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t ESTABLISHED 1850.
I J. B. KSTILL, Editor and Proprietor, j
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE M-.WS OP THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
The State Agricultural Society's Execu
tive Coninuttee Completes its Work—
The Proposed Purchase of Liberty
Hall Abandoned by the Memorial As
sociation-Canine Statistics in Clay
County.
GEORGIA.
t ampbell county is to have a *7,000 jail,
A. X. Porter, a prominent citizen of Griffin,
is dead.
A son of Ham in Gainesville claims to have
1 reached the gospel to his native brethren in
Africa.
John F. DeLacy announces that he is not a
candidate for legislative honors from Dodge
county.
15. B. Cheney, of Montgomery county, is
suggested as Senator from the ’ Fourteenth
district.
Rev. W. S. Walker, for three years a mis
sionary in China, is en route to bis home at
Monroe.
The three-year-old son of Congressman
Candler is reported dangerously ill with
pneumonia.
Gen. C. A. Kvans has been elected Presi
dent of the new laud and iinprovemeut com
pany of Augusta.
Judge J. Sam Barnett has beeu reappointed
Judge of the County Court of Elbert county
by Gov. McDaniel.
The uniforms of the Gainesville tire com -
panics have arrived, and they will be onton
dress parade ou Thursday.
Four hail stones were picked up iu the
Fork district of Hall after the cvelone last
week that weighed a pound.
Mr. W. W. Austell has bought the obi
Gleun, Wright A Carr warehouse at Atlanta,
paving therefor $4u,000.
A farmer in Filbert county has 300 bales of
cotton for sale, and not needing the monev it
would bring, prefers to hold it for a better
price.
L. P. Warner’s residence at Columbus was
burned Wednesday. The iusurauce aggre
gates $2,300. No statement of the loss is fur
nished.
There are in Elbert county twenty-nine
schools for colored children, and in these
twenty-nine schools, 1,430 colored children of
school age.
A lady in Gainesville sold over seventy-five
dollars worth of milk and butter from one
cow last year, and had enough left for home
consumption.
The editor of the Piedmont Press savs that
lie has been shown a sample Of ore taken from
a mine near that town that contained 83 per
cent, of pure silver.
The Capita! Cit y Improvement Company of
Atlanta has about closed its subscription
books. The subscription Thursday had gone
above 11,500 shares.
The arrangements for replacing the Central
Presbyterian Church at Atlanta with a costly
and handsome building have all been con
cluded and the work will begin soou.
The I.aGrange Eight Guards have reorgan
ized with the following officers: J. E. Swan
son, Captain; Josh Stephens. First Lieuten
ant; T. 11. Autrey, Second Lieutenant; W. S.
Cox, Brevet Second Lieutenant; C. A. Her
ring, Orderly. They will have line new uni
forms.
The txiiler of the cotton compress at l>al
ton exploded Wednesday afternoon, knocking
several freight cars from the track near the
press, tearing up the track, demolishing a
storehouse and seriously injuring a white boy
named Glenu and the fireman, a negro named
Sterrick. Glenn will probably die.
A team ran away on Pulaski street, Athens,
Wednesday. Mrs. Albert Pitner, with her
little child,was walking up the street, and she,
seeing the ruuaway horses, rushed back for her
child, and just as she grasped it the wagon
tongue struck her and threw her six or eight
feet in the air. and tore the child loose from
her arms. The wagon and horses nassed over
the child, and tiie injuries received* will
probably cause its death. lis skull was
crushed and blood rushed from its ears, mouth
and nose. Mrs. Pitner is seriously hurt, but
she is so excited about her child that it is hard
for the attending physician to tell the amount
of her injuries.
The following is from the report of the
grand jury of DeKalb county: “We indulge
the hope that our next General Assembly- will
enact a general local optiou law for the state,
and, failing in that, vve respectfully ask our
Representative) to insist upon the passage of
au act giving this county the right to vote on
the subject of prohibition. We recommend
that tlie time for holding the Superior Court
in DeKalb county be changed from third
Monday in March and September to the same
time in February aud August, and tiiat our
Representatives lie requested to have a bill
introduced iu the ngxt Legislature to that ef
fect. Wo recommend that a tax of 3-10thsof
1 per cent, tie levied utHin the taxable prop
erty of the county for county purposes, be
lieving this will lie sufficient", from the best
information we have as to the probable ex
penses for the next year.”
The Elberton -Vi e South says: “A verv in
telligent gentleman, who is a close observer
of things generally, and who has traveled ex
tensively through the couutiesof Elbert, Mc-
Duffie and Lincoln recently, savs that ex
tensive clearings have recently beeu made ou
-pearly all the water courses in the various
counties, which are tributaries to the Savan
nah and Broad rivers, lie savs that the tim
ber and undergrowth is being rapidly cut
from the banks ot the streams, which he gays
will eventuate in denuding the soil of that
which, in a measure, prevents the rapid run
ning oil'of water and rising of streams. He
thinks that within the next few rears tlieso
bare lulls along these streams will cause floods
which will be very disastrous to lands on the
Savannah river, and especially to the city of
Augusta, which is even now partially over
flowed at times when the river is high.”
The Fort Gaines Tribune says; “There are
over 2.000 families in Clay county, and vve
suppose upon an average there is one dog for
every family, say 2,00) dogs at the least; it
will take $2 worth of provisions tench as
would fatten pigs) per month to keep up a
dog in living order, which makes $24 per year
to feed one dog. Xovv. il there are 2,000 dogs
in Clayton county, it will cost $48,000 annually
to feed them at the rate of $2 a head. Sow.
the people are out of cow food, and arc buy
ing meat on time and bread to stuff the dog
with; vve hear the men say they can't lav
their debts, they have got no’ money to
pay the preacher, none for the orphan’ and
widow, vet they can afford to stull twenty
four dollars worth of provisions into the
worthless dog every year. •Now. we are
greatly in need of more school funds. One
thousand dollars per annum would help the
school fund considerably, and to raise that
one thousand vve recommend that a tax of
fifty cents per dog be collected aud applied to
the school fund. Let us try to get up a man
to represent us in the Legislature who is in
favor of taxing the dogs. Here is fifty cents
for my dog. We know a great many" people
will grumble at having to pay a tax ou their
dogs, but it will not be lost as they will have
a chance to get it back iu education,”
yesterday's Atlanta Constitution says: “The
Stephens Memorial Association of Cravvford
vtlle, which was organized for the purpose of
buying Liberty Hall and establishing a school
to the memory of the dead Governor, decided
at a meeting held night before last to call m
Miss Mary Gay. who has been soliciting con
tributions audio abaudon the scheme, only
$371 !>5 having been raised so far. Col. John
Stephens, who is the executor of the will of
Gov. Stephens, will apply to the Ordinary for
leave to sell, aud expects to dispose of Lib
erty Hall and the personal property of Gov.
Stephens on the first Tuesday in June. It is,
of course, not known who will become the
owner of the famous house. It is thought to
be worth alsnit $2,300, that being the amount
the Memorial Association expected to pay.
The estate embraces also a 700-acre plantation
near Cravvfordsville. Gov, Stephens valued
liis estate at about $13,000, against which there
was $3,000 of indebtedness. As is generally
known the body of Gov. Stephens now rests in
a vault in Oakland Cemetery. It is the inten
tion of Col. Stephens to have the body re
moved in a week or two and interred in the
old family burying ground near Crawfords
ville, where Gov. Stephens’ father, mother
aud grandfather are buried. Mr. Unit: tie a
O'Neal, an old friend of Gov. Stephens, died a
day or two ago at Liberty Hall at the ad
vanced age of 92. His death removes the last
of the landmarks that moved for years in and
about Liberty Hall,"
Yesterday's Macon Telegraph and Messenger
says: “The Executive Committee of tlie State
Agricultural Society met yesterday in the
Secretary's office, over Hardeman & Gibson’s
warehouse, to complete the revision of the
premium list. The gentlemen scanned over
every article in the various departments aud
carefully discussed every premium, whether
in money, medal or diploma, and for this
reason the list will be the most complete
and satisfactory of any previous list. Tlie
committee gave cattle, horses and farm pro
ducts their especial attention, and have liber
allv provide)! for these departments in the
way of premiums. In the thirteenth depart
ment. races, the society will offer better in
ducements to owjters of line horses than ever
offered in Georgia before. Tlie purse
amount to $3,000, but it is quite likely that
this amount will be greatly increased by a
number of special premiums. The follow ing
re the purses: Purse one, $250, running race;
mile heats: best two in three. Purse two,
$250. trotting race; three minute class; mile
heats; best three in five. Purse three, sso*',
Running race; free for all; mile and a half
dash. Purse four, S3OO, trotting race; 2:40
class; uilie heats; best three in five.
