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s ESTABLISHED 1850.
) J. H. ESIILL, Editor and Proprietor, j
GEORGIA AXI) FLORIDA.
THE XF.YVS OK THE TWO STATES
TOED IN PARAGRAPHS.
Another Large Tract of Real Eitate at
Stake at Atlanta—Federal Officers Vis
iting the Old Rattle Ground at Atlanta
—Murder at Blacksliear.
OEORGIA.
The Bev. M. PattlUo.ot Rome,died Thursday
Light.
The price ol saloou lioenes at Rome will re
main at 1400.
George Sassen, a wall-known character of
Atlanta, is dead.
Talbotton lias received about 7,000 bales of
ootton this season.
A case of mumps has rendered a youDg man
iu Dodge county non com pot mentis.
There are several alum wells near Harlem.
People who use them say that the water
tastes very much like alum.
James Thomas, living near IJutler, is in jail
charged with raping the twelve-year-old
daughter of Drew Childress.
Picnic announcements are beginning to
crop out. One of the first of the season will
be held at Island shoals April 19.
An old negro named Henry Dudley was
killed near Hamburg by a sack of corn falling
upon him while lie was unloading a wagon.
Governor Vance has declined the honor of
being the commencement orator at Athens
University. It now falls upon Gen. Gordon.
The Clarke Light Infantry, of Augusta,
have accepted the invitation sent them bv the
Schuetzen Gesellsehaft. of Aiken, to partici
pate in the annual festivities on the 22d of
April.
A. P. Wade and Alleu Aspeuwall, brothers -
in-law, of Blackahear, had a difficulty a day
or two ago in which the latter was stabbed
and the former seriously hurt by blows on the
head with a board.
The Ranks county veterans will have
another reunion this summer. Secretary M.
L. McDonald has appointeda committee from
each company that went from Banks to meet
at Homer and make arrangements.
Should th" fair be held iu Macon this year,
one of the features will be a reunion of the
Twelfth Georgia Regiment. Mr. -V. T. John
son is the prime mover, and he is now waiting
to see w hat will be done with the fair.
The McDuffie county grand jury have ju-t
made their presentments. livery thing is re
ported iu a satisfactory condition. There is a
balance of $5,345 16 on iiamt. The jury refused
to recommend the adoption of the new road
law.
The Thoinasville Enterprise gets off the
following: “The only objection to calling
the‘annex’to the town proposed by Messrs.
Dam aud Colton •Damville,’ will be that the
inhabitants thereof will be known as ‘Dam
villiitns.’ ”
The Columbus Guards have received their
new uniforms. The eont is dark blue, trim
med with buff, and the pants are gray with
buff trimmings. The uniform is very liand>
some, and is said to lie much preferable to ttie
red coats formerly used by the cnuipaus .
Next Monday the Marietta barkeepers will
elose out their business at that place. The
prohibition law gives them until April 13, but
to sell after April 1 would require the paying
of extra license, and they feel that the ex
penses would exceed the profits for so short a
time.
J. J. Jackson, the well, known artesian well
borer of Albany, was severely pounded by
Jesse Beall at Albany Wednesday, the latter
charging Mr. Jackson with having insulted
his mother. Jackson denied the charge, but
did not prove as handy with Ids lists as the
warlike Beall.
S. &. Sweet, of the Albany Xetra anil Adrer
titer, received a telegram Tuesday morning
conveying the sad intelligence of the death of
his aged father in the State of Jndiaua. Mr.
Sweet is well known as one of the corresqioiifl
ents of the Mokmno News, and in his be
reavement will have the sympathy of a wide
circle of friends.
Jlrs. M. A. Greer, one of the oldest settlers
of DeKalticounty, died near Decatur on the
20th tnat. She married, live I and died in the
same house. She was married in 1829. There
were lawn to her thirteen children ami seven
ty-one grandchildren and great-grandchil
dreu. She was for forty-eight year- a con
sistent member of the Primitive Rapti-t
Church.
The poisoning of Thomas J. Branded, of
Rabun county, bv his wife, ha- proven to lie a
hoax. Bramtett lias gone crazv from trouble
with the revenue nffict rs and imagines his
wife is trying to imiscu him. He is now hid
out in the mountains and trying to steal his
children. His wife is a n;es ladv and has to
be guarded by her brothers. Bramlett's fam
u"y believes his tale of the poisoning and keen
him supplied with provisions.
The w'/wrenton Clip we says: “Hon. W. G.
Bra,ldy, of C l, a>‘'-ocK county . states that a buz
—oar.— a lain' over hi- neighborhood which
he has been seeing >r the last thirty year-. It
is identified by a broken Gg. * lll may b- re
garded as an incredulous ni'tfnient in some,
but Mr. ltraddy is a gentleman 7*‘ Unquestion
able veracity, and his assertion is sustained by
the fact that the longevity of a buzzar,. re
ported by scientists to approximate 100years.'
The peaceful inhabitantsof Warrentou have .
for some time past been greatly annoyed by a
party of wags who delight iii arousing the
town from lls midnight slumbers by clanging
atl the public bells in the place. La-t .Satur
day night, however. Marshal Ed tody came
near catching the ringers. He fired three
shots at them as they wi re retreating in the
distance, bat was too far off to do any dam
age. The Town Council are determined to
slop the nuisance if ic costs an inquest.
The following is from the tVarrenton
Clipper-. “Our farmers are fearfully behind
in their work. Large fields of corn that have
been planted will have to be replanted on ac
count of the washing rains, and the ground
continues so wet as to render all field opera
tions impossible. Unless there ts an early
chaugc in the weather, the acreage of corn
will be small, and preparation of cotton lands \
greatly retarded. The prospects now are. ;
that this will be an unpropitiouo year with
fhe farmers."
I’he Jaek-on Arjue says: “Mr. 4.1 .Smith, j
of Black Ankiedistrict, this county, narrowly
escaped a serious loss one day last w eek. He
had driven two fine mules to High Falls Mill,
and w hile crossing the bridge, the mules be
came frightened mid began to back the wagon
on' the same, and hut for the timely arrival of
Mr. Winn, tlie mules and wagon would have
been thrown from the bridge and Wen a total
loss. The Load, consisting of tenor twelve
bushels of corn end wheat, the body and hind
wheels were dumyd into the river below,
and were taken out in - damaged condition.”
Gen. John W. Fuller, who commanded the
fourth division of the Sixteenth corjis in tlie
*, uv of Tennessee during the siege of 41-
j“‘" with Got. M. Churchill, of the Twentv-
Ohio, who was in hi• division, spent
I imr i .v bjpfcmgover the battlefield of the
'these gentlemen were engaged
in the heaviest tight on th.w svy
nen'r wlnre,^ l --' M-'l’herson was killed,
\cr\ mmi \viivii v. • 1.,. *fl..-
amt w ere eonimandn. H J , ,' q . -
Gen W II T Wall cr 'VO. Gate, and GCU.
Cleburne, m'the hlo'odv <ißeou"ter where
Gen. Walker lost Ins life. C “'\ VfV ,r h j
buried twenty-six of liis regime -Jj <r 1
day's battle and w as himself women 1 '
Henry Foster, the 12-year-old son of a ' ,I ”L
log raj. her at Trion Factory, took liis dog a.*
gun Tuesday and went hunting, lie failed to
return home and a search resulted Wednes
day in the finding of the boy’s dead body iu ;
Chappcl creek, half a mile distant from the
factor'. . An examination of the body showed
that the deceased had been -hot in the temple
by a charge of buck-hot, which had blown a
hole tu Ins temple, into which a lady might
thrust her hand. Fifty yards further up the j
creek from where the body was found, the
searchers fouud the boy's shot and powder
pouch, ami ou the bauk near these were signs
of a souffle amt clots of blood. The bov's dog,
was his constant companion, ami which :
trie' SMS with him Tuesday afternoon, aud ;
his gu."' can nowhere be found.
Someo* the stockholders of the old south- i
eru K.ulwX' Security Company, believing ;
that thev w\‘ >re 1101 treated fairlv in the set- ■
tlement oi the .“-ompany’s affairs, have brought j
Miir-ii vtWnfi the Atlanta ueal rotate ;
company Ui recSve'v vast tract of suburban |
property in the rear "and the Second and Third |
w ards, now held hv tl."'-‘ Atlanta Leal K-tate ,
Company, valued all the' way froni $200,000 to ,
♦600,000. The property wa s originally held hi
the Southwestern Company, tud the plaintiffs j
—the Atlanta National Bank, C. Jackson, .
of Knoxville: Susan E. Colcm'* u * °* Knox
v file, and Charles J. Martin, of c ..'atlanooga— j
expect to prove the sale illegal. *ne niter- ,
ests of the plaintiffs aggregate $107,00-”• divided
as follow-: Atlanta National Bank, **o,0lH); ;
Mrs. Johnson, 40,000; Charles J. Martin.
8100; R. C. Jackson, $3,000.
