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i ESTABLISHED 1850. *
f J. n. ESTILL, Editor and Proprietor.)
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IX PARAGRAPHS.
A Destructive Flash of Lightning Near
Creswell—Crop Items in Berrien and
Burke—A Negro Thief Plunges off a
Steamer and Drowns near Jackson
ville.
GEORGIA.
A considerable amount of building is going
on in Biackshear. ess
Augusta had sixteen deaths for the week
ending March 28. Of the number eleven were
blacks.
Hall county has voted for fence and against
the proposed i-sue of lionds to meet certain
proposed improvements.
E ire drills are being given increased atten
tion on the Chattahoochee boats since the
burning of the Everingham.
Hr*. Fields Martin, of Gainesville, who is
over fifty years of age, lias just given birth to
triplets. All are boys, plump and healthy.
The wind prevented a heavy frost in Wilkes
county on Thursday morning of last week.
The thermometer registered four degrees be
low the fro-ting point.
An effort is being made at Augusta to se
cure the $5,000 ueeessary to purchase Liberty
Hali, and erect there a monument to the late
Alexander 11. Stephens.
Calvin Johnson, of Athens, has the pistol
with which Jane Young, of Tugalo, shot Mr.
Reynolds, of the Southern Banner, at Athens
several years ago. The weapon is a very
large one. and cost at that time SIOO.
The case of sundry citizens of Gainesville
o. the Mayor and Council injunction to re
strain the collection of taxes with which to
pav the principal and interest on the SSU,CuO
in bonds issued to aid in the construction of
the G. J. and S. Railroad, has been set bv the
supreme Court for a hearing at the heel of
the Eastern Circuit and will he reached bv
Thursday or Friday next.
The \lapaha correspondent of the News
sends the following items: “Jacob Tucker,
aged 21. died in Berrien comity on the 6th
inst.—The six-year-old son of Needham Per
ils, of Berrien county, died suddenly on the
sth inst. of congestion of the lungs.—A plcntv
of ‘hog and hominy’ will l>e raised in Berrien,
Irwin and Coffee counties this year. A large
area in corn has been planted; also an im
mense quantity of sweet liotatoes.’’
Grillin A>ir*. April 8: “During one of the
rain storms of the last week, a streak of light
ning played some havoc at the plantation of
J. I Nichols, near < reswell. It struck a tree
near the barn, sometbirty feet from the bouse,
and killed a cow and calf and knocked down
and deafened a mule. Mr. Nichols was stand
ing ala w.mlow and John Shackelford was
on the veranda of the house, and they, as
well as the family in the house, were severely
stunned by the shock.’’
Grillin Xf,r, Aprils: “Allen Bates brought
up to ttiis office yesterday morning a pecaliar
looking bird which lie had found in a half
dead condition in a low field near his father’s
home Saturday morning. It was a sort ot a
cross between a heron and a duck, quite
young, and it is thought to he a coot, a bird
indigenous to South America, and is thought
to have been brought hereby a recent cvclone.
Mr. Bates gave the bird to Abel Wright to
keep on his pound."
Waynesboro True Citizen'. “The finest oats
we have seen the present season is a lot or
field of fifty-five acres, just on the edge of
town, belonging to Major W. A. Wilkins.
The oats will average about three feet high,
some of them are already in full head, and all
of them ‘in the boot.’ A couple of gentle
men from Kentucky, who saw them about u
week ago, said they were as fine as anv oats
they had ever seen in their own State.' The
yield is estimated all the way from 75 to ICO
bushels per acre. They will be ready for the
blade by the Ist of May.’*
FLORIDA.
Work was resumed on the custom house at
l‘ensacola a few days ago.
The thief who robbed Dr. Neve’s jewelry
store at Tampa recently- has escaped from
jail.
\ new street railway, to run front the
Jacksonville post otlice through LaVilla, is to
be built.
A negro prisoner in the Tampa jail recently
attempted suicide bv hanging, but the at
tempt was frustrated.
A foundry, says the Palatka Herald, is to
be built immediately on the northeast corner
of the Shally block in this city.
The Jacksonville Timex-tnion's fund for
the Richmond, Va.. Confederate Home pro
ject now aggregates SI,OOO and it is believed
that SSOO more can be secured.
A farmer living near Lake Citv sold from
one and a quarter acres planted in sugar cane
last year one thousand pounds of good sugar
and a hundred gallons of good syrup. In sides
leaving plenty for home use.
The Live Oak elections resulted in a victory
for the following ticket: Mayor. W. s.
Hamby: Clerk. F. M. Gornto; Marshal,
moil Phillips: Aldermen, W. W. Hankins, W.
L. Whitfield, J. S. White. Gus Patsdamcr.
There was a general jail delivery in Tampa
during court week, not by the" court but
through the door, which was pried open and
the prisoner’s walked out. The jailer is ac
cused of neglecting to take proper precautions
and lias been discharged.
Del.and Echo. April 1:“A little tragedy
occurred near Wellman’s landing, on Lake
BereSford. la c t Thursday. A negro woman
and her husband quarreled; the woman
seized a smoothing iron and struck her better
half in the abdomen. Not satisfied with this,
she then stabbed him in the left side with a
table fork. When last heard from the man
was in a precarious condition."
At Jacksonville a colored man named Rob
ert Grey- was given a situation as deck hand
on the steamer Chattahoochee. On the first
tripup after he was employed a number of
cigars were stolen and Grey was suspected of
being the thief and was discharged when the
steamer readied Mtuford. He made In, way
back to Jacksonville, and Friday was discov
ered concealed in the wood bv the mate of the
Chattahoochee and was asked what he was
doing there, but made no reply, lie was also
asked if he did not steal the cigars, but attain
failed to reply, when the mate started toward
him. Grey, seeing the mate advancing, ran
and fell overboard. Tuesday afternoon his
body was found floating in the slip at Jack
sonville and buried. Thera will, of course, he
no legal proceedings.
The Lake City correspondent of the News
the following on the Bih instant: “The
city Section to-day resulted as follows:
Mayor T. U. Bacon; Marshal, Buford Car
roll: Collector. Jr* i'uteli; Assessor, A.
A. Ross: Clerk. W. M. Ives; Aider
men; J. C. Masters, (barley Smith,
Brooks Cathy. Howell Hunter.—
To-dav I attended the Suw annee Fruit and
Vegetable Association at Live Oak. The by
laws were adopted and a permanent organi
zation effected. It is Imped the whole county
will take an interest in building up the or
ganization. There is quite a number of the
livest men in ami around Live Oak members
of it: and. not the least among the number
ure Mr. Mc.Vlptn, of the Bulletin, and Mr.
Whitfield, ot the Intelligencer. These two
members of the quill arc hard workers for
Suwannee county and the State, but thev al
ways have Suwannee uppermost.—Cluite a lot
of land was exposed to tax sale to-day. and
nut an acre went to the State Individuals
but it all in and then went away hungry
for more. Ordinary pine laud in the vi
einitv of Live Oak brought $lO rash per acre.
One lot of eighty acres that was !Height fors2s
a few years ago .-old for ssoo. —The bean erop
has suffered materially on account of last
Wednesday’s northern blast and the eooi snap
iliac followed. —I wouud up my pig killing at
IVilsou ou the 2sth of March. One twelve
month razor-backed pig weighed net 20it
pounds, another !S3, and so on. This meat
cost me less tliau 1 cent m*r pound.—R. F.
Rogers. Postmaster at Little River post office,
jtas bought a fuli-blood Alderney.—lt is hard
to tell what we po >r folks are coming to. w ith
so much meat, fine cows, corn, etc.—The local
option taw at Lake City is proving a benefit
to somebody. One merchant says his cash
receipts for the month of March arc about
double that of March, !-v!. All w e want is to
keep the temptation a wav from our
children. The trade will be better and
healthier in the towns where no saloons
are kept.—The newest thing at Lake City is
the skating rink. I w itnessed the gyrations
of some of the amateurs. If they had pro
vided themselves with a bumper they would
nave felt better next morning.—The Itorum
Hotel w ill soon be capable of accommodating
thirty more guests will* rooms; it is fast grow -
ing into a first-class hotel. —in spite of the mis
erable transportation facilities Lake City is
going ahead. YVe are ail anxious to hear the
whistle of the Savannah, Florida atid Western
Railroad. M e want it through in time for
our next crop of cotton. To move the staple
and seed of our next crop will be an item of
not less than $25,000. YVe ship vegetables here
ou Monday sto go u Savannah steamers on
the next "Wednesday— that's business.’ Half
the time the shipper don’t know who to curse
when lie gets his returns."
IN THE MICHIGAN PINERIES.
The Dcdriictiyc Moth that Follows
Forest jt'lros—The Value of Fine
Lands.
“When a forest fin- occurs in the pine
ries of Michigan,” said a lumber operator
front that State to a New York Sun re
porter, “the pine trees on tbs burned
tracts must be cut within a year it tho
owner wants to get marketable lumber
out of them. The heat of a spent forest
tire is not yet out of the
air before millions upon millions
of large, brownish-white moths appear.
