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dnlumbus nqttifcf. VOL. XIX. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 22, 1877. NO. 69 WASHINGTON. Frsudulenoy Goo* lack an Matthawa and Foatar’a Fladgaa! Cabinat Decide! Unanimously to Sand a Commission to Louisiana I WkssUi aas Ratwia OffwaSu a,- ‘■a Maaahara—It Mamma AM la Vmckaatf—Stalaa t|aa taka Mala. lalaeS-aaalk Carat laa aat fat Settle*—:Nee AppeleUMeete. miaalon, but it ia (raaly admitted that the with of the Govenuunt la that it ahall eonatituta a delegation aaooad to none that haa arar had in its keeping qneationa of tneh momantooa intereat to tha walftra of any State in the oonntiy, aa wall aa affecting the dignity of tha nation. Pree- ident Hayea haa bean partienlar to giro eat to a multitude of atataaaanta on either aide that hare reached him in tha diaona* aion of tha Southern qaaation under hie adminiatration, and baa reiterated fre quently hia diapoaition to aot oautionaly, and with a view to no oonaideration of tha oaaa in any partienlar after it haa bean Qtmta eeoaedinq oabinnt action. Washington, Maroh SI.—DilUgent en quiry ia no more sueoesaful this morning than laat night in obtaining a report of yesterday's Cabinet prooeedinga. Tha reporta pnbliahad are guetaaa. The Baltimore Amtriean plaeea Sohnrz and Key in favor of tha withdrawal of troops anu Sherman oppoaed to praaent aotion, supported by Thompson and Ido Grary. The American eonoludas: Summed up in a nut ahall the Southern polioy of the Preaident was endorsed as a senti ment but postponed aa a praotioality. The American thinks a commission probable and consistent It may be stated that the New York reporters ven ture no report of the Cabinet proceed ings. cAanrar again at sbssioh. The Cabinet met at ten o'olook and oontinues in session. Tha Southern ques tion is under oonaideration, but there are no intimations that a decision will be reached to-day. LITTLN PBOSPSOT ON NABLT AOTION. At two o’oloek the Cabinat was still in It has transpired that no aotion was taken yesterday, or any informal pro ceeding whioh justified the grouping of the Cabinet. It aeema moat likely that some devioe will be found to break the promise of early qnlet in Louisiana and Booth Carolina. Speculation ia baffled. oowtiasioN to bn sbnt to Louisiana. The Cabinet have deoided to send a commission to Louisiana. It is appre hended that the Coroner will be the moat important witness. The Cabinet after deoiding to send a Commission to Louisiana, and meantime maintain the status quo, adjourned to S o’olook, when South Carolina waa consid ered. Whether she shared the fate of Louisiana has not yst transpired. haves' policy. The Cabinet adjourned without taking np South Carolina. The President was weary. The Cabinet may not reassemble before Friday. The deoiaion to send a commission to Louisiana is definite, and waa made with out a division. It may be reoeived aa unanimous acqniseaenee with or submis sion to the President’s views. It ia his polioy. The composition of the oommia aion is entirely oonjeotoal beyond Whee ler, who desires to be exouaed on aooount of his health, and Senator Davis, of Illi nois, who pleads business. No other per sons have been mentioned by the Presi dent, and so far the members of the Cab inet have not presumed to give their wishes or adviee. TUB EXTRA SESSION ON OONOBNSS will convene Monday, June 4th. THE SUPBEHX OOUBT OP THE DISTRICT deoides that the certificates for a speoial improvement tax by tha Board of Pnblio Works, ware issued witbont warrant of law. SUMMONS ON OXHBEAL OBANT. A summons to answer for the false im prisonment of Thomas Biggins, an alleged lnnatio, was served on Oenera! Grant to day. Biggins olaims $100,000 damages. NO MOBE SEEDS. The Agricultural Department gives no tice that the issue of seeds for this season has oloaed. won't oet it. Senator Ohristisnoy will not have tha Mexioan Mission. WHITE HOUSE STBWABD. John Simons, oolorad, appointed stew ard at tha White House, haa given bonds for $20,000. CANAL OPEN. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal has opened. SPECULAXION ABOUT COMMISSION. Special to Enquirer-Sun.] Washington, Maroh 21.—Comment is lively to night upon tha aotion of the Cab. VJ, Inst oonoerning the dual State Govern ’ meats ia Louisiana. The dissuasion aris- i iog out of that matter ia being partioular- *' ly direoted to members of the commission who will be invited to investigate and re port upon the affairs of that State, pre liminary to a final decision of tha Govern meat. Several gentlemen have been named in general gossip over the situs, tion, and a number have been suggested the President by fair friends of the ministration, but thus far with the ex iption at Vioe President Wheeler, who is pooled to head tha commission, only a invitation haa been extended by the 'resident, that being to Senator ,vid Davis, of Illinois, who appears is somewhat reluetant to aooept ie office, because of attention required be given by him just now to other itters. Mr. Wheeler also exhibits some itancy to take upon himself the honor heading a commission of the import- ioc with whioh this