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MACON GA JANUAE 28 1879
—Mx« Agnes Jenke hao written a letter in
which she io>mnly d'elates that she is done
forever with politics.
—Beaton's fine Masonic Temple is maitgt-
gaifer $266000, and ths Masons of that
city didike to either shoulder the tnrdonor
sacrifice the properly
—Congressman Monism, of Itlin ie,
etrosgly favors senator Bay »rd for the Presi
dency. The Biebmsnd (.Va) State in a
leading editorial takes the same poaiti >n.
—uen- Botlcr already announces his de-
tetna nation to inn for Governor of Massa
chusetts again next autumn, ar.d ho is con
fident that this time he‘will make the trip ’
—Dr. Holland is quoted as saymg of th*
plethora of magazine articles: ‘ffe have
$14,(00 worth of manuscripts paid for, and I
hoar that the Harpers have $53.COO worth.’
—Last September a census was taken of
the Japanese islands. The total population
Of the emp; o was 84,233,4:4 Of these, l,*
C8C.771 dwell in Xeddo, or. as the inaabitanta
name it Totio, in 236 961 houses, being
about 4 87 occupants for each house.
—The Getman Emperor is wonderfully
well and vigorous, though still obliged to
carry his right arm in a sling, and drives out
accompanied only by the Crown Piince
or an equerry. All the forenoon he devotes
to receivJag reports and giving audiences.
—The Marchioness of Lome has sent word
horns that aha likes Canada and B'daan
Hall vary much. An agreoablo association
between her old and new home is kept up
by the presence around the Governor-Gener
al’s house of sentinels in the familiar uni •
form cf the Coldstream Guard.
—Electric carriage lamp3 a French inven
tor proposes to prodace 60 that ordinary car
liages drawn by horses will be illaminstcd by
electricity supplied by the rotary motion of
tMr whee s, locomotives while in motion
Will light up the train i they draw, and steam
ships supply themselves with powetfal
lights.
—There is something more than a suspi
cion ia Buffalo that extensive emurgUng
operations are carried on near that city.
The eastern end cf Bake Erie is frozen
fast for a nnrahor cf miles oat, and the ice
Is from eighteen inches to two feet in thick
ness, strong enough to bear teams, and on
it teams are crossing to Canada with surrep
titious petroleum.
Tho Chicago Tribino denounced in ad
vance Logan’s election to the United States
Senate as an ontrigo on ‘civilization, princi
pie and public interest,’ nor does tho Tri
bune feel at all relieved when it reflects that
his enocees ‘is cone the less humiliating, be
cause it was brought about by disreputable
and degrading means.’ Its Republican
brother, tho later Ocean, recommends for
its relief a good does of vermifuge.
Thb Mxkobitt Bipoet is the Pou.h Caio-
l,uu Oisz.—Senator Hill has prepared the
minority report in rogtrd to the Sonth Caro
lina Senatorship. In it ho says that Sutler's
case is res a <3 judicata, .ana that Coibin's
case depends on whether there was a quorum
of the Chamberlain Legislature. Now, ae
they admit there was no quorum, there
could have been no election. Hence, oven
if Butler’s claim were not complete, Corbin
would not be entitled to ths seat.
—Business at tba principal trade centres
throughout tbe West and Northwest, says
the Now York Bulletin, ia quite as promising
as it usually is towards the close of January.
At Chicago, merchants report their sales for
tbe first half of tbs month to bo consider
ably in excess of the corresponding time last
year, deflections arc a’so better Goods
are sold on dose margins, and trado general
ly. it is conotdsd, wss rarely in a more heal
thy position. Tho conditions of an active
spring business are all at hand, and tnt
await ths advance cf the season for their
development
—The increasing production of ostrich
feathers ontho South African farms, com
bined with a falling eff in tho demaud at
home, hssledtoa decline in the market
rates for this produce at tho colonial sales.
Feathers cf euperior quality, however, fetch
hlgbprioes. At a recent sale at Grahams-
town thirteen splendid ‘primes,’or'perfect
white feathers, realized a guinea each, or at
tho rate of $725 per pound. Tho averago
prtoa fer fine wh'te feathers wa3 $200 par
pound, while blacks realized ab ut seventy
dollars, and drab or fancy oolors only twenty
dollars per pound.
—Tho Berlin Kladdoradatsch in a cartoon
represents Lcrk Betoonsdeid in the gub of
a little boy building a castle in tho sir with
dominoes inscribed Canada, Tasmania, New
Sontb Wales, Gibraltar, Malta, Transvaal and
Oypius. The crowning pieces, which he is
about to lay, bear the names of Afghanistan
and Alexandretta. Meanwhile Gortschakcff
looks at his efforts with a critical eye, and
the following conversation takes plsca G.
—Tam really anxious toseo up to what
height you will bring your work withont it
falling to pieces.’ B.—T daroeayl may
bring it very high, if nobody shakes the
table.’
EoCiK Caloutsa Juxz —There is now on
exhibition in' tho counting-rooms of The
News and Courier, says that paper, a most
superior specimen of jute, raised on Edisto
Island by Mr. John Jenkins. It has been
compared witbjaie imported from India,
and found fto be glossier to the eye and
silkier to tho touch. Mr. Jenkins only plan
ted for seed this year, having merely strip
ped a f<>w stalks for the purposes of exhibi
tion, but next year he will undertake tho
cultivation of the crop as a regular business
Excellent jate has also been raised as high
npas Abbeville, so that it is now a settled
fact that a wide strip of country in this
State is suited to its culture, and sU tbs seed
ordered by the Agricultural Society of South
Carolina Lour India having alreedy been
bought, jute may be expected daring tho
coming season to tako its place alongsido cf
cotton sad rice as a Carolina staple.
—Orange growing ia California has been
assuming suoh dimensions as to make it
doubtful whether in a few years it will pay
to raise the fruit at alL Every land-owner
and settler in the neighborhood of Los An
geles is ambitious to have an orange grove;
housoa aro lurrounded by them, and they
even border the streets. Many of tho longer-
headed ou tivatora of ths ground are bsg'n
uing to plant a’mon 1 and walnut trees, fore
seeing a time when tbe market wUl bo glutted
With oranges. Ths auecees in raiairg bana
nas has not been very encouraging thus far.
owing to ths in j ary done to tbe iyoung trees
by the occasional night frosts It is believed,
bow- ver, that harm is to bs feared from tho
frMts only while tho banana trees aro very
young, and that IT bey can be nursed through
their infancy, they will provo hardy tnongh
to survive. Oranges, figs, almonds, olives
baurnas—these are smong the frnltB produ
ced by the wonie fal Golden State, as well
as the choioest grapes, fit for wine and raisin
making,and all the fruits of temperate cimee
in the greatest profusion and of the highest
exoellencs.
Tnx Death Rate.—AJRuseian statisti
cian, who has been examining*into tbe
death-rate of the varions countries on
that continent, makes tho lowest rate in
Norway rind Sweden—18 2 in every thou
sand,—and tho highest, Ru£3ia—37.6.