Purse five, S2OO, running race: for all
ages; three-quarter mile heats; best two in
three. Purse six. $250. runniug race; for all
ages; two nme dash. Purse seven, SIOO, trot
ting race; 2:35 class; mile heats; best three in
five. Puree eight, S2OO, running race: for
three-year-olds; one mile and an eighth dash.
Purse "nine, SSOO, trotting race: free for all;
mile heats; best three in Hie, Purse ten.
$350, running race; free for all; best two in
three. The-ruies governing the grounds, ex
hibitors, etc., were all revised, aud the pre
mium list will soou be ready for the printer.
Those merchants or manufacturers who
desire to offer special premiums should
communicate w ith Secretary Grier at once
that they may he incorporated iu the
book. Capt. M. J. Hatcher, the Supcriten
dent, is experienced in ihe duties of the
office, having superintended the succrssful
fair of 1878. He has a great deal ol energy'
and enterprise about Dim, aud will leave
nothing undone to make the fair as attractive
as possible, and a grand success iu every way.
Hu assistant, Mr. Jere Hollis, is a whole
team in himself, ami he will do a power of
good work. These two gentlemen, aided by
Col. Grier, the Secretary, will enter upon
their duties at once, aud the grass will not be
allowed to grow under their feet.
FLORIDA.
There Is not a sehool house for white chil
dren in Live Oak.
life Situitniralt Haws.
The Titusville Star nominates Judge W. A.
Cocke, of Sanford, for Governor.
The Times-L neon's Confederate Home fund
on Thursday night aggregated SBBI 30.
Judge Z. King last week offered one man
in Manatee countv $30,000 for his stock of cat
tle.
T. J. Moore, of Monticello, has a contract
with a Xortliern firm to supply it with 5.000
alligator hides.
The young folks held a fair at New Smyrna
last week, and they cleared $76, which amount
will go toward repairing the church.
It is reported that Major Henuing. the Presi
dent of the Florida Railway and navigation
Company, is negotiating for the purchase of a
residence at Monticello.
Hacket Miller, on the 27th ult., exhibited
the first Irish potato of the season in Monti
cello. It measured 8 inches in circumference
one way and 6 inches the other.
Tuesday night the Town Council of Monti
cello unanimously adopted a resolution ex
empting the hotel buildings of the “Jefferson
County Hotel Company” from taxation for a
period of ten years.
An express office at Manatee, and a daily
line ot steamers between Tampa and points
on the Manatee river are promised, provided
the people of that section will aid them bv a
hearty co-operation.
Messrs. Seoville A Culpepper contemplate
building anotherlhotel at Suwannee this sum
mer on the same ground where the one was
burned the past winter. The Wavcross Rail
road will also erect a $4,000 depot "there.
The Jacksonville Board of Trade extends
an invitation to the members of the Southern
Press Association to hold their uext annual
meeting in Jacksonville, and on behalf of the
citizens promise them a hospitable reception.
At the regular monthly meeting of the
School Board at Monticello Tuesday, the
school term of all the public schools ‘of the
county- was extended one month—which gives
six months tuition, instead of four, a origi
nally provided for. •
The Brooksville Crescent says: “A large
three-masted schooner is lying in the roads
at Homosossa bay loading with cider for Xew
York. She made the run from St. Augustine
to Homasassa in four days and seventeen
tours, or 200 miles a day.”
While Jailer Dykes, of Mauanua, was en
gaged in feeding" the prisoners in jail, a few
days ago, one of them caught him around the
neck through the hole with an evident intent
to kill him and make an escape. Mr. Dykes,
though having hut one arm, extricated "him
self with but little injury and now has the
desperado secured in chains.
Ou tiic IStii instant the Escambia Rifles, of
Pensacola, will contend for some valuable
prizes, which are to be awarded to the best
shots in a target contest. The three prizes
consist of a pitcher, two goblets and fi finger
howl, valued at $35; a toilet set of perfume
bottles, puff box and jewelry case, valued at
$26, and a beautiful jewelry stand, valued at
sls.
The Monticello Constitution says: “The
Coroner’s jury organized lo investigate the
facts attending the finding of the skeleton in
( üba Swamp, near Waukeenah, to ideotifv
tlie remains, and ascertain, if possible, the
cause of death, rendered the following ver
dict: 'We, the jury sworn and empaneled on
the 25tli day of March. 1884, to hold an inquest
over the skeletou found in a small field west
of Cuba Swamp, about 2% miles from Wau
keenah, .Jefferson county, Florida, supposed
to be the skeleton of the body of Miss >l. E.
Bradon, do find that the supposed M. E. Bra
don came to her death from some cause un
known to the jury.' The prevailing belief is
that the woman did not come to her death by
violence. she was partially demented, of i<
roving disposition, at the time of her disap
pearance was euciente, and it is believed
voluntarily sought the secluded locality to
give birth to a child, and that death resulted
therefrom.”
The following is self-explanatory: “Tali, a
- ASSEE, March 25, 1884— I-apt. S. I'ascn, Chair
man, etc.: Dear Sit:—Yours of yesterday with
reference to a meeting of the Executive Com
mittee, 'to fix the time and place of holding
the Democratic State Convention,’ seems to
make it imperative that I should do at once
what I have for months contemplated, viz.:
resign my membership of your committee,
which I hereby now do. While I think it
quite probable the convention, when assem
bled, will nominate a candidate whose char
acter and princi pies will command ray cordial
support, both With tongue and pen,"l cannot
shut my eyes to the possibility of a different
result. I therefore think it due both to the
party organization and myself that 1 should
take tins step without further delay. With
great respect to yourself and ilie other mem
ners of the committee, I am verv truly vours,
R. B. Hilton.”
A F ALSE STATEMENT.
Made by a Randall Organ as to FVliy
the Appropriation Hills Have Xot
Been Reported.
A false statement has been sent from
Washington, says a special of the 2d inst.,
with reference to the reason why the ap
propriation bills are not reported. One
of Mr. Itiynlali’s organs states that the
Chairman of the Appropriation Commit
tee, in compliment to Mr. Carlisle, made
several of the Speaker’s friends Chairmen
of sub-committees, and that they are
blocking business by their inaction. As
a matter of fast, Mr. Carlisle never asked
Mr. Kantlali to do anything for his friends,
and no one has ever suggested anything
of the kind before the appearance ol this
false publication.
In point of fact, very few of Mr. Car
lisle’s friends were made Chairmen of sub
committees, and with one exception theirs
have been the only reports made, Mr.
Holman (not Mr. Carlisle’s friend) is
Chairman of the sub-committee on the
legislative, executive and judicial bill.
No report has been made. Mr. Randall
is Chairman of the committee on sundry
civil bills. N’o report has been made.
Mr. Forney (Mr. Randall's friend) is
Chairman of the committee on army bills.
No report has been made. Mr. ilutch
itts (Mr. Randall’s friend) is Chairman
of the committee on naval bills. It has
been reported and has passed the House.
Mr. Townshend (Mr. Carlisle’s friend)
lias reported the post office bill, and it
passed, and Mr. Ellis (another friend of
the Speaker) has reported the Indian bill.
Mr. Brule has made no report on the con
sular and diplomatic bill, but he has re
ported and secured the passage of a de
ficiency bill. He is one of the Speaker’s
friends. Mr. Hancock, another friend of
Mr. Carlisle, has reported the pension bill.
Mr. Randall has not reported the defi
ciency bill, nor has Mr. Follett reported
the District of Columbia bill.
It will be seen, therefore, that all the
reports that have been made except a few
have been by friends of Mr. Carlisle.
Making Election Day a Holiday.
New Orleans, April 4.—The following
was posted on the Cotton Exchange board
to-day:
Resolved, That in accordance with a peti
tion from members of the Exchange, these
rooms will be closed Thursday, tlip 22d inst.,
election day.
Resolved,' That in view of the vast import
ance of the election to be held on the 22d inst.,
it is hereby earnestly recommended that the
members "of the Exchange close their offices
on that day so as to give full opportunity to
every one to fulfill their duties as citizens and
as residents of Xew Orleans.
[Signed] Chas. E. Black,
A Gale in Aikansas.
Little Rock, April 4.—Advices ffom
Lawrence county, Ark., dated April 2,
say; “A severe norther has been pre
vailing here for thirty-six hours, causing
great destruction. Fences were blown
away and sparks from chimneys and
burning log piles were scattered broad
cast. igniting and destroying many
houses. Details of the damage have not
yet been obtained.”
Erasing the Color Line in Schools.
Halifax, April 4.—ln the Legislative
Council, the clause in the education act
authorizing the Boards of Education to
establish separate schools for colored
children, was struck out. All the city
schools, henceforth, w ill be open to color
ed children, unless the House of Assem
bly declines to agree to striking out the
clause.
The Mitchell House Contract Let.
Thomasvillk, Ga.. April 4.—The con
tract for the Mitchell House was made to
day. The work begins Monday. N. 8.
Eaves, of Cartersville, is the contrac'or.
The work is to he done under the super
vision of J. A. Wood, of New York.
