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I ESTABLISHED 1850. i
) J. H. ESTILL, Editor aud Proprietor, j
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA. FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.
An Early County Murderer Captured
After Many Months—Habersham's
t.ranil Jury Brings Lax Officials to
Justice—A Boy Accidentally Kills
Himself at HigEey.
UEORUIA. .
Hums are ripening rapidly around Dublin.
A dog at Union Boint committed suicide by
hanging.
Gladney’s lumber kiln, near llogansville.
has been burned.
■street car- on the new line at Columbus lie
gau running Sunday.
There is a man living in Laurens county
seventy-four years old and is the father of
forty-seven children.
Two negroes passed through Oconee county
who said they had murdered a man near Mil
ieu in a dispute over cards.
The number of negro children attending the
public schools of tlrcenc county nearly doubles
the attendance of the white-.
The grand jury of ICabuti county returned
uo bill again 1 Vandiver, who was charged
with burning the stables at Tallulah E all-.
At last accounts the arte-iau well at Milieu
was down-'sb feet. The drill at that depth
was penetrating a strata of soft sandstone.
John Hale stole ftill from 11. C. Maxwell’s
vest pocket, near Alpharetta, but Ins guilt
was discovered and S3O of the mouey was re
covered. Hale was then told to leave, and lie
left in a hurry .
The Coroner’- inquest over the dead body of
•lordan W illiams, the negro who was killed
bv < ouuty Commissioner Hollis, of Tallsd,
found a verdict of justifiable homicide. Mr.
Hollis enjoys the respect of his fellow citizens.
The Dublin Gazette says: “Judge Crisp
writes us that the department has ordered a
mail pouch sent to Inez post office in tiiiseoun
tv, with instructions tot lie postmaster and au
thority to hire someone to carry the mail
from that office to lteedy Springs.”
The Henry County Weekly .-ays: “Old Mr.
Dupree, who died in the upper part of the
countv last week, left an estate valued at
about $.'.,000. He was 7.1 years old at the time
of hi-death and unmarried. Ills sister falls
heir to the property, she is 7:!. and lias never
married.”
Henry Wheeler, "I Hiekorv Flat, never-aw
a city. He has lived on Ills own land for
forty-nine years. During the war he sold
corn to the wives and daughters of Confed
erate soldiers at <1 a bushel. He has 122
grand-children amt great-grandchildren, lie
never drank any rum.
A warrant has been issued for John Scott,
a married white man of Oconee county, who
loltowed Mrs. Calvin Chancy and her ten
vears-old daughter through a" patch of woods
and attempted to outrage the child. Samuel
t ouch ureveuted the crime's accomplishment.
Scott had nuffibeen found at last account-.
Habersham county grand jury found a true
bill against the Tax Collector’for embezzle
ment, and Judge Kstes sentenced him to the
penitentiary for four years. One of the other
county officers was ifued S3OO for misappro
priating the public fun is. Judge Elsies also
scored the Boad Commissioners on account of
the bad roads.
H. C. Wells has sold the lot oti which lie re
sides in Sylvania, including his dwelling,
-lores and ail out houses, to It. l’feiffei'. Mr.
Wells retains possession of tic dwelling house,
-tables and upper story of tlie- new store until
January 1 next. Mr. Pfeiffer assumes entire
control of the store business, and is enlarging
his stock considerably.
The Sylvania Telephone says: “The loan
associations are doing a lively business in this
county. We are glad to see the money com
ing into the country, but regret to see that
our farmers are driven to tins necessity, bur
opinion is that a harvest is being sown for the
lawyers to reap by and by. They have to live
though, and perhaps it is’ail rlgllt.”
The Camilla Clarion says: “rive young
ladies and misses were baptized on Tuesday
afternoon by order of the Camilla Baptist
( turn'll. Dr. ( . M. Irwin officiating, assisted
by Elder J. L. Underwood and the deacons of
the church. The solemn ordinance was ad
ministered in a beautiful little lake near the
Pelham road, two miles south of town."
Sunday’s Albany Advertiser says: “Sheriff
Mosley "passed through Albany yesterday
evening with Chappel l.eatli, who killed lus
cousin. James Glenn, early last year in Early
county. lie was captured in Mississippi.
T here was some apprehension that his friends
would try to rescue him from the officer on
the arrival of the train at Biakelv last liUht."
The Albany *Advertiser of Sunday says:
“The Artillery Company had a called meet
ing Friday evening, and forty-two members
were enrolled. Much enthusiasm prevailed,
and the company may now be considered upon
a sure basis. They will be uniformed and
have their guns, four twelve-pounder brass
Napoleons, by the 2tith of April, which is
Decoration day.”
The Cedartown Advertiser says: “The mo
tion for new trial in the cases of Mastin All
read aud Hope Mobley, convicted of abduction
in our Superior Court, was argued before
Judge Branham at Koine on Monday. The
parties were granted new trials. A hearing
mi Die motion for new trial in the case of Cm.
Kirk was postponed to the second Monday in
April."
Tlie I.atirangc Reporter says: “The father
of Hon. .1. M. McKleroy, who has ju-l re
tired from the race for the Governorship of
Alabama, it is said, on the promise of a walk
over two years hence, was one of the first
merchants who sold goods in I.aGrange, and
was fora long time a resident. His wife and
the mother of the future Governor was a sis
ter of the late Gov. Shorter and Hon. Eli S.
.shorter.”
The Toecoa AVir* say-: "About seven years
before the war Mr. Silas A. Addison, who now
lives near Clarkesville, erected a small log
house tear the oak tree which now stands in
Dr. Doyle’s yard. This was the first house
••reeled' within what is now the corporate
limits of Toecoa. T hen, and for years after,
no one for a moment supposed that a thriving
town of 1,200 inhabitants would spring up in
the vicinity of the Dry Pond."
T he great sensational disappearance of an
Atlanta boy on Sunday last finds its closing
< liaptcr in the development that Zeddie Har
rison walked to Noreross and slept out Sun
day night, returning on Monday. He thought
that he had deceived his father in some seri
ous matter, and lieing a very con-eientious
boy, it so preyed upon hi- mind that he wan
dered away from the city, not caring much
w hich way he went so he" was not forced to
face ins father and acknowledge his guilt.
The Athens Banner- Watchman says: "The
outl.Hik for the factory operatives the coming
dimmer is gloomy indeed. Not a null in this
section lias made a clear dollar in six months,
and they are all overstocked with goods,
they have lately reduced wage- 10 percent.,
and it I- feared must -non la-gill to run on half
time. Cotton continues to advance while the
price of goods declines, so that no margin is
left for the manufacturer. A meeting of mill
men is called in Augusta next month to con
sider the question of sealing products.”
V correspondent of tlic West Point Cuter
print- recites the drunken capers of a couple of
drummers, who recently visited that town,
ife alleges that they chased the chambermaid
all over tlie hotel, following her even out in
tile back yard. She had to take refuge in the
landlady’s room, and they went -o far as to
open the door. Not being satisfied, they
dragged the porter over the hall b. cause he
would not go and bring the ehauiE'ermaid.
Finally the chief of )iolioe api*eared upon the
scene and put a quietus over them, and came
near lodging tliem in the lockup.
The Amorims ft- .-order says: “At a meet
ing of the stockholders of the District Tele
graph Company Friday night, the following
officers were elected: President, Ed. Stall
ings: Sectetary. E. L. Guerre: Treasurer, FI.
D. An-ley; Business Manager. 11. G. Stan
field; Board of Directors—W. FI. Perkins, M?
H. Ford, J. S. Jordan, W. K. Wlicatlex.W.
E. Hawkins, J. T. Stallings, 11. M. Brown. .1.
Hal Davenport. The dire tors will meet on
Monday night, the 31st, to finish up the busi
ness so’the’company can commence business
onor near the first "of April. All t lie slock is
taken, and will be paid in by the 20th of
March.”
Sunday's Athens Banner- Watchman says:
“Seims, the man who killed Fagan, in Banks
county, several years ago, was tried at Homer
court last week. The jury, after staying out
•dsiut an hour, was brought in and asked if
they were likely to agree, and they said that
they stool the same as when they first went
into the room. The Judge sent them back,
and after twenty hours were brought in and
said there was uo likelihood of an agreement.
There were eight for murder, two for acquit
tal. aud two for manslaughter. This case has
been before the court for the past three
ears.—Patterson, the man who cut his wife's
throat some time ago, forfeited his bond. His
wife is uow living with him, aud we suppose
this will end it all.”
FLORIDA.
A Citizens' ticket is among the possibilities
at Jacksonville.
Mulberries are selling at 20 cents per quart
at Orange City.
The Catholics of Pensacola contemplate
building anew church edifice.
The Suwannee Guards are determined to
reorganize and have had several meetiugs
looking to that end.
John Perry has been acquitted of murder
at Tallahassee. It was his third trial, lie
was once convicted, lie is a mulatto from
Georgia.
