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II.I BILL ALL'S LLI1LR. ----- L ADMIRES i HE HEROISM OF A BRAVE GIRL. A Visit to tlr Orange Groves— The Return Home. It was r ,,|, |lj<r , , ftJ , tfe . , Was drivintr r nt ii i fi;i”!i r* 45 gru« a, when I was ■>r n.s> d from my rtverie by the stiomtr’e ignal that we were going to stop for something. Looking oat from the op.-n door, p[j. I ua-v the sag... f ora!i v. .. ”*.',7,* 'w/ v ,, inarotu th.t I v.-o’r' ,‘r / She ' nL t 1; . r-mli r nr:d had ju-t p a I W from elif-re and v < i - ;;r ii il> Yi bor strength aguni-t the wind and waves and U drifting min, so as to meet the boat tl t was blowing up in middle of the channel. Up and Uowu over tho heavy UU 0 W 3 she plied her oars. Her back was to u j her head bare, , was h r lmir bung loosely to her shoulders. Hho was clad in a loose shirt waist, with sleeves that -ted closely to L rt s! 1 y arms. anou she glanced b hind to seo that her course v>as right, and shook the water from her tr«; t'B. Grace Dar- Lag could not havo rowed more uwiitJy, nles ahe had neared alongside, where tho mate stood at tho gangway with his long, ho ked pole in hand to catch the prow and hold it fast until the had exchange,t Uncle Sam’s pouch* s. I looked at her wish anxious inter, i-t a? she stepped up lightly on the plank seat, and with a pleasant ■■ mile, tovfi ,1 the mail into the open way. The imtio threw another pouch down to her, and taul. “Why didont you wear a hut and put on some clothe?, Miss Grace! You will catch your death with cold.” “Oh, no,” she eaid, “I like it; it h sjd, ndid fun,” and the shook tho raiudrojis from her hair again. I had a good look at her tout-brown fane a« she recoded from us, and would have thrown bor 11 luVs if I could havo called hack forty or fi ; ty years. “Hho is a good, bravo girl,” said the captain, “and is not afraid to earn h< r §25 a month and help the family. Bain or shine, she never fails to meet the daily boat just at the right time and in the right place.” I bad been down to Manatee and Braidentown l» no what tho great ireeao <>f Inst#int r had done to the cringes. I found tint most of the crop had been gathered and marketed, but the boats still take on ft few more boxes every day. The crop was not a full one, but brought ab, ut five times vis much per box im it did the year be- thru. The fruit was never liner iu size or more luxurious, in flavor. One orange was given me that measured 18 inches in circumference, and it was not puffy^or overly thick in the rind. The growers realized about §2 75 per box, and those that have been held back are now bringing §3. As a rule the best groves belong to residents. Non-resi¬ dents got discouraged last year at 50 cents a box and qu t fertilizing and quit paying a limn to look after their property. Consequently, you will see many groves that have been practi¬ cally abandoned, hut right alongside you will see a grove in perfect and vigorous condition. “An orange grove,” said Uh riff Wu'.son, “requms as much nursin '- as u baby, but it will Yew aid you if you cure for it.” The ••lev r slier ill took me out to see the Eoyal Pm ini nurseries that r.re conduct¬ ed by Mr. Iuasoner and son. The young man wa kind and courteous and T wondered at his enthusiasm as he explained everything and discoursed of the beautiful tropical plant?, and talked botany and floriculture, much of which was all Gr ek to me. He gave me clippings of coffee and tea and rubber and camphor and cinnamon and other * xotics and showed me orders from the north and west and from across the water. If I was a young man l would pursue this business for one reason if for no other. 1 have observed that all florists are enthusiasts about imib on sat] oq Voigo * o .ioru gjojjntiq 3jj "souip fl JO J floi^uniput joa etui} ieqiioa seq on jAJjnuoo prqdopa siq joao o8po{A\u so-u.jjtp oq A’{3Ai«aoixo Aioq pat? oinjin soipnis oq Ajosuoiut uojj; vino jo ptnjjqinoB Piqj j^>ao sioiqSntqi pu« 80 AIM oqj A'jpq.o-dsa G{d • c.hI oqj noAiS OAvq etoA^og pne Bjinaj siq pjnvuajd qontu .u.oq qniqj jsnj^ •si o*q uvtu ison.n;a Grqou v jvqii —subtly jo sntmnjo.iog ^ 00 ^ •A’ddyqeuiipuw j; oao[ a'oii j, 'SatHBO jiatr rels with mankind, but is happy in comraunifig with nature and nature’s God. I would rath r know what he kuows than to bo learned in auy other profession. ^Besides all this, horticul¬ ture is a profit abb busiue-g and brings its sure rewards These Reasoners be¬ gan on a ^caall scale and from year to year have enlarged their plant and now are