will be characterized, use of his health. Without any defi- understanding, however, there ia an Ion in the highest political circles night that the entire commission will ve been deoided upon and duly authors " to proceed upon its business within y-eight bourn. The President is luotant to apeak of gentleman who have an spoken of in ana neat! on with this CABINET UNANIMOUS. Upon the appointment of such eommia aion to examine tha condition of Louis iana, there is no room to doubt tha abso lute unanimity of the Cabinat to this time. SOUTH OABOLINA UNSETTLED. Little has been done in the Cabinet so far as South Carolina ia concerned, and the session whioh will be held either to morrow or the day after, will undoubtedly finish this question, and it oan also be taken as positive that tha settlement of the affairs of South Carolina will not involve the sending of a commission to thatSlate. Even this, however, is not altogether un- autboritative, as neither the President nor any member of the Cabinet will ad. mit in advance what their combined judgment will be. LOUISIANA. tor Bwruiting Officers Arretted ftr Treason BOTH LEGISLATURES EXTENDED 1 DESERTER JOINS PACKARD! SITUATION UNSATtaVAOTOBT — DXTflOULTT OV ENGLAND. London, Msteb 21.—Tba situation ia unsatisfactory. Tba Pott points ont that if England signs tha protoool, bar first dnty will be to ask tha Porta to dis arm. The Turks would certainly refuse do so while the Bnsaian troop* remain on the frontier. England would thus ha plaoed in a painfully redioulons position. HOT so OIBTAIN ABOUT PEACE. London, Maroh 21.—The Pall Mall Oasette, after reviewing this morning’s dispatches on tha Eastern question, con cludes as follows: *‘We Invite our readers not to despair, but to suspend *^t i - hrpra It is aafaat to have no faslings of oonfldsnoe yet awhile." HOBB BASHI BASOUBKi. Special to Enquirer-Sun.] London, Maroh 21.—A dispatch to the Times, dated Para, March 18th, aayr. Not few cases of the rifles and oertridgea, upon which so vsst s part of Turkey’s shrinking resonroea are waited, hava been sent into the provinoee, eepeolelly the Europeen districts, end along the Eastern frontier, and distributed to the Mosiel- men population, which ie now being or gamzed as a national guard, which iaonly another name for Bsshi Bozonrks. (Jermssf and tha Pape. Special to Enquirer-Sun.] Rome, Maroh 21.—A foil report of tha sitting of tba Reichstag oh the 28th nit., at Berlin, hae been sent to the Vatioan, that the Pope msy see the oonolliatory spirit entertained towards tbs Holy See, and be induced to taka the initiative to wards oonoilation. Hit Lcgitlilura Appeals to Hit Fraudu- lency for Aid I ALL QUIET—roum KOBE or paozabd’s of- TIOEBS ABUESTID FOB TSEASON. New Orleans, Maroh 20.—Midnight.— The oity is very qniet. There has been no hostile demonstration from any qnar. ter. A conflict involving lorn of life is now regarded improbable. The Niobolls polios to-day, arrested fonr more of Packard’s reoruiting offloara. They were imprisoned charged with trea son. DESERTER TO PACKARD. New Orleans, Maroh 21.— Senator DeMas, oolored, who haa baan aottngwith the Nioholls Legislature, took his seat in the Paokard Senate this morning, com plating, it is claimed, a quorum in both house*. Tha extra amnion of tha Legis lature has bean extended. BOTH SESSIONS EXTENDED. Special to Enquirer-Sot. New Orleans, Maroh 21.—The sessions of both the Paokard and Nioholls Legisla tures have been extended to Maroh 80th, Packard’s crowd. Special to Enquirer-Sun.] New Orleans, Maroh 21.—The Paokerd Legialatme passed a general appropria tion bill, tnd adopted a resolution exiling upon the President for aesistenos, with preamble reciting conspiracy against the State government. WIRED BRIEFS. Rev. John Moore has baan appointed Bishop of St. Angustine, Fla., by. the Fopa. A speoial dispatoh from Roma to the London News announces that Monaignor Nerdi, Auditor of the Snored Rets, dying. In tha Reichstag, yesterday, tha bill fixing Leipzig as the seat of tha Imperial Court of Germany was adopted. The New York Senate rejected the nomination of General MeLellan as Su perintendent of Pnblio Works. Tha Lincolnshire handioap, England, was won by Footstep; second, Powestl vent; third, Lord Lincoln. The Naw York Senate paassd a bill al lowing women to hold offioe on tba aohool board. A. Oakey Hall, of Now York, has baan miming since Saturday, and thsrs ia no traoe of him. Preparalions are programing at Beaver City for the execution of Lea. Two eom panics of troops will be preaent. John Lindeonerth, of Pottavilla, Penn, missing sinoe the 10th, was fonnd frozen at Flowery Field. Metthews ie eleoted Senator from Ohio and Cameron from Pennsylvania. Ljeeh Law la Htsrfls Augusta, Msreh 21.—Edward Wells, the negro who murdered Wm. O'Brien, in Burke county, wm taken from the jail at Wsyneaboro lmt night, and lynohed by a orowd of unknown men. Wells con famed that he murdered O'Brien to ob. tain passion of hia goods and money. Tha remains of O'Brian ware intarsd bare yes terday. Business Depression In Lamina, Special to the Enquirer-Sun. ] London, Maroh 21.