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iJE'iRGIA AND FLORIDA, |
Itl l M " OP THE TWO STATES
IN PARAGRAPHS.
|,, t i -f * l.oy Murderer In Emanuel
f Three. T ui'i II e Ked Sprrids to
t ., v w Oritana More About the
* of Jetian A Cos., of Mares.
GIOBGU.
. Lvt* r rre. aeero who had his feet j
, w ■ : eaittiai tbr lanetafeof Tit
t l,rw. at .* tbcni*. died Friday from look- ]
.•c# .. fr or, as a iic.nlsTator oa the
N v l Bank-. will
| r ... -a!, -n the flr-t Tu** !av in April
• • UUI tr Mi aft lota
t tfc* corporate limits of the city of
•Bf-r w.: laui *a-inett of Macon, in
, _..i - friendly re*t‘e :n the jail yard
% „ ■*. t actaaletaace *t falllM frac
.., , i. _ lee in *wo plae* ie!ow the knee
. a .. rael man au*l Uie accident mac
• r.siutc the km of a leg
*t k, T* <T lay niihi, a crowd of men,
- j r ?r>m the S.i r.ff. attempted to
f -til. vt st on a warrant "barging hiir
: i.r : I'hrr. ti e attack was inane
a \. lisrirc! % few shots, but nr
, ,ti. - y hurt. Th> r* waa no arrest
trti,< , ti" i'er of -t ' -lrcn were play ng
•t k r.' * ark oppo* c Etowah sirret a(
. m w n- .day al tern -on. they discovered
k r , i ■ • they roUcd over, when
i oS ir off and * \pmied the body of a
. t<< m . t ;<t.y. Tfrre ts no clue to the
s r .-1 lie. of .rccne county, has a
~ • , was 1> rn the last >ear of Be.chan
- ,*m/. -tr.t'.oa, end is therefore ? years
If has lone r *ble sen ice as a farm
. , i heri x worked at a slow aa
a an do at v uch work as tv - ordi
r horse.
WrightaviUecorr >{io9 • • Sbi - Mar h
in.: superior l <>url convened l-i Mttn- i
a*. rning. < (b Judge It. 'V. Carswell on ■
lire* I*. N-. In of any intjiortance ;
11 i. l- . w ry dull court. Soiic- i
r .- •>. H-g* - ha* proven very success- ‘
• It*. r . icl-m of criminal* and proves ,
(to l. n.r lan for llic pos.tmn.—Tt-e
- * t**- n uiM their tffnrttlMl
■ r Hi.- Mwß of tnt* Meta- \
-l t i. ir< w * • h #l* a grand sucres* An
r ■ ' rnmlle brought visitorafr >m
-Tii-m mil Teotalle. wfci* h added
.r, <nr j., tec rlea*ure* of the occasion,
i- . r par a ; int the luxuries that gratify
• ap;*-i:t. ttttrww'l (luirpcil.
Tt *" *w v tnuiactiirirg Co* pany of Co
s a- • -t completed three !>••* preads
wa it of- ik. costing 111'-each. They wilt Ini
x • em El •' i o gin
ir --lra.il li.i* amount if Ulmr ;iu'l --kill iiy
w . I ti - - -.1- ; ,r,* m.i.icw- -rbl * -rmpgl.c
. * a!:. 1 ;ir-t i.;v, v. a r ir-i Imard • Oil
. -li. , i : . . in ie i* I lil making
■ i: \ In ip..l.i- t.
. Ui.sr! in -i no- Hi.' It
.. . r :- • r i-ilr *r the warp, white
i.l . . i . li. ' .iS'i; . ls of the
In wrai .nr i h - apr.-ad-,
i, , . r. - t.l-ivi'nO am -
meal* an 1 a- many changes in Ihc
hamoas Then are ItN iron weights to pull
wn the it rea ls. amt Ihc same number of
-r i* in It. harm " to lift the weights. The
r r find* it necessary to ilirow the shuttle
iii LOU an in jk i a spreail.
Milhn r... New-. March 27:
The riff of Kmaaoei county has in charge
. Ua i t I r •;*■!. whom
• ' srr. • at Asnul i Factory. He is
• at .-• .1 in-ir-lt-rer of Aleck bt* phens,
sr I* Iro. in F.manuel county, on
- . lav l-t. Tracer is age*J a'swit 18
rs. an t,* to . < cupatlon m particular,
■ at ;t. ~r - he aitegcii ratr-lir wasen
.l wah Jeff tol* niau on his farm. His
. * . r i-• n: • 1 at the August* Factory.
i:>r ;. . -vil** r.-s killing s evens, but
• vi* i at l Has an acrule lal discharge of
I Mini a in- hand. Neither were un.ler
n3 r . iouor Trailer :* iP-e to con
li . er.mc, if rime it was. ainl goes 101 l
ll - - r- ! ash, i not as pres
(iv - • for future icraitin-
It - . ,I‘o-r -i f low repute, agreeable
’ . ■ i.t , ! the ;ir-oner, lie the
- - ui r inn*' cut appearance ami me
-. 1 ne i.n . Jereil lad was about 18
.-'eats. *ll also.
U II ' - ipt.-r. of Heynol- writes .as
’* w* to it Itiitli r ffo.iU: I rciiort this
.r iterest of this young man. as
w, t i to me Ill'll i r-fe -ion. Mr.
ii. ey is e son of Mr. Benjamin
*• . be : l!i- ctv. Pay’or eouniy. I
■ i . .n. a H r It -: limn i/aullr.ev from his
•h. .- 1 . m - • eg strange almut him
r ti - tun.ly AIM ugh i have known th“
iiany si 1-**... 1 knew but little of the sou
c i * ,n 1 ie im from In* parents
• - fe. an i hands -eemed to he
■ ral w;en an infant, but soon
:* 1 t-i t ake on an unnatural
-•! V ..'.tenor twelve years ago mv
v • s> -i w .- rmn |-jre -nl.arlv called to
. All .' me I.- ovlreiuit-s iv, re verv
=’ h en ir.i amt - intinii to lie so up to
■ •P-. t. He fin- manage'! to get about
- ;i t . - ..b p.e time up to thepre-ent.
. I It k e w 1 !| .t -to Si inili-h longer
wi'. .. . .. , r. i —I the me heal prefes
thal Ii- > P .el an Is- given to this
itu-iale o .ng nivu it a ill Tat humane to
ii a h r is : • ah <• to support him
I ppi. te*f he is left testitute
• wot- a tc| :■ rahle cor-utiou. His
w g t i* ah>ut in) ptu uls. an*f he
has wo disease ataire the articula
• n -.f t ic wr.-t and ankle. His
*. - t w i w - • ten ii*id<!s c.-. h. 11l- right
* ghs fp u is. and his left li pounds.
Hi- cf* li i. . r ;- t* - a inches incircum
; -* • '. left hand is 27 ! j inches
r u ~f. It ha* la-en my intention
nr. , - _r .h of this young man,
i vi. ■ •>.! - ! can. Amputation
. . -a *a- -r! Tin. • last vveos on Mr.
iu.tri •. l M.-r-. New- me. 'ingo ton A
: suit ih oja-ration is still to
f- * A ..of wlrch
; IV . ara* forme.l . , i*r;. \V.
A 1 !i .r and . I!. Etli* U.ught out the re
. j Rm m I B.T.Cole
s'. a wrwwo'i Fit > • from that house on
r>. .i- to tai for it. T!u;r sueee -
• re . 1 before they
- . . 1 r .ntinu. 'l to do well,
ro. r- a- ■ they dee V-1 to Imv the
I: it ar block from Mr..-.
' \ ... \t 'hat l "ie real estate vse
z favor, and the purchase
v • ;-r -it ■*. Of this m ount
i . I • n-h. an I nave llicir
I (4.00*1 eac i fo the balance- Two
u. . t held by Mr. Waxel-
I ;* l * June 1 of la*t year the house
- l a r- c - I- lh in ever waA known in
-i r- - -nd’U'i- falling off
.