financially independent. I looked into the depot nt Brad mown and snw boxes of their tr^es and paints waitii g for the boat, and some of th m were marked to Nebraska and Mich gan. Thei^palms and hrus and acacias go to Boston and New Y ak, where they are wanted for funerals ft: d fetes and weddings. They can get §50 ft r tbe leaves of n -ingle plant. In company with Judge Cornwell I visited Manatee, which is only tnree miles from Brcuentown, and is the oldest town on tho river. The c nutry between the two is thickly settled and iB ornamented wish orange groves and date palms and other tropical trees. At tho beanuful home of Mr. Ad»m-, ol Boston, I saw more beautiful birds than I have ever seen in «li my H e. The veranda was full of cages—large cages, s x feet square and six feet high, and in them li 1 ml pairs of in t \ jiy fancy kind to Le b und in the vwrld, Strange to say, they wer; a m n T JL a ’A t / / a *KJ V. .A happy family from the tiniest linnets : to the paroquet®. In other cages ho h a( i rabbits ami guinea pigs, and there wire doves and quads and pigeons ami pheasants from South America and Honolulu and tho isles of the sea. He has been a great traveler and has brought treasures from every country, I never eaw at any fair ruch beautiful fowls, nor so many of them as th so that grace his grounds. There was only one thing lacking to make his home com* plete, and that was children—little girlB and boys to brighten up the pict* U re ‘ ^ ar awa y ff 131 Manatee is the . castle, the tumbling w ish of a once 8 taN ly mansion that was built of con* crete awa ^ bftck m the 4 ° 3 ‘ Spacious halls and spacious rooms up stairs and down, broad verandas without floors and windows without sasb, wild orange treca and palmctiocs crowding the walls and a wilderness almost iru penetrable around. Surely this mnd be the place where Hood wrote “Tho Haunted House”—“O’er all there hung a ebadow and a fear.” Mr. Braden, for whom the town and a river is named, lived in it like a prince until the Iu- dians drove him from it. For a long time he and his family and his slaves fcU' Ctssfully defended it by firing from every window,butthey carried off every thing he had outside, and ho was forced to abandon h : 8 beautiful and costly homestead. How little do we know of the brave deeds,the buff rings If nu « perils of the pioneers of Florida! tradition is to be believed, there is not a country or a township in all this region, from Pensacola to Charlotte 1 arbor, that is not consecrated by the blood of the early eettlers. It took thirty millions of money and twenty thousand soldiers first and last to sub- due 6,000 Indians, tinder the lead cf O.-ceola and other chiefs. But I mu-t leave fair Florida for a time and go home to comfort the bet- ter half of the family. It Is hard ou ns old people to have to iuu after the children,but it won’t last much longer —our time is almost out, our journeys will soon be ended, end we will have to trust them to the keeping of a par¬ ent who doeth all ihinge well.—Binii Arp in Atlanta Constitution. TELEGRAPHIC i ICRS. Fire destroyed tne brick annex to the State Normal School at West Lib¬ erty, W. Ya. The loss was $20,000. The bucket brigade saved the rest of the town. Considerable insurance was cumed. The origin of the fire is not known. The local mills of the Illinois Steel company, at Joliet, Ills., resumed opt rations Monday after a shut down of two months The wage question hue been settled with the men and 2,500 given enqdoymeDt, Grace Presbyterian church, on the corner of Ridge and Good fellow ave¬ nues, St. Louis, Mo., was totally de¬ stroyed by fire. Loss §50,000; insur¬ ance §25,000. The fire was caused by a defective flue in the furnace. The xne Republican rtepu uncan State estate Committee uommutte of or New York have decided to hold tho State convention for the election of national delegates on March 24, at the Grand Central palace in New York city. Resolution were passed endors¬ ing the candidacy of Gov. Morton for President. THE NEXT BIG FAIR. The Great Benefit to be Derived by the South From the Chicago aud Southern States Exposition. The greatest interest is taken in Augusta, Ga , in the proposed Chicago and Southern States Exposition. The provisional commit¬ tee there is actively at work promoting the exposition. Ex Senator Patrick Walsh has addressed the following letter to the Govern¬ ors of 14 Southern States and the mayors of 57 Southern cities : “The idea of the proposed Chicago and and Southern States Exposition originated