The Columbus linns of Wednesday say At j
“The Eagle and Pheuix Mills have been com- i
pelted to suspend operations for four or live ;
davs on aeeouut of high water. If it lie true. ,
as some of our mill men aver, that tlie world
now possesses cotton goods sufficient for the j
next three years'demand, even if every mill :
in the world was stopped for that length of j
time, this Interference would possibly not be j
damaging to the stockholders, but the opera
tives, whose daily bread depends upon their !
daily labor, are not a little distressed. The j
..try summer and fail of last year indicated,
with almost unerring certainty, excess of rain \
at this season, and no one is surprised at re- ;
suits. The laboring poor, however, have not
heretofore been accustomed to lose short peri
ods of tune in such rapid succession, amt it
mav, and probably will, very materially affect
both their exchequers and larders.”
Monday a Webster county correspondent of
the Americas Republican wrote as follows:
"Wlmt are folkt to do about cyclones? They
are becoming disagreeable, if not dangerous.
We had one on the Jeuhtha Pickett place this
morning aliout 4 o'clock. It made a.dip about
200 yards south of the house and made things
lively in its track you may depend. 1c cut a
gash in a couple of rail fences and a wedge
shaped point of piney land about (ii yards
wme. The centre of the circle was not over
20 feet wide, but it cleaned off the earth in
That space as effectually as a flood 40 feet
deep and rushing at a speed of 20 miles in as
many minutes might have done. Every tree
m this track was twisted off or forced up by
the roots. Fifty or sixty trees were prostrated.
The family were greatly alarmed, and no
more sleep was enjoyed that night. It went
x yelping towards Amerieus, doing but little
harm here.”
The Brunswick Herald says: “.According to
the charier of the city of Brunswick, as
amended b’v the Legislature of 1878, the City
Council has No power to assess a higher rate
of taxation for any purpose than l’ j per cent.
Under the charter adopted by the Legislature
the rate ot taxation was originally limited to
* cent, per auiinm. By act of the Legis
lature, passed in 1874. corporations were al
to tax themselves, in addition, by a
°i tw o-tUircls ot the legal voters. But the
charter, passed in 1878, limits taxa
n!t.’ r. a " Purposes, to IU per cent, per au
“• “ones, if till* view be correct the elec-
( Hk Jknnwnalt jjjttrnkg Jfem
; tion ordered by Council for the artesian well
would have amounted to nothing. And it is
i unnecessary now, since the Council has prac
tically ordered the preliminary preparations
to be made and levied taxes, that it is believ
; ed will be sufficient for the purpose of digging
| an artesian well.
| Wednesday’s Columbus Sun prints the fol
lowing: “The Montgomery Advertiier has
the following te say in reference to the chal
lenge of the Montgomery Greys by the Colum
bus Guards: ‘The challenge was declined,
and very properly, by the Greys. Self respect
forbade" their acceptance. The reflections
upon the judges by the Guards themselves
rendered it impossible for the Greys to have
accepted, which would have been tantamount
to indorsing these reflections. If the Guards
are really anxious to test the proficiency of
the Greys, let them compete with the latter
in the ihter-State military drill at Houston,
Texas, iu May next; or other military con
; tests announced iu the papers will afford still
; another opportunity without going so far from
home.’ The Guards expect to be present at
the Houston contest; but, in the meantime, if
the Greys are really anxious to meet th
! Guards they have only to name the time and
| place.”
The Albany S'ewt savs: “It is well known
bv most of our citizens that the first artesian
well w hich Mr Jackson commenced to bore
for the city was abandoned for some reason
at a dentil of five or six hundred feet, and
when the water had risen in it almost to the
! surface. This well, which is within three or
: four feet of the famous mineral w ell, is eased
i down to the bottom. The water iu this well
j has never been analyzed, but those who have
l drank it say it is more strongly im
pregnated with sulphur than is the
: water in the deeper well, and
there has been a desire upon the part of mauv
j of our citizens for a longtime that this well
i should he re-opened and utilized by having a
m:mp placed iu it. The City Fathers have at
: last decided to gratify that desire, and the
.Mayor has been authorized to have the work
! done. The water in tills well may prove to lie
more valuable, as a mineral water, than that
of the famous well that was bored deeper,
and that caused it to tie almost forgotten.”
The grand jury of Butts county recommend
the construction of anew jail, and say tiiat
' any one whose health should be impaired by
reason of confinement In the present struc
ture w ould have good ground on which to sue
the county for damages. Thomas S. Ham
mond aud David N. Carmichael are recom
mended to HU the two places ou the jury
which will be vacated by expiring terms in
June next. The jury recommended that 8
|>tr cent, be Icviqd ou the State tax as a court
house fund, 25 per cent, as a pauper fund, 73
per cent, as a bridge fund,per cent, to Coro
! er. Id per cent, as jail fund, 30 per cent, as
commission for officers, 43 per cent, as a gen
eral fund, 15 per cent, to pay jurors and
1 per cent, to pay poor school accounts.
They recommend that the cost of the new
j jail shall not exceed slihk). “We recommend
i that said jail house be built with a view of
| having irou cages plaited in it for the security
I of prisoners, and that the house be built to
! meet any emergency of the county, but do
| not think it would be necessary to put but one
i or two iron cages in at present but add others
j as they may become necessary. We further
recommend that tlie Ordinary issue county
| orders for the payment for the building o"f
I said jail house in two equal payments, ma
turing one and two years from date of con
tract for the building of said jail, with inter
est at 7 per cent, from date. We further
recommend that should said jail be built tiiat
the Ordinary dispose of the old iail to the
best advantage.”
The grand jury of Appling county recom
mends that the county Board of Commission
ers he abolished. They charge the contractor
who lias charge of the poor house with not
properly caring for his wards, and thus vio
lating Ins contract with the county. They
recommend tiiat James I!. Gourson, William
I C. Parker and Dr. B. IL l’attcrson lie ap
pointed to look after the inmates of the poor
i house and see ttiat they are properlv cared
' for. amt, further, that the committee be re-
I quired to visit the poor house at least once a
month, and that they receive |1 per day for
iheir services. There is a balance of 55,216 11
| in the County Treasurer's hands. Among
I (lie recommendations are the follow ing-
We recommend that Hob. R. t. Williams,
Judge of t lie County Court, he paid SSB per
month for liis services, and that he employ his
own clerk out of his salary. We also recom
mend that all fines and forfeitures and money
realized from the hire of the convicts that lias
been received or may hereafter he received be
l'-'iid into the C'ounfy Treasury. We also re
commend that the Sheriff and jurors be paid
out of the County Treasury for their services
• n the County Court the same as thev are now
paid for services in the Superior Court. We
recommend tls at our Ordinary, Judge Tillman,
l: authorized to purchase a safe for tlie use
of liis office, said safe not to cost more than
♦250. Inn that he purchase one for less money
if In* ear get one to suit liis purpose. We
recommend that the late road law. made
during the session of 1882 and 1883 of the
Georgia Legislature, he adopted as the road
law of this county. We recommend the fol
lowing named gentlemen as Commissioners of
Roads, to wit: B. 11. Patterson, G. B. Tip
inns, Joseph MUlikin. Lafayette Johnson, and
James G. Stewart. We recommend that the
tax money raised last year for the purpose of
building a court house be placed in some safe
bank, at the legal rate of interest, for twelve
months. We recommend one-half of 1 per
cent, as a County tax for this year."
The Cobb county grand jur\ recommended
tiiat the members ofour next General Assem
bly take such steps as may secure tlie repeal
or the act creating a Board of Commissioners
and Revenues for that count}- as thev feel tiiat
the salaried officers of tlie county, are becom
ing too numerous. The grand jury also gays:
“while on the subject of public roads, we feel
coustralueq say something in regard to the
attitude of a targe number of our people on
the subject of road working. The citizens of
this State have ever borne a high reputation
for tolerance and conservatism, uniformly
re.'Ognizmg tlie authority andauajesty of tier
laws. It is a matter of profound regret that
for the ilrt time in the h.story of our
county, that our citizens felt themselves
aggrieved to an extent that appPlirs
to manifest itself iu an almost open
disregard to authorized legislative enact
ments. To simply declare sucli cusm.ocnts
void because inoperative, appears to this body
an unwise precedent. Tins state of affairs
seems to this body as custodians of tlie peo
ple's rights and of the supremacy of the laws
of the state, should look carefully into this
matter and give their opinion modestly and
respectfully as their duty demands. The
trouble grew out of an act of our last General
Assembly, entitled an act to provide an addi
tional system of working roads in this State.