—Business in the Stock Exchange to-day opened at about yesterday’s worst, wbioh represent* a de cline equal to Saturday’* and Monday’s gains. There ia not so mnch depression as stagnation. Transactions ars limited to tha olosing of speculative aocounts to make a profit on tha rsoent rise. France Emperor Bank Rekkery. Indianapolis, Maroh 21.—A man enter ed the National Bank, stepping on n box wbioh ha bad earried in, raaohed over tha eouater, grabbed three thousand dol lars and eaaeped. CoacrmlalatlaB William. Special to Uu Enyvlrtr-Sim.] Pabis, Maroh 21.—President MaoMa- hon sends the Marqnia Dabaeac, hia first aid-de-camp, to Beilin to congratulate the Emperor William on hia eightieth birth day- . . THE WHITE HOUSE. THE SECOND EXCEPTION OP MBS. HATES—A THBONO OP CHABMINOLT DRESSED LADIES AT THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, March 17, 1877.—Mrs. Hayes held her second reoeption at the White House this afternoon tnd the orowd was undismayed by the oharaoterietio St. Patrick's Day storm of snow and slaat, whioh made the weather most unpropi- tions for an affair of the kind. Tba lady representative of the Herald furnithea the following report of the reoeption:— At three o'olook the entire floor of the Mansion wm open to the pnblio.. All of the ohandeliers in the elegant East Room were lighted,and tha curtains were drawn, exoept out, whioh showed, through the dilapidated laoe, a little patoh of bright holy and evergreen,with a whole family of robbins bopping about, as well plaaaad with the present Administration aa with its predecessor. The Red Room wm ablaze withorimson end kbits azalies, end entertained many of the callers with its curious collection of treasnrm. The President and party reoeived in tha Bine Room. In the line stood Mr. Webb C. Hayes, a young gentleman of rare erne of manner, just graduated from Cor nell University. He presented the guests to the President, who greeted each one with his customary gentleness and urbanity. Tha President was without gloves. Colonel Casey stood next and introduced the callers to Mrs. Htyes. Mrs. Heym wm dressed in bleok silk with side plait ing* and bows of the same material, and the front waa in heavy folds and lined with elegant fringes, with the flneat lace in tba neok end sleeves, and a puff of illusion filled tbe heart shaped front, Her hair was without ornament, save tbe comb; a cluster of creamy roaebnde wm tbe only end appropriate ornament for the exquisite laoe wbioh filled the bosom of bar tasteful dress. Mrs. Sherman, wife of tbe Secretary of tha Treasury, wore bleak silk with fsoings and folds of blaak satin. Her hair,slight, ly raised in front, was in a heavy braid et the baok, with two long onrls. Her orna ments were flowers and point lacs with elegant bracelets on her beautiful arms. Mrs. MoClrary, wife of tbe Seoretary of War, wore black silk and velvet in inob wide stripes, a vary becoming ooatnme her blonde hair wm in braids and crimped slightly at the front, Mrs. Colonel Corbin wee also in black silk, plain bnt elegant, end fitting her fin* figure to perfection. Her heir wm dressed handsomely, and with little ornament. Mias Platt, niece of tbe President, wm dressed in a pale bine silk, with rnohss end puffings of illusion, end long, droop ing sprays of white flowers. She wore i clneter of delicate rosebuds arranged upon ber breast. Her heir wm becom ingly arranged, and without ornaments, save flowers. Miss Foote wore a pels pink silk whiob must have been designed by a genuine artist. It fitted admirably and tbe long sweeping train was trimmed with side plaitings and ruobes, while an apron striped grenadine of the same shade wm ornamented with a heeding embroidery end a long graoefnl fringe. Her hair was in puff* and witbont ornaments, Miss Waite, daughter of tbe Chief Jus tioo, stood next. Her dress wm silk, of a dark stone color, cat princesse, end very elegant. She wore a duster of flow ers, ns indeed the entire party did. Miss Weite is a qniet, intellectual looking lady of dignified bearing, end has tbe rare fe- onlty of being able to talk to several peo ple at onoe. Her hair wm dressed in braids and orimps, tnd her ornaments were flowers. The wife of Sir Edward Thornton wm attired in an elegant dress of plum oolor ed silk, with black velvet baaqne. Mrs. Csmsron, wife of tbe Senator from Wisconsin, wore aa elegant black silk, with mantle of the same lined with oritn- aon astin qnilted in diamonds. A heavy fringe and handsome heading completed the garment. Her hat was elaborately draped with Dnobesse laoe. Mrs. Justice Strong wore bleok velvet and ailk. IP TOP WATT A REAL BARGIAN IN 10-4 SHEETING Baa Kirven’a Block before baying. ootl-eodAwly UEURAN STUDENT DUELS. HOW THH OODH UNDER LAGS! BSZKS INFLUENCE HAE DEGENERATED INTO MERE BEUTAUTT. Spseul Oorrtspondsno* Chicago Tints.] Goettingen, February 15.