One hour there may not be a moth any
where about; the next hour the air will
be tilled with them. They lay the egg
that produces a worm that bores into the
pine trees, honeycombing them with tun
nels that ruin them in a few weeks. I
have seen these millers covering an area
of 10.000 acres of burned woods.
“When the war broke out forest
land could be bought in Michigan for less
than $2 an acre. 1 purchased .*>.ooo acres
in l*lio for $9,000. Last month I sold the
tract for $250,000. 1 think the biggest
pine tree in Michigan is on that property.
It is 11 feet through at the butt and must
be 150 feet high. A New York man once
ottered me SIOO for 15 feet of the trunk
from Lhe ground up. He wanted to ex
hibit it during the Centennial Exhibition
in Philadelphia. I refused the offer.
Michigan produces one-quarter of the
pine used in the country. Over $160,000,-
000 a year is received by the operators
For the product of her forests. Jn 10
• ears from now, however, there will be
very little, if any. piuo left if) the State.”
Satan mill IftJoritijw JjJem
COMPTROLLER KNOX’S CAREER
Why He Resigned His Place in the
Treasury.
John Jay Knox has resigned his posi
tion as Comptroller of the Currency to
accept the Presidency of a New York
banking house. He entered the bureau
of which he afterward became chief 17
years ago as a minor official. He was
subsequently made deputy, and a dozen
years ago placed in full charge. His ad
ministration of affairs is one that has
given general satisfaction to the highest
authorities on finance. He is a man of
great independence of character, courage
ous and honest. He giY’es as his reason
lor remaining so many years in office his
great interest in the national hanking sys
tem which he advocated long before its
adoption. During his incumbency he has
received numerous proposals from pri
vate institutions at salaries thrice that
paid by the government, hut thev
were no temptation while there
was any lighting to he done for the exten
sion and security of bank charters. Now
that the matter is definitely settled for
some years, he proposes to place his
talents where they will command the
highest figure. His resignation is there
fore in the hands of the President to take
effect at an early day. Mr. Knox is some
what annoyed at a paragraph in an even
ing paper, which states that his resigna
tion will be offered as soon as the Com
mittee on Hanking and Currency shall
exculpate him ot the charges with rela
tion to the Pacific Hank, of Boston. Mr.
Knox says he has no personal interest in
the matter whatever. The committee will
probably report the result of their investi
gation on Tuesday next, and there is no
question as to what it will be. He says
he has delayed resigning in order to facili
tate the investigation, but for this reason
only.
MARY ANDERSON’S ENGAGE
MENT.
Tlie Way it Was Closed in London.
Miss Mary Anderson has wound up her
engagement at the Lyceum Theatre with
a row, says a cable dispatch, which has,
however, endeared her to the hearts ot all
loyal Londoners. Every theatre in the
city was closed last evening as a mark of
mourning to Prince Leopold, whose
funeral had just taken place, hut Mr.
Guy, the Lyceum Manager, had adver
tised that his house would be open as
usual. He accompanied this announce
ment with the explanation that as Satur
day was the last night of Miss Anderson’s
engagement, it would be impossible to
transfer the tickets to a future night.
It seems, however, that Air. Guy,
when he made this announcement,
had not consulted the star, and
Miss Anderson flatly'refused to be bound
by his promise. She said that it would
be simply intolerable, when every other
theatre in London was closed, that an
American actress should be the only one
to refuse to join in the general mourning
for the Hrince. It is not true, as has been
reported, that Miss Anderson descended
to the subterfuge of feigning indisposi
tion. jshe bluntly and positively declared
that she would not appear, and told Air.
Guy that be must refund their money to
those who bad made purchases
of seats. Mr. Guv was fu
rious and made all kinds of threats.
Atiss Anderson was cool, but decided.
She cabled to Air. Abbey, stating Mr.
Guy’s demands and her refusal, with its
reason. Mr. Abbev promptly cabled back
that her course was entirely approved by
him. Thus fortified the actress persisted
in her refusal to act, and Air. Guy now
threatens an action for heavy damages
for her alleged breach of contract. This
morning’s papers contain a card from
Aliss Anderson, in which she explains
her action and expresses her thanks for
the great popular kindness which has
been extended to her throughout her Lon
don season.
SA KG ENT’S RES IG N ATI ON.
Etlorts Slade to Induce Him to Recall
It.
since Mr. Sargent declined the Russian
mission, says a Washington special, efforts
•iiave been made to induce him to recon
sider his announced intention of return
ing home, but without success, and the
attention of the administration will now
be turned toward the election of a good
man to take the place at St. Petersburg
made vacant by the death of Minister
Hunt. It is apprehended that there will
be difficulty experienced in obtaining the
services of exactly the kind of a man who
ought to represent this country at Russia,
as the limited time which the new Minis
ter would have to serve before anew ad
ministration comes ttt deters many per
sons from even seriously thinking of the
place. There are a number of applicants for
the place, mostly ex-Congressmen who
failed to secure a re-election, but the
President in making a selection does not
want to be confined to men of this class.
It is not improbable that one of the Alinis
ters already stationed in Europe ot less
rank may he promoted, and in this con
nection the names of Alinister Alphonso
Taft at Vienna, Minister John W. Foster
at Spain and Minister Fish at Belgium
are mentioned. The promotion of one of
these officials would leave a less impor
tant mission to be filled, and enable the
President to emphasize his well known
desires to extend the operations of the
civil service system to the diplomatic
corps. As heretofore announce and. the
Berlin mission will probably not be tilled
tor many months to come.
CREDIT MOBILIEK REVIVED.
A Petition Asking for Oliver Ames* Re
moval as Receiver.
The Union Pacific Railway Company,
which succeeded to the franchises of the
Union Pacific Railroad Company, says
the Philadelphia Record, of the Bth inst.,
has filed a petition asking that the order
which made Oliver Ames Receiver of the
Credit Alobilier be vacated and that a
citizen ot the State of Pennsylvania be
appointed in his stead. The removal of
Air. Ames is asked for upon the ground
that he has done nothing to wind up
the affairs ot the Credit Alobilier,
which, it is alleged, is insolvent,
and has no assets except what might
come out ot a suit upon a promissory
note for $2,000,000 brought against the
Union Pacific Railroad Company and now
pending in Boston. The petitioner sets
out that it recovered judgment against
the Credit Alobilier in the New York
Courts for $1,299,365 81, upon which pro
ceedings have been brought by the said
Ames to have the judgment opened. It
is asserted that if the Credit Alobilier
should recover in the suit brought upon
the $2,000,000 note the amount so recovered
will he distributed among its stockholders
and creditors other than the petitioner,
who will be left out in the cold, unless in
in the meanwhile its judgment shall be
confirmed. Judge Butler issued a rule on
the Credit Mobilier and the Receiver,
Oliver Ames, returnable on the 2lst of
April next, to shoYv cause why the prayer
of the petitioner should not he granted.
• OUT OF MONEY.
The Appropriations for Marshals, Attor
neys and Others.
Curiosity as to expenditures In the De
partment of Justice, says a Washington
special, has been stimulated by Attorney
General BreYvster’s estimate of the defici
ency iu his department for the current
year. The appropriations for Alarshals,
attorneys, clerks, jurors and Yvittiesses,
aggregating $2,135,000, were exactly the
same for the last fiscal year and the cur
rent fiscal year. At the end of the last
fiscal year the deficiency was only SIBO,OOO,
of which $150,000 was for Deputy Mar
shals" fees that had been unpaid tYvo or
three years. Now, three months before
the end of the fiscal year, the Attorney
General reports a deficiency ot s34s,o<>b
111 these live items, besides' a deficit of
$30,060 in miscellaneous items. The ap
propriation for Alarshals’fees, which was
$600,000 in each of the la9t two appropria
tion bills, now shows a deficit of $75,000.
There is a $90,000 shortage in the matter
of district attorneys’ salaries, for which
the appropriation for the current and past
fiscal vears Yvas $325,000. The deficit is
easily accounted for—the employment of
Bliss. Merrick and Ker. The appropria
tion for clerks is $160,000 a year, and the
deficiency for this year is $60,000. The
annual appropriation lor jurors is $450,-
000, and the deficiency is $60,000. The ap
propriation lor witness fees is $600,000,
and the deficiency is $60,000.
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AT THE NATION’S CAPITAL
MR. VEST DEBATES THE NAVAL
APPROPRIATION BILL.
The Whole Day Devoted to Discussion,
but no Action Taken—Public Build
ings the Target at which the Repre
sentatives Directed Their Oratorical
Fire.
M ashington, April 9.—ln the Senate
to-day. Air. Hill, from the Committee on
Post Offices and Post Roads, reported
favorably the original hill to establish
a postal telegraph system. Mr. Hill re
marked that the committee were unani
mous as to the first ten sections of the
bill, Yvhieh relate to doing the yy’oi k by
contracts with the existing companies,
but that a minority of the committee were
opposed to the sections relating to the
construction or purchase of lines by the
government.