The trial of liurchfleld, charged with as
saultlng Maj. Couperjof the Florida Southern
Railway, with Intent to kill, lias been posi
tioned for six months.
The acoustic properties of the court room
in the new court house at Tallahassee are said
to lie so bad as to render the room almost un
fit for the use for which it was intended.
The citizens of Geneva, Orlando countv,
and vicinity, held a meeting a few days ago
anu publicly censured unknown parties who
tired into a camp of sleeping workmen in that
vicinity recently.
An engine, drilling at the depot at Talla
hassee, last Wednesday afternoon, ran over
and severely crushed’ a colored lad named
Willie Grisset, who was standing near the
track, picking up wood.
A burglar who entered the room of George
C. Morgan, of Jacksonville, Ala., at Mrs.
Wolsey’s boarding house at Palatka, Friday
night, secured S9O and a gold watch made by
Pateks, Philiippe & Cos., if Geneva, Switzer
land.
of the Local Option Alliance
of Orange county will be held at Orlando,
AJ>nl 2. Delegates from the various tem
perance organizations of the county, in the
of one for each ten members of the so-
Cl y, wilt be sent.
niTit*.J? W **a u of Volusia nounty will
to seui. a t< i ri,rl8 * : >“ convention on April 12.
for the Republican State
J ' ,a convenes iu ht, Augustine,
Jk j&mtmmli 3Horning Mms,
April 30, for the purpose of chosing delegates
for the Republican National Convention,
which meets In Chicago June 3.
Judge Kandail, in the Jefferson county local
option mandamus case, has decided that wtieu
a proper petition, duly proved and published,
is before the Board of County Commissioners,
the petitioner is entitled to license, and the
board must grant the permit. Signers have
no right to withdraw their names after the
petition is presented to the board.
Rev. William Hart, of Auburn, New York,
who was for several years pastor of the lead
ing Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C.,
is spending a few weeks in F'lorida, and
preached in the Presbyterian Church at San
ford Sunday morning and evening. Rev. Mr,
Hart is a "brother-in-law of Hon. Chas. J.
Folger, Secretary of the Treasury.
Seventy dollars, which yvas secured by the
Women’s Christian Temperance Union ad
Jacksonville last year to start a coffee house
association has, iii the failure of the coffee
house scheme to succeed, been applied to
yvard tlie purchase of the Florida Savings
Bank building, for the headquarters of tlie
Women’s Christian Temperance Union.
A few days ago a fine gold watch yvas found
in Judge Blackburn's office, hidden in a small
box of cotton. It yvas supposed that some
thiefhad secreted it there yvhile on the pris
oner’s dock awaiting search and trial. The
time piece has liecn presented to the editor of
the Like Oak Bulletin to Ih- carried by him
forever, unless the owner proves property and
pays for the notice given iu the Bulletin.'
The Lake uiiy Reporter of Friday savs:
“Several days ago three youths, .Masters Wil
lic E’rier, Jm-v and Johnnie Jackson, took ad
vantage of the delight fill spring weather by
taking a bath iu one of our lakes. It yvas a
nest imprudent venture, and each has paid a
sad penalty for the brief pleasure of a bath.
Two—Willie and Joey—have passed the river
that divides us from the (treat Beyond, while
tlie third—lohnnie, lies tossing upon a bed of
illness. Ins life hanging by a threan.”
The following resolutions were adopted at
the recent meeting of the Orange County
Medical Society: "Bee lied. That it is the
sense of this society that cousuPalion of au
allopathic physician yvitli disciples of another
school, is impossible. Resolved, That the Male
solicitor be requested to instruct the Clerk of
the Circuit Court to require each physician in
the county to tile certificates or diplomas in
In- office, before the next term of court, and
that lie be further requested to prosecute each
individual who i- prescribing or practicing
without such certificate or diploma.”
A Mieamipy correspondent of the News
say s: “We are having dclightfi 1 weather, in
ter-iiersed with refreshing showers. Beans
are being shipped in small quantities. The
cucumber crop is a failure on account of the
late cold snap. Our trains bring in visitors
every night, and they are perfectly carried
away with the lieauiiful orange trees laden
yvitli orange blossoms and llicair is full of their
delightful fragrance. The prospects are that
we will have a large crop this season, Our
to\vn is improving rapidly. There is being
built at present a large two-story building,
ami the correspondent Icarus that two brick
stores u ill lie built this year. There is also
one of the best boarding bouses south of .Sa
vannah.”
The first annual meeting of the General
Congregational Association of Florida was
field last week with the church in Winter
Park. The sessions la-gun on Tuesday even
ing and continued through Wednesday and
Thursday, and were spirited and everyway
most profitable throughout. All the churches
are prosperous. All of the most recently
organized ones are now building houses of
worship. The Winter Park Church, the
youngest of all. is about to break ground for
a three or four thousand dollar house, towards
which 12.U00 are already subscribed by the
people of that beautiful place. The associa
tion was organized in Jacksonville last De
cember. It has already doubled the number
of its churches since then, and lioyy the ten
have promise of very soon being doubled and
even trebled.
Tyvo crimes are the subject of the folloyviug
mention iu the Pensacola Alliance-Gazette:
“.shadrack Bodweli, colored, was brought
before Ills Honor, Judge Ksinomle, Monday
morning, charged with an assault, with intent
to kill upon Alex Perkins, who he severely
cut yvitli a knife Sunday morning, the liitli.
Bodweli yvas setit to jail by the .1 r.dge to await
the result of Perkins’ wounds, as he noyv lies
in a critical condition.—Laura Adams yvas
brought before Justice Esntonde Monday
morning, charged yvitli assault yvitli intent to
murder her husband, Louis Adams, Sunday
evening, the liitli iust. She met lum on Se
ville square and, without provocation, at
tacked him yvitli a large clasp-knife aud iu
llieted serious injuries, aud he lua, very low.
She was sent to jail in default of bond.”
The Tavares Herald, of the 2Cth inst., prints
the following: “Ou Wednesday evening a
sad accident happened to a son of ’Squire
Sims, who lives on Lake Ella, near the village
of iliglev, in this county. The family had
not yet finished supper when the boy went up
stairs for tile purpose of fixing liisgun, w hich
was out of order, lie had not been absent
long when the report of a gun yvas heard, and
when the boy's name was called, no answer
was returned. The family rushed up 10-tlic
boy’s room, and there a horrible spectacle
met their eyes. The boy lay on the flodr dead,
lloyv the accident happened is not known. It
is supposed that he attempted to bl >yv into the
muzzle of the gun yvhen it was accidentlaly
discharged. The charge passed through his
mouth and came out at the back of liis neck,
completely severing the vertabrw, causing
instant death. The deceased was a very
promising boy of some fifteen years of age.”
The Tavares Herald of the 20th inst. says:
“The first lot of freight, consisting of 200
boxes of oranges, came through the Anopka
canal on Monday. They were brought in a
barge from Lake Apopka to the mouth of the
canal, on Lake Beauclair, and wore then
taken by the steamer Lake Doia and brought
to Tavares. From here they were shipped
North by rail. This is the first load of freight
ever brought through the Ajiopka canal, but
regular trips will noyv be made. The freight
w ill lie brought through the canal in barges
until the canal is made navigable forsteamers.
Work will be continued on it until it is navi
gable. As the canal is now steamers could
'cry easily go through it during high water.
Great credit is due the Apopka Saw Grass
i oinpany for their success in reclaiming
thousands of acres of the most valuable lands
in the state, lauds that, for vegetable gardens,
sugar cane, etc., cannot lie excelled."
SOUTH CAROLINA.
i urn planting lias commenced on tlie west
•ode of tne Great Pee Dee.
Two or three new 1 .range- have lieen or
ganized in Spartanburg county.
The City Council of Anderson lias deter
mined to purchase a steam tire engine.
Ur. 1). Reese Gregg, of Mars Bluff, died ou
the Istli inst. at the advanced age of 76.
Tfie Rev. Edward Eggleston. D. 1>„ is going
in Charleston in search of Colonial records
and relies.
Fork shoals Factory, in Greenville county,
lias been shut down for some time, and it "is
hard to say, at tins writing, when tt will re
sume operations. Almnt fifty hands were
thrown out of employment.
Since the first of last January, l.Mit liens
fur rent and liens for supplies have lieen reg
istered in the office of tlie Clerk of tlie court
f.ir York county. Tlie total ntimlier regis
tered last year was about 2,:i00. ,
Joe Howard, the condemned murderer in
Sumter, will almost certainly lie hanged on
next Friday. He lias made every effort wiili
iii liis jiower for commutation of sentence
through liis counsel, but without avail.
The Uheraw Sun and Monitor nay#: “It was
feared some weeks ago that the small grain
crops were almost a total failure, hut from
what we have seen the oat crop promises to be
tlie best that lias been raised for some years."
IS. F. Crayton A Sons, of Anderson, have
s.,!d their thoroughbred Ayrshire bull, “Sir
Julian." to J. W. < alliouu. of Arlington, Ga„
for 4230. "Sir Julian" was tlie first thorough
bred Ayrshire brought to the Piedmont sec
tion of the State.