A Georgia Hanging Postponed.
Atlanta, Ga., April 4.—The execution
of Andrew Roland, which was to have
taken place in Murray county to-day, was
postponed under a motion for a new’ trial.
Nominated Tor Postmasters.
Washington, April 4.—The President
to-day nominated Thos. 11. Triplett for
Postmaster at Dalton, Ga., and Basil B.
Bennett Postmaster of Deland, Fla.
Acquitted of a Charge of Murder.
Raleigh, April 4.—At Smithfield, X.
C., to-day the jury in the murder case of
Dan Lau'ghlin rendered a verdict of not
guilty.
lilt His Wife Instead of the Target.
Poughkeepsie, N.Y., April 4.—Edward
House, of a town northeast of here, while
shooting at a mark yesterday, shot and
killed his wife, An investigation is to be
had.
A Characteristic Same.
Geneva, April 4.—A new anarchist
journal has begun publication here. It is
uutitled Explosion.
Ths 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
chevpest and best Hair Dressing in the
t corlii.
Burnett’s Flavoring Extracts are in
variably acknowledged the purest and the
best.
AT THE NATION’S CAPITAL
MR. BAYARD OPPOSES THE
BLAIR EDUCATIONAL BILL.
Uncoustitutionality Hurled Against It—
Mr. Morgan Also Opposes the Meas
ure—The Senate and House Commit
tees of Different Minds on the Expe
diency of Postal Telegraphy.
W ashingtox, April 4. —in the Senate
to-day Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, Irom
the Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds, reported favorably the bill for
the er;tion of a public building at Fort
ress Monroe, Va. The report was placed
on the calendar.
Mr. Jonas submitted a joint resolution,
which was referred to the Committee on
the Improvement of the Mississippi, mak
ing an appropriation of SIOO,OOO for the
protection of the existing levees on the
lower Mississippi.
The regular order was dispensed with
and the educational bill taken up, and
Mr. Bayard took the floor. It had been
bis intention, Mr. Bayard said, to east a
silent vote on this measure, but the de
bate bad more and more shown the inter
est and importance of it. Just in the pro
portion as its importance anil necessity
had grown upon him so had his desire to
find a justification tor it, but he thought
that it was seldom that a measure could
be brought before Congress that would
have such an effect on our form of gov
ernment as the bill now before the Senate.
It was a proposition to tax the people of
the United States to support the education
of the respective States.
A CONDITIONAL proposition.
It was a proposition accompanied with
a condition, that condition being that in
proportion to the ignorance existing in
the States the money was to be expended.
Under that condition money was to be
expended by the general government act
ing as representative men executing a
great trust of public power under the
limitations ol a written charter, not
only under civil obligations, but under
those of religion. He added that it is the
duty of men to look carefully to their
votes in this hotly. Mr. Bayard read
from a newspaper, with which he said the
Senator from Rhode Island, Mr. Anthony,
was connected, in which,.speaking of the
Blair bill, an editorial said that the pass
age of it would be an ultra constitutional,
though necessary, authority as a logical
consequence of the enfranchisement of the
negro, and that State schools would have
to conform to the views of the general
government. Mr. Bayard assented to
those views so far as concerned the ultra
constitutionality of the bill. Never be
fore, he said, had a conflict between duty
and inclination been so great with him as
now.
HOW the republicans wronged the
south.
The earnestness and straightforward
ness of Mr. Blair in regard to the bill had
gained Mr. Bayard’s regard, and he be
lieved him to be animated wholly by a
sense of high patriotic duty. Tlie ad
dresses that had beeu made in the Senate
by the different Senators had so impressed
hint that he felt obliged carefully to re
view bis opinion. He knew the South, he
said. lie hail given thought to the con
dition of its people, and had observed
their struggles after the war. He had ob
served the flower of their manhood slain,
their strong men and warriors crippled,
the desolation of their homes, the up
heaval of their social svstem; hut there
was one cause more devastating than all
others, and that was that after the plow
share of desolation had done its work and
at the moment when every self-governing
agency that the law could supply was
coming into operation,the party in control
of the general government adopted the
unhappy policy ol interdicting every ves
tige of self-government in the South until
it was absolutely annihilated. Mr. Bay
ard did not cite this lor the purpose of
reproach or recrimination, hut
merely as a part of history. Mr.
Bayard had come into public life, lie said,
since the war, and his main object in
doing so had been to do what might be in
his power to bind up the wounds of the
civil war in his country, to assist in the
restoration of all the States to their proper
position of equality iu the Union, and to
that end he had opposed everv measure
which he had deemed unequal or unjust.
He had been in this chamber when not a
single true representative of the inter
ests and sympathies of the Southern
people was found in it, and when such
representation as existed was in truth a
scandalous misrepresentation.
THE SOUTH OF TO-DAY.
How different a condition existed to
day! The people of ffie South were now
represented according to their will, and
the courageous and large-hearted public
opinion of the country had risen too high
to permit again such an overthrow of
liberty as had taken place a few years
ago. Mr. Bayard was grateful to’ God
that this had come, but this could not
affect his theory or the Union. That was
unchanged. It was a union of equal States
—what Madison had called “the com
pound republic of America.” IHiis bill,
in Mr. Bayard’s opinion, invaded the
harmony of our political system.
He then entered on an elaborate
argument, supporting it by copious read
ings from the Federalist and other early
authorities to show’ the unconstitution
ality of the bill, claiming that Congress
had no power to tax the people at large
to educate the people of any one State.
Congress had no fund from which to pay
the expenses contemplated. Taxes would
have to be levied in order to meet them,
and if the bill before the Senate was to
be passed then logically and necessarily
Congress can. according to the will of a
mere majority, occupy the entire
lield covered by State func
tions and local self government
would die in apathy. It would shrink up
trom disuse of its faculties and the spring
of our liberties would become dry at its
very source.
CENTRALIZATION RUN MAD.
This bill, Mr. Bayard contended, was
centralization run mad. In natural order
bodily nourishment came before mental
nourishment and was a more indispen
sable necessity. Would anybody say that
Congress could appropriate money to be
drawn from taxation to support the citi
zens of the Southern States? It seemed
to him quite as latal to stab our
form of government in one vital
part as another, and the hand that
inflicted the wound should not be
his. No State had ever divested itself of
power, nor could it before God divest
itself of the duty of providing for the ele
vation of its own ignorance and poverty.
The concession to Congress of the power
assumedin this educational measure would
be to start the country on a course which
must end in the withering of the States.
Mr. Gibson followed in an argument
upholding the constitutionality of the bill.
MR. MORGAN OPPOSES.
Mr. Morgan spoke against the bill. He
characterized it as the most magnificent
in its proportions that had ever been
brought before the Senate. It was a bill
not for the government, but for a charita
ble purpose or the purpose of public cul
tivation, having for its end the bettering
of the condition-of private citizens, a
mere unit atom in our body
politic. The Legislatures of none o’f
the States had instructed any
of their Senators or Representatives in
Congress to aid in the appropriation of
any money for public education. In the
Senate the bill had been received with a
rather cold welcome, especially by some
of the older members. They were’ afraid
that they did not possess the constitution
al power to do things which this bill re
quired of them. As between the two sides
of the chamber Mr. Morgan thought that
there was about an equal division of
opinion as to the constitutionality of the
bill. As the subject was anew one and the
scheme a grand and far-reaching one, he
thought it would be better to
defer final action until the people
should have been consulted; but inas
much as there were still unactedupon by
the House of Representatives about 147
or the lfiO bills which the Senate had pass
ed at this session, ho didn’t see much
prospect of the measure gettiug through
the present Congress, xso amendment
that could be made to the bill would make
it any more acceptable to Mr. Morgan.
On the contrary, the more amendments
had been offered, the more they looked to
giving to the general government control
of the administration of the fund. Yet
he would not be surprised if the friends
of the measure on his side of the cham
ber, in their eagerness to get hold of the
money, would yield to the demand Tor the
control of the fund by the national gov
ment.
THE SOUTH NOT PAUPERIZED.
It was unnecessary for him, Mr. Mor
gan continued, to say that he favored
education, but he denied that the South
was in the lamentable condition which
had been represented by the Senators.
Mr. Morgan then entered upon the con
stitutional phases of the question, sup
porting his views by reading from earlv
literature affecting the national and State
constitutions. Congress had no power,
as h looked at it, to enter upon this line
SAVANNAH, SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1884.
of legislation, and even il it had the
power it would be unwise to exercise it.
He would feel insulted if any man came
!to him and offered to take care
of bis (Mr. Morgan’s) children,
to feed and clothe them or furnish them
an education. That was a duty which
his affections and his God placed on him
self. For the same reason the negro, if
he rightly understood his responsibilities,
would feel that he ought to reject the aid
offered by this bill.