The Senate again resumed considera
tion of the naval appropriation bill, and
Air. Vest continued his speech of yester
day. Although we have no effective navy
at present he was opposed to putting any
money in the hands of the present Secre
tary of the Navy to construct one, be
cause it would pass into the hands of
John Roach. Referring to the shipf ing
hill reported to the Senate from the Com
mittee on Commerce, Air. Vest said that
it was like empiricism, which mistook a
deep seated disease for a mere cutaneous
eruption, and treated the patient Yvith
euticura and moderate doses ot sulphur.
Free ships, he said, Yvere not what we
wanted but reform rather of the whole
protective system.
Air. Hale ventured to recall to Air.
Vest’s attention the fact that there Yvas
nothing in the naval appropriation bill
relating to the tariff or merchant marine.
Mr. Vest’s speech took the form of a
debate between himself and Afessrs. Hale,
Edmunds, Bayard, and others. This de
bate continued until 5 o’clock when the
Senate Yvent into executiYO session, and
soon afterwards adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE.
In the House to-day, on motion of Mr.
Culberson, of Texas, the bill amending
the act regulating the removal ot causes
from State to Federal courts, was made
the continuing special order for April 12.
On motion of Air. Dunn, of Arkansas, a
bill Yvas passed providing for the adoption
of revised international regulations for
preY-enting collisions at sea.
Then a struggle arose as to which of
the many pending special orders should
obtain precedence of consideration. Air.
Dingley, of Maine, essayed to bring up
the shipping bill, but his effort Yvas un
successful, his motion being defeated by
|6 yeas to 156 nays. Mr. Reagan, of
Texas, met Yvith a like fate, his motion to
consider the iuter-State commerce bill
being voted down by 101 veas to 120 nays.
The Speaker ruled that the unfinished
business was the Oregon Central land
grant bill, but friends ol various
hills providing for the erection
of public buildmes united under the
leadership of Air. Stockslager, of Indiana,
and at 2:45 o’clock the House, by a Y'oteof
160 yeas to 61 nays, Yvent into committee
of the whole, with Air. Welborn, of Texas,
in the chair on public building bills.
Even theu, hoYvever. there was no plain
sailing, the first bill called up by Mr.
Stockslager, for a. public building at Keo
kuk, la., being objected to by Air. Thomp
son, oi Kentucky, who contended that
under the rules the objection must be re
ported to the House and passed upon by
that body. Air. Thompson was overruled,
but much time was wasted in debate
upon his point, and also upon the bill
itselt Yvlien it was reached in due form.
It calls for a total appropriation ot $150,-
000. A large number of amendments re
ducing the ultimate cost of the building
were ottered by Messrs. Holman and
Warner, of Ohio, and severally defeated,
but it Yvas only alter six tedious votes bv
the tellers that the bill was laid aside
with a favorable recommendation. The
next bill Yvas one appropriating SIOO,OOO
for the erection ot a public building at
Waco, Texas. This was bitterly opposed
by Air. Warner, ou the ground that the
population and business of that city did
not justify the large appropriation called
lor, and especially expressed his disap
probation of linking these bills
together like sausages. There
might le some good meat, but
there was plenty of bad. It was the
Yvorst form of legislation, and until this
special order Yvas vacated he would resort
to every parliamentary method to defeat
these hills.
Air. Buckner, of Missouri, also entered
his protest against this species of legisla
tion. The Democrats stood to-day exact
ly where the Republicans had stood two
years ago. They were putting on the
cast-off habiliments of their friends.
After another very lively debate the bill
was acted upon favorably. The commit
tee at 5:15 o’clock rose and reported the
Keokuk and AVaco hills to the House.
Without action the House at 5:30 o’clock
took a recess until to-morrow morning at
11 o’clock.
M’C'OY DEFEATS ORDWAY.
The Former Coil tinned as Register of the
Land Office at Aberdeen.
Washington, April 9.—One of the
most sev’ere struggles known to political
history was determined this afternoon in
the executive session of the Senate by the
confirmation of the nomination of Col.
Charles T. McCoy as Register of the
United States Land Office at Aberdeen,
Dakota. McCoy’s were the second hands
through which the notorious Douglass
county, Dakota, bonds passed two or
three years ago, which transaction de
feated the admission of Dakota to State
hood at the last session of Congress. His
nomination Yvas sent to the Senate upon
its coilY'en ing last December. He is the
enemy of Gov. Ordway, of Dakota, who
came here last December to defeat his
confirmation. Gov. Ordway marshalled
liis host, remained here until to-day and
brought up all the crookedness con
nected with the bond transaction.
Half a bushel of papers were
tiled pro and con before the Senate Com
mittee of Public Lands Mr. McCoy
proved his connection with the bond's
clear and filed, beside the petitions of
hundreds of people of Dakota, the in
dorsements of 135 newspapers, and from
different parts of the territory upwards
of 100 telegrams signed by nearly 1,000
people, were received by the committee.
One evening last week the committee
held a special meeting to hear Messrs.
Ordway and McCoy. The language used
by Ordway was so Litter towards the
committee that Chairman Plumb
threatened to throw him out of the room,
and quite a row occurred. The com
mittee reported uuanimously for McCoy
and he was confirmed promptly to-day.
Governor Ordway’s term ' expires
early next month, ile says that he does
not want the office any longer, and pours
imprecations upon President Arthur.
Gov. Ordway was at one time Sergeant
at-Arms of the House of Representatives,
and an influential Republican from New
Hampshire. He is wealthy, but politi
cally is now down. The affair has been
a sensation in Dakota since last fall, and.
has attracted much attention here.
GOVERXMEN T TELEGUAPHY.
The Senate Committee’s Bill Reported
—lts Features Explained.
Washington, April 9.—The postal
telegraph bill which received the approval
of a majority of the Senate Committee on
Post Offices and Post Roads a week ago
was retained in the committee until yes
terday for the perfection of some of its
details and was reported to the Senate to
day. The provision relating to the lia
bility of a contracting company for
failures to correctly and promptly
transmit messages has been amended
by limiting sueh liability to five hundred
times the amount paid for transmission.
Two new features have been added to the
bill. Tlie first authorizes the contracting
company to employ a postmaster as its
agent and an openitor at any postal tele
graph office where the telegraphic re
ceipts are insufficient to pay the salary of
an operator,and to pay him a commission
not exceeding 50 per cent, of the charges
on messages transmitted from the office.
The second requires the Postmaster
General to secure provisions in the
contract which shall protect
postal telegrams against discrimina
tion in fits order of transmission
in faver of telegrams received
at sueh ot tlie company's offices as are
not operated under the provisions of the
bill. The contract system remains the
most prominent feature of the bill, and is
not widely different from the scheme of
the Postal Telegraph (jompany, except
that it empowers the Postmaster General
to receive bids from any telegraph com
pany for contract. The provisions re
lating to the establishment of a govern
ment system pure and simple, in the
event that no satisfactory contract with
SAVANNAH, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1884.
the established companies is secured, are
a combination of the features of the Hill
and Edmunds hills.
BOW LAN AGAIN ON THE STAND,
Officials Deserving of Indictment Let
Go Unpunished.
Washington, April 9.— Examiner
Bowlan, of the Department of Justice,
was before Air. Springer’s committee to
day, and reviewed the testimony recently
given before the committee by George
Turner and Paul Strobach, of Alabama.
He denied the charges that he had taken
sides with either of the Republican cliques
in Alabama, and said that he had avoided
political questions Yvhen making his ex
aminations. Air. Bowlan said that he was
of the opinion that a conspiracy had
existed among the officials to delraud the
government, and that indictments ought
to be found against them. He testified
that the United States Attorney took a
different view of the matter, and over
ruled him.
Vest’s Attack on Chandler.
Washington, April 9.— ln both Senate
and House during the session, Yvhenever
matters connected with the navy have
have been under discussion, Secretary
Chaudler has come in for hard knocks.
To-day he got a perfect blast from Sena
toi Vest. Air. Yrest’s speech was vehe
ment, bitter and impassioned in his words
as to Air. Chandler’s character, both for
political and personal integrity and
honesty. Never before has any member of
the Cabinet, except when under trial for
impeachment, been plastered with such
invective by a member of Congress as Air.
Vest dealt out to Mr. Chandler. No Re-"
publican Senator made an earnest effort
to defend Secretary Chandler. Air. Vest's
speech has caused a great deal of com
ment. Its delivery was accompanied by
as much excitement as is ever seen in
the Senate.
Columbia’* I>el<‘jfate*.
Washington, April 9.—After fourteen
hours quarreling, disputing and speech
making the Republican Convention to
select delegates to the Chicago Conven
tion adjourned at 3 o’clock this morning.
The convention was composed largely of
negroes. Frank B. Conger, Postmaster
of Washington,and Perry Carson, colored,
were elected delegates.
Effect of tbo Fublic Buildings Debate.
Washington, April 9.—'The House ac
tion to-day in regard to public buildings
at AVaco, Texas, and Keokuk, lowa, in
sures the passage of the Senate bills for
buildings at Alacon and Augusta. Sa
vannah will have to come up somewhat
later. This may militate against her, as
the committee has not yet reported favor
ably in her case.