Great Britain shows 23.7, France 263,
Germany 27.8, and Spiin 30.5. In the
CUv of Now York, according to the Sun,
t! edeith-xate last year was 25.28.
T lie New York Nominations.
The Senate Committee on oommeroe,
who held the New York Castcm House
nominations under advisement, yesterday
agreed to report against them, and it was
expected that tho report would bs mado
in the evening. All this has been confi
dently anticipated. The Senate Commit
tee oa Commerce is virtually Senator
Cockling. Ho is chairman and wields
the majority. The McArthur incumbency
cf the Custom Eouse, likewise, in.
Conkling’s understanding of the matter,
belonged to him, and was at his absolute
disposal, holding the offices by gracious
pleasure and for his personal service.
The unceremonious dismissal of the Mc
Arthur incumbants was therefore a deadly
affront—dictated by his personal and
political enemies, of whom Secretary
Evarts and John Sherman were chief.
At the time it was held to be an Adminis
tration declaration of war against Conk-
ling’s re-election; but the sweeping tri
umph of New York’s Senator shows that
it was powerless.
But beyond the circumstances of this
particular case, is a claim permanently
advanced and insisted on by tbe Repub-
lican Senators, that the leading Federal
appointments in their respective States
are rightly and properly subject to their
control alone—are their personal and po
litical capital, and a failure to respect
their demands in the matter by the Ad
ministration is insult and spoliation. Un
der this conviction It is not snrprising that
Senator Conkling fights these opposi
tion nominations withont gloves and
buries his nails deep in the countenance
of the Administration. We presume there
is no donbt that he will defeat the Hayes
nominees. He will probably carry enough
of the Democratic Senators with him to
offset the feeble Senatorial following of
Hayes, if he has any; bat we fail to un
derstand why Conkling should be able to
coant on Democratic support in tbe
premises. Himself an intolerant and
dictatorial opponent, bitter and vindict
ive in bis sectionalism, he is the great
lever in tbe enterprise of re-establishing
the Grant domination and dynasty.
Buried Millions,
WHAT BECOMES OF THE GOLD AND SIL
VER.
A. S. Barnes & Co., Ill and 113, Wil
liam street, send na “Atlas Series” No.
7—a pamphlet inquiring “where do the
gold and silv.- r ? * By J. V. C. Smith.
Unhappily it- question is much more
easily ask> d iu»u answered. The pam
phlet cai.nct unswer it, except by mere
hypothesis and conjecture. Much of the
precious metals lies buried m the ocean—
lest in course of transportation, but tbe
theory of the writer is that tbe great bulk
lies bnried in the earth—in the natural
development cf an instinct among all
men, especially the les3 oivilized, to seek
the earth as a convenient place of con
cealment.
The earth, therefore, has been tbe
grand treasure house of men since tbe
world began—especially among ruder
peoples and in lawless and perturbed
times. Here, the very periU which
suggested tbe earth as a hiding place
have perhaps most often culminated in
the death of tho secretor, Laving the
hidden treasure undiscovered and undis-
coveiable for ages except by mere acci
dent. The deposit being always plaoed
below the reach of the ploughshare and
ordinary disturbances of the soil, may be
considered lost forever, especially in
those rude countries mo3t likely to seek
tho earth as a place of deposit.
Tbe little pampblst in question has
several tales to tell illustrating tbe uni 1
versality with which the Southern Con
federates, in war times, sought to find in
the earth a safe bidirg-placo for their
little stores of coin and household treas
ares, from the cunning and rapacity of
their invaders. As a general rule, we
fear the Ccnfeds mot with bnt poor luck
in this business. The ground round
their habitations was perforated every
few inches by Federal ram-rods, and its
treasures disclosed often more suddenly
than they were entombed. Bnt, doubt
less, of tho millions bnried at different
times in the Southern States daring the
four years of the war, a good deal still
remains undiscovered.
This, however, is but a drop in the
ocean of lost treasures. History is but
idle romance if tbe great stores of tbe
precious metals which it shows to have
ex.sted five thousand years ago, have not,
m some unaccountable way, been lsst to
mankind, so that there now exists no
each accumulation as would otherwise
inevitably have been shown as the mm
ing produce of a busy world for so maDy
successive generations. The East has
always figured as the grave-yard of the
precious metals. They find their way
there and never return. They aro lost,
perhaps in an almost endless subdivision
among the countless millions of a rude,
timid, abject and inseenre population,
who must seek in secret and stealthy
hiding to maintain a proprietorship which
among other peoples is secured by laws
and vaults and locks. These little estates
were probably not often administered up
on. The memory of them perished with
their owners, and so a large part of the
silver and gold was left in the earth from
whence it was originally digged.
A Note or Warning to Heat Specula
tors.
Commenting upon tbe late sudden rise
in all descriptions of ent meats, tho Now
York Bulletin says: Toe whole of this
exoitement and advance has boen purely
from speculative causes, and must in its
nature be temporary, whether for a
longer or shorter period depends upon
the speculators’ whims or belief of the
futuro of the market, and their ability,
financially, to back their opinions. In
tbe first place, there is no doubt money
enough to carry on this specnlation, pro
vided capitalists and oanks oan be held
to tho belief that there is farther money
in it, and that it ie a safe collateral for
loans at the present prices. For the
present and near futuro the tendency of
prices depends wholly upon this, rather
il.ua on legitimate supply and demand,
tho former of which has enormously in
creased since ibis mur.-mcnl began,
while the latter ha3 decreased in tho
same proportion.
Tho hog receipts in Chicago for the
past week have been immense, while, as
above stated, the “demand has decreased
in the same proportion.” If tho' writer
was a bacon merchant and had any con
siderable stock on hand, he woidd cer
tainly realize iustauter, and then watch
the situation wistfully, purchasing warily
and carefully nntil further developments
were made. Bat we are neither a prophet
nor the son of one, bnt believe in times
like these in steering close to Bhore
where a harbor can be made at tbe faint
ed approach of foul weather. We should
be sorry to see any of our worthy pro
vision merchants hurt at this time, but
of course they must look out for them
selves. More fortunes are . l03t than
mado by specnlation.
Tho annoyance occasioned by tbe con
tinual crying of the baby, at once ceases,
when the cause is (a3 it should be)
promptly removed by using Dr. Ball’s
Baby Syrup. Price 25 cents per bottle.
Tho Guano Case in a Nutshell.
As from all we can learn there is al
most a dead look between the manufac
turers of fertilizers and the farmers, be
cause of the increased number of pounds
of cotton demanded by the former for a
ton of guano, we propose the following
as a reasonable compromise to which
both sides can safely accede:
Let the price of the fertilizer be fixed
at its minimum cash valuation and the
farmer, if he cannot pay tho money down,
merely give a lien upon a bale of cotton,
with the privilege at his option of selling
the same at home in the presence of the
owner of the lien and thu3 liquidating
the amount of hie claim.