-rc l ’ a’t bus n- ** mop. A decline in
r, ca'-o aided t* make the
■ From sales of f2>JO.O(W a
... town to lew than *-m--ball
am ■f.in > ti - in addition to being
,j ed by ti>o investment in real estate.
anting rent, they bad an in
• n' n their h,n l* which was not pay
. • t TANARUS; <• tirru "truyg’o lon manfully
i > naerelaed every ere:-
c .vo the whole of thsir lime
- n,•* and isneomjdainly awaited
nft :i the overhanging clouds.
' u-n days ago. with a view to
: . ■ ■rate .-oill* meat of their in
- ti;! •!> i-ied to sen l Mr. Ju
r..rk. II - business then* was to
• their largest credi
do -r 11. it. t iaflin .v *o. and Messrs.
t *. Jaffrvy A Cos., and thusseeureare-
Inotesai an* %••• -:..n f time. This
enabled them to bridge over tbeir
: -. The errand proved an unsuccessful
. T. ■ ’a l ' : a i •*. they owe l 17,000, unse
. . 1.. J .-Tr. Vtt < ... they owed tIo.OOO. pe
i by a : mortgage lor that amount
■ii* A. JaflVey Ai o. advised Mr. 4u
.V io make an ap'.gnment at once. Clafl n
threaten" ! to elo-e up the store within
• *-. an-t thi- fa. i was telegraphed to
1. - : v I iffrey A ( ... and Mr.
*>n Thursday night Mr. Julian re-
. 1 - . a-.d ih.- r* *u!t of the meeting
u -and Mr. fc. u waa aa aaaign
. v . • . 'hilt their liabilities were
. :• , .? . *• ti.vir entire indebtedness.
FLORIDA.
- r ■ w . arnag*- factory is in j ri* ess
• ■ > r. 1 "u-c at Gainesviile is in
.in!, .-.''tors. re aided on the road to
nd cabbages.
- *• ral :./• r.- • ! Gainesville are ir.tro
- -a-ma done-at their residence- aud
- ’■-■** hrndrvi ,uirts of -trawls rnes
w ’ - ■, : :f; in IL.n.mock on Tues
day last.
- *r.,c after the formation of the East
* r . uunary Library Dr Gu-tine, of
•.*,kV. loan* and lo tiie association his
ary. constating of some 400 vol
-131 "S It* do. ter has now douated the entire 1
.x.eet ..a u -he library. The collection con
* “d* siaocLf* 1 historic*, novels and general
• teratnre.
I au! R. Jo, Uu hand* the Orlando Sentinel
"range tfca jrew in hi- grove at Lake
•e. w* h Ut.* a peculiar excrescence j
' * ng .. n-kw.se from the -tem tothcop
■*; ’ 'str.Usg a fcmi-cirde. It is an
■ middle, gradually tapers to
* * un*i*e is wartbke. reaeaab-
r.. . grow on trees. It
-a freak uf ..attire.
, ’li.. N t: -. M :
_ ' , p”™. * carpanter of Orlando,
j' /•' * 1 r "• *vy . ooomwted suicide
' * •'<: I *•• .a- urn. He was I.,und
. ■ Ic!.| ab-wt 7:3oo’clock
• ■ . oek. The
- r ‘* . a ! ’’ e to Lis wife, who is now
wa* tired of i
s ti- • ,' 1, l tmag. The act is |
tatter ti- , ' r !lk ’ Ue ,
reo Jr. w i ...V ' i’. ral ,W*
.a Kentucky. " il hl * *rraer honte j
The term of ©nice of i'ostmaster Sjieir. of
Orlando, expires Dec. SO, ISb*, at the same
time w ith the I’ostir.a-tcr at Tampa. The
term of the Postmaster at Sanfonl expires
Eeb. 2i>. lv>7. Postmaster Speir has entered
his fifteenth year of service in office, and when
he accepted the position it was very difficult
to find a man why won and have the trouble for
the trifling emolument, la the introduction
of lock boxes it was sosae time before the pub-
I lie appreciated their iienefits. Now the num
licr of boxes is inadequate to supply the ile
! mand. 'howing what a degree of improve
ment there has bees, in this as iu all other re-
I sjiecU.
Humor save that a project is on foot to es
tablish a line n f coaches between Ta lahassec
and Thom itsville. for the purpose of trans
porting passonccrs ami the mails. An effort
is being made to organize a joint stock com
pany to purchase elegant coaches and a suffi
cient nnmiter of fine horses to have a relay
every eight miles, and make the trip lietween
the two cities in about five hours. With this
lire established parties leaving Tallahassee
after breakfast would take dinner in Thomas
vile. supper in Savannah, and reach New
ork next evening—about thirty-six hours
from Tallahassee to New York. And vice
versa, parties leaving New York in the morn
ing would arrive at Tallahassee the next
evening, bhonld tins line, be established it
would receive the contract to carry the mails,
as it wcubl take them through several hours
in adva ice of any other routo-
l.ak'. City c irresjionclence NEWS, March 27:
Trimrry meetings in Suwannee county are
ordered by the County I*oicocratie K oiutive
onmittre, to lie held at the different lire
cine’.s in the county on Aiiril 4, to elect ilele
gaics to the county ronveution at Live Oak
u April 7.—Capt. -J. F. Haya has completed
a<l*.ing an ax-helve manufacture to his
■team power in Lake City. It will be a pay
ay investment. —Whisky iietilions are being
freely circulated ir. Lake City, and we will
have" more barrvonis soon than ever. It is
i.O rouble to get signers.—Tin- ficptint Wit
fa*, published at l.ak.- City, is preparing to
move to l>e Land, where the Baptist Female
College has been located.—Tlie business men
and citizens of Lake City appreciate Col.
Haines' efforts to give Lake City increased
railroad facilities and upon the completion
of the connection w.th the mam line they will
give the Cos onel a demonstration of tßeir ap
preciation tha* lie will ever rem-miber.—
donev is very scarce, and the business men
art- usl thinking—well !
SKWS IN A NUTSHELL.
Interesting tittle Hashes from the
Wires Printed iu Coudensed Form.
The French Senate lias adopted the bill
increasing the duties on eoreuis.
At Nashvil’e:. Tenn., yesterday, the Legis
lature pa-sed a bill repealing the railroad
commission net.
\t New Orleans the future business of the
Cotton Lxehanae will he i>peuded ob Good
Friday and Saturday follow ing.
Tile Pope Friday at a secret ennsistory
noiiiiii-iie t ,-evoral Jti-hope to sees :u Aindt-iea
amt else w tMftv and deliveied a sh rl nllo? a
li n.
The Brit*-h Government intends to place
the Alert, late of the c.reely expedition, at
the disposal of the Can .dian tiovernment for
' exploring Hudson Kay.
At New York E. C. Fox announced his
j inability to meet his contracts to the Stock
Exchange just before the closing hour, at ii
: o’chs-k yesterday atlernoon.
The cotton factory known for the past fifty
rears as “Gray's.’ at Ellicott City, Md., has
, !>cen dosed indefinitely. The operatives are
going elsewhere in search of cnip!oym“nt.
1 Hi closing will be a severe blow to its i etgh
-1 borhood.
The trial of John and Parker <ja-k:Bs,
Henry Sprigbt and U. Kavelte Slade, all col
ored. for tlie murder of Nixon Moore', also
|eo orcl.at the Pitt county court house. N .0. has
j resu ted in the aoinittai of .hiade, ami a ver
dict of manslaughter against >pright. and of
■ mur<ter againsi John and Parker Gaskins.
I The prisoners have not yet been sentenced.