Now it is questionable to this body whether a
tax called a commutation tax (other than one
of 10 per cent. oi> State tax for non-perform
ance of militia duty; that is neither recog
nizable as special specific, ad i alorem or per
capita is within the province of legislative
prerogative, and to this body it appears still
more questionable as to its application to ■
minors. Recognizing (and appreciating
also the fact that thi> body lias no power to
interfere with or judge of the constitution
ality of an act of the Legislature, yet having
the "interest and peace of our county at heart,
respectfully ask that your Honor direct the
Solicitor General, as a public otti or, to make
such i-ax. as may enable your Ilouor to pass
upon tlie constitutionality ( ‘,f said act, hoping
thereby to preserve the integrity of the law
Cpd the well being and loyalty of our citizens
thereto. This body fully appreciates the im
portance of good roads and their direct bear
ing upon the prosperity amt haupiness of our
people, and believe ;hev arc willing io do
their Utmost to obtain therii i'ith few excep
slid ii> any event of the Issue low lie
for'i i v< * l ,co l' Ie this body recommends tiiat
.. j , ' -loners of Reads and Revenues,
f r nhrioiis allow tlm overseers of
roads to use tliei.' ‘Limretion in working their
”s,mc\?ve roads, so - md to injcrfcrc wiih
tlie more important biio preparing
land and planting crops.”
FLORIDA.
The schools in Apopka have closed for the
summer.
An Orphans' Home ts beiug advocated at
Jacksonville.
William Lo.wuues Calhoun, a young lawyer
of Palatka,(lied of consumption near tiiat city
Thursday, in the 28tli year of liis age.
The City Council of St. Augustine is dis
cussing ah ordinance forbidding the erection
of barbed wire fences along the streets.
The new Methodst Episcopal Church edifice
at I.ake George was dqdicatcd in accordance
with tlie ritual of that church last Sunday.
Mrs. Hannah Hutchinson, willow of Mr.
Charles Hutchinson, long a prominent figure
in Putnam county, died at Crescent City on
the 22d inst.
Last week Governor Bloxliam sold his plan
tation to Charles J. F. Allen, Esq., of Louis
ville. Ky. This property lies near the city of
Tallahassee, and contains upwards of twelve
hundred acres of fertile land.
A Chinaman who claims to have takcu out
naturalization papers at Fernandina applied
for registration at Jacksonville Wednesday.
His request was not granted, as be had no
papers to prove liis statement, but he says
that he will send for them.
Albert Gier, of New York, on his place at
fsikt Worth, lias in seven years got grow
ing'and hearing, oranges, lemons, limes, cit
rons. bananas, cocoanuts, pineapples, star
apples, Miines apples, Jamaica apples, sap
poatllas mangos, >x,ur sops, coffee, alligator
pears, Japan plums, dates, paw-paws, Span
ish limes. Cayenne rheme- tamarinds, al
monds aud a number of ornamental trees,
shrubbery and dowers.
At Jacksonville Wednesday night W. W.
Thomas, the Assistant Signal (llliccr at Jack
sonville. while going home was attacked by a
negro highwayman, who emerged from "the
shadows of the trees along the sidewalk. Mr.
Thomas fired at the negro, who jumped be
hind the trunk of a tree. Mr. Thomas called
for someone to assist him in arresting tlie
highwayman, and as he broke and ran Mr.
Thomas fired three shots at him.
The Jacksonville Herald says: “Arrange
ments are about perfected to ruu a telegraoh
line from this city to Palatka. along the line
of the newly-constructed railroad, and also
one along the line of the railroad from this
citv to Bt. Augustine, crossing the river by
cable. The railroad company’s line from this
city to Fernandina is about completed. At
present the cable fot the St. Augustine wire
is at Tocoi. and dispatches from this city for
St. Augustine have to take that n.apd about
route instead or direct across the country be
tween the two points, More business in the
office et St. Augustine was transacted this
winter mat ever before.’’
Henry's Carbolic Salve.
The best salve used in the world lor
Cuts, Bruises, Piles, Sores, Ulcers,
Salt Rheum, Tetter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all kinds of Skin
Eruptions, Freckles, and Fimpleg. The
Salve is guaranteed to give perfeet satis
faction in every case. Be sure you get
Henrv’s Carbolic Salve, as all others are
but imitations and counterfeits,
AT THE NATION’S CAPITAL
THE SENATE FAVORS OFFERING
THE GREELY REWARD.
Senator Brown Looking After Georgia's
Interests—Mr. Lamar Delivers a Long
Address in Favor of the Blair Bill-
No Important Action In the House.
W ashington, March 28. —On motion
of Mr. Hale the Senate to-day agreed that
when it adjourns to-day it be to Monday
next. Mr. Painter, from the Committee on
Woman’s Suffrage, reported favorably the
; joint resolution proposing an amendment
to the constitution to extend the right of
suffrage to women. Mr. Cockrell said
that this was the action of a major
ity ot the committee. The minority of
the committee would hereafter present
their views. The resolution was placed
; on the calendar.
Mr. Plumb’s resolution ottered yester
day, calling on the Secretary of the
Treasury for intormation relating to the
unpaid portion of the war tax of ISGI, was
agreed to.
The Senate read three times and passed
the bill authorizing the Secretary of the
Navy to issue a proclamation offering a
reward of $25,000 to be equitably paid or
distributed to any private ship or person
rescuing Lieut. Greely’s partv.
Mr. Brown introduced a bill to require
the payment in cash of $30,553 42 appro
priated for said State by an act to refund
to the State of Georgia certain money ex
pended by said State for the common de
fense in ITTT, approved March 3, 1883. In
introducing the bill Mr. Brown said that
the bill was passed last year, and re
ceived the President’s signature,
but the Comptroller of the Treasury
had decided that the money could not be
paid, as a direct war tax stood charged
to the State. This bill was to direct that
the will ot Congress should be executed
notwithstanding the decision of the
officers of the Treasury. The bill was
referred to the Committee on Claims.
Air. Morgan said that several Southern
States were interested in the question
involved owing to the rulings of depart
ment officers. He hoped that the com
mittee, when acting on it, would report a
general bill to cover the whole subject.
He did not think that appropriations for
the benefit of a State should tie met by
decisions of officers of the Treasury
charging up that tax against the States'.
Whatever was done in the State of Georgia
should apply to all Southern States. Con
gress had not required them to pay that
tax.
MR. LAMAR IN FAVOR OF THE ULAIR
BILL.
The educational aid bill came up, and
Air. Lamar addressed the Senate in suji
port of it. He had given serious conside
ration, he said, to the constitutional ques
tion involved, and had no doubt ol its con
stitutionality. Any other interpretation
of it would, in his be reversing
the settled policy of the government.
The refinements of distinction that
had been drawn between land grants
and money grants he did not
sympathize with. It was not aid
to the States that was unconstitutional.
Unconstitutionality began when there
was an Intervention of the General Gov
ernment in the rights and functions of
the States. The objections of the Senator
front AI issonri (A1 r. N est) to the statement
in the bill that reading, writing and arith
metic should be taught did not seem to
Air. Lamar to be well founded. These
words were words of description and sim
ply showed the purpose of the bill. Air.
Lamar saw in these words no in
dication of Federal intervention in
tlie functions of the States. Indeed, he
rather thought that if there had been any
tendency to such intervention the pas
sage of this bill would have a tendency to
arrest it. Mr. Lamar had watched with
intense interest and solicitude the progress
of this educational scheme since its first
appearance in another form in the other
House of Congress. In his opinion it.
was the first step taken by
Congress in regard to the question
in the United States, and would have a
more decisive effect upon that question
than the 13th, 14th or 15th amendments,
unless this measure was to be considered,
as Air. Lamar thought it should, it should
be considered the logical sequence of those
amendments. It was a measure fraught
with almost unspeakable consequences to
the people oi the South. Apart from the
question of the money involved it would
give to common school education in that
section an impetus that it had never be
fore known.
A STIMULATION TO SOUTHERNERS.
Air. Lamar said that it would stimulate
the people to grapple with the difiieuity
in the presence of which they had stood
appalled. The war had overthrown all pre
existing conditions and schools and col
leges suffered with the rest. The histori
an Guizot, in one of his essays, had said
that the overthrow of the political insti
tutions of the country was like the swal
lowing up of a city, and that it would be
as difficult to rebuild one as to resurrect
the other. Yet the people of the South
made that effort and had taxed themselves
to a rate equal to the rate of taxation ot any
other country. This magnanimous meas
ure would infuse new hope into the peo
ple of the South. It would be a manifes
tation of respect and affection for them,
and would dispel whatever impression
past events tnay have produced tending
to show that this government stood in an
attitude of austere severity toward them.
The idea tiiat the amount was too large to
be profitably applied, Air. Lamar said,
was a mistaken one. The South hail
school houses enough, teachers enough,
and ample material for making teachers.
Because the South did not afford the same
variety ol" occupation as did the North,
all that was wanted was money with
which to employ them.
DISTRUST DEPRECATED.
Air. Lamar would very much regret if
one of the suggested amendments should
be adopted, viz: that which provided that
the money should be administered ly
agents of the Federal Government. It
would give to the measure a harshness
unworthy of its great purpose, and would
change its whole aspect and character,
for it would in a certain sense be a re
enactment of the color line. The surest
way to beget distrust was to entertain
distrust. The surest way to make the
people of the South ’ stand aloof
was to make them feel dis
trusted. Distrust would be entirely
unfounded. The welfare of those people
was bound up with the welfare and edu
cation of the colored people. Air. Lamar
quoted the opinions of distinguished
Northern educators going to show that
the SoCth had shown extraordinary
energy in the establishment and support
of common schools, and had been im
pdrtial in its administration of them in
respect to races. Among the opinions
cited waa one expressed by Dr. Alayo, of
Boston, who had said that the educational
revival at, the South to-day was as great a
revival as that which teok place in New
England in the days of Horace Mann.
