. to the New York World. He was seated in an easy chair near a small table covered with visiting cards. When approached by your correspondent he was waiting to have a late breakfast served. He talked freely about the political situation. In answer to an inquiry he said: “I have not taken any active part in politics this winter. I have been shut up in a sick room. I have had to depend largely upon the three newspapers I read at home for my tacts.” “What papers are those ?” “The Times, Tribune and Commercial Advertiser. Each one has a different can didate, and, by studying them all, 1 have arrived at certain conclusions.” “You were interviewed at Fortress Monroe ?” “Not with my knowledge. The editor of a Norfolk paper sent up to me a written request to pay his respects as a Virginian. He said he was the editor of a Norfolk newspaper, but he said he did not call to interview me. I talked with him gen erally. He printed what he could .remem ber ot this conversation. There was some truth in his report and some mistakes. For instance, I did not say that 1 thought the contest Jor the Republi can nomination at Chicago had narrowed down to Blaine and Arthur. What I did say was something equivalent to this: I believed from present indications that when the first ballot at the Chicago Re publican Convention should l>e taken, Blaine, Arthur and Logan would lead in about the order named. I said also that Edmunds had considerable strength in the East, and that other candidates would have enough votes to make the re sult uncertain and a sound prediction im possible. In saying this I did not indi cate the slightest preference.” “You have a preference?” “Certainly. 1 have never made any concealment ot the fact that I should pre fer John Logan to all the other candidates. I have said so frequently, and have never had any reason to change my views. I think Logan’s chances as good as those of any of the candidates.” To make a salad that is certain to please all tastes you need only use Durkee’s Salad Dressing. Nothing equal to it was ever ottered, and none so popular. It is a superb table sauce. ARTHUR WASTES AN HOUR To See If He Might Properly Attend Minister West's Masked Ball as •• Hamlet.” A AVashington special of the 20th to the Boston Globe says: “The President spent an hour this morning looking up prece dents guiding the social conduct of Presi dents He wished to find a precedent to enable him to attend an entertainment at a foreign Minister’s house. He was not successful. The social code declares that the President can call at the residence of a citizen of this country, but not on any member of a foreign legation, as that would be beneath him in his official ca pacity. Mr. Arthur really wished to at tend the brilliant masked ball given at the British Minister’s to-night. It is said he Yvished to go in the character of ‘Hamlet.’ Mrs. McElrov and Miss McElroy, how. ever, Yvere among the guests. The ball was given in honor of the two younger daughters of Minis ter AA’est. They are about Miss McElroy’s age, anil are not in society. Nellie Arthur was Y’ery anxious to go the the ball, aud pleaded very hard to be allowed to do so, but Mr. Arthur did not think it best. When he found he could not go himself, he asked Nellie to stay at home and take care of him. To this she cheerfully assented. Miss West is a very devout Catholic, and some surprise is oc casioned by the fact that the hall is given during Lent. As it is in honor of the younger ladies, and very private, it does not make so much matter. The guests numbered OY'er 200. Not all of the ladies were masked. This was left principally to the young ladies. The costumes were all dominos. The guests were confined principally to the members of the diplo matic corps. Mr. AA’est makes a distinc tion between his official and his private entertainments. Avery limited number of Americans are invited to his private ali'airs. The rule adopted among the male portion j)i the diplomatic corps to-night was for all the gray-haired men to wear dark wigs and all tbe young men gray wigs and Yvhisk ors. This made an interesting confusion. A’oung ladies would rush up to the voiyig men, and, thinking them as venerable as they looked, would express in round terms their horror of those stupid voting men. AVhen the gay maskers came to un mask, explanations were in order. “Ol course,” said the ladies, “we knew all about it all tbe time, and simply tried to keep up your delusion. The" Chinese Minister found it impossible to disguise himself. He put on a high black wig and a long, dark cloak. He looked very much like the heavy vlllian in a plav, and im agined for a short time that his disguise was complete. His feet, however, betray ed him, and as the guests YY’ere con tinually coming up and addressing him as Mr. Ju, he began to suspect that some thing must be wrong. His delusion was completely lost when the butler spoke to him b>- name and asked him to have some wine. He swore a big Chinese oath and tore off his mask. Baron de Struve, the Russian Minister, wore an immense gray wig that bung down on his shoul ders. He rather overdid tbte matter, how ever, by using a large staff to assist bim in walking. Avery pretty domino came up to bim and said, “Good eY'ening, Baron.” The Baron s|ieaks very good English, and replied in that tongue. Tlie domino was suspected of being Miss Mc- Elroy. The Baron, by the use of a little diplomacy, succeeded in throwing the young lady off' the scent. Baroness de Struve wore a plain black domino, with a pink ribbon at the throat and a bunch of violets on her breast. Mrs. AA’est was not in costume. Tbe two Misses AVest wore black dominos trimmed tvith blue and