' Itaron Portier des Kchelles, of the Atis
j trian teneral staff, who tt is arrested Friday
on a charge of treason for furnishing to the
j bur.au in Copenhagen plans of the southern
fortifications in Austria, was taken into
custody on an intimation forwarded by Ger
many. This was the result of information
j obtained from letter* found on a Pniaian otfi
| eer who was arrested for complicity in tue
; same plot.
i At s-t. Joseph. Mo., yesterday the Buchanan
; countv court house toofc tire at 2:30 o’clock
in the morning. The inside was completely
: gutted except the wing containing the office
Recorder. The recordsofphe Clrcuil
and ( ounty courts are safe m the vaults. A
law library valued at #IO,OOO is a complete
loss. The budding cost #250,0 0. and is insured
for #:oo oou W. It McNutt, Chief of the Fire
| Department, was fatally injured.
A SMITHVILLE TRAGEDY.
Co* ductor Welch Shoots fin Intoxicated
Barkeeper who Had Knocked Li I ill
Down.
| Macon, Ga., March 28.—At Smithviile,
| on the Sot tliwestcrn Railroad, last night,
: when the train arrived at 7:40 o’clock it
stopped for supper. During the absence
' of Conductor Welch from the train a
drunken barkeeper named William Ben
nett cut the rear coach loose. When the
train starlet! off this fact was discov
ered. Welch, going up to Bennett,
told hint that it was a dirty
trick, whereupon Bennett knocked him
down with a hickory stick and took to his
heels. Weleh, on regaining his feet,
chased him down the street into the hotel
and deliberately shot him tw ice, the tirst
ball passing in the region of the heart
with an upward track and coming out of
his back, and the other shot lodging in
his leg. Bennett sank to the tloor with
out a groan, ami Welch mounted his train
and pulled out. Bennett cannot live.
Welch was not arrested.
IT.OKID.V ON THE WIRE.
Frederick S. Winston, of New York,
Dies suddenly at Kernandina
Fern an din a. March -B. —Frederick S.
Winston. President of the Mutual Life
Insurance Company, of New York, died
here last night. Mr. Winston’s death was
entirely unexpected, as when he left New
York tw<> months ago he was in his usual
health. Anr oilier of his family accom
panied him. Mrs. Winston is at present
lying ill with bronchitis at her residence
in New York city. Mr. Winston was
boin at Balston Spa. N. Y., in 1812. and
went to New York city to reside In I*2o.
lie became a director in the Mutual Life
in 1840, and its President in 1850. He was
also i’resident of the American Bible So
ciety. and also of the New York Protes
tant Episcopal City Missionary Society,
and a meuiiter of the Foreign Committee
of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
JACK-ONVILLE'S REPUBLICAN PRIMA
RIES.
Jacksonville, March 28.—'The Repub*
1 lican primaries in preparation for the mu
nicipal election are ordered to meet
Tuesday night.
A I’ecuiiar Accident*
Columbus, ga., March 28.— A very
peculiar and nearly fatal accident oc
curred here early this morning. William
Haley, a young man trom Troy, Ala.,
who is in very bad health, came here a
lew days ago visiting relatives. While
asleep iiis arm, which was thrown slight
ly over his head, became dislocated at the
shoulder, the excruciating pain of which
aroused him and his cries soon brought
assistance. A physician living near was
summoned, and after administering opi
ates succeeded in resetting the dislocated
member. If the physician had been five
minutes later the man would probably
have died.
Panama Under a New President.
Panama. March 28.—Yesterday Presi
dent Arosemena resigned the Presidency
and was succeeded by Gen. Gonema.
Gen. Correoso was appointed Minister of
State and War. This is believed to be
the outcome of the recent conference, and
it is hoped that it is a sign of peace. Gen.
Gonema is the fourth President since the
Ist of January, the three others having
been Vires Loon, Gen. Vila and Dr. Arose
t nen a.
He Jumped Overboard.
Charleston, S. C. March 28. — Capt.
Woodhull, of the steamship City of Col
umbia. from New York, reports that
Wednesday night W. L. South worth, a
cabin passenger, jumped overboard and
was drown 1. A letter was found in his
stateroom questing the Captain to
telegraph tb- acts to E. A. Law at No.
110 South str t, Philadelphia, and send •
his satchel to No. 2142 Park avenue, '
Philadelphia.
Georgia Wlus the Cocking Main.
Con Min a. S. (.. March 28.—The cock- i
ing main between Georgia and North !
Carolina, which had been going on in tills
eity for four days, closed to-night. Out
of seventeen matches Georgia won nine
and North Carolina seven. There was
one drawn battle. A large amount ol
money changed hands on the result.
INDIA’S FATE IN’ DOUBT.
PEACE PROBABLE, BUT WAR
STILL POSSIBLE.
Englishmen Beginning to Believe That
Their Government is Playing a Game
of Blnff—Russia Said to Have Become
Alarmed by England's Preparation*
Irishmen Said to Have Promised Rus
sia to Revolt tn Case of War—A New
Scheme Which May Cause an Anglo-
Turkish Alliance.
London, March 28.— The Times learns
that the Russian Government has ordered
that 50,000 tro&ps be massed at Baku, on
the Caspian Sea, and has instructed the
Governor of the Caucasus to go to St.
Petersburg for consultation.
The steamship Arizona was taken by
the British Government with the option
of purchase. The America will be fitted
with g ns, but for the present she will
remain at the disposal of her owner. The
government expects to secare the steam
ships Oregon and Alaska. These meas
ures have been taken because Russia
made overtures to Englisn steamship
companies for the purchase of fast steam
ers.
THE POINT NOW AT ISSTK.
The Daihj .Ve>cs says that the state
ments in the Globe yesterday that Earl
Granville had proposed to Russia that
both the Afghans and Russians retire
from the disputed territory while negotia
tions are in progress, is untrue. The
I ’eirs says that there are no specific points
at issue in regard to the advance of the
outposts. The question now is whether
Russia Is willing to submit the frontier
iuestion to the decision of a joint commis
sion. In an editorial referring to the
Duke ot Argyl's inference lrom Karl
Granville’s re-jiiy to one question and his
failure to reply to another, that the pov
j ernment undoubtedly considered Penjdeh
as belonging to the Afghans. The AVic.s
j says that Earl Granville tacitly avowed
that that was the government’s view.
RUSSIA MAKING READY.
Advices from Russia say that prepara
tions are l>eing made tor war, and that si
lence bus been imposed ou Russian news
papers.
On the return of the Ameer of Afghan
istan to Kabul lie will convene a Durbar
and ask the notable to agree to an in
crease ol the Afghan army.
Tue Conservatives are annoyed at the
intimation ot the Marquis of Hartingtou
that discussion of the G iven's message
will be postponed until after Easter and
they will probably protest against the
postponement, contending that the law
provides that if Parliament is not in ses
sion when the reserve force of the gov
ernment is called out it must assemble
within 10 days to consider tue situation
of afi'airs. ihe opposition fear that the
measure is only a ruse intended to fright
en Russia.
At Portsmouth all ships belonging to
the first naval reserve, including four
ironclads, with all the gunboats and tor
pedo boats, have been ordered to be got
into immediate readiness to be placed in
commission.
The Nizum, of Rawal Pindi, writes con
cerning the threatened Russian invasion:
“The Indian people consider that Russian
rule means despotism, corruption of jus
tice, tj rauny ami oppression. Russia may
introduce civilization into Khiva and
Bokhara, but in India her rule would
mean retrogression.”
THE SCARE AT AN END.
There is a marked lull iu tie war
scare. In fact, among the very sober
minded there is no war scare at all.
i Some of the most fiery jingoes even are
beginning to ask themselves what real
grounds they have had for causing the
alarm of the past week. The first an
nouncement of the Queen's summons
calling out the army reserves and militia
almost created a panic. It aroused the
national pugnacity thoroughly. It made
j every fighting Englishman ready to fight
' right away. The pugnacity is still up, out
! there is a growing belief that it is up for
nothing. Blood thirst is being slaked
with the coldest kind of water. After
putting everybody in fever heat
!of excitement by springing with
out notice the call for reserves,
the Ministry are now apparently attempt
ing to minimize the import of Her Majes
ty’s message by delaying to state what
number of militia and reserves will be
accepted aud put under arms. Every
effort has been made to draw the govern
ment out on this point, but so far without
success. The Ministers, however, have
allowed reports to be circulated to the
effect that no more than 25,000 men are
wanted. These reports have emanated
from such good authorities and have been
so persistently circulated that they are
now generally believed, and so far, to use
an American expression, “the thing has
p .-tered out.”
