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KSTABLISHEI) 1830.
j H ESTILL, Editor and Proprietor. 1
RGIA AND FLOMDA.j
r ,IE M US OF THB TYV Q ST A YES
TOI.O l> P\U\OR4VHB.
*.t;iil!a' •* Melon ACT#*e - < ftnuwßk’l
library HiM.dsomel y Rejnniibl rl An
lixiir lUrtcmler Who, letttgined '’hat
riit-ri- wa Mutiny on Steamer--The
t > Ilf* Sturm m it r,Urjck Const;.
C.BOP/VII.
: . -k ;>;■ :■ 1= to u litre e’.orchottfc
i.-tinbridge.
\ ti:‘ !“nt <it M ,ftr.t:ce!io is. 3J.fl to have
•• .!• ui'htn n ,r B T.
I lum ®er piiit lit Rurien will he
t if the n ehtucry is rot too badly
I eirirrh 4 at ferry do not sanction
an 1 r .rur-t efforts are being maun
. oii-h .he .practice in thst town
*■“ 11 farm 7 miles from Greensboro,
y.-r-rher. w'u.-.-old last Tuesday at
/* v for 35.CC0. ul.rpaon.oi lie*.
■ o. ttieTiUrchft. ee.
*- .i pm icis Cof n, of tbe ItetMfriH
• f y r:f.- Company of Augusta, callo*’
, r ... •_. .>£ the subscription to the nc'
t [irt f . red f-toe’;, payable Friday.
hole ne*~ the top of Barber's kfii,
j .ttlii-r?. that hr.s been some trouble to
*. n ll,-.. ami the other evening, wfcilc
x if r r *r it, u pnng of splendid wtter
r. found.
k. Gregory. .egro amn wboewniß tted
~:r woman in Woodstock *hs
e.unty, last spnrg. an-- ran
-s brought to Can ten and
> ij/t Tuesday.
p; , ...... riev. of Decatur cor.nty, off'era
r l of fir ■ for the appreftn*r,SK *, with
i . . iii\ :i i, of the parties who‘.srglar
ofßcc in'l r-ililH-'i the ballot-box on
~ght, of .Iz.ri. 31 or Keb. 1.
1:. re were nt least 10.0)0 'wild 'net. ir
.>rt round Tuealay eirecieg. One
,l.m \ a-, atretehed along for a full
Tt>.-' were very tame indeai. Nuir.-
i -iv.- lieen killed froir a steamer >
l,..nri K jok-. clerking for Jaircs A. Greer,
i fej was pan:c-Btriofc*o THrsdsy.dt
J ;r,c • .teut blow, an I teas ittg the .tore r a
ivn tlie -treet nhxutirg .tt the top cf
- , “Close your (Lulls; don't let C e
in: a cyclone vs com r r!'
v. r|.(. nt- w::> recently .ietc- te*l in the pvlk
uUcat l. 11. Ntrttmi.hv.-ri'a, at 1•- rry.
• prubuhi v put there'Ly a ix-trc .) -y
,n.- I John Walker. It ts believed that
... one wished to poison Uu- f tmily air! in
; tiic lad to poi-ou toe n-Fk. Ho ir, inter
- re.t.
A colored <-oui>le hv.ng cn John Lewis*
e, !.. ai' Warren ton, vent o t-* ? field*
. tlu-ir year-obi son to take c ire of
• httUMi. !n :he ate.-re*: o? the *wo the
•thing of Ihe little fello* e:' ight fire, and.
ii. r with pain am* f:-;ri--t, he rrshtd into
>.f ..pi n ;er and was beret to :i n-:-
.V tine canvas-bark (luckras seen la t week
. light in t:.e puddie iu t-ontnf a store at
After making u few cncles tt grace
. -wimmiug. be seemed * • take in the Situa
■ , and, gttting friffi tened, h . t iy felt,
-.vrai gentlemen wif bn twenty t ■:' wit
.-.-ert the coming ami going oi .his novel
isitor.
engaged ele.v n-.r upp“w ground un
,t. M. B. Hall’s place, iu-l on: nJ Warres
ion, a negro boy about hi years oiti w.-.s caught
under a falling tree :,nd uerf :-.ps fatally
wounded. His thigh is very L-a Iy fractured,
and he,received a blow on tlm izia'l which
produced eoncnsssoi' of the br an. The boy
--aid to be of (inhaler'-<><l mind and ma ie no
effort to avoid the -‘anger voeu warned to
do so.
Henry Alexander, one of tb: r.osl worthy
negroes in Miteheil ounty, was drowned m
Ue Flint river a few da vs ag . lie wu> inak
i,£ preparations t. go down 'th a raft, and
he bateau lie was :n apset. He dim e'l on
tie boat and was earn. I cctvn the river.
-!verv ( fort to -ret about to reef .ehim proved
r.iitless; and as L->- was ussMc to swim, and
• being a verv rob. day, he soon lost eon
<!i-ue—s, and at rotn point i-.il eff and was
• -owned.
one of tbe etusees in the Baptist Sunday
- -ol at t.reen-hi.ro, aided by their teacher,
- iai-oring to create a fund f< r the purpose of
nil parsonage. Tie niegiis employed to
iinpliah this end is a handsome quilt,com
„_od of is) large squares. Each squareeon
• -m l ln ‘ i mediom Hire centre square.
[ re—i eqcares are al! for sa e, .ts follows: fee.
~r each -mall and 40c. for centre and f I for
argi rqu ires. Whoever buvs the centre or
.(_• > -qnnre vrii; have their name neatly em
. l. red iu thecec.ire squrre, without they
efer their name no: to appear: in this case
:i:i r wish will he granted.
The amount of money ac .unity in the hands
.iiinly Tneaiurvr Erun on. belonging to
i i,-ion county, ts about f f.0i.0. From the
fr- u-iirers’ rei>6C-ls U. is ler.rned that in tbe
„t - part of Jane ry of r < U year since l'sn
f- tow.ng amounts in cash were in their
lssiv. of; 1881, *6.383 29: 1882,
: lssj, lid.79lS*-; D-st, 18,263 08. In Au
-■ r f.-teh year the tax for county purposes
so- levied as follows ITS., mills on the
r- ,r. 18-i r mills; lv-1. >!• mills: ls-d. t ,
Tins t;i\ v. as Ie vied on an aggregate
• s .i. 'property returned for taxation
- . V r‘ bd; l--i, h,ss .7*l; 1882, *2.11.-ti,-
. , -xi. Ii L-H. *2.631,4‘>i'. 5(). Since
-i the increase in valaiUion amounts to
: -t, j to.
l’ostell, *f St. Simon's Island, pre
► t to the Bruiisr:c!- Library Association
. \iy or two ag'rills entire library of about
o;nines, n large namber of which are
w irks—ju-t it- 'i books as tne library
* clt like to hate, bi te- not purchase,
no- of the gift arc That should the as
■n di-solve at any t me. these t-ooks
•rt to Sir. PosteU’s family. Mr P.istell is
ilj i generous ga.Uo nan- Only a few
>■ - ago he presented itis cabinet of rare
varieties, to the Atlanta Libr ry.
a ive gift to Bmnawiek Mr. Pm
’ re 1 nucleus for a museum in the
, of i.e 6 varieties of sheiD. \s soon as
< tor? ■ an arrange lor them ihiscollec
wi* Ik- placed in the library rooms and
. nucleus to which to t.uiltl.
C ’+.itv Weekly Wednesday a negro
* ng on' J. D. M .KibbenV place, at
J t ■ v,.'i. nu t her t.eatli in a most shocking
r. Her mother waa off at work, and
• iin Uni ibin alone. Whileatand
- ■ ir the fire her clothing ignited, and in
out she was completely enveloped iu
She ran a distarce ol 100 yam-to a
. and by throwing herself into the wa
t * .y succeeded in extinguishing the
-sin then proceeded to ihe residence
'ir. M -Ki .lien, who m~a ’e a hasty t-xami
nn i-covered f i at she was seriously
.t . burned. .*l e attempted to strip,
• • ; ."mg so the -tin adhered to Her clotn
.l -he wa- completely craze-1 by the
, an. Mi 9 lingered in this condition until
v. morning, when death came to her
•she was about U years old.
• bridge Demo ni: The timber basinets
•.r riv.r is growing to immeuie propor
■ r 118 the source of largo revenue to
' A large tuußi-r of men now
"Payment therein, anl gradually tlie
f the building world are turning to
* ■ i-. Oar county supplied theb'Ji’ of the
i era ue<l in the o< a I ruction of the
n r, tpr. between New Vork city and
' > n. rum iti superior quality and extra
- r>- is a standing adv-rUseaent for
W, .stern metropolis of the world.
*r* million* in the tmiiierof our county,
' y la.-fc of the tunes ncapital to un
- tr. vm-. Our advice to lan-l-own
’ n fore, is to stop the butchery of the
r •>- turpen'tr.eries and Loiii on to them
i " tier or. them. Tfcere'a a fortune in
• •oiuty pine lands in the near future,
-f* i.: The prospect is that the
-n m- lons from Camilla GO-tli ward to
me increased over last year.