This wonld give any overplus which
the cotton might bring, to tbe owner, and
leave the manufacturer nothing to com
plain of. On tho other hand, if prices
ruled low, the planter could deliver the
cotton in lieu of the cash. Of course the
weight of the bale should be predicated
upon a fair average pries of the staple ia
market for the security of the guano
dealer, who, however, should be required
to pat down the article he sells at bottom
prices.
Wo are anxious to see some satisfactory
compromise in the premises, as guano,
when it can be bad at living rates, is of
great benefit to tho crops and land of the
country. Still, we do not hesitate to say,
that the farmers are right in holding out
against any increase of price, unless they
can clearly afford to pay it.
The most wo have to dread is, that
some of the less sornpnlous guano dealers
will apparently acquiesce in iha demands
of tbelr customers, and yet make them
pay dearly for the concession, by adulter
ating their oomponnds. Henco tho im
portance, in any event, of keeping np
moat vigilantly tbe proper inBpeotion of
every brand of commercial manures
thrown upon tbe market. The wbole
matter reiolves itself at last, as we have
before S3id, into this: Tbe farmer will
bny guano if he is satiafied it Will pay,
and be oan afford to do it, and not otber-
As wise, the purchaser, he is the master
of the situation, even though it be to his
own hurt.
Emigrants from Europe Seeking
Homes in Sontb America.
Doubtless one cause of the check, if
not decline in emigration to this country,
arises from the fact that the superior in
ducements offered to now comers by the
Argentine and Brazilian governments
and Fein also, have diverted the tide of
emigration in that direction. Sweden,
Norway, Denmark, and even Italy and
Spam, attracted by the terms offered,
have sent thousands to populate and re
claim tbe untrodden forests of that
glorious land of promise.
It is stated, that cave near the tanks of
the Amazon and other great rivers, that
whole region is remarkably healthy and
ealubnous. The great drawback hitherto
has been the turbulence and revolution
ary tendencies of the people.
Administrations and military rnlera
culminate and fall, almost as often and
regnlarly as the reenrrenoe of tho see-
sons. But the indications are, that sad
experience and the rapid growth of civili
zation, owing to improved facilities for
communicating with the outer world, are
teaching the inhabitants salatary leesona
which they aro gradually beginaiagto
appreciate. This very new element in
their midst too, bringing with it the
steady habits and patient industry of the
old world, will do much to solidify so
ciety and show that peaoe and the pro
tection of private rights and property
oonstitnte the only true path to pros
perity.
In the Argentine BepnLlic, emigrants
upon arriving are landed at tho public
expense, boarded and lodged for five
days, assisted to procure employment,
and then sent to any part of the conntry
they may select for homes, at tho charges
of the government. Regular public
agents who speak the various languages
are appointed to look after all these im
portant details, and the emigrant, as in
New York, is not exposed to the depre
dations of a multitude of land sharks who
pounce npon as soon aa he emerges from
his temporary asylum at Castle Garden.
Pei feet strangers, with no friends await
ing their arrival, are thus provided for
and watched over by government officials
until they are able to take care of them-
aelves.
The land is exceedingly fertile, and may
bs bought in abundance at two shillings
and six pence per acre, payable in ten
years without interest, end each family
ia permitted to purchase from 65 to 1,000
acres. Each one of tho thirteen provin
ces of the Argentine Republic has also
provided by law for tbe donation or sale
at very low figures of what is termed a
“chara” or small farm near the towns,
which can be ntilized for market gar-
dena and tend greatly to build np these
inchoate cities.
Wages, of coarse, fluctuate. Bat dar
ing the long harvest season which, it is
said, continues for four months, laborers
are paid from $30 to $40 per month in
specie.
All of these inducements have been
imitated likewise by the governments of
Brazil, Peru and Chili, and a large Ger
man emigration, we see it stated, is ex
pected the ensuing summer.
I’ »■ ■ 4 by the aid of foreign emigrants
mai. , that; State by State of this Union
has been conquered from tbe Western
wilderness.
Bat so great now is our resident popu
lation which in portions of the East is
already becoming inconveniently crowd'
cd, that we have abundant material at
home for further aggressions upon the
unoccupied territory of the country, and
can afford to spare some of the sturdy
emigrants wno are wont to cross the
ocean to find homes in the United States,
and let them go to reclaim and bless the
wilds of Sonth America.
Wiiale OU Versus Kerosene.
The discovery of oil springs both in
America and Earopo, whose enormous
product seems to be without limit, and
the numerous useful purposes to which
this fluid which wells up spontaneously
from the bowels of mother earth may be
applied, have almost destroyed tbe
whale fisheries, once such an important
element in the commerce of the conntry.
For aome reason, too, the catch of
whales is much less than formerly. These
monsters of the deep aro either diminish
ing in numbers or becoming more shy
and wary.
Tho New Bedford Whaleman's Shipping
List states that the results of tho year’s
business are by no means satisfactory.
Of tbe vessels arriving daring the year,
a majority bad taken too small a quantity
of oil to reimburse their cost even at
higher prices, and those which brought
goed voyagers netted but little profit to
their owners. Tho number cf disasters
to the fleet has not been large. Tho whal
ing fleet at present numbers 186 vessels,
against 187 a year ago and 172 in 1877.
The increase during the past four yeats
has resulted in losses to those engaged
in the business, and the average catch
on the different grounds has been sensi
bly diminished; while, to add to the ex
isting depression, there seemed tAbe-al
most a rivalry as to whom shall of ten eat
ship home their Oil, and.|hus aeeist in
reducing prices, already te'o low. The
new vessels added recently have improved
the general character and average quality
of whale ships. The results of sperm
whaling have not been encouraging. In
right whaling, although the amount of
oil and -bone taken was not large, the
showing is better. The Arctic fleet lost
bnt one vessel, and averaged 856 barre
of oil and 7,322 pounds of whalebone.
There harf been no great change in the
consumption of oil, tbe usual quantities
having been used both in this country
and in Europe.
At ono time whaling was a leading
avocation on all the maratime coast of
New England. New London, New Bed
ford, and numerous other~l6'ton§7 Befit
out large fiesta annually and the people
there’talked “oil” universally as outs talk
“cotton/* - But tire writer welf retrranr
bers, when visiting New London, some
five years ago, how charged was tbe
pect of affaire.- sea captains spun
long yarns of their avfchlirfgbtniaeslnthe
palmy days of the past, and Bighed_over
the decadence and almost utter ruin of
tbe business. All along the shores of tho
harbor^ too, the bleaching hulks of con
demned whaling ships could bs seen im
bedded in the sands,:.some of them fa
mous for their numerous voyages which
bod greatly enriched the owners,' but
now,alas, wero abandoned and dismantled.
Verily this discovery of coal oil has
wrought a revolution fn the coat of light
not excelled probably by any improve
ment of this fruitful age.
riioiGrowtli of Indian Civilisa
tion.