25,000 MEN ONLY ENOUGH TO FILL VA
CANCIES.
Twenty-live thousand men are just
about enough to fill the vacancies in the
muster rolls caused bv the recent drafts
for the Egyptian and Mediterranean
stations. Some think that there was
never danger of an actual conflict with
Russia, and that the government have
been trying to obtain credit with the
people for having intimidated Russia by
an act which was admitted to be enor
mously magnified in the popular con
ception. blit winch was really a matter
ol course, ; ml practically ins gniticant.
Premier Gladstone has repiitd to the
most pressi-ig request* (or information
as to the ti ne purport ottlu Queen’s sum
mons by saying that the gov rnm oit have
decided to po- pone all statements upon
that subject until after Easter. This reply
was accompanied by a statement that the
government hoped that it would be able
during the internal to reach some ar
rangement v ith Russia. Taken either as
stab luans'uip or humbug, the Premier’s
evasion must bo considered a clever piece
of work of its kind. I.isis of all the men
avail.#!" for service in the army reserves
and militia have been called for.
RUSSIA NOT IRRITATED.
Le the Russian organ at Brus
sels, publishes a significant commentary
upon the pn sent state oi the Afghan dis
pute, in the course of which it says:
“The people of Russia regard the whole
quarrel with sangfroid and with no trace
jof irritation, 'ftiis is ow’ning to their
conviction ot the absurdity of the
idea of any war between Russia
and England resulting lrom the Af
ghan imbroglio and the impossibility on
their p>art of regarding seriously the war
like demonstrations being made by Eng
land in India.” Le Xord follows up this
editorial utterance by printing a letter
dated St. Petersburg, March 23, in which
the writer, who is referred to as good au
thority, says: “The present Kussiau
military movement is nothing but a pre
cautionary measure, dictated oy the most
elementary principles of national pru
dence.”
RUSSIA REPORTED ALARMED.
“The Russian people are alarmed,”
telegraphs the Paris correspondent of the
London Times, “at the idea of war. Tney
know,” he says, “that war with England
would he disastrous to Russia. The Czar
needs money, anil in the event of war it
would be only possible for him to obtain
a loan upon ruinous terras. Russians
here,” the correspondent continues, “ad
mit that England cannot recede, while
with Russia the whole question is merely
one of ambition. All the powers have
instructed their ambassadors at St. Pe
tersburg anil London to urge the Russian
and English governments to moderation
aud concession. The ambassadors state
that both powers are really anxious for
peace.”
ALL RESTING WITH RUSSIA.
The Times concurs with the Mews in
inferring from Earl Granville’s remarks
in the House of Lords last evening that
the government takes the position that
Penjdeh belongs to the Afghans. Ibis
position makes, the Times thinks, a com
plete disposal of Russia’s plea that occu
pation of Penjdeh by the Afghans justi
fied Russia to advance upon debatable
points.
The question of peaee or war, the Times !
declares, now rests more with Rus*ia
than with England. To desert the ,
Ameer would mean to make Russia a
present of an alliance with him. i
In that event England would thereafter!
be compelled to fight both the Ameer and .
Russia, We sincerely regret that I
SAVANNAII, SUNDAY, MARCH :9, 1885.
Russia’s movements dailxr increase the
chances ot a rupture. Yhe immediate
necessity of the moment is that Russia
be made clearly to umle-.wtand that Eng
land is thoroughly in earnest.
The dock yard departments have been
officially notified to hold themselves in
readiness to supply extra stores for the
m litary and naval service.
The Army and, A’< ivy Gazette blames the
minor news agetjeies for fomenting war
rumors. It charges them with having
circulated yarns, about the alleged hur
ried calling of shins, iu which stories
very otten ships actually on duty at for
eign stations have figured as being or
dered to Outfit.
I KISH OFFERS TO AID RUSSIA.
The military garrisons in Ireland will
be maintained in their full strength, and
may be increased from the reserves.
Agents of Irish organizations have ap
proached the Russian Embassy in Paris
with offers of assistance in case a war
occurs between Russia and England-
I The-e ageuts propose to fomei a
rising in Ireland while Enslam is
i engaged in Afghanistan, and to fit -.ut
j privateers in America to prey upon Brit
i ish commerce. All they ask is that Rus
sia shall turnish her Irish allies vitb
means to carry out their part of tb* bar
gain, and they offer to work as cb xaply
as possible. The overtures t< Tur
key for an alliance with Russia are still
under consideration.
CAUSE FOR AN ANGLO-TURKISH AL
LIANCE.
Diplomatic advices from Athens and
Constantinople concur in corroborating
the truth of the report that secret nego
tiations have been for some time in pro
gress between Austria, Greece ard Rus
sia tor anew territorial arrangement
with Turkey. Under this Russia is to
obtain the annexation of E;ist Roumelia
to Bulgaria with the extension of t le lit
toral of tne principality to the .1 gean Sea.
Greece is to get that part of Macedonia
with a frontier line along the Seeos and
and Haleacton rivers to the mouth of the
latter in the Gulf of Salonica. Austria is
to obtain anew frontier from the plains
of Kossova to the western side of Mount
Orvellas, along the river Strymou to the
a: 'ean Sea, the centre of the Austrian
territory to be part of Salonica. Russia
also asks to he accorded a right to occupy
torts on the Black Sea at the entranr-e to
the Bosphoruus. Know led re of the lact
that these negotiations are pending has
increased the chances in favor of the con
summation of an Anglo-Turkish alliance.
The “pence-at-any-price” members of
House ot Commons are circulating a
petition to Mr. Gladstone, urging him to
secure the submission of the Afghan dis
pute to arbitration. The petitiou is not
getting any subscribers except among
the extreme Radicals.
THE EFFECT ON THE STOCK MARKET.
The Economist says: “Money hardened
during the early part ot the week and
closed decidedly firm. Stocks were ex
cited and panicky until Friday, when a
complete change for the better took place.
The market at the close was fairly steady.
Home funds were fl it. Consols showed
but little power of recovery. Indian
stocks w T ere extremely weak. Foreign
securities collapsed over the call for re
serves. The market displayed a slightly
better tone yesterday, but prices failed to
recover. Russian securities fell during
the week 2 to 3 points. Home railway
securities declined but closed slightly
above the worst figures of the week.
American securities were steady. Little
business, however, was done in them.
Central Pacific declined 1. Denver anil
Itio Grande >4, Norfolk and Westers, 1 Vj,
Ohio ard Mississippi V£, Wabash % and
Oregon and Calif rnia 1 per cent. Lake
Shore advanced > , aud Union Pacific %
per cent.
THE BOUNDARY’S DELINEATION.
Dispatches front Guiran and Penjdeh
show that the situation on the Afghan
frontier is unchanged. The commission
tinder the command of Gen. Sir Peter
Lumsden lias completed the basis for the
delineation of the boundary, and is still
awaiting the arrival of Gen. Zelinow, the
Russian commissioner. The Russian sub
jects of tbeconquered countriesof Central
Asia are said to be ripe for revolt, and to
be eagerly looking for an Anglo-Russian
war, which would enable them to rise in
rebellion and attack the Russian army
from the rear. ■
TI GS AT THE OAKS.
Oxford Beats Cambridge Hanlan
Beaten by Beach In Australia.
London, March 28.— The forty-second
university boat race was rowed to-day
over the University Thames course, from
Putney to Mortlake. The hour appointed
for the start was 12:30 o’clock, and long
before that time both banks of the river
at Putney were lined with spectators, and
numbers of people had assembled at fixed
stands along the course or were afloat in
steameis, barges and row boats prepared
to witness the contest. Oxford had the
same good ortune as last year iri winning
the toss and, as was the case a year ago,
selected the Surrey stake boat. The
bends of the river at Craven Cottage and
Mortlake were thus against them, but
they held the insid) berth all the way
trom th soap works, at Hammersmith, to
Chiswick church, between which points
the struggle for tue race often occurs.