in Augusta. The suggestion lias been tak n up by the leadinu business men of Chicago and cordially endorsed. Invitations have been sent bv the mayor and leading business men of that oity to the Governors of the Southern States and to the mayors of 57 3 mthern eitie? to appoint de’ g ties for a con¬ ference at Chicago on Wedue^aay. the 19ch of February. hold “The first proposition was to an ex¬ position to be co fined to cotton and the product thereof, to show the wonderful pro¬ gress the South has made in tin - last 15 years in the development of this great industry, but the exposition has been broadened to embrace the products of Southern manufac¬ turers. and the products of Southern agricul¬ ture aud horticulture, aud ail the nature, ad¬ vantages of the South, embracing its wetilit of miner 1 and forest resources. “The proposed exposition being exclusive¬ ly for the Southern State.-, it is claimed by its projectors that the opportunity should be enthusiastically embraced to show the people of the West and Northwest the products of tbe South and its wonderful wealth of raw material. “ii.e South missed a great opportunity i t not bent - - properly ‘The represented at the W oral's d Fair in Chicago. Cotton States a In¬ ternational Exposition just cl os* d at At anta displayed as nUver before the wonderful pro¬ gress ,.nd natural bounties cf the Seuth. To make in Chicago this fall an exclusively Southern exposition would be to concentrate upon it the public attention, of the West and No: thwest and to promote, by tho most thorough and practical object lesson, tho speedy development of the South s unrivaled wealth of natural advantages. “The success of the exposition depends up¬ on the Southern pieople themselves. It will cost very little for each State to be represent¬ ed—a mere tride for good exhibits wifi bo the main capital required for the enterprise. Its success means cioser trade relations De¬ tween the South and West and Northwest, and the migration of people from those sec¬ tions to the South, and the investment of eapdtal and tbe certain development of the South. “Now is the accepted time convincing to present in the most attractive and manner tbe varied and wonderful products anil re- sources of the South |to ree peop.e o. ,he West and Northwest, wuo arc anxiously iooking ia this direction s or homes ana m- Vestments. stments. "Your co-operation by the appointment of delegates to the convention at Chicago on the 19lh instant is urgently requested. respectfully, fn 1 V Fours x. 1 rue Pirnics TYsr S3, “Chairman committee publicity kl . and . on l> ^Fo°r ti fSrther information telegraph or matter. TOCCOd, GA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13. 1896. PBOGBBSS OF CUBA’S WiE Report That lVlaC30 WctS Defeated by u , , tn 6 opailtSllj ^ .-— REBELS AlMlHILATE REGJLARti . The Caban General Driven From Paso Keal,His Cavalry CUirjei Partied anil nis Whole Force Routed' by Luqne‘> . column—-Charged la Vain Cje to the Very Points ol the Bayouois. Genera! , tuque cf the Spanish Army ia Cuba, tn an official report, sny 3 he eaeoun* tered several band! of Maceo’s forces at Faso Beal. Pinar del Bio Province. After a hard battl®, in which Genera 1 . Luque was Wounded slightly in the leg, the insurgents were driven off with a lose of sixty-two. The dead were loft on tho Hold; about two hundred were wounded. The Spanish loss is staved as oae Major killed, another Major wounded and one Captain, one Lieutenant ; and thirty privates wounded. General City. tuque’s It left command there Sunday was in Finar • del Rio morning, | fe 7 |j \ ; fm ' W ' ft.*!*-' -• T ' ^ * !ii ! I Ol?—* 253 > \ifm mMy offv~' * ^L 4 | I r£strs&^& ^5 -» JM— / sl+t> % - vv ^ . 6 THE WAR IN CUBA. (Colonel Rego, an insurgent eaiof, .amorur Lis men.) and afte* a severe march of twenty-seven hours encountered near Paso Real, the ban is ot insurgents of Macro, Miro Fayas and So'oro&yor. General Luque attacked with his vanguard, commanded by Colonel Her- nandez, assailing tho rebel iiank, While Gon- eral Luauo personally with his centra and rear charged through tho main street of the town ' of Paso Rea'. The-rebels made a stubborn defence, firing from the houses on General Luque’s right. They ware, however, gradually driven where tow- ard tho extreme east ond of the town, they rallied and sustained a second attack, General Luque’? men firing incessant volleys os they advanced. GenWal Luque reports 'that he then charged the Insurgents with hie cavalry, killing ten of them. At the end