Tlie Orangeburg Times and Democrat thinks
that one of tlie best crops that could be culti
vated is tlie common ground pea orpinder.
it is said that an acre will produce at least a
hundred bushels, aud they always sell for
about two dollars a bushel.
(in Tuesday night last a set of white tramp
gamblers took surreptitious possession of
Kmannel Church, in Sumter, and while
there engaged in a clever game of something.
They did no damage other than tlie destruc
tion of two laiiqis, and left the church iu its
usual condition. They effected their entry
by false keys, as no locks were broken.
The Keowee Courier says: “Agricultural
work is being greatly retarded by the inces
sant rains we are having. Scarcely any plow
ing or any other kind of farm work lias been
done this’year. A great many Of our farmers
have not been able to finish sowing their
spring oats. Garden work, too, is at a stand
still, "the ground lieing too wel for the spade
aud the planting of seed.”
James B. Kills, of Union, claims to be a kind
of prophet and to have direct communication
with God. He professes to heal diseases
through prayer, and lias beeu operating
among a nutnlier of iguorant people iu liis
county. He was tried before a trial Justice
las! week for obtaining money under false pre
tences, but the jury failed to agree, ami a mis
trial was ordered. He uses an iron staff, which
lie calls a “jack," in conduoting liis communi
cations with the Deity.
Ex-Sheriff McMillan, of Shoe Heel, who
served in the Confederate army iu the late
struggle between the North and South, for
warded from that place a day or two ago, to
a genileman in Rochester, N. Y., a copy of a
New Testament which came into Ins hands ou
tlie battlefield of the Wilderness in 1*64. Tlie
Sheriff, finding a name and apdress in some
place in the book, communicated the fact to
the Postmaster of that place, and the proper
owner was soon found, who, it is said, lost liis
rigid leg in the same battle.
The Sumter Advance says: “James Russell
brings suit for divorce from his wife, M, E.
Russell, iu Fernandina, Fla., notification of
decree hen lieing received on account of
Mrs. Russell being a resident of Sumter, she
inis persistently refused to live with her hus
band since his absence. Hence the sought-for
divorce. The State of South Carolina lias
stricken from its Statute books the divorce
law. aud as Mr. Russell has lived in Florida a
sufficient length of time to warrant the appli
cation bona fide there, the case will be tried
at Fernandina.”
No Cattle Disease in Missouri.
Ist, Louis. March 24.—A telegram from
Jefferson City, Mo., says: “Gov. Critten
den has sent a dispatch to Janies Law,
Ithaca, N. Y., to |the effect that there is
not a case of foot and mouth disease in
Missouri. Experts pronounce ailing oat
tle as suffering from frozen teet.”
An Extended Popularity,
Brown's Bronchial Troches have been
before the public many years. For reliev
ing Coughs and Throat troubles they are
supertior to all other articles. Sold only
in bom.
AT THE NATION’S CAPITAL
AID TO SAVE NEW ORLEANS
FROM THE FLOOD REFUSED.
A Long Debate in the House Preceding
the Action—No Vote Vet Reached on
Senator Blaine’s Educational Bill—
| Senator Vance’s Minority Report on
Retaliatory Measures Against Foreign
Countries.
Washington, March 24.—The Senate
to-day was presided over by Senator Sher
; man, who had been designated under the
I rule bv the Vice President for that pur-
I pose. The Chair laid before the Senate a
| communication from the Attorney Gene
ral asking for an appropriation of SIO,OOO,
to be applied to the defense of the United
States in cases referred by Congress
and the Executive Departments to the
Court of Claims. These cases, the Attor
ney General states, cover claims amount
ing to $05,000, although the act under
which the cases have been referred was
passed only last year.
Mr. Vance presented the views of the
minority of the Committee on Foreign
Relations relative to the action and report
of the committee on the subject of the ex
clusion of American meats from foreigu
countries.
The following bills were reported fa
vorably troin committees and placed on
the calendar:
By Mr. Morgan, from the Committee on
Public Lands—Granting the right of way
over public lands in Alabama and Flori
da to the Alabama Diagonal Railroad
Company. Also granting a similar right
over public lands in Alabama to the Gulf
and Chicago Railroad Company.
The bill to regulate the salaries of
l nited States District Judges was taken
up. Mr. Coke offered an amendment mak
ing it unlawful for any relative of the Ci
rcuit or District Judge of the United States
to hold office in courts with which such
Judges arc connected, and making it a
misdemeanor for a Judge to Knowingly
appoint any of his relatives to office in his
court.
THE BLAIR BILL TAKEN UP.
The bill was discussed until 2 o’clock
without a vote being reached, when Mr.
Blair’s educational bill came up. In the
course of the debate which followed Mr.
Vance spoke in favor'of the bill. The col
ored people, he said, had been freed and
enfranchised by the National Government.
The Southern States had lost so much and
had been so bled by reptilian carpet-bag
governments that they had not been able
to do us much as they otherwise could
have done for the education of those
people; yet those States had been held by
public opiniou of the North to ns high a
standard of advancement in educational
and other respects as was expected of
States or people whose civilization and
society had not been disturbed for one
hundred years. Not only was this
expected of them, but the world was
made aware of it on every occa
sion. The Southern States had
been investigated. Now a bill was brought
in to aid those States in educating their
colored people, and the singular spectacle
was presented of opposition by gentlemen
who had been moving all the powers of
Congress iu__order that the sick calves of
Kansas might be doctored. Some objec
tion might naturally have been expected
from strict constructionists, but it
came with bad grace from the gentlemen
from Kansas. Mr. Vance would not
withhold his sympathy from sick cattle,
but would not the gentlemen from Kansas
extend their sympathy to the illiterate?
As to the basis of distribution Mr. Vance
thought that there was no proper basis
but that of illiteracy. Population, as a
whole, was no proper basts. Did the
Senators wish to distribute money among
college professors or members of Con
gress? it should be distributed where it
was needed, but Mr. Vance did not ex
pect the bill to pass.
REPUBLICAN INCONSISTENCIES,
lie had long believed, and he uow saw
a confirmation of his belief, that the
Senators on the other side of the chamber
were louder in professions than in acts in
behalf of the colored people. While the
party which they represented would send
emissaries among the colored people to
band them together for political purposes
and take them to the polls, he had
always thought that when it came to
really doing something for those people
there would be a lailure. Jlenee Mr.
Vance was not disappointed. He had no
doubt that the Senator from Ohio (Sher
man) attached more value to the negro
as an ignorant person, as a fruitful source
of investigation, than he would attach to
the negro as an intelligent man and an
intelligent voter. No doubt he answers
the purposes of that Senator better in
ignorance than with intelligence.
Mr. Ingalls congratulated Mr. Vance
on the very adroit appeal he had addressed
to Northern sentiment on this subject.
He had said that while the people ol
North Carolina were not asking money,
they were willing to accept it as a gratuity
for the benefit of the colored peonle. The
census tables showed that the white illit
eracy of North Carolina was thirtv-two
per cent., hence the gratuity would be
very largely to the whites as well as to
the blacks. The blacks of that State, in
Mr. Ingalls’ opinion, made a much more
commendable showing in regard to edu
cation than the whites.
The principal necessity for the bill, to
Mr. Ingalls’ mind, was to lie found iu the
white illiteracy rather than ttie colored
illiteracy of the South. He read from the
census tables of 1880 to show the figures
of white illiteracy. In Alabama they
were nearly 25 per cent, of the white in
habitants, in Arkansas 25 per cent., in
Florida 20 per cent., in Georgia 23 per
cent., in Kentucky 22 per cent., in Louisi
ana 18% per cent., in Mississippi 16 3-10
per cent., in North Caroliwi 31%percent.,
in South Carolina 22 0-10 per cent., in Ten
nessee 27 3-10 per cent., in Texas 15 3-10
percent., and in Virginia 18 2-10 percent.
How could it be said that this money was
required, because this nation freed the
slaves and gave them the right of suffrage ?
The fact was that the occasion for the ex
penditure ot the money grew out of the
position of the Caucasian and not of the
colored race.
Mr. Vance, in replying to Mr. Ingalls,
said that he (Mr. Vance) bail said noth
ing alxiut the war. That was a matter of
history. He had argued simply that it
was the duty of those who were lit to edu
cate them. Mr. Vance denied that the
money of the biil was needed by the white
people for themselves. They would be
able to take care oF their own education
if they did not have so large a colored
population.
Mr. Ingalls said that in 1850, in the hal
cyon days of the old regime, there were
over 80,000 whites in North Carolina who
could not read or write, and that was a
larger proportion of illiteracy than even
at present.
Mr. Vance said that North Carolina, a
poor State, had paid into the Treasury
twelve times as much money as Kansas,
a rich one; North Carolina having paid iu
in 188052,372,220, while Kansas paid onlv
$239,762.