—The mensur a piece where pugnaoiona German stu dents fight duels. It is the field of honor. The daeliste of Goettingen have located their field of honor in an old building about two English miles south of this oity. They are not fond of hav ing ontsidfita witness their fights; hot Dr. Koener, from the University of«Vir ginia, through hia acquaintance with several ‘‘oorpe students," gained admit tance for both himself end the writer. Although we walked out to the mensur before daylight, a few were before ns, others arrived soon after; ooming only two or three at a time, so ts not to attraot the attention of the pedells. The pedtUs are tha polios of the university. Before the fighting oommenoed, four or five sentinels were stationed between tbe mensur and tbe oity, to signal the ap notch of any offloer, or other saapioiona ooking person. Should the officials go to the mensur, their approaob would be known no little time before their arrival; they would find as orderly a place as they ever visited; they could see nothing there bnt harmony and brotherly love. The authorities, however, take little notice of them duels. Tha atndanta fight two or three days each week, and near the oloae of the semester, when many quarrels are to be settled before parting, they fight every day; yet it ia a rare thing for a pedell to visit the mensur, and a atill rar er thing for him to oatoh any of the duel- liata. These ooomionel visit* are proba bly made more for the sake of appearing to disoountenanoa tbe praotioe of duelling than for the sake of disturbing the “boys' 1 in their sport. Not a few of the profes- sors onoe enjoyed duelling themselves, shown by tbe soars on their faces. One professor in Goet tingen reoently advised a dyspeptic American, for the sake of his health to take a little exercise—i. e., to fight a few duels. On entering tbe old building we found the interior to oonsist of one large In tbe southeast oorner wm a na- taorant and a beer ealoon; in the south west comer a dootor's offioe; at tbe east end of the room, among some tables loaded with implements for the duel, wm a student equipping himself for the oom- bet; at the west end, among other tables, wts a second student employed in a like manner. These two duelists belonged, one to tbe Bremensien and tbe other to the Gueatphalian corps. I gave my etten- tian to the Gnestphalien. After remov ing all olotbing exoept pants and boots, he pat on an old dirty night-shirt with the sleeves torn off. A large bnokskin pad, about two and a half inohes thick, and muoh tbe shape of a blacksmith's apron, was then plaoed oloae np under hie arms, and soBtrepped around his body to oover hip sides, bis abdomen, and the lower pert of bis cheat, the lower portion of the pad, which divided into two parts, was •trapped round the thighs. A pieoe of bard leather was also plaoed over tbe heart. At tbe beck hung a strap tot the duellist to grasp with tbe left hand when in action, end thus keep tbe left arm ont of deuger. This strap looked like an arti ficial tail. The right arm was oovered with a heavy silken sleeve nearly an inoh in thickness, end the right hand with a bnobakin glove. Between tbe sleeve and glove wee wound a bandage for tbe pro tection of tbe wrist. Another bandage protected tbe right shoulder, end a third, muoh thioker, then the others, was wound olosely round tbe neck. Tbe eyes were shielded by a pair of heavy iron goggles, without glasses. Clad in this defensive armor it is hardly possible for tbe dnel- list to reoeive any fetal or eerione wonnd. Tbe weapon need in these dnels ia schlae- ger. Tbe blade, whioh ia about three feot long, is straight, narrow and alightly flexible; the point ie blunt end tbe edge ia blunt, except ing abont eight inohes next to tbe point; tbe guard is made of strong wire and forms a kind of basket wbioh oovers tbe whole hand. Inside this bas ket is always displayed in three broad stripes the oolors of tbe oorpe to whioh the doelliet belongs. The bilt of the Gnestpbslian’s schlaeger displayed tbe oolore green, white and bleok. The Gnestphalian’a eeoond wm armed with a like weapon. Round his body be wore a broad belt whiob also showed the oolors of the oorps. His right hand and arm were protected by a heavy bnokskin glove end sieve, and his neok by a heavy bend age. Tbe Bremensen duelliBt and eeoond were equipped in the same manner, ex oept that tbe sword hilts, end tbe second’s belt were ornamented with red, bine and orange. All ie now ready, and the umpire shouts “silence on the mensur." The bum of voioes oessed end there ia silenoe. The seconds step toward the centre, raise their eaps and bow to each other Ilka two dancing masters. The duelists approach, etoh wath his second at his left, in a posi tion to ward off any glanoing blows. “Lay out!” ories the Bremeosisn's sec ond. The Uromenaian raises his right arm, with the elbow slightly bent, brings the hand above the heed and a little to the front, and lets tbe blade of the schlae- gar slope toward the left shoulder. Tbe left bend has in the meantime grasped the artificial tail, and is now twitching it with a nervous energy. “Lay out!” shouts the Guestphslian second, and the Guest- pbslian assumes his position. “Loose!” commands the Bremensisn seoond. There is a sharp olsah as each tries to strike over the opponent’s guard, end at the same time proteot his own bead. With a quiok turn of the wrist the Bremensien drops the point of his