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Columbus miuirtr. VOL. XIX. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 9, 1877. NO. 187 THE BELLIGERENTS. CUR VISITS PBINCE CHARLES AT BUCHAREST. TURKS AND RUSSIANS MASSING—TURKS AND MONTENEGRINS FIGHTING — BAS THE AP PEARANCE OF GUERILLA WARFARE—BU88IA WILL BE BEAD! TO HAKE PEACE WHEN TUBXBT IB CONQUERED AND HUMILIATED —•-NOTHING OF HOHENT FROM ASIA H1NOB. ENGLAND AND RUSSIA. CORRESPONDENCE OF LORD DERBY AND PRINCE UORT8CHAKOFF. RUSSIAN AIMS—REPORT THAT ENGLAND IS ABOUT TO PUROHA8E ALL THE SUEZ OANAL SHARES. GERMAN! WITH ENGLAND ADVISING TURKEY TO HAKE PEACE. -London, Ians 8. —The Standard's Ber lin correspondent believee Oermeny, with the oonnivenoe of England will advise Turkey to oonolnde peeoe as soon as possible, Bossia having already informed the oabinets at London, Vienna and Ber lin that aha wonld agree to eonoinde peaoe on the basis of the protoool, accepting aoccession of territory in Aaia Minor in stead of indemnity. The new Turkish ambassador arrives at Berlin to-dsy. ROUMANIAN DISTRICTS UNDER MARTIAL LAW. Bucharest, Jnne 8.— 1 Twenty-Mght of the thirty-three districts oomposiog Bott- maoia are placed under martial law, be cause the oivil law does not reoognize capital punishment. PREPARATIONS TO CROSS. Widdin, Thursday Evening—The Rus sians oontinue the concentration of pon' toon trains. A great foroe of artillery have arrived, and the crossing of the river it is believed, will be attempted immedi ately. , RUSSIAN ADVANCE IN ASIA MINOR. London, Jnne 8.—The Unssian advance ia threatening commnnioation between Erzeroum and Trebizond. Mubktar Pasha haaseut f> battalions and some gnns to obeok them. BOUHANIA has 55,000 men in flghoing trim. They are organized into two army corps. STIRRING NEWS EXPECTED. London, Jnne 8.—Stirring news is ex peotod from Nikopolie. The Bonmanian shore is lower than the Turkish but the Danube is only half a mile wide. The Tnrks are massing troops towards Nikop olis. ROYALTY. Floyebti, Jnne 8.—The Osar and Grand Dnkee prooeeded to Bnoharest to-day to Visit Pi inee Charles. They return to night. Russia’s proposed peace. Brussels, Jnne 8.—The Leo Nord, which maintains intimate oonneotion with yie Russian foreign office, last night pnb lisbed au artiolo about peaoe rumors. The following are significant extracts: Russia will not lay down her arms until guarantees corresponding with the sacri fices already made have been established from Turkey. There is no qoestion of Bnssia oonolud- ing a cheap bargain. The demonstration most be complete. It is necessary for the eeonrity of the future that Turkey should be perfeotly oonvinoed of her isolation and inferiorty, and the absolute necessity of submitting to conditions she herself has rendered neoessary. GREECE FOB WAR. London June 8.—The Pall Mall Qa tette's Berlin dispetob says the entrance of Zaimbrokasakl into the Greek Cabinet as Minister of War is regarded as a warlike aymptom. He is a Cretan and during the time of the Oillian insurrection directed the military operations of the Insurgents. inefficiency of blockade. Special to Enquirer-Sun.] London, June 8.—Au Odessa dispatch to the Times says the Russian Trading Company resumed running steamers be tween Odessa and Mikalaieff after month’s stoppage. There were many passengers and tolerable ovgo. On the first trfp the Turkish blookede was inef- feotnal. MONTENEGRINS AGAIN DEFEATED. Constantinople, June 8.—The Monte- negrine on Wednesday attaoked Epar. and were defeated, leaving 23 deadend CO wonnded. tuboo-montenegbin fight. Vienna, Jnne 8.—The Political Corres pondence details the fighting on the 4th hut. near Kristach, Kristaz and Piva. Both aides fonght with great bravery the whole day. The Turks, notwithstanding ■trennous efiorts in which they lost 3,000 men, failed to advance nearer to Piva. The Montenegrins again entrenched themselves along the pass between Krist •oh and Preejaka. ON THE BOUMANIAN SIDE. Speciel to Enquirer-Sun.] Bucharest, June 8.—The Russians at Gnirgevo have been preparing sinoe yes terday lor a vigorous bombardment of Buataobnk. The Prince of Bonmania has issued decree that all persons oharged with en daogering the aafety of troops shell be tried by a court martial. Paris, June 8.