Mr. Plumb inquired how much of the
North Carolina amount had been on dis
tilled spirits?
Mr. Vance replied about one-half of it
on whisky that had been drunk in prohi
bition Kansas.
Mr. Riddleberger wished that the Sen
ate would get back to the question in
volved in the bill. It made no difference
to the children,who were affected by the bill
how the necessity for it arose. If it were
right for little children to give their pen
nies to missionary societies without being
asked what their father’s politics were,
then the Senators should eliminate poli
tics from this question, and vote for or
against the proposition on its merits.
Mr. Butler said that it was clear that
the Senate was not prepared to vote on
the bill to-day, and therefore he moved
that the Senate go into executive session.
It was agreed to and when the 'doors
were re-opened the Senate adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE.
In the House to-day Mr. Ellis, of Louis
iana, asked unanimous consent to intro
duce a joint resolution, reciting that the
waters of the Mississippi river have risen
to the high water-mark of 1874 at New
Orleans, which is the highest known iu
the flood annals of the great river, and
are rising between St. Louis and New Or
leans at the rate of two or three inches
per day; that the appalling calamity of
the overflowing of a city of 300,000 souls
is imminent, involving great loss of life
and property, and appropriating $300,000
to be immediately available to be expend
ed, in the discretion of the Secretary of
War, in preventing an * overflow of the
city of New Orleans and the country ad
jacent thereto.
Mr. Dunn, of Arkansas, reserved his
objections until he should hear some ex
planation ol the resolution. He wished
to know by what sort of legerdemain the
Committee on Appropriations had leaped
from the Ohio river to the city of New
Orleans, disregarding the appeals made by
200,000 people in Arkansas and Missis
sippi.
Mr. Eilis excepted to the word legerde
main used so glibly by the gentleman
from Arkansas. The object of the resolu
SAVANNAH, TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1864.
tion was not for the relief of the sufferers,
but was to prevent what might be the ap
palling calamity of the age. The water
of the river was up to the top of the
levees, and whenever flood waters went
| over a levee that levee was doomed.
THE CITY’ DEFENSELESSNESS.
There was nothing between the city of
New Orleans and the riveV, sixteen feet
above the level of the city, but a dirt wall.
The calamity that must ensue if the
water rose higher could not be depicted
by human tongue. It would be tfie
calamity of the age.
Mr. Dunn withdrew any objection,
but called attention to tlie fact that
in his district the Mississippi river
was nine miles wide. There was a
rise coming from the Missouri river sup
plemented by a great rise out of the over
flow of the Ohio river. There were to-day
in his district 70,000 people whose houses
were flooded.
Mr. Rice, ot Massachusetts, objected to
the resolution, saying that it should be
considered by the Committee on Appro
priations.
Mr. Ellis appealed to Mr. Rice to with
draw his objection, predicting that if
there was any delay the House would be
called upon to consider not an ounce of
prevention but many pounds of cure. The
city of New Orleans was doing all it could
to prevent a catastrophe, but the State
Legislature was not in session.
Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania, said that
the resolution had been informally con
sidered favorably by the Committee on
Appropriations, and in view of this state
ment Mr. Rice withdrew liis objection.
Mr. Beach, of New York, and Mr. York,
of North Carolina, expressed their opposi
tion to the resolution, but made no formal
objection.
Mr. Hunt, of Louisiana, said that he had
received a letter from one of the engineers
ol tlie Mississippi River Commission, pre
dicting the greatest disaster that could
possibly be conceived of if precautions
were not taken to prevent the overflow of
the city of New Orleans. He hoped that
no one would object to the resolution, as
a delay of one day might cost the govern
ment many times more than the paltry
amount that was asked for.
Mr. Oates, of Alabama, doubted the
constitutional power of Congress to ap
propriate public money for the relief of
sufferers by flood, fire or storm.
LOST AND REINTRODUCED.
The joint resolution was lost by 95 yeas
to 115 nays, but by unanimous consent it
was reintroduced by Mr. Ellis and re
ferred to the Committee on Appropria
tions.
Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania, submit
ted the conference report on the Senate
resolution for an addition of SIO,OOO to the
Senate contingent fund. It was agreed
to. The House recedes from its amend
ment, which coniines tlie expenditure of
this sum to investigations previously or
dered, and agrees to an amendment which
coniines the expenditure to the payment
of the current expenses of the Suecial and
Select Committee.
Mr. Randall, from the Committee on
Appropriations, reported back the little
deficiency bill with Senate amendments
recommending concurrence in some and
non-concurrence in others of those
amendments. The recommendations were
agreed to.
Under a call of States a number of bills
and resolutions were introduced and re
ferred.
The House spent the remainder ot the
day’s session in legislation local to the
District of Columbia and then adjourned.
RETALIATION DEPRECATED.
Tlie Minority Report on the Hog ques
tion Submit ted by Senator Vance.
Washington, March 24.—Senator
Vance, in the minority report from the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, submitted
to-dav, expresses the opinion that Ger
many has the right to exclude American
hog. products on the ground that they are
unwholesome, if she deems it proper, and
that this government is not justified in
impeaching her motives. “If it be true,”
continues tlie report, “that our pork is to
any extent unwholesome we should en
deavor by a rigid system of inspection to
remove the cause of complaint. If it be
that fear of trichinosis is only a pretext,
and that the real reason forexcluding our
hog products is a desire to protect their
own producers, then we are the last peo
ple on earth who ought to complain, alter
surrounding ourselves lor more than
twenty years with a protective
tariff wall so high as to exclude, virtually,
all the products of Germany which com
pete with ours. It is rather late for us to
advance retaliation against a government
which merely follows our example. In
fact, Germany’s action is retaliation, and
the cry of “stop thief” cannot change the
true condition of things. We have got to
learn that we are not so great and inde
pendent as to enable us to defy the laws
of political economy and the amenities of
international trade with impunity. We
have been told again and again that our
true policy was to shut up our manufac
tures from the competition of the world,
and that all nations thus excluded would
lie compelled, nevertheless, to buy our
breadstuff's and provisions, and that they
could not do without them. We are
greatly surprised and indignant when one
important customer savs that lie can get
along without our hog products, and for
bids their coming in, and we propose to
retaliate. For what? For simply and
frankly forbidding them to be imported.
Suppose, instead of doing this, Germany
had imposed a duty of 100 per cent, on
them, which would as effectually pro
hibit their importation? What' then?
Where would bo our so-called re
taliation? The undersigned can see no
difference whatever in the two methods of
prohibition so far as results are con
cerned, only that one is inanlv and direct,
whilst the other is indirect, and based on
false pretenses. Our great meat industry
must indeed be cared for. It, with kin
dred agricultural industries, furnishes
nearly all of our foreign trade, aud they
deserve all that Congress can do lor them,
but this bill does not propose the true way
to do it. This way is to remove, as far
as possible, all restrictions upon trade
and the enlargement of the market for our
farmers’ products all over the world,
bv liberal treaties and tariff laws.
The last section of the bill is especially
objectionable, not only in the proposed
retaliation, but in the relegation of the
whole matter to the Executive. We pro
pose thereby to arm the Chief Magistrate
of a constitutional republic with the
same arbitrary power over commerce that
is now exercised by the Prime Minister of
a feudal European despotism, in order that
on equal terms they may inflict mutual
injuries on their people until one or the
other gives in; this, too, whilst Congress
is iu session, and the representatives of
the people are present, ready to say if
they wish to begin tins war, and
on what articles of commerce
they prefer tne light to be
made. The section in effect is
an abdication of the powers and duties of
Congress and the relegation thereof to
the better judgment of the President. If
such measures of so-called retaliation
against Germany or any other nation
should be deemed necessary or advisable,
imprimis, let Congress say so, and let it
likewise prescribe all the details of such
measures and articles on which the strug
gle is to be made. It is the President’s busi
ness to execute laws not to make them,
and it is as certainly the dutv of Congress
to make them and not shift the task on
somebody
which provide an inspection of meats
designed for exportation, and which
forbid the importation of adulterated and
unwholesome articles of food or drink,
constitute proper legislation, and while it
is not regarded as sufficiently thorough,
are yet in the right direction when per
fected by experience, and a sincere desire
to give the world wholesome food, which
it is not doubted all our producers enter
tain. 4n the opinion of the undersigned
all will have been accomplished that is
desired by the friends of the bill.”
DALZELL’S CLAIM DISALLOWED.
The Senate Pension Committee Refuses
to Allow Him Nearly £2,000.
Washington, March 24.—The Senate
Committee on Pensions to-day made an
adverse report on a bill giving Private
Dalzell, of Ohio, a pension of $8 a month
since May, 1864. The committee says
that Private Dalzell produced no other
evidence than his own that he was en
titled to arrearages of pension and that it
will not pension any man upon his own
recommendation, merely. In other words,
the committee concludes that Private
Dalzell’s word is not worth $8 a month,
especially when his time account runs
back almost a score of years.
Tlie Tobacco Rebate Draft*.