Air. Nicliolls Coining Home.
AV ashington, April 9.—Mr. Nicholls
leaves here Alonday for a visit home.
EXILED BY ENGLAND.
More Needy Irish People Land at Bos
ton en Route to the West.
Boston, April 9.—The steamship Gre
cian, front Glasgotv, arrived here this
morning bringing 236 immigrants said
to have been shipped from a Yvork-house
at Swin(;ford, Ireland. The customs
authorities having been warned to int es
tigate the matter, they ascertained
that they were assisted immi
grants and not paupers, and
had from $5 to S4O, according to the size
of each family, gh’en them by the agent
of the Tuke fund on the other side. It is
not clear that they are desirable settlers
for this country. These people claim that
they have come to this country in order
to enable them to gain a livelihood, and
they intend to become citizens of the
United States as soon as the laws permit.
Alost of them go to the far West and have
already made arrangements to that end.
That they Yvill he all allowed to land there
is no doubt, as each of them comes fully up
to the requirements of the immigration
law.
COMPELLED TO PAY $52,000,000.
James McHenry Slightly Incommoded
When lie was About to Sail for Europe.
New York, April 9.-James McHenry
was arrested to-day on board the steamer
Servia a fetv hours before her time of sail
ing for Liverpool. The arrest was made
by the United States Alarshal at the in
stance of President Jewett, of the Erie
Railroan Company, upon a judgment for
$2,000,000 obtained against AlcHenry in
the United States Courts four or 'five
years ago. McHenry agreed to settle
and turned over to Mr. Jewitt 11,000
shares of stock of the C., C., C.
and I. R. R„ valued at $681,000,
and 13,000 shares of Chicago and
Atlantic extension bonds turned over have
an aggregate value of $1,890,000. Alc-
Henry also gave a written promise to pay
tlie balance of the judgment in one or tYvo
years. The matter being settled to Air.
Jewett's satisfaction, the execution Yvas
withdiawn and Mr. AlcHenry allowed to
take his departure.
V SAVANNAH LA AY SUIT.
The Case of Dowling vs. Feeley and
O’Connor Taken Up Again.
Atlanta, April 9.—The Eastern Cir
cuit was taken up in tlie Supreme Court
to-day. The first case called was that of
AY. H. Dowling vs. John Feelev and D.
O’Connor, a suit on an administrator’s
bond. After the reading of the abstracts,
they were handed to the court, and the
argument was suspended until to-morrow.
Samuel B. Adams will argue the case (or
the plaintiff in error, and Robert Erwin
and R. li. Richards for the defendant ir.
error.
GEORGIA AT NEW ORLEANS.
Commissioner D. C. Bacon is here to
day for the purpose of conferring with
Governor McDaniel and others relative to
Georgia’s exhibit at New Orleans.
RIALS’ BRUTAL MURDER.
Ilia Enemies Filled Him with Bullets
anil Then Stabbed amt lieat Him.
New Orleans, April 9.—A special
from Hazelhurst, Miss., gives further de
tails of the murder of Rials by Dr. Robt.
G. Penn, Hance B. Penn and L. D. Yates,
Penn’s brother-in-law. Ten or more pis
tol shots were fired, eight by the killing
party and two bv Rials. Four of the eight
took effect on Rials. One lodged in the
back and three in the back part of
the head, any one of which would
.have been fatal. All the shots were fired
from the rear. Rials received severe
cuts from a dirk. One was in the throat,
and another just behind the ear. His
skull was fractured by a blow. The Cor
oner’s jury returned a' verdict against the
Penn brothers, who are in jail. Penn’s
party have made hostile demonstrations.
LABOR AND ITS HIRE.
The French Strikers Formulate Their
Basis of Peace.
Paris, April 9.—Tlie colliers of Auzin
have decided to continue their strike
until the masters accede to the following
demands: First, that the regulations
formerly in force be restored; second,
that the miners Yvho haY’e been impris
oned be liberated; third, that the men
who have been dismissed be reinstated.
SRINNERS GIVE IN.
Fall River, Mass., April o.— The
spinners at the Shooe mill, who struck
yesterday, ojving-to the change in the
size of yarn, returned to work to-day.
Tlie General Passenger Agents.
Charleston, S.C., April 9.— The spring
meeting of the Southern Association of
General Passenger and Ticket Agents was
held here to-day. The association em
braces all the railroads in the territory
south of the Potomac and east of the Ohio
and Mississippi rivers, including Louis
iana and Western Texas. Twenty-one
systems of railroads were represented. A
basis for making summer excursion rates
was adopted. The figures are about the
same as those of last year. Resolutions
were adopted commending the New Or
leans Exposition and recommending lib
era! concessions. Richmond, Va„ was
selected as the place for holding the fall
meeting.
An Alabama District Convention.
Selma, Ala., April 9.—The Fourth Dis
trict Republican Convention assembled
here yesterday, and elected W. J. Steph
ens, of Dallas county, and H. A. Cason,
of Lowndes county, both colored, dele
gates to the Chicago National Republican
Convention. They are instructed for Ar
thur. Leading stalwart politicians of the
State were here and controlled the con
vention.
Six Negroes Drowned.
Vicksburg, Miss,, April D, —Six
negroes out of eleven were drowned last
night by the upsetting of a skiff in which
they were crossing h river. They were
from McDowell’s plantation coming after
stock.
A BOOM FOR THE HOME.
1,500 PEOPLE AT THE COOPER
INSTITUTE MEETING.
Chairman Corporal Tanner Tells How
the Old Foes Have Become Fast
Friends—Gen. Gordon on the Patriotic
Motives and Bravery or Both Armies
—Phil. Sheridan Says that It was a
Nlp-and-Tuck Fight.
Nkw York, April 9.—Fifteen hundred
people gathered in the large hall of Cooper
L nion to-night to take part in the inaugu
ral public ceremonies relating to the es
tablishment of a home for disabled ex-
Confederate soldiers at Richmond, A r a.
The platform Yvas neatly draped iu Ameri
can and foreign flags and banners and
shields, and the band played patriotic
music at appropriate intervals during the
meeting. The opening strains of “Dixie”
called forth loud applause. Col. James
R. O’Beirne called the assemblage to
order and named the well known veteran,
Corporal Tanner, of Brooklyn, ns the
Chairman, “in the forced absence of our
great Captain, Gen. Grant.” [Applause.]
Corporal Tanner, who had both legs
shot wav in battle, and walks on two
wooden legs, came forward amid cheers,
and began his openiug address by saying
that he Yvas with the movement “with his
heart and soul, and from the crown of his
head as far down as he went.” He did
not forget Gen. Grant’s wore to Gen. Lee
at Appomattox, Yvhen he said to the great
Confederate General to tell his men to
take their horses home, as they would
need them for the spring plowing, and
then distributed 100,000 rations among
the defeated army. Gen. Grant in this
epitomized the feeling of ev’ery man Yvho
is willing to give credit to those who haY'e
stood the hard knocks of the battlefield in
the cause they believed to he just.
“HUMANITY STILL LIVES.”
The Corporal w'ent on: “I have thought
this thing over, and see that those of the
other side hate not the same pictures to
look back on that we have. The great
majority went out to fight for Yvhat they
thought was right just as yvc went out to
tight for what we knew to be right. I
know that the old bitterness is dying out.
If we are men Yve will see to it that the
sufferers who differed with us will find
out that humanity stiiyives. L Applause.J
France gathers up in honor the
remains of its great men, whether
they fought for the kingdom,
empire or republic. We are bound to take
up this thing and carry it to a successful
end [ Applause], AVe can do it and we
Yveli.” [Great applause]. The speaker
then told how it was frequently his mis
sion to go to Washington to procure pen
sions for our soldiers, and how Southern
members of Congress, without exception,
were always to be relied upon for their
support of such relief measures for their
old enemies. He said that the building
of this asylum would be another bond be
tween the North and South. Corporal
Tanner told an anecdote of a little son of
his and the child, daughter of an ex-
Confederate, Yvho lived next door to him.
One summer evening he and his friend
were sitting on his front porch when the
little ones had taken up a position on a
“picket fence” in front. Presently a kiss
passed between the two youngsters.
“John,” said the Corporal to his neighbor,
“I guess the Union will be all right in the
next genetation.” [Loud laughter and
applause.]
Alaj. Quincy, of Maryland, read letters of
regret from several distinguished persons.
GRANT’S LETTER.
Gen. Grant w'rote: “I am in hearty
sympathy with the movement and you
can rely upon me for doing all I can in
carrying out the purpose of the meeting.
I promise my support financially and
otherwise.”
Gen. Hancock wrote: “You have the
assurance of my best wishes and efforts
lor your success in the accomplishment
of this long deferred benevolent enter
prise.”
Gen. Ben. H, Bristow said in his letter
that it was appropriate to hold such a
meeting in a house founded bv a true
philanthropist, and promised his'support.