TWO FRIENDS OF EDUCATION.
Afr. Lamar felt sure that if the honor
able Senators had known of the facts re
cited, and the opinions expressed by such
gentlemen, they would not have given ex
pression to some ol the views which had
been heard in the course of this debate.
Here Mr. Hoar interposed to say that he
was happy to be able to bear testimony to
the fact that the name of Dr. Alayo de
served to be ranked with that of Horace
Mann himself for what he had done for
the common school education.
Mr. Latnar expressed his thanks to the
Senate front Alassachusetts for the tri
bute. The adoption of such an amend
ment as he had referred to would
introduce an element of discord
into the operation of the act, for there
would be contlieting authorities. Tpe
agencies selected by the bill as it stood
were agencies having the confidence of
the people, whereas any other agency
would place the administration of the act
in tae hands of strangers responsible to
no restraints of local public sentiment,
and men who would be apt to be moved
bv political considerations rather than by
tlie interests of education. This measure,
as he had said, would be a decided step
towards a settlement of the difficulties
growing out of the question of races.
Most of the conditions that had grown out
of that question had been the difficulties
of education. Remove these and the
simpler element of the problem would
come into view.
WHAT LIBERTY IS.
Mr. Lamar did not believe.that a free
people could be made out of an ignorant
multitude. Liberty could wait to be
enacted by statute law. Liberty was a
moral and intellectual force. It was the
outcome of the people’s thoughts, habits
and sentiments, and people who were in
ignorance would not be free, notwith
standing the statutes. They would be
6laves to their passions. Laws were but
the material expression of thought. The
lnne light and life of the people, and the
liberty, which wag the culmination of all
physical and mental development, could
not be conferred by a power from without,
but was reserved by God Almighty for the
brave, the true, the intelligent Rnd the
tanking human being. £o State could
SAVANNAH, SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1884.
stand secure but on the ground of right,
virtue, knowledge and truth. Mr. Lamar
was no optimist. He had np visions of
rapid strides in the education of the col
ored race. Dense ignorance, even with
this measure, had to be met, and what
ever trouble the work might entail it was
one that all the people, North and South,
would take pleasure in directing—a work
of guiding that great mass in the slow but
onward and upward path.
Mr. Harrison read from the reports of
the Superintendent of Education of Mis
sissippi to show the scarcity of teachers
there, and contrasted the statement with
Air. Lamar’s remark that enough teachers
could be had.
Mr. Lamar replied that it was merely a
question of money with which to pay
them. Good teachers could not be had
without proper compensation.
ITS CONSTITUTIONALITY AGAIN DE
FENDED.
Mr. George made a strong and elaborate
argument iu favor of the constitutional
ity of the bill, basing it upon the general
welfare clause. He took up seriatim and
analyzed the objections that had been
made to the measure, and whether look
ing, he said, at the abstract principle in
volved, or at the history of the United
States and the precedents afforded for this
action of Congress, he could find no rea
son for opposing it, but on the contrary
every reason for favoring it. As to the
point made by some Democratic Senators
that the bill was objectionable because it
prescribed the branches to be taught,
the objection was not tenable, he said,
because the prescription was merely as
serting that the pyramid should stand on
its base and not on its apex. It required
that the elementary and fundamental
branches should be taught. It was a sim
ple requirement that, not differential cal
culus or metaphysics, but reading, writ
ing and arithmetic should be taught. It
was a gift by the United States, on con
ditions subsequent to be performed bvthe
States. The honor of the separate States
was a pledge of the perfonnance.of the
conditions. He admitted that Congress
could not grant money to a
State on a condition which would
involve the surrender of its functions, as
that it should surrender its representa
tion in Congress or its separate political
existence. Air. George said that he had
always opposed and would continue to op
pose centralization, but he could not shut
his eyes to irrevocable facts. He had
once believed that a State bad a right to
secede from the Union. lie believed now
that the right had then existed, but it had
been irrevocably lost—lost amid the clang
of arms and the of war. He bail
once denied that the Federal Government
was the judge of its own power, yet
that had been firmly established.
OriNIONS OF THE PAST.
“These opiuions,” said Mr. George, “I
have surrendered, however unwillingly.
I will not feed on the dry hubks and
emasculated remains of constitutional
theories, which, however respectable they
tnay have been, now no longer control or
influence the government or destinies of
this great nation. We live in the present;
we are actors in the present; we must
meet the demands of the present. The
world moves, and we must move with it.
I will not pass my life in dreamy con
templation ot the beauties and excellen
cies of obsolete theories nor mere
abstractions, and in picturing the bene
fits and glories which might have
come from their observance. It is enough
to know that they are no longer potent for
the good or evil of this Union, aud while I
may cast a tear over their tomb, I will
not siiend my life in administering at tin
altars which have been erected to them.”
On the conclusion of Air. George’s re
marks, a motion to adjourn was made,
which Air. Blair opposed, and, by callin'-'
the yeas and nays, defeated, only to be
disappointed, however, by the success of
a motion immediately made to go into ex
ecutive session. He expressed a wish
that the session might be prolonged, in
order that the debate might progress as
far as possible, as he did not wish the
friends of the measure to be put in a po
sition of seeming to have wasted public
time, yet a vote would soon be necessary.
After the executive session the Senate
adjourned to Alonday.
IN THE HOUSE.
In the House to-day Air. Anderson, of
Kansas, introduced a concurrent resolu
tion for the final adjournment of Congress
at 12 o’clock ou the 2d of June, IS4. it
was referred to the Committee on Wavs
and Means. After the transaction of some
unimportant miscellaneous business, the
House proceeded to the consideration of
private bills.
Air. Tucker, of Virginia, reported ad
versely from the Committee on Judiciary
the bill for the relief of AYilham AlcGar
rahan. It was laid on the table.
The House at 1:15 o’clock went into
committee of the whole ou the private
calendar.
Two hours were consumed in discussion
of the bill for the relief of certain soldiers
of the late war from the charge of deser
tion, and it was finally laid over without
action, and at 4:10 o’clock the committee
rose and the House passed a number of
private relief bills.
Air. Randall moved that when the
House adjourn it be to meet Alonday
next. About twenty members were op
posed to this motion and they nianitested
their opposition by raising the point of
no quorum and it was only by the casting
ot the Speaker’s vote that the motion was
finally carried. The House then took a
recess until 7:80 o’clock, the evening ses
sion to be lor the consideration of private
bills.
The House in the evening session passed
twenty-two pension bills and adjourned
to Monday.
THE PROPAGANDA’S SALE.
The American College Acknowledged to
l>e Exempt.
AY ashington, March 28.— S6cretu*y
Frelinghuysen has been notified by United
States Minister Astor, at Rome, that the
property of the American College has
been exempted lrotn the sate of the pro
perty of the Propaganda.
AN APPEAL TO ARTHUR.
The attention of President Arthur was
called several weeks ago by Cardinal Mc-
Closkey and other eminent Roman Catho
lic prelates in this country to the proposed
sale by order of the Italian government
of the Propaganda property at Rome, in
cluding the American College. The Pro
paganda property was levied upon by the
Italian Government under the laws of
1866 and 1873. The proceedings were en
joined by the Lower Court, but its de
cision was eventually reversed by the
Supreme Court of the Kingdom and
the sale was -.ordered. With a view
to saving the American College
Cardinal McCloskey and other prelates
of the Roman Catholic Church in this
country requested the intervention of the
United States Government in its behalf.
By direction of the President, the Secre
tary of State addressed a note to Mr.
Astor, United States Alinister to Rome,
instructing him to lay the facts in the
case before the government of the King
of Italy and endeavor to obtain, if not a
perpetual abandonment of the impending
sale, such a stay of proceedings as would
enable the friends of the college in this
country to determine whether any remedy
could be devised.
VIRTUALLY AMERICAN PROPERTY.
Mr. Astor was further informed that
while the American College is technical
ly held by the Propaganda it is virtually
American property; that it has been built
up and supported by money from this
country, and that its sale would sacrifice
interests exclusively Americau. From
Air. Astor’s telegram to the Secretary of
State it appears that the representations
which the former was directed to make
to the Italian government have had the
desired effect, and that the American
College will be exempted entirely from
the impending sale of the Propaganda
property.
MINISTER ASTOR"S DIGNIFIED COURSE.
Baltimore, Alarch 28.—A cable special
from Rome, received to-night, savs that
Alinister Astor has sent a dignified dis
patch to Signor Alancini, Minister ot For
eign Affairs, claiming protection for the
American College from the alleged juris
diction decrees of the Court of Cassation
against the propaganda properties. MT.