• ' y the handsome proi'i s of some
-t -easi-n Uie business ..cenia to l>e
. A reduction of 20 per rent, in
■ f r.< --M ou lines north of the Ohio
..-i and. It Is fist. min; to
• .. Camilla to SmithviLe is _.i lie
r • • •••> • itch of the State. The Very
•were shipped from mis section
net with comparatively line
• *d our growers netted (Isor <2O
m .king t ie ian'l pay to the owner
■•--■a teree times its market v aii.e
-■ ir;. Florida can't heat it* Sumo
'*• rs have e- gaged au experienced
to stay in Atlanta ouriug the
ei an l distribute their crops by
> '. the distributor receiving a* lies
~u amount for every car load bo
who va- married in Lutlinert
lay. had -one difficulty in getting
i in time to meet his appoint meat.
- lt. K. WT tier. lie toot a
tra.c at 2 o'clock in the morning, at
• • [.e. : ,g to connect with the pas
y nfi.rC ith ert at braithville. He i
■ ' 'cmi.v:ile just in time to see the !
• i iram “luzdmg enchantment to the
• Tl. marriage was to take place at 12
t r ' o. lhi train he could get '
; 1 li.u-t vanished in the direction of
' l;, ‘ii and .ett biul tliconifiU'd and i
: i. No time was to be lost in idle !
- i.r- ng fate snu nil that sort of staff.
, : that quickly. He and Mr.
■iri’d ;t fast team and started at |
■ * i for Dawson. On reaching that I
’ i -I' lining and belr.ihered lior.-es
■in.-d for a fresh relay, only st p- j
• iigli to telegraph her. “got leif.
And sure ‘enough, an hour '
ei that appointed for the ceremony |
I lire spot, and the wedd—' was
>•, Hallo, h county, Mrre*jWAld-
G •>- ti; Our vicinity v. a* v
’. ti 4, by a phecomei: t*lori*tr
■ I iw. ii y minutes, the at:.: .sphere
te wano and pleasant tL. earlier
* the da, with hut ;tn or. aUmal
•- .'--nipt tie serene sky. About 11
e morning the air became quite
- amassed m daaaa bwmm.
. ■ < th.i (kv was overcast with fore
-1 heavy rfiir. tim wind. Al. ut 1
■ tain,.l very burd an i rapid! v for
' w:i ’l’.’CblM, pie the -Jtv became ,
ele-.r and the sun came out, only to be hooded
•ft an instant hv a pase-ng cloud, when a hail
W.orm—unprecedented in our history—pep
pered down in such vyl umes a-> to cover the
earth in eight seconds with globules au‘t balls,
varying in sue from a pea to a good-sized
play tag marble. Fer ten or fifteen minutes
till* w fts kent up, f.nd the last was more rapid
anu violent than the first. N’.i evil effects
have been report, il up to writi g. When the
had storm was over the sun again prcscntetl
itself. The haitrtones remained only for a
few moments after they fell.
Perry Ffoiwr Journal: About two weeks ago
the youn g ladies of Perry organized an exclu
sive. rich that they called the “Hennery.’ It
was agreed that their meetings should be on
.Mondr.y night -of each week, and the presence
of tisc masculine s<*x should not be allowed
The fir.t meeting was held at the residence of
Ma . Wm. brunson, on Monday night of last
week. The you g men found it out, and de
ter-nned to serenade the “Hennery.’’ Asa
reward for the music, the young ladies sent
emi a waiter of refreshments, which consisted
of a pone of corn bread, two b scuifs, two
■ old potatoes, and a bottle of water
tiueturcc with “O. 1. o.’ The
! potr-toec were forcibly returned without
thanks, ind the waiter, a silver one, carried
, off. T- e next meeting, held at IJr Smith’s,
. was a’so attended by the young men —outside
! of the louse—and the members of the “Hen
i nery’’ have been, enjoined to greater Beerecy
j concarning their place of meeting Thinking
those meetings a series of fowi proceedings,
| sora if the young men sent a genuine her
j as i, ■•resent to the me ini sirs of the “Hcn
! nery.’’ We understan’i the young men now
j pr yose to orgaize a •■Cookery,’’ and at their
first meeting they will discus- the merits of a
J b.r*’. supper. What the outcome of these
: rl .al organizations w ill bo. wc are unable to
f foretell.
Atlicns F. inner- Watchmen- ‘‘One of the }
- oat horrible deatlibe 1 seenos I ever vit- I
nessed.” remark and a minister of the Gospel ;
to us recently, “was i hat of an old inr.n in j
tanks county several years ago. lie was one 1
>f the iiifnt incorrigible sinners 1 ever knew— !
an infidel—and entertained a bitter hatred
toward the chkrch un i its people. Hut at
last the hand of death was laid upon his wife
—one of the few objects iu life that he devot
edly loved—and she lay upon her dying lied in
the same ro up is vrht-’- her hnsband was
prostrated with rlu i-oaUsm. She was a nra
s..-tent Christian lady, end 1 went tc see her.
That picture will ever remain graven on my
mind. The good won'-r waa svreetl? breath
ing her life away, witn a hope of a blissful
. hereafter, while iter husband, lying power
! less on bis bed just across the -oom, was
brealbiug ti* ■ most fv- rful invert" es against
I the Aiinigi ty for lal- ng away fas beloved
partner. wi*ca tk-ked to rtmaiii quiet, as his
wife was then nfier i;,st iigonr ;, lie broke
I forth in blood-oilrdl eg curses. He defied
I Go-i to take a strong man likcl.pa elf, instead
j of striking -town a :>->or, weak woman, and
! said that f death tackled him rt would find a
| rocky hill to climb In Ins tin u live Hours
I after the death <-f t; at goijd lad • l was again
j calle i luc kto e ‘be liusbahti, who had iiec-n
, suxbtenly attacked with a mo t painful amt
I fatal tllress. ! fotmt him he id uikiu his bed
‘ iiv a lis.it dozen stoet men, and -u ering, both
; in body nd mind, ihe ag-mic-- f tSe damned.
* At times lie was <i- i rious, andcomplaind that
] the lires of hell were conarmlng him even in
life, due moment he would teouely beg me
I to pray for h in. and the nrvt. was raving
, against aud defyttg the A!aii{:hty. All night
long i sit by bis alee, and wi. c horror watched
! the fearful -trusties, the remorse and libis
i pheruy -'f this d' iug infidel, i did not li iieve
j it ptisobl • for mas to endure the agonies in
tins life that this poor WTCteh stood for t ight
i long hours, tvi.e' at last death came to his re
! lief and lie passed away wi'ii a curse on hie
' lilts."
FLORIDA.
! Sanfor ’! as t -,90 >in her treasury,
i Tamj.a orange trees sue fjl of blossoms.
; Mayor Pearce ol Tilt If 1 assee, declines a rc
j nomination.
: Fliilaibdobia hrirk are to be used in the
consiructiono" :he *.sw eo rt house at Gaiuc-s-
I vllle.
Plum tract abotf Ja< 14 mville are bloom
ing which is u ißiwi'erof the approach of
spring. •
The young gcntWHn of Lakeland have or
ganized a Serial club, am' will erect a budd
ing for club purposes
Lots are relring rapidly at Winter Haven,
the new town on the Bartow branch of ihe
South Florida Railroad.
One half the entire orange crop of Florida
gs raised with n a radius of twenty-four mites
around s-call. Marion county,
Charles Smith, color, and, broke into James
Green’s bouse, at hai’foi . a few nights ago,
ami dole *22 in money and a $25 watch. Green
traced him, and pounced ou him at the ritv
• lock just as be was leaving on the steamer
Fox, and Marshal Campbell arrested him.
Sixteen dollars of the money was recovered,
but the watch was gone.
President Arthur’s gardener, I’. Fister. is
looking for a Florida iocatioD, and it is quite
probable that he will invest with his friend,
Vendeu Bergt n, of Switzerland, near Bartow.
-'iH-erintendeni, of Agricultural Gardens
Saunders of Washing on. lias reeeutlv pur
chased sever, acres m that locality, which he
will Improve and make one of the most at- |
tractive places in the State.
Lake City correspon ience N. u Feb. 5: !
In consequence of a t.fe stir in the I.egia- j
lature at Taliahas-ee iu regard to tbe railroad
to be liudt from Lake City south, 1 learn Hist i
tue work just commenced here, making ready I
for the building of the road, has been su
pended until it eau :.o seen what action will |
lie taken by the Legislature. We have had a ;
long suspense, and just about the time work j
is about to commence we are thrown off the '
track. It is hoped that our members will j
facilitate and not hold back such an impoi -i
tant enterprise.
Taiatka .VVu-s: Vie know a little black i
girl wlio e name round - like this, Harriet Ann j
Cassia Ann Betsy Baldwin Hanover Ann I
Berkley. Another is called Mary Martha I
Magdaiaue l’aulinuAnn j auliila Green. Mill |
another is Arkauea.: Tennessee Louisiana Red !