The tenth annual report of the Board
of Indian Commissioners has been pub
lished, and gives a very encouraging ac
count of the condition of those Indians
who sojourn npon the reserves located in
the United StateB. It has been generally
deemed almost impossible to wean from
their wild ways and Christianize the
rude savages of the forest. But this re
port shows that the Indian tan be trans
formed by liberal government and the aid
of the gospel into .peaceable, law-abiding
citizens.
Upon thes6 “reserves” there are 250,-
864 Indians, of whom 127,458 wear ordi
nary citizen’s clothes. The “report”
etateB also, that in 1868 there were only
8,646 houses inhabited by Indians, where
as, after the lapse of ten years, we find in
1878 that no Lbs than 33.000 dwellings
afford permanent shelter to this usually
nomadic race.
But the improvement in education is
still more extraordinary. At the first-
named period there were bnt 143 schools
in operation, and now they number 866,
with a proportional incrcaso of pupils.
Nor is this all. The Indians are fast
becoming thriving agriculturists and
rapidly learning the arts of husbandry
The statistics of the past ten years estab
lish this fact beyond peradventure.
In 1868 they cultivated 179,071 acres
of land. The present year the area re
deemed from the wilderness and converted
into smiling farms and orchards amounts
to 373.018 acres. Hitherto, also, the
only live stock an Indian would own
was the hardy pony, which bore
him swiftly over the prairies on
bis marauding excursions, but now we
find him a settled farmer, surrounded by
all of the domestio animal] of civilisa
tion. Thus, in the ten years during
which a record has been kept, the number
of cattle owned by the Indians fca3 in
creased from 47.704 head to 291,378 head,
the number of swine from 31,284 in 1868
to 200,952 in 1878, while tbe increase in
the number of sheep is still more won
derful. These useful animals all told,
counted but 7,953 head in 1868, but now
the aggregate has risen to 594.574.
Now, after this, who will say that the
red man is not susoeptible of civilization
and morel onlture ? Ths writer remem
bers to have heard a venorable Ohootaw
Missionary speak before the Presbyteri
an General Assembly in Baltimore Borne
years since, and the above facts but cor
roborate bis many statements. Since
then, ths old mau has been gathered to
his fathers, but the fruits of his patient
labors survive him, and aro ever widening
and increasing like tho circles in a lake
when set in motion by a falling project
ile. We are sorry to notioe a movement
in Congress to throw open to general set
tlement the reserved territory of the
Chiokasaw nation. This means nothing
less than the demoralization and fiaal ex
tinction of these helpless mortals, who
have been hunted down and penned up
within narrow confines, after surrender
ing millions of their broad sores,and yet it
would seem are to be crowded still farther
and made to fall victims to tbe cupidity
and euperior intelligence of tbe whites.
This wonld, indeed, be a shame and dis
graoe to an enlightened people. Bnt it
is bat the repetition of the old story that
“might makes right.”
Old Ironsides All Eight.—Recently
that historical and world-renowned war
ship, the frigate Constitntion, was re
ported to have gone ashore on the ragged
coast of England and in imminent dan
ger of total loss. But it would seem that
the etaunch old craft, which has been so
often baptized with fire and blood in bat
tie, was not destined to a fate so igno
minious.
The last advices state that by the aid
of small steam tugs she has floated ogam,
and been brought to anchor safely in tbe
jiarbor of Portsmouth, The good old
snip had been sent by tbe government to
bring baok to America the returned goods
of the Paris Exposition. Tuub her mis
sion was national, and bad she laid her
ribs on tbe rock-bound shore of Albion,
her end wonld not have been inglorious.
Bnt that grand old vessel, which has
been rebuilt and refitted so often, we oan
bnt regard with almost superstitions ven
eration sb the proudest existing relio of
the pristine naval glory of the United
States. Never should her timbers be al
lowed to decay or her canvass or spars
grow old. And never should her qaarter-
deck be trod by any other than one of
tne nation’s most obivairons naval oap>
tains, backed by a picked orew, and tbe
best armament onr arsenals oan afford.
Long live the glorlonB old frigate ConBti-
tion I
A Livzlt Battle with Black Fish.—
At Port Hastings, Capo Breton, on the
14:h, suddenly a great shoal of Black
Fish (bottle-nosed whales) appeared in
the harbor and were driven on shore.
About 300 persons assembled ou tho
banks of the shore. Men, women, and
euiidren, armed with axes, pitchforks,
boat hooks, scythes, and catving knives,
ran to their necks in tho water and be
gan the butchery. The harbor soon be
came purple with blood, as the large fieh
squirmed and spurted blood and water
from thirty to forty feet in the air. Tho
dying groans and snorting of the fish,
mingled with the shouts and wild excite
ment of the attacking populace, made
the scene truly Afghanistan. About 100
fish were taken, averaging in size from
ten to twenty-five feet long, and worth in
all about $1,000.
The debt of Philadelphia, according to
the recent report of the Comptroller of
that city, amounts to $71,815,101.35—
that is abont $85 per head for every
maD, woman and child cf the city. The
“Rings” have had fall play in Philadel
phia.
Postmaster Glover^
If will be seen by the early telegrams
that ths re-nomination of Postmaster
Henry S. Glover, of Maoon, was sent in
to the Senate yesterday morning/ That
Is all right enongb, so far as we know.
If anybody has objections to urge againat
Mr. Glover as a citizen or an officer, he
has failed tostatethem to ns. Wo hare
heard no complaints against Mr. GfovSr,
and belletfe bia administration has been
generally «0<S*p«W3 to the people.
M
'.utsrjr'tTn
unopsly. President, of. the Beard of Jrade
Halifax, N. S., January 24.—A cable
gram-received at PictODyfrom St. Thomas,
gives intelligence that the bark Anna A.
Rich, of Picton, had pnt in there in dis
tress. While on the passage from Bal
timore to Earope, the vessel was dam
aged and Captain Rich swept overboard
daring a hurricane on the 4tb.
London, January 24.—'Thomas M. Co
mas & Co., merchants of London, have
failed. Liabilities, .880,000. [This fail
ure was announced several davs ago as
MeOmas & Co. J
Paris, January 24.— Snow is still fall
ing here.
M. Paul Morin, a life member of the
French Senate, is dead. He was a Re
publican.
It is said that President MacMahon
told M. Grevy, President of the Cham
bers of Deputies, that he would resign
should the Chamber of Deputies im
peach the DeBroglie Cabinet.
London, January 24.—The Doily Ttle-
graph'» Paris dispatch says it is rnmored
that Monslgnor Bonoettl, * the apoatolio
Internnnoio, who lately rendered good
services at Eio de. Janeila; is in aocord
with the conciliatory views prevailing at
the Yatioan, and will shortly replace
MoqBignot Meglia, tho apostoiioNnnoio
here. It ia also hinted that the Pope in
tends changing the representatives of the
Yatioan at Yienna, Lisbon and Madrid.
Washington, January 24.—In the Sen
ate, tbe Vloe President submitted tbe
memorial of Elizabeth Cady Btantan, Bu
san B. Anthony and others of the National
Women’s Suffrage Association, praying
for the passage of a joint resolution pro
posing an amendment to the Constitution
to prohibit th9 several States from dis
franchising persons on aooonnt of sex.