Astor is the first diplomat to initiate ju
dicious interposition in this matter. lie
shows that the American College
was originally purchased by Pope
Pius IX. with the title vested in the pro
paganda trustees in behalf of the Ameri
can prelates, yet under various specified
decrees the college became a dependence
of that j art ol the propaganda educa
tional territory which is absolutely
exempt from the decree. Air. Astor
claims protection for the vested rights of
Americans abroad, and his
amicable and dignified procedure
elicited Signor Mancinl’s compliments,
aud it is believed that success is assured.
Cardinal Jaeobini savs that the Pope’s
departure from Rome has never been
mooted within the Vatican, where at
present onerous duties preoccupy all the
Cardinals. The reported purpose of the
Pope to remove Irom Rome originated in
partisan publications -frbich zealously re-
vived the rumor. Professor Sbarretti,
nephew of Cardinal Sbarretti, will be
come the American Secretary of the
propaganda to succeed Signor Cavicbeoni,
who will shortly be consecrated Arch
bishop In the American church, and will
then go as Apostolic Delegate to Peru.
A SCHEME OF THE WHISKY MEN
Bellying to Rush Through a Bill Whose
Real Intent Will he Kept In the Shade.
Washington, March 28.—The whisky
men have not given up all hope because
of their defeat yesterday. They still think
that there is a chance to secure the relief
they desire through the passage of House
bill No. 2182, which bears the apparently
innocent title, “A bill to consolidate the
internal and customs collection districts
in each State and Territory, and for other
purposes.” This measure, which will be
pushed at once by the friends of the bond
ed period extension scheme, provides that
after the 30th day of June next all inter
nal revenue and customs districts as they
now exist in each State and Territory,
shall be consolidated into one district In
each State. After prescribing the num
ber and duties of the officials
to be employed, together with the com
pensation that shall be paid, the meaning
of the words “other purposes in the title of
the bill is discovered.”
THE HIDDEN OBJECT.
Section nine reads that the tax ou all
distilled spirits hereafter eutered for de
posit in distillery warehouse or in special
bonded warehouse or remaining in sucli
warehouse at the time of the passage of
this act shall be payable before and at the
time of sale and withdrawal therefrom ex
cept in cases of withdrawals therefrom
without payment of the tax as now au
thorized by law. The bill is introduced by
Representative Philip Thompson, o'f
Kentucky, who expects that the
scheme of consolidation of the
customs and internal revenue dis
tricts, which is made to appear as the
main purpose of the bill, will win to its
support a number of votes that would
not otherwise favor the measure. The
whisky men .are quietly at work organiz
ing their forces, and they will endeavor to
rush the bill through without allowing
their opponents sufficient opportunity to
thoroughly master its contents.
A LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT FOR THE
BANKERS.
Mr. Thompson, ot Kentucky, will in
troduce next Alonday a resolution de
claring it inexpedient to reduce the
whisky tax this session. The object of
the resolution is to reassure bankers who
have loaned money on whisky iu bond.
NEWSPAPEH COPYRIGHT.
Little Probability that it AVill be Fa
vored by the Committee.
Washington, Alarch 28.—Henry Wat
terson appeared before the House Judi
ciary Committee to-day iu support of the
news copyright bill. He argued that the
object of the bill was to prevent piracy,
and that placing the limit of time during
which the copyright shall hold would not
prevent an afternoon paper copying from
a morning paper, or vice versa. Mr, Wat
terson holds that news collected by the
Associated Press and by the principal
dailies is property, and that it should be
protected.
It was urged by a member that the
government cannot patent a tact, and
while it is true that news collected bv a
newspaper is property so long as it're
mains unpublished, the minute it comes
from the press and is sold as a newspaper
it is the property of every person who
chooses to use it as such. A member of
the Judiciary Committee savs that the
committee, if it reports the’bill at all,
will report it adversely, but the chances
are that no report will be made.
KILLED HIS WIFE’S PARAMOUR.
Louis Karcher Surprises John Grimes
and Shoots Him Three Times.
Washington, Alarch 28.— Louis Kar
cher, an employe of the Coast Survey, re
siding in the southeastern part of this
city, near the navy yard, late last night
found John W. Grimes, a sewing machine
agent, in his wife’s room and killed him.
Karcher was in an adjoining room ami
heard a noise in his wife’s room like the
tread of a man’s foot, and listening he
heard a man’s voice. He went to her
door and asked admittance, but was re
fused. He then forced the door open and
found that Airs. Karcher had' locked
Grimes in a closet. He broke open the
closet door with a hatchet and shot
Grimes three times, killing him instantly.
A RTHI'K A CANDIDATE.
He will, of Course, Make no Personal
Efforts, and will AYithdraw if Faetion
alism is Revived.
Washington, March 28.—Upon what
is claimed as authority front President
Arthur announcement is made that he is
in the hands of bis friends. Yielding to
the weight of influential friends he con
sents to be a candidate for the Presidency.
He announces that he will, however, take
no part in the struggle for the nomina
tion, and if liis candidacy should revive
factional feeling he will withdraw.
Committee Work Almost Useless.
Washington. Alarch 28.—The com
mittees of the House are now doing but
little work. This is due to the apparent
fact that owing to the cumbrous condi
tion of the calendar there is but little
chance of bills hereafter reported being
acted upon, except by unanimous con
sent. which is very hard to get. There
will from now on be a lively skirmish for
precedence among the five hundred bills
already lavorably reported. Net one-half
of these bills will get through. It is not,
therefore, much further use for the com
mittee to continue grinding eut bills.
The Old Mail Claims to be Allowed.
Washington, Alarch 28.— The House
Post Office Committee have agreed tore
port favorably the joint resolution, a
duplicate of the measure introduced by
Mr. Garland in the Senate, authorizing
the- Secretary of the Treasury to pay iu
full to late mall contractors in Southern
States the amounts which he shall find
to be (Me them under contracts for 1858,
’39, ’6O and '6l. and accruing before those
States engaged in the war against the
United States. An appropriation of
|375,(X)0 is recommended for the purpose.
Indictments Against Newspaper Men
Nolle Prossed.
St. Louis, March 28.— Ttie indictments
against Henry W. Moore, managing edi
tor and Florence White, a reporter of the
Post-Dispatch, for abstracting court re
cords, were nolle prossed in the CriEinal
Court to-day. These indictments grew
out of the publication in the Post-Dixl
patch of an Investigation of the grand
jury last fall into the gambling ring, and
caused a great sensation at the time.
Five Men Burled by Falling Walls.
Cincinnati, March 28.—Shortly before
noon a portion of a brick building on
Second street and Central avenue, which
workmen were tearing down, suddenly
fell, burying five or six men in the ruins..
Only four of them were injured. One of
the men is missing, and whether lie is
still in the ruins ie not known. It is not
thought that any of the injured are fatally
hurt. A portion of this building fell
during the February flood.
Kentucky Takes the Whisky Defeat
Philosophically.
Louisville, Ky,, March 28.— The an
nouncement that the whisky bill had been
defeated in Congress did not produce any
noticeable consternation here. The whisky
men take the defeat philosophically. A
great deal of the tax will be paid by
holders. Big dealers will export largely.
On© of Woman*© Best Friend* Dead.
Chic ago, March 28.—News has reached
here of the death, by consumption, in
Havana, Cuba, of Mrs. Kate N. Doggett.
Mrs. Doggett had a wide reputation in
art and literary circles, and was foremost
in movements concerning the advance
ment of womanhood.
Connecticut*© Governor Overridden.
Hartford, March 28.—The House this
morning passed over the Governor’s veto
by a unanimous vote the bill providing
for a commission to revise the probate
laws. The commission is composed ot
members of the Legislature.
Through from Mexico.
Chicago, March 28.— The first through
party lroni the City of Mexico over the
Mexican Central Railway, arrived here
this morning. The run from the City of
Mexico was made in live days.
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DANVILLE’S WHITE MEN.
THEIR SIDE OF THE RIOT STORY
NOW BEING HEARD.
No Bullets Poured into the Ranks of the
Fleeing Negroes, and no Guns Stored
In Anticipation of Trouble—The Fusil
ade all that Saved the Whites from
Massacre.
TV ASHINGTON, March 28.—The Dan
ville investigation was resumed this
morning, and twenty-five witnesses, all
white, were sworn at once. William B.
Kurtz, Postmaster at Waynesboro, Ya.,
200 miles from Danville, was first ex
amined. He described the state of politi
cal feeling in his neighborhood, and said
that he was himself the chief object of the
local Democratic enmity. He had heard
ot the Danville not first on the Sunday
after the riot. He had been told by a
mail messenger, who was an ex-telegraph
operator, that a telegram had passed over
the wires ordering a large invoice of pis
tols to Danville. This was objected to by
Senator Vance and the objection was sus
tained.
Air. Kurtz heard the jollification speech
after the election. A Democratic speaker
said that he thanked God for the Danville
riot. It was a blessing in disguise.
