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WtISEjSRSP' •' ' ;■ •-•-,.• -,_- <' . ■ ' t&ohmbu# uqumf. VOL. XIX. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 18, 1877. NO. 169 m mih wmna v bays or tn noun. lams, Ja]y 1®.—Uoetrary to u- pMffl$W. tbaflnxiy qt Batuday regerd- «■* *• ooadltton of th* banks did not aob*Msy«E»s»»y, bat oMtiMod to-dsy, *ad ,N aantarWIty strangthsaed toward* aoonby tha aloaing of the North St. Louis ■artnga AaaooUtioo and Bank ot Bt Looia. Aa ooBatorday, howevar, tha poMona an. C«*4 to tb* ni Un aifiurf wMty eaa- Baal to Mail dapoaEbsa at savings taati- tatiou aad amaU abop kaapwa, no mar- ohanta or baatoaaa man of any praton- siona taking pert la it , Tha oloateg of tb* North 8b Louis Baring* Bank : ia attribatod to tb* ahortag* of ten tboaaand dollar* at tb* otoartog bona*. This morotog tha Bank of St. Loui* did ib oiaariog tbrongh tha North Bt Looia Baring* Bank, and whan tha ^ttar olosad it bad $27,000 of papar balonging to tha Bank of BL Ionia. Thia forood tha latter to anapand. Tha action of thr North Bt Lonia Baring* Bank baa girm tiaa to oooaidarabl* aarare oom- mant. Tb* banka ran an moot to-day wor* the Fourth National, Prorldant Baring*, Franklin Aranna, German Baring*, and Boatman'. Baring*. ~ All currant aoeonnta ware promptly mat, boworar, and than waa at no time any notioaable axoitamant. Other anting, inaUtntioB torn* nor* or lean baaaigad, bat tb*y all assarted their ability to maet all jest demand*. There to atrong diapoaition manifested on tb* part of amall dapoaitora in moat of. the banka, aapabially in aaringa institution,, to obtain tboir monay, bat aabatanti.l manhantt and bnsineea man of tha oity ganarally do not apprehend any aerion, diaaator* to follow tb* pmaaat atate of af. fain. TB* atm THOUGHT TO H OVER—THE BADLY HOST. Bt. Invu, July 17.—Thia morning trail nett lit tha banka opened-with a bright proapaot, and at 4 o'olook nothing of apaeial note had tranaplrad. Very few ’ People, not mote than half a dozen at any one time, hare bean at the Fourth Na tional and the Prorldant Baring* Banks praaanhng oheoks, which bar* been promptly paid. . The ran **ems to hare and it ia hoped there wlU ba no tomtatoaap or troahto. OflUara of tb* North Bt Ionia Baring* Bank aa- aart that tha amata of tb* bank axoaeflth* UabtUtia* folly $100,000. They can ba •tally ^ ir^Uaad. Deposits amount to $•00,000. Tfik bank will go into liqnida- Mon. It ia taM Espy, Haidalbaoh A Oo., of Oinalnaati, had a oonaidorabla aura in tha bank whan it oloaed, aa stated yaatar. day. Mr. MasNU, Praaidant of the Bank of Bt Lonia aaya, the bank will pay its da posilota orary dollaf. Tb* onrrant de posit amount is abont $60,000, time da- - goaits $28,000, with aaaata more than 1 anBIMsht to pay *B. The bank had a large amount In Naw Task Bzahang* which it oonld notdiapoaaof, but it oonld bar* pulled tbrongh, had not tha North Bt. Ignis Barings Bank oloaed np $27,000 of if* steering. WASHINGTON. •■anAinna. ooTToHimuoran two ran ohvt smcmsmm rnniOHT TBAIH* ITOPI-HD AT MABTINSBUSO— PASaBHOXX TRAINS BOW AS OSVAL — tboops at MAggnttRuxo bidb with anar ro». roBBKM appointments until October— HATH*, TBOMPaOB Atop BBT AHTOOATB QIT- »« aoM* orrioxa south to dbicoobats ; reduction op waobs—prana—DOTtoOiiTT bbst of cabinet opposh—pbouabu ooh- i-r maetinsbubo—oaa killed. am loaaauAB—waxtoo imnm oood Balwmobh. July 17.—Theta aro two msHATio*—CLERK ia aoriccltuzal db- mlluu oompantss in Martinaburg, Watt partmut. Virginia, armed and snppUad with nition. Gorarnor Matthews haa aant his Bid, Ooi. O. J. Faulkner, to Martinabnig WABunonraa, July IT.—TUflBM trim-f toaotora* tb* laws. Tha atribata thraw ming of tha President's otdar allows bora of tbs National Bapnblioan Commit' to* to hold tfaair plaoao on the ground they bar* no fnnotlona until tb* opting of 1880. Early thia morning Goremor Matthew*, of Watt Virginia, oalled out tb* militia at Martinabnrg to oontrol the railroad strike. AM OLD RHP UB Lie ah's ADVIOR. An old personal Ohio friend of tha Praaidant informed him yeaterday the feeling against his South, rn polioy ia rary atrong in tome tactions. Tha outlook ia qpt farorable for a Kepublioan rictory in October. This gentleman, allnding to the order forbidding offloisla participating in the political campaign, has a disastrous effect, adding, “Dnlaa* tha batter olaas of oitizani eoma forward and taka a hand in tha political oonteate, and direct tha oampaign, tha control of party maohinery will paaa into the handi of poliUoal bummers, who will manipn- lste the eleotion in their own interact.” It wss the opinion of this gentleman that tha President would see the neoeaaity of maolkdlng his order regarding Federal officials after the vary first election held. oottoh impoovbmrxt. The