—The communication wbicb Russia sends to London is not a note in a diplomatio senae, bnt the letter it from Prinoe Gorteehakoff in reply to a letter of Lord Dertiy, which Count Scbouvala took with him to St. Peters burg. In bis letter Lord Derby drew the atten tion of Russia to various points where English interests wonld be affeeted if Russian aotion extended so far. They were mentioned in Mr. Crosse's speech iu Parliament, and aro the Suez Canal and Egypt) Constantinople, the Dardanelles and the Persian Golf. The Prince's letter successively takes np these points, and explains (hat Russia does not mean to interfere with any one of them. Prinoe Gortsohakoff acknowl edges the great international and commer cial importance of the Suez Canal, and gives moBt positive asBuranoeB that Rus sia does not intend in any way to touoh Russia, indeed, thinks herself enti tled, os a matter of right, to oarry war to Egypt, bnt explains that any aotion in that direction has never been taken into consideration. This is even more the case as regards the Persian Gulf. Russia thinks it as important a maritime message as the Dardanelles, bnt it always will bo regulated by an international agreement, sod not by one power alone. She dis claims any intention of acquiring Con stantinople, though at the same time Bke could not consent to its possession by any other Christian power. The communica tion is silent as regards sny temporary ooenpation of Constantinople, wbiob may become necessary, and ensne in the course of Russian military achievements. The letter goes on to say that Russia has remained true to her programme in aiming solely at improving the condition of the Christians in Turkey, which oan only.be done by ooeroing the Porte. As soon as Russia has aohieved this, she will fall back on the resolutions of the Con stantinople conference, and contend for such guarantees as will ensure the effici ency of tho reforms; asking the Powers to take up the thread where it was broken, by the dissolution of the oonferenoe. SUEZ OANAL AND EGYPT. Among the report oireulated yesterday in the London Stook Exobange were England is about to purohase the found?- er's shares in Suez canal, and that Bbe is about to purchase the Porte’s sovereign rights in Egypt. Some papers think the advanoe of the Egyptian Btooks indicates a good foundation for the reports. Others think the Bteps already taken are ample to justify the retnrn of confidence in Egyptain securities, and that all reports of further aotion are mere atook jobbing oanards. Nothing yet made publio affords a basis of opinion as to whicb t of these views is oorrect. The Pall Mall Gazette of Wednesday afternoon, in a leading artiele advocated British oooupation of Egypt forthwith WA9HINCTON. 14 EM PER COUNTY ENQUIRY. WINNER OP dOIaLEGUTK HONORS—N. O. ROB BING MARSHAL — GENERAL MATTERS— CABINET MAES ONLY ONE APPOINTMENT, AND THAT OF MARYLAND MARSHAL— MEX ICO TO CO-OPERATE IN PREVENTING THIEV- REY—KA880N GOES TO BPAIN ON JULY 4TH —MEXICAN PROTEST TO ORDERS TO ORD— NEW SYNDICATE. FIRES. HAT FACTORY, 15,000 HATS AND 1L LIVES LOST AT BRIDOE- I'OIIT, CONNECTICUT. $3,000,000 CONFLAGRATION IN GALVESTON —NEABLY A BLOCK DESTROYED IN NEW ORLEANS. GALVESTON, TEXAS. IMMBUOTED TO INVESTIGATE KEMPER COUNTY. Washington, Jnne 8.—The Diatriot At- torney for the Southern Diatriot of Mis- issippi has been instructed by the De partment of Jnstioe to investigate the facts attending the death of McClellan in the Kemper county masaaore, in com pliance with the request made by British authorities, who claim that McClellan was a British subject. COLLEGE HONORS. At the commencement exercises of Co lumbian University on Tuesday evening, Mr. Theodore W. Noyes, the oldest son of Crosby Noyes, editor of the Washing ton Star, graduated with the highest hon ors of his olass. lie took five gold med als of the eight whieh were awarded to nucocHHful students. ALLEGED NORTH CAROLINA BOBBERY, V. 8. Lusk, U. S. Distriot Attorney for the Western Distriot of North Carolina, arrived here this morning as a witness in the trial of Franks, U. S. Deputy Marshal from North Carolina, who was arrested on the charge of defrauding U. B. Gov ernment. Marshal Douglas, J. W. Diok, Deputy Marshal, J. W. Payne, U. 8. Commissioner, are also summoned, and are expected to reaoh here to-morrow. LOUISIANA. KX-EADIOAL OFFICIALS ABBES TED FOB EM BEZZLING $12,500. Special to Enquirer- Sun.l New Orleans Jons 8.— Ex-Judge Hanry O. Dibble, late|Assistant Attorney General, was arrested this morning and brought before the Superior Criminal Oourt on information filed by Distriot At torney Forney, which obargea Dibble with embessling $ 12,500 of State funds. It is stated that on the 12tb of December last Assistant Attorney General Dibble reoeiv- ed from the Auditor two orders to bend over the amount mentioned to the State Treasurer whieh the •"eussd failed to do. Dibble wee released OB bail. HEAVY SENTENCES. Paris, Jnne 8.—M. Bonnet Duverdier, President of the Municipal Counoil, re cently arrested, charged with insalting President MacMahon and ineiting oivil war and assassination, has been senteneed to fifteen months imprisonment and to pay 2,000 francs fine. Other participants of the meotiDg at Bt. Dennis incurred lesser but severe senteuoes. CHAMBER TO BE PROROGUED. Special to Enquirer-Sun.] Paris, June 8.