of tho main street u thousand rebels, armed witii machetes, attempted to mako a *tf.nd, until but the Spanish cavalry held their position reinforced r by * the " *“ infantry. After Geneift! ^ Luque had taken the town he reports tint he continued thossirmishing in the suburbs. He followed the retreating insurgents a mils and a half, and in a grove of irnpet- palm trees the rebels rallied and made two uous charges, reaching, as hesa 3 *si “To the Very points of our bayonets.” bravely The Spanish infantry, however, held their ground until tho arrival of an ar¬ tillery fore©, which compelled the insur¬ gents to withdraw under fire. T m PIW rM d V mm ifli TfuS 1 ? u 1 */ fpi . ip m f rr- TEE WAU IS CTBEX (One of Maoeo’a pieket men on the lookeut.) through General the Luque, kept though his saddle he was untii shot the the battle. leg, Lopeu Mijaree, command¬ en l of er of the civil guard, and Jose Buis Perea, a Major of the infantry, were killed, as was aiao a Captain. _ SPANISH ANNIHILATED, Lieutenant Borre* nBd a DetaehmetiS At¬ tacked and >aariy Killed. A band of Cuban insurgents attacked a de- tachment of twenty-one Spanish %rotops, who Esperanza. were working in repairing the railway near A Lieutenant, Edusrde Borges. and fifteen men, were killed. Only fire of the troops escaped, and they were wounded. Colonel Tejada, with eight Hundred men. signally defeated the Insurgents under Jose Maeeo. The rebels occupied a strong post- tion at Anocinado, where the Insurgent government was located. After seven hours' fighting the rebels-abandoned theif position, leaving seven dead on the field. They abandoned a quantity of arms and mun - ttons. The Snanish loss was four killed and thirty-one wounded, The Spanish Cabinet has rejected the pro- posal of to levy a waF tas to meet the expenses the campaign in Caba, and has also deeid- ed not to increase the custom* duties in Cuba. • I'latoadoa Lynched in Cuba. A petrol of Civil Guards found In the mountains near the plantation of Australia. Cuba, five P.'sroaios or guerrillas who had evidently been lynched, Campos Dooted in Spain, wd gathered at the Valladolid Rail- aijfr-d Ration, in Spain, and when the train cn which General Camphs, who had j U sf returned from Cuba, was traveling to Madrid Madrid some some of ol tho th© assemblage aRSpmhtac-a hooted hnn , !>S ai a: hj m , A few of the crowd cheered, but it wa- evident - that - popular feeling - was against him for his failure to suppress the insurrection ia Cuba. A number of pefiee were present at tha gta- tion, an . some of the hooters were arrestei. ttluumai©, __ - A FINE POULTRY SHOW. Anmmt Eiliibltinn of the >'«w Vorlt I’oaltry and Figaon As'nctatlort. The opening of the seventh annual show of the Nrw York Poultry and Pigeon Assc- • u\ 7 nS, , AN MiVi'/ifcf ''/‘i';' ■//?>itfJj/Bi'tf V '; 1 ni, & ' ffiffit V_ ■'■*!■{ i * the ideas bcit cocjhix. ------- * “ 7 elation, at Madison Square Garden, New to ^bRlons that the n assoc.udon has ever given. There were 2980 entries,over 5009 birds, from aud everything in tho line of poultn the smallest bantam to tho massive English cochins was shown. There is so 1 muoh money invested in the raising of poul- try, either for trade or pleasure, that the value of the birds in the exhibition runs tip into very high figures, its The association, which includes among members of tho host known gentlemen / *-*' ±S K fEIZB BCGK farmers in ih 9 country, shows a list of names that is a credential to the character of the exhibition and tho standing of tho associa¬ tion. The show was open to the world, and birds from every country were entitled to compete foMhe premiums, which amounted to over S6000, while special prizes in silver cups and in money were also given. Many of the clubs also gave special prize?, among which may be mentioned those of the Exhi¬ bition Game and Game Bantam Club and the American Buff Leghorn Club, but for these prizes the competition was only between member? of tbe clubs. In the pigeon oiasses there were 1090. Homing pigeons were shown to great ad¬ vantage, each bird with a record of hundreds ol miles, and some of the most noted birds in the country were on exhibition. Fancy pigeons display were well displayed, A from London, Canada, of Polish birds in every known variety was a specialty. Th 8 birds in the exhibition included turkey's, game fowls and all kinds of pigeons. There was a fine display of incubators and chickens and duckB were hatched every day during the exhibition. FOR THE GERMAN EMBASSY. First Assistant