Department of Agrianlttira report, the improvement in ootton ainoe tha <lnn* report ia Juat 2 per cant., ranging in the State* from nothing in Athens** to six par cant, in North and Booth Carolina, the region in which email and healthy plant* frith dear culture promised the most rapid improvement under favoring anna. Statistician Dodge leaves for White Bnlphnr Springs to-morrow to at tend tha Ootton Convention. MISSISSIPPI MABSHAIAHIF. It ia stated op excellent authority that Col. J. P. Morpia will b* appointed Mar abal fair North Miufaaippi. FORBION APPOXHTMUnra. Judge Harris, of Miaaiaaippi, who haa been hare aom* tim* aftarth# Brazilian mission, left for home under more than semi-offloial assurances that no further aotion would ba taken in foreign missions until Ootober. Wall authenticated reports from tha sxtrama northara part of tha oity aays, Maltha Bremen Bank haa oloaed it* doors. The ran on down town banks may b* regarded aa stopped. The an faraathaart of thirty daya notice rule ia INtUNANCK. viivniAL:un auiaron over TUB OCAZDIA* MATTZR TO ZB mQUIRRD into—zxrzzza appoieted to zxamini pbopebtt—pzbkidm* to bb paid to thi naw to** Tatar oompahi— ohartrz OAK PBHVBHTBD PROM DOIMO BUSINESS or-aaw xork. Naw Vasa, July 17.—A unit for $4,600,- 000 haa begun againzt the Universal Life Insurance Company. This baa given rise to th* STf i station abut that* at* to b« ad ditional and aaor* startling davalopmanta *MnMvn to th* aaanagsment of tha Uni- varaal, and aapeoially oonoorniog tho manner in which tho Dnivoeml absorbed the Guardian Mntnal. Tho anit ia to re- •ever from the Univorool thoomoU of tho Onaadhn Mutual, estimated, it la uodor* Otouf nA $4,600,080, and chargee of tho moat Milana obamotor are mad* againat the parsons responsible for th* absorption Of too GoetdUn Mutual by tha Universal. A naPuan appoihtbd—premiums . to b* PAID TO BW TORI TRUST OOMPAHI. Spaetello Enquirer.Sun} Bombhxotidt, N. Y., July 17.—To-day oo Um report of th* Superintendent of • Ike Insurance Debt, Smyth, Judge Tendon appointed Iaooe V. French, of Mew York, a referee to inquire into the value of the reel estate of the Unlvereel . Idle Inenraneo Company. All pramiuma hereafter payable to the United State* Treat Company of Naw York, pending th* qnartioe of tho oompeny’o solvency. AU ptominma paid to tho Trust Company are to bo Ntarnod to policy holder, if tha ' Universal Company ia daelarad insolvent. «tort» «*k Ufa laasiaaaa < OPPIO* HOLDERS MUST DOME OPP XATIOHAL COMMUTE*. The dispatch this morning that mem bers of the National Bapnbliean Commit tea was based upon free conversation be tween Gov. MoOormiok, Assistant Secre tary, and the President. It wm a true diapatoh at noon, bat in the Cabinet to day, with Gov. MoOormiok rapraMnting the Treasury, it waa determined that the rnla should apply to tha National Com mittee. Gov. MoOormiok, with one or two other* will withdraw, leaving enough to ran tha maebine, unless tha hope of offloe indnoaa them to reaign from the commute*. OFFICE! IN THI SOUTH. It ia said that the postponement of farther pbingae in federal oIBom in the South ia due to differences in the Cabi net. The President 1b Strongly backed by Secretary Thompson, of tbs Navy, who is in favor of allowing some of th* of&eas to Democrats. Th* rest of tha Cabinet, axoapt Key, are stubborn in their oppoei Mon. Assistant Postmaster General Tyner baa returned. PBOBABLI FOB BBBMEH. Captain James Haldsheimer, of North Carolina, wilt probably be appointed Con- anl to Bremen. □ABIHET AND MEXICO. The Interior Department was not repre sented in the Cabinet to-day. Most of the time was devoted to tha consideration of Mexioan affairs. The Mexioan Gov ernment, aooording to Ord's dispatches, having promised to prevent raids, no farther action will be taken by tbs Fed eral Government until tbs Mexioan au thorities fail to fnlflll the promises to Gan. Ord. Gan. Ord thinks marauding oan ba broken np without disturbing intarnation, al relations with Mexico. APPOINTED OLKRK. E. A. Gorman is appointed Chief Clerk of the Agricultural Department. He ia Naw Jaraay man. MO MODIFICATION OF OBD'S ORDER. Special to Enquirer-Sun] Washington, July 17.—It oan bs stated on nnqnestionably official authority that the Administration has made no modifica tion of Gen. Ord's instructions heretofore published, nor have any proposition for I la Its Enfftinr-Sun.] 9. Y., July 17.—Tb* eartifi- aatbority of tho Obortor Oak Life i Company, of Hartford, Conn. Mono naw polkiee in this State, waa 'ey revoked by BnparUfaadant Smith of tha Inauranoa Department. B. «t O. RAILROAD. ■strike or inruiEU. THI BILUQERENTS, BSMIAm OVER THE BALKANS TMNT DETBAT TEE TUBES—MASSIMO AND AOCUMUpATXJM FBOVlaiONS FOB THE ON to ooneiAMmiowia—mow it mas bun AMD MOW IT WlU. Ml DONE. 4ha train, 18 freight eats, from the track at th* Gas Hones Bwltoh,8oath Baltimore, this morning. Mai}TIMSBubo, July 17.