schlae- gar and strikes up at his antagonist's faco The blade just touched tha left cheek. “Helt! "shouts the Bremensien seoond,end points out to the umpire the blood which is oozing faom the Guestphslian’s cheek. It proves to be not s new gtsh bnt sn old one knocked open. Tbe seconds shont in qnick succession, “Lay out!” “Lay out!" “Loose!” and tbe duelists “go loose" a seoond time. There ia a flash of steel over the Bremensisu'e osput, a look of heir flies off. The Gusetphs- lien's second ories “ Halt! " and examines the Bremensisn’s hoed; bnt he finds no blood. Tbe third ronnd is bsrdly begun when tbe Gnestphslisn'e seoond ories “Halt!” A little stream of blood flows from the Bremeunisn’s left oheek end another from his mouth. Tbe cheek is out through. The unluoky duollist is led ewty into the doctor's oorner to have his faoe stitched together. Tbe lighting has ooonpied less then half a minute. Tbe boys fought, and the dootor stitched from nine o’olook in the morning till fonr in tbe afternoon. There were nine duels. Three of these were to settle quarrels to satisfy injured honor; tbe other six were nothing but friendly fights, iu a spirit of emula tion. Tba German students, by so care fully eliminating from their duels the element of danger, have eliminated alto the element of oourage; they have left little bnt brutality. Uaele Xehs’s Conscience. JOBE 1H MLEIUI. THE OONETITUTIONAL I*ROVISIONAL PRESI DENT OP THE MEXIOAN RZPUULIO ISSUES A MANIFESTO. New Orleans, Mtroh 17, 1877. Jose M. Iglesies publish** a manifesto as constitutional provisional President of the Mexioan Repnblio. After recounting (the oiroumatanoea of hie departure from Mexioo, and the news of the suooeas of Disz, be eeye: In oir- oumetanoea so critical, when already ev erything had been lost on tbe Paoiflo ooaat, my farther residence in SenPran- 01*00 no longer bed sn objeot, and it wee then that I determined to repair to this oity, where I might be more immediately informed of soon events as might oeenr in tho Repnblio here. Wo have reoeived a confirmation of tho newa previously bronght regarding the deep perturbenoe, lose of prestige and irredeemable anerohy which rook a oountry pinned down by foroe of bayonets to tbe Gov ernment of Tuxtepeo. This hy brid creation exhibits every symp tom of dissolution. Under the solemni ty of tho hoar I deem it my duty onoe more to send forth my volaa to tbe people whom I have the honor loyally to represent. This state ment of my cots sufficiently explains wby I have oome to a foreign land. If I find myself now under its hospitality it is be cause when I loft my native soil oven temporarily I bad not nor havo I yet a band’s breadth of Moxiosn soil on which I could place my foot witbont danger of surrender to a triumphant faotion. If I succeed in having under my control any portion of the national territory, I shell repair thither to establish my lawful govs ernment. This it a living promise of mine, beoeuse I live for the performance of e stored duty wbioh I never shall belie. When the bard of PhtraeUa referred to the disasters of Fompey, ho contrasted the assent of tho gods of Olympus, the oham- piona of tho oonqosring osnse, with tho solitary dissent of Cato. Tho osuss, wbioh this day ia a wonted oanse in Mex ico, depsnda on the mainstay of pnblio opinion, on the aspirations in ita favor of tho more soundly thinking portion of so ciety. The worsted cause may easily be converted into a triumphant oanse through tho irresistible power of the na tional will. If tho Maxioaa people will only rally around tbe Lsbernm, tbe sign of which mast lead them to victory, the constitutional banner must still continue to wave under tbe protection of law, REFINED OIL FOR JAPAN. AMERICAN COMMERCE UTILIZING THE SURE CANAL. New York Herald.] The first steamship ever freighted in New York with oargo for the Orient, by wey of tbe ISuez Canal, left this port yesterday. The oergo was a combustible one, being refined petroleum, and tbe history attaching to the seme is interest ing. The following particulars respecting this craft and her mission wore given to a Herald reporter by Messrs. Pnnch, Edye A Go.: “Tbe cargo of tbe itoam- ship Spartan, for Batavia, Sonrabeya and Samarang, in Java, by way of the oantl, oonsisteof 39,362 oases of refined oil, eaoh oaea containing ten gallons, or 398,- 620 gallons. Tho freight on esoh oaee ie fifty cents. This is tbe first ooeen steam ship that ever wee freighted with petro leum. The Spartan is sn English steam ship, bnilt on the east ooeal, and owned by Edward Shotton A Co., of North Shields. We do not consider that the Spartan’s oargo is s dangerous one, for eaoh package is solidly onossed in wood. The vessel will first oalt at Gibraltar and ooal at Port Said and other way ports. Bhe will probably make the ran to Java in abont fifty to fifty-five days. Sba is a new veesel and a good sailer.” WHAT THB SHIPPERS BAT. Messrs. Janssen, the shippers, upon being oalled upon, said : “We hava made this shipment by steamer on telegraphic instructions from oar friends on tbo other side. Our objeot is to bed off the arrival in Java of some 250,000 gallons