—The Soir says parties which favor au immediate dissolution of the Chamber appear (o have gained the upper band. There is no probability of tbe Chamber being prorogued for a second time. Special to the Enquirer-Sun.] Paris, J one 8.—The Ordoe says tbe Doke deBroglie has received a deputation of Legitimists who demanded that tbe Ministry be remodeled according to views of ltoyalisls. M. deBroglie replied tbat President MacMahon had no intention of asking for a prolongation of his powers. He would retain his office until 1880, but not hold it beyond tbat time, and thus close the door upon hopes which wore not justified by the Constitution. Railroad Hinfi. Special to Enquirer-Sun.1 New Yobk, Juno 8.—A harmonious meeting of tbe Presidents of the trunk lines was held at tbe Brevoort House to day at whioh the commission in charge of pooling west-bound traffic reported, and after fall discussion an agreement was signed by the President of tbe New York Central, Baltimore & Ohio, and the Penn sylvania roads to go into effeot July 1st. The representatives say that this step insures to shippers uniform and rea sonable rates withont discrimination and ia a move in the direction of avoiding unnecessary and uuwise competition among lines. New York to Now Orleaoa in au Honrs. Special to Enquirer Sun.] Atlanta, Jnne 8.—On and after Sun day the Kennesaw ronte makes the ran from New Orleans to New York in G2 hours, and run Pullman oars between Philadelphia and New Orleans witbont obange. This is one result of the Postal .Commission's visit South. CHARGES OF INCOMPETENCY—APPOINTMENTS Major William ltogors, recently Super vising Inspector of Steamboats at New Orleans, has preferred charges of inoom- peteuey against General James A. Du mont, General Supervising Inspector. Papers were laid before tbe President to day. John S. McCliiitock appointed Marshal for Maryland. lvasseu, Minister to Spain, had a cou fereuco with Evarts to-day and anils for Madrid on the 4th of July. CABINET—MEXICAN CO-OPERATION—APPOINT MENT. The Cabinet remained in session till 8 o'olook. It was agrssd the proseoutiona in the Mountsln Meadow massacre case should bo pushed. The Government will see that sufficient force will be sent to Utah to enforoe tbe deoree of tbe oonrts. The Secretary of State read a commu nication received by him from Minister Foster, at Mexioo, in effect tbat tbe Mex- ican authorities will co-operate with the United States authorities on the Bio Grande to*prevent raids into Texas, and break up cattle stealing m tbat seotion. No appointment agreed upon except Mar shal for Maryland. Geueral John Tyler, Jr., appointed In spector of Customs at liiobmoud, Va. HANKS EXPECTS NO MISSION—MEXICAN PROTEST. Special to the Enquirer-Sun. ] Washington, June 8.—Defrees has ap pointed A. F. Childs, oliief olerk of tbe Government printing office. Representa tive Banks is here in the interest of his constituents. He doea not think any foreign position will be offerek him, and expeot to remain in the House of ltepre- sentatives. Mexican minister Mariseal has submit ted to Seoretary Evarts a memorandum of tbe nature of a protest agaiuts tbe re cent Cabinet action, instructing tbo mili tary commander in the SonthweBt to pur sue marauders on Mexican soil. TREASURY REMOVALS—NEW SYNDICATE. Special to Enquirer-Sun.] Washington, June 8.—There were twenty removals to-day from the Treasury on account of two of family being in office. Mr. Belmont and hia friends are hero for the purpose of forming a new syndicate for placing the four per oent. bonds. There was a preliminary ooufer- enco to-nigbt witb Secretary Sherman. RACES. AT CINCINNATI. Cincinnati, Jane 8.—Bain. Milo heats, best 3 in 5, Edinburg won straight, 2, 2:02, 2:01. Emma C. walked for Cincinnati cap. Milo beats—Consolation, Tills Brent won straight in 1:65, 1:50. V JEROME PARK. Jerome Park, Juno 8—Half mile heals, Perfection won, Duke Maguila 2d, Alio venr 3d, in 51, Mile heats, Sallie McCrow won first, in 1:52$, Dauntless won 2d, in 1:53, Daunt less won 3d in 1:55. One ami* one-half mile, Oriole won. Fraud 2d, KenDy 3d, iu 2:40. One and one-eighth mile, Frodoriok The Great won, Caraoalla 2d, Sneideker’s colt 3d, in 2:05$. Steeple chase Uesolnte won, Dinbtfal 2d, Brsgelone 3d. . TROTTING AT BOSTON. Special to Enquirer-Sun. ] Boston, June 8.—The 2:27 race at Mys tic Park, was won by Lady Foxie in three straight heals, Bateman second, .and Favorite third. Time 2:2G; 2:27$; and 2:28. In tbe 2:31 olass, six heats were trotted, Lady Doggett taking the last three, Lot tie the third heat, Clara J. the flrat and socond, bnt was withdrawn after the fourth heat. Time, 2:29; 2:30$; 2.-31; 2:31$; 2:32$; 2:34. THUEE MILLION DOLLAR FIRE. Galveston, Juue 8.—Three s quares, bounded by Market, Twenty-First and Twenty-Second Bireets and Bay, were de stroyed by fire thiB morning. Tho prin cipal. lpaera are Grand Southern Hotel, Zeligson’s Bank, First National Hank, L, A H. Blue, A. C. Crawford A Co., G, Zeligson A Co., Cotton Exchange,!’