—Col. Fulknar, with 76 man, took charga of tho detained train. Aa tha train ataried it wm fired upon by the mob. A aolditr wm woundad. The military on tha train return ad tha fire, killing one. Thia wm followed by tha wildcat axoitamant. Some of th* ■triken ware irantio with rang*, while fear wm depicted upon tha faoaa of -many in tha orowd. A scene of oonfuaion ia now presented impossible to describe. LATU. The strikers, after tha affair with tha military, oat the oonplings of tho oars, rendering it impoMible, for tho timo-bo- ing to movo the train. At lest accounts, 10:80 a. m., tho situa tion wm precarious. Tba atrikars ware atill holding tbalr own, and preventing tha train* from leaving np to that tim*. No farther movement had been made by either party. STRIKE AT MABTWaBDBO. Baltimore, July 17.—No freight train* have left Baltimore to-day, and probably will not move until tha blookada at Mar- linsbnrg is ramovsd. Th* strike is Mid to ba oonflned to tha firemen and brakes man. From Martinabnrg the latest diapataba* state that th* striker, have abaolnt* con trol of everything. The military, under command of Ooi. Faulkner, sympathising with th* striker*, have been withdrawn. No freight trains are permitted to pass east or west, bat passenger trains are not moUstad and are running on tim* east and west to-day. TBOOPS ORDERED TO MARTIKRBURO. Wheeling, July 17.—Tba Governor haa ordered tha Matthews' Guards of thia etty; to Marttoabarg to help quail tha riot at that point. quiET. Special to Enquirer-Sun.} Baltimore, Joly 17.—The aitnation at Martinabnrg is nnohangad. Passengers pass regularly on. No farther collisions have occurred. RACER. AT LONO BBAMOH. Special to Enquirer-8un.1 Long Branch, July 17.—MU*, for two- year-olds. Prlda-of'the-Villaga won; Arragmar 2d, Eliza Adam, 3d, in 1:54} Mile and an eighth. Egypt won (dead between Yorkshire Laaa and Kennay for saflond plsoe) in 2:01}. Mils and three-qnarters. Sooaoo won | Aunt Betsy 2d, Orida 3d. Time (in tha middle of a terrifio storm) 3:18. Mila and, a quarter. HatUa F. won ; Oyrill 2d, King Baa 8d, in 2:18. AT BOSTON. Boston, July 17.—Besoon Park—2: alsaa. Fonr beets were trotted. Lady Mae. won; Hnntraaa 2d, Jo* Brown 8d. Time 2:23}, 2:26, 2:24, 2:26}. modifying them bean con a OOHRTrrVTIOHAL. rONVENTION. PAX OF MEMBEB8 $4 A DAT—THIBTX DAT*’ SESaiON. Special lo Enquirer Sun. Atlanta, July 17.—Very little haa been dona tbis week. The par diem of members wss fixed at four dollar*. The expenses of the Convention will b* on* thousand dollars a day, and the ses sion will eontinna at least thirty <Uya^ Weather. Washington, July 19.—Indication,— For tha Booth Atlantic and Eaat Gnlf States, slight changes in pressure and temperature, sontheaat to southwest winds, increasing olondineaa and local Arrests In Lwalalann. Special lo tha Enquirer Sam.] New Obleans, Joly 17.—Bartbolamew T. Beanregard, late Collector of tha Bao- ond Internal Bavenne District of Louis iana, waa brought bars from Baton Bongs by a Deputy United Statea Mai ohargod with embezzlement of Govern ment funds. E*. Speaker Mortimer Carr wm arrested to day, charged with obtaining monay un der false pretences. The cargo of the ship Governor Mor ton, recently scuttled at tba Passes, wm bonded to-day by the Underwriter!. Hiohmoed, July 17.—Tba response* received from Southern cities to tha oall for a convention to be held at Fortn Monroe on tba 26th inat. in tha interest of Southern mail facilities, indicate that a large delegation will attend from all im portant oities in tba Sontb from Alexan dria and New Orleans, there will bs 200 to 260 delegstss, end it is understood the President and members of the Cabinet will certainly bs present. Tb* Bailroad Association has free transportation to delegates. What Ailed the Psp. Naw York Tribune.] When that cultivated and intelleotnal middle-aged person, Mina Maty Ann Moxon, of Cambridge, Mass., bad tha collar of her offensive little poodle in scribed: “I’m Mary Ann Moxom’s dog; whose dog are you?” she thought it waa rather a olever joke on the oasnal oitiaan who might encounter tba pnp and inves tigate bis reason for being. She was in that mind for several days. Bnt one morning, the poodle, howling sa though be wm carrying stl tbs smarts for Birins in tbs ehorns of the morning stars and suddenly, aa if fired ont of a gnn shot into tba Moxon presence with bis tail tnoked very olosa, and a business sard tied on hla oollar. Divining that soma one had sat tb* poodle np in tha carrier- dove business, Miss Moxon siaaed tb* missive and read: “Turpentine is what ails me; wbat’s tha nutter with yon?” See Islands, Bleaching*, Tiokinga and other Domestic Dry Goods vary ahaap, at sodtf M. Joann's. , waM aanaip. London, Joly 17.