The start was made precisely at 12:27
o’clock. Both crews made an excellent
start.
OXFORD TO THE FRONT.
The Cambridge crew rowed a slightly
quicker stroke than the Oxonians, but
the latter soon were a little ahead. The
Cantabs quickly caught them, and for a
quarter ot a mile there was a level race.
The steering of the Cantabs was not per
fect, anil thi rowing of the Oxonians
soon gave them the lead again, and on
rounding the bend of the river opposite
the Doves, two miles from the start, they
were still leading. They continued to
gain slightly, and by the time
they were rounding the Chiswick
bend, about a milel urtheron, they were
clear in the lead. At Bull’s Head the Ox
ford boat was two lengths ahead, and the
same lead was maintained as th** two
boats passed under Barnes’ bridge. Every
effort was made by the Cantabs to I
overcome this difference, but the Ox- j
ouians reached the winning flag.pnst just \
below Grove Park boat house fully three i
lengths in advance.
The defeat of Cam bridge is more marked
than that of Oxford a year ago. The time
was 21 minutes and 36 seconds, a trifling
improvement over the time of a year ago,
when the record was 21 minutes and 3!*
seconds. The improvement is not as
great as might have lieen anticipated,
however, in view of the tine weather and
smoother water. The time of the winning
crew (Oxford) two years ago was 21
minutes and 18 seconds, and three years
ago 20 minutes and 12 seconds. The re
sult of the race was in accordance with
the betting. This, at the start, was five
to four in favor of Oxford.
Out of the 42 races Oxford has won 23
and Cambridge IS, the race ot 1877 having
been a dead heat. Tha result to-day was
exjiected, as one of the Cambridge crew :
became very ill a few days ago and there
was no time to train a proper substitute. :
BEACH BEATS HANLAN.
Sydney, March 23. — 1n the sculling |
match between Banian and Beaih to-day
the latter won by six lengths.
The race was rowed over the cham
pions’ course, on the Parramatta river.
The attendance wae enormous. The
weather was favorable. The water was
smooth, and both oarsmen were in excel
lent condition. After the st ai t they kept
well together for some distance, lhe
race was close and exciting. The scul
lers approached the winning post almost
bow and how and the excitement among
the spectators was great. When pulling
with all their strength tor the winning
post, Beach overhauled Hanlan and in
creased his advantage until the very
finish, amid the wildest excitement.
Becky Jones Released.
New York, March 28.—Becky Jones,
the contumacious witness in the Ham- |
mersley will contest, left Ludlow street ,
jail this morning in a carriage and de- j
parted for parts unknown. An order was ■
made yesterday by the general term of
the Supreme Court directing her dis
charge. A Deputy Sheriff’was given a
subpu na this morning to serve on her,
but when be got to the jail Miss Jones
had gone away with her lawyer.
GEORGIA’S SHARE OF OFFICES.
J. B. Baird to be Given a Good Place—
Pearson'* Detention Probable.
"Washington, March 23.—The Post
master General has requested the resig
nation of E. J. Dallas, Chief of the Dead
Letter Division of the Post Office Depart
ment, to take effect May 1. J. B. Baird,
of Georgia, w ill be appointed successor of
Mr. Dallas. Mr. Baird is a son-in-law of
Senator Colquitt, of Georgia.
It was rumored in the Post Office De
partment this afternoon that the resigna
tion of Mr. :‘alias, the incumbent of the
office in question, had been called for by
the Postmaster General, and the chiefs of
the other divisions became somewhat
alarmed in anticipation of sharing the
same fate. The Postmaster General, how
ever, authorized it to be said that Mr.
Dallas tendered his resignation in order
that he might engage in private business,
and had insisted on its acceptance, and
that otherwise no change would have
l>een made in the dead letter office.
PEARSON PROBABLY TO BE RETAINED.
The President is now devoting consid
erable attention to the New York Post
mastership. Postmaster Pearson’s term
expired on March 21. It was the Presi
dent’s intention to act in the matter as
soon as Mr. Pearson’s term expired, but
be has been delayed by the press of work.
He desires, however, to send in the nomi
nation for this office before the Senate ad
journs on next Tuesday. It has been the i
President’s intention to act in this case as
he has in others, appointing a Democrat
upon the expiration of a Republican offi
cial’s term, even when the Republican
was unexceptionable. But there is now
reasou to believe that he will not pursue
this course in regard to the New York
j post office; at all events, he had not this
afternoon determined that he would not
i reappoint Postmaster rearson. The
; probability is believed to be that Post
: master Pearson will be reappointed.
If this is done it will t>e solely because
i the Independent newspapers and some of
| the leading Independents have shown so
j great a desire to have Postmaster Pearson
; reappointed. Henry Ward Beecher ana
; E. L. Godkin have been particularly
urgent in their recommendation to the
President in Mr. Pearson’s behalf. Both
came over from New York chiefly to
present the argument for Mr. Pearson’s
retention to the President. As this is the
only favor that tue Independents have
asked, the President feels as though he
would have to grant it.
THE NEW YORK COL LECTORS HIT.
A quiet canvass Is in progress for the
Collectorship of New York, which will be
come vacant on June 1. Besides O’Don
nahue, the Tammany candidate, aud Hu
bert O. Thompson, the County Democracy
candidate, ex-Representatives Dnrsheimer
and Gen. Slocum are actively at work to
capture this rich plum. Gen. Slocum is
at present ahead, but the President’s de
sire is to appoint either Col. Silas Burt, or
a prominent Democratic business man.
COLEMAN REPORTED NOT NOMINATED.
Private Secretary Lament is quoted to
night as saying that the nomination of N.
J. Coleman, of Missouri, to be Commis
sioner of Agriculture was not in the
batch of nominations sent to the Senate
yesterday.
CHANDLER’S ORDERS STAND.
AVhitney Refuses to Revoke the Action
of tlis Predecessor in Making Changes.
Washington, March 28.—The follow
ing notice was to-day issued by the Sec
retary of the Navy:
I have been requested in a lrirze number of
ca-es to change orders issued by my pre
decessor to nUieors of tlie navy—notably the
order transferring Admiral English, of the
European squadron, to ‘.he South Atlantic
squadron. If tiie orders were issued upon
a record which could be reviewed and their
justice or Injustice determined, it would be
proper for me. perhaps, to re-examine them;
out i am already satisfied that the
Secretary of the Navy is obliged to
give oriiers from time to time for
reasons satisfactory to himself of which no
record is made or appears. It is palpably
unfair lo my predecessor in office for me
to pretend to review, and it is impossib’c,
in point of fact, for me to know the causes
which induced his orders. The record of the
past will have to stand, as I have neither the
time at my disposal nor the means of exami
nation to satisfy myself of the propriety of
any action that I might take with reference
to "the acts of my predecessor in these re
gards.”
R. 8. Tliariu’s Claim Not Allowed.
Washington, March 28.—Judge Dur
ham, First Comptroller of the Treasury,
has disallowed the claim of It. 8. Tharin,
of South Carolina, for expenses said to
have been incurred in the contest for a seat
in the Forty-second Congress. It appears
that, although Mr. Tharin filed a claim to
the seat in Congress, he never made any
further contest for possession. Moreover,
the question of his election was never
brought to the attention of the House.
The First Comptroller holds that the
statutes relating to compensation in con
tested election cases do not apply to per
sons who merely claim an election, but to
persons who hold seats under proper cre
dentials.
Government Examinations.
Washington, March 28.—The Secre
tary of the Treasury has appointed a
board to convene at the Treasury Depart
ment April 14 for the examination of
assistant engineers for promotion in the
revenue marine service and also for the
examination of applicants for admission
into the engine shops of the service. An
examination will also lie held shortly of
applicants for appointment as cadets in
service. There are more vacancies than
usual this year and the number of candi
dates is unusually small.