. C. Ayres, Jacob A Beakhorst, T. C. Thomp son A Co., J. M. Brown A Co., F. D. Harrar, Geo. Sohuerder A Co. The loss is estimated at threo million dollars. It ia impossible, owing to the excite- incut, and ooufusion, to get details. It is said that tbe leading bouses are about fully covered by insurance of which only $100,1100 are in homo companies. Eas tern and Northern companies lose heav ily- lint Factory liiiruod—Eleven Per sona Rilled. Bridgeport, Ct., June 8.—Glover San ford A Sou's hat shop in East Bridgeport was burned last night. A number of men engaged in saving property were crushed by falling walls. Nine bodies have been recovered and otherB are missing. New York, Juue 8.—A dispatch from Bridgeport reports eleven men killed by falling walls at the fire last night. Loss said to be $250,000. PARTICULARS—FIFTEEN THOUSAND HATS BURNED. Bridgeport, Ct., June 8.—The fire was first discovered in tho fourth Btory of Glover Sanford A Co.’s factory. Water became exhausted. The steamers drew from swamp holes and ponds. The building, tbe falling wnils of which caused tbe Iobs of life, is thus described: The main building was 280 feet long, 50 feet wide and 4$ stories high. To the top of a high basement the brick walls were 1G iuches thiok ; but above that came a story 18 feet and two others 11 foot high, sur mounted by an attic, all supported by 12 inch walls ; the windows beiog 48 inchoa wide, aDd the columns between them only for^ptnefaes. Fifteen thousand hats, nearly ready for Bhipmenst, were burned. Two bundrod and fifty bands are ousted. AT NEW ORLEANS. New Orleans, Juno 8.—The block bounded by Carondelet, St. Charles, Phillip and Fish streolB was partly de stroyed by fire. ~ • sent across tbe river, tliey will be tied with temporary wrappings. These will make oue of the nineteeu etrands, of whioh one cable is made. There are sus pending pendulum rods from one of tbe wires to prevent the entangling of the wires as they pass to and fro and are fan ned by tbe wind. There are now four wires in position on each of the down-stream cables. These are the first wires that have been put up that will enter into the big bridge's ulti mate etruature. Tweuty-five men ate to be put to work this morning as early as they oan see to begin tho active work of stretching the wires. It will take about two years to carry aoross the 24,000 wires. BEN BUTLER TO MACVEAGH. SIMON CAMERON’S SON-IN-LA W MOST S VIENTIFICAI'l V SCARIFIED. WHAT THE GENERAL DIDN'T SAY, AND WHAT HE DID—CONFIDING NEGROES CHEATED— NAMES OF WITNESSES READY WHEN WANTED—MAOVKAGH’s FINANCIAL AND DIPLOMATIC HOPES—WAITING FOR THE SHOES OF DEAD MEN. Washington, D. 0., May 30, 1877. Dkab Sir—I reoeived yours of the 29th _ instant iu manusoiipt, after having read j insinuation was unworthy of yon present advised, without more evidence than I have now, 1 never will assert such a thing possible. You need not make me exousess as you do,for “not having money of yonr own to spare." I have known many men without money, but I have never known one without an excuse for not haviug it. As you state your exouae, "it is only a military commandant of New Orleans, in time of war, who oan safely appropriate any oousiderahle quantity of the property of others to his own use." Do I understand you correatly that it is the waut of ability to do it "aafely" that has prevented yon from "appropriating a considerable quantity of the property of otherH to your own nBe ?” However,1 shall notaffeot to misunder stand tbe allusion whioh yon thus make, but pardon it to the apparent loss of your temper, whioh makes your writing at onoe unjust, illogical, and unperspiouous. If you believed, what you are brave enough only to insinuate—beoause, al though you were youug and able-bodied, I fail to reoall the number of the regi ment in whioh you served iu tbe war for your oouutry's safety—oertaiuly you oould not, as managing member of the State ltepublioau Committee of Pennsylvania, have invited, with pressing letters, whioh I now have, oue who had appropriated wrongfully other people's property to ooino to that State, to speak on the same plat form with yourself, traveliug together many miles to attend meetings to instruct your people on publio affairs. Besides, my dear Mr. MaoVeagh, the ‘ It is CABLE MAKING IN THE SKY. THE VEHMAN ENT WIRES FOR THE SUSPENSION MUIDOE. Tile Process of Fixing 1 lie in In Place POPULAR MISAPPREHENSION CORRECTED — THE TIME REQUIRED FOB BT11ETOHINO THE 24,000 WIRES. New York Sun! Every man about tho Brooklyn bridge was hard at work on Saturday and almost too busy to talk. The engineers have hopes of good woather for cable making, and everything is being moved briskly to get under way the work which has boon