At 5:20 o’clock this evening Mr. Mor
gan gave way for a motion to adjourn. Be
fore the adjournment Mr. Butler sub
mitted, in order to have printed, the fol
lowing amendment which he intends to
propose to the hill as soon as it is in order
to do so: “The money to be provided for
in this bill shall be raised by a direct tax
to betevied annually upon each of the
States of the United States, which shall
be apportioned among the several States
according to their respective members.”
The Senate then adjourned till to-morrow.
IN THE HOUSE.
In the House to-day, the morning hour
having been dispensed with, the House,
at 12:15 o’clock, went into committee of
the whole, with Mr. Wellborn, of Texas,
in the chair, on the Indian appropriation
bill.
Consideration of the bill having been
concluded the committee rose and the bill
was passed. The House then went into
committee of the whole on the private
calendar. The committee remained in
session until 4:110 o’clock considering the
bill to relieve certain soldiers of the lute
war from the charge of desertion, but no
linal action was arrived at.
Mr. Cook, of Iowa; presented to the
House through the petition box a paper
signed by about tifty citizens of Avery,
lowa, which can hardly be termed a peti
tion, since it opens with the words, “We,
undersigned sovereign citizens, hereby
respectfully command you, our Servants,”
demanding the passage of a bill to con
struct a double-track steel railway lrom
New York to San Francisco, and declar
ing that not another dollar should be lent
to national banks or squandered on ca
nals.
The House, at 4:35, took a recess until
7:30 o’clock, the evening session to be for
consideration of pension bills. At the
evening session the House passed eigh
teen pension bills and adjourned.
HE HAI) HIS NOSE PULLED.
One of the Ludicrous Sides of tlie Dan
ville Investigation.
Washington, April 4.— As the Dan
ville riot investigation drags its weary
length before Mr. Sherman’s committee,
an occasional incident of sense or ludi
crousness occurs to give it some spice.
For instance, to-day Cornelius Warrock,
a native Virginian, 06 years old, as black
as midnight, tall and cadaverous, wear
ing long flowing locks, testilied that he
was a black Democrat and had been bad
ly treated by the people of his race, be
cause he preferred pure Democracy to
corrupt Republicanism.
“How were you badly treated?” in
quired Senator Vance.
“I had my nose pulled,” replied the
witness, dejectedly.
“When was that?”
• “During the campaign four years ago.”
“Where ?”
“In a shop.”
“By whom?”
“Men and women both,” and the wit
ness dropped his eyes towards the floor.
“You see,” he continued slowly, “they
jirst stood me up and marched along in
line, each man, woman and child giving
my nose a twist,” and he wept as he
reflected and murmured: “An dat was
not the only time dey pulled mv nose
neither.”
“How does your Democracy affect your
social standing?” Air. Vance asked.*
“Dis way: I’m no more respected than
a dog in de street.”
Mil. COX ON THE TARIFF.
He Writes a Characteristic Letter to a
Democratic Club.
AV ashington, April 4.—Some surprise
is expressed by the friends of Sunset Cox
upon learning that he has written a let
ter to be read a( a dinner to be given to
morrow night by the Young Men’s Demo
cratic Reform Club in Brooklyn, in which
he says that Mr. Carlisle was elected
Speaker as a tariff reformer, and would
have been disloyal had he failed to recog
nize it in the appointment of the Com
mittee of Ways and Means; that the Mor
rison bill is moderation itself, and asks if
there Is any reason why enlightened
economists should refuse to support it.
“It is to be regretted.” he writes, “that
this question of tariff reform should de
pend so much on partisan considera
tion. I would be glad indeed if
it were totally eliminated from partisan
policies. It would then have fairer plav
and better opportunities for successful
legislation. Nor do I despair, even now,
at this time of the session. Some good
will result, it nothing more than debate.
1 maintain that protection cripples in
dustry. and it keeps genius in its swad
dling clothes. The custom house is a
necessary evil. It isUi frontier system of
aftront, and surrounds the nation with a
cordon of robbers.”
CHASING THE FILIBUSTERS.
Four Vessels of the Navy Now Searching
for the Schooner Shoters.
Washington, April 4.—The acting
Secretary of the Treasury yesterday tele
graphed instructions to the commanding
officers of the revenue steamers Dix and
Boutwell, at Key West, to continue the
search for the schooner Shoters carrying
Gen. Aguero and his partv of alleged fili
busters, who embarked a't that port for
Cuba.
Secretary Frelinghuysen, Secretary
Chandler and Acting Secretary French had
a brief conference this afternoon in regard
to the alleged filibustering expedition
against Culm organized at Key West. It
was stated that the Collector of Customs at
Key West, and the commanders ol the
revenue cutters Dix and Boutwell, and of
the United States steamers Vandalia,
Swatara and Yantic, had been advised of
the reported violation of the neutral
ity laws and directed to use
every effort to intercept the
offenders. The three naval vessels
are now' on their way to Cuban waters,
as is also one of the revenue steamers, in
hopes of finding the schooner Shoters.
The other revenue steamer will remain
in the vicinity of Key AVest on the look
out for any other suspicious craft w T hich
may arrive at or sail from that port.
TILDEN A MERE WRECK.
Still Another Glimpse at the Aged Sage
—Editor Mumfurd Booming Justice
Field.
Washington, April 4.—lt develops
that Dr. Mumlord, editor of the Kansas
City Times, who has been here some time
laboring so zealously to erase the name of
Senator-elect Payne, of Ohio, from the list
of Democratic Presidential candidates, is
just as zealously at work trying to get up
a boom for Justice Field. Mr. Mumford
thinks Justice Field more likely
to be nominated than any other
man.
Reports have reached here to
day about Tilden’s physical condition
which come from a reliable source, and
which, if true, put the old ticket beyond
the pale of possibilities. One report
comes from Representative Peele, of In
diana, who is fresh from Mr. Tilden’s fire
side. He says that it is impossible for
Mr. Tilden to walk a 12-inch plank twenty
feet, that he totters like a child, is so
palsied that lie cannot raise his hands
above his head, is too week to feed him
self, and cannot speak above a whisper.
POSTAL TELEGRAPHY.
The House Committee Reports it Inex
pedient, and the Senate the Opposite.
AY ASHINGTON, AprH 4.—The House
Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads
to-day, by a vote of 8 to 2, adopted the
following:
Xetolvtd, That it is the sense of this com
mittee that it is inexpedient for the govern
ment either to construct a postal telegraph or
purchase any existing line of telegraph.
Messrs. Bingham, of Pennsylvania, and
Peelle, of Indiana, voted in the negative,
and Messrs. Money, Reese, AVard, Cos
grove, Riggs, Rogers, Jones of Texas and
Wakefield in the affirmative.
THE SENATE IN FAVOR OF IT.
The Senate Committee on Post Offices
and Post Roads agreed to report favor
ably a bill to provide for the establishment
of a postal telegraph system.
An Engineer Killed.
Montreal, April 4.—The engine and
seven cars of the night express from To
ronto to Montreal ran off the track near
AA'ales station this morning. The engi
neer was killed and the fireman fatally
injured. Fifteen passengers were badly
cut and bruised.
ON THE EDGE OF A PANIC.
CHICAGO’S BILLS AND BEAKS
AVAGE A FIERCE WAR.
A Disastrous Tumble In Prices All
Along the Line, Followed by Only a
Slight Recovery—Afcny Large Firms
Dravn Close to Rui-No Failures Re
ported However. t
Chicago, April 4.—The opening on
’Change to-day was marked by the same
phenomenal excitement that has been the
rule for -the last week or two, and from
noon up to the close, at 1 o’clock, matters
hovered on the edge of a panic. The ten
sion could have hardly been greater, and,
to add to the confusion and uproar, the
decline in values extended to all com
modities, compelling brokers to exercise
rare generalship in filling orders and in
saving their “short” customers from a
general wreck.
THE CAUSE Orf A BREAK.
The last frightful break in wheat was
occasioned by rumors Of a grain panic in
London and by lack or confidence in the
stability of a large number of Chicago
commission houses to stand the strain of
a continued downward tendency of prices.
When May wheat had touched 81% cents
the tremor which had seized the bull crowd
subsided in a measure and prices reacted
a cent, May closing on ’Change at 82%
cents.
RUMORS OF DISASTERS.
When the regular board had adjourned
there followed a prolific calling for mar
gins, and as far as could be learned tliey
were generally responded to, and, while
the names of some old and responsible
firms were freely used as being in trouble
up to a late hour in the afternoon, there
appeared to be no warrant for it.
A FURTHER RALLY.
On the call board in the afternoon there
was a still further stiffening of prices,
which served to create a somewhat bet
ter feeling. The great interest at the
opening was centered in the provision pit
and the prices of pork and lard fell off
rapidly from the start.
PORK.