Washington, March 24.—The Treas
urer of the United States has commenced
preparing drafts for the payment of
claims for rebate on the tobacco tax al
lowed by the accounting officers, and will
forward the drafts as rapidly as settle
ments are made by the first Comptroller
and the warrants of the Secretary reach
the Treasurer’s office.
NO DANGER OF A SPLIT.
BOTH FACTIONS DISPOSED TO
MAKE A COMPROMISE.
They Hold Meetings Preliminary to To-
Night’s Caucus—The Extent or this
Session’s Reform Measures to bo Left
to the Caucus—lnternal Revenue uot
to be Abolished at Once.
W ashington, March 24.—Though there
will doubtless be a lively discussion in the
tariff caucus everything to-day points to
harmony in the final action. Various plans
upon which the two sides may come to
gether amicably have been discussed to
day. Nothing definite has, however, been
agreed upon, except the general princi
ple that it will pot do io have anything
like a quarrel. The tariff reformers will
not yield that the polic| of the Democrat
ic party is to secure reform of the tariff.
Nothing less than the adoption of that as
the principles of the party will be the out
come. Exactly how tar the Democrats
will go this session towards reform will
be left for the caucus to determine, but
there will be a declaration of principles
for reform. Some of the Protectionist
Democrats still hold out that no such
action ought to be had, but they
are few and will vary likely be a
cipher when the caucus is held.
A good deal of work has been done to
day and to-night looking to harmony.
Chairman Barnum, of the National Com
mittee, has beeu going between the op
posing Democrats. He said to the News
correspondent to night that the caucus
would develop that all things are fairly
adjusted. There have been a good many
hints about muzzliug Mr. Watterson if he
won’t stop without a muzzle. The spirit
of concession will be abroad in the cau
cus. Mr. Randall said to-night that lie
thought that all differences would be ami
cably adjusted, as it was evident that
both sides wanted to agree, lie said that
those who think as he does have entirely
gotten over their irritation about being
read out of the party, as they have become
convinced that such was not the feeling
of any material number of Democrats ot
opposing views. The excitement over the
question has subsided very materially.
NO DANGER OK A SPLIT.
The danger of a split having been
bridged over, Frank Hurd, an out and out
free trader, when asked to-day if he
thought that there was any chance of an
agreement in caucus upon the resolution
modifying the Morrison bill and abolish
ing the internal revenue tax, said that the
first part of the resolution might meet the
approval of the caucus, but the abolition
ol the internal revenue was too sweeping
to pass. “1 am not wedded to the 20 per
cent, reduction,” he said. “What I want
is as much a reduction as I can get. If
I can’t get 20 1 shall do t.e best 1 can.
Ten would be better than nothing.
Air. Nichois, or Georgia, said that he
did not apprehend any serious division in
the party. “There are a few extreme
men,” he added, “who would, perhaps, if
permitted, make trouble, but they will not
be permitted to do that. Calm counsels
will prevail. A serious split in the party
now would cost us the Presidency, and
there is 100 much good sense and con
servatism among the members to throw
away such an opportunity as we have to
elect a President. No, Ido not fear a se
rious division.”
Among the plans discussed as the basis
of an agreement is one agreed upon by a
number ol Senators and members in con
junction. It is to correct incongruities
in the Morrison bill by limiting the 20 per
cent, reduction to such articles as now
pay from 80 to a 100 per cent., and making
a reduction of but 10 per cent, upon ar
ticles that now pay duty of from 20 to
30 per cent. In addition to this the plan
proposes the abolition of all the internal
revenue tax, except that on whisky,
which is to be allowed to remain as it is.
Speaker Carlisle and the free trade
members of the Ways and Means Com
mittee are in secret session to-night, dis
cussing the programme to be adopted at
the caucus to-morrow. Another meeting
of the opposition is being held at Mr.
Randall’s rooms.
LOUISIANA’S WORST FLOOD.
Tlie Record Beaten and the Water Still
Rising Steadily.
New Orleans, March 24.—A dispatch
from Baton Rouge says: “Since daylight
this morning it has rained continuously.
The river is now at the high water mark
of 1882. The Mulatto Point crevasse has
been abandoned, and no further effort has
been made to elose the opening. The
force at that point will be distributed
among the adjacent weaker, threatening
points. West Baton Rouge suffers to the
extent ot several hundred thousand dol
lars. Much uneasiness is felt concern
ing the levees in this section. General
complaint is made that pilots run their
boats too near shore, causing damage to
the levees. The break at Mulatto Point
is now two hundred ieet wide and fully
twelve feet deep. The Medora levee is
•reported gone. The backwater is steadily
encroaching upon the front, and there is
now but a narrow strip of dry land left.
Plantations never before overflowed arc
now under water.”
the highest on record.
New Orleans, March 24, 7 p. m.— The
river here is 1 inch above the rise of 1874,
the highest point on record.
MISSING t'H VRLIK M’COMAS.
Gen. Crook Convinced That He Died of
Cold :mI .Exposure..
Washington, March 24.—Gen. Pope
telegraphs from San Francisco to the Ad
jutant General of the army, his dispatch
being dated yesterday, as follows: “The
following dispatch of this date has just
been received from Gen. Crook: ‘A most
careful examination has been made, but
the general testimony of the Indians is
that Charlie MeCoinas was never seen
alive alter the fight In the Sierra Mad res.
The Indians scattered in everv direction
at the moment of attack. The country
there is indescribably rough. Tlie
sides of the fatuous are covered
with boulders and scrub timber
‘which effectually conceals any one
taking refuge in them. I am satisfied
that tlie Apaches hunted for him as they
promised to do, but a cold rain fell that
night, washing away his footprints so
that he could not be trailed, and there is
now every reason to believe that he per
ished from cold and exposure.’”
A CYCLONE IX CAROLINA.
Property Damaged, but No Loss of Life
Reported.
Columbia, S. C., March 24.—About
daybreak this morning a cyclone passed
over this county, three miles northwest
of this place, doing considerable damage
to farm property. Eye witnesses describe
tbe storm as approaching with a terrible
roaring sound aud bursting upon them in
all its iury almost immediately. The only
injury to persons so far as can be learned
occurred at the house ot G. T. Taylor
five miles north of Columbia. Hearing
the storm approaching, Taylor called his
wife, who sprang from her bed and ran
into the next room followed by her hus
band. Almost instantly the building was
leveled, and the heavy timbers pressed
Taylor and bis wife to 'the floor, not seri
ously Injuring them, however.
Hereditary Rights Renounced.
Berlin, March 24.—Paul Friedrich,
brother of the Grand Duke of Mecklen
berg-Schwerin, having been converted to
the Catholic faith, has renounced his
hereditary rights in favor of his younger
brothers and their offsprings. If the
brothers’ families become extinct the
throne is to revert to the family of Paul
Friedrich, provided the successor becomes
a Protestant.
A Boat Overturned and a Negro Drowned
Lynchburg, Va., March 24.—While
four men were crossing New river, near
Cripple creek, Wythe county, on Satur
day, their boat was swept against a tree
by the swift current and overturned.
AVm. Lackey, colored, was drowned and
the others barely escaped. L. D. Sexton,
paymaster for the contractors of the Crip
ple Creek Railroad, was one of the occu
pants of the boat, and lost S6OO in the
river.
A Monarcliial Victory.
Paris, March 24.—An election lor a
member of the Chamber of Deputies took
place yesterday at Castres, in the Depart
ment of Tarn. M. Abrail, a Monarchist,
received 9,205 votes, M. Dousset, Repub
lican, 6,508, and M, Ladeveza, the candi
date of tha workingmen, 1,004.
The People’s World-wide Verdict.
Burnett’s Cocoaine has been sold in
every civilized country, and the public
have rendered the verdict that it is the
cheapest ami best Hair Hressimj in the
world,
Burnett’s Flavoring Extracts are in
variably acknowledged the purest and the
best. I
RAVAGES OF THE FLAMES.
The Holmes Block at Jacksonville,
! Fla., Gutted to the Tune of $42,000.
Jacksonville, Fla., March 24.—Fire
this morning completely gutted the large
brick building on Bav street, known as
the Holmes block, occupied by V. Batto,
liquors; E. Hopkins & Cos., grocers; John
Dzialynski, cigar manufacturer; Dobbins
A- Cos., photographers, and Ashmead Bros.,
stationers. The loss is $42,000.
The loss is half covered by insurance.
The losses are as follows: On building
$9,000. insured for s6,soo;'Ashmead Bros.,
loss $lO,OOO, insured for $3,000; John
Dzialynski, loss $B,OOO, insured for $4,300;
Hopkins & Cos., loss $5,000, insured for
; $3,500; Batto, loss $4,000, no insurance;
Slager, loss $O,OOO, insured for $3,000. The
j insurance is distributed among various
companies. The North British and Mer
cantile has $3,000, the Liverpool, .London
and Globe $0,500, the Underwriters’
$4,000, the .Etna $2,500; the Home, New
York, $l,BOO, the Scotiish Union, $2,500.