Senator Hawley, Rev. T. DeWitt Tal
madge, Gen. C. N. Christensen, Gen. Sara.
W. Crawford, C. P. Huntington, Gen.
Roger A. Pryor, Gens. Wilcox and Lil
ley and others, also Yvrote letters of regret.
GEN. GORDON’S ADDRESS.
Then the Chairman introduced Gen. J.
B. Gordon, one of the inaugurators of the
movement, who was warmly Yvelcomed
when he took the platform, and many
times interrupted ,by applause. Gen.
Gordon spoke as follows:
Mr. Chairman. Ladies and Gentlemen'. As
an ex-C'onfederate soldier, tvho surrendered
his arms and forces to your great Captain at
Appomattox Court House, Virginia, 1 greet
you to-uiglit with pleasure sincere and pro
found. Nearly twenty years liave passed
since the war ended, and it is fitting on an oc
casion like this to recall a lew facts connect
ed with that conflict, which, in its last analy
sis, was in no sense a conflict of forms of gov
ernment, but a coullict of constructions. On
one side, at tlie South, were long entertained
and inherited theories of consti
tutional construction, patriotic ardor
horn of the spirit of self-defense, devotion to
one’s own fireside, people and kindred, which
is one of the most exalted of virtues, and
which lifts by its intrinsic power the humblest
soul into a life of unselfish heroism, and which
stretched across the Southern border cordon
of as brave breasts as were ever faced to the
storm of battle.
THE NORTH'S MOTIVES.
On the side of the North was the purpose to
maintain this Union, a high, manly inflexi
ble resolve that America should be the abid
ing place of but one great, free Republic. Two
grand motives inspired the Union
soldiers, nerving them to high
thoughts and great achievements.
These two grand motives which throbbed
through every fibre of the Union soldiers’
being and whispered in thrilling accents in
the hour of battle were the indissolubility of
the American L’niou and the universality of
American freedom, both armies were patri
otic, both were republican and devoted to tlie
principles of republican government, both
were marshalled under constitutions which
incorporated ail the great cardinal principles,
of equality of States, habeas corpus, trial bv
jury, freedom of the press, religious liberty,
and tlie supremacy of the central consti
tution; and there was not a moment
during the conflict when either army would
liave Hesitated to put down anv attempt to
found a monarchy or an order of nobility or
a privileged priesthood in this fair land, con
secrated by their common ancestry to free
dom and equal rights. Devotion to liberty,
to constitutional liberty, was the fountain
front which both drank in inspiration for tlie
mighty conflict, and every solffier who fell in
the strife on either side turned his death pale
face to heaven, a glorious martyr for right,
as he understood it.
COMRADES AT HEART.
Though foes in faot, thev wore comrades at
heart in ultimate purpose, and now they
mean to be comrades in fact. The cause
which brings us here is worthy of the men
whose heroism in the late war thrilled the
world with astonishment and admiration. It
is a movement by brave and magnanimous
victors to protect, shelter and befriend the
disabled and suffering of their honorable and
valiant though vanquished brothers. It is to
make practical, to give form and direction
and scope to an impulse conceived in tlie
noblest minds, born of brave and generous
hearts, inspired by Godlike charity,
and which is destined to exert
a power for good ou the future
of this reunited country, resistless, measure
less, enduring. Tills movement, mv country
men, in ils effects upon those now living and
those who are to come after us, is worth more
to this country thau all the resolutions of po
litical platforms or parties, more than all ap
peals by eloquent lips for the restoration of
sectional concord and American fraternity,
for it is the Northern heart’s own eloquence
addressed to tlie Southern heart's own sensi
bilities. It is a brotherhood accomplished.
It obliterates passion. It touches, softens and
unites all the hearts of all our people, and will
bind them together in a bond of brotherly
affection, sincere, strong and immortal.
SANCTIONED BY BOTH SIDES,
To understand that the significance of this
movement, unsolicited and spontaneous, is not
exaggerated, it is sufficient to know that it
receives the sanction and co-operation of tlie
brave men of the Federal armv from its great
ex-commander, whose fame 'fills all conti
nents, down to the humblest private, who
himself, maimed and poor, is ready to contri
bute to this cause from the small pension
paid by the Federal Government, and it re
mains only to add that among the blessings
which have resulted from onr great conflict,
which are common to all, is the courage and
discipline of soldiers, citizenship, chi vaFry and
martial spirit, love and glory and apprecia
tion of honorable, truthful and intrepid
character, scorn of meanness and baseness
and cowardice, courage to strike a braver
blow for right than any power dare strike for
Yvrong, assured greatness and beneficence of
onr couuiion country, South ami North as one
great army marching to a common cause and
under a common flag, the emblem of a union
“one ami inseparable.”
GEN. SHERIDAN’S SPEECH.
The next speaker was Gen. P. H. Sberi
dan, who made the humorous speech of
the evening. He said that he believed in
fighting at the proper time, and onlvtben.
He thought that if we could remember
something of the South beside the war it
would be a pretty good thing. There
were innumerable heroic and noble things
about the South that could easily be re
called. He continued:
I sometimes think it well to remember
that when a war is oyer It is done, \Ve sent
out brigade, division and regiment as fast as
we could and the South did only the same
thing as well its they could. [Laughter],
And I thank God that they didn’t keep it up
ranch longer. [Laughter]. I know I had
enough of it several times, [Laughter],
fought and they lit. AVe won ami they didn’t,
and it is a mighty mean man who will remind
them of it except under some such circum
stances. [Laughter].
Sheridan hoped that the good work
would go one and promised to help it
with his purse and in eY’erv other wav he
could.
Gen. Floyd King, of Louisiana, said
that the South was ready to-day to do its
share ot protecting the United States
equally with the men of New York city,
JUDGE TOURGEE’S APPEAL.
Judge Albion AV. Tourgee was next in
troduced. He said that he did not believe
in all the stories told by old soldiers, for if
lie did he would haY’e to think that each
one of them had killed more men than
Samson, and probably with the same
weapon. He did believe that it was the
duty of the well-to-do to hold out the hand
of sympathy to the disabled soldiers or
the South—not from “gush” or ostenta
tious charity, but out of respect for their
manhood. Because they need it, give it.
Corporal Tanner asked the assistance
of every person present, saying that they
could send such contributions as thev
could a fiord to Gen. Gordon, at No. 55
Liberty street. The Corporal also told
bow he had sold $1,300 worth of tickets
for an entertainment to be given for the
same object in Brooklyn. Col. O’Beirne
read a dispatch from C. H. Jones & Cos.,
of Florida, which stated that that State
had subscribed $1,300 to the fuud. On the
platform during the meeting sat Judge
Thomas J. Mackey, ot South Carolina;
Maj. D. H. Llewellyn,of Kentucky; Capt.
Jno O’Shea, of the United States navy;
Bartlett S. Johnston, AV. J. Splain, of
Boston; Jas. Swann, of the First Ten
nessee Cavalry; Lieut. Henry A. Kraus,
of the United States army, and many
members of the Grand Army of the Re
public, and soldiers of the ex-Confederate
army.
THE SOUTHERN DRESS.
Action Taken Which will G-.catly Bene
fit Newspaper Keafiers.
Atlanta, April 9.—The Southern Press
Association met in this city to-day, the
following papers being represented: S.
A. Ashe of the Raleigh Observer , C. R.
Jones of the Charlotte Observer, J. Furash
of the Norfolk Ledger, J. 11. Estill ol the
Savannah Neavs, Ira P. Jones of the
Nashville Banner, Alexander Summers
of the Knoxville Tribune, AV. AV.
Screyvs of the Montgomery Advertiser,
Patrick Walsh of the Augusta Chronicle,
Erwin Ledyard of the Mobile Register.
C. 11. Jones of the Jacksonville Times-
Union, George Nicholson of the New
Orleans Picayune, G. AV. Rogers of the
Vicksburg Commercial Herald, 11. C.
Hanson of the Macon Telegraph and
Messenger, AV. L. Malone of the Fort
Worth (Texas) Gazette, John Kinij
of the Columbus Enquirer-Sun, H.
11. Ellison of the Richmond Dis
patch, F. AV. Dawson and B. R.
AVhite of the Charleston A'eics and Cour
ier, M. Dwineli of the Home Courier,
Adolphs Ooh S. of the Chattanooga Times,
H. AV. Grady, E. P. Howell and W. A.
Hemphill, all of the Atlanta Constitution.
William Henry Smith, General Manager
of the Associated Press, and AV, B. Somer
ville, Superintendent of the Press Depart
ment of tlie AVcstern Union Telegraph
Company, were in attendance.
The meeting was harmonious. The
business was expedited and the tele
graph news service improved and in
creased. A resolution was adopted au
thorizing the officers to apply for a charter
under the latvs of Georgia. The follow
tig resolutions were adopted:
Resolved, That the measure introduced into
both houses of Congress known as the copy
right bill is designed to recognize property in
the contents of newspapers and giro that pro
tection to property under the law which
every other interest already enjoys, ami that
it ought to receive the approval of the law
making power, ami tlie Southern Press Aeo
cmtion fully indorses it.