delayed on account of tbo vast amount of preparation. • The yard of tbe Brooklyn anchorago is full of posts, connected by soantling, on which coils of wire that bavo been oiled aro hanging to dry. In the slieil that covers the anchorage aro thirty-two immense drums oapablo of holding GO,000 feot of wire each. The wire, bh it comes from the factory, is in coils, containing about 1,000 fost. As each coil is oiled it iB drawn to the top of the snoborage and placed on a fiat drum whioh moves horizon tally. From this drum tho coil is wound with great oare over a wheel four feet in diameter, moving about a horizontal axis. This wheel and its oarriago are placed ib position before one of tbe great drums. It is then neoessary to fasten tho end of tbe wire to tbat already on tho drum. A workman steps up with a double vise, in which ho puts the two ends of which bavo boon previously threaded, and joins them by a hollow nut of crucible steel two iDOhea long aud au oigbtb of an ineh thick. Tbe inside of tbe nut is threaded iu opposite directions, to conform to the threads on the ends of the wire. Tho nut iB then fastened in a hand vise, by which it is screwed np so as to bring the two ends of the wire almost together. By aid of this ooutrivanoe tbe joint is given nine ty-six per cent, of tbe strength of the wire. When tho fastener steps to another drum a man, with a box of chemicals and acids, deans tbe joint. Then another, with a pot of melted zinc, gives tbe j-int a bath, in which some chloride of am monia has been tbrown to destroy the dross. Another man, witb a tool runs tbe zino well on to the wire to galvanize it thoroughly. Next a man, with a pan of linseed oil and a pieoe of sheep’s skin rug dripping with oil, seizes the wire where it has been joined, and holds it fast in bis otly grasp, while the other workmen carefully wind it from the small reel to the large drum. Much oare is taken, both at tbe faotory and at tho bridge, to wind the wire on vtraight. There is enough wire on each drum for seventeen trips aoross the river. Tbe end of tbe wire is fastened to a pu'ly, whioh is drawn over the river, thirty-five hundred feet by tho "traveller” rope. It is passed around an iron shoo at the * op posite anchorage, then sent baek to Brooklyn, where it passes about another shoe. Eaeh wire is carefolly adjusted to a guide wire be men who stand on tbe foot bridges. Although tho popnlsr impression is that tbe oablo is to be of twisted strands of wire, the contrary is true. The wires are kept parallel, aud as soon as 133 wires are it in print. I dictated to my phonographio secreta ry a letter to Marshal Pitkin, in reply to one informing me that his resignation had been demanded by tho Exeoutivo, and to that demand he hud rofused to aooede, and sent it, marking it porsonal, bo that I am in no way responsible for its getting into print. The faots tbat are recited thoroin were stated spooially to be from information which I had received from credible souroes. Of course, I could kuow noth ing of the ooourrenoea personally, and of course did not undertake to give them either publication or a personal endorse- ment, save tbat I believed them. If you had addressed me even a printed letter, conohed in the ordinarily courteous language whioh passen between gentle men, especially when the one uses it, it is rumored, is expecting employment in the diplomatic service of his country, I should have very promptly, upon being set right, made reparation so for as in my f lower for any injury arising from a pub- loation even for whioh-1 was not respon- Bible. 1 never thought of oharging you with using your own money, of whioh you de- clare you “had none to spare,” in paying tbo mileage of tbe doserting legislators of the Paokard House. You will observe, reading my letter more carefully, tbat I did not even nllege that “it was asserted” that any money wbb paid; my phrase be-, ing, * it Is asserted that two thousand dollars wsb to be paid to tbe lesdiDg de serting legislators, and only two hundred dollars to others, disguised in the latter case in the shape of mileage, saAiiat Mr. Johnson, a oolorod man, speaking out of the innooonce of his heart, said, on the floor of the House, that all he wanted was to get his mileage and go home.” Now, how any person oould find in snob a statement an assertion that he paid any money, passes my comprehension. I expressly say that poor Johnson deolared that "he wanted to get his money and go homo," not that he had got it. It. never occurred to me that any money was paid, only promised; or that the Legislators got tbeir money for desorting any more than Wharton lias got his office for not "man aging any business.” On the contrary, I was told that, although tho money was promised as a bribe for tho dosertiou, the poor fellows did not get it, but were re quired