River Thompson. And some years ago there :
was an old Indian 6;iiai'- in Dade county who i
rejoiced in the uan-i of Lily-walk-in-the- 1
waier-same-shape-a!l-the-way-doivn--foot—
just-tikc-a-boar<t. These are all names teat
were or have been ii n' tiral use. except that !
we “t-spair of giving the sound of Seminole
gutturals by means of English letters, and j
therefore translate Hie squaw's name.
A <lay or two ago a passenger on the
steamer Port Koval to the name of Gus Os
trander, a barkeeper at Green Cove spring
for .1. .J. Edgcrton, was noticed to he acting a
little strange, and to ask nonsensical ques
tions al> >tit different tLongs but t wis at first
thought he wis only attempting to be witty
or make a little fun. At ecerv opportunity
he would ask the Captain of the steamer if
there was not about to be mutiny, which, of
course, was nonsense, and to considered by
the Captain. The demented passenger seemed
to become quite excited just after the steamer
left Hibernia, a; and instantly drew iiis pi-tol
and ran up to a colored man by the name of
.John, who was at the helm, and shot him
through the throat, fortunate! .' no! wounding
him seriously. Ostrander then became so
violent that lie was at once disarmed of his
pistol and bowie knife by the mate, who kept
him in eonllnement until reaching Green Cove
spring, when he was taken charge of by
friends. He was still insaue at last accounts,
and believed that there was mutiny on board
the steamer Port Royal.
Ormond on the Halifax, ' elusla county,
claims the lioss . range of the State. L. i’.
Summers, of that place, has a number of fine
trees that bear excellent fruit of good ship
ping qualities, au.l he has for years watched
them and kept a record. One lice for live
rears has liorne a medium-sized orange of a
bright yellow color, skin not vary thick hut
sra-oth and tough. The pulp of Mu: orange is
line and has the most exquisite flavor, not one
of the flat sweet kind but has a character of
its own, and will be readily picked out from
the others. Ween good snipping fruit went
to ruin this orange would g.* through in good
condition. Mr. Simmers would not make
this tree known until after he had given it n
most thorough trial and had experimented
with it in shipping, and everyone knows how
ea-ilv oue . an experiment in slapping troin
the Halifax river. Mr. Summer- would net
bud with this tree until this year. Now being
satisfied, he will hud all of iiis young trees;,
his neighbors following suit, calling the
orange *‘Summers’ C boro."
f’aiatka A'eir*: Nature has done much to
lieantify and make attractive the vn iui'y
about Paint ka. and our delightful breezes
and health-giving climate are no ed far and
wide. Not satisfied with her good work, na
ture has made auolher effort, and the Gem
City bids fair to become famous from her “hot
spring.” Some ti.ne during Saturday nig t a
peculiar spring burst forth on Kirby street,
in the Ikhioiu just this side West View Ceme
tery. The water and sand gush out of a hole
about three feet in diameter, making quite a
respectable little stream as the water runs off
into the swamp, and comes up with such force
that it threw a piece of scantling, which was
forced into the aperture, several feet,
ncarlv clear of the water. There is a con
stant ebullition going on. and columns of sand
are thrown up to a distance of six or eight
inches above the water level. The water is very
warm, about the temperature that would te
desired for ; bath on a cold morning. Those
who drank some of the water differ in opin
ion as to its properties, some contending that
it i* strongly impregnated with sulphur,
while others say Ui it it tastes strong v of
iron. There is no donbt but it contains valu
able medicinal properties, and the water j
sh ‘dd be analyzed and the result made :
ki ii. The spring is situated in the middle |
o; i -tree?, on the side of a steep hill, and of ;
Ui - drc'U who visited u. Sunday and Mon- j
■lay. -ae have licett able to satisfactorily ,
ac ut . for its appearance or the peculiar !
warm: .f the water. The spring has proved i
a veritable cariosity to the Fntatkians, and
large numbers of them have visited it. 1
Mangled by Cars.
JtATONTON, Ga„ Feb. 7.—This oveuing
a ifbgfo boy about 1} years old feli from a
train fcqjweeo the engine anil car, Jlis
right arm was terribly mangled and his
right leg was broken. His arm WHS am
pytated this eveniuff.
CLEVELVND’S PORTFOLIOS
NO FAILING OFF IN TOE NUM
BER OF HIS CAIiIiKRS.
Little Doubf but that liayard Can Have
the State Secretaryship—The Depart
meuts of Justice and Port*’. A flairs to
Fall to South rners—Gen, Lawton’s
Friends Confident.
New Vop.k, Feb. T. Kay or Grace,
who hat been a frequent visitor to Presi
dent-elect Cleveland, called again
this morning and breakfasted
with him at the Victoria.
After breakfast the President-elect, ac
conpanied by Col. Lamont, went to
Sarony’s and had hie r icture taken. Re
turning to the hotel at 10:!lf> o'clock he
fo ud the cards of a score or two of callers
waiting his attention. Among the first
wt?o got an audience wore Senators Gor
man. Jonas and Gov. Abbelt, of New Jer
sey. Senator Gorman has. no trouble in
seeing the President-elect.. Senator Jonas
is also a favorite. ,Ie is after the Poet
inaster Generalship, arai has a large
and powerful backir.g. The most
significant news to-day/ is that tbe port
folio of the State Department has been
offered to Senator Bayard, but that he has
not indicated v.hethe r he will accept or
decline, but the fact, that the offer has
been made since the President-elect has
been here is conceded by visiting states
men.
MORE CAVtfSET ILKCOMMKNDATi'ONS.
The Arkansas delegation urged Gen.
Blair for the Interior Department and
Nebraska present sd Dr. Miller, of Omaha,
as Postmaster General. The Tammany
delegation appointed to present the com
pliments e the wigwam braves to >lr.
Cleveland called during the morning.
Tneir acmes were Gen. Cochrane, P. If.
Dugro, - -- in C. Burt, Cristophcr Fine,
Nelsonrjesythe, Willis S. Paine, A. B.
Tappan tr.il “Mike” Norton, lien. Coch
ran-, presented the address adopted by
Ta.urinary last evening It is believed
that Senator Murtha, of Brooklyn, 13 be
ing wri .ten on the slate for Collector of
the pvt lof New York. It will be reniem
bered tint Senator Martha’s nomination
was the cause of Mr. • rady’s bitter fight
against the Governor,
GEN. I.AWTGK’ttOH'AttC ES.
W t utington, Feb. 'J.—The Geor
gia Congressmen who went over to
New York to see Mr. Cleveland in
bebr.if of the appointment of Gen. A. K.
Lawton, of Georgia, to a plaee in Mr.
Cle’ eland’s Cabinet, were in their seats
in the House to-day. They brought back
.in*' such pleasaiit impressions of the
President-elect ae have other gentlemen
; who have v'sited him vm like errands.
U v they brought back no information
a .out his Cabinet. They think, however,
: that Geu. Lawton stands an excellent
; chance ol being c member of it.
BAY ALT’S INVITATION.
Senator Jonas said to the News corre
spondent to-day: “There is no longer any
d.ouht that Mr. Bayard can have the State
portfolio if he wants it. but 1 understand
| that he is heeitatiug because he thinks
that he cannot afford to give up other pro
fessional duties. Still, I think he will
accept. He is only taking a little time to
think the matter all over.”
The President-elect, it is understood,
has not offered any other Cabinet posi
tion, but is -simplv taking account ol
stock, so to speak, and will keep bis selec
tions secret until he returns to Albany
and gives the matter careful considera
tion. Nobody expects that he will an
nounce his cabinet appointments until
j shortly previous to his departure lor
i Washington, or he may keep them secret
i until his arrival at the capital.
RKTIKM.’SC TO WASHINGTON.
The Democratic delegations have been
returning from New York on every train
’ to-day. They bring back tha same news
of Mr. Cleveland and his purposes as
those who have preceded them. Those
among them who have had opportunity
to become pretty well acquainted w;ith
Mr. Cleveland’s ideas and methods say
that it does not help any aspirant for the
| Cabinet to be pushed lor preference. They
say that Mr. Cleveland feels bound to lis
ten to the speeches in favor of favorite
sons, but that he is not influenced by
them. He will alter all, make up his
Cabiuet ns hedeems best, first consulting,
however, sueh leading Democrats as he
considers best able to give him good
counsel.
A HICK JWSTIMATE OF LAMAR.
It was probably for the purpose of ob
taining his views with regard to the South
and its people that Mr. Cleveland gave so
much time te Senator Lamar. It isknown
that the I’resident-elect ranks Mr. Lamar
as one of the very foremost men of the
South. lie has expressed that opinion of
hint more than once. It hqs not been
many days since Mr. Lamar, upon being
asked if he was going into the Cabinet,
leplied most emphatically that he was
not. He added that Cabinet duties were
not suited to him or he to them, and that
he now holds the position which he pre
fers beyond and above that of any other
in the government, that of United States
Senator. Besides, Mr. Lamar has every
reason to feel satisfied that his people will
keep him in the Senate as long as he
wishes to remain there.
SOUTHERN REPRESENTATION.