Pork declined’front 50(5)00 cents per
barrel in the first hajf hour, but after that
rallied from 25@30 cents. Prices fell off
again ,however, during the closing scare
in wheat, but recovered again on tlie call
board. May pork ranged from $11105(a)
$lO 45, closing at sl6 15@16 17%. June
ranged from $lO 10@10 55, closing at
$lO 25 on the call board. The
sales of pork were 22,000 barrels,
prices advancing 10 @ 15 cents.
LARD.
Lard followed closely the course of
pork. The market opened at from s@lo
cents lower, declined 15@20 cents addi
tional, and, after several rallies.closed at
very nearly the ittside figures. May
ranged from $8 30(<j}8 55, closing at $8 35®
$8 37%; June ranged from $8 45@8 02)4,
closing at $8 47%@8 50. On the call board
the sales of lard were 0,250 tierces at 2%@
5 cents higher.
WHEAT.
There was an early break in wheat of
%@1 cent from the closing yesterday, at
tended with some excitement, after which
the market recovered in a measure, and
from that on till noon the trading was of
a very quiet and listless character.
Shortly after the noon hour the offerings
largely Increased, and, with little or
no support, prices broke off
In a very quick fashion. The
scene in the trading pit was one ol fierce
bewilderment, and the excitement could
hardly have been at a higher pitch. The
current was stemmed after May option
had touched 81% cents, and from that
point the recovery was steady. April
sold down to 76% cents and up to 79%
cents, closing at 78 cents; May sold
down to 81% cents and up to 84% cents,
closing at 82% cents; June ranged from
83% cents to 86% cents, closing at 84%
cents.
On the call the sales were 2,200,000
bushels. May advanced to 83% cents,
June to 84% cents.
CORN.
Corn w as very active but unsettled, and
was affected very perceptibly by the
fluctuation in other markets. The mar
ket opened a shade weaker, declined
34 cent, rallied cent, then became
weak, declining 1>4@1% cents, and finally
closing cent under yesterday.
April closed at 48 cents. May sold down
to 51(<<!•>:’>J j cents, closing at 52%@52%
cents. June ranged from 52j4@54%
cents, closing at 63>4@53% cents. On
call 800,000 bushels were sold. July ad
vanced % cent.
OATS.
Oats were unsettled and lower. May
closed at 31% cents, June at 31*4 cents,
and all the year at 2G y A cents. On the
call board 460,000 bushels were sold. May
advanced 34, June advanced % and July
advanced 34 cent.
OAKVILLE’S DESOLATION.
Everything in the Path of the Cyclone
Gone ami Destitution Created.
Muncik, Ind., April 4.—The cyclone
that destroyed Oakville Wednesday was
more extensive than was first reported.
Its track extended 20 miles, sweeping
everything before it. As far as heard
from no additional fatalities occurred.
Turner Johnson, a boy of Oakville, whose
skull was crushed, is dead, and Jeff
Hoover cannot live. The loss in the
county outside of Oakville is estimated at
$150,000. Reports are received of fifteen
farmers whose houses and barns, mostly
good ones, were totally destroyed, and
themselves and their families more or less
injured. One farmer had 75 acres ol tine
timber blown down. Farm implements
along the entire track of the storm were
blown into splinters.
Losantsville, a few miles east, is re
ported utterly destroyed, and a few per
sons are said to have been killed. In all
this section the roads through the wood
lands were absolutely impassable until
axemen had cleared a wav, and it is still
extremely difficult to travel except on
foot. The farmers in this section have
lost their crops for the past two years, and
are in a very bad condition to stand this
disaster. The homeless ones are being
sheltered by those fortunate enough to
have been outside the track of the storm.
THE FALLING FLOOD.
Additional Reports of Encouragement
from the Overflowed District*.
New Orleans, April 4.—A special
from Vicksburg says: “The United States
steamer General Barnard arrived here
from St. Louis this morning, bringing
100,000 rations for the sufferers by the
overflow. The steamer will distribute
supplies at all points between Vicksburg
and the mouth of Red river. Provisions
from the Barnard will be sent to the col
ored people on the lower end of Steele’s
bayou.”
A HOPEFUL FEELING.
A dispatch from Moigan City says:
“The situation here is more hopeful. A
careful comparison of the breaks this
year with those of 1874 and 1882 leads to
the belief that there will not be more than
ten or twelve Inches of additional water
here. Business is brisk, owing to the
large force employed in transferring the
Morgan line freights.”
Mercantile Failures.
New York, April 4.—The business
failures of the last week throughout the
country, as reported to R. G. Duu & Cos.,
number, for the United States, 178, and
for Canada 34 —a total of 212, as against
204 last wi ek, an increase of 8 failures.
The casualties are exceptionally few in
the West and the South. The Pacific
States, however, have failures this week
above the average. Canada shows about
the same number as last week, 34 against
32.
IMPORTERS FAIL AT BOSTON.
Boston, April 4.—Pettingill & Everett,
importers and shipping merchants of this
city, have failed. Their indebtedness is
held in Boston.
Hanged by Lynchers.
New Orleans, April 4.—A special
from Magnolia, Miss., says: “George
Lee, colored, aged 18, was arrested in
McComb City to-day for committing an
outrage on a girl of 4 years. LJe was con
veyed to this place and lodged in jail.
About 7 o’clock to-night a mob of over 100
men came here from McComb City, took
the prisoner from jail and back "to Mc-
Comb, and there hanged him.”
Paying the Whisky Tax.
Louisville, Ky., April 4.—Yesterday
was the last day for the payment of the
tax on whisky made in March, 1881. The
receipts in the collector’s office here
amounted to $107,889, not including the
collection at two other offices In the dis
trict. Exportation permits for the re
moval of 1,338 barrels of whisk v were also
granted. Applications for about twice
this number of permits have been made.
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
Architect Edbrooke Returns to Chica
go to Arrange for the Capitol Bids.
Atlanta, Ga., April 4.—Colonel C. A.
Reynolds, U /’. A., Quartermaster of this
section, has just returned from a tour
among the military posts and national
cemeteries and reports everything in
good condition. Captain Smythe left
here to-day to assume charge of the ceme
tery at Ft. Barrancas, Florida. The ar
tillery at that post will come to Atlanta
fotbe summer camp at an early day.
Much regret is expressed here over the
failure of the Liberty Hall memorial
scheme and it is hoped that some steps
may be taken to purchase the property at
executor’s sale and carry out the original
plan.
RESULT OF “CATCHING ON CARS.”
Lonnie Sewell, a 13-year old boy, on
l’eters street, fell oft" a switch engine of
the East Tennessee, Virginia and Geor
gia Railroad this morning and had a foot
crushed so as to require amputation.
THE UNKNOWN SUICIDE.
The latest rumor of the mysterious sui
cide is that he is William Christian, a
carpenter from Augusta, whose wife de
serted him and he could not find her. A
telegram from Augusta ordered the body
sent there, but the undertaker replied
that someone must come up and make
identity certain.
MR. EDBROOKE RETURNS HOME.
The Capitol Commission has finished a
careful inspection and perfecting of Arch
itect Etlbrooke’s specifications, and he re
turned to Chicago to-night to print them
and send out plans, specifications and
instructions to bidders, who have until
July 15 to put iu bids for furnishing the
material for the construction of the whole
or part of the edifice. The plans and
specifications will be ready by Mav 10.
Advertisements will be sent out to-morrow
to papers containing the full particulars.
A committee was appointed to confer
with the Georgia Railroad to run a side
track into the City Hall square to bring
in the material.
An appeal having been made to the
award of the Holcombe property, the
owner proposes to compromise by giving
less laud. A committee was appointed to
arrange with him. The other lot was or
dered paid tor, Mr. Harris accepting the
award provided that the Attorney General
decides that the titles are good. The
Commission adjourned subject to the call
of the Chairman, or Julv 13. Mr. Ed
brooke gave a $25,000 bond as architect.
The expenses of the commission to date
including salaries are little over $4,000.
THK NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITION.
The Governor to-day issued a procla
mation in regard to the New Orleans Ex
position, announcing auxilliary commis
sioners to assist the State Commissioners.
James M. Couper is selected from the
First district and Win. A. Harris from the
Second. An earnest appeal is made for
hearty co operation to give Georgia a
worthy exhibit.
GRANT AXI> THE HOME.
He is Unable to Preside at the New York
Aleeting on Account of His Mishap.
New York, April 4.—Gen. Gordon has
received the following letter trom Gen.
Grant having reference to the movement
to build a home for disabled ex-Confeder
ate soldiers:
Washington, I>. C., April 3.