The memorial was referred to the Com
mittee on Privileges and Elections.
Washington, January 24.—The bill
introduced by Senator Grover io restrict
the immigration of the Chinese to tho
United States was referred to the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations.
Mr. Sanlsbnry called up a resolution
submitted by him calling upon tho Sec
retary of the Treasury for information in
regard to the commission paid bankers
and others for negotiating the sale of
United States bonds; whether interest
has been paid on called bonds at the same
time that interest was aootmng on
bonds sold to redeem the same; how
much double interest was so paid; wheth
er the proceeds of tbe bonds sold had
been allowed to remain on deposit with
the National Banks acting as govern
ment depositories, etc.
Mr. Morrill, of Yermont, submitted an
amendment providing that the informa
tion heretofore communicated to either
House of Congrsss shall not be repeated,
but references to the documents where
the same is to be found shall.be made,
and the nameB of subscribers to the pop
ular loan since Jane, 1877, to whom no
commissions have been-paid may bo
omitted. The amendment was accepted
by Mr. Saulebury, and the resolution, as
amended, agreed to.
Congress will be asked to make aa ap
propriation tolctt Professor Gam age’s
proposition to provide for refrigerating
and ventilating a chip to be propelled by
steam and fitted np with powerful refrig
erating and ventilating apparatus to be
stationed at Now Orleans, and moved
thence from point to point as required
and t.-dt tbe effects of low temperature in
extinguishing the germs ot fever on
board of infected ships and other lcoali
ties.
The Senate commitieo on oommerco
to-day decided to report adversely npon
tbe New York Custom House nomina
tions. They will be reported back to
tbe Senate this afternoon.
In the House.—A proposition to have
the auger bill made a special order for
Wednesday next, was objected to by
Banks, of Mississippi.
The President sent the following nomi
nations to the Senate this morning:
Postmasters—John Clinton. Browns
viile. Term ; Finis H. Little, Aberdeen,
Miss.; He my S. Glover, Macon, G&.; D.
W. Davis, Darien, Ga. Adam Wolf,
Sarveyor of Customs, Nashville, Tonn.
Alixandria, Va., January 24.—The
Arlington caso was resumed. Taking
testimony in reference to the posssssion
of a certificate of sale by the Tax Com
miasioners, etc., was continued.
Tiunova, Jan. 24.—Tiie Constitution
for Bolgaria has been ratified by tbe Czar
of RasBia and has arrived here. It will
be translated in the Bulgarian language
and oommunioated to tho foreign oonsuls
and Bulgarian assembly. The time con
sumed in tbe translation will retard the
meeting of the assembly to the 10th of
February, when it will be opened by Kar-
sakoff, the Raastan Governor of Bulgaria.
Versailles, January 24.—The Cham
ber of Deputies has adjourned to Tues
day next. The motion in favor of on am
nesty will be presented next week
St. Petersburg, January 24—The
Golos complains of the delay ia. signing
tbe definitive treaty between Russia and
Tnrkoy, advises the Russian government
not to hnrry abont evaonation, and says
that Russia’s opponents are intriguing
to delay the settlement of the Eastern
Ronmellan questions nntil after the de
parture of the Russian army. It is there
fore advisable, continues that paper, that
the troopsshould remain at Adriauople
until April, so that the Porte may still in
fluence their oonduot by his presence
when tbe result of the eleotion of a
Prinoe of Bulgaria is deolared The Go
los says, in another article : “England is
de facto sovereign in Afghanistan, and
haa every ohanoe for oarrying through
her plans in Asialio Turkey”
London, Jan. 24.—The owners of tbe
ship Ralston, whose Captain Is credited
with the letter to the admiralty, publish
ed yesterday, reporting suspicions acts
of an unknown steamer fifty miles west
of Fastnet, annnunoe their eonviotion
that the affair is either a hoax or a delu
sion.
The striking operatives of the Blaok-
barn cotton mills have resumed work at
the former wages.
Washington, January 24.— In tho
Houso a resolution was adopted instrnot
ing the Ways and Means Committee to
consider the feasibility of enaotmg a law
equalizing the internal revenue tax among
Ihe Btntsa.
Tno census bill was m ido the Bpeoial
order for the second Tuesday i u Febru
ary. <
The Houso went iuto Ceramittee of ihe
Wbole on tbe private calendar.
Almost all the “war claim” bills weie
obj noted to by Mr. Bragg, of Wisoonaia
Mr. Banning presented a substitute for
the army reorganizition bill, whioh was
ordered printed. . >. ; * • 7
Mr. Sayler introduced a bill for the ex
tension of the privileges of Cincinnati as
a port of entry. Referred.
The House is in.session to-night for
business of the Jadioiary Committee,
The Senate was principally engagel n
the post-route bill conference report,
whieb at the last session was not acted
npon. The House conferees then refused
to consider tho bill, aa the clause therein
allowing books to come in free throngh
tho mails, in pursuance of the postal
treaty union, was regarded as a revenue
measure, and as such should have origi
nated in the House. The bill also con
tains the Brazilian mail etoamBhip sub
sidy clause, and provides for reviving the
franking privilege, both of which are
regarded by some as separate measures
^.(ter considerable debate, the question of
parliamentary law and privileges of each
Honse involved m this report were re
ferred to a committee of five.
Hr. Edmunds again renewed hi3 mo
tion to take np his resolution, ratifying
the recent Constitutional amendments.
Several dilatory motions were interposed
and pending tho original motion the Sen
ate adjourned. To-day’s was the length
iest Cabinet session for a year. The
principal aubjeot diseased was tbe ar
rearages of tne pension bill; members of
tbe Cabinet are reserved as to the disposi
tion of the measure, but it is believed the
President will approve it. Indian affa.ta
received attention, bat aa no definite in
formation hasbeen received regarding
Sitting Bull’s movement, no definite
_ _ action wa3 reached. It ia believed that
t ‘ , . " amcs this chieftain has crossed and re-oro.-aed
m Da ?ri the border several times and would re
main altogether on this side, but fears
the consequences.
The Director of the mint, Licdermin,
la dying.
Tho eighty-fourth call for the redemp
tion of five-twenty bonds was issued to
day. The amount called is twenty mil
lions, half coupon, and half registered
bonds.
In tho Potter Committee yesterday the
resolution ot Mr. Reed, providing that
Hr. Tilden be allowed to bq v r«presented
at the meeting of the oommittee by coun
sel was tabled instead of being accepted
as heretofore stated, the Democratic
members voting agam3t the measure.
The Senate Committee on Finance
to-day devoted another session to the
consideration of the House bill amenda
tory of the internal revenne laws and
acted upon an addditional num
ber of details, but again adjourned
without reaching tho clauses which pro
vide for the reducing of the tobacco tax.