of refined oil ship ped from this port last January end Feb ruary in sailing vessels, wbioh will con sume on the voyage from 130 to 140 day*. Tbe prioa paid for tbe oil in those months was on sn average of thirty-five cents a gallon—that shipped by tba Spartan only aoat twenty-three oents. To-day it ooats twenty-four oents a gallon. Tbe demand in Java for this artiole is very lively at present, and a handsome profit will doubt less bo realized on tbe Spartan’s oargo. Abont 120,000 gallons are being shipped to Java from here in sailing vessels. The freight by sailing oraft ia thirty-five oents a oase, or only flftsen cents less than par ateamer. We have effected insuranoe on the same at two-and a half per oent. In Europe, which shows that insurance com panies do not think badly of the cargo. The Spartan orossed tbe bsr at a little past four o'olook in tbe afternoon." A Lunatic's Letter to Hates.—A Washington special to tbe Cbioago Times says: “Tbe President received to-dsy a very smuBing confidential letter from a mail residing in New Orleans, wbo de scribes himself as a pure-minded, bigh- spirited, energetic patriot, wbo desires to oome forward and thrust himself into the breach of Louisiana affairs and solve for Preaident Hayes and tbe ooantry tbe vexed end troublesome Louisiana ques tion. The proposition in cold blood is this : He offers to send Mr. Paokard, as be says, to hell by tbe most direot route, wbiob, belug freely trsuslsted, reveals sn offer to assassinate Mr. Pareksrd. He says in his letter: ‘Of oonrse I will bo arrested. I shall plead guilty, shall be oonvioted, and as a matter of course sen tenced. When this is done all that 1 ask of yon, Mr. Preaident, is that you shall pardon me. I, as a high-minded patriot, will perform my part aa simple dnty of ridding the country of a miscreant, end at tbe seme time relieving you of e re sponsibility in deoiding whiah is tbe law ful Governor of Louisians.' ” Weiatner. Washington, March 21.—Indications— For tbe Sonth Atlantic States, light rains followed by clearing weather, winds shift ing to northeastsily and northwesterly daring the night, with rising barometer and slight fall in temperature. ZEPHYR WOOLS. I have reoeived to -day twenty-five pound! of Zephyr Wool in bleok, white and oolors. ootl eodAwly J. Albeit Kievbn. Home yean ego there moved to the neighborhood of Unole Zeke's oabin a gentlemen from New York, whose identity may be disguised under the name of Smith. The new-comer engaged vigor ously in farming, aud by liberal employ ment and prompt payment soon gained tbe good-will of all the colored men aronnd him. Unele Zeke in partienlar was never weary of chanting his praises, and many a bushel of oysters did Esekiel convert into money at Bellevne, as Smith’s estate was called. Bnt all the good-will of hit hum ble neighbors did not snffloe to protect Mr. Smith from pilfering*. Sbosts would disappear mysteriously during tbe night, geese and turkeys would take wing for parts nnknown, and in partienlar the eorn-orib would frequently show up un mistakable aigna that its sanctity had been violated. To the story of these vari ous losses would Unole Zeke incline e sym E sthetic ear, end bis “Well, now,who ever ear de like o’ del 7 olsr to goodness dese yere boys is gittin’ wnsser an’ waster," evidenced alike bisdetestation of tbe orime and his contempt for the offender. Smith’s pstienoe was at last exhausted, and be determined upon vigorous meas ures for tbe protection of bis property. His first experiment was to plaoe a large spring rat-trap, srtistioelly couoealed in e heap of shelled oorn, dose by the oat bole in the oorn-orib door, expeoting that the unwary tbief, plunging bis band reckless ly through the hole into tbe beep, wonld be oengbt end held till some one earns to eet him free. But lo! next morning the trap was found sprang snd tbe heap of oorn diminished, bnt the tbief bad vanished and left no traoe behind. At last e good-sized box arrived from New York, and tbe next day the looal car penter waa ordered to fix two brass han dles to tbe eorn-orib; one to be pnt along side tbe door for oonvenienoe, as Mr. Smith pnblioiy explained, of steadying one's self while turning the other. The seoond handle bad a leteb attaohed to it by whioh tbe door was secured on the in side, and was set in snail a position that any one taming it mast hold on by the other knob to prevent being thrown back ward by the opening door. Both handles were profusely deoorated with glass, and elioitsd much admiration from the bands, who submitted them to a critical examin- The oarpenter’s work being fin ished, Smith, in presenoe of all his em ployes, solemnly repeated, in front of the oor-orib, tbe first two lines of tbe second book of Virgil's AHneid, aud announoed that hie corn was thenceforward secure. A box, stated to contain aeeds, was tbst afternoon deposited in tbe orib, and du ring the early pert of the enening night the proprietor of Bellevue searetly busied bimself with a coil of insulated wire. Numeroua and divarae were the spoon lotions among tbe darkies. Jim Oakley “ Towed Mis’ Smith done ‘witohed dat gr