cardinal ribbons. • Miss McElroy was also attired in similar costume. The le gation was brilliantly illuminated. A number of masquerade balls are expect ed to follow the ope given to-night. LIGHTNING LASHED TO LABOR. Tlie Ilion “Citizen” Prints Its Entire Edition by Means of an Electric Motor. The entire edition of this paper, 3,000 copies, says the Ilion (N. Y .) Citizen oi the 14th inst., was, during the night just past, printed by means of an electric motor, and is thus the first newspaper in the country printed by the power of electricity. But how was it done? This way was it done: A Parker dynamo machine, which is used for electric lighting, Yvas set in the old rolling-mill of the armory, and run from the same old shaft which has turned the rolls to roll the gun-bar rels used in the millons on millions of the world-famed Remington guns, used in Denmark, Spain, Sweden, Greece, Home, Egypt, Holland, Cuba, Japan and China, beside many South American countries, and our own beloved land. From this dynamo were run two electric wires, over buildings and alleys, to the Citizen printing office, w here stood a Parker elec tric motor, manufactured by E. Reming ton A Sons. It is a small machine, will slip inside of a medium sized trunk, but it weighs half a ton. There stood the pressman, with his eyes half out, there stood Yve all. No steam Yvas there, no engine, no power. Mr. Lee adjusted one wire to its jilace in the little giant motor, and there we stood unmoved. The other one he grasped, and as he lightly pressed the end of it into the slotted knob and se cured it by a screw, a spark darted from the copper brushes, the “dwarf Cyclops’’ began to move, tbe Yvhole shaft-work with scores of pulleys answered to the call, and three great cyciinder presses began their work of printing, as though an un seen hand had bid them go, and they obeyed. And so in truth it was. A nov elty indeed! fhe whole force of the Citizen office, thirteen in number, beside many specta tors, enjoyed the sight, and it will doubt less be long remembered. This age is one of advancement and improvement, and who can tell what next will come? THE STEEL CRUISERS. A Proposition that Their Construction be Divided Among Several Guilders. The bill recently passed by the Senate authorizing the construction of seven ad ditional steel cruisers, says a AVashington >q>ecial to the Boston Globe, lies upon the Speaker’s table, with no prospect of re ceiving immediate attention. A motion was made several days ago to take up the -billand refer it to the Committee on Naval Affairs, but objection was made by the op ponents of the measure. AA'hen the Naval Affairs Committee is next called, a motion to refer the bill will be made. Represent ative llarmer, one of the oldest members of the committee, says tbe bill cannot pass the House in -its present shape, but be believes it can be amended so as to obviate the objections of many Demo crats. Mr. Ilarmer’s plan is to so change its provisions that no single shipbuilding firm can construct more than two or three of the proposed vessels, thus dividing the work among the different private yards. He would preserve the competitive bid ding system and making the awards among the different builders on the basis of the lowest responsible bid received (rom any one of them. Mr. Harmer says if Cangress would appropriate $150,000 to be used in the purchase of machinery for the l’ortfj(noutb. New Y ork, League Island and Norfolk navy yards, all tbe engines and boilers for the cruisers could be built economically and in the best manner by the government. A CABINET CRISIS. A Split on (ilaiUtone'*) Kgyptian Policy. Saturday’s New York Herald cable special says that it is an open secret that there is a Cabinet split on the Egyptian policy of Mr. Gladstone. The Earl of Derby, Colonial Secretary, and Lord Sel borne. Lord High Chancellor, are opposed to lighting. Mr. Gladstone recalled his Mid-Lothian speech where, speaking of the Afghans, he said: “It is disgraceful that a nation whom we call savages should, in defense of their native land, otter their naked bodies to the arms of European science, and be killed by the hundred thousand for doing with rude, ignorant courage w r hat were, for them, duties ol patriotism.” How, having denounced the massacres of Cabul and Candahar, could Mr. Glad stone sanction the massacres of Teb and Tamanieb? His colleagues overbore him. They could not riss dissolution. Each had a pet measure for the coming session. Mr. Chamberlain, the .President of the Board of Trade, was posing as the guardian angel of mariners. Sir William Harcourt, Home Secretary of State, was busy with “turtle fed boors of the city.” The rest were pushing the reform bill, which they hoped would increase their strength at the next election. So Mr. Gladstone con sented to summon the doctor and lie abed till Gen. Graham’s work was done and the butcher’s bill came in from Sualuu, 1 PRICE SIO A TEAK. , ( 5 CENTS A COPY. I | IDAHO’S GOLD FIELDS. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE FLOCK ING THERE BY EVERY TRAIL. Ceur D’Alene Creek Lined with Gold Throughout it* Length Fortunes Picked Ip in a Twinkling-A City in Course of Construction—" Millions In It.” The Chicago Tribune's start" correspon dent at Eagle City, Idaho, sends the fol lowing: . Eagle City, Idaho, via Trout Creek, Montana, March 20.