S. AI. Shoemaker, of Lynchburg, hut
who up to last February had been a resi
dent of Danville, was called. He described
the antecedents of the riot. The Democrats,
as he gathered from conversations with
them, were much excited, and said that
they were better organized than ever be
fore and were determined to carry the
election.
bad LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
They had reasou to object to some of
the local officials then in power. The
local government as a whole was, how
ever, in the w itness’ opinion an improve
ment upon its predecessors.
J. W. Simmons, of Floyd county, living
ninety miles from Danville, was sworn.
The Danville circular was extensively
circulated before the election. lie first
beard of the riot on Alondav, the day be
fore the election. The effect of the circu
lar was to change about 150 votes in Floyd
county.
Job Hawxburst of Fairfax, Va., was
called. He was a coalition candidate for
State Senator. He first saw the Danville
circular iu Alexandria on the Friday be
fore the eloctiou. He never saw inore
than two copies of the circular. The cir
cular caused a change from the Readjuster
to the Democratic side upon election day.
The Democrats relied on the race issue in
the canvas.
C. L. Pritchard, of Warren county,
240 miles from Danville, in the Shenan
doah valley, was called. Printed exag
gerations of the Danville riot were circu
lated by runners ou the day before the
election,and bad the effect to stimulate the
Democratic party and to change the votes
of some of the Coalitionists. This effect
grew out of the representation that the
negroes were rising. The Danville circu
lar also contributed to this result.
the rebuttal commenced.
The Republican side suspended exam
ination at this point, although a few more
witnesses remained to be examined, and
Senator \ ance began tlie examination in
rebuttal by calling to the witness chair
Peter V. Booth, a grocer of Danville. lie
described the riot. lie saw the preliminary
quarrel and went to the place. A colored
and white man were fighting with their
lists. No weapons were being used.
There were then about three white men
aud at least 150 colored men. After the
two men were separated the witness
turned to a crowd of colored people and
asked them to leave. They refused and
displayed pistols, saying that they had
been misused and would not leave. The
witness knew some of the colored people.
One named Redd had a pistol. The w it
ness did not know the names of
any of the others who had pistols. The
witness went among the colored people,
and with several others whom he named,
tried to get the colored people to disperse.
The witness was not armed. When the
firing began there were about 15 whites
and about 200 colored men. There were
no alignment of whites. He heard no
command to fire. The witness did not
see the whites w hen they fir6t fired, his
back being turned.
TIIE WHITES NOT BLOODTHIRSTY.
There would have been no possibility of
missing the crowd of blacks if the whites
had iieen seeking to kill them. The wit
ness saw colored men lire. The wit
ness fully believed that if the whites had
not fired they would all have been mur
dered. The whites ceased firing when
the negroes began to run. Some of the
negroes turned as they ran and fired back.
The witness never heard of anv precon
cert to bring about a riot. In all the
meetings attended by the witness the
leaders cautioned their followers to avoid
rioting and violence. The election was a
•juiet one; there never was a quieter one.
The witness repeatedly tried to get the
colored people to vote, but without suc
cess. They said that they did not
want to vote. The witness heard
a portion of Col. Sims’ speech.
In his opinion it had a great deal to do
with raising the riot. The witness went
out without a pistol. After the thing
commenced he went back and got a pistol,
but the firing was over w hen he got back.
George Adams had testified that the wit
ness fired at him. The wituess said that
it was untrue. The witness did not shoot
at anybody.
THE CROSS-EXAMINATION.
When cross-examined by Senator Lap
ham, the witness 6aid that the riot oc
curred on Saturday afternoon, when the
negroes are paid oft' and are usually on the
street in large numbers. When the
witness arrived on the ground Lea and
Taylor, whites, bad pistols drawn. He
saw Redd, a colored man, with a pistol.
Lea and Taylor were urging the crowd to
stand back and give Noel and Lawson a
fair fight. The witness saw no metal
knuckles on Noel’s hands. The witness
and Taylor separated Noel and Lawson.
“Can you name any other colored man
who had a weapon that day?”
“I can't name them by name.”
“Well, can you describe them?”
“There was a large yellow man: a gin
ger bread man.”
“But you don’t kuow his name. You
can’t describe him so that we can sum
mon him ? Can you describe any others?”
“I saw them as they ran, turn about
and fire. I can’t describe them.”
“AVell, then, Redd and this vellow man
are all that you can specify who had
pistols?”
“Yes, sir.”
The witness said that he went for his
pistol so as to lie ready if the negroes should
return. The witness kept pistols for sale.
He had sold a good many pistols before
the election. He had sold them, to both
white and colored men. lie named
William Osborn and Wheeler Hodges as
colored men to whom he had sold pistols.
The witness named Walter Holland,
George Lea and Robert Taylor as white
men whom he said he saw with pistols
among the white rioters. He could not
remember distinctly any others. The
cross examination was continued at great
length, but without important result.
ONE OF THE ALLEGED ARSENALS.
AY. J. Dance, a young man who is a
member of the firm of Ruffin, AYolfolk &
Blair, in front of whose office the riot took
place, was called. He described the riot.
He seized his gun, cocked both barrels
and stood in the door or the office. He
did not fire, but leveled his gun when he
saw the colored men aiming their pistols.
The bullet marks on the front of the office
building could not have been made by
shots from the white crowd. It was in
this office that a witness had said that
white men went and supplied themselves
with arms,there being, according to several
colored witnesses, a large quantity of
arms and ammunition stored there. The
witness said that he was the only man in
the office and kept the crowd out. He re
fused to let anybody iu except two or
three of his friends. There were no arms
in the office except the gun held by the
witness and one old pistol, which wa’s not
serviceable. It was absolutely untrue
that there were arms and ammunition in
the office and that men went in there
and supplied themselves. It had been
testified that four young men were
seen going into the office on the
day of the riot with two guns each.
This he said was false. It was false
that young men were in the back yard of
the office that* forenoon cleaning guns.
The witness believed that if the whites
had not fired they would all have been
murdered. The negroes fired as they ran.
After the negroes began to run the white
men did not fire. The witness saw some
twenty-five or thirty black men with pis
tols. All he could see in the crowd had
pistols. The witness was present at the
meeting of his club when the resoultion
was passed to withdraw all patronage
from the Coalitionists.
THE MARSHALING OF THE TROOPS.
The witness could not name a single
colored man or white man who fired
pistols. The Danville Qreys assembled
at the ringing of the bell. There was a
peculiar signal knovyn only to members
of the company for assembling.
John D. Ficklin, of Danville, an insur
ance and real estate agent, was called.
He stood by the side of Mr. Dance, the
previous witness, during the riot and
described the course of events sub
stantially as Mr. Dance had done, but
without adding any new facts of
importance. The witness was armed,
but did not fire. Describing the
events which preceded the riot and the
causes of the prevalent excitement, the
witness said that they had two or three
bad Magistrates, something which thev
never had before, and two or three negro
policemen. The negroes were impudent.
Two or three times negroes had run be
tween him and ladies with whom he was
walking. The white men fired in self-de
fense.
4V. A. Aleeks, a clerk in the hardware
store next door to Wolfolk & Blair’s office
in Danville, was called. He saw the riot,
and in reply to inquiries described some
of the features of it.
On cross-examination by Senator Lap
ham, the witness said that he fired his
pistol once at a crowd of colored people.
The colored men were firing at the
whites. The witness could not name any
colored man who fired.
The committee then adjourned till 10
o’clock to-morrow morning.
DEATHS UNDER THE BLACK CAP
California Rid of no Less Than Seven
Murderers in a Single Day.
Sax Francisco, Cal., March 28.—The
following executions occurred in this
State to-dav:
Francisco Perez, at Placerville, for the
murder ol William aud Jacob Wirges.
AA illiam R. McDonald, at San Bernar
dino, for the murder of Alaggie O'Brien,
January 30, 1883, and O. W. Sample,
Daniel Dowd, AVilliam Blanc, James
Howard and Dan Kelly, at Tombstone,
for the Bisbee murders.
The five bandits marched up the steps
of the scaffold without flinching, and all
declared their innocence. Heath, who
was lynched here on February 22, was,
they stated, also innocent. They bade
their friends good-bye. They expressed
faith in the Christian religion, and re
quested that their bodies be delivered to
Father Gallagher. Nothiug occurred to
mar the Sheriff’s plans.
The murderers were all dropped off to
gether aud with the exception of Dowd
died without a struggle. Over 10,000 per
sons witnessed the execution.
A KIOT AT THE EXECUTION.
A large balcony had been erected out
side and overlooking the jail yard, the
builder intending to charge a dollar and a
halt admission. The mob became indig
nant and tore the balcony down. In the
rosv which followed seven persons were
injured. One man had his leg broken
and another his arm. The balcony would
have seated 500 persons. With this ex
ception everything passed off quietly.
IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
Columbia, S. C., March -28.— a special
from Sumter says: “Joseph Howard,
colored, was hanged to-day for the mur
der of Simon Gaskins, another negro, in
March, 1883. The execution took place at
12:10 o’clock. The murderer’s neck was
broken and he died easily.”
THE SENATORS in FLORIDA.