The Retrenchment I’luu*.
Washington, March 28.—The commis
sion appointed to make an examination
of the Treasury Department, with special
reference to the simplification and im
provement of the methods of doing busi
ness, and to the reduction and rearrange
ment of the officers and clerical force,
began work this morning in the Internal
Revenue Bureau. Deputy Commissioner
Rogers was examined at great length as
to the manner of doing business in that
bureau.
Roach After His Money.
Washington, March 28.—John Roach
called upon the Secretary of the Navy to
day and urged payment of the remainder
due him for the construction of the Dol
phin. Mr. Roach sai:l that he had com
plied with the cmitract. Secretary Whit
ney replied that he would not make final
payment until he became satisfied that
the contract had been complied with. He
will consider the matter next week.
Marshal Hughes Arrested.
Washington, March 28.—The Depart
ment of Justice has been notified that
Marshal Hughes, of the V irginia district,
has been arrested in Texas and will be
taken to Richmond for trial. An exam
ination of his accounts shows an appar
ent discrepancy of about SB,OOO, which he
will be called upon to make good. Uis
resignation is in the hands of the Presi
dent, but has not yet been accepted.
t To Do What They ar© Paid to Do.
Washington, March 28.—Secretary
Whitney has decided that all employes in
the Navy Department shall perform the
specific duty for which they are carried
on the pay rolls. It has been the practice
in some instances to detail watchmen
and laborers for the regular performance
of clerical duties.
Dun A Cos. Sued for Damages.
New Orleans, March 28.—Suit was
brought to-day against the commercial
agency of R. G. Dun & Uo. by John Zusca
for $19,000 damages, which the plaintiff
claims to have sustained ovrin’jr to an
alleged false and malicious report made
by said agency in the early part of March
that he suspended payment. Zueca,
in his petition, ’ admits that
he solicited an extension lrom six of seven
creditors, which they cheerfully agreed to,
and obligations held by them were re
newed. Save these few obligations, the
plaintiff paid and continues to pay all
obligations at maturity. The manager of
Dun’s Agency states that Zucca, who Is
a middleman’ in the fruit business, had
asked an extension of one and two years,
and according to his own statement was
embarrassed from a combination of cir
cumstances.
GUATEMALA’S AUTOCRAT.
MEXICAN OFFICERS ENLISTING ,
TO FIGHT HIM.
One of the Factions In Honduras Re- |
x ottiDß Against the Alliance With the
Pretender—Ex-President Soto, of Hon- j
(iliras. Lets Light on the Methods of i
the Fsnrper.
City of Mexico, March 28.—Over 20 |
Mexican officers not in active service !
have already left for Central America to I
join the government forces of San Salva- i
dor and Nicaragua. It is understood that j
the services of these veteran officers have I
been solicited by the governments of
Nicaragua aud San Salvador through con
fidential agents now in this city. Gen.
Barrios is' also represented here. The
war feeling is rapidly extending j
and growing stronger. A largely at
tended public meeting was held last night |
to consider the Guatemalan question, j
Every speaker advocated aggressive and i
determined action toward Guatemala.
An intense feeling of hatred towards Gen.
Barrios was manifested, and the meeting ■
was frequently interrupted with cries of j
“Dawn with Barrios!” and “Death to Bar- ,
rios!”
A resolution was passed commending 1
the action of President Diaz.
the cable cut.
Washington, March 28.—The Secre
tary of State has received the following
telegram from the President of the Cen
tral and South American Cable Company,
dated March 27:
The commander of the Columbian gunboat
Boyaca, laying at the month of Buena Ven
tura river, yesterday forced open the cable
house of the Central ami South American
Company and cut the company’s cable, inter
rupting communication with South America.
We have repaired the damages. Will you in
struct the commander of tiie United States
naval vessel at Panama? A Columbian
gunboat is still at anchor at the mouth of
Buena Ventura river. It is uncertain
whether she is co-operating with the national
forces of Columbia or those in rebellion, but
we fear further injury to our cables and in
terfeience with international communica
tion.
The dispatch was referred to the Sec
retary of the Navy. The United States
steamer Wachusett ha 9 been ordered from
Panama to La Union, San Salvador.
HONDURAS REJECTING BARRIOS.
Information was received here to-day
to the effect that a movement is on foot
! to overthrow the Government of Hon
duras aud to form an alliance of the peo
ple of that country with the people of
Nicaragua, Costa Rica and San Salvador
against Gen. Barrios. The movement,
it is reported, originated with Marco
Aurelis Soto, the lormer Presi
dent of Honduras, who is now in New
York city. Senor Soto, who is a native of
Honduras, left that country when a young
man and went to Gautemala. He there
acquired influence, and was by President
Barrios made Minister. In 1876 he was,
through the influence of President Bar
rios, elected President ot Honduras, in
opposition to a candidate whose relations
with President Barrios were hostile.
Senor Soto held the Presidency of Hon
duras until 1883, when President Bar
rios, it, is asserted, endeavored to use him
as an instrument to advance his persouil
interests.
SOTO LEAVES THE COUNTRY.
President Soto was not willing to be so
used, and upon a plea of ill-health he left
the country and came to the United
States. He went to San Francisco, and
while there wrote a letter to President
Barrios, in which he condemned in strong
terms the latter’s actions. He also for
warded his resignation as President of
Honduras. President Barrios replied in
an atiusive letter, which was published
in Honduras, and which, it is said,
turned the sympathy of the people in
favor of the ex-Prcsident. Gen.
Louis Bogran was then chosen
President through President Barrios’
influence, and has occupied that position
until the present time. Ex-President
Soto has not returned to Honduras since
his resignation. He has spent part of the
intervening time in visiting England aud
Frauce, and nearly a year ago he came
again to the United States and took up
his residence in New York city.
SENOR SOTO’S INTRIGUE.
Since President Barrios’ iniounce
ment of his intention to make him
self “supreme military chief” of the
Central American States, Senor Soto,
it is said, has teen quietly
at work trying to break the alliance of
Honduras with Guatemala. His i:e
-gotiatioiiß-have been carried on through a
General of the former country, with whom
he has au intimate acquaintance. The
people of Honduras, it is understood, are
opposed to President Barrios, and are
only waiting for an opportunity to
break , away irom him. They’ are
therefore willing to join the forces of
Nicaragua in an attempt to overthrow
their own present government. The
Nicaraguan forces, it is asserted, will
number 5,000 or more, an:l will cross the
border line of Honduras and aid in the
revolution With tae addition of the op
ponents of President Barrios in Honduras
it is said that an army of 50.000 men can
be raised by the States which are allied in
resistance to the pretensions ot the Presi
dent of Guatemala.
BARRIOS’ FORCE 20,000 STRONG.
New Orleans, March 28.—The 'lime s-
Democrat to-morrow will publish an in
terview with J. B. Bilheimer, of New
York, who arrived hero to-day on the
steamer City of Dallas from Livingston.
Mr. Bilheimer said: “I left the city of
Guatemala < n March 14 and journeyed to
Livingston, where I took a steamer for New
Orleans. 1 wanted to see Gurtemala for
mvself and obtain all the information
possible as to its resources. 1 remained
there one month, and traveled over 200
miles through the principal portions of
its territory. During that time 1 made it
my business to inquire thoroughly into
the administration of its affairs and be
come posted as to the political aspect !
of the Central American States and (
the questions that are agitating
that entire country. President Barrios j
has 20,000 well-equipped regular soldiers
in the field, that is, on the frontier. The
infantry is armed with Remington rifles.
There are six batteries of artillery, three j
Gatling guns and three Mitrailleuse.
The latter I satv in the city of j
Guatemala. On the morning of
March 14 2,500 men were starting :
for the frontier and 2,500 had moved there
a short time before. In fact they had
been going steadily each day or two. !