oorn-buuse, sbo ’nuff. Tell yon, gem- mem, yon touch dem 'ere bandies, evil aperit oarry yon away. No suoh ting’s evil aperit ? How yon know dere no anob ting ? Hath, boy ; go Bee what de Bible say ’bout dem ting.” Pete Lee “didn’t b’lieve in no sperits ; got a gnu fix some- whar insido dat house; turu de handle an’ de gun go off, Seen dem tings afore up oountry, w|^hl live in Ooozleum.” An other tbeoralr averred that “while Mis’ Smith sayin’ dat ar Soripter ober dem bandies, he seen a white pigeon oome a sailin’ ronn’ an' ronn', snd done light on de peak o' de oorn-bonse roof. High! tell yon, Sar, sumpin up, sbo." Unole Zeke, like the rest, was tronbled in bis niiud, bnt, nnlike bis follows, be de termined to waste no time in speculation, but to seek bis information direot from bead-quarters. Prepared with half s bushel of oysters, as an excuse for con versation, he sought an interview with Mr. Smith, and boldly propounded hia question. “Mis’ Smith, what you bin a-doin’ to dat ar orib o’ yourn “Why, Uncle Zeke, wbat do you want to know for7" “Ob, nuffiin’ Bar; sorter earns like. Hearn all de boys talkin’ 'boat it—neber •as nnffin like dat afore." “Well, Unole Zeke, I oan’t very well explain it to yon ; bnt I just advise you— don't go near that orib after dark, or yon may see something you won’t liko.” And Unele Zeke departed, revolving many things in bis mind. It wae midnight—tbe hour when ehnrob yards are said to yawu, not with exhaus tion, bnt retaining animation. In front of tbe enohanted oorn-house stood Brother Ezekiel, a lengthy pole in bis hand, and a capacious meal bag over hia ahonlder. In silent meditation he stood for some fire minuteB, deliberating on tbe best plan of attack. Tbe great Now Fonndland watch dog bounded toward him, evidently in re joicing welcome. Forth from hiB pocket the old man drew a savory bit of fried bsoon, wbiob the faithless Bos'en eagerly devoured. The reflection ended, the dog ley contentedly on the ground, and watched tbe subsequent proceedings with the air of e totally disinterested observer. “Glar to goodness, now," mattered Un ole Zeke, “wish't 1 un’stood 'bout dis ting. Oan’t be no spring trap like a las time, keae bow be gwine to spring froo d* do? Ke! ke! Done bodder Mis' Smith •ho 'naff when be find dat ole rat-trap sprung and uuffin culcb. High! Can 1 fool disser obile wid no traps. No, Sar! done see too maoh for dat." Unole Zeke, paused, soratebed hia bead meditatively and then resumed bis Bolilo- quy: "Well, I declar’, ef disser don’ best prceobin'! Mus’ be a gun in dar. F.f sin' no gun, den dere ain't nuffln dere—all fooxhnese. Anyway, I’s gwine for try him.” Uncle Zske threw Ilia bag on the gronud, stepped to one side of the bunse, end with his pole struck e sharp blow on tbe brass knob nearest him. Nothing fol lowed. He pried against it with his stick, but still without effect. Ho wont to the other side of tbe bouse and reposted bis experiments on the second knob, but still all remained quiet. Undo Zeke now drew from bia pocket e skeleton key, mounted tbe ladder, end in a trice bed opened tbe padlock which held tbe door. “Dar now, jus’ 's I t’ought. De boas done humbug dem fool nigger, make am tink disser bouse 'witched. Am' uuffin der, sbo ’nuff." Tbe old darkey reached up and cau tiously turned tbo handle. The door openod a little, and, oasting away all fear, Unole Zeke boldly reached for tbe other knob, to steady bimself while bo swung baok tbe door. Literally like a Hash of lightning tbe eleotrio discharge passed though him. The muaoles of hie fingers contracted, and be eould not release bis hold of tho enobant- ed bandies. At last his feet slipped from the ladder, snd the weight of bis body tore bis bands adrift. Lika a log tbe old man dropped to tbe ground, and lay groan- My oonto'enoe dona wake np! My con- ■o’enoe done wake np 7 Heart! 'bout It often, an' now I knows it. Oh, my hesb- enly Marster! ef you lets np on me dis time, Unele Zeke neber touoh nnffin no mo’. Olar to goodness I’s • change' men f’om dis day. B—x-r-r-x-r—" And wbst with tbe ehoek, the fright, end the fell, Unele Zeke’e aenses seemed leaving bim. “Ezekiel!” said a solemn voioe. n- stinotively Unole Zeke answered, “Hera me,” end looked in the direation of tbe sound. “Ob, horror! A figure clad in white was nearing him with slow snd solemn steps. As the mysterious visitor approaobed, it seemed to rise until it tow ered to the height of at least ten feet. Tbe wretohed Ezekiel, on his hands and knees, his eyes protrading, and his jaw dropped, remained at if paralyzed. Suddenly the phantom bowed itself, end its bead descending with inoredibls ■wiftnesa, smote tbe unfortunate Unole Zeke senseless to tbe earth. Three days later, as poor Unole Zeke ley, reoked with rheumatism and torment ed with spiritual faar, upon his bed in tbe single room et his oabin,the door opened, and in walked Mr. Smith, of Bellevne. “Good-morning, Unole Zeke. Why, wbat'a tbe matter with you, old man 7" “Ob, Mis’ Smith! oh, Mis’ Smith I done had some turrible sperenoes lately. De angel ob de Lord done wrestle wid me, an’ my conscience done woke, an', <>h, my heabenly Marster, I’s one sufferin’ sinner. Mis' Smith, ia yon bin—is yon done—is you m-miaa any ting wid dat er c-oorn- bonse o’ yonrn 7" “No, indeed, Unole Zeke; no body been nett it. Everything all right now. " “An’ nobody done tonobed de look 7 Do' look ebery murnin'7" “Yea, indeed. Why, who do yon think wonld touoh it, old man 7” Unole Zeke answered not, but bis lips moved oonvnlsively, ss he mattered: “Knock me down fas, an' den look de do’ an' took de key. Now I knows it was de angel ob de Lord."