further to vote for Mr. Spofford as Senator before they oould get even what was due them. Now, I do not know this fact, bnt bopo and bolievo tbo Senate will ascertain it on investigation iu the con test for the Senator's Boat. I would sug gest to the Senate Committee to ask cer tain members of the Paokard Legislature,, whose namos I will give, whether, after all efforts to demoralize tho itepnblioau members and get them to go over to Niobolln by the Commission aoting to gether failed, a solooted portion of tbat Legislature were requested by Col. Whar ton, a friend of Packard, to meet Wayne MacVeagh, and did ao. Whether he ad dressed thorn, saying that the President would not recognize the Paokard Govorn ment; that tbo troops would be withdrawn tbe noxt day; that he had a tulcgram to that effect; that if they would go over to the Nioholls Legislature they would bo recognized, and seated, and get tbeir mileage, but if they did not do so within twenty-four hours their seats wonld be deolared vacant, and they would lose all. If the Committee push thoir inquiry, I firmly believe upon evideuco they will find what I have suggested to be substan tially trne. Now do not deny the words of this. I see you are fond of denying “words." I read in yonr letter that you say Whar ton "did not manage or tranaaot any kind of business for me." Cortainly not. Bless your soul 1 you do not call snob tricks os these business, do you? They aro not business, even if you should get tbat for eign mission for doing them, whioh I hope yon will. You further say, “Wharton was a friend of Paokard." All the batter in strument, therefore, to get Packard's friends away from him. It was well done, and does credit to your training. Yon say further: "Strange as it may appear to some of them, political results are still attainable iu this conutry by straightforward and honest methods." True; it did seem strange to me, for in more than thirty years' experience in tbe ways of Pennsylvania political “methods” and politicians in both parties, it did aoern strange if this transaction wasoitber "straightforward" or “honest." You made a good point on me there. I frankly oonfess I had no evidence then, and have nono now, tbat you paid any money to these deluded men after it bad been promised thorn. I desire, in tbe most solemn mauner, to soquit you of having ever paid away any money. I knew, as you say in your letter, that you had "none to spare," aud I beleived, if you had, you would not “spare" it. I trust aud hope the event which you hope will give you command of a large sum of money is in tbe far distanoo. I agree most fnlly that where you are kuown yon “do not need to deny any silly story” about tbe use of money in paying anything; and if l had ever asserted that yon ever did use your own money for any good or even politiosl. purposo, I should have been guilty, as you, iu your own neither novel nor useful, and therefore not patentable. A half dozen dirty news, papers have been enabled to preserve themselves from bankruptcy for the last dozen years by printing the assertions about me whioh you only insinuate. Every one has his own taste in ohooa ing his way to acquire money, but if I was obliged to ohooso one of two wayB, either to “appropriate it as a military oommandant,” or to marry into a family where I was neither wanted nor by which I should be rospeoted to get “money to spare,” I oertaiuly should ohooae the former, atrsuge as you may think it, be cause at least I should have tho money, after having oommitted a disreputable aet to get it, and not bo liable to be dis appointed,as I might be,after I had waited long for “dead men’s Bboos,” by the other method. There is another denial of yours of an assertion I did not make: “I have not asked tho President to appoint him (Wharton) Marshal.” I never intimated that you had so done. I had always sup posed tbat you had nevor asked President Hayes for the appointment of sny body except yourself, and my knowledge of (hat idiosyncrasy of yours would have prevented me from asserting tbat you had asked for the appointment of Whar ton. Certain it ia tbat Gov. Paokard has not. Who, do you think, iB so pressing Col. Jack Wharton, of the Confederate army, that Pitkin, the ltepublioan and good oilloer, ia oalled upon by a Republi can Administration to resign hiB offioo to make way for the rebel ? What servioe has Wharton (a brave man, it is true) ever done for the party or the oeuutry to earn high office, except to help kill some of oucjjallant soldiers, whoso lowly graves we were decorating the day I got your kind note. Let me advise you, my dear sir, not to lose your temper iu dismissing politioal matters. If you do you will prove your self unfit to lie employed to manage dip lomatio affairs eveu near the smallest oourt iu Europe, say of Monaoo, where they