Secretary of State Uhl Se- iecred by the President. President Cleveland selected First Assist¬ ant Secretary of State Edwin F. Uhl, of Michigan, to be Ambassador of the United States to Germany, to succeed the late Am¬ bassador, Mr. Runyon. Mr. Uhi called at the White House and talked with thopresi. dent in regard to the Berlin Embassy. This was followed by a formal tender of the office and its acceptance. In anticipation of his departure for Germany Mr. Uhi is closing up his work in the department, and will lose no time In sailing after his nomination is con- firmed, Edwin F. Uhl was born 0 ? German parents New York State fifty years ago, went to Michigan with his parents in 1846 aud was brought up on a farm near Ypsilanti. Ho was educated in the Ypsilanti schools and th« State Universitv. and in 186 S entered ut>on the practice of law. Two years later he went to Grand Rapids and by his talent and ability early His took a front place at the countv bar. praotiee soon became large, and his in- come wa 3 estimated at 620,000 to 680,000 a year. Four years ago Mr. Uhl was e.ected Mayor of Grand Rapt:?, Mien,, by the larg- est plurality ever given any candidate for tn at office, and a year later was re-elected. He was elected National deleuate-at-Iarge to tne last Democratic Convention, and in the convention, in behalf of Michigan, presented the came of Judge Alien B. Mcrso f&r the Yiee-Presidecey. He was very active in the Iasi campaign and contributed liberally, not only Democratic with speeches, Hi but wiili appointment money to the As- cause. 3 as sistant Secretary of State was very in Michigan. Murdered by Cattle ltngtler*. Cblonei Albert J. Fountain, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, a prominent lawyer, and Speaker of the New Mexico Territorial House or Representatives, has been murdered, with his nine.year-e.ld boy, by cattle LasCruccs. rustlers on the dcsere between Tularous and Tbe causa was his activity in prosecuting the cattle thieves. A Swi*e Arbitrator. Th© Federal Council of Switzerland has the United States. “ A 8 BIGDLTUBM, Secretary Morton Takes a Favorable View of the Situation, EXPECTS NORMAL CROPS IN 183C. Possibilities of Fawn Proftaetlon Depend the Sotl’a If nniidUy—Deficient Kain l’all for Five Te srs»—Plant:n<r of Trees Prated—Tillers -liould r.ecmne Sciea- tists*»«Farmer Feeds All. *. Washington, I>. ^ C. February K 5.—See- e t retary of Agriculture J. Sterling Morton takes an optimistic view of the outlook for agriculture during the present year. In bis opinion normal crops for 1S36 may be ex- peoted. “Possibilities of farm production during the year 1896,” he said, ’'‘must depend very largely, hi course, upon the amount of hu- midity in the soil of tho great agricultural sections of th 9 Union. “it is, perhaps, not generally known that the rainfall of the United Spates, as a whole, for the past five years, and in some local* SSSSKuSS has been continuous. In others R has been ^ morejears 01 a '" “There Vas’a"wet period ex;ending from 18M to 1886. It was follows l by four years w” 0 !T”flSo!»r»y^WowLmn. rainfall end* “Deficient for the live years ^ortb^imd^mith^Da^t^Vi-ne'oi^'wi^ SSSi, £ 11^1 s5th«a Pmiri Mr d ntw tn t'io w p varii' “Denudation of the forest lands of tho country of is drought. no doubt one of the principal Yor».. causes The Suite o, New lands generally, will be in a state of drought compared to which all former droughts will appear mild and inconsequential. to SsS?» US “«"> l>!»»ttl.eto. Asriclluro m horti- V\v I r tem M\ I N f 0/k % ’ r 8E0UEXASV OF AOHIOUETUIIE MO It TO X. culture in fact, human life itself, is depend- entupon forest lifo and woodlands. Mauv of the most thorough investigators of chma- iology. however, predict that tlmtoree years just past ara exceptional, and that there will now 00 a return to normal precipitation lll “The American farmer, scicnrist. however, He must must be- come more an i more a understand the analysis of the soil La plows* good in the sIq must soils of loa^u the prairie liirii. States, where is the subsoil is composed almost entirely of silt, and he must also understand that plow- ins upon the sides of hills must be so deftly done as to prevent erosion and loss of soil by torreniial rainfalls. “But the farmer of to-day mu-: understand that tu 6 producer must dm m tno lessened cost of production, which improved iranle- ments and machinery have brought about, with the consumer. Wheat sown broadcast, aud harvested with the sickle and cradle thrashed with the Sail