Where4s. The tendency toward central
ization of the ] lowers of the government is
* ? . ,v . , I n p r,se schemes for the increase of tlie
civil list and government patronage danirer
ous to the rights of the citizen and inconsist
ent with the principles of a republican gov
ernment as established by our forefathers:
therefore,
Resolved, That the proposed scheme to es
tabhsh a government telegraph system is in
ellect to place the government in competition
pith its citizens, to threaten every business
interest and to establish a political power in
the control of what, under the constitution,
is recognized as private concerns—a power
and tyrauuy winch nothing less titan revolu
tion could overthrow.
The following officers were elected’
President— Patrick YValsh, of Augusta.’
ton"* fre * ,d * nt - v - w Lawson, of Charles-
Secretary Adolph s. Ochs, of Chattanooga.
Treasurer—hi. Dwineli, of Rome.
Executive Committee and Advisory Board—
-1 attack YY alsh, of Georgia: F. YV. Dawson, of
booth Carolina; Adoph S. Ochs, of Tennessee;
*'• doncs of North Carolina; C. 11. Jones,
w \r n J Elli-sioii, of Virginia, and
YY . YY. (screws, of Alabama.
.•M he £ onvention wiu meet m Jackson
ville, Ha., next year. More has been ac
complished for the Southern press than at
any previous meeting. The association
has been placed upon a better looting and
a permanent organization secured.
CINCINNATI’S REDEMPTION.
A Responsible Grand Jury Secured and
the Courts More Lively.
Cincin x ati, 0., April 9.— The special
grand jury was impaneled this morning
with less trouble and in less time thau is
usually required. The list of names of
men summoned i9 composed entirely of
leading business men of this city. Nearly
all responded and very tew asked to
be excused. Three saitl that they had
military certificates in their pockets
which entitled them to exemption, but
they would not present them. The jury,
as made up, contains the names of C. w!
West, George AY . MaeAlpin, Thomas G.
Smith, Joseph Hater, Herman Goepper,
A. S. Butterfield, and other equally YY’ell
knoYY’u business men. The instructions
will lie given this jury next Monday.
in the meantime the Judges are in con
sultation on the subject, and it is under
stood that they will be charged with the
most important duty of investigating the
acts concerning the late riot and the burn
ing of the court house, including charges
of bribery against the jury that convicted
Berner.
A Snow Storm.
Washington, April 9,10:30 p. m.—Six
inches of snow fell last night at Fort
AVayue, lnd., and Dayton, 0., and seven
inches in the anthracite coal regions in
Pennsylvania. It began snowing in Wash*
ington about 6 o’clock in the morning and
continued till 11 o’clock. In Baltimore
snow fell until 3 o’clock, but it had all
disappaered inßaltimore and Washington
in two hours after the fall ceased. Direct
telegraphic communication between
AVashington and New York was entirely
suspended for several hours during the
business portion of the day because of the
prostration of every Yvire between Balti
more and Philadelphia by a high wind.
Late in the afternoon communication was
re-established, but has since been subject
to annoying interruptions, and the belated
business is being disposed of. The tem
perature here to-night is very Avintrv.
High winds with heavy rains prevail. '
THE SNOW IN VIRGINIA.
Lynchburg, Va., April 9.—A snow
storm prevailed along the line of the Nor
iolk and Western Railroad, west from
here, last night, and was followed by very
low temperature. It is feared that the
fruit crop was greatly damaged.
A Cyclone in Maryland.
Washington, April 9.—Between 10
and It o’clock this morning a lurious
wind storm passed over the country in
the vicinity of Baltimore, prostrating
ev’ery telegraph Yvire between Baltimore
and Philadelphia, and cutting off direct
communication north in an instant. The
extent of the damage in other respects
has not yet been ascertained. Thirty
large poles of the AVe6tern Union Com
pany in a single stretch Yvere blown down.
The storm seems to have been local, be
cause telegraph communication between
AVashington and the AVest is uninter
rupted. Snow fell for five hours here this
morning, but by 1 o’clock this afternoon
itbad all disappeared.
Fierce Flames at Hampton, Ya.
Fort Monroe, Va., April 9.— A fire
broke out in the business portion of
Hampton at 3 o’clock this morning and
owing to the high winds spread rapidlv.
The engines from the Normal School,
Soldiers’ Home and Fort Monroe were sent
for and saved half the town from destruc
tion. Thirty buildings, mostlv frame,
occupied as stores and dYvelliiigs, were
consumed. The estimated loss is SIOO,OOO.
HALF MANDALAY IN RUINS,
London, April 9. —Advices from the
lar East state that one-half of Mandalav,
the capital or Burmah, a city of 90,000
people, ha 9 been destroyed by fire,
Mexico’s Merchants.
City of Mexico, April 9.—The atti
tude of the merchants is unchanged. It
is believed that many stores will open
Saturday, but not until then, as to-morrotv
and Friday will be strict holidays. when
ail business houses will be closed.
PENNSYLVANIA POLITICS.
RANDALL THE DEMOCRATIC
CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT.
He Thanks the State Convention for the
Compliment—A Revenue Limited to
the Necessities of the Government the
Text of the Tariff Plank.
Allentown, Pa., April 9.—The Demo
cratic State Convention assembled here
to-day, and discharged its mission with
entire harmony and good humor, and
with complete unanimity, and adjourned
sine die at 6:30 o’clock this afternoon.
No instructions were given or prefer
ences expressed, other than are contained
in the platform, although every mention
of Mr. Randall’s name bv the speakers
Yvas bailed with cheers. The following is
the platform:
First. The Democratic party of Pennsyl
vania, in State Convention, declares its un
alterable determination to maintain those
principles ot government ordained by tlie
Federal constitution, and their interpretation
which the founders ot the party
settied and niado known, and de
nounces the late attempts by agents of the
federal government to overturn these princi
ples by judicial legislation and exeeutive
usurpations.
Second. YVe are against centralization,
monopoly, extravagant expenditures, subsi
dies and debasement of the civil serviee to
partisan spoliation.
Third. AY’e believe that the electoral fraud
of by which Samuel J. Tiiiteu and
Thos. A. Hendricks were cheated out of the
oftiees of President and Vice President, to
which they were fairly elected, was tlie most
deadly blow ever aimed nt our system of
representative government, and the duty of
driving from power the men anil partv who
made that fraud triumphant is the most sacred
obligation ever imposed upon tlie consciences
of freemen.
THK TARIFF PLANK.
Fonrt- >. AVe favor a tariff for revenue, lim
ited to the necessities of the government eco
nomically administered ands • adjusted In its
application as to prevent unequal lurdens,
encourage productive industries at home and
afford just compensation to labor, but not to
create or foster monopolies; and to this end
yvc favor the abolition of lhe iulernal revenue
system ot taxes and such an adjustment of the
existing tariff duties as will be consistent with
these principles.
Fifth. Every legitimate effort of labor to
better its condition, enhance its rewards and
protect its rights commands the sympathy
and support of the Democratic party. The
importation under contract of foreigu pauper
labor is an evil which should be remedied In
just legislation.
Tlie sixth and seventh resolutions relate to
State matters.
RANDALL FOR PRESIDENT.
The eighth and last is as follows:
Resolved, That Samuel J. Randall is tlie
choice of the Democracy of Pennsylvania as
tlie candidate of their party for President.
By long and faithful public service he has
illustrated his unfaltering devotion to lii-h
political principle,and his fealty to the Demo
cratic party, his honesty and honor, his
capacity and courage, liis faithful labors and
signal abilities have merited and won for him
the confidence and support of tlie people of
the United States.
After the adoption of the platform tlie
committee was appointed to invite Mr.
Randal] to address the convention. He
soon appeared, and briefly thanked the con
vention for the honor they had done him
in their expressions in his behalf, saying:
I do not attribute this action in any degree
to my personal merits; on the contrary, I
recognize and realize it as an approval of tlie
resolute and aggressive course which I have
pursued in Congress iu advocacy and defense
of those cardinal principles advocated by
Jefferson, Jackson, Folk and Buchanan. As
it has been with me in tlie past, so it willbe
to the end.
GEORGIA’S REPUBLICANS.
Buck and Bryant Have Everything
Tlioir Own Way.
Atlanta, Ga„ April 9.—The State Re
publican Convention met in the House of
RepresentatiY-es, in this city, to-day at 12
o’clock noon. It was called to order by
Mr. Buck. Collector Pledger nominated
AV. U. Clarke, of Bibb county, for tempor
ary Chairman, stating in his remarks
that Clarke had been agreed upon by the
contending elements, who advocated
Smith Easley, of Fulton, and Richard
A\ r right, of Richmond, for the honor.
Each of these nominations was
seconded, after which Devreaux,
of Chatham, made a speech, in
which ii'-f wanted to know who had cut and
dried this settlement of the chairmanship.
He had been informed that Easley had
not agreed to withdraw. Probablv his
friends had treated him badly. Easley
arose and in a short speech withdrew for
harmony’s sake. Clarke was then elected.