—Tha Bnaaiani under th* Oaarowltoh aianglad Vitova, on the railroad botwoon Hmgtad and Bnatohuk, ontting oommnnioattoa Oa that lino. It lo reported from Simnitza tho Cam loft for Tirnova. Tha Fort# latitat aa they wiU not opon tho Dardanelles to Ihmvamala of any power not' promising support againat Basal a. Tha capture of Nioopolia involvM tha ■nrrsnder of Haaaan and Aohmat,Pasha’a 16,600 man, forty guns and taro moni tors. AU othar account* represent tba Turks a vacua tad Nioopolia baton th* Buaaiana entered tb* town. Tb* Daily Nstoa’ Bimnitaa apaeial par- tlealariy reports they managed with no Uttla skill to oarry off th* forty guns, wbioh oonatitnted tbs armament of tba fortress. Another diapatoh to the Neu>» dated, Gban Tanik, July 13th, saya : General Gonrkoa' command will operate aa a da \aohad foroe In Bonmalian Valley, until it ia Joined there by the main body of th* Russian invading eolnmn, marching by a more practicable bnt cironiton, rout*, tbrongh tha Balkans by way of Drenova, Gnbrava, Kasaanlik and Eakl Bagbra. Thi* main foroe will ooniist of tha 8tb, lltb, and of tbeOib, corps. In all five divisions, or 80,000 man—not inolnding General Gonrkaa’ advanoe contingent of soma 15,000 more. Two division* of the eighth eorps era already in Tirnova. I baHave it is intended that tha Em press shall join the Czar in Tirnova. A diapatoh to tha Daily Telegraph from Yeni Sagra gives a long and somewhat aanaational aooonnt of a battle on Sunday evening at Fsdlitaoh, twelve mtlaa from Yani Sagra, whioh ia represented to have bean obstinately oontsated, and to have resulted in tha Buaaiana being driven book through the paaa. His Telegraph'e Bnoharaat oorrespon dant atataa that tha Boaaiacs will oon- atrnot a snbstantUl bridge at Nikapolia. It i* reported that tha destruction of th* bridge at Systovo by two monitors is not oonflrmed. RUSSIAN PBRI'lRiTIONa AND MAMINOS FOB THN ADVANCE. London, July 17.—A dispatch to the Daily Newe from Obsntonik has tho fol lowing: After blockading tba fortresses of the quadrilateral, 100,000 men are available for orossing the Balkans by the western line of th* invasion, inoloaiva of Gen. Zimmerman’s army in tha eastern aeotion of th* thMtr* of war. As regards supplies, the Btusians are determined to leave nothing to ohanoae. Bucharest ths great oantral depot, and oon tains' ■tores of meal, to whioh tha supplies of rloe for the relief of the Bengal famine war* a mare bagataUa. Siatora wiU be th* intermediate, Tirnova tha advanoe depot. Aa regards the Btuaian army of Boatobnk a rapid advanoe does not asem imminent. The cavalry divis ions forming tha ontpoata of tha army ex. tended a post on th* Danube, 12 mile, west of Boatobnk to 40 miles inland, fee ing the Turkish foremost position on the river Lorn. Small reoonnoiaaanoes era pushed forward, bnt the mass of tha divis ion* haa bean stationary for about a weak, Tba Daily Sewe’ Constantinople dia patoh atataa that railway oommnnioation on tba Adrfanopie line haa been anapand ad for everything exoept troops. UNTBUl. ConstAMTiMorLX, Joiy 17.—It is offioial ly annonnoad tba reported attack by tha Turkish monitors on the Siatova bridge is nntrns. ROUMANIAN ABMT. Special lo Enquirer-Son.} Vienna, July 17.—Tbs Political Corres pondence learns from an aothentio source that it ia now dsflcltaly daoidad that tha Bonmanlsn army will not aaanms tha offanaiTe, bnt will oonflnsilMlf lo cover ing the line of the Dannb*. RUSSIAN DENIAL. Special la Enquirer-Sun.] London, July 17.—The Bossion Tala- graphio Aganoy pnblishea a general da- nial of tha reports of Busaian Atrocities. THI RUSSIAN OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF OBOM- INO THE BALKAN*. Tirnova, July 16.—Gan. Gonrko, with an advanoe guard of oavalry, infantry artillery hM crossed tba Balkans. On July 14lh h* surprised and defeated 'A Tnrkiah battaUon, which gnardad Ikaeat- lat of tha p*M, near tha village of Klnnk- hoi. Gen. Gonrko is now marching upon Kasanlak, in rear of tha enemy, who oc cupies th* fortified Skipkade file. Two lotniM of Ooasaoks have arrived at Yani Saghia, and ont the telegraph between that plaoe and Nonigagra and BUvno. On Ban- day an engagement waa fonght near tha village of Orzszan between a Coaaaok foroe and aoma detachments of Baabi Ba zooka and Oiraaaaians, supported by Tur kish infantry. The anemy bald their ground until tha arrival of the dragoons and a battery of artillery sent by Gan. Gonrko. On perceiving tha approach of these reinforoementa the Turks fled. A flag, Mvertl standard bearers and a quan tity of arms ware captured. RUSSIAN BARBARITIES EXPORTED UNTRUE. tpecial lo Enquirer-Sun.