—T. L. il'(’ready, in Harper's Magazine for April. Freuelsee’s 81,500,000 Hotel. Correspondence Chicago Tribune.] The builder and owner of this most elegant and ooatly hotel in Amerioa, end I believo in the world, ie one of tbe most prominent of Sen PranoiBCo's million aires, Mr. E. J. Baldwin, of whom tbe Tribune bee many times made mention. Mr. Baldwin bears bin millions very mod estly. Hie fortune is variously estimated by the gossiping pnblio to be anywhere from $5,000,GUO to $10,000,000 gold. He oarne to this oosat in an early day iu 1852, I believe—from Itaoine, Wis., and mode bis money by hard work, shrewd good judgment, end by attending to bis own business. He ia a qniet, thoughtful, dignified appearing man; thinks twice while be speaks onoe, bnt it very publie spirited, and baa done a graat deal to improve the oity. He owns tbe largest and finest pnblio market in the city, and is jnst about to ersot another, much handsomer, snd possessing many novel snd original features. He built tbe Bald win hotel snd (lie Baldwin theatre be oanse he believed tbe city needed a hotel that should be as elegant ss money oonld make it, and a theatre of the same mag nificence. He has succeeded most per fectly in exoelling all other attempts at hotel building and fnrniahing in Amerioa and has a threatre that oannot be sur passed on this coast. Amoug Mr. Baldwin's other possessions, he bos a “small farm" of 80,000 acres at Los Angeles, whence the table of the hotel will be almost entirely supplied. Ho grows oranges, lemons, pesobes,pears, apples and strawberries tbe year ronnd, and in faat all tbe frnits of tbe temperate zone ; also, almonds, peoans, and every kind of fruit; vegetables of every des cription ; wheat wbioh will be floated at bis own mill, oorn Ao.; beeves, pork, poultry, mutton, milk, batter, eggs, and nearly every thing tbit will be needed for bia ooinmiasary. Leaving ont the qaes. tion of eeonomy, every thing will be bronght fresh from the farm daily. Cali fornia mutton is acknowledged to bo equal to, if not better than English mut ton, end Southdown mntton raised here is emphatically pronounoed by epicures the beat in the world. Mr. Baldwin ho* the only fold of Southdowne in the State. Hia flook numbers several hundred, and it ia from this his hotel will be supplied. A OoniparlssB of Ulrla. The Baltimore girl is placed in the midst of tbe happiest conditions for the perfect unfolding of tbe latent possibili ties of beauty. Reared in a climate that knows neither the rigors of the North nor enervating langours of tbo South, she oomeib up as a flower. Moreovor the Baltimore girl has what Alexander Dumas oalled “the higher alimentation of supe rior beings.” Fur upon the shores of tbe Chesapeake alone do the terrapin, the bay mackerel, tbe oyster and tbe oanvas- backed duck blossom iu native luxuriance. Tbe delicate, dainty and highly nutritious fare is needed to bring to perfection the purest types of beanties. It has frequent ly pained us to notice that there is a dis position among some of the Western cities to burl at each other aecusations of homeliness in their women. If we may trnst tho Chicago press, the girls of St. Louis have large feet. It is even said that at a St. Louis wedding a derrick is necessary to throw the slipper after the bride. St. Louis re torts with tho accusation that the Chicago girl ha* large ears. It describes in detail how e Chicago girl spreads out oro ear for a parasol, and naes the other as a fan. alleged also that the Cincinnati girl has an unneceaasry development of foot, and that she used a pumpkin as a ball to darn her stockings on. These ungallant re- innrks are to he deplored. We oonoede (ho beauty of tbe>girls of Cincinati, St. Louis, Chioago and Boston, end webelievy that if they were nursed under Ibo kiudln influence of Baltimore, they would atteie the highest possibilities of beauty. The Boston girl is charming. There is a flavor of the east wind in her voice, end a suggestion of oodfish balls in ber physique, but she is bright, iutelligent, bookish, artiHtio and self-reliant; ahe win* her way overywhere. The Western girl i* of exuberant health and vitality; tb« South ern girl has a dreamy languor and grans (indescribable. But woman, beautiful everywhere in America, reachea the piu- naole of perfection only ou tho shores of tbe Chesapeake bay.—HaItimore Oasette. IF YOU WANT BARGAIN ao to BLANCHARD A HILL'S, *• THKT ARE DETERMINED TO SELL, OR BITE AWAT ing, praying, and generally bewildered. "Oh, de lawsgoramity ! Ob, my beab- •nly Marster! Wbo sber fought o' dat! FOB SMALL COMPENSATION, THKIR KNT1BK NTOC It OF WINTER ROODS, Lf*b4 tf j