Leaving .Jacksonville Immediately for
Sanford—The Return.
Jacksonville, Fla., March 28.
United States Senators Ingalls, of Kan
sas; Sawyer, of Wisconsin; Manderson,
of Nebraska, and Jones, of Florida, w ith
several ladies, and Sergeant-at-arms
Canady, arrived here at 2:30 o’clock this
evening on the Waycross Line. Thev
took the steamer Plant immediately for
Sanford. They were met by a committee
ol the Board of Trade and tendered the
hospitalities of the city. They are ex
pected to return Sunday. It‘is hoped
that the party will remain here oyer Mon
day when an excursion would be taken
to the jetties at the moutn ol the river.
PETITIONS FOR Dlt. GALLAGHER
The President’s Intervention Risked on
the Ground that He Is Not a Dyna
miter.
New York, March 28.—A relative of
Dr. Thomas Gallagher, of Brooklyn, and
many citizens, have prepared a petition to
President Arthur, praying for interven
tion in behalf of the doctor, who is in
prison in England, on the ground that he
was convicted by false swearingand false
evidence, the latter mainly volunteered
hv Informer James McDermott. The pe
titioners have proofs that Dr. Gallagher
never had the least connection with the
Irish dynamiters.
DESIRE BONDAIR CONVICTED.
He Goes to Jail for Three Years and
His Father Given His Liberty.
Dover, N. 11., March 28. — The grand
jury has found a true bill against Desire
Bondair, a young man who returned here
6oine weeks ago and confessed to the
murder of a man named Grant, a crime
for which his father had previously been
convicted. Premier Bondair, lather of
Desire, was discharged on bis recogni
zance in view of his son's confession and
conviction. Desire Bondair was then
sentenced to three years in the State
prison.
FREIGHT RATES REDUCED.
Ten Per Cent. Knocked off Between
Eastern Cities and Southern Points.
New York, March 28.—The Committee
on Bates of the Southern Bailwav and
Steamship Association met to-day to
arrange for the establishment of reduced
freight rates between Eastern cities and
Southern points. The committee decided
to make a reduction of 10 per cent, on the
present rates. The reduetion will go into
effect on the 7th of April next. &
THE WAR FOR WAGES.
800 Coal Miners Go Out in the Fourth
Tool In Pennsylvania.
Pittsburg, March *2B.—About 800 coal
miners in the fourth pool have struck
against a reduction of a quarter cent per
bushel in the price of mining. It is said
that the third pool operators also insist
upon another cut of oue-quarter cent. The
men are in no condition to strike, as their
finances are very low.
Mr. Chamberlain on the Franchise.
London. March 28. —The debate on the
franchise bill was resumed in the House
of Cominous last night. Mr. Chamlier
lain, President of the Board of Trade, de
clared that it was the fixed and unani
mous intention of the government to in
clude Ireland in the bill, if tbe Lords
reject the bill, he said, let the nation de
cide between them and the government.
He had no fear of the result. The debate
was soon adjourned until Mondav,
Leading Conservatives state that the
House of Lords will allow the franchise
bill to pass its second reading, and will
then strike out all portions that refer to
Ireland. •
Papal Appointments.
Rome, March 28. — At the consistory
held yesterday the Pope announced the
transfer of Bishop Read from Loanda to
Philadelphia, and of Bishop Moran from
Ossory, Ireland, to Sydney, Australia.
Fathers Carbary and Moore were appoint
ed Bishops, the’former of Hamilton, Onta
rio, and the latter of Ballarat, Australia.
Reports that Mr. Sargent has Declined.
Berlin, March 28.—Several newspa
pers here assert that Mr. Sargent has
declined to accept the appointment of
Minister at St. Petersburg. They say that
he intends to retire from the diplomatic
service and return to the United States
with the expectation of re-entering the
Senate.
Whence One or William’s Gifts Came.
Berlin, March 28.—Tbe Sevres vases
which the Emperor William received
from Paris on his birthday were the gift
of Bleichroder, the well known Parisian
banker. The gift was anonymous, and
was credited to President Grevy. The
Emperor had expressed great satisfaction
over them.
The Winner of 1,000 Guineas.
London, March 28.—At the Liverpool
spring meeting to-dav the grand national
steeplechase handicap lor 1,000 guineas
was won by Boyd's bay gelding Volup
tuary. Mabo’s bay mare Frigate was
secoud and Fisher’s Roquefort third.
There were 15 starters.
Extradition of Dynamiters.
London, March 28.-The Manchester
Guardian asserts that negotiations are
pending between England an* America
with a view to adding to the extradition
treaty clause which snail cover authors
of dynamite outrages.
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PRINCE LEOPOLD DEAD.
The Queen Overcome with Grief at the
News.
London, March 28.— Prince Leopold,
Duke of Albany, fourth amd youngest son
of Queen Victoria, did suddenly to-day.
He died at 2 o’clock this morning at
Cannes.
breaking the news to the queen.
The Queen received the news of the
Duke of Albany’s death this afternoon.
She was profoundly affected.
The Prince died in a tit a6 he was on
the point of starting for Darmstadt to at
tend the wedding of his niece, the Princess
A ictoria of Hesse.
The Prinee of Wales was visiting the
Earl of Sefton, and received the news on
Aintree race course. He returned at
once to London.
The horses Spectrum and Callander
were weighed for the race, but the Duke
of Montrose and Sir George Chetwynd re
fused to run them.
Marlborough House, the residence of
the Priuce of AA’ales. is besieged with
people calling to express their condolence
to the Duchess of Albany at Claremont.
The Duke ol Albany was looking to be
iu fine health. He aitended a bachelors’
ball at Nice Tuesday night and staved
very late.
THE PRINCE SEEKING HEALTH.
The Duke of Albany had gonetoCaunes
only a few days ago for the sake of his
health. Nothing serious, however, had
been anticipated. lie was looking fairlv
well and had been taking part In the fes
tivities of the place, but he had a severe
chill, which may have been the precursor
of the fatal fit. It is already announced
that neither the Queen nor Princess Bea
trice will attend the wedding of Princess
Victoria of Hesse.
NOT DUE TO A KIT, BUT A KALI..
London, March 28, 11 p. m. —lt was re
ported to-day that the Duke of Albany
died in a fit, to which he was subject, but
a dispatch lrom Cannes to Reuter’s
Agency states that the Duke’s death was
due to the effects of a fall which he
suffered last evening at Le Cercle Nau
tique.
THE MARRIAGES POSTPONED.
lii consequence of the Duke’s death,
marriages of Princess A’ictoria, of llesse,
and Prince Louis, of Battenburg, and of
the Princess Elizabeth and Prince of An
halt have been postponed.
KHARTOUM REPORTED LOST.
News from Gen. Gordon Awaited with
Great Anxiety at Cairo.
London, Alarch 28. —Telegraphic com
milnication between Dougola and Berber
is broken. A correspondent at Cairo tele
graphs that rumors are prevalent there
that Khartoum has fallen. It is impossi
ble to confirm or contradict the wild
rumors which are current. The official
“world, both civil aud military, is waiting
in anxious suspense for news of Gen.
Gordon.
TROOPS EMBARKING FOR HOIUE.
Suakin, March 28.—The Tenth Hus
sars, the York and Lancaster Regiments,
and the Irish Fusiliers have embarked for
home. The Sheiks of Saivarar Damilet
and the Hoorah Tribes, who represent
5,000 people living in the district between
Suakin and Kassala have come in and
promised to assist iu the capture of Os
man Digna, whose prestige has been de
stroyed.
Cairo, March 28.— The telegraph is again
broken between Berber and Shendv. The
rebels threaten to destroy communication
with Kerosko and Abu-Hamed. Typhus
is prevailing among the cattle in the
region of Alexandria.
A HOME FOR LIBERATED EGYPTIAN
SLAVES.
A meeting was held here to-dav to
further the movement for the establish
ment ot a home for liberated female
slaves. The Queen, Khedive, Earl Granville,
the English Foreign Secretary, and Nubar
Pasha, the Egyptian Prime Minister, have
subscribed to the movement.
A NORTHWESTERN CYCLONE.
Building* Demolished at Denver and
Cheyenne, but no Deaths.
Denver, March 28.—Probably fifty
buildings of all sorts were unrooled by
yesterday’s wind storm. About midnight
a portion of the rear wall of the Lindell
Hotel on the west side was blown in, but
the guests having been warned of the dan
ger escaped Injury. The exposition
building was partially unroofed. A
young man named David Woodhave was
struck by a falling wall at Twenty-eighth
and Curtis streets, and was extricated in
an unconscious condition and will proba
bly die. A coach on the Circle road was
blown from the track near Fleming, a
suburban station, and one passenger
was seriously hurt. The damage
throughout the city will prob
ably not exceed $10,0(8> or $15,000.
IN WYOMING TERRITORY.
At Cheyenne, Wyoming, the wind
reached a velocity of fifty-six miles an
hour, but no serious damage was done.
The round house at Sterling on the Jules
burg Short Line is reported blown down.