Another of the impressions made up by
some of those who have seen Mr. Cleve
land is that .ie will place Southern men at
the head of the Dost Office Department
and the Department of Justice. For the
latter position the general belipf is that
Senator Garland has been selected.
After their call upon Mr. Cleveland
Senator George and • Kepresenative
Van Eaton, of Mississippi, went
to Greystone to see ex-Gov. Til
den. Mr. Van Eaton says that Mr.
Tilden entered the parlor without any
evidence of excessive physical weakness,
and after greeting them cordially es
corted his visitors over his farm,
showing them the matures of in
terest. He manifested a lively interest
in politics and in the success of the com
ing administration. Mr. Cleveland said
to Mr. Van Eaton that he intended to
visit Mr. Tilden just before his return to
Albany.
FIjOKII>A on the wire.
No Itilt Kestraluing Itailroads to be
Passed at. This Session.
Tali.au asmek, Fla., Feb. 7.—The Seu
ute t<>dav passed the bill jirovitliug for
the collection of tax arrears from rail-
I roads.
The Baker memorial protesting against
; the ratification of the Spanisb-A'merican
reciprocity treaty was fully discussed and
; referred to a special committee.
The railroad commission bill was
amended and tabled at a late hour last
night. No bill restraining railroads can
pass this session. Much valuable time is
spent in dilatory motions, and an exten
sion of the session mav be necessary.
The Senate bill establishinga Bureau of
Agriculture was discussed in the House
to-day and made the special order for
Monday. The afternoon was spent in
considering the appropriation bill in com
mittee of the whole.
THU NEWS AT JACKSONVILLE.
Ja< ksonvillk, Feb, 7.—A negro man
was killed by a train on the Jacksonville,
Tampa and Key West Koad\ yesterday,
near (Ireen Cove Spring.
There was a good attendance on the
last day of the fair, which has been a suc
cess in the number of visitors, as well as
in the character of the exhibits.
Various companies connected with the
l*isston purchase elected directors yes
terday. The reports of operations were
Very satisfactory.
Mrs. ‘Stonewall’ Jackson and daughter
and lien. Gordon are in the city. (ten.
Gordon, with a party of engineers, will
leave immediately for the purpose of
pushing his road.
Duval county carried off the honors in
the tournament this morning, pushed
closely by the Yalusia knights. Lees, of
Philadelphia, won the bicycle race.
The fruit and other exhibits of interest
fe ijl be forwarded to New Orleans.
Antipathy to ltavitt.
Home. Feb. 7. — Michael Davitt, on ar
riving in this city Thursday last, went to
an English hotel, but was compelled to
seek other quarters because the English
guest, at the house refused to Sit R jhe ■
same table with, him* i
SAVANNAJI, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1885.
IN SENATE AND HOUSE,
A Vote to Increase Pensions from 38
to SI‘J per Month.
Washington, Fefc. 7. —In the Senate
to-day Mr. Sherman, from the Comroittee
on Library, reported a joint resolution
accepting the offer made to the govern
ment by William E- Vanderbilt end Mrs.
Grant of the swords, medals, bronzes,
paintings and other a-ticles of value pre
sented to Gen.U. S. Grant bv varnous gov
ernments of the world as tokens of appre
ciation ol his illustrious character as a
soldier and statesman.
The resolution expresses the thanks of < on
gress to Mr. Vcvrderhilt and Mrs. Grant, and
provides that the articles be placed in charge
of Che Librarian of Congress, the Secretary of
Wav, however, to receive them for safe ket p
ing until a proper repository may be provided
for them in the Congressional library. The
resolution wis read three times and passed.
On motion of Mr. Hoar the chair was au
thorized to appoint two te lers to act on the
part of tire Senate on fie occasion of the
count of the Presidential vote Keb. 11, 1885.
Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, called p
the bill to authorize the the placing on the re
tired list of privates and con-commissioned
officers *f the United States army wtio fcave
served thirty years or umvard. It was passed
by ol yeas to 5 nays, the nays being Messrs.
Coke, Cohiuitt. Harris, Saulsbury and Vest.
Mr. Miteheil then called up private pension
bills already favorably reported and on the
calendar. They were taken up. Among these
bills passed were those granting a pension to
Mrs. Hal pine, widow of Charles G. Flalpine
(Miles O’Reilly), and increasing the pension
of the widow of Gen. George H. Thomas to
|2,' 00 a year.
INCKE2-SEP PENSIONS,
Sir. VanWyck moved an amendment to one
of the private pension bids providing that all
soldiers, widows or minor children who by
the existing law are, or may become, entitled
to f i t month, siiaii m the future receive 812.
Mr. \imWyek explained that the provision
W"s i ,io same as that which the
Senate had put in the private pension bill.
Tin re seemed to be no o her chance, Mr. Van
v’ vek said, to get jn: i -e done to the large
number of deserving people who were now re
ceiving a pittance of gx nor month.
Mr VanlVyek’samendment was agreed to
by 27 as to 12 nays. Those voting In the
negative were: M esrs Bayard, Beck, Cliaee,
Cockrell, Coke, Fair, Harris. Mavey, Morgan,
ltid'Pcbcrger. Sa.d-bury and Vest.
Mr. Mi toned moved to add to the b 11 fur
ther provisions of the .Mexican peu-um bill.
liHim-ly :
1. That in considering cases of dependent
parents, it shall be sutlii : lit to show that
such parents are without other means of
comfortable support than their own manual
labor or contributions from persons not legally
tioniid for iheir support.
2 That proof that the applicant was regu
i irsri v mustered into service shall bepresump
l cent •uce of souudnes- at the time, hut
subject to rebuttal.
That no person slioi; be entitled to more
than one pension at a time unless specially
declared by act of Congress. These amend
ments were agreed to by i)0 yeas to 17 nays.
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.
Bayard. Beck, Call, Cockrell, Coke, Colquitt,
F’air, G Hand, Hampton, Harris, Jackson,
Maxey, Morgan, Uiddleberger, Saulsbury,'
Slater and Vest.
Private pension bills were then concluded.
The Chair named Messrs. Hoar and Pendle
ton as tellers on the part of the Senate in the
count of the electoral vote on Wednesday
next.
Mr. Jones, of Florida, presented the creden
tials of the re-e notion or Senator Call. They
were filed.
After an executive session the Senate ad
journed.
IN THE HOUSE.
i In the House to-dav Mr. Reagan, of Texas,
asked unanimous consent to tako from the
sneaker's table the inter-state commerce
bid, with tlie Senate amendments thereto, for
the purpose of non-concurring in those
i amendments, but Mr. O’Neill, of Pennsylva
nia. objected.
The House then proceeded to consideration
of business under the si e ial rule.
Mr. Gibson, of West Virginia, rose to a
question of privilege and endeavored to i*c
heard in regard to yesterday's dispute be
tween Messrs. Young and Willis, but as he
bad not been immediately concerned in the
matter he wa9 not allowed to proceed.
Mr. Young, of Tennessee, then rose to a
question of personal privilege and explained
that he discovered by to-day’s iieaord, and
had also been assured by friends who heard
him, that lie had yesterday made some state
ments in regard to the members of the River
and Harlior Committee which were too
sweeping, and he explained what he had in
tended to say. He thus modified his remarks
so as to remove any imputation offensive to
Chairman Willis.
Mr. Willis said that a number of gentlemen
had called his attention to the fact that the
language he employed yesterday might hestis
ceptilfie of harsher construction than he in
tended. He wished to disclaim now any
intention of imputing personal dishonor to
the gentleman from Tennessee.
THE STATEMENT EXPECTED.
Mr. Young said that he expected such a
statement from the gentleman. He had not
lietieved that the gentleman intended to re
flet upon him.
On motion of Mr. Willis a recess was or
dered from 0 o’clock to-day to 10 o’clock
Monday, a-id the House then at 2 o’clock wont
Into committee of the whole (with Mr. Ham
mond, of Georgia, in the chair), on the river
and harbor bill.
Mr. Dibble, of South Carolina, offered an
amendment increasing from 1150,000 to $300,-
000 ihe appro'priation for the improvement of
the harbor at Charleston, S, C. It was lost
by a vote of 53 to 73.
A iarge number of amendments were of
ffre>]Jbtit tney were severally voted down.
At 5 o'clock Mr. Tow nsliend of Illinois, moved
tint the committee rise, lie wished to move
that the House adjourn, having been advised
that it was the intent i' i. of the friends of the
river and harbor lull to < mtinuo this legisla
tive day throughout Monday, and thus crowd
out the regu'ar appropriation bids. The mo
lien was lost.
Mr. Holman, of Indiana, moved to amend
so as to provide that money appropriated for
New Orleans hai bor shall be expended under
the direction of the Secretary of War, instead
of under the jurisdiction of the .Mississippi
River Commission. This was agreed to by a
vote of 71 to 30.
On another amendment offered by Mr.
Hepbnrn, of lowa, the vote stood 53 to 07, no
quorum ar.d the committee rose.
The House then at G o’clock took a recess un
til 10 o’clock Monday morning.
FIRE IN'THE SIGNAL OFFICE.
Valuable Records and Instruments •
Badly Damaged at Washington.