The origin of the lire was accidental.
AT GREENVILLE, TEXAS.
Galveston, March 24.—A dispatch
from Greenville says: “An incendiary
tire early Sunday morning destroyed ten
wooden buildings on the east side of the
public square, and also the county jail
and engine house. The loss is $10,000.”
MATS A 1)A IN VINCI RLE.
Capt. Daly Quickly Landed on His ISack
iu Two Successive Bouts.
New York, March 24. —The wrestling
match forssoo aside betweenGapt. Janies
Daly, the heavy weight sparrer and
wrestler, and Matsada Sarachiki, the
Japanese champion, took place to-night
at Clarendon Hall in the presence of
several hundred spectators. Four falls
were to be wrestled—two catch-as-catch
can and two in Japanese' style. Daly
won the toss, and decided to try the
American style lirst. In 50 seconds after
time was called he was lying flat on his
back with the Jap astride of him. Iu the
second bout, which was according to
Japanese rules, he was less fortunate,
and found himself sprawling on the floor
at the end ot 10 seconds. Daly refused to
wrestle after this, claiming a foul, which
the referee would not allow, and the
match was awarded to Sarachiki. Daly
weighed 220 pounds, or 35 more than his
antagonist, and stood 0 inches higher.
ROSS THROWS M’LA UGH LIN.
Cleveland, March 24.—805 sand Mc-
Laughlin contested in a mixed wrestling
match lor the champiouship of the world
here to-night. Ross weighed 195 and Mc-
Laughlin 210. The first bout was Gr:eco-
Roman, and was won by Ross in fifteen
minutes, giving Ross the match and
stakes of $l,OOO.
CALLED IT MANSLAUGHTER.
A Verdict Which Gave Rise to an Roll
ing to Hang the Jury.
Cincinnati, March 24.—Win. Berne,
who has been on trial for the murder ol
William 11. Kirk, was this morning found
guilty of manslaughter. The verdict was
declared privately by the Judge, who
tried the case, to be an outrage, and the
jury, after leaving the court room, were
hooted at by the crowd, with suggestions
that they should he hanged.
STORY OF THE BRUTAL CRIME.
lvuck was killed in his stable bv a blow
from a hammer, robbed of about $lOO in
money, his body put into a wagon, Uauled
oil towards Cummingsvilie and dumped
into a mill stream,where it was found two
days later. Joseph Palmer and William
Berne confessed that they did the murder
lor robbery. When on trial Berne testi
fied that Palmer did the actual murder
while he only looked on ami got a share
of the money. The verdict is universally
condemned.
UNDER A NEW MANAGEMENT.
Tlie New York “Commercial Advertis
er’s” Future Policy.
New York, March 24. —The Commer
cial Advertiser, in its new editorial an
nouncement to-day, says: “With the pre
sent number of the Commercial Advertiser,
control of its columns passes into the
bauds of anew company, of which Parke
Godwin is President. This transfer will
make no essential change in the political
affinities of the journal, which will con
tinue to maintain its partv pref
erences, and maintain them as vig
orously as it can, but not iu
the spirit of (mere partisanship. The
true function of a public journal, as we
conceive it, is not to allow itself to be
made the handle of any party or clique,
but to reflect as tar as it can the most en
lightened opinions of the day, and to pro
mote those common interests of society
which are broader and deeper than the
interests of any of its constituent parts.”
GERMANY’S FESTIVAL.
Mr. Sargent Present at Bismarck's Fete
in Honor of tlio Emperor,
Berlin, March 24.—Prince Bismarck
gave a dinner to the diplomatic corps Sat
urday in honor of the Emperor William’s
birthday. Mr. Sargent, United States
Minister, was present. Lord Ampthill,
the British Ambassador, proposed the
healtti of the Emperor William, and
Prince Bismarck proposed a toast
to the represented sovereigns and nations.
The day was observed through Germany
with parades, banquets and festival per
formances in theatres, schools and bar
racks. At a banquet at Stuttgart a toast
to tbe Emperor was proposed by Queen
Olga.
At Darmstadt troops were reviewed by
the Grand Duke Ludwig.
At Strasburg tbe foundation stone of an
Imperial palace was laid.
SLASHED WITH A RAZOR.
Au Oil Feud in Pennsylvania Leads to
a Probable Murder.
Petroli A, Pa., March 24. —The Bowser
and Barnhart tactions, who are contest
ing an oil lease, had a terrible melee on
Saturday night near Iron City, in which
Bowser and an innocent man named
Andre were probably fatally cut. Three
of the Barnhart faction attacked Bowser,
one of them using a razor, and kicked
and slashed him horribly. Just as the
fight ended Andre passed by on his way
home. He was mistaken for one of Bow
ser’s friends, and was stabbed in the back
three limes. His condition this morning
was very critical. The trouble was due
to too much whisky. No arrests have
been made.
GOV. HAMILTON’S DANGER.
A Pistol Bullet Crashes Through His
Wlmlow—Suspicions of a Plot.
Chicago, March 24. —A dispatch Irom
Springfield, 111., says: “While Gov-
Ilamilton was in his oftioe at the State
house this afternoon a pistol bullet
crashed through a window in the Execu
tive mansion. A man at work in the vi
cinity asserts that the shot was fired by
a boy who was engaged in pigeon shoot
ing. But from the 'fact that an occur
rence precisely of the same nature pre
ceded it a short time ago, there are appre
hensions of a plot to assassinate the Gov
ernor.”
IRELAND AND THE IRISH.
Tlie Nationalists Defeated in tbe Elec
tions tor Poor Law Guardians.
Dublin, March 24.—The Irish Na
tionalists have been defeated in many
places in the elections for Poor Law
Guardians. This is notably the case at
Ballinglass, Parsontown and Tullamore,
where great efforts were made te oust the
ai>ti-ParnelliteB.
Ex-United States Assistant Treasurer
Cisco Head.
New York, March 24. —John JayCisco,
the well known banker, of the firm of
John Jay Cisco & Cos., died yesterday in
his 79th year. He was Assistant Treas
urer of the United States during the civil
war. He was appointed in 1854, and re
signed in 1804.
A Polish Poet’s Property Sequestrated.
Berlin, March 24.—The Imperial -tri
bunal at Leipsig has sequestrated the
property of the Polish poet, Krazewsky,
until charges of high treason against him
have been tried.
Gilfillan for New’s Place.
Washington, March 24.—James Gil
fillan, ex-Treasurer of the United States,
is mentioned as the probable successor of
John O. New, as Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury
A Newspaper’s Successes In Court.
London, March 24.—Mrs. AVeldon has
lost another case in her suit for libel
against the Daily Chronicle. The jury
brought in a verdict for the Chronicle,
LAWRENCE’S SENSATION.
THE ST. AUGUSTIN! AN" SUITS
COMMENCED.
Churchmen and Laymen Packing the
Court Room to Suffocation—Archbish
op Williams the First Witness—He
Failed to Forbid Deposits Because
He Thought the Society Would Weath
er the Storm.
Lawrence, Mass., March 24.—1n the
Superior Court this aiternoon, before
Judge Bacon, the first of the Augustinian
Society suits was called—that of Elleu
Lahey against the Augustinian Society
and the Archbishop of the diocese of
Boston to recover $l5O, for money loaned
by the plaintiff" to defendants in divers
sums and at sundry times. These thir
teen suits will be oi great interest to all
Roman Catholic communicants, inasmuch
as upon the result largely rests the tUle
to all the- Catholic Church
property in the diocese. It will
al9o affect the title of property neld lor
ecclesiastical purposes by some of the
Bishops of other denominations. The
court room was crowded to suffocation
with depositors and clergymen. Arch
bishop Williams was the first witness.
He testified that he was familiar with the
affairs of the In.maculate Conception
Church under the charge of the Augus
tinian Society. He knew that deposits
were received by all pastors of the church
since he became Bishop. He had not
only discountenanced the practice, but
had issued written protests against it.
He had raised, by mortgage on church
property, SIOO,OOO to pay depositors.
DECREES OF THE COUNCILS.
The decree of the Councils of Trent and
Baltimore were read. Bishop Williams
had been a member of tlie lutter council
iu iB6O. The decree which governed the
holding of the titles of church property
was that it lie held by the Bishop, who
had full administration of the same, in or
der that all matters pertaining thereto
should conform to the ecclesiastical law.
Provision was also made that priests keep
their own and church finances separate,
and not take money on deposit without
the written permission of the Bishop,
under whose control they were in
temporal and spiritual matters. When
the witness learned of the condition of the
funds ot the Augustinian Society he could
have told them to receive no more de
posits, but did not do so, anticipating that
the difficulties would be surmounted with
out resorting to insolvency. The witness
considered church property good security
for deposits. The revenue of the churches
and deposits were made a common lund,
but the accounts were kept separate.