The Senate Committee on Territories
heard Col. B. Grafton, the attorney rep
resenting the Chickasaw nation, in an
oral argument against the proposed legis
lation fox opening np the Iudian.temtory
to general eettlepient. All the other at-
gnments bare been printed, and the oom
mittee will at its next meeting decide
npon the character of their report. r %-
The House Committee on Commerce
to-day resolved to postpone the farther
consideration of the bill to give registers
to foreign built ships purchased by Amer
ican citizens, because of lack of lime to
give the blit the attention its importance
requires, in addition to the further fact
that, owing to the pressure of public
business, there will be no opportunity to
take Congressional action npon it.
Before ths Potter oommittee to-day,
witness St. Hortin was pat through a rig
id course of examination by the Chair
man. He admitted there were indiot
ments pending against him in Louisiana,
one for shooting, and two for catting,
but he thought, as he was but twenty-four
years of age, he was getting along very
well, and considered his reoord a very fair
ono. When at New Orleans he told Stcn-
ger witnesses were being bought, and
mentioned as an instance that one Slay-
see wanted a thousand dollars to testify.
After he (St. Martin) oame to Wash
ington, Maddox offered him a thousand
dollars to withdraw his affidavit. Acklen
and Gibson oame in after the offer was
made, and witness, thinking it a fixed
plan to entiap him, refused the money
and left.
At tho olose of the examination, Mr.
Springer announced his objeotion to
piaoing St. Martin’s affidavit ou record,
as it was evidently a mass of falsehoods.
The testimony of St. Martin is incon
sistent and rambling, and he will be fur
ther examined to-moirow.
Toledo, 0„ January 24.—The Dayton
and Michigan'Railway Company’s eleva
tor B, with its contents, 100,000 bushels
of grain, mostly corn, was entirely de
stroyed by fire to-day.
Norfolk, January 24 —The schooner
Jennie Morten, from Pernambuco, with
sugar, arrived in Hampton Reads to-day,
leaking badly. She had lost sails and
spars.
Richmond, Va., January 24.—The
East Hanover Presbytery to-day, by a
vote of 15 to G, removed the sentence of
suspension from Dr. E. T. Baird,l ate
Secretary of the Presbyterian Board of
Publication, who was suspended last year
for alleged irregularities in connection
with the funds of the concern, and restor.
ed him to the office ot gospel ministry.
New York, January 24,—During a
quarrel between Mary Hooper and Au
gustus Phillips, who were living together,
Phillips was shot in the left side by the
woman Hooper, causing a dangerous
wound. About four hours later Phillips
attacked the woman, beat and kicked
her so severely as to endanger her life.
Phillips is the actor, manager and writer
professsionally known a3 ’Oofty Gooft.”
Toronto, Jan. 24 —A dispatch from Lon
don says yesterday the honorary degree
of LL. D. was conferred npon Earl I) af
ferent by Trinity College, Dublin.
Alexandria, January 24.—The Ar
lington case will probably close to-mor
row. The court adjourned to-day in or.
dei to give the counsel of both sides
time to draw up instructions to the jury.
Charleston, January 24.—A fire was
discovered in tbe hold of the British
steamship Nio abont 9 o’clock. She has
over three thousand bales of cotton on
board. The steam fire engines are fill
ing her hold with water and the cargo
will be greatly damaged. The extent of
the injury from tho fire is unknown. The
cargo is insured in foreign offices.
Shreveport, January 24.—In making
np a tram here to-day, two cars jumped
the track, instantly killing Henry Whea
ton, son of the dark of the Caddo parish
court.
New Orleans, January 24.—A Galves
ton News special from Austin says: In a
street fight with pistols sheriff J. T.
Wilson, of Palo Pinto county, was instant
ly killed and Ellison, a bystander, dan
gerously and another slightly wounded.
Liverpool, January 24.—This weeks’
circular of the Liverpool Cotton Brokers’
Aesociation says: There was considerable
business in cotton in the early part of the
week and prices advanced, bnt since
Tuesday tbe market has been quiet and
quotations generally the same as last
week. American advanced early in the
week l-16iji, bnt the tone is cow quieter.
Quotations generally are unchanged. In
sea islands there was a good demand dar
ing the past fortnight, and pricea were
id higher. Fntures were strong and 1-1G
higher on Friday, with considerable bnsi-
ness, and advanced l-16U>82d on Satur
day, when the improvement was main
tained. Since then it has been weak and
the whole advance gradually lost. The
market closed steady at last Thursday’s
prices.
Washington, Jan. 24.—Gen. Sherman
will start South on hia tear of inspection
to-morrow.
General Van Yieit will join General
Sherman at Atlanta, though be will not
be with him in an offieial capaoity.
The joint commission of the Indian
transfer will meet to.morrow for the pur
pose of voting on tbe main question.
If Mr. Oglesby, who has not attended
any of the meetings cf the commission
refrains Horn voting, as is anticipated by
several members thereof, thero will bo a
majority of one iu.favor of the transfer.
Should Oglesby vote, it will be n tio.
Iu the evening session of the House,
Mr. Lyndo, of Wiroonain, from the Ju
diciary Committee, reported baok Senate
bill to amond tbe revised statutes by pro
viding a penalty for embezzlement on tbe
part of offioera in the internal revenne
service, which passed. . Also a bill relat
ing to the division of the State of Ala
bama into jndioial districts. Amendments
were suggested and the bill recommitted.
Also Senate bill to exiead the jurisdiction
of the Diatriot and Circnit Courts of the
Bonthern dlstrietof Florida, whioh waa
pasted. Also a bill to divide the South
ern judicial diatriot of Georgia into two
districts.
On motion of Mr. Bell, of Georgia,
who said that ths bill named a county
whioh Jiad no existence at all, the bill
was recommitted.
Also a bill to establish a Diatriot Cironit
Conrt at.Chattanooga, Tonn^sseo, whioh
W»s passed.
election in Sumter, Williamsburg and
Richland counties.
Butler Speais, a colored Republican,
testified that he was pursued and fired
at by the Democrats, and W. H. Single
ton testified to finding a package of tis
sue tickets in the ballot box at the Swim
ming Fen precinct.
C. H. Moise and Marion Moiae, of
Sumter county, were called by the Demo
crats and testified to general good feeling
towards the colored people in the connty
and non-interference with the Republi
can meetings ou October 12th. Several
colored witnesses testified to Democratic
interference ond to alleged fraudulent
voting.
New York, Jaa. 25.—A third public
meeting and address in aid of (he Hamp
ton, Virginia Institnte and Indian Sofcool
building wiil be held to-morrow night.
General S. C. Armstrong and Captain
Pratt on behalf of the Institute have been
favorably reoeived by the merchants and
business men heie.
PoTTiViLLE, Pa., Jan. 25.—The La-
cut-t Gap Mines between Mt. Carmel and
Shamokin, were discovered on fire last
night at a depth of three hundred feet.
The fire ia gaining this morning, and is
diffioult to get a’. Dense volumes of
smoke are ooming np the slope. There
are no miners below, as they came ont
daring the night If filled with water
it will require six months to pump it out.