President Barrios has now at least 20,000
men massed on the frontier of San Salva
dor. The principal General in the service !
of President Barrios is Gen. Varilles, an
experienced soldier and a man of fine
ability.”
CURSED BY CHEAP BRANDY.
The Swiss Parliament Makes a Choice
lietween Two Evils.
Beunk, March 28.—'The Swiss Parlia
ment, as a measure towards suppressing
the curse of brandy drinking, which has
grown to frightful proportions in the re
public since the wholesale introduction
of cheap French brandy, has passed a
resolution restoring to the cantons the
right of local option in regard to the
sale of intoxicating liquors, and
giviDg to the cantons the privilege
of imposing taxes upon the domestic man
ufacture of spirits in addition to the taxon
sales. The cantonal duty on wine in
casks has been abolished. The resolution |
was passed as the result of profound agi
tation and in the belief that the best rem
edy for drunkenness lies in the encour
agement of the substitution of good, j
cheap wines for spirits as a beverage.
Tor© liis Wife to Pieces.
Quebec, Ont., March 28.—News of a !
revolting murder has just been received ,
trom Matane. below’ Rimonski, where a
man named Porti as literally tore the body j
of his wife to pieces with’his nails and
teeth, and then fled to the woods and has i
not been captured. He is a brother ot !
Portras who a few years ago cut up tw r o ]
of his children to bait fox traps.
No Game at Macon.
Macon, March 28.—The game of ball
on the programme this afternooD, between i
Louisville and Macon, was not played on i
account of rain. The Louisvilles will
leave to-morrow for Atlanta. i
A WITHDRAWAL FROM EGYPT.
Reports That the Government will
Cap Its Blunders by Giving Up the
Fight.
London, March 28.— A deserter from
Osman Digna’s camp states that 20,000
men are entrenched at Tamai.
DIGNA’S LOSSES 4,000 MEN.
Gen. Sir Gerald Graham and the whole
British army of advance arrived to-day at
Gen. McNeill’s zereba. This advance in
cludes all the troops except 50 men from
each regiment who were left behind to
garrison Suakin. A violent sand storm
delayed the movement considerably. Os
man* Digna's losses during all the engage
ments of the past week are estimated at
4,000 men.
GRAHAM’S ADVANCE.
Gen. Graham telegraphs from Suakin
that he expects to be able to have com
pleted to-morrow sufficient w’ater stores
to enable his army to advance to Tamai.
He says that he has ordered all the avail
able men lrom the seven war ships an
chored in the Red sea oft Suakin to gar
rison duty in the town, so that the whole
regular force at Suakin could be used in
the advance against Osman Digna. The
censorship over all telegrams sent from
Suakin to the press has been made re
cently much stricter than ever.
but little progress made.
Cablegrams received here lrom Suez,
between which place and Suakin there is
good communication, show that Gen.
Graham is making very little progress in
his expedition to Berber, after the much
heralded advance, to make which two
weeks have been consumed and several
hundred lives lost. Tne camp is to-day
located just 12 miles nearer to Berber than
Suakin is. The camp is connected
with Suakin by a tram railway.
Nothing has yet been done in the
way of constructing the projected Berber
railway. The transport service is very
defective. For want of abetter transport
service the whole army is suffering, men,
mules and camels being compelled to
carry otherwise unnecessary burdens in
the torrid heat. Typhoid fever and dysen
tery are quite prevalent among the
troops, although in official dispatches to
London the health of the soldiers is de
scribed as excellent. At Gen. McNeill’s
zereba there have been many cases of
fatal as well as disabling sunstroke.
severe criticisms.
Military papers severely criticise Gen.
Graham’s conduct of the Suakin-Berber
campaign. The Army and Maty Gazette
says that at the rate at which Gen. Gra
ham is making progress, it is safe to cal
culate that Christmas, 1885, will see him
half way to Berber.
From Dongola comes intelligence that
the dread khamsin wind began to blow
last Wednesday. The heat is excessive,
but it is said that the health
of the men with Gen. Wolseley
remains good. The Arabs friendly
to El Mabdi, instead of abandoning
the Prophet’s cause,seem to become daily
more hostile to the British in Soudan.
White men find it worth their lives to
stray from the British camp beyond the
lines of the outpost protection. At Deb
bek and Tamai lately no man attached to
the British cause has succeeded in going
bejjond the outposts without being gross
ly insulted or attacked. Several men who
recently strayed trom the camps at both
places have not returned and have un
doubtedly been killed.
railroad construction abandoned.
Nearly all the infantry and cavalry es
corting the convoy have arrived safely at
the zereba on the Tamai road. The
number of sunstrokes among the troops is
daily increasing. The troops are greatly
overworked, escorting the convoys dur
ing the day and doing sentry duty at
night. The" building of the Berber rail
way has been suspended outside of Sua
kin, owing to the inability of the army to
afford protection alongtbe line beyond the
camp. It has been decided that the
forces necessary for such protection can
not be spared, at leas:, until alter the im
pending battle at Tamai, which is ex
pected to be decisive, shall have been
fought. The laborers engaged tor rail
road construction will be employed in the
meantime in the much needed work of
improving the wharfage accommodations
at Suakin.
rumors of a govenrmknt backdown.
The’ Federals of the Liberal Associa
tion, which wields great influence upon
the Liberal votes, has decided to actively
oppose a continuance of the war iu Sou
dan. It is believed that the government
is not unwilling to admit to party coer
cion. The opinion prevails that it will
abandon the intention of a march to
Khartoum, an l that alter the defeat of
Osman Digna has been accomplished it
will endeavor to open negotiations with
El Mahdl.
Forty per cent, of the marines from the
fleet here are sick. Many are also suffer
ing from < pthalmia and other ailments if
the eyes. The troops will advance next
Monday froqj the advance zereba and con
struct another zereba near Tamai. Gen.
Graham is anxious to get the troops
into a permanent summer camp
as soon as possible, because he fears that
there may be frightful mortality among
them it they are much longer exposed to
the terrible heat aud malarial influences
of their present quarters.
There is no confirmation of the report
that Osman Digna has asked to negotiate
terms of surrender with Gen. Graham.
HILL'S VERACITY AT STAKE.
lie Denies I lie Clerk’* Allegation acd the
Latter Illiterates It.
Denver, Col., March 28.— The atten
tention of ex-Senator Hill having been
called to the charges of the Senate Com
mittee on Post Ollices and Post Hoads
respecting the publication of the unau
thorized report by that committee, says
that the charges in the most important
particular are absolutely false, and that
he did not order any printing done in the
government printing office after his term
expired. He denied that he directed the
clerk of the Postal Committee to.have ad
ditional copies printed, and says that the
only report he ever ordered printed was
that ot the committee of investigation
printed in the summer of 1884.
WHAT THE CLERK SAYS.
Washington. March 28.—The state
ment ot Senati r Hill, published to-day in a
dispatch from Denver, denying responsi
bility for the spurious report issued from
the Government Printing Office as a re
port from the Senate Committee on Post
Offices and Post Roads, and asserting
that the only report he (Hill)ever or
dered printed was that of the
committee of investigation, printed
in the summer of 188!, was shown
this afternoon to the late clerk ot tne
committee, who was also the priva'e
secretary of its Chairman, Senator Hill.
This gentleman, though reluctant to sub
mit to an interview, said in reply to di
rect interrogatories that he had given the
arder for printing the matter in question,
ond had done so by direction of Mr. Hill.
He gave the order on March 13 or 14
and had received instructions from Mr.
Hill to do so about a month before. He
(clerk ) assumed the responsibility for the
delay of a month. Regarding the material
contained in the report, the clerk said
that he had nimself copied the questions
propounded to the President of the West
ern Union Company, but had received the
newspaper clippings, of which four-fifths
of the spurious report consisted, from
Senator Hill himself. Mr. Hill denies
that he ordered any extra copies to be
printed. The ex-clerk admits naving re
ceived, the day before yesterday, 150 of
the 200 extra copies ordered by him for
the use ol the committee, and says that
he took them to the folding room to be
folded.