Iren. ,/. li. Gordon , Chairman Central Com
mittee, etc.:
Dear Sib—Your letter of March 31. inform
ing me that I had been chosen to preside at a
meeting of different posts of the Grand Army
of the Republic and ex-Confederates in the
city of New York on the 9th instant, was duly
received. The object of the meeting is to in
augurate. under the auspices of the soldiers
of I>oth armies, a movement in behalf of
a fund to build a home for disabled
ex-Confederate soldiers. I am in
hearty sympathy with the movement,
and would be glad to accept the position of
presiding officer if 1, was able to do so. You
may rely on me, however, for rendering all
the aid I can in carrying out the designs of
the meeting. lam here under treatment for
an injury 1 received on Christmas eve last,
and will not be able to leave here until later
than the 9tli Inst., and I cannot tell now liow
soon or when I will probably he able to go. I
have received this morning your dispatch of
last evening urging that I must be there to
preside, but I have to respond that it will be
impossible for me to be there oh the 9th, and I
cannot now fix a day when I could certainlv
be present. Hoping your meeting will insure
success, and promising my support, finan
cially ami otherwise, to the movement, I am
very truly Tours. U. S. Grant,
RANDALL for president.
Fifty Chairmen of Democratic County
Committees in Pennsylvania Declare
Hlin Tlieir Choice.
Philadelphia. Pa., April 4.—The
Times recently addressed all the Chair
men of the Democratic county committees
of Pennsylvania asking answers to the
following questions:
1. Who Is the favorite of the Democrats
of your county for President?
2. Do the Democrats of your county
generally favor a tariff with incidental
protection or a tariff for revenue only?
Of the sixty-seven Chairmen in the State
sixty had replied to-night, liftv of whom
unhesitatingly declared Mr. Randall to be
their choice for President, and the others
declaring for Tilden or Randall. Only
one county mentions any other candidate,
Greene county declaring for Hancock.
Most of the replies favor a tariff with in
cidental protection, though many of them
simply express the choice for President
without referring to the tariff question.
THE DIVIDED REPUBLICANS.
liluine ami Arthur Tactions Split in
Pennsylvania.
Pittsburg, April 4. -The Twenty
second Congressional District Republican
Convention to-dhy.called for the purpose
of choosing delegates to the National Con
vention, resultid in a split and the elec
tion of two sets of delegates. The Blaine
men refused to go into the convention un
less their delegates from the Fourth legis
lative district, who they claimed had
been legally elected, were recognized.
This the convention refused, and the
Blaine faction withdrew to the citizens’
headquarters, where they organized and
elected J acob F. Slagle and Joseph D.
Weeks delegates to the National Conven
tion. The regulars also organized after
the withdrawal of the Blaine men and
elected C. L. Magee and William Flinn.
Both sets of delegates will go to Chicago
and demand recognition. Magee and
Flinn were not instructed, but it is under
stood will support President Arthur.
DEATHS ON THE GALLOWS.
A Louisiana Murderer Pays tire Penalty
of His Crime.
New Orleans, April 4.—A dispatch
from Cousbatta, La., says: “Joseph Mc-
Gee was hanged here to-day for the mur
der ot Green •B. Gordy. An immense
crowd witnessed the execution. Rev.
Joan Vane, the murderer’s spiritual ad
viser, stated on behalf of the prisoner that
the latter would not make a detailed
statement to satisfy public curiosity. lie
confessed that he was guilty. He said
that his fate was just and he was ready to
die. The trap was sprung at 12:45 o’clock,
and in ten minutes he died without a
struggle.
a black rose plucked.
Memphis, April 4.—Henry Rose, col
ored, was hanged to-day at noon at
Osceola, Ark., ninety miles above here,
for assassinating Dempsey Taylor,, a
prominent colored man living in the coun
try near Osceola, about a year ago.
Chinege Debarred from British Col
umbia.
Ottawa, April 4.—The Premier of
British Columbia telegraphed bis Pro
vincial Secretary yesterday not to allow
500 Chinese, who are hourly expected, to
laud in the province. The Siaithe bill re
cently passed by the Legislature of Bri
tish Columbia gives the government
power to prohibit Chinese immigration,
and the Premier intends to exercise this
power until the bill is disallowed by the
Dominion Government.
Immigrant, in a Smash-Up.
Belleville, 111., April 4.—Several
Virginia immigrants were injured by the
derailing of a train on the Louisville and
Nashville road, near here, last night.
Belleville, April 4,3 p. m.—Later
accounts are to the effect that about thirty
out of the whole party of fifty-five immi
grants were more or iess injured, includ
ing two small children. One was an in
fant, who was killed. Xonody else is said
to be dangerously hurt.
Golden’s Liquid Beef Tonic Is indorsed
by physicians. Ask for Colden’s; take
no other. Of druggists.
Obnoxious skin diseases are completely
eradicated by Glen’s Sulphur Soap.
Pike’s Toothache Drops cure in one
minute.
GREAT TURPENTINE FIRE.
100 MILES OF WOODLANDS
RUINED IN THE CAHOLINAS.
Fully a Dozen Distilleries Destroyed—
Many Towns Endangered, but Saved
by tlie Inhabitants—No Loss of Life
Yet Reported—The Fire Still Raging
Furiously.
Washington, April 4, 7 p. m.—A
special from Raleigh reports a great lire
raging in the turpentine ferests south of
Raleigh, extending into South Carolina.
The loss is reported as very heavy. The
town of Manly is almost destroyed. The
fire began yesterday.
Raleigh, April 4, 11:45 p. m— For
three days and nights the most destruc
tive fire ever known in that section has
been devastating the southern border of
the State, extending into 9ix or seven
counties. Vast forests of long leaf pine
have been attacked. They formed the
chief source of the timber supply. The
high winds fanned the flames into fury
and hundreds of thousands of trees were
burned and some of the largest turpen
tine orchards in the State ruined.
Many farm houses were destroyed.
The people have been bravely fighting
the fire. A number of towns narrowly
escaped destruction. At Manly, on the
Raleigh and Augusta Railroad, a number
of houses were burned. Large stores of
lumber and railroad ties on the line of
the road were also destroyed and a dozen
turpdhtine distilleries ruined. The coun
try in great stretches is but a blackened
wilderness. The extent of the disaster is
not yet known. Many families are home
less. The fire has swept here
and there some fifty miles in
one direction and thirty in another. A
few places, it is reported, escaped. The
fires were caused bv burning brush. The
fires extended fariuto South Carolina. Ou
the lines of the Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta Railroad trains have been
running through miles of fire. Two dwel
lings and eight or ten barns have beeu
burned in that district. Solar as known
no lives have beeu lost.
THE DANVILLE INVESTIGATION.
More Democratic Witnesses Take the
Stand and Tell Their Story.
Washington, April 4.—Frank G.
Ruffin, of Richmond, was the first witness
examined by Senator Sherman’s sub-com
mittee this morning, and he gave a very
intelligent statement of the political con
dition of affairs in Virginia as they ap
peared from his stand-point.
Ife was a Keadjuster till tho debt question
was settled and the capitation tax was re
pealed, after which he returned to Demo
cracy. lie described the stoning of a Demo
cratic procession after the election in Rich
mond. and the experience, of a colored Demo
cratic club which had to be escorted by whites
to a place of safety to secure them from pos
sible vio ence of their Coalition race fellows.
He said that the jicople of Richmond had been
very guarded in tlteir efforts to
asstHt the Danville jieople in re
storing and preserving the peace,
because of their wish to avoid giving any
pretext to their, opponents forconiolaint. or
any opportunity for alleging violence. The
machinery for counting the returns was en
tirely controlled by the Coalitionists.
Gen. W. C. Wickham, a member oi the Vir
ginia Senate, was examined, lie said that bis
position in the canvass was n peculiar one.
Since 1895 he had been a Republican, and was
so still. He was requested by the Democratic
Convention to announce himself as a candi
date, regarding the issue as one of State
politics, and not at all of national politics.
IIE wanted GOOD GOVERNMENT.
Thuisstte upon which he entered the can
vass was upon good State and local govern
ment, which lie did not thins they had under
the then organization. His district was con
sidered the pivotal one of the State, and the
contest was an excited one from the begin
ning. His position as a Republican caused
him to suppose that lie had a right to exiiect
the support of the great mass oi the colored
voters. He found that it was doubtful whether
he could get even a respectable proportion of
the colored vote. The light was made upon
the color line by the Coalitionists.
The negroes were organized in clubs, and at
their weekly ami nightly meetings most in
cendiary speeches were made to them. They
were told that if the Democrats were success
ful they would be put back into slavery. Not
withstanding these efforts, the witness re
ceived a colored vote which exceeded his
majority. The colored men were threatened
with ejection from their churches, and the r
wives threatened to throw their clothes out
of doors and prevent tifem from coming into
their houses if they voted for the witness.
Since the negroes had acquired the right of
suffrage there had been no unjust discrimina
tion against them by the laws of Virginia.
The witness thonght that there had been no
unlawful combination against the colored peo
ple, nor had they been threatened with dis
charge, so far as he knew, for not voting as
tlieir employers wished.
Tim NEGROES AND THE REITBUCANS.
During tigs cross-examination by Senator
Sherman the witness said that at the time he
joined the Republican party the mass of the
white people of Virginia were unquestionably
Democrats and the Republican partv was
then, in a political sense, considered the
friend of the negro, ft was natural that the
colored people should join the Republican
party. When the Readjuster party was or
ganized the Republicans were divided. The
witness opposed “repudiation of the debt.”