W. H. Shepherd, of Habersham, was
elected Secretary.
A Committee on Credentials was ap
pointed, aud while they were out addresses
were delivered by Henrv P. Farrow, ap
plicant lor the Judgeship, and John E.
Bryant, applicant for the Marshalship of
Georgia, both of whom ridiculed the white
Republican meeting and the object for
which they had met. The report of the
Committee on Credentials was adopted
without opposition until Chatham county
was reached, when a debate ensued. One
faction was led by Collector 1,. M. Pleas
ant and the other by John H. Deveaux.
An hour was allowed each for dis
cussion. The committee reported fa
vorably to seating the delegates headed
by Pleasant. Marshal It. D. Locke, of
the Southern district, was elected perma
nent Chairman. Twenty-four delegates
were elected to cast Georgia’s vote in the
Chicago Convention, equally divided as
to color. Resolutions indorsing Presi
dent Arthur’s administration as wise and
prudent, and another pledging the Repub
lican party in Georgia to do all that it
could in the direction of prohibition, were
adopted. The convention was con
trolled entirely by Bryant and Pled
ger, who were assisted ably by
Locke and Buck. They prepared 'all the
resolutions and framed all the commit
tees, handing the lists to the Chairmau of
the convention, who announced them in
regular cut and dried style. The dele
gates elected claim to be for Arthur, but
are really for Blaine. None of them will
vote for Arthur after the first ballot, and
will only do this at first with a view of
getting Arthur to appoint Farrow Judge
of the Southern district, and Bryant
United States Marshal of Georgia.
GEORGIA’S DELEGATION IX FULL.
The full Georgia delegation to Chicago is
as follow's:
First District. —A. X. Wilson ami James
Blue.
Second District.— C. W. Arnold and C. Few.
Third District.— E. Seward Small and El
bert Head.
Fourth District. —Walter H. Johnson and J.
C. Beal.
Fifth District.— John E. Brvant and W. D.
Moore.
Sixth District. —W. W. Brown and Pulaski
O. Holt.
Seventh District.— G. W. Burnett and J. O.
Gassett.
Eighth District. —Madison Davis and M. A.
Wood.
Einth District. — W. T. B. Wilson and James
B. Gaston.
Tenth District. —Richard It. Wright and W.
W. Holden.
The delegates from the State-at-large
are Lewis M. Pleasant, Wm. A. Pledger,
Absalom E. Buck and Charles D. Forsyth.
THE WHITE ELEMENT FISHING.
The white Republicans met in the Sen
ate Chamber at 10 o’clock this morning.
The attendance was considerably in
creased. A resolution was offered and
adopted that the State Convention of the
Whig Republican party of Georgia be
called to meet in Atlanta Thursday,
May 1, at 13 o’clock, lor the purpose of
organizing a State Central Committee,
electing a delegation to the National Re
publican Convention at Chicago and to
nominate a State and Electoral ticket, and
to take such other political action as it
may at the time be deemed wise and
proper.
A large number of letters encouraging
the character and purposes of the organi
zation were read, in which the writers
regretted their inability to be present at
the meeting, but would come to the con
vention. It was announced that if the
convention would hold over until to-raor
row some of the delegates in attendance
upon the State Convention would come
in and join the movement. Upon this
statement an adjournment was had until
10 o’clock to-morrow morning.
One for Blaine and One for Arthur.
Memphis, April 9. —A dispatch from
Aberdeen, Miss., says: ‘‘The Republi
cans of the First Congressional district
of MississiDpi met to-day aud nominated
G. C. Chandler, of Corinth, for Congress
and Dr. J. M. Bynum, ol Rienziel for
elector. H. C. Powers and W. H. Rennon
were elected delegates to the Chicago
Convention. A resolution was adopted
indorsing President Arthur’s administra
tion. The delegates were not instructed,
but it is understood that one is for Blaine"
and the other for Arthur.
Colden’s Liquid Beef Tonic is indorsed
by physicians. Ask for Golden’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.
SPAIN’S CUBAN TROUBLES.
The Mother Country Not Apprehensive
of Outside Interference.
London, April 9.—lnformation has
been received here that in official circles
at Madrid no confidence is placed in the
story that United States Minister Foster
has started to AVashington for the pur
pose of arranging a commercial treaty
between Spain and the United States. It
is not belieY’ed in Madrid that the United
States would consent to become involved
in the disputes that would necessarily
arise if the question of buying Cuba should
be broached. It is known there that since
Gen. Aguero started from Key AA’est the
Spanish insurrection has gained consid
erable strength; neY’ertheless the belief in
the steadfastness of America’s friendship
is so strong that there are no fears in offi
cial circles of any movement on the part
of the United States or its diplomats to
complicate matters by even a sugges
tion of the purchase of Cuba. As to the
nations of Europe interfering the good
understanding between Germany and
Spain will, it is said, effectually preY’eut
any such movement.
AGUERO’S FORCE INCREASING.
Fears That Another Expedition U Fit
ting Out at Turk’s Island.
Madrid, April 9.—Netvs has been re
ceived here from Cuba that Gen. Aguero’s
.forces now number 225 men. Of these 43
are either ex-chiefs of tho late insur
rection in Cuba or ba\’e been otherwise
identified with those movements, and the
balance are escaped slaves. Four plan
tations iu Cuba have been destroved by
Gen. Aguero. It is feared that another
filibustering expedition is now fitting out
at Turk’s Island for Cuba. This island
is under British dominion.
COM M KKCIAL CRASHFS.
Another Bank Closes its Doors to the
Sorrow of its Stockholders.
Indianapolis, April 9.--A dispatch
from Versailles, 0., says: “The Exchange
Bank clo od its doors yesterday. B. F.
Coppess, of Greenville, 0., has been ap
pointed receiver. The loss, about $60,000,
will fall on the stockholders.”
VERMONT’S BANK ASKS TIME.
St. Albans, Yt., April 9,—President
Howies, of the suspended First National
Bank, comes out with an open letter to
day, in which he says that the bank has
resources to pay all depositors and sat’c
its stockholders irom loss, if only permit
ted to continue business.
THEATRE OYVNKRS FAIL.
London, April 9.—Stetson & Sons, own
ers of the Theatre Royal at Middles
borough, have failed. Their liabilities
are estimated from £IOO,OOO to £250,000.
They have large trading stores in various
towns in the north of England.
A FAILURE IN LONDON.
London, April 9.—A. U. Gillespie &
Cos., merchants in the West India trade,
have failed.
Franco and Madagascar.
Paris, April 9.—Prime Minister Kerry
to-dav informed the committee of the
Chamber of Deputies to which the ques
tion of the Madagascar credits yy as re
terred that the negotiations with the Ho
vas had again been broken off, owing to
the 111-wiliof the Malagassies. Gen. Miot,
Yvho starts for Madagascar to-day, goes
under orders to occupy several more
points on the northwest coast, the object
being to affirm the treaty rights of France.
This,policy necessitates a reinforcement
of the troops at present in Madagascar.
The neYV ioree will proceed from Reunion.
Catholic Prelates Again Aroused.
Rome, April 9.—The statement of Signor
Mancini, Minister of Foreign Affairs, yes
terday iu the Chamber of Deputies that
the government had no intention of modi
fying the decision of the Court of Cassa
tion requiring the conversion of
the real property of the propaganda fide
into Italian rentes causes renewed solici
tude at the Vatican. Cardinal Jacobini,
the Papal Secretary of State, has at
once ordered the different nuncios to point
out to the courts to which they are ac
credited the designs of the Italian Goy’-
ernment.
The Pocahontas Mine Opened.
Lynchburg, Ya., April 9.—The en
trances to tlie Pocahontas coal mine were
opened to-day by several experienced
miners. A fan will be ready for opera
tion to-morrow, when the bodies
ol the victims ol the disaster will be
recovered. Several bodies were discov
ered to-day upon opening the entrances.
A firm of this city has just received an
order for thirty-six coffins.
The Silver Coinage Agitation.
Xeyv York, April 9.—The Cotton Ex
change members, at a meeting this after
noon, resolved to petition Congress for
the stoppage of further sih’er coinage un
til, by home aud international legislation,
some readjustment or the relative values
of gold and silY’er coins may be accom
plished.
Germany’s Coming Elections.
London, April 9.—The Cologne llazette
confirms the report that the German pro
vincial authorities have been notified to
prepare for the Reichstag elections. The
same paper announces a general con
ference of the National Liberals to be
held in Berlin after Easter to prepare for
the electoral struggle.
Alore Cheating at Cards.
Paris, April 9.—The Lantern announces
that a prominent financier has been dis
coY’ered to have been the author of cheat
ing at cards in a Rue Royale Club. Louis
Valet, under whose bed marked cards and
securities w ere found, together with his
suspected accomplice, has been released
on bail.
Chili and Bolivia at Peace.