“To be folded and directed to whom P’
he was asked.
“To be folded in blank.”
The gentleman declined to state to
whom the copies of the spurious docu
ment were to be sent, and declined to
answer any further interrogatories. The
members of the Senate committee, whom
someone apparently acting through
Senator Hill intended to make responsi
ble in part for this spurious publication,
are exceedingly indignant. They initiated
the investigation entirely of their own
motion, and have given orders at the
document rooms that no more ol the
documents shall be given out to any one.
1 PRICE 910 A TRAR.,
I 5 CENTS A COPY. ;
RIEL IN HU!H FEATHER.
AMERICAN INDIANS JOINING
HIS 1,500 HALF-BREEDS.
The Dominion to Have a Force of 1,400
Men In the Field Within a Day or
Two—Friday’s Victory to Flush the
Rebels and Entail a Bloody Cam
paign.
Winnipeg, March 28.— A telegram
from Brandon says that the mounted po
lice have captured Louis Genvilie, an
emissary of Riel, who had been sent with
letters to the Indians and half-breeds ot
Broadview and Oak Lake. The papers
were not found. The prisoner says that
he left Riel six days ago, and that he had
then six American cannon and 1,60# ssea,
and that he was being joined by Ameri
can Indians. Moj. Crozier and his men,
he says, have been made prisoners. €lea.
Middieton was informed of the eaptcre,
and ordered the prisoner brought here.
He arrived on a special car yesterday
afternoon, and is locked up for examina
tion. A large special train left here
yesterday for the West with the rest of tha
troops and Gen. Muldleton in command.
Sufficient supplies for two weeks were
taken. Maj. Crozier sent word to Battle
ford recently that an attack upon the fort
by the rebels was imminent. He had
Indians under arms and three pieces of
artillery. Great uneasiness is felt her*
over the report that American Indians
are going to join the rebels. All th
Canadian Indians are now known to be
uneasy, and some are threatening to rise.
Reports come from districts and towns
throughout the country of larmers orga
nizing companies and drilling for defense.
The reading of Col. Irvine’s dispateo
caused intense excitement in the House
of Commons at Ottawa. Detachmeuts of
A and B batteries of Kingston and the
(Quebec, Queen’s Own and Tenth Roys Is
of Toronto, and the Infantry School, un
der command of Col. Otter, have received
marching orders, and will proceed via the
Canada Pacific Railroad to the Northwest
without delay.
RUMORS OF. ANOTHER DISASTER.
Further exciting rumors come front
Carleton, one stating that there has been
another skirmish in which eleven more
men were killed, but this has nut
been confirmed. Gen. Middleton. Col.
Houghton and 25 officers and CBO men of
the Ninth Battalion left here last night
and reached Q’Appelle this morning,
where they joined the first detachment of
a field battery of fifty and a squad of fif
teen cavalrymen, and left this morning
for the West. It is understood in mili
tary circles that Gen. Middleton will not
advance immediately with the troops, but
will await further developments. He
was heard to remark that il the rebels
meant to fight he would not advance with
out a stronger force.
EFCITEMENT AT TORONTO.
Toronto, March 28.— There is great
excitement here over the departure*’
troops for the sceue of the disturbance*
in the Northwest. The Mayor has inti
mated that the city will look alter tho
wives aud families ol married men who
may go to the tront.
THE BEGINNING OF SERIOUS TROUBLE.
The Toronto Mail, the government
organ, in an article on the trouble in tha
Northwest says: “Yesterday’s encounter,
more particularly since it resulted in a
victory for the half-breeds, is no doubt tha
beginning of a serious campaign. Riel is
reported to have 1,500 adherents armed
with Remington rifles, obtained from
American traders, and six American field
guus. Graver danger, however, is to be
feared from the Indians. It is evident
that Beardy’s band, who are l’iegans,
| must have sided with the rebels against
; Major Crozier, and should the disaffection
| spread to the other Indians in the Carle-
I tou Agency and to the large bands in the
Battleford and Edmondston districts, the
task of stamping it out will be formida
ble.
TIIE VIGOROUS MEASURES TAKEN.
“The government has taken vigorous
measures to meet the emergency. The
Winnipeg battalion of militia, 300 strong,
and with half a battery of artillery, is
now at or on its way to Q’Appelle station,
323 miles west of Winnipeg, where sev
eral trails run north to the scene of tha
insurrection, Carleton being 205 miles
from Q’Appelle. The police force at Bat
tleford and Prince Albert number seventy,
and the garrison at Carleton 300 with the
civilians, so that there are 378 men within
striking distance of Riel, and 300 volun
teers with 2 Armstrong guns 6 or 7 days
travel away. In addition to this force
the government has ordered the imme
diate dispatch of 800 Eastern troops to
the spot.
COMPOSITION OF TIIE BRIGADE.
“This brigade will consist of 100 men
from each of the two batteries of Do
minion artillery, 250 men from each of the
two Toronto corps, the Queen’s Own and
Grenadiers, and 80 men from the school
of infantry, under command of Col. Otter.
Maj. Gen. Middleton, now on the way
from Winnipeg to Q’Appelle, will take
chief command of the whole body of
troops. From Ontario they will go by
the Lake Superior route, but it will be
necessary to transport them by sleighs
over a gap of seventy miles of unfinished
road. What Riel may do pending the ar
rival of the troops remains to be seen.”
MONTREAL’S VOLUNTEERS READY.
Montreal, March 28.—The whole city
; volunteer force has received orders to
hold themselves in readiness to proceed
to the Northwest. Most of the regiments
j mustered to-night for the purpose of hav-
I ing stores issued.
KILLED BY CONCUSSION.
Miners In Indian Territory Cut OH'with
out Being Mutilated.
McAllister, I. TANARUS., March 28.—A ter
rific explosion, caused by coal dust, oc
curred last evening at 0 o’clock in mine
No. 7, at this place. Eleven miners were
instantly killed. Their bodies were
all recovered to-day. The names
of the killed are: James Aken,
John Williams, A. Y. Williams,
Joseph Peel, John Martin, Robert Master
son, John Gold, A. Mac Kay, W. C. Peter
son, Joseph SteveDson and Brat Cox.
The damage to the property is slight. The
explosion occurred just as the men had
quit work, and only those named were in
the mine at the time. The bodies of the
killed were not burned or mutilated,
showing that death resulted from the
tremendous concussion. McAllister is a
small station on the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas Railroad, almost in the centre
of Indian Territory. The mines belong
to the Missouri Pacific Railroad Com
pany.
NEGRIER I’EELS SAFE.
He Marches to China’s Gate without Be
- Attacked.
Paris, March 28.—Gen. Negrier tele
graphs from Langsou, under date of March
27, as follows: “The greater part of the
brigade is now concentrated here. The
advanced guard remained yesterday be
fore the gate of China. The enemy failed
to appear. The enemy lost heavily on
Tuesday. Our looses during the two days’
fighting was C officers and 72 men killed
and 100 men wounded. All our woundeji
have been brought here. We do not re
quire further reinforcements. Strong re
serves have been found at Chu.”
Tne Chamber of Commerce at Hong
Kong urges that an English cable be
la : d to Hong Kong and Singapore, and
that a supply ot torpedo boats will be
provided for both ports.
Stabbing of a Correspondent.
Austin, Texas., March 28.—A diffi
culty occurred iast night between Alex
ander Sampson, Calendar Clerk of the
Senate, and Tobias Mitchell, correspoEtl
ent of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, re
sulting in the former plunging a knife
into Mitchell between the left shoulder
and breast, inflicting a dangerous wound.
The difficulty grew’ out of a caricature
anil some remarks published in the Glw :-
Democrat. Sampson applied obnoxious
epithets to Mitchell, which the latter waa
resenting. Mitchell is a well-known and
accomplished journalist, and was former
ly managing editor of the Houston Po&t.
Colored collars and culls are coming in
again for morning wear. 'They are f be
principally worn with flannel gowns,