No damage is reported from interior
towns.
ItAUiKOAD SHOPS BURNED.
A Loss of * 100,000 Inflicted on the
Memphis and Charleston Road.
Memphis, Tenn., March 28.—The ma
chine shops of the Memphis and Charles
ton Railroad, located here, were burned
at T o’clock this morning. The fire was
undoubtedly of incendiary origin. It
was first discovered in the carpenter
shop half an hour after the men
quit work and there had been
no fire there during the day. The flames
spread rapidly and soon enveloped the
building, which was fully 250 feet long.
Two locomotives were burned. The total
loss is about SIOO,OOO. One hundred and
fifty men were employed in the shops, 100
of whom w ill be thrown out ol employ
ment. The traffic ol the road will not be
interrupted by the calamity.
AN ENGLISH MILL BURNED.
London, March 28. — The Braceweli
Mill at Burney, in Lancaster, has been
burned.
A FATAL FEAST ON PORK.
Trichinae Kills a Woman and will
Probably Claim Five Other Victims.
Pittsburg, Pa., March 28.—A micro
scopical examination of a piece of Mrs.
Mary Sculters’ ieg, who died with symp
toms of trichinae in AYestmoreland county
last week, showed it to be full of parasites
inall stages of development. Ludwig
Schulters and the Galle family, six
in number, who ate of pork at
the same time as Mrs Schulters, are
all in a precarious condition, and it is
probable that Schulters and four of the
Galle family will die. The former is in a
semt-comatose condition. He is unable
to sw’allow solid food, and cannot open
bis mouth or move bis arms from his side.
Louts Eugle and Sylvester Schulters, who
also partook of the diseased meat, are
convalescent.
DARK PHASES OF BUSINESS LIFE
A Brighter Report than the Last Made
by Dun & Cos., However.
New York, March 28. —The business
failures of last week throughout the
country reported to R. G. Dun & Cos.
number for the United States 172 and for
Canada 32, a total of 204 against 213 last
week. A slight increase of casualties is
noted in the Middle States, but a steady
decline has been noticed for some weeks
in the failures of the AYest and South,
particularly in Texas. In Canada, too,
matters are improving, there being five
failures less than last week.
TEA MERCHANTS SUSPEND.
The suspensions of L. AY. Minford & Cos.
and C. Armitage, tea ajid coffee brokers,
was announced to-day. Tea declined 4
cents per pound. Armitage’s failure is
regarded as of some importance, but Min
ford is expected to be all right soon.
A Defeat for Gladstone.
London, March 28.—1n the House of
Commons to-night Albert Pell, Conserva
tive, moved a resolution in favor of the
relief of local taxation. The government
opposed the resolution, which, however,
was carried by a vote of 208 to 197. The
result was greeted with loud Conserva
tive cheers and cries of “Resign 1” “Re
sign 1”
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A RIOT AT CINCINNATI.
BERNER’S ESCAPE FROM THE
GIBBET MADDENS THE CITY.
A Mob, 10,000 Strong, Rushes from an
Indignation Meeting to Attack the
Jail—Police and Military Almost Pow
erless. but the Crowd Finally Held In
Check After One Man was lulled and
Several Injured— Seventy Murderers
Threatened with Being Burned Alive.
Cincinnati. March 28.— William Ber
ner was quietly brought before Judge
Matthews at 2 o’clock this afternoon and
sentenced to the penitentiary for twenty
rears, the full limit of the law. He will
probablv be taken to Columbus by the
tlrst train. Threats of lynching are tree*
ly expressed among the German popula*
tion against Berner and Ills jury.
AX INDIGNATION MEETING.
CINCINNATI, March 28 1. r. M.—Ten
thousaud persons gathered at Music Hall
in response to a call issued by reputable
citizens, to take action oil the Berner ver
dict. Many could not got inside the
building. Strong resolutions were adopted
condemning the verdict, and a Committee
on legislation was appointed.
MARCHING ON THE JAIL.
Upon adjournment, the vast crowd
moved directly to the jail, where they be
gan an attack on the front door. At 9:40
o’clock, the riot alarm was sounded,
summoning the entire police force to the
jail. Vast crowds of people were gather
ing in that vicinity.
BKRXKK REMOVED.
Berner had been removed after his sen
tence this afternoon and started for Col
umbus, but if the mob succeeds in getting
into the jail other murderers will be
lynched.
A VOI.I.EV FIRED BY THE POLICE.
The police upon arriving in the vicinity
of the jail commanded the crowd to move
on, and not being obeyed fired, but as no
one was hurt it was presumed that they
tired in the air. It is said that that was
the intention of the police, they being
deeply in sympathy with the movement
to condemn the outrageous Berner ver
dict. A shot or two has been fired from
the jail, but the crowd refuses to move.
They have a good leader ami were still at
10 o’clock at work at the jail door.
BERNER INTERCEPTED AT LOVELAND.
It is reported that when tho train ou
which Berner was being taken to Colum
bus reached Loveland Station, on the Lit
tle Miami Railroad, about fifteen miles
from Cincinnati, a mob boarded it and
nearly captured Berner. The officers
hurried him out of the car and boarded
another train bound for Cincinnati, which
was just leaving the station. They thus
escaped from the Loveland mob, but they
are now dodging about endeavoring to
find a route open to Columbus. Thev
dare not attempt to return their prisoner
to jail in Cincinnati.
BERNER REPORTED Til HAVE ESCAPED.
Cincinnati, 0., March 28,10:30 p. m.—
It now appears that Berner, after sen
tence. was disguised and placed in a
buggy with Deputy Sheriff Dominick De
vote and driven to Linwood, where they
got aboard an accommodation train and
went to Loveland to await the arrival of
Criminal Deputy Job Moses with the
necessary paper's for committal to the
penitentiary. It became known that Ber
ner was at Loveland and a crowd gather
ed. When the train with Deputy Moses
came in and Deputy Devote and Berner
went to board it the crowd made a rush
for Berner, who ran through tne car and
escaped and is still at large.
TROOPS ON THE SCENE.
Cincinnati, March 28, 11:30 p. m. —The
First Ohio Regiment National Guards has
just entered the jail, having been inarched
through the front entrance of tbe court
house and thence through a tunnel Into
the jail, where the mob is thronging. The
police inside the jail arrested some of the
first members of the mob that entered, but
this soon became impracticable and the
police refrained iront using their pistols.
THE SPEECH WHICH FANNED THE
FLAME.
The meeting at Music Hall was pre
sided over by Dr. A. C. Kemper, who
made a conservative speech, taking for
his topic the prevalenceot crime through
out the whole country- He spoke of the
special prevalence of the crime of murder
in this county and the necessity for more
certainty in the administration of punish
ment for crime. His remarks were not
intended to awaken a mob spirit, but
when the meeting adjourned the people,
by a common impulse, moved down
Twelfth street, wiiere shouts began to be
uttered of “To the jail!” and the crowd
then moved bodily in that direction.
TIIE MILITIA FAIL TO RALLY.
Large numbers of militia failed to ap
pear, and there is a general disposition,so
far as can be seen, not to interfere with
the mob. Mayor Stephens is confined to
his house by sickness, leaving the Sheriff
wholly responsible for the preservation of
order, except for assistance from the
Chief of Police.
ANOTHER VERSION OF BERNER’S AL
LEGED ESCAPE.
Cincinnati, March 2*, Midnight.— lt
is reported that Berner jumped from the
train on which the officers bad taken re
fuge at Loveland, and is now at large.
About thirty shots with muskets were
fired by the militia lor the purpose ot
scaring the mob. The result was that
glancing balls struck at least lour per
sons, inflicting injuries which may be
fatal in the case of oce or two of the
rioters. A policeman named Nunn and a
private named Cooke are badly hurt.
.THE JAIL FIRED.
Cincinnati, March 29, 12:45 a. m.—
The jail has been fired by tbe mob, and
the crowd on the streets say Hint they
w ill cut the hose and prevent the fire de
partment front extinguishing it. The
mob seem to think that a w holesale holo
caust is the only means of accomplishing
their purpose. Seventy prisoners in Jail
are charged with murder.
NO FIRE—ONE OF TIIE MOB KILLED.
Cincinnati, March 29, 1:30 a. m.— The
alarm of fire was false, being caused by a
lioiifire. One of tbe mob was killed 'by
the militia hre in the vestibule of the jail.
The crowd did not succeed ill getting in
side the jail.
THE CRIME AND TRIAL.
Berner was tried for the murder ot Wil
liam 11. Kirk, and ou Monday last was
found guilty of manslaughter. The ver
dict 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 tbe crowd, with sug
gestions that they should lie hanged.
Kirk, the victim of the crime, was killed
in his stable by a blow from a hammer,
robbed of about SIOO in money, his Dody
put into a wagon, hauled off toward
Cummingsville and dumped into a mill
stream, where it was found two days
later. Joe Palmer and William Berner
confessed that they did the murder and
robbery. When on trial Berner testified
that Palmer did the actual murder,
while he only looked on and got a share or
the money.
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