brought a dollar a bushel and upward. The laoor cost of that cereal, with those implements, of wes bushelof more than three times the labor cost a wheat raised by the improved plow, the wheat driii, harvested with the reaper and Self-binder and thrashed by steam. “Human muscle does not emer into the production of the modem bushel of wheat as it did lnthat of fitly years ago. “ fhe American farmer, who intelligently tills his fields, cares for his orchard and eon- serves subsidiary sources of income like the poultry yard and the dairy, and keeps out of debt, is the most independent and comfort- nbly homed of any citizen of tbe Republic, The farmer feeds himself and all others, When he ceases to m iko a profit ho will starve his fellow citizens, because he will cease producing to sell to them.” THE ST. PAUL FLOATED. Polled Ont of Her Sandy Cradle on the Jergey *hore Uninjured. The good ship St. Paul, all but lest through her rare ,rlth ,he M, Catototoia was rocked from her cra he of sand and mud on the Long Branch fN. J.) beach and went un tho hay to her pier at New York City under her own steam, saluted on everv hand by vociferous crafts. The nine long davs on the sand—nine days and nights of strain and tug and haul—left no marx 3 upon tho an---stability, splendid steamship—a Examined marvel of deriared“to in oae was dftlon an d be ns fine eon- as when she started on her maiden trio, She presented a magnificent sight josthe- fore she floated, as she roltei impatiently in her bed, lurching, roiiieg and struggling to free herself. At this time she had already begun to work her props Hers, and churned a muddy, foaming tea about rev. In less t can two hours of fcar i work the wreckers drew er to the nortneast almost her entire length. Then suddenly tugged strongly to the east, the big steamer electrt- fled the spectators ashore by swinging grand- ly around at an ancle into deep water, with her bow straight toward the beach and her stem pointing oceanward, Ectnusiastie cheera rose from the crowd of watchers who had Teen waiting in tbe sleet and gale to see her nulled off. Epidemic of Religion. An epidemic of religion struck George B. femth „ Cobege, Sedalia. a ... Ao., dfli a.t htttnjur of th© 100 students professed re sgion. a he shouting and singing of the students put praise an end to elass work, and aa all-day chapei. meeting was held in the colleg© B 2 trothal of Ki ns Alexf'.ouer. It is announced that Eifig Alexander, of Servia, has been botrotiodtq Princess Helene ------ a_ - : ------- BOND ISSUE i SUCCESS. An Avalanche of Bids Overwhelms the United States Treasury, SUBSCRIBED FIVE TIMES OVER. Tlvo Response to tlio New Government Loan Exceeds All Expectations—Pvery State ia the Uuion Repress.its l in Ridding—A Veritable Scramble to Purchase tlia Securities. tfAsHRcrrox, 0. 0 ., February 7.-Bids for f 100.000,000 thirt^year four per cent. United States bonds were opened at the Treasury Department at noon under the conditions prescribed ic. tho circular issued January 6 last by Secretary Carlisle. The principal oonditi.-in is that bonds must bo paid for ia gold. For the convenience of tho Purchasers the boncl3 may be paid for in instalments ns follows: Twenty percent, at the time of the notice of acceotanes and ten per cent, at the end of each fifteen days there after. Tho bids were opened in the rooms of SfaclT^fwua gecratary Cariisla, an apartment about fortv A large table was f end of the ^ the’Wash- 00 kimr the Potomac River and incton Monument, at which table sat Sucre- &a a numb»~ of evr-rv lent « Hundreds of millions of dollars wo-o r ™. resented. Nearly all those present as bid- ahtrtlv^be'ore «*«“. and some !Yom Boston. f.^^-Vlfev were'doneuo 12^o’clo^^it^omamed'th^ d.^ -nd^uon bv each package was marked the date on which Sto5KSi^ScSi7<k!M U>„ nnonV-wsE * „ t.- rf E ^ keJs it,win Comptroller of the Currcucv- Daniel N S«i^^«2%uss «t,tM TrV„ ,«,V A - way leading to the anteroom with a paper in his hand at 12.80 p. m. Instantly there was Bilence. “I bag to announce,” he said, “that there havo already been schedu ed S707 bid?, rap. res^nrinc: 4380.232,500, subscriptions to tho amount o! ut prices rangin': from par to 119 and a frariion. There are a number of other bids, wh'ch the committee as vet has not had time to schedule, which will swell tISSSKS?? 090,000.” Thera was an outburst of applause before severafmen congratulated forced ?heir'wly him toSJciriS?^ and upon the wonderful success of she call for bid.?