Washington, Feb. 7.—Fire at ti o’clock ,
this evening in an annex to the Signal :
Service office, directly west ol the north ;
wing of ttia State, War and Navy Depart- j
irients building, destroyed and damaged a j
number of valuable meteorological rec- |
ords and damaged some of the finest in- J
strmnents in the office. The tire was con- j
fined to the second, third and fourth I
floors. The records destroyed and in- ;
jured were those which have been col- j
looted for the past ti\ o or six years, i
and which, the officials say, can- ;
not lie replaced. A number of charts
were also damaged beyond fu
ture use. The instruments injured
were of the finest class of barometers and j
thermometers. The Signal Service ofli- !
cials are unable to estimate to-night the i
loss to the service by tbe damage to the 1
records. An examination to-morrow may
prove that those damaged only bv water j
may be saved to the bureau. The loss
on the building will amount to not more j
than $2,000.
Tile ftlexicau Mutineer*.
Washington, Feb. 7.—Secretary Lin
coln has instructed Lieut. McDonald not
to turn over to the government of South
ern California the Mexican mutineers re
cently arrested by Ins command in Ari
zona, near the border line, but to hold
them subject to the application to the De
partment of State from the President of
Mexico for proper extradition papei>.
This action is taken at the request ot tnfe
Me dean Government.
Cost of the Greely Relief Expedition.
W asiiingtox. Feb. 7. Secretary
Chandler has prepared for the informa
tion of Congress an itemized account of
the expenses attending the expedi
tion fitted out for the relief of Lieut.
A. W. Greely. It is summarized as lol
lows: Cost of fitting out of the vessels
$452,034, supplies for the expedition $281,-
254, miscellaneous expenses $25,377: to
tal $780,265.
Murderous Religious Fanaticism.
Vincennes, 1 xd., Feb. 7.—Henry Strot
man, who has four children sick with
typhoid fever, has been lately very relig
iously inclined—even fanatically so. Last
evening he was praying over his sick :
children, when his wife told him that if
lie would build a fite ho would do them
more real service than by praying. This
enraged Strotman, and, seizing a heavy 1
spade handle, he brutally beat his wife •
over the head and body and clubbed his |
father-in-law. Christopher Ottesrneyer, 03 ;
years old, until he was dead, Strotman
was linaliy overpowered by the police, '
but not until City Marshal Homer had
been badly beaten. Mrs. strotman is
fatally injured. The murderer v. as im- !
prisoned. lie is thought to l.e insane, I
AX OIL TRAIN CONFLAGRATION.
The Blazing Fluid Thrown Over Manu
factories by Expiosions.
New Brunswick, N. J., Feb. 7.—The
Penny Railroad crosses the Raritan river
on a level, and immediately beneath it
and close at hand on the bank of tbe
river and Raritan canal are clustered a
number of heavy, manufacturing con
cerns. An east-bound oil train was
stopped this morning by a broken truck
just vtpon the bridge with a portion of the
train remaining on the embankment.
Another freight train came along at high
; speed and plunged into the rear of the oil
train, setting it on lire. Explosions seat
! tered the burning oil over the roofs
of the factories and other buildings were
: tired by streams of burning oil, which ran
I down the banks and through the streets,
i Oiie brakeman was caught in the wreck,
and his body was almost totally con
sumed. One’ mechanic entered a burn
ing iactory after his tools and was
also burned to death. No other casual
i ties occurred beyond a lew bruises, Tbe
| loss is variously put at from $500,000 to
■ $750,000. The largest single loss is that of
I Janeway & Cos., wall paper factory,
1 $175,000, with insurance of $61,000. The
; Consolidated Fruit Jar Company’s lo9s is
1 estimated at $50,000. The company de
i cline to publish figures. No other indi
vidual loss is so great as these except,
i perhaps, to the railroad company. The
| bridge is not seriously damaged and trains
were crossing upon it this afternoon. The
i accident was caused by the fault of a
1 block siirual man.
I J
PHELAN ARMED IN COURT.
I A Large Colt’s Revolver Taken From
Him at tlie Suggestion of the Defense.
New York, Feb. 7.—There was an im
! mense throng of Irish Nationalists, mem
: bers of the Fenian Brotherhood, dynami
ters and others in the Tombs Police Court
this afternoon when Richard Short, who
stabbed Capt. Phelan in O’Donovan Ros
| sa’s office, was arraigned for examination.
The police force was also well represent
! ed. When Capt. Phelan appeared and
j Short had been led to the bar. Short’s
: counsel said that he would like
to know it Capt. Phelan had
j been searched. Judge Patterson re
| plied that he supposed that he had, but
! directed the Police Sergeant to examine
j him. The Sergeant put his hand in among
j the bandages which supported Capt.
j Phelan’s left arm and pulled out a five
| chambered Colt’s revolver, with a long
■ barrel. There was quite a sensation in
: court when the revolver was discovered.
1 Short laughed nervously, but seemed re
i lie Veil that the weapon bad been taken
i from the Captaifi. Short’s <■ mnsel asked
the court for an adjournment on the
ground that he had just come from Al
bany and was unprepared for an exami
nation. 4>n the part of the prosecution the
adjournment was opposed. Judge Patter
son finally set the case down for Saturday
next. The prisoner’s counsel made a mo
tion to reduce his client’s hail from $3,000
to S2,(KK), but the court denied the motion,
1 saying that the bail was none too much
1 for a case like this.
LUCK OF A h lack smith.
Ee Falls Heir to a Large Estate in
England—The Story of Ills Life.
Snow Hill, Mil. Feb. 4.—A romance
I in real life has lately developed itself in
j Worcester county, in the termination of
which a blacksmith has fallen heir to
$4,000,000, with an earldom. Some years
j ago an Englishman by the name of Iliil'e
; married, in opposition to his lather’s
wishes, a blacksmith’s daughter. Being
cast off by his father, he moved to Lon
don, and there learned blaeksmithing
from his wife’s father, and worked at his
| trade until, having committed an act that
was made punishable by the trade union,
j he was compelled to flee to America, leav
ing his wife and their son William in
: London. Not hearing from the lunaway,
! Mrs. Ilifie, accompanied by her young
I son, started to America to institute a
| search for her missing husband, but, not
finding him, settled in New Jersey.
: The boy in a few years returned to Lon
i don. and there, from his maternal grand
j father, also learned blaeksmithing. ilav
! ing mastered his trade, he returned to
New Jersey, and lived with his mother
until ten or twelve years ago. A Miss
MasGK, who lived at Girdle free Hill, in
; this county, being on a visit to some
1 friends in New Jersey, met young llitl'e,
j and the acquaintance soon ripened into •
| love, and they were married, lliffe learn
ing from his wife that Stockton would be
j a good place to pursue his trade, moved
i there, and has ever since worked at his
auvil in that plane. Being an excellent
: mechanic and attentive to business, he
has accumulated a nice little property,
and is om* of the leading men of the
town. Some months ago llitl'e received a
document with the request that
he would sign it. as his mother
had already done. Although ilifie
can neither read nor write, he is by
no means lacking in intelligence, and sus
pected that his name was wanted for no ;
good to himself, and returned the paper
unsigned. It now transpires that in j
signing the paper he would have signed
away his fortune and earldom, the pater- j
nal grandfather having recently died and J
left the property and title to certain per- j
sons in England in case his grandson |
couid not be found or did not claim his!
fortune and title. William lliffe, the
Stockton blacksmith, is about 4o j
years old, and is a man who will not
waste his suddenly acquired riches.
MORE OLIVE BRANCHES.
A Probably Acrimonious Debate Avert
e<l in the Connecticut Legislature.
Hartford, Feb. s.—The prospective
trouble over the proposed appropriation
from the State Treasury for the repair of
a Confederate flag before returning it to
the survivors of the Fourth Mississippi
Kegiment was happily avoided in the Con
necticut Legislature to-day by the with
drawal of the resolution. It was evident
that the Republican majority would have
killed it. One member said at a meeting
this morning of members who were ex
soldiers that it was voted to oppose the
resolution and to offer to contribute from
their own pockets for the repair of the
! trophy.
Another resolution was introduced to
day releasing the State’s possession of the
battery Sags of St. Mary’s Cannoneers, of
Franklin, La., to a committee of veterans
of the Thirteenth Connecticut Regiment,
who captured it at Irish Bend, La., in
D'di. This was referred to the Military
Committee. Three other Confederate flags
are in the State armory.
Ollicers of the Thirteenth have received
a letter from an ex-officer of the Confede
rate battery, which concludes as follows:
“We are anxious to shake bands with our
old opponents and assure them that if
ever the old flag of the Union needs'sup
port, there will be no truer hands ready
than the remaining members of the old
St, Mary’s battery.”
A New White Book.
Berlin, Feb. 7.—The New White book
just published is entitled “German In
terests in the South Sea.’’ It says that
upon Prince Bismarck’s scouting Earl
Granville’s proposition that the British
Government assume protection over the
whole of New Guinea, he (Earl Gran
ville) declared that England would be
contented with the south coast. Prince
Bismarck flatly refused to allow England
jurisdiction within that portion of the
coast in which the foreign population as
a class belonged to Germany.