Warwick, N. Y., January 25.—A fire
Btarted at midnight in Eiger’s block and
has extended to other buildings. Ic is
now beyond control. Assistance has been
sent for to Newburgh.
Later.—Eager’s block and eir other
buildings have been destroyed. The loss
is about $50,000; inaurauce, $40,000
The fire is under control without outside
assistance.
Chicago, January 25 — One section of
Armour & Co.’s warehouse at the Union
Stock Yards was horned early this morn
ing. No provisions were destroyed. The
loss will piobably not exceed ten thou
sand dollars.
Washington, January 25.—The Presi
dent has signed the pension bill.
The Joint Committee on tbe advisabil
ity of transferring the management ot the
Indian service to the War Department
met this morning. All the members were
present. The voto resulted as follows.:
tonr in favor and four sgainet tbe trans
fer.
S’. Maitin was farther examined by
the Potter Committee this morning. In
reply to Cox, with reference to indiot-
ments pending against him, he said he
was not arrested for his offences, and
added that if there was any doubt as to
bis good charaotar. any gentleman pres
ent might learn in an hour the exact
opinion of eminent gentlemon in Louis
iana in regard.to his ecoial standing. He
mentioned Governor Nioholls, the Dis
trict Judge, Attorney General and Sheriff
as parsons to whom the committee might
telegraph for information.
He said with regard to the first indict-
meat against him that no aotion was ta
ken, and on the second he gave himself
up to the sheriff and was released on bend,
but tbe grand jury found nothing against
him.
The letter mentioned in hi9 testimony
yesterday as t^vipg bsen recsived by
Weber from Mrs. Jenks, was with refer
ence to the Sherman letter.
Cex then asked the witness various
questions m reference to statements made
in his affidavit, among which were an
swers to the effect that Weber had told
him there was no such document in exist
ence as the “Shermau letter.” Weber
also said in conversation with witness,
that if bo fonnd he could make nothing
by testifying to the non-existenoo of the
Sherman letter, ho wonld go over to tbe
other eide and swear he witnessed its
destruction.
Weber endeavored to persuade witness
to testify to tbe destruction of the docu
ment, but ho wonld not do so. He wish
ed it distinctly understood by all concern
ed that he had no fear of telling the
truth.
Witness testified that Weber told him
he received a thousand dollars from Car
ter and Maddox while in Washington;
could have found witness and returned as
“not found,” had he tried to do so. St.
Martin said every witness who appeared
on the stand in Louisiana was watched
closely by himself and Weber, and agree
ments made with them before the issue of
their subpraaas wera in thiswise carried
ont. Every man who testified had been
previously posted as to theg[ound upon
which he was to base his testimony.
The Honse is in Committee of the
Whole on the post-office appropriation
bill.
Cincinnati, January 25.—Tho housa of
Williams aud Lawson, wholesale liquor
dealers, was closed by the sheriff last
night under an attachment against the
stock by a number of the creditors. The
assets are from thirty to forty thousand
dollars, and the liabilities about tho same.
Chattanooga, January 25.—J. B. Uhl-
folder, dry goods and notion dealer, has
assigned. Liabilities $10,000, and assets
$5,000.
Meridian, Miss, January 25.—There
was a fatal BhootiDg affray yesterday in
Wayne county, Miss., growing out of a
misunderstanding between three negroes,
Biley, Thomas, and Dennis Alexander,
and three wbito men, Presley, Thomas
and Walker GambliB, brothers, about; tbe,
possession of aome land. Both parties
were armed. Yesterday, near Red Bluff, j
tured five distilleries and mado several
arrests. The West Virginia party cap
tured two distilleries. In MoDawell oonn-
ty the party was fired on and two narrow
ly escaped.
Mr. Potter exhibited a series of tele-
grama purporting io have paaicd between
St. Martin in New Orleans and Gibson in
Washington. St. Martin identified alias
having been signed by him, but denied
having written them. The telegrams re
quested Gibson to settle Weber’s sohool
board oasa withont delay. Upon Gibson
refusing and telegraphing St. Martin
that ho was only westing money in tele
graphing, that he (Gibson) wanted no
statement from Weber, and that no
blackmailers could infiuenos bis actions
the final telegram was sent by St. Martin,
aecusing Gibson of beiog a liar, a thief
and scoundrel, and stating that Gibson’s
friends, Maddox and Carter, wero na bad
as he, and that he (St. MariiD) proposed
putting them in the penitentiery where
they belonged. Ia reply to Mr. Reed,
witness said that Maddox, on arriving at
New OrleanB from Washington, told him
he knew that St. Martin did not send the
telegrams referred to, but that they were
sent by Weber,
In the House the bill reported last
night from the Committee on the Judi
ciary for the better organization of the
United States District Court in Louisi.
ana, dividing the State into two judicial
districts, was passed.
Mr. Blount, of Georgia, moved to go
into Committtee cf the Whole on tho
post-office appropriation bill.
Mr. Mills, of Texas, inquired it the
regular order was not the morning hour.
The Speaker replied that it wa3 not,
bnt that the gentleman could reach hia
object by voting down the motion to go
into ths committee, but this the House
refused to do by a vote of 99 to 63, and
accordingly at 12:50 went into the com
mittee. with Hr. Gox, of New York, m
the chair, on the post-office appropriation
bill.
After adopting several amendments, at
4:40 the committee arose and the Honse
adjourned.
There will be two reports from the In
dian Transfer Committee submitted to
Congress; ono will advocate a complete
transfer and the other will oppose any
change in tbe present syBtem of Indian
management, except possibly by tbe en
actment of a law whioh shall grant the
President discretionary power toplaoe
wild and hostile Indians under the ooutrol
of the War Department.
The Finanoe Committee took so action
in the tobaooo question to-iay on acoount
of no quorum being present.
London, January 25.—Bpeoial dis
patches from Natel and Henlzbuig dated
Jannary S3, states that Citywayo, the
Zalu King, had assembled eight thousand
warriors on the borders and refused all
the British demands. General Chelm-
ford, to whom the management of Zulu
affairs had been oommitted, left on the
3i for the front. Britich reinforcements
bad arrived. Preparations for war were
oomplete, and th« troops abent to ad
vance. Citywayo had been given until
the 11th of Jannary to make full and un
conditional submission.
Savannah, January 25.—The spring
meeting of tbe Savannah Jockey Club
dosed to-day. The attendance was largo
and the racing unusually fine.
The first race was for the Lam ar stakes,
three year olds, mile heatB. Mary Wal
ton, Ben Bill and Alpha entered: Ben
was the favorite, but was beaten easily by
Mary Walton. Alpha was second. Time,
1:47|. Thu second heat was exciting and
nearly a dead heat between Mary and
Ben, deciding in favor of Ben on account
cf foul riding on the part of the jockey
of Mary. Time, 1:50|.
The second race was a mile dash. Es-
silah, Governor Hampton, Jim Bell, Ga
briel, Virgilian. This was a very fine.race,
Easilah coming in first, Jim Bell 2d, Ga
briel 3d, Governor Hampton 4th, Virgil
ian last—time, 1:41.