The wifuess was invited to become
a candidate against the Coalition party
on the ground that from his known position
as a Republican he would carry a portion of
the colored vote.
“Is there not a strong instinctive feeling
among the colored people that their rights are
not safe in the bauds of the Democratic
party?”
“I think that that is a fact, and f think
that it is proper, Mr. Sherman, that I should
say that it is a fact brought about by the false
teachings of designing men. It is more a feel
ing that the Republicans are more liberal to
them tiiau the Democrats would be.”
"Now, don’t you think that if the Democratic
party wonhl convince the colored people that
their rights would be secure under the cou
irol and management of the Democrats that
they would divide the colored vote'/”
“Unquestionably I think that if that could
be contrived, but it would be the most diffi
cult thing in the world to prove it to them
when you have a partv of men who want them
to vote solidity in one way, telling them all
the time that the Democrats would oppress
them.”
THE COLOR LINE EXPLAINED.
“Why shonld not Democrats then vote with
the Republicans if there is no issue of that
kind?”
“Why should they uot break down the color
line?’.’
“Yes, and vote with the Republicans and
divide up themselves?”
“If you will allow me to go back I will tell
you that that is just exactly what I have been
working for since 1865. I felt that I would be
successful in 1880, but I was tripped up when
they defeated Uic Garfield ticket in Virginia
by endeavoring to draw the Republicans off
and demoralize them, and taking a consider
able number of them over to
the Readjuster Hancock ticket.
It has been the desire of my life to divide the
white people and to have political parties
composed of both. It would he most fortu
nate for both races if it count be done. Un
questionably, the negroes would be a thous
sand times better oil', because they would
have each side seeking to draw them over.”
“Is it notafact that after the white men
divided on the debt question, and yet, after
they had settled that question, they went
right back and revived the colored line?”
“I don't think so, sir. I suppose some of
them did. In my own county, Mr. Sherman,
we were so fortunate as to have verv few of
that element who became Readjusters.”
B. T. Wheadley, a white Republican living
near Danville, tcstnlca to severa' acts of what
he regarded as insolence on the part of colored
people, and to the bad condition of the mar
kets in Danville.
Chas. J. Anderson, of Richmond, Colonel of
the First Virginia Regiment of volunteer
militia, testified with regard to the assanlt by
colored men upon colored Democrats in the
procession at Richmond after the election.
The colored assailants were arrested, and
stones and razors were found on their persons.
Some were let off easily and some were fined.
The disposition of the whites was kindly
towards the blacks; more so than was that of
the blacks towards the whites. Politics had
nothing to do with this kindly feeling. It was
known that all but a very small i>ercentagc of
the colored people were of one party.
TRK CIRCULAR’S EFFECT BELITTLED.
Dr. L. W. Lambeth, late of Lynchburg, was
called. The Danville riot and Danville cir
cular had no effect npon tho last election in
his county. A much larger vote was polled
by the Coalition party than was ever polled
before.
R. 0. Marshall,Common wealth Attorney, of
Portsmouth. Va., was called. At the 'last
Congressional election the witness was a can
didate for Congress. The race issue was
raised by the Coalitionists during the can
vass. They banded the negroes in clubs.
There were not more than twentv-flve col
ored men in the Congressional district who
voted the Democratic ticket. The news of
the Danville riot had no influence on the last
election. The circular was distributed on
election day, which the witness thought was
calculated to excite the negroes. It was an
appeal to the colored men to avenge bv a solid
vote the murder of colored men at Danville.
The witness ascertained that the circular was
sent by express from Petersburg. The wit
ness called the attention of the Coalition
Chairman to the danger to be apprehended
from thm circular, and the latter replied that
he had stopped its circulation as sood as he
became aware of its nature. Only four or
five of the circulars got into circula
tion. The witness submitted a newapaper
containing a copy of the circular, and Senator
Bherman found an editorial in the same paper
which he also caused to be put in evidence,
stating that the Coalition Chairman and can
didates very properly repudiated the circular.
A. M. Caifee. a Readjuster, Superintendent
of the iron works near Wytheville, Va., waa
examined by Senator La pham. Ho was ac
quainted with the political affairs of several
counties. The race issue was drawn by the
Democrats, and was almost their only issue.
J. 8. Kgghorn and G. G. Parish, of Cul
pepper county, Va., Readjnsters, testified to
the effect of the Danville circular In reducing
the Coalition vote.
T. J. Popliam, of Rappahannock county,
Va., formerly a member of the Stale Legisla
ture and a Coalition candidate for the Legis
lature at the last election, was examined. He
was a very effusive witness and Senator Lap
ham experienced difficulty in getting direct
replies. He testified to the effect of the Dan
ville circular. It had given the county to the
Democrats. Incidentally he told a storv
about offering to bet that if it should prove
true that there had been a riot at Danville it
would turn out that negroes were killed and
not white men. He represented himself as a
very popular man in his own county.
voters bought up like sheep.
He volunteered a statement that colored
men were brought up, and then amended it
by adding that 'more whites thaa negroes
were bought, and cheaper, too. The price
was about that of sheep, $3 a head, lie did
not mean to say that the white gcdtlemen of
V irginia gold their votes. Three-fourths of
them were not for sale. “Yes. sir; the other
fourth were sold.” He had not made anv
statement that white gentlemen sold their
votes, etc. Upon cross-examination bv Sena
tor V ance the witness became very niuuh in
volved, answering a direct question with ir
relevant anecdotes, and finally retired with
out having contribute.! anvthing of impor
tance to the purpose of the Investigation.
Jas. It. Fisher, of Richmond, Assistant Post
master of the National House of Representa
tives. was examined. He was at Roanoke City
on the day of the last election. There was an
unusually large vote palled. Just at the close
of the polls a colored man voted an open De
mocratic bailot and was assaulted by colored
men, and, but for the iuterrerence of the
police, would have been killed. The Danville
circular had the effect to bring out the re
serve vote. The committee, at 6 o’clock, ad
journed until to-morrow.
AN OCEAN STEAMER LOST.
Over u Hundred Lives Believed to Have
Been Lost by the Disaster.
Halifax, N. F., April 4.—The steamer
Daniel Steimnann, front Antwerp for this
port, is reported sunk off Santbro, about
twenty miles from this port. She struck
during last night and only nine men are
so far reported to have reached land out
of 140 on board.
DETAILS VERY MEAGRE.
. Halifax, N. S., April 4,7 i*. m.—The
intelligence received here thus far from the
wreck of the Daniel Steinmaun is very
meagre. It.js.said that the Captain and
five of the crew were the only persons
saved. The steamer had 90 passengers,
almost entirely German emigrants, and a
crew of 34.
THE SEA TOO ROUGH TO MAKE A VISIT TO
THE WRECK POSSIBLE.
Halifax, April 4, 10 p. m.—The tug
which left here for the scene of the wreck
returned without having been able to
reach the neighborhood of the steamer,
owing to the rough sea. Another attempt
will be made in the morning to reach the
wreck if the weather moderates.
REPORTERS OFF FOR THE SCENE.
Halifax, April 5, 2 a. m.—Three pas
sengers from the Daniel Skinman were
saved with the Captain and five of the
crew. Their names have not yet been as
certained. They are all on Sambro Light
Island, the only communication with
which is by signal in rough weather.
The weather is thick and rainy, and it is
uncertain if any further particulars can
he had. Reporters have left for Sambro
by land, but the roads arc bad, and
even when there their chances of secur
ing information to-night are small.
THE AVAR IN EGYPT.
Dlgna's Followers Rapidly Resuming
the Offensive.
London, April 4.—The Cabinet, after
thorough discussion, have decided against
formally establishing a protectorate over
Egypt.
ANNEXATION UNAVOIDABLE.
The Pall Mall Gazelle this afternoon
says: “Egyptian affairs are fast drifting
into anarchy, and through anarchy to an
nexation or war, possibly both. England
must undertake the administration of
Egypt. This will be a terrific burden,
but the couutrv must shoulder it man
fully. The Ministers may try to
ignore the existence of the burden, but
the comedy of such a course is being
rapidly played out.” The Gazette then
urges the government to assist Gen.
Gordon to establish fit Khartoum an in
dependent State under his sovereignty.
“Tell him,” it says, “that England no
longer considers Soudan a part of the Ol to
man Empire.”
KASSAIA ATTACKED NIGHTLY.
Cairo, April 4.—The Haddendowas. re
inforced by the survivors of Osman Dig
na’s army, are investing Kassala. They
fire heavily into the town every night.
The Governor of Kassala asks for Brit ish
relief.
ENGLISHMEN IN EGYPT AT OUTS.
Clifford Lloyd, Under Secretary of the
Interior, and Sir Benjamin Maxwell, are
quarreling, because the latter has been
refused permission to visit prisons.