Portugal’s Flag Not delated.
Madeira, Feb. 7.—Advances from the
Congo country of Jan. 21 state that the
report that the Portuguese have hoisted |
their flag over the country at the mouth
oi the Congo river is untrue. They in
tended to do so, however, but desisted on
account of the emphatic protest of the
commander of the British gunboat sta
tioned at the entrance to the river. This
gunboat followed the Portuguese vessels
upon the river to see that the flag was not
hoisted.
Painting the lower panes of windows in '
oil colors is an amusement just now fash
ionable with English girls who are “ar
tistic,”
GORDON’S FATE UNSOLVED
NATIVES VERY CONTRADIC
TORY IN THEIR REPORTS.
An Alleged Message from El Mahdi De
claring that the General Has Em
braced Mohammedanism —Col. Wilson
and His Wrecked Companions in a
Dangerous Position —The Whole Eng
lish Force in Considerable Danger.
London, Feb. 7.—A Metemneh d;s-,
patch says that live natives ( present
at the surrender of Khartoum declare
that the rebels were admitted by the
treachery of two Pashas, who had been
formally punished by Gen. Gordon.
It is reported that the officers commanding
three steamers which remained at Khartoum
took El Mahdi's troops to the main gate ol the
city, where they were’admitted under the
darkness of the night. Two of thenativesde
clare that Gen. Gordon has been killed, while
the otliers are equally positive that he took
refuge in the fort with the faithful. Tneie is
no doubt whatever that the main portion ol
Khartoum is occupied by rebels. Col. VVort
| ley paw them thronging the streets Count
less flags were flying, and there were many
signs of rejoicing. On the route down the
river by the English steamers several men
narrowly escaped caoture. At the sixth cat
aract they were compelled to parley with the
enemy under pretense of surrendering.
A message has been received from El Mahdi
stating that Gen. Gordon has become a Mus
selmau, and that all the English officers had
better follow his example. El Mahdi said
that he had no desire to fight the English, but
j unless ttiey embraced the true faith he would
! not leave one in Soudan.
WOI.SEI.EY ISSUES A PROCLAMATION.
i The following dispatch was received to
j day:
“Near Metemneh, Feb. fi. 1885.
; "Gen. Wotseley has issued the following
| proclamation:
j “To the Xotables ami Inhabitants of Soudan:
‘England hassent me.with an army to restore
peace, not to collect taxes or injure any one.
1 will pay you lor all supplies and guarantee
to execute Gen. Gordon’s promises. Only
j those deserving punishment at our hands will
! receive it. I call upou you to submit anil not
! listen to evil advisers. Come into my camp
! and see mv officers. No one shall harm you
I either coming or returning ”
j “Gen. Wolseley reports to the government
that although Ei Mahdi's irregulars are re
! ported to be gathering around the point where
the English are wrecked, no suspioion of
: treachery is entertained.
CAUSE OK THE WRECK.
I “The wreck of the steamers was due to the
I hurried retreat in the night and the altered
I current of the river, which had tallen two feet
1 in one day. Some of our markSraen say that
i the enemy are erecting works on both sides
i of the river for two miles north of Khar
i toum. They ntimh**r altogetln r about 5,000,
i iff whom 2,00 are indifferent riflemen. Four
[ good shots from the Sussex regiment repeat-
I edlv silenced one of El Mahdi’s Krupp guns.
! During the darkness the steamers, lipped past
! the rebels, shot the rapids and arrived within
I sixty miles of tbe fort, when one of them
j grounded. The second stranded twenty miles
j lower down, where Col. Wilson and the Sus
! sex detachment still remain Col. W ort ey,
1 witli three English soldiers and a party of na
! tives iu a boat, reached here t 8 o’clock this
! morning (Feb. 6). Sir Charles Beresford’s
j steamer, with twenty picked marksmen from
| the Royal Rifles, started this afternoon 1o at
; tempt to relieve them. Col. Wortley had
I rowed forty or fifty miles during the night.
I All of Col. Wilson’s stores, guns and ammunt
j tion are in deep water and beyond recovery.
i No lives were lost by the wrecking of the
; steamers.
WILSON ENTRENCHED.
“Col. Wilson's party have entrenched them
selves on a sandy island. The steamers while
going up the river traveled principally dur
ing the night, in order to avoid the exceed
ingly hot iii-e, which ceased when a man ad
vanced with a white llag bearing a letter
from the Mahdi to the English officers, in
which it was stated that Khartoum had heen
captured without the firing of a shot. The
city and Gen. Gordon are now in El Mahdi’s
hands. Col. Wilson has ascertained that
Khartoum fell on the night of Jan. 27. Farez
Pasha and other Egyptian commanders en
tered iDto secret negotiations with El Mahdi
to get all the Egyptian troops on one side of
the city while the entrenchments would at
tack the lioats and another would open the
land way. On the third day of the journey up
the river the natives shouted troni the hank
to Col. Wilson that Khartoum had fallen.
The enemy were found well entrenched on
the river bank.”
GORDON’S PREMONITION.
There is a strong opinion at the War Office
that Gen Gordon was kilted. It is stated on
good authority that same time ago Gen. Gor
don warned Lord Wolseley that he (Gordon)
was in danger of treachery. It was on this
account that Lord Wolseley expedited the
small force across the Bayuda desert with
orders to make all possible speed in reaching
Khartoum,
DANGER OF THE MEN NEAR METEMNEH.
Dispatches from Korti received to-day in
dicate a very serious state of affairs at the
British position near Metemneh. Lord Wol
scley tel graphs to the War Office that a
courier just arrived from Goubat reports Col.
80-chower, the commander at that place,
seriou-ly ill, and that El Mahdi’s forces are
preparing to attack the Britisli camp. The
Arabs have several heavy guns, which are
being gradually moved up so as to bear on the
British camp, and other field pieces arc being
manoeuvred for the same purpose. The
natives report that El Mahdi has 30,000 men
scattered between Berber, Sliendy and Me
temneh, and that the force at the latter place
is daily receiving reinforcements.
EARLE'S TARDY PROGRESS.
A dispatch says: ‘-The Black Watch ar.d
Staffordshire regiments have passed the Ba
hami cataract. On their wav they destroyed
the houses of Suleiman Wart ban,/, who per
petrated the massacre of Col. Stewart and
party. The rebels abandoned Shalioor pass,
and much ammunition and grain was found
there. The Cornwall Regiment are now pass
ing the cataract.”
KL MAHDI'S GORDON IMPLICATIONS.
The Telegraph has received a dispatch from
its special correspondent who is atAbuKru,
on tee Nile, a place not far from Metemneh.
The dispatch is dated Feb. l, and says: “Col.
Wilson’s party state that Khartoum fell
Jan. 27. The river banks above the sixth
cataract were crowded with Arabs. El Mah
di, in a letter calling upou our officers to sur
render, implies that Gen. Gordon is alive.
Gen. Stewart expects to be closely invested
here.”
WILSON’S HEAVY BOMBARDMENT.
Before Col. Wilson gave up the attempt to
reach Khartoum his little steamer sustained
for four hours the fire of 7,0.0 riflemen, 8
Kruppguns and 8 machine guns. The Arabs
showed s'plendid practice in handling the large
guns. The water in the Nile is rapidly fall
ing, amt navigation on the river above Mc
temneh will soon become impracticable. Trie
troops at Gubat are cheerful, hut their
officers exhibit much fretfulness and disap
pointment over the absence of reinforce
ments and of Lord Wolseley. The Arabs
deny that Gen. Gordon has been made pris
oner, and state that he was killed in action,
having refused to give or take quarters. No
trustworthy intelligence, however, has vet
been received as to Gen. Gordon’s fate. The
spy service, organized by Lord Wolseley and
now directed by Col. Wilson, has misled the
commander throughout the campaign.
THE QUERN’S SYMPATHY.
The Queen has sent a message of snmpatliv
to Gen. Gordon’s relatives.
The War Office lias summoned the brads of
; the Arsenal Department and of the oilier ilc
i partments lo a consultation regarding what
| steps shall be taken in the present Kgaptian
! crisis.
The newspapers of Berlin. Vienna and 1’ iri-s
are crammed with news and comments re
garding Khartoum. The papers are eagerly
bought and read, and tlio precarious p irition
of the British in Soudan is the topic of con
versation in every European capital.
People in ( rro. both natives and foreign
ers, are convinced that Khartoum fell a long
time ago. They are < onfirme I in this belief
by tiie frequent assertions of Zcbehr to that
effect. It is noted as a coincidence ibat the
date of the reported fall of Khartoum was ti.e
anniversary of Gen. Gordon’s departure from
Cairo one year ago as well as his birthday,
GLOOMY WORDS FROM GUBAT.
Advises lrom Gubat, dated Feb. J, give
gloomy statements about the condition of
Gen. Stewart’;; little army there. Tne men
had been placed on three-quarters rations.
These had. however, been once supplemented
with a dole of beans and some Iresh meat.
Tbc camels, however, had plenty of forage.