have a standing army of sixty-throe mon ouly, so that you need not bo afraid to go tbere heuaiiBO or any danger of war. I should be grieved if you do anything which would by auy possibility lesseu the abauoo that you will leave, very soon, the oountry, to bo away at least four years. For the rest, as to the disputed ques tions of feat relating to what was said and done by tbo Commission, of whioh you wero a member, when iu New .Orleans, we will renew the discussion after a commit toe of Congress, of whioh it may be my ill-fortuuo to be a member, lias made a full investigation. Then, uud not till then, if you please, we will renew our correspondence, unloss, indeed, you should like to practice upon me to eduoate your self to formulato diplomatio notes. I must apologize to yon for tbe seem ing delay betweon the dato of this note aud your reception of it. 1 began the re ply as soon as I was favored with yours, but as 1 reserve matters of this sort for reoreation, I oould not finish it sooner, os 1 have been vory hard pressed witb pro fessional engagements. Pray hold mo excused. I am, not ouly “truly,” but very truly yours, Bknj. F. Butler. Tbe Hod. Wayne MaoVeagb, Philadel phia, Pa. International Typographical Union. Special to Enquirer-Sun.] Louisville, June 8.—The Internation al Typographical Union, iu sossiou hero sinoe Monday last, adjourned to-day after electing tbo following officers : l’rosidonl, Darwin It. Streeter, of St. Louis; First Vioo President, Edward Griffin, of Balti more; Second Vioo President, Edwin Filzgeorge, of Trenton, N. J.; Seorotary and Treasurer, John lladonwell, of Bos ton; Corresponding Seoretary, John Arm strong, of Toronto. obaste language, say, of a base and cow ardly falsehood.” Therefore, I ropeat again, I never have known or beard of your payiug anything to anybody, and as A Homin’* Generosity. There was crape hanging to a door on lieaubien street, yesterday afternoon, and a boy six or soven years old stood at the gato wi h pale faoe and red eyes. A rag ged, tobaoeo-ebewing imp, about twelve years old, oame slamming along, and he was making ready to stiok his finger into the small boy’s eye, through the bars of the gate, when bo caught sight of the orape. “Snmbody dead?" he asked. “Yes, my ps!” gasped tho little one. “Hokey! bnt that’s tuff!" exolaimed the imp, and he began searobing bis pookets. A$:er discovering tbat his personal prop erty amounted to three nails, an old cigar stub and a clay pipe, he said' “See here, bub, I'd like to give you candy, or a knife, or sunthin’ to kinder make you feel good, but I can’t do it. I'm dead-broke and feelin’ half siok, but I'll tell you what I'll do. I oould chaw you up in ods minute, but you oan eome out hero and I’ll let yon take me down and maul me, and I'll holler like a loon, and all the boys around hero will think yon are the wickedest lighter east of the avenue." . The small hoy might have appreciated the motive, but he didn't aooept the offer. —Detroit Free Press. Weather. Washington, June 8.—Indications— For tbe South Atlantic States slight ohange in temperature, partly oloudy weather, rain areas, southwest winds and stationary or rising barometer. how rr fkeui to be hubs, experience of a man who had three opportunities of knowing. From th« Evansville Courier, May SI.] It is not every day we meet with • man who oan graoefully get up and trnthfnlly say: “I’ve been hung by the neok three times,” and when one does run soroes euoh a man he nanally quickens his sense of hoaring to au aonte degree. A representative of the Courier hap- S ened to meet just such a man, a few nys ago, in the person of M. L. Nelson, of Tennessee, and daring the conversa tion he related the experience whioh ie the suhjnot of this artiole. Mr. Neleon 1b about 50 yeara of age,but in appearance and probably experienoe ia much older. He bas been in the oity several days, in terested in a bankrnptoy suit, whioh in volved him eonaiderably and may be hie rain. Notwithstanding these misfortune! he was in good spirits and talked lightly of his losses. Borne few days ago be took offenoe at a remark made to him by an official on a common carrier, and in relating his griev ance, remarked: “I've been hnng by the neok three times, and don’t soars at tri« fleH." When asked what he meant, he said: “I mean jnst what I say,” and then told his story. It was in the spring of 1865 when the Federal troops were moving northward and the Confederate soldiers were return ing home, and Arkansas was in a very un settled condition, the safety of neither life nor property being great, Mr. Nelson was in tbo Confederate servioe and had come in possession of $5,000, whioh he was unxious to plaoo in the hands of some neighbors in that State for safe-keeping. He uxobanged his military garb for civil ians’ clothes, wearing a new hat, suit