Third race, a selling zaoe of a aa le and
a quarter dasb. Starters, Hattie F.,
Egypt, Rappahannock, Omega, Lerdi.
This was also a fine race. No time was
taken, however, as the timers did not see
the flag when it fell. Egypt won tho
race, Rappahannock 2d, Hattie F. 3d,
Omega 4th, Lerdi 5tb. Egypt was sold
for $500, her owner becoming the pur
chaser,
Washington, Jau. 25.—If half the
stories afloat are true, the last days of
the Potter oommittee promise to be bu
sy ones, and developments are said to bo
in store which will rehabilitate the oom
mittee with something of its old time im
portance. In its issue to-day,it ia repor
ted one of the New Orleans papers char
ges pretty directly that the Packard gov
ernment was induced to disband aud go
over to the Nicholls Legislature by the
Louisiana lottery Company, and that the
cause of this ohange was dae to money
disbursed, by this company. Acting on
this declaration, it is asserted that prom
inent Republicans in Louisiana have call
ed on ono of tho members of the Potter
oommittee to bring before that commit
tee a number of persons who from ono
cause and another, aro supposed to
be full of information affecting the
real modus optrandi by which the
legislative embroglio was settled. It
is further stated that the member re
ferred to is disposed to - adopt tho
suggestions, and tjiat he will improve an
early opportnnity to bring the question
before the oommittee for its discussion.
the Gamblin brothers ware ambuscaded I Amuug the names furnished by these pu-
by the negroes, who fired upon them and 1 tative correspondents are those of Lien-
wounded Pres Gamblin and fatally in- ' tenant Governor Wiltz. Senator Stephens,
jnred Thomas Gamblin, who has 6ince
died. The Gamblins returned the fire,
killing Riley and Tom Alexander on' the
spot. Dennis escaped.
Alexandria, Va., Jannary 25,—Tho
Arlington case was continued to-day.
Boston, January 25.—The steamer
United States sailed from this part for
Havana this afternoon, with a full cargo
and the United States mail. This is tho
the experimental trip, and if successful a
permanent line will be established.
Belyidebb, January 25.—Chief Jus
tice Beasely imposed tho following sen
tences on tbe convicted county officials
to-day i Ex-Clerk Mattison, four years in
the State prison; Kx-Director Stiaden,
two years; Ex-County Colleoior Cam
mins, two years; Ex-County Colleator
Teel, two years; Ex-Freeholder Bulgin,
18 months; Freeholder Cox, 18 months;
Freeholder King, one year; Ex-Attorney
Givens, 18 months; Councilman McDer
mott, one year; atl at hard laboi; Con
tractor Sliker, six months in ths county
jail and $500 fine.
Detroit, Mich., January 25.—Advices
from Lansing state that it is rnmored
and believed by prominent members of
the Legislature that Senator Christiancy
will resign his seat in the United States
Senate and accept the mission to Pern.
In such a contingency, there is hardly
any donbt of the election of ex-Senator
Chandldr to fill the vacancy.
Siohmosd, Va., January 25.—The Sen
ate to day adopted the following:
Resolved, That while we deem the
whole system of tobacco taxation unjust
and oppressive up9n the producers of the
great stable of one section of the coun
try, we heartily nadorss tho efforts of our
Senatcrif fchd Representatives is Congress
to procure a reduction to 1C cents per
pound, and that in view of the fact that
business bas been sorely depressed by the
long delay of Congress to reach generat
action on tbe question, we invoke them
to insist npon a speedy disposition of it,
and to employ every legitimate means to
consummate the partial relief desired.
The returns from the election in the
First Congressional district, held Thurs
day, to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Hon. B. B. Douglass, indioate
the eleotion of R. L. T. Beale, Conserva
tive, member-elect to the 46th Congress
from that district. The returns show a
very small vote and but insignificant op
position to Mr. Beale.
* Washington,JJau. 25.—Commissioner
Kama reoeived a dispatoh from Oolleotor
Young at Raleigh, North Carolina, that
the revenne offioera returned from Cnath-
am, oaptured Shaffnet’a illicit, oistillery,
thirteen beer Stands, a tcousasd gallon i
of bser, twenty gallons siLgl.ngs, etc ,
destroyed, they still saved from agent
Charleston, January 24,—The Teller AtkinBon, at Lynohbnrg, Virginia. Toe
Committee was engaged to-day hearing I deputy colleotor, Austin, in a raid along
evidenoe as to the conduct of ths late 1 the Virginia and West Virginia tine, oap-
Dancan F. Renner, Ex-Senator Robert
son, John Phelps, J. D. Hill, Senator
Texada, Ex-Speaker Bash, J. A. Morris,
Cbarles T. Howard, Governor Pmohbaok,
Senator Demas, Wayne MoVeigh and
Jndge Harlan.
On the other hand, it is stated with
equal pcsitiveness that the committee
have been in conference reoently and
have informally agreed to close out the
inquiry with St. Martin’s testimony and
that of such persons as may naturally be
wanted to confront his evidence. It is
added moreover that the committee’s re
port on the original question at issue is
already under way and will be completed
without the introduction of any more
perplexing problems, and that the re
maining sittings of the committee will
be devoted exclusively to the investiga
tion of the cipher dispatches.
Tho tnird installment of the Mexican
indemnity will be paid on the 31st in
stant, making $900,000 received on ac
count of awards to American citizens.
In the Potter investigations, General
Butler questioned the witness (St. Mar
tin) as to how the name ot Stenger oame
to appear in the affidavit instead of that
of Maddox, and asked him why he did not
ooireot the lie before the affidavit was
published.
The witness replied that it was not a
lie but a mistake, and General Butler
wonld not dare to say such a thing out-
Bide of the oommittee room.
Telegrams from Gibson were prednoed,
and also one from Aoklen reouramending
the settlement of Webei’a school board
case, and aaggestinp the payment of a
thousand dollars to Weber, and Gibson’s
reply that he bad nothing to do with it,
and that Acklen was being imposed npon.
Mr. Hccoock offered a resolution ask
ing that Anderson be recalled, he having
published the affidavit averring that ho
had suppressed material testimony for a
pecuniary consideration, aeff that Web
er’s testimony was false. He moved this
resolutio'b, because” Anderson’S testimony
was the only evidence npon whioh tho
charges againat Sherman oould bo predi
cated. The resolution was tabled until
Monday. The investigation into tho ci
pher dispatches will commence Tuesday.
Charleston, January 25.—Tho Teller
committee took additional Republican
testimony showing the voting o! tisane
tickets wrapped in the large tickets in
Richland county.
General Johnson Hagood, State Comp
troller General, described the meetings
at Sumter Oetober 17th, and testified that
both races were excited; that the whites
expected to be attacked by tbe negroes;
that the streets were blocked by negroes,
which ceased the alarm bell to bo rung,
out order was restored with but little
trouble. White and colored Democrats
and Republicans testified ae to intimida
tion cn eaeh side.