Tbe church revenue always exceeded the
ordinary expenditures. The court here
adjourned. It is understood that the
prosecution aim to hold tlie Archbishop
solely responsible for the deposits made
with the Augustinian Society, because ol
his temporal and spiritual control over
that society.
THE PROPAGANDA’S PROPERTY
No Confirmation of the Report that the
American College will he Sold First.
New York, March 24.— 1 tis stated
upon high authority’ that no authentic in
formation has yet been received in this
city in regard to the rumored intention of
the Italian Government to sell the prop
erty of the American College at Rome.
The property forms but a small part of
that belonging to the propaganda, and it
is said that there is no ground for the
statement that it will be first sold. I)r.
John G. Shea, the well known historian
of tlie Catholic Church in this country,
claims that it is> the duty of the United
States Government to detend so much ol
the propaganda property at Rome as be
longs to, or was contributed by, American
Roman Catholics.
He basis this opinion upon historical
precedents, both in the case of the pro
ganda property in this country, when the
Catholic Church of California was ad
judged to have a valid claim against the
American Government for interference
with its property, and that this claim was
enforced by tbe u nited States, and in the
case of the confiscation of church proper
ty in France during the reign of terror
belonging to British subjects, when Eng
land demanded and obtained damages for
all property so confiscated. The rumors
in regard to the property of the American
College have caused no little comment
among Catholics in this city, but it is said
that no steps will be taken toward pro
tecting tbe property until more definite
information has beeu received in regard
to the intentions oi the Italian Govern
ment.
KHARTOUM SURROUNDED.
Communication Cut Off' from Kvery
Side ly the Enemy.
London, March 24.—The latest Egyp
tian advices indicate that the whole coun
try south of Berber Is in revolt. The reb
els have surrounded Khartoum on all
sides and cut off' ail communication with
that city. The situation of Gen. Gordon
is considered serious, but not alarming.
Two messengers have been sent from Ber
ber to Khartoum, carrying concealed
letters.
DIGNA DRESSED AS A DERVISH.
Suakin, March 25, 2 a. m.—Osman
Digna lias assumed the dress of a Der
vish. His followers are estimated at
from 10,000 to 15,000, and are exhorting
him to fight the third time with promises
ot success. It is expected that a battle
will be fought to-morrow. Admiral Hew
itt has disbanded the Abyssinian scouts
because they ttißashed Egyptians, and
has liberated female slaves and ordered
that runaways be restored to their mas
ters on the ground that the Egyptian con
vention allowing slavery remains in fdlee.
BUTCHERING A WIFE.
The Crime of au Illinois Farmer—
Lynching Threatened.
Chicago, March 24.—A special from
Petersburg, Ills., says: “Last night
Charles Houlden, a farmer living some
miles south oi here, quarreled with his
wife, knocked her down with an ax, cut
her throat from ear to ear and inflicted
numerous stab wounds in her breast. He
also severely cut in the band his son,
aged 12 years, who attempted to interfere.
Houlden then went to a straw stack in the
neighborhood, where he cut his own
throat, but did not inflict fatal injury, and
when he was found was arrested this
morning bv a posse. Threats of lynching
have been made.”
G KELLY’S RELIEF.
Slie .Advocates the Offering of a Ite
ward.
Washington, March 24.—The Chief
Signal officer of the army has received a
telegi am from a whaler at St. John, New
foundland, saying that the whalers now (
at that port are very anxious to go in
search of the Greely party, if it lie made
worth their while, and that it is reported
there that a reward has been offered.
Mrs. Greely, it is understood, is very de
sirous that the co-operation of tbe whalers
should be secured by means of a suitable
offer of pecuniary compensation in case
of success.
The Fall River Strike.
Fall River. Mass., March 24. —The
eighth week of the strike opened to-day
with little change to note m the situation.
The Slade mill, which resumed to-day.
started with several pairs ot mules and
160 looms and more help is expected to
report to-morrow. This makes eight of
the ten mills which struck eight weeks
ago in partial or full operation bv means of
knobstick help or purchased filling. The
strikers, however, show no inclination to
give in until their treasury is exhausted.
Gladstone’s Retirement.
London, March 24.—The Pall Mall
Gazette this afternoon says that the only
foundation for the statement made by the
Morning Post, that Premier Gladstone’s
resignation was withheld at the request
of the Liberal Association, is the fact that
Premier Gladstone’s illness is more seri
ous than was at first supposed. “But,” it
says, “Premier Gladstone’s cold is one
thing and the political crisis is another.”
A Receiver for a Railroad Asked.
Little Rock. March 24.—Application
on behalf of R. R. Dow and others, trus
tees, has been made in the United States
Court for a receiver for the Memphis and
Little Rock Railroad, on the ground that
no interest has been paid on the bonded
debt since January, 1822.
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PRESIDENTIAL STRAWS.
New England Democrats Who Favor
Tilden and a Tariff for Revenue Only.
Boston, March 24. —The Post, to-mor
row morning, will print several col
umns of short letters from Democratic
members of the Legislatures of Maine,
j New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetis
: and Connecticut, in which the writers
give their preferences lor Presidential
candidates, their first and second choice,
and also their views of tbe tariff question.
Tilden leads in each State save Massa
chusetts, where he and Butler are about
even. He is a strong favorite in Maine,
where also Greenback members are heard
from in favor of Tilden as first choice. In
Vermont,nearly every Democratic member
of the Legislature is for Tilden. On tbe
tariff question a majority of all heard
from are for a tariff for revenue only. In
each State an overwhelming majority
favor the Morrison bill and a gradual
reduction of tariff taxation. Of the mem
bers who declare unequivocally for the
continuance of the present high tariff two
are New Hampshire inen, three Connecti
cut, and one Massachusetts. Two New
Hampshire manufacturers favor an im
mediate reduction, and oue favors the
tariff" as it is at present.
A DARK’S NOBLE WORK.
Rescuing 4 3 Men from a Wrecked
Steamer and 4 from a Bark.
St. John, N. 8., March24.—The British
hark Antwerp arrived here to-day alter a
passage of eighty days from Londonderry.
About a month of time was consumed in
the rescue and landing of the crew of t’ue
wrecked steamer Cubana. The bark re
mained four days by the steamer, and
with great difficulty took oil' her 45 men,
who were afterwards landed at St.
Michael’s, Azores.
The Antwerp brought four seamen of the
British Lark Vancouver, hence for Liver
pool, before reported as having put into
St. Michael's in distress. From February
4 to s the Vancouver encountered severe
weather, which completely dismasted her.
During the storm Arthur McGill, a sea
man, was washed overboard and drowned.
The Vancouver will probably be con
demned.
WHERE ARE THE BONDS?
Tracing tbe Securities Stolen from a
Murdered Vienna Hanker.
That some ef the bonds stolen from H.
M. Eisert, who was killed in Vienna some
time ago, says Saturday’s New York
Times, were offered for sale in this city is
believed by persons prominent in the An
archist movements in this country, and
by others who have looked into the matter.
A cable dispatch states that the Vienna
police have evidence that some of the
money or securities stolen from Herr
Eisert was sent by Anarchists to Herr
Most in this country.
Johann Most was found last evening in
Reingart’s Hall, in Elizabeth, N.J.,where
a Socialistic mass meeting had been
called. He told the reporter that he had
already lieen shown the dispatch, and de
clared that it was utterly false. The story,
he said, had been concocted by Austrian
spies. He added: “Neither I nor any
other Socialist in this country know any
thing about the money or Eisert’s murder,
and I do not believe that the Socialists in
Germany know anything about it either.
I regard this story as a purely newspaper
sensation. There is a newspaper man in
thi9 city who claims to have studied the
Anarchists, and is said to be an authority
upon Socialistic and revolutionary sub
jects. He declares that he can see the
bonds that were stolen from Ilerr
Eisert in this city at any time, and
has promised to do so. He states
that a number of these bonds were
negotiated at the banking house of
Hagen fc Billings, in this eitv. This
statement is denied by Hagen & Billings,
who say they know nothing whatever of
the bonds. The bonds are supposed to
have lieen negotiated about two weeks
imo. About that time a boy entered tlie
banking officeof Charles Bischoff & Son,in
the Staats Zeitung building, and handed
to bookkeeper Straka a Kronpriuz Ru
dolph Railway bond, which is an Austrian
coupon bond. The suspicions of the linn
were aroused on looking at it, for the cou
pons did not bear tbe same number as the
boud itself. The boy said the bond had
been sent to him by a friend in Chicago.
Mr. Bischoff told the boy to write back to
Chicago and ascertain ’more about the
document. Some time afterward the boy
reappeared with a letter, which was not
satisfactory, and the bond was not pur
chased. Mr. Bischoff thinks that this
was one of the stolen bonds.
The murder of Eisert and his sons was
accomplished In the banker’s own bouse.
It was committed by two men. When
they entered the room Herr Eisert was
busilv engaged and his two little boys
were studying near by. The taller man
ot the two asked to have some money
changed, and when Herr Eisert turned
around be struck him on the head with
au instrument of some kind. Eisert
started for another room and the two men
tollowed. They struck down the govern
ess of the two boys, who got in the way,
and knocked the boys senseless with "a
hatchet. They theii assailed the pros
trate man with hatchets and knives.