^ Tho readiug was continued by Mr, Eeklcs with great rapidity and when he finished Lad reading, been tbu prapared. taDaiatld statement, 11 , far nr> it showed tho following of the bids: " SPSniAEY OF XKE SIDS. Total amount of bonds subscribed ToLd'nuin 'separate bids. * Z5S ^ ' ^ 2 %'*$ ber of Over 800 bids at 110 or tetter, ag- Now greguting over................ lOO.or.o.OOO York City bid for over.... 290."GO,009 Country (outsideNew York Citv) bid for over................. 300,000,000 Europe Highest bid bid................ for over........... 53,009.000 Lowe 129 3 t bid.................... par Largest bid, Morgan syndicate. 100,000/900 gmallast bid.................... 60 Total proceeds from sale (e?ti- Int^r^at basis of ioan,’ nearly..’/. Sij’^ten The great feature of the bidding was the offer of J. R. Morgan's syndicate, which, as now compossrlj includes ogIv lit© owiibwok* iug Geramnv, house, unci the Harvey Deutsche Rank, of Berlin, Fisk & S.^., <’ntiiv ^ New York. They oroposed to take the iz- eu « at 110.6877. Only one other bid of any- thing like an equal amount was received, welch was that of the United States Trust Comoany, no.075. Mr. of Morgan, New York, after for $77,000,000 at bids received, flguriug on the said at night tear he ettimat- edthat ho would secure on his bid about sixty per cent, of the $100,090,000. Coming as they did from every State an 1 hi’oitton Territory of in patriotism the Union the bids gave an es- on th« part of tho Am rican people that wilt remain aa <-n- during memory in the history of the Re- public. Never in the history of tho United states Trasury ha 3 any event cornu cted with its financial transactions elicited such g«nnine and h-arrv popular resnons;*. Th ** 1 p- 0 pls ability of the Unii M States have manifested, th u ir and their willingness to main-! tain the credit of their Government without any help from the outside, The bids came from all over tho coun’ry evidently small from persons who had hoarded w their savings in gold and were anxio to tura it into the United States Treasury . exchange for bonds. A large number o these bids were for $3J. Immediately upon tho announcement o the remarkable results oi’the bidding, stocks began to s:o up on the exchanges ail over the country, and toere were o:aer indica¬ tions that the astonishing success of the Gov¬ ernment’s appeal to the people would in¬ augurate an era of commercial and indus¬ trial prosp?rii y. The number of bids and the amount pub- scribed for are believed to be greater than It astounded fiffiTSSS^St'K^SK the Treasury officials and the distingui?hel all the assemblage of financiers from parts of country who were pr^ent to witness the openmg. On the New York Btoeg Exchange the new bonds rose from 114 to 4 that . u 5 f?i, there esra wana ?. 3 . * r -?® boom a m -^ °. Amen ver ®’ can ,r °P stoexs 3 ?bow on * he jnexpeoted L " ue Particularly succ ss of on tho account Government of the high price ; to be received for tne oonds. The fear of money stringency has disappeared, be and opinions are expressed that there will heavy buying of our securities by foreign- ers. 'The London press say that the way ia which the United States loan has been W> scribed will re-establish public confi lence. ALTOGETHER PROMISING. Good News About the Southern State* Exposition. At a meeting of tho provisional organlza- tian of the Chicago and Southern States ex- position in Augusta, Ga.. the following tele- jram tom Acting General Manner F. B. ij L-rard, who has been in Chicago for sev- ral days in consultation with the business rttf-rests of that city, was read': “ritrong committee on organization formed, Italrman W. A-Giles, secretary Malcolm Me- Neilk Pronunent citizens will join in invl- tatjon to delegates from the South. Expect to have all details complete Saturday. Im- portact Ghfoago interests enlisted in support, Convention probably Feb. 19. Chicago will warmiy Ifvliest welcome delegation from the South.” The interest in this matter is taken i a Augusta, and reports received by the NO. 16 . LATEST HEWS IN BRIEF. GLEANINGS FROM MANY TO iSTS. important Happenings, Both Home ttud Foreign, Briefly Told. Southern News Items. The rivers are ove* flowing in Mis- siesippi, Texas and Arkansas. Work has been hegnn on the new Tennessee penitentiary near Nash¬ yiH e . * Ay t n v 'v° . . * St one ^ . thepro- .. . * * u rhetors of t no New Orleans Picayune, pneumonia. -* 11 e ® ort is being .made to remove ^ , ue ca pibU of Mississippi from Jackson \° t * le °^ e ” n 8 greatest in- ^uccmouts. The lower house in the South Caro- Una General Assembly line passed the hill allowing tho State treasurer to l^ud the State siuldug fund as he saw fit. Senator L. B. Morgan, .at Nashville, Tenn., was shot by u man named Laport, but his life was saved by an Atllluta Constitution which was folded 1111 in his P oeket - I, Moclgomerj-, T^«d«4. A!»