—The Tribune cor respondent and his companion arrived in this camp yesterday, eight days out from Chicago. Our party was three days on the trail from Thompson’s Falls, on Clark’s Fork, crossing the summit of the Cuur d'Alene on St. Patrick’s Day. Hundreds of peo ple are coming in bv every trail. There is undoubtedly gold all along the creek. It is impossible at the present time to give much authentic information relative to the richness of the placer diggings. ••l'lieM kfow” has unquestionably yielded from sl2 to S2O per" day a man. The aggregate amount ot dust taken from the claim exceeds SIB,OOO. The Peter claim only ran about three weeks and cleaned up from $ 10.000 to $12,000, according to the statements of Dr. Campbell, who was in a position to know the facts. IV. E. Cob saw one lot of dust weighing SBOO which the parties asserted had been washed out by three men in three days’ work, having been performed in six 'inches of water. Eleven claims have lines of sluices, and are said to be down to bed rock. These a-e the Widow, Ives, Appenstall Wyant, Macomber, Campbell, Points a Co.,' Mc- Queen, Moscow. George Mudray, Rock lord Company, and Allman A Cos. On these claims and many others work is now progressing, drainage ditches are being cut, and sluices are being placed in position. The Widow claim is now in shape for mining, and pay dirt is being washed. On Bear Gulch and on all the numerous tributa ries of Pritchard creek miners are busy at work. A few weeks will solve the problem fully, and gold dust will either be plentiful in the various camps or else the mines will be voted a lailure. So far as the placer diggings are con cerned, no fears are entertained of the re sult by those whose money is invested in older claims. It is boldly asserted that the question has been fully decided, and the answer is, “There’s millions in it." It is estimated that 1,000 buildings are in process of construction in the mining dis trict. Every man who will work finds ready employment at irom $5 to $8 per day. There is an abundance oi small timber suitable for log houses, and the sound of the axe and falling trees can Lie heard on every hillside. Cabins are costing from $250 to $2,000, every log delivered on the ground being worth $5. Lumber whip sawed is worth $250 per thousand and finds ready sale. Shakes are s.'! per hundred, cedar being best adapted to the manufac ture. HOADLY SURPRISED. How Hi* Friend, Col. Woolley, Occu pied Himself on Flection Day. Col. Charles M. Woolley, ol" Cincinnati, in a recent interview, says a Columbus (O.) special to the New York World, stated that Gov. Hoadly openly prelerred Payne for the Democratic nominee for President, and then indulged in advice to Hoadly in order to avoid bad taith and in gratitude, to other prominent Democrats who aided in his election. Gov. Hoadly, when his attention was called to the sub ject to-day, said: "Col. Woolley’s advice to me is surprising as well as jynusing. The Colonel is reputed to have been some what interested in the third fcieket last fall while the Democrats were sweating in the heat of the campaign. Moreover, on election day, when 367,(MM) Dem ocrats cast their ballots for the winning ticket, he donned his fine English hunting suit, got out his breech loader, whistled for his fine pointers and, with kindred spirits, broke for the woods. He was shooting birds, listening to the babbling brooks and enjoying nature on election day. He had no game at the polls and his name is not on the poll hooks. He was not posing then as my adviser or supporter or even as a Demo crat, and I am amused at the responsi bility lie now feels, lie is a most excel lent gentleman and my good friend, but is hardly in a position now to open up a civil service examination as to the Presi dential choice ot" our party, or to question the good faith of his friends who had learned to vote, but not to shoot. 1 am profoundly grateful to Senators Thurman and Pendleton and Gen. Ward tor effi cient and zealous aid rendered toward my success at the election at which the Colo nel was too absent-minded to vote, but l don’t see why this sentiment should pre vent my supporting Mr. Payne for Presi dent. ELECTRICAL INTERESTS. A Large an<l Advantageous Transaction by a Boston Corporation. I have just learned that negotiations, which have been in progress lor some days past, says a Montreal special to the Boston Globe, have culminated in an agreement on the part of the American Electric and Illuminating Company to sail its business, plant, manufactory and rights to use theTbomson-Houston system of electric lighting for the entire Dominion of Canada, to the Royal Electric Com pany, to be chartered by the Provincial Parliament of (Quebec, and capitalized at $250,000. For tiiis sum, the new corpora tion, which includes gentlemen prominent in electrical matters and in financial af fairs, secures the sole ownership of liie only established and successful system of electric lighting in the Dominion, and enters, no doubt, on a prosperous aud honorable career. The statements in the above dispatch are confirmed by the officers of the Ameri can Electric and Illuminating Company, who state that the two companies will oi>erate in close alliance, each obtaining from the other whatever it needs and the other can supply, and both participating in any invention secured by either in the future. Thus, it is believed, tbe new ar rangement will be mutually advantage ous. Tbe purchase by tbe American com pany of the plant, business and l ights ior Canada of the Tliorason-Houston electric lighting system caused qnite a sensation in electrical circles some three months since. The business was then tinde veloped and comparatively small. Hav ing secured tbe field and the business at a very small figure, and developed it by energetic and intelligent effort into a pr sperotis and largely profitable busi ness, the American company is now able to dispose of it at a handsome advance. 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