} London, July 17—Tba Daily News oor respondeat at Obentenik or Oblrteni wbiah ia on tba highway between Biela and Bnatebnk writes in reference to the reports of Btuaian barbarities upon the Turkish inhabitants of Bulgaria as fol lows: I may mention that abont 60 Turk ish families of Tirnova removed after the general exodna, and are livisg unharmed under tba apeaial protection of tb* Bna- aian military authorities. Speaking m perfeotly impartial man who would bavo no heaitation of bearing testimony to the contrary ware tha contrary true; and who bM bad exceptional opportnnitiM for oo- Mrvatioo, Ido not believe that in Bnlgs- ria, there hM been a single instance of persona! maltreatment of a Turkish civil- isn at tbs band of s Bosaien soldier. Nom.— It should be observed that this correspondent accompanies ths bead quarters of a Bnaoian oorps, while the atrocities are alleged againat the advance goarda and Cossacks. thzy oBoaazn Balkans column. Tha asms correspondent hM tba fol lowing additional details abont tha foroe which crossed the Balkans: When visited Tirnova on ths 18th instant, Gen- Gourkea’advanoe had gone forward forty sight hours previously to Colonel Jadol mins. The OiroaMians and CoaMOka were leading tba oolumn. So bad are the tracks tbrongh tha passM of the Elena and Balkans that Gen. Gourlua’ oolumn of infantry as well as ths cavalry, resign sd tbalr wagon transport, and conveyed tba baggage and provisions on pack bonas. Clan. Gourkaa need have no fear of tbe.Turke breaking in upon tb* line of bla oommunioationa for ha bM ont himaalf adrift. THE OMIVEBnAI. I.IFB. Hasrlatewa at Oaboru wall a ratal at Windsor. Correspondence New York World.] Sir : The reoent reception of ex-Praai- dant Grant by Qaeen Victoria recaiia to my mind tha olroumstanoe of a pleasant reoeption given by tba acme sovereign one and twenty years ago to an eminent Amerloan naval oommander, the portion* lore of whioh ware narrated to ms shortly afterward by an offloer under bia com mand. The distinguished naval offloar to whom I refer wya commands r Henry J. Hartatene, who, it will be remembered, was in 1866, ordered to oonvey to England tba British exploring bark Besoluts, wbiob, having bean abstadonad in th* Aretie seas, bad bean reaoned by a Naw London whaler, and pnrahssed of her sal vors by Congress as a present to the Brit ish Government. While on that mission and at Southampton h* received a apeoial invitation to viait the QnMn at Oaborn* House and to remain her gueat from Sat urday evening until Monday morning; and while on that viait he had an opportunity for social intercourse with Her Majesty, the Prince Oonaort, who wm then living, and tbalr than yonng family, whioh I oan safely aay hM never bean experienced by any other American, and probably by vary few outside th* royal family eirola. Mnon to Captain Hartatene's pleasure and sur prise, be found himself dining on tba evening of hia arrival with tba Qnaan and Prinoa alone, bis hostess kindly inform ing him that she presumed, being an Ameriosn, ha wonld prefer to ba relieved of the formalities and etiquette of the usual slate dinner st whioh tba member* of tbs royal household aro present. Af ter dinner the children were nshered into the room and took part in the desert, and afterwards when tha tea wm served the Qaeen herself offici ated at the meal, and like any other good matron, poured ont tba tea, and then, when bed time ap proached, aha pleasantly wished har guest good night, and left him to have a frlend- y obat with tba Prinoa. Tha following dey, Sunday, was spent by tha Captain in the asms pleasant manner with bia hostess and bar family, whom, like a good Chriat- ian, be aooompanled to obnrob; and when be left Windsor on th* following morning bs had tbronghont the whole of his visit been an entire stranger to oonrt formalities —to use bis own words, se be expressed himself to my informant, “I oonld not have frit myself more At home if I had been on a visit to a sister and har family." I imagine that there are very few Amari* osna—at least Ameriosns of culture and ■ooial standing—who would not prefer to have been tha recipient of the naval oom- mander’s hospitable and domastio wel come rather than of the more ostentations and dignified reception awarded tha 1st* General of tba American army. M. A. MB. rubber's OPINION or SUPERINTENDENT SMITH'S REPORT AND HIS VERSION OP THE PACTS—AOTION or TRE BOARD OP DIBEO- TOM. A Herald reporter celled yesterday upon Mr U J.Fnrber, the Vlas President of the Universal Life Inanrane* Company, to learn what ha had to ray oonoerning the report of SnperiQtendent Smith on the company's affairs. Mr. Forber referred to tbs reinsarsnoa of eighty per oent. of the risks of the Guardian Life Insurance Company in Maroh, 1874. He stated