and boots, aud plnoed $4,500 in apooket-book attached to a belt worn next to the skin, and $500 and some odd bills in an inside pocket of tbe vest. It was jnst at dusk; be was riding toward hiB destination when, almost simultaneously, three shots were fired, and “zip-zip” went the balls, one taking the skin off the right temple, another produced a wound in the shoulder, aud the other struok his horse. The ani mal reared aud threw hia rider over into the dust, blinding him for tbo moment. Before Nelson coaid rise he was sur rounded by three men in fantastical garb, euoh ns was wont to be worn by the Ku- klnx Klaus, whieh masked the entire fig ure and diHgnised the faoe. They plaoed revolvers at bis bead and bade the “d—d rebel,” as they oalled him, to rise, accom panying it with somebumoombe patriotic remarks. As it was just dark, they took him a little way into the woods, where they made him exobange his new olotbes, boots and hat for some ragged wardrobe which they oarried with them, at the same time relieving him of his gold wstob. Of course they searched his pookets and ap propriated tho $500 or mure in the vest. They next took his home and after bind ing bis arms and plaoing a thin rope about his neok, led him for about two hour* over a miserable road, muddy and swam py, not permitting him to ride. At length they reached tbeir destina tion, uud plaoing him under a tree fast ened the rope about his neok aud threw tbe other end over a branch. “Where’s the rest of tbe money ?” they asked. “What money ?" inquired Nelson, but he had not time to ask further, when he was jerked up aud felt a choking sensation, thou a swimming in the boad whioh res lnspod into a dreamy unaonsoionsness; he was hung for tho first time, Ileoovering he found himself lying on the ground with symplons of a sore throat. As soon us ha opened his eyes the ruffians collared him and lifted him to his feet, again placing him under the ropo. “Tbat was the worst of it," said Nelson. “The hanging itself didn’t hnrt so muoh bnt the getlin' np was what did.” “What do you mean by that ?" was asked. “Why, the lifting me up after I’d been hung,” be replied. “Lord; bnt I was siok. Did you ever, when in swimming, stay under wator too long and eome up nause ated aud deadly siok? Well, that's the way I felt, only a dam site worse.” “How long were yon suspended ?" we asked. “It soemed a mighty long time to ms, but it couldn’t have been many seconds, I suppose. They only bong me about three inches above the ground.” The robbers seemed well satisfied with their experiment, and volunteered the be lief that tho “d—d reb" would tell all this time. They wanted to know where he put the rest of the money, and where they could find other horses and valuables for Uncle Hum’s army, but as Nelson gave them no satisfaction the banging was re peated, with the name unpleasant symp toms. This, together with Nelson’s ignorance of the condition of his neighbor’s stables, failed to extort the desired information, and he was bung a third time. “I was getting tired of it and didn't propose to stand it any longer, so I com menced to abuse them,” said Mr. Nelson, and if his acoount is true be did most woefully “cuss" them. They knew he had more than $500 with him, but sup posed he had it hid in the neighborhood, aud searohed no farther than the pockets. It seems the fellows had followed him from a boat whereon be bad taken passage and saw him reoeive the money from the olerk. One of them beoarne enraged, and, plaoing a revolver against his breast, said, “I’m going to kill you dead.” “That was preferable to a renewal of the hanging, and I defied him to put his threat in execution. I thought my last hour on earth was over sure, as he stepped back about twelve feet and leveled the weapon at me. He would have fired, but one of his companions stepped in front of me and said: “No sir, you don't, this fel low’s been hung three times, and if he don't confess now he never will, and you ain’t goiu’ to shoot him.” Sure enough they spared me, and all went over to s shanty, where we slept all night—one on eaoh side of me. I was exhausted, bo I slept well, and when I awoke they were all gone.” Mr. Nelson does not believe they were Federate, as they oalled themselvee, bnt were highway robbers who knew tbe sur rounding oountry and its people, as they oalled him by his ohristian name. For several weeks after, horses andoattle were missed, but the robbers oould not be identified. No other viotimB were sub ■ jeoted to tbe hanging torture. New York Custom House. New York, June 8.—The Custom House Investigating tiommission oontinued tbeir labors to-day. This morning the Committee from the Importers and Grooers Board of Trade waited on the Commission and presented a book oom piled by their Board of Trade in 1873, containing various suggestions.