Leaving him unconscious they went
back to the shop and' stole
bank notes and gold. Herr Eisert
recovered sufficiently to give a good de
scription ot the men. One boy died im
mediately aud the other died soon after.
Eisert’s description of the tall man tallied
with the appearance of a man bythename
of Hammerer, a well known Anarchist.
Kammerer lived in this city for 10 months
In 1879-80, with a cigar maker at No. 194
Eldridge street. He came here suddenly
and disappeared just as suddenly. While
here he organized a society of Anarchists
or revolutionists. It consisted of twenty
five mem tiers, and was called the “Black
Hand.” He is- described as a tall, robust
man, with deep set black eyes and dark
moustache. He is said to have had a wild
look, lie was then 20 years old.
An fx-United States Consul Sued.
Cincinnati, March 24.— Suit was
brought by United States Attorney ( ban
ning Richards to-day against David A.
Bailey, late United States Consul at Hong
Kong, to recover $38,000 said to have been
collected by him as Consul in fees and as
wages of seamen, etc., which he has not
accounted lor to the United States nor to
the individuals to whom it was due. A
suit has also been brought against his
bondsmen.
Tlie Kngliiili Franchise Hill.
London, March 24.—1n the absence of
Premier Gladstone from the House of
Commons to-day the Marquis of Harting
ton, Secretary of State for War, moved
the second reading of the franchise bill.
Lord John Manners, Conservative, moved
as an amendment that the House decline
to proceed further with this bill until it
has before it the entire scheme of reform
contemplated.
John Bright spoke in supportof the bill.
Spain’s Proposed Treaty with England.
London, March 24.—Dispatches from
Madrid state that Sir R. D. 31orier, tlie
British Ambassador to Spain, is coming
to London to report the proposals of the
Spanish government for the contemplated
commercial treaty with England, and for
an agreement between England and
Spain with reference to Morocco. This
last project is induced by the suspicious
manoeuvres of France in (regaad to
Morocco.
Mayor Lester in Washington.
WASHINGTON, March 24.—Mayor Lester
and committee arrived io-day to "look after
Savaunah’s interests. They were intro
duced around thecapitol to-day by Messrs.
Nicholls, Clements and Blount. They met
the members of the River and Harbor and
Public Buildings Committees. The dates
when they will be heard by those commit
tees are not yet fixed. They will be aided
in every manner possible by Mr. Nicholls.
Sailing Under False Colors.
London, March 24.—The Chinese ram
Nankin, which was detained in the Tyne
by the government while loading with
Armstrong guns, pending an inquiry as to
whether its departure would be a breach
of the laws of neutrality, has departed
under the German flag.
Yellow Fever on a Man-Of-War.
San Francisco, March 24.—Informa
tion has reached here that the yellow lever
has broken out on the United States
steamer Iroquois, now on her way to
Alaska.
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STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICERS
CLASH AT GALLIPOLIS.
The United States Authorities Recap
ture the Disputed Bridge Under Cover
of the Darkness—Two Hundred Citi
zens only Awaiting the Word to J6in
in the Fray.
Wheeling, W. Ya., March 24.—A spe
cial from Gallipolis says United States
Marshal Atkinson came down from Point
Pleasant Sunday afternoon, and reports
that he and four Deputies arrested before
daylight that morning twenty employes
of tlie Kevstone Bridge Company, among
them Superintendent Baird, and took
possession of the Ohio Central Railroad
bridge, which was barricaded at both
ends. The men were taken by surprise,
and surrendered at about 8 o’clock. The
employes of the Western Union Telegraph
Company went to work putting up wires
across the bridge. Warrants were issued
by the State and the workmen were ar
rested for working on Sunday. Prosecut
ing Attorney Monazee informed Marshal
Atkinson in the afternoon that warrants
had been issued for the arrest of the tele
graph workmen as trespassers, and an
effort will be made to make the arrests.
a riot imminent.
This will produce a collision between
the State and government. Threats have
been made that the men now under arrest
shall not go to jail, nor be taken out of
town. It the Marshal attempts to defend
the telegraph workmen a riot cannot be
averted. About two hundred persons are
ou hand ready for active hostilities at the
word of command, and it will be impossi
ble for five men, however resolute, to
stand against them. The cause ot the
trouble was the resistance ot the Keystone
Bridge Company to the jorder of Judge
Jackson, of the United States Court,
allowing Wes ern Union telegraph wires
to be put up across the bridge. The Key
stone Company built the bridge, and they
allege that they have not been paid as per
contract, and therefore have refused to
deliver the bridge to the railroad com
pany an l to permit telegraph wires to
be put up.
THE LINEMEN ARRESTED.
Cincinnati, March 24, It p. m.—A
special from Point Pleasant, \Y'. Va.,
says: “The Western Union linemen wiio
were engaged yesterday in putting a wire
on the Keystone Bridge Company’s bridge
were arrested this morning on'warrants
charging them with trespass, but were
released on bail. United States Marshal
Atkinson left for Parkersburg to-day with
the employes of the bridge company,
whom he arrested yesterday, ior the pur
pose of taking them before Judge Jack
son on si charge of contempt of court.
The contest is not between the telegraph
company anil the bridge company, but
between the receiver for the Ohio Central
Railroad Company and the bridge com
pany. The receiver employed the tele
graph company to put the wire across the
bridge.
THE STEWART ESTATE.
Suit Against Judge Hilton.
Alexander Stewart, of Cavendish, Vt„
by Benjamin F. Whelden, his guardian,
on Saturday last, says a New York
special, filed in the United States Circuit
Court a bill of complaint against ex-Judge
Henry Hilton, ol this city, for failure to
execute certain agreements made in con
sequence of the suits against the heirs-at
law of the estate of A. T. Stewart. The
complainant claims that, in con
sideration of a full release of all
his claims of the estate, ho was to
receive from ex-Judge Ililton a good
farm in Vermont, four line dresses for
his wile and daughter, an invalid chair
for his wife, and a large sum of money.
These agreements, he claims, were not
carried out, and that December 10, 1881,
while infirm in mind, lie was fraudulently
induced by Hilton’s agents to sign away
not only all his interests in the estate, but
in an action for damages then pending in
a Vermont court. He now asks that this
release and a former release made in Now
( York in 1879 be declared null and void, as
contrary to equity and good conscience,
and that Henry Hilton be required to per
sonally appear before the United States
Circuit Court and answer to seventeen
questions concerning the history of the
complaint.
Fir/. JOHN POUTER.
Senator Sabin’s Friendship for Him.
Certain Republican Congressmen have
been talking a great deal since the Senate
passed the Fitz John Porter bill. In the
first place, it was sent out that Secretary
Lincoln would resign if the President
signed this bill. Next it was telegraphed
all over the country that Mr. Arthur had
declared his intention of not giving it his
approval. But these assertions are un
qualifiedly denied by both the President
and Secretary. The latest movement is
on Senator Sabin. lie was friendly to
Porter before entering tbe Senate, and
voted for him. Some of the hot heads are
now trying [to get up a movement to
depose Sabin front tbe Chairmanship of
Hie Republican National Committee ou
the ground that no advocate of Porter can
expect to lead the Republicans. Sabin
doesn’t appear to be worried.
A Hoy ot* Gentle Kearinj? Killed.
Raleigh, N. C., March 24.—A soil of
Capt. J.itues Graham, at Graham,- N. C.,
while hunting was killed by the acciden
tal discharge of his gun. The deceased
was a grandson of Hon. William A. Gra
ham, formerly Secretary of the Navy.
Leo Not to l eave Koine.
London, March 24.— The Vatican or
gans declare that the report that >he Pojie
will leave Rome is not true. Tlie rumor
is believed to l>e a mun.iuvre to wrest a
concession from the Italian Government
in regard to the propaganda tide.
Tlie Green-Eyed Monster Again.
Chicago, March 24.—A Carmi, 111.,
special says: “Howard Gentry, a colored
farm hand, this morning shot and killed
his wife and then blew out hisown brains.
The double crime is attributed to jeal
ousy.”
England's Parsimonious Queen.
Berlin. March 24.— The German papers
reproach Queen Victoria with parsimony
for her intention to attend the marriage
of her granddaughter, the Princess of
Hesse, only privately.
Gen. McKenzie’s Successor.
Washington, March 24.—C01. David S.
Stanley will be appointed Brigadier Gen
eral ot the army, vice Brigadier General
McKenzie.
Killc;d by Bad Water.
Dublin, March 24. —Three soldiers ot
the Scots Guards, stationed at Dublin
barracks, have died from drinking impure
water. Four others are dangerously ill
from the same cause.
A Cotton Operator Falls.
New Orleans, March 24.—The failure
of A. G. Nicolopulo, cotton operator, was
posted at the Exchange this afternoon.
5o statement is made.
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