that at that time the Guardian was in a worse condition than wm represented to the ex tant of half a million of dollars. Th* false estimate of its position waa doe, h* said to twoosnaaa; one waa that the reserved liabilities on ths polioy obligations of that com psny were considerably greater than wss stated, th* other arose from a heavy depredation in tha valne of its assets. MAXIMO UP THE DEFICIT. When thia transaction took plaoe Mr. Fntbar says ha raised $880,000 by loan from tba Msroantil* Trust Company on bia own personal seonrity, and advanoed tbis sum to th* Guardian Company in order that it might be paid to the Univer sal as a portion of the assets of the former oompany. The method adopted to repay this anm wm that h* should be regarded aa an ordinary oanvessing agent of the Universal; that tha polioies of the Gnard- ian should ba regarded aa new polioies gained by him, bs being the negotiator in the whole affair, and that be should in this oapaoity receive a commis sion of tan per oent. on al! premiums wbioh might thereafter ba isoeivod from tha Guardian and twenty pur oent. of the reserve of all polioies covered by the terms of the contract with tba Guardian Oompany, and whioh might beoome for fait tbrongh non-payment of premium or interest. It waa farther guaranteed that th* sank so paid should equal $8,000 per month till suoh period as the whole amount might be relnrned. At the same Urns Mr. J. S. Homans, Jr., of Engle wood, he rays, also assigned to the Gnsr dian saanritisa to the extant of $260,000, to ba regarded as part of its assets sod as snob paid over to tba Universal. It was for some time believed that these advan ces were sofflolant to cover the Guardian’s deficit so tsr as to aeonre the Universal againat soy great loss, bnt Mr. Furber states that, in spite of all tbis, the re-iu- snrenae proved an immense loss to the Universal. company to resist tbs application of tba Attorney General for a decree dissolving the oompany, or for the appointment of * receiver. The oompany will apply for the appoint ment of s referee, who may go into th* whole question of tha v»lne of the prop erty.—N. y. Herald 166/a. * HOW HAYES’ CABINET OBESE. key’s old hat, rohubz' pantaloons and tpompson’s blue coat and oold Indications of Longevity. H of eland, public lecturer st Jens, who published a work on longevity in ths last oentnry, thus describes the sort of man who has the best prospects of long life He haa a wall proportioned stature, with ont, however, being too tall. He ia rather of tba middle size, and somewhat tbiok set. His eomplexion is not too florid—at any rate, too muob radioes* in yonth ia seldom a sign of longevity. Heir ap- proaohee rather to the fair than to the black. His skin is strong, but not rough. His bead is not too big. Ha has large veins st the extremities, and bis shoul ders are rather round then fist. His neok is not too long, his belly does not project, end bis hand* are-large,hot not too deeply oleft. Hia foot is rather thiok then long, and his legs are firm and roand. He has also a broad ohest end strong voice, and the faculty of retaining hia breath for a long time withont difficulty. In general, there ia oomplete harmony in all hia parts. His senses are good, but not too delicate. Hia pnlse ia slow and regular. His appetite ia good and his digestion easy. He has not too mnoh thirst, whioh is always a sign of rapid self consumption. His passions never beoome too violent or destructive. If be give* way to anger, he experiences s glow of warmth witbont an overflowing of the gall. He likes employment, particularly calm meditation and agreeable specula tions; is an optimist, a friend to Nature, end domestic falioity, has no thirst after either honors or riohes, and banishes all thought of to-morrow. THI CAUSE OP THE DEFICIT. FRESH ARRIVAL I Black Lace Scarfs $1.60 to $8. Whit* “ “ $1, $2 and $3. Embroidered Swiss Muslins; Ladies’ sad Ganta’ Colored Bordered Handkerchiefs; Ladies’Silk Ties; Lao* Bibs; An elegant line of Maneilles Suita; A large variety of JapanaM Fan* from lOo. to $1; Drees Buttons in naw akadM. tf Blamchahd A Hill. Mr. Fnrbar points ont that the appa rent deficit la wholly caused by the faot that tha appraisers engaged by Mr. Smyth, tba Superintendent, in making bia examination, placed ths valna of the real estate owned by the Universal at over fifty percent, loss than that whlob the officers of ths oompany ret on it. Over three-fourths of this real estate was re- oelvad from tha North Amerioa Life In- ■nranoa Oompany in the beginning of thia year, when taking it Mr. Fnrbar saya ba eanaad it to be veined bytbe then appraiser of ths Insnnnoe Department. He says that be then asked him to oon- •Ider that it wm being token by the Univsnsl in compensation