POPE AND KING.
An Inventory of the Effects of the Vati
can—Royalty’* Promises Under a
Cloud.
London, April 4s— In connection with
the report that the Pope intended to quit
Rome it is mentioned that an inventory
of the contents of the Vatican was recent
ly made and a copy thereof handed to the
ambassadors from all the powers.
A dispatch from Rome says that when
the question in regard to the property of
the Propaganda was raised the Queen inti
mated to the Pope that if the organ of the
Vatican refrained from attacking the
king the utmost would h* done to retain a
favorable decision from the Appellate
Court. The Pope agreed. The King in
formed Premier Depretis of the compact
and the latter approved it.
THE POPE AGGRIEVED.
The Pope now thinks that he has been
trifled with, as. Premier Depretis inspired
the judgment of tne court, in view of the
sensation which the judgment has pro
duced. it is uow sought to discover an in
formality in the decision in order to quash
it, and thus redeem the Queen’s and King’s
promise. The Italian Government has
received strong notes on the subject from
most of the powers, especially from Ger
many and France.
Rome. April 4.—Signor Mancini, Minis
ter of Foreign Affairs, states that no
foreign government has remonstrated
with the Italian Government against the
conversion of the property of the Propa
ganda into Italian rentes. The question,
he says, is purely an internal one.
IRELAND’S MAGISTRATES.
Justin McCarthy Attacks their IJell
eious Leanings in the House.
London, April 4.—ln the House of
Commons this evening .Justin McCarthy
(Liberal and Home Ruler) moved that the
condition of the Irish Magistracy, con
stituted t.b it is almost entirely ot one re
ligious denomination and one class, is of
fensive and injurious to the majority of
the people, and calculated to destroy con
fidence in the administration of justice.
In supporting the motion several speak
ers urged that Magistrates be elected by
popular suffrage. Lord George Hamilton
(Conservative) said that the experience
of America, and especially of the recent
riots in Cincinnati, were a sufficient
warning against the system of popular
elections.
Sir Trevelyan, Chief Secretary for Ire
land, declared that the system of popular
elections could never be adopted. The
Irish Chancellor, he said, would impar
tially exercise his power in regard to the
appointmentof Magistrates. McCarthy’s
motion was rejected.
A CONVICT CONSPIRACY.
Mount Joy Prison, Ireland, to Have
Been Blown Up with Dynamite.
London, April 4.— The recent sudden
removal of convict Irish Invincibles from
Irish to English prisons is attributed to
the discovery of a conspiracy to destroy
Mount Joy prison by dynamite. The In
vincibles in the prison were engaged in
clandestine correspondence with con
spirators outside. Letters were found in
James Mullet’s cell which disclosed the
Elot. The prison wardens were to lie
ribed with money from the O’Donovan
Rossa fund to convey an infernal machine
into the prison. One letter contained an
order for the murder of Patrick Delaney,
one of the Phtenix Park conspirators, by
throwing him over a balcony as he should
leave the prison after mass. Delaney still
remains at Mount Joy for safety. Many of
the wardens have been dismissed.
Troops Called out at Denain.
Denain, April 4. —Three thousand
miners, excited by the arrival of M.
Roche, editor of the Paris Jiilrawtiffeant,
who caine to lecture on the labor question,
assembled in the streets to-day, uttering
seditious cries. The police were power
less and troops were sent for.
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TO THE LIST.
A Trade* Assembly Indorses the Aetloa
of tho Fourteenth and Veteran Keel
ments—A Juror Throws More Light
on tho Verdict—Chicago Socialists Air
Their Sentiment*.
Cincinnati, April 4.— Alfred Hop
kins, aged 53 years, auother victim of
the riot, died last night. This brings the
death list to fifty-one. He was an old
Captain and piloj. on the river. Tho Cin
cinnati Trades Assembly passed a vote of
thanks to the members of the Veteran
Regiment, of this city, who refused to go
to the defense of the murderers in the jail,
and also commended the members of the
Fourth Regiment Ohio National Guards for
refusing to march to the jaTl on Saturday
evening aud take part in the attack on
the mob. It was also voted to ask the
Dayton Assembly to pass a vote of thanks
to the Fourth Regiment of that city. This
action was not taken without opposition
fr<un leading members.
HOW THE ODIOUS VERDICT WAS
REACHED.
The .Xews-Journal has an interview
with L. A. Phillips, who was on the Jury
which tried Berner, and who has been ac
cused of going to St. Louis to escape vio
lence. lie says that he is in St. Louis iu
pursuance oi a plan made before the Ber
ner trial began; that he was at the Music
Hall meeting the night the not began,
and remained in Cincinnati without
molestation till Saturday' night. He says
that the first ballot ot the jury showed
seven for acquittal. He was for murder
iu the second degree, and the second bal
lot was eleven for manslaughter and one
for murder iu the second degree. He
yielded at last because of sickness in
his family, and because he was told
that he would lie kept there for 30 dav*
unless they agreed after 36 hours, tie
voted for a verdict ot manslaughter. Ho
thinks that tne newspapers are respon
sible for the outbreak.
THE COURTS IN SESSION.
The first sentencing of prisoners .since
the riot took place to-day iu Judge John
ston's court. Belle Osborne ( colored), con
victed of Bhooting with intent to kill, re
ceived seven years. She begged most pit
eously when sentence was pronounced,
and the Judge began to say: “As this is
a woman l will modify the'sentence,”
when the prosecutor interposed a vigor
ous protest, saying, “This woman has
been before the criminal courts ugaiu and
again, and soinothiug must be done to
relieve the courts, i( for no other pur
pose.”
The Judge permitted the sentence to
remain. The only other case where the
crime was homicide was that of John
Murtah, who pleaded guilty to man
slaughter. It appeared that "he struck a
man with his list, and the plea was ac
cepted and a sentence of live years given.
AN INVESTIGATION TO COME.
Gov. Hoadiy, in his letter of thank 9 to
Sheriff Hawkins, expressed approval of
his course and conduct, but remarked
that it was, perhaps, not proper to ex
press an opinion in advance of the in
vestigation which must be made. No
provision, however, has yet been made
for investigating into the methods em
ployed in defending the court house and
the jail, but an open letter to Judge
Matthews, who tried Berner, is pub
lished to-day, in which J. S. Camp
bell, the leading lawyer for Bsruer’s
defense, asks for an investigation bv
Judge Matthews aided by Judge Avery
and Judge Force. He makes the demand
on the ground that the newspapers have
charged that the jury was corruptly in
fluenced and that he had said that for
$5,000 he would secure a iavorable ver
dict. He says that he never made
6uch a statement nnd in no
way did anything but tairly defend
his client. He argues that the court may
order this investigation properly, as one
is accused who is regarded as an officer
of the court, and it indirectly affects the
court itself.
TROOPS AGAIN PRAISED.
Gov. Hoadiy has sent a dispatch to Col,
Hunt, commanding the First Regiment,
to lie read to the command, in which he
says: “I deem it a duty, and at the same
time a pleasure, to congratulate you upon
your conduct and gallant and patriotic
services, directly and most judiciously
rendered under the most trying circum
stances in defense ot the court house and
jail.”
The military guard has been almost
wholly withdrawn from the court house
and jail surroundings.
A high wall encloses the entire court
house except the iron gates in front, and
six soldiers guard there. The board wall
is already covered with flaming advertise
ments. The Seventeenth Regiment, it is
supposed, will be kept there till alter the
election next Monday. The First Regi
ment of this city talks of disbanding. In
a number of instances memliers have been
discharged because workmen threatened
to leave if the militiamen were permitted
to come back to work. Persecution for
obedience to orders tends to discourage .
the men from longer holding connection
with the military companies.
CHICAGO SOCIALISTS ON THE OCTBKKAK.
Chicago, April 4.—The Socialists in
this city met last night to declare the
true cause of the late riots in Cincinnati,
which is declared to have been “a prema
ture explosion of general discontent,
caused by the firebrand of inciting and
inflammatory speeches by so-called lead
ing citizens, who were seeking to
divert the attention of the people
from the real causes in the existing
social inequalities, which are becoming
almost unbearable by pointing out to
them an insignificant and petty criminal
(an individual murderer) as one of the
causes of the existing evils and human
degeneracy.” The resolutions further
declared that the militia wantonly killed
fifty citizens aud so urged others to re
taliations. They also repudiate the alle
gations that it was Socialists who led tho
moh, and demand the disbanding of the
State militia as a menace to popular
liberty.
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London, April 4.— The body of tho
Duke of Albany was borne to Windsor
Castle from the railway station upon a gun
carriage drawn by eight horses. A long
procession followed. The Queen occupied
a carriage drawn by four horses. The
Prince of Wales and others were on foot.
A second funeral service was celebrated
later. No cue was present at the second
service save the Queen, Duchess of Al
bany and the Dean of Windsor.
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