Shcndy, on the opposite bank of the Nile, and
Meteinneh, three miles from Gubat, were oc
casionally shelled by a steamer. Hie troops
wore busily employee! clearing the ground in
front of their camp and in detached work at
adjoining villages. The main earthworks
erected tor the protection of the mod from
the river front had already been greatly
strengthened, and it was calculated that they
Would be completed that night.
WOUNDED SOLDIERS DYING.
• verj d oi the men woo had been wounded
inthe desert battle have died in the camp
since the arrival of the army at Gubat. The
othr rs were doing we 1. The remainder of
the Royal Artillery and the naval brigade
with ten guns, including one Gardner, has ar
med. The convoys had been sent back to
Gakdul wells for more stores arid had taken
forty of tiie wounded along. Nearly every
night pickets exchange shots with unfriendly
Arabs.
A second dispatch received front Gen. j
Stewart’s camp at Gubat, whence it was for
warded on Feb. I, states that Col. Wilson had
on the island where he was stranded 250 refu
gees whom he found a oug the banks of the
Nile near Khartoum.
FEARS FOR TIIE ISOLATED GARRISONS.
The Standard, Timrx and Poxt have received
no telegrams from the front. It is feared that
ample time has already elapsed since the fall
of Khartou n to allow the rebels to make a
movement from Oindurman against the flank
or rear of the isolated garrisons of Abu Klea
and Gubat. If 6ueh a movement has been
made it will be absolutely necessary todepend
on the Nile steamers to furnish those garri
sons with supplies. „ . ,
Great activity prevails at the various dock
yards, and employes are working overtime.
The War Oflice continues to he visited ova
constant sir* am of officers who offer te enroll
themselves for service in Egvpt.
The Royal Irish regiment arrived at Gakdul
safely on Thursday. Feb. 3. The regiment is
escorting 120 of the wounded from Gubat.
Gen. Wolseley’s latest r* port was sen: this
afternoon. He wasstill without definite news
of Gen Gordon’s fate. He had sent further
spies to Khartoum, witU a promise that they
should be liberally rewarded if they could
definitely ascertain whether Gen. Gordon is
(lead or alive.
EL MAHDI SENT GORDON A UNIFORM.
The authorities of the War Office have had
a special wire laid into the office connecting
with Falmouth, the terminus of the Eastern
Telegraph Company’s system of cables, in
order to enable t in m to have direct communi
cation with Gen. Wolseley. Advices received
to-night from the British camp near Me
temneh. dated Feb. 1, say: “It is reported
that previous to tae fall of Khartoum
El Mahdi sent Geu. Gordon a
uniform, at the same time informing him that
Khartoum was in El Mahdi’s power. Gen.
Gordon frequently tried to make arrange
ments for he departure of himself and his
comrades. The latter became disheartened at
the non-arrival of the English, and anger and
mistrust were rampant. The two Pashas
who betrayed the city were formerly slaves
whom Gen. Gordon made Pashas. There has
been a further fall of the Nile of 3 feet at
Gubat, and navigation is dangerous.
8,000 REINFORCEMENTS 3.0 BE SENT.
After the Cabinet council this afternoon,
their was a long conference between Lord
Jlartington, Secretary for War, Earl
Northbrook, First Lord of the Admiralty,
and Right Hon, Hugh V. Childers, Chancel
lor of the Exchequer, it is stated that ar
rangements were made for dispatching 8,000
troops to Egypt in the quickest practicable
time to reinforce Gen. Wolseley.
The War Office reports that no troops can lie
spared from Ireland. It has been suggested
that the government call outasnfficicnt num
ber of militia to do garrison duty in place of
the battalions to be sent to the Mediterra
nean.
Tha Army and Xary uaaette considers that
it would be insaue to reduce the number of
European soldiers at the garrison in Ilindoo
stan at the present moment. It says that if
Gen. Earle succeeds in reaching Berber
with his army he can hold the place and for
tify it in such a way as to be able to await an
advance from Suakin and in the meantime
drive Osman Digna from his present control of
the route between buakin and Berber. From
Berber Gen. Earle by controlling the line of
march from Suakin would command a better
base of supplies than is now possessed by the
English troops in Soudan.
GOLD GORDON’S ONLY CHANCE.
Paris, Feb 7.—1.a Repub’ique Francaitte
says that gold was the only power m the
world that ever could have saved Gen. Gor
don, and believes that when it was not forth
coming Gen. Gordon was killed long ago. It
also expresses the belief that ail the letters
and messages purporting to have been from
Gen. Gordon were fabrication* issued by the
wily Mahdi for the purpose of ensnaring the
English.
Now that later news from the Soudan eon
firms the worst previously received about the
fall of Kliartoun. the comments of the French
press change in their character, Lai Figaro
thinks that Gen. Gordon may have escaped
southward and reached Sennaar, where he
would obtain the support of friendly tribes.
La Francaitte tliro ws tho whole blame for the
Soudan disaster upon Premier Gladstone’s
delay in sending relief to Gen. Gordon.
La Pair and /. National are of the opinion
that England has secured a valuable ally in
Italy.
Apart from these quoted tho majority of
the French papers make unfavorable com
ments upon England’s conduct in Egypt, but
without excep ion they all concur' in the
statement that tho gallantry of the British
troops deserve* nothing but praise and that
Gen. Gordon’s heroism has been of the loftiest
kind.
ITALY’S PARTICIPATION.
Rome. Feb. 7.—An expedition consisting of
1.500 men has been ordered to proceed at once
to Suakin. and it is reported that 12,000 more
troops are being mobilized for service in
Egypt.
Signor Depretis, Minister of the Interior
and Prime Minister, and Signor Kicotti, Min
ister of War, are fully resolved that Italy
shall enter upon a course of energetic action
in Egypt in concert with England, The
opinion expressed on all sides is that the
measure will ultimately redound to the ad
vantage of Italy. There is no ilouot but that
Parliament and public opinion would heartilv
sanction a vigorous Egyptian policy.
It is stated that the government is prepared
to send 35,000 troops to Soudan. All political
parties express warm sympathy with England
and the strongest desire for a close alliance.
It is very evident from the indicatiQns put
out in ail directions that Italian statesmen
see an opportunity for Italy to now assert for
herself a position among the first powers of
Europe.
ITALY’S POVERTY.
Most of the Cabinet Ministers and a ma
jority of the Deputies are in favor of Signor
Mancini’s proposal that the Italian troops
now in Egypt on their way thither shall be
allowed to assist the British in holding the
Soudan and the Red Sea litoral. The only
difficulty is on the score of expense. If Eng
land would guarantee the cost of the Italian
expedition there would be no doubt of the
cordial co-operation of the two countries in
defeating El Mahdi and Osman Digna, but it
is not believed that Itaiy will ask England to
foot the bills.
GERMAN PRAISE OF GORDON.
Berlin. Feb. 7.— The German papers here
all attribute the disaster at Khartoum to
Premier Gladstone’s hesitation. They advise
England to take vigorous action to recapture
Khartoum and suppress El Mahdi. Germans
unanimously agree that the conduct of Gen.
Gordon throughout the entire period of his
warfare in Khartoum deserves nothing but
encomium.
THE EFFECT IN TURKEY.
Constantinople, Feb. 7.—El Mahdis suc
cess has spread alarm throughout all the
Turkish militaiy government circles. The
moral effect of this tucccss is most appre
hended, and this it is thought must prove
more detrimental to the interests of Turkey
than to those of England.
BLOWS FROM AUSTRIA.
Vienna, Feb. 7.— Austrian newspapers se
verely criticise the conduct of the English
Cabinet in its treatment of the Somlan ques
tion and places upon the Cabinet the entire
responsibility for the Khartoum calamity.
Not Mr. CoDant,
New York, Feb. ".--Word was re
ceived to-day at the office of Harper's
Weekly that the man in Athens, Ga., who
was supposed to be the missing Mr.
Conant, turned out to be a Mr. Nostrand,
who is in the employ of Harper Brothers.
8. S. Conant, the missing editor of
Harper’s Weekly, has been heard from at
Coney Island. His friends have gone
there to search for him.
Executed by the sword.
Berlin. Feb. 7.—Reinsdorf and Keuch
ier, the Anarchists sentenced to death
some weeks ago by the Imperial Court at
Leipsic for attempting to cause the death
of the Emperor and other royal persons
at the NeJderwaltl celebration, were
executed at 8 o'clock this morning at
Haile. Tne execution took place in the
prison and was made by the sword.
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.
Interesting Little Flashes fr< m the
Wires Printed in Condensed Form.
At Boston incoming steamers report terrific
lies oil the Atlantic.
Diphtheria is raging to a fearful extent in
Southampton county, Va. Many adults and
ciiil iien are dying with it.
At Berlin the Socialist journals. Munchener
Extra Hiatt and // it zerj <>*t, have been seized
and their publication prohibited.
Geo. Ford, a young man under arrest,
charged with incendiarism, committed in
Southberwirk, N. li., sliot himself dead in an
ante-room of the court house yesterday.
Great excitement was created at Eaton
England, yesterday, by the receipt of a letter
threatening to blow up the college chapel to
morrow. Precautions are being taken to pre
vent any injur? to the building.