of s debt *snd that it wm intended lo insure claims that would not oome doe for years, it realizing sn Ineoms of fonr end ons-bslf per oent. on its value. Ths officers of the Univer sal then took it at tba appraiser's figure. MX. FUBBEB S OPINION. Mr. Fnrber admits that if the question ware of a bank ths preMnt condition of th* Universal wonld be one of insolvency. Ha argues thus: A bank may at soy mo ment be oompelled to realize all its assets in order to meet a heavy ran. Therefore its fond should be invested in some sort of property *Mlly convertible into ready monay and possessing a fixed value. All that any appnlaer oonld do in the oase of o bank is to oonaider tbs aetnal present salable valna of its assets. Now, tba case of an inauranoa oompany ia entirely dif ferent. They bav* no anob thing as s ran. They are never obliged to Baddeoly convert their property into money. There fore tba general svarago valna of their proparty, or what it might sell for under moderately favorable oironmatanoes, is what ought to ba taken into consideration. WHERE THE MISTAKE LIES. A great mistake, Mr. Fnrber believes, wm mads by Mr. Smyth's appraiser, who valued the company's real estate at what it wonld now sell for, instead of taking aooonnt of what it wonld probably fetch at any fntnrs time, when the oompany might want to sell it. “Yon see,” said bs, “wo don't oars what it wonld sell for now. Wo don't went to sell it. It is bringing us an inooma of fonr and a half par oent. on what we paid for it. It is ■are to oome np to ita ooat pries, or even higher, long before ws will want to real ize anything on it. It is very fine prop erty; there are sixteen fine bouses and lots on Sixtieth street, between Fonrth and Madison avenue. AH the rest is in equally good neighborhoods and is well let. Its market prioe just now is not near ita real valne." Mr. Fnrber says that even after the heavy losses in tho af fair with the Guardian Company ‘.bey wonld still have a fair sarplns if their real estate were properly estimated. THE COMPANY PAYS EXPENSES. The oompany, says Mr. Fnrber, has not to draw on its ospital to support its yearly expenditures. Tbs premiums and inter est along with tbs interest on the proper ty sre quite sufficient to psy all expenses and dividends, ss wall sa the policies an nually falling due by deaths of policy holders. “Then what need have we to sell ?” he asks. Mr. Fnrber made several personal statements about himself. He ■sys that of the amount oradited to him in the report, as commission, $125,000 were paid by a speoisi vote of tba direc tors, to compensate him for certain busi ness losses suffered by him through con nection with their affairs. He says that he never received more than $20,000 per year compensation from the Universal. He also stales that in conversation with the Inanranoe Superintendent he asked him if anything bad been fonnd reflect ing upon his honor or integrity, to which question he raosived s negative answer, M be also did to the question whether it wss intended to be oonveyed that any money to whioh he was not entitled had aver found its way into his pooket. THE COMPANY WILL FIOHT. At a masting of the Board of Directors of tba Univarral, held to-day, the follow ing reeolution was adopted : Besolved, That this Board believing that the estimate of value of the reel estate of this oompany, as mtde by the Superintendent, as well as his estimate of the valne of the mortgages held by this oompany, era baaed upon erroneous views and a misapprehension of faots, and ar* grossly undervalued, therefore do in- ■trnet tha attorneys and counsel of the Hartford Tlmea.] Hayes wears during week daya an old black soft felt hat, of wbat ia known aa tbs army style. It looks as though it bad dona service enough to ba tnrnad in. On Sunday Hayes redeems himself by wearing a very fsahionsble black ailk bat, wbioh he bought in Oibcinnati jnst before he was ioengurtted. Everts wears during the warm daya a small white straw hat alternated with a brown straw. Key wears tha worst looking dicer ever seen. He bought it when ha came to fill Andy Johnson’s seat in th* Senate. Keys’s beaver is three sizes too small for him, and aits on top of his iron- grey biatles; and, secondly it has not been in style for fonr ysara. It is a horrid looking affair, though Key feels happy while wearing it, reared bsok on bis ears. Key asn safely sing that oomio ballad, entitled* “I am the man with the shoo king bad hat.” Sherman wears a os'ioo hat, whioh is made upon a light steel frame, and • brown straw, which is well ventilated on the sides. Both ere whet are well koown as ohesp hats. Sahara, while particular in the cat of bis pantaloons, so that his f >ants will appear to the best advantage, s not st all