Paris, April 9.—The Chilian Minister
to France announces that a truce between
Chili and Bolivia has been proclaimed, by
the terms of w’hich it is provided that the
Bolivian territory occupied by Chilians
shall remain under Chilian law, and that
trade betYveen Chili and Bolivia shall be
free.
Dynamiters Assail a'Fort.
London, April 9.—lt is reported that
an attempt was made last night to destroy
with dynamite the magazine of Fort
George, a feYv miles from Inverness. The
marauders Yvhen disturbed made their
escape in boats, but not before the sentry
bayoneted one ol them.
A Lyncher Found Guilty of Man
slaughter.
Cincinnati, April 9.—A dispatch from
NeYV Lexington, 0., says: “William
Blakely, who has been on trial for murder
in the second degree for the lynching of
Richard Hickey, has been found guilty of
manslaughter.”
England’s Commons Adjourn.
London, April 9.—The House of Com
mons yesterday adjourned until the 21st.
inst. During the sitting T. M. Healv.
member for Monahan, narrowlv escaped
suspension for maligning Sir TreYelyan,
Chief Secretary for Ireland.
The Kidderminster Itiot.
London, April 9. —A detajhinent of
cavalry has arrived at Kidderminster
owing to the riot ol artisans. The mas
ters haY’e refused to yield to the men’s
demand. The strike is expeeted to spread
elsewhere.
Missionaries Massacred in Tonquln.
Paris, April 9.— Le Monde, the clerical
newspaper, says that five French mission
aries and thirty catechists have been
massacred at Thanhoa, in Tonquin, a
tow’n of some importance not far from the
coast.
Parnell Not to Speak.
London, April 9.—Mr. Parnell will de
liver no public speeches during Easter
recess. The Irish Times, of Dublin, says
that the Parnell party will become an or- j
ganized section ot the Liberal party.
Alabama Physicians.
Selma, Ala., April 9.— The Alabama
State Medical Association assembled here
to-day, and will continue its sessions till
Saturday.
Germany** Emperor Convalescing.
Berlin, April 9.— The Emperor William
is rapidly convalescing.
Petroleum V. Nasby.
D. R. Locke, Petroleum V. Nasby, edi
tor Toledo Blade, writes: “I had on a fore
finger of my right hand one of those plea
sant pets, a “run-round.” The finger be
came inflamed to a degree unbearable and
swollen to nearly twice its natural size.
A friend gave me Henry’s Carbolic
Salve, and in twenty minutes tbe pain
had so much subsided as to give me a fair
night’s rest, which I had not had before
for a week. The inflammation left the
finger in a day. I consider it a most val
uable article.”
| PRICE SIO A YEAR, i
j 5 CENTS A COPY. j
PRICES ON' THE RISE.
BOTTOM TOUCHED AT CHICAGO
AM) BULLS REJOICING.
A Peg Higher the Rule all Around Yes
terday—The Day for 80 Cent Wheat
Claimed to be a Thing of the Past for
this Year.
Chicago, April 9. —This has been an
other field day on ’Change, and at the
finish the bulls appeared to have full
possession for the first time in many
weeks. The opening was strong, but
prices fell off after the first hour to about
the medium prices of yesterday, after
which ensued a stormy advance, which
very nearly routed the bears in the pro
vision and wheat pits. Trading in pro
visions had been quiet all the morning,
But about noon prices began to go up
hurriedly and the very heavy “short” in
terest, which had lteen selling liberally
for a week, suddenly found great diffi
culty in covering and dosing. Prices on
the afternoon call were fully $1 per bar
rel for pork over the closing prices of
yesterday. May pork on ’Change closed
at_slt> 85, June at sl(s 95, and July at
sl> 02V 3 . I pon the call board the. sales
amounted to tj.OOO barrels. May ad
vanced to sl4 June to sl4 27ii, and
Ju I v to sl4 371*.
* WHEAT.
1 railing in wheat was also on a very
extended scale, and a sharp advance was
scored. Numerous buying orders were
on the market at the opening. Foreign
advices were quoted iu better tone, and
the weather was cold and threatening.
Under these influences prices advanced
sharply, aud May option sold up to 83>£c.
\ alues then became weaker, May selling
down to but subsequently re
covering to 83c., and remaining
steady for a time. After the
noon hour prices began to go up
and went to 84%e. and closed at about
84!- 8 c. June closed at and July at
8. On the call board 2,250,000 bushels
were sold Mav advanced to 85c. and
closed at June closed at
Bfi?4c. and July at 87%c. The bulls claimed
that the advance was legitimate and con
tended that the day for 80-cent wheat had
gone by tor a twelve-month. Corn was
unsettled and generally lower, but gained
some strength toward the close, in sym
pathy with wheat. The market opened
Js'c. higher, became weak under free of
ferings aud declined rallied
%@lc. and closed higher than
yesterday. May closed at 50c., June at
51c. and July at 52%c. On the call board
1.200,000 bushels were sold. May closed
at 50%c., June at 51**0. and Julv at
53>£c.
Oats were active and stronger. May
closed at 31%c., June at 31T£c.. and July
at 313,0. Oil the call board the sales
were 155,000 bushels, May and June ad
vancing and July advancing J^c.
Lard was active and generally stronger.
May closed at $8 47> j@B 50. June at $8 67 W
<P_ 8 GO, and July at $S Gs(<£B On the
call board the sales were 6,rxK) tierces,
prices advancing 10c. on the whole range.
GORDON AM) KHARTOUM.
The City Still Surrounded and Skirm
falling Frequent.
Cairo, April 9.—A messenger who left
Khartoum March 27 has arrived at Ber
ber. He reports that the condition of
affairs at Khartoum is extremely criti
cal. The irregular troops in Gen. Gordon’s
command are in a state of mutiny.
A MORE HOPEFUL STORY.
CAIRO, April 9,11: 45 i*. m.—Sir Evelyn
Baring, the English Minister to Egypt,
has received adispatch from Gen. Gordon
bearing date of March 30, which gives
the following information: On March 25
Gen. Gordon disarmed 250 Bashi-Bazouks
who had mutinied. The following day he
shelled the rebel camp on the Blue Nile,
killing forty of the enemy. March 27 the
rebels fired upon Khartoum from a village
opposite, but this they were soon forced
to evacuate, losing fifty-nine men m the
engagement, and Bashi-Bazouks occu
pied the village’snd held it until March 30.
On that day the-rebels returned in force
and drove them out, but then retired them
selves. The White Nile district is quiet.
The Khartoum market is well supplied.
El Mahdi has sent the rebels six guns.
Gen. Gordon estimates that the rebels
about Khartoum number fully 2,000.
NUBAR’S REAL AIM.
Cairo, April 10, 2 a. m.— Clifford Lloyd,
Lnder Secretary ot the Interior, has
offered to resign, but Sir Evelvn Baring,
the British Minister, has refused to per
mit him to do so. The Khedive
anil Sir Evelyn Baring are try
ing to form a Ministry by com
bining representatives of the Cherif
and Nubar Ministers. Nubar Pasha con
tinues his private Intrigue to maintain
his place while openly asserting his de
cision to retire.
The British Government has sent posi
tive orders to Gen. Gordon to withdraw
from Khartoum with Col. Samson as soon
as possible.
NEW YORK.
Highwaymen Bob a Foreign Secretary.
As Ilustian Effendi, the Turkish Secre
tary of Legation, was ascending the steps
of his house in Seventeenth street,‘about
1 o’clock this morning, says a New York
special of the 6th inst., three men, who
had evidently been lving in wait for him
seized him from behind, and one of them
garroted him and threw him down, while
tiie others robbed him of S6O and a valu
able gold watch which had been pre
sented to him by President Garfield as a
memento of some personal services a few
months before he was shot. No clue to
the robbers has yet been found.
Society in London is somewhat amused
and very much scandalized at the daring rob
bery of Dr. Bull Run Russell’s wedding pres
ents. Every one knows that the celebrated
war correspondent was married some weeks
ago in Paris to a charming Italian lady
Presents poured in on the popular couple ou
the auspicious occasion. These wedding gifts
of the value at least of $5,000, were left during
the honeymoon in the safekeeping of a friend
residing iu Eaton square, I.ondon. Ouc day
shortly after a porter, wearing the badges of
liis respectable trade upon cap aud collar
rolled a cart to this lady’s door and explained
that he was sent by Dr. and Mrs. Russell for
the boxes in her charge. Alas, for unsuspect
ing womanhood! The lady gave up every bit
or property entrusted to her by bride and
bridegroom. A day or two elapsed without
message. Reason of the silence—they had
not reached England. The plausible porter
was a thief.
The Greeks have always had the credit of
being a very patriotic nation, and one can
scarcely lie surprised at the many letters to
Figaro complaining of the very unpleasant
use of the word “grec” in the discussion over
the recent card cheatings in Paris. For some
reason or other “grec” has gradually come to
be used as an equivalent to “escroc” or
“voleur,” and is especially reserved for those
enterprising individuals who make a living
by such delicate practices. This the Greeks
consider a cruel aspersion on their national
honor, and they are anxious tiiat the French
should find a substitute fqr the obnoxious
word.
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