Nine convicts wore whipped at Newcastle,
Del., yesterday morning—eight for larceny
and one for burglary. The latter was a negro,
who received 20 lashes and was stood for one
hour in the pillory. The others received ten
lashes each.
It is reported that ArchblshopT rench, who
recently resigned the Archbishopric of Dub
lin, Ireland, which he had so long held in the
established church, has joined or is about to
join tlie Roman Catholic Church. The Arch
bishop indignantly denies the report that he
has become a Catholic.
Tom Morris, a negro 23 years of age. was
arrested at Weimar, Texas. Thursday, charg
ed with ravisiiing Josephine Sedlefc, a white
girl 18 years of age, about 2 o’clock yesterday
morning. Morris was taken from the cala
boose by a masked inob and hanged !o a tree.
The mob came from the neighborhood where
the outrage was perpetrated.
A Brilliant Idea.
When does a severe cold resemble a
brilliant idea? When it comes into one’s
head suddenly. You should possess the
idea that Taylor’s Cherokee Remedy of
Sweet Gum and Mullein will cure any
cough or cold and prevent croup.
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WELCOME TO HENDKfCKS.
THE VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT At
THE EXPOSITION.
A Happy Speech on Behalf of the Com
missioners’ Association—The htply of
the Distinguished Visitor—The Com
ing Convention of the Cotton and In
dustrial Representatives. •
New Orleans, Feb. 7.—Vice Presi
dent-elect Hendricks will deliver the ad
dress of welcome to the World’s Cotton
Convention to be held under the auspioes
of the National Cotton Plant°rs’ Associa
tion, and Hon. Charles E. Hooker, the
silver-tongued orator of Mississippi, will
respond on behalt of the association. The
convention will open in the Music
Hall ot the World’s Exposition Tuesday,
Feb. 10, at 1 o’clock.
HENDRICKS’ ARRIVAL.
Vice President-elect Hendricks arrived
here to-day by special train, and was met
by a committee of the United States Com
missioners and Mrs. J as. C. Truman, of
New York. The Chairman said:
Gov. Hendricks: In behalf of tha com
mittee representing the commissioners from
various states and Territories of the Union at
the World’s Exposition at New Orleans I <’
sire to extend to you that welcome whie.l
due to one of tbe most distinguished and h
ored eons of our republic—one whose ha.r
silvered in the serviceof defending mil u:.
taining the constitutional rights of the pee.
Under one roof in the building within
borders of this historic and generous eit
gathered a representation of the resoij:
of the country by States amt Terncorwo.
each of which' make a separate
and distinct exhibit and the centre of al! the
government. The exhibition never had Its
equal in completeness and grandeur. The
committee arc now in waiting to escort you
and the eminent people that have accom
panied yon in your visit to the government
and State building, that yon may behold the
whole country with its resources represented
in minaturc. Every State and Territryin
the Union will accept yonr presence on the
space allotted to each as an emblema ic visit
to every political division of our common
country. The cordial friendship that
exists among the representatives of
the respective States and Territories
as they meet here in friendly
intercourse from day to day, is
symbolic of the strengthening ties that
this exposition wiil weave and bind
together more closely and -ecurely
than ever before the great brotherhood of
States. The World's Exposition is the great
school of thccentury. Grand in its inception,
design and execution, and magnificent in its
appointment, sir, it has not received recog
nition that will be more appreciated than
that afforded by your honored presence.
MR. HENDRICKS’ REPLY,
Gov. Hendricks replied as follows:
Oentlemen of the Committee: For yourselves
and for the gentlemen in charge of the exposi
tion pleate accept my thanks for thecordisU re
ception which you have extern led to me. I have
left much interested in this great enterprise
from the time it was first mentioned, and that
interest was increased when the government
of the United States extended its loitering
care over it by a handsome appropriation.
The sole purpose of my trip South at this time
is to visit the exposition and, if possible,
contribute somewhat to its success. Ti
States and Territories come here with t)
best products of their soil and of their skill
labor, not only the states and Territories, b
foreign countries being in comparison w
their products. I understand that arao
your most attractive displays is that made
Mexico. Within the memory of many of o
people there was war between that
and ours. Onr soldiers and theirs met upon
many battle fields, but now it is of great
significance that we meet as friends to com
pare the excellence of our products, and, gen
tlemen, does this not suggest
that this competition will be fol
lowed by commercial relations beneficial to
hotb nations? Mexico and the states of Ces -
tral America now bring the products of the Li
la bor in comparison with ours, and may we
not hope that this will soon be followed by
more important relations—the relations es
tablished by commerce between the coun
tries. Existing friendships will be promoted
and strengthened by the exposition. There
will follow, as I believe, commercial r lations
of much greater importance to both countries
than have heretofore existed.
THE COMMITTEE AT WASHINGTON.
Washington, Feb. 7.—Frank Bacon of
Kansas, J. B. Meade of Vermont, 11, O.
Clark of Rhode Island, Geo. P. Perkins of
Kentucky, E. D. Holton of Wisconsin,
Oliver Gibbs, Jr., of Minnesota, 8, 0.
Jonas of Mississippi, and Dexter Curtis
of Wisconsin, comprising the Executive
Committee of the United states Associa
tion ol States and Territories at the New
Orleans Exposition, waited on President
Arthur to-day and presented a statement
of the affairs of the exposition, together
with a memorial to Congress, which he
was asked to transmit to Congress with
his approval. The President promised
to give tbe matter prompt and careful at
tention.
[The New Orleans Race*.
New Orleans, Feb. 7.—The attend
ance at the races to-day was light and
the track good, with cloudy and pleasant
weather. The events were as follows:
First Race—Five furlongs. It was won
bv Queen Esther, with Eileen second and
Wild Kansas third, beating Belle B, Princess
Ban and Lucy Johnson. Time 1:06.
Second Race—Selling race: six f irlongs.
It was won by R. Moee, with Nat Trimble
second and Manitou third, beating Shelby
West and Twilight. Time 1:22- ; 4 .
Third Race —selling race; seven furlongs.
It was won by Galaxy, with Fair Count sec
ond and Greenwood third, beating Fred B
and Keno. Time I:34j^.
Fourth Race—Free handicap; cue mb
and 70 yards. It was won by Kansas, wi
Leroy second and Capt. Warren tniru, hie:
ing Princess and Agincourt. Time 1:55,
A French Success.
Paris, Feb. 7.—Official despatches fre
Tonquin state that the French fere,
which are on their way to Langsou had
captured a detachment of Chinese troops
in an entrenched camp at Dongola.
The casualties were slight,and the march
to Langsou will be continued without
delay. La Temps denies that there has
been any mutiny among the 'Algerian
troops at Ke Lung,
Admiral Courbet on Feb. 3 telegraphed
from Ke Lung as follows: “Fifteen hun
dred Chinese attacked our new positions
on Saturday night. They were repulsed
and left 200’dead upon the field. Among
these dead were a European officer and
several Mandarins. Our loss was one
killed and one wounded. The enemy’s
loss since Jan. 25 has been 700 in kilted
and wounded.”
AMERICAN OFFICERS FOR CHINA.
London, Feb. 7.—lt is stated that fir-
Americans have accepted service as r
cers in the Chinese army. They have
rived in England and are arranging <
tracts for a supply of war stores. W
the arrangements are completed t
will proceed to China via the Sue* ca
NOTHING I.IKK LEATHER
[ New Style of Fancy Garters for the
Ladies.
I “The ladies wear ’em,” s.G !an apt •vn
saddler, banding a Washington Star re
; porter a couple of little fancy straps.
| buckled together likedogcoliaxs. “They’re
all the rage. Very neat—ah ?”
“What are they ?” asked the scribe.
“Why, don't you see,” and he spread
his lingers out in the ring and held it off
admiringly. ■•They are ladies’ garters.
Very handsome and tony. Leather
garters are very fashionable with ladies
now. Haven’t you observed—hut oh lof
course not, excuse me. The leather does
not bind like rubber —and then, too, these
little straps are so much neater. They
buckle closely just above the call and
stay always the same. The regular 3lze
is eighteen inches—they never go beyond
that and generally they have to lie buokled
up very much smaller. It is very seldom
a lady requires the lull length. You see
they are lined with soft red flannel. They
are’buckled close until they sink a little
into the soft flesh. They don’t make
ridges like the elastic will upon delicate
skin, and they aretperfectly comfortable.
Sometimes they are worn above the knee.
Yes, men wear them, too, sometimes.
Many men wear long hose and gartcra
Ladies are getting a great fancy fO’
leather. They are wearing it very mud
for trimming for hats and dresses. ir r
the other day 1 sold a fashionable I
leather tor collar, cuffs and broad b:
to go around the skirt. They use It
as they would velvet for trimming,
lady brought a piece of leather h*er
stamped to be cut out like lacework,’
The Treasury Department at Washing
is informed of the arrest at Columbia, Ter,n. a
on Feb. 4, of John Green, William Calvert,
Jack Howell and L. Embell for manufacturing
and passing connterfe t silver coin.