„ the Mo»t- gomery. ad * Memphtoiua. r° was bold and was bid in at §300,- 000 by Col. H. C. Tompkins for the b ' ,m ' !lold,,rs - «• ontBtondlng Tho South Carolina Legislature has elected W. O. Tatum, of Orangeburg, S * P * H - Harris, of Colleton, and J. II. Brackwell as members of tbe elect boi “ i1 - «iiio„ g hhy;. successor was d, but W illonghby’s was notmentioned for the place, -------.1^-.... Northern News Notes. Lincoln Sob. rrcMont Mill,,of the otate Bank ot Kcpublican City, was arrested for embezzlement. At W hiting, Ind., Hungarians and Poles, embitterred by troubles of five years’ standing, engaged in a riot, " WftH ^ nu Ue mi,.j ,.h, ' U r fhr lur " p k ' bad UftU been Deen kiLtd . and , two injured, . . , The Cat-hier of the Standard Oil Company ot K»»«t City w held np bv a highwayman ou the stroet in day- light and robbed of §545. The bigh- cayman was captured and the money recovered, ISfc- AV ashing! ou. Seotetary Cwlide rejected all the . bids for the maibiH work, etc., ot tho Ala., public building as being excessive. The Internal Revenue Commission- er has declined to make a ruling pro- bibitiDg the enclosing of pictures, etc., in cigaratte packages. , l*v»rr*i*rn * The m Liberals _ ,, , m . the next . session of the British Parliament will, it is said, f nvft ? r arbitration a -JP 4 “ “ of the Anirlo-Unlted & V ted States V enezuelan 1 trouble. 1rr iK . Ecuador through her minister at Washington urges a, congress of rep- l esentutives ot ail tho American repub- lies to bo held in Mexico on August intTi 10 th tn to upmQttiEto peipetuaie tlic tnc--Jnroeuoctiine {lor‘trin& on this continent. Tho London rhrnnicle C “’ ° aiCl6 Icarps from good authority that ft pait.ui „ Hettis- ment between Great Britain and Ven- ezuola has been effected or is on the verge ^,- 0 -^ of of hMnrr being efrec-ed. a»Yo«t. ,1 H Tf adds n Uln tbnt that *“0 settlement _ refers to the iuraan affair. -r, c* *^ W1KS • b w ederal -1 in Council 1 has ue- cided that the President of the Con- federation mav nominate an arbitrator ■ Bt-riucr Sea disnute between Great “k riritam ■' : aid k Amenco, . dispute in Dei accord- ween ance with the agreements between the tovornments K oveiIimfcIir of 01 those inose countries conuu ICb ’ Tbe question of admitting an Ameri¬ can dispatch boat into tho Ruspborus is still pending. The Po»te does not contest tbe right of the United States to have a vessel there but regards the present moment a.s not fitting for its admission. It is remarked th«t since Minister Terrell’s vigorous action iu behalf of the American missionaries the court circulars have mentioned him as the sole guest at court dinners. Miscellaneous. Orange growing in Arizona is de¬ clared to have passed the experimental stage, and will become an important industry in the Territory. This year’s crop ia the Salt River Talley, where most of the experimental groves are situated, is large and of excellent qual¬ ity. The Arizona or ages ripen some¬ what earlier than those in southern California. THE APPROPRIATION RILL. Ti *1 Pension aud Military Academy item bliglitiy Larger Than for the Current Year. Til© Senate ecaraaittoe ou appropriation* has reported the pension and 3IiUtary acade¬ my lulls. The estimates for the pension bill amounted to $141,884,570, and the House passed it with an appropriation of $141,325,- 320. The Senate c mmutee increased it by « 52 > 760 two items of increase being £50,000 - for fees and expenses of examining surgeons and 82,TOO for rent of pension agencies. Aa reported to the Senate, the olU carried tf 141,- 378,580. Forth© current year *141,373,570 was , . TT 'issi'lllt uver any claim lor pensions under me act of June 20tb. 1690, has U-.-a or . houid b© re- jected, suspended shall have or disnu-od and a new application shall Lvu hereafter filed and a pea Sion has been or be allowed in such claim, such pensions shall date from the time for the iiiuig of be first application, provided the evidence in th© cas j snaii show a the pensionable of filing dis ioiiity such to have existed at time first applicat ion, anything in any law or ruling of the Depart- men; to th3 contrary notwithstanding. Tne Senatocommitteestruckoutthe limitation * *