particular about hia bead wear. He has one atraw hat that has done him aarvioo for two snmmers, and reoently pnrohaaed a better looking one, whioh be wears when walking—which is vary seldom. I have not seen Mr. Sohnrz exoept in his oarrisge, or sitting st his desk in the Interior Department, since bs has been in the Osbinet. Key is a great tramp, and, like Mr. McCrary, the best natnred man of them all, often ia Men walking the streets. Mr. MoOrary wants a new baavar hat vory bad. HiB present one is in a terrbly bad oondition. It needs to be blooked very mnoh. He hM made the same bea ver do aarvioo for raosptiona,funsrala,ato. for the past four years. I recognized his hat ss the one worn by him in the first session of the Forty-fonrth Congress. Mr. Devens,the Attorney General whan in fall dress, wears a handsome and styl ish silk hst, on wbiah there is a wide band of crape. At other times be wean a soft felt, wbioh lookB well on him. Ha ia very prim in his entire dress. Beoretary Thompson makes a specialty in dress, and of coarse he wears a beaver to suit. Ha has of lata left off his bine coatand gold buttons, which ba bad worn for tha last forty years, snd now wears a more modern ooveting, though not ao showy. He takes great pains in having his hst look nlos, and always snooeads. A Hold Hiss on ■ Boer. Pblla lelphla Oorretpondenoe to the New York Herald. Just twenty-five yean ago, when Mr. Eokfeldt was Asaayer of the United • States Mint in this oity, he submitted tb* dust upon tba roof of ths building to an assay. The startling result of the ourioua experiment was thatbeobtained m e unnos of standard gold from three and eight-tenths onnei -■ of dirt. Some of the gold obtained i i thia singular manner is now exhibit: u as a curiosity in the offloe of the Asssyor. A few weel|R ago Director Pollook ordered the gold mine on the roof to be worked again. With some difficulty this waa dono in a proper manner and the dost, dirt and deposits of s quarter of a oen tnry to the amonnt of 1,782 pounds, ware removed. This has jnst been tested in the nsnal way and has yielded 42 onnoes of standard gold anfl 06} onnoes of stand ard silver, the total valne of both being $860. On the whole, the roof of the mint may ba aaid to contain “pay dirt.” The roofing of the bnilding is made of asphalt, and as it softens in the son, the little particles of metal oome upward in the smoke from the fnrnaoee and oarried ont of the windows below by the wind, are lodged on the roof, where they be oome embedded and remain nntil ex tracted by the assaying process. Every week the floors of the mint are oarefnlly swept and the aoonmolations preserved. Onoe a year, prior to tba set tlement of ecoonnis, the woodwork of the refiniug-room and the leather gloves of the workmen are burned to aabeR. This, together with the year's sweepings, is oonveyed to the sweep cellar, where it is ground in a mill and sifted and washed in a maebine, the pulverized metal being canght np by mercury. The residne is . then dried, barrelled and sampled and sold to sweep melters, who bay it for from fifteen to twenty-five cents a pound, according to the amount of precious met* als contained in the samples. So far this year abont 260 barrels have been sold, a large proportion of which was purchased by a London firm. Orest On Mexico, Etc. From a London World Intorviow.] We were talking abont Mexico last night, snd be [Disraeli) expressed a wish that we had kept Mexioo after the close of our war with her. I said that there was a party in our country whioh had always opposed the annexation of Mexico, but that the Mexioan people wonld welcome annexation, for it would more than doable the value of their property, and give them a quiet and seoure government. “The old question U reviving again, I Bee.” Grant—“Yes; and it will always be com ing np till it is settled. A olever man, I should think,is Lord Beaconsfield.though I Bhould say a sufferer physioially. He eeems to me a man who conld put up with any amount of insult or unpopularity if he where pursuing an ami, and would pa tiently wait for the result.” “He haa been unpopular enough in his day." Grant--“Perhaps so; bnt your publio men hereget fair play. It is different with us. A man baa only to be put into pnb lio position to be a mark for every oalum- niator; the object on almoat all sides ia to destroy him. There bae got lo be a great change in that in onr country some day.” “Yon ongbt to be a great jndge on the dinner question now. Don't von think we oan dine better as a role ia the United Statea than here.”. Grant—“Well, the dinners are good enough here; bnt I think they are better in Amerie*. Onr markets offer s more varied ■apply of provisions. Here the dinners are nearly all the same wherever yon go.”
