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CABINET
The indignation—apparently gen
uine, certainly vehement—that la
expressed by some democratic poli
ticians because "their states have
been ignored”'by President Cleve
land in his cabinet appointments
exhibits a very distorted concep
tion of the relations of the federal
government to the states. What
has a cabinet officer to do that should
properly make his residence in a
particular state an advantage to
that state over the others? Absolute
ly nothing. Therefore, if there is
any substance to the complaints of
these politicians, it must be that
President Cleveland has disappoint
ed their desire for improper ad
vantage, and if that is so he de,
serves thanks.
Geographical situations—not mere
ly state boundaries—doubtless
should have some influence with a
President in the selection of a cabi
net. The true principle was con-
ci-ely stated by President Wash-
ton when he wrote:
•■In the appointments to the great
( dices of the government my aim
lias been to combine geographical
situation, and sometimes other con
siderations. with ability and fitness
of character.”
President Cleveland has not been
indifferent to geographical situa
tion. The geographical centre of
the population of the United States
is not far from Cincinnati. Look
ing at his cabinet appointments in
their distribution relatively to this
point, four (thoseof Endicott, Man
ning, Vilas and Whitney) have
been made from the North, and
three (thoseof Garland, Bayard and
Lamar) from the south; and the
same proportion holds as to the
cardinal points of the compass from
the centre of population, three
secretaries (Guland, Lamar and
Vilas) having berm taken from the
west, and four (Bayard, Endicott,
Manning and Whitney) from the
East.
Thomas Jefferson will be ac
knowledged by all these democratic
complainants to have been a sound
democrat. And yet in framing his
cabinet when he became President
in March, 1S01, Jefferson took
tlnce of its live members from the
single stale of Massachusetts—Sam
uel I)cx:cr. secretary of the 'reasu
ry; llenry Dearbon, secretary of
war, and Lsvi Lincoln, attorney
general. The postmaster general
(f ,i not become a cabinet officer till
President Jackson's time, and the
lii-1 secretary of the interior was
Picsident Tyler's.
And to aggravate this inequality
Massachusetts did not cast herelec-
twial vole- lor Jefferson in lSoo, but
for John Adams; nor when the
election was thrown into the house
of repicscntatives by the tie in the
decimal college was the vote of
Massachusetts cast for Jefferson
even then, but for Aaron Burr.
It state houndaties and state votes
in the Presidential elections should
comre,l the selection ol Cabinet of-
f cei s, this surely makes out a much
sponger case against Jefferson than
the partisans of that theory can
make out against President Cleve
land. But. nevertheless, the princi
pics and practices of Jefferson are
set up constantly for the shibbo
let ns of the democratic party.
Why revile Cleveland in this
matter and continue to worship
Jefferson at the same time?—New
York Herald.
THE HOST PLEASANT THOUGHT.
THE LABORS OF HERCULES.
In the whole range of English
literature there are probably no
more simple, yet truthful and pow
erful sentences, thsn those Sir
Walter Scott places in the mouth of
"Jennie Dean,” one of the principal
characters, in one of his popular
Waverly series, entitled “The
Heart of Midlothian.” Effie Dean,
the sister of Jennie Dean, is under
sentence of death, and there is no
hope, save through personal suppli
cation to the Queen. The Duke of
Argyle promises his powerful influ
ence to manage that she shall meet
the Queen, but the distance from
bonny Scotland to London is a
very, very long one, and there are
no regular lines of communication
with the great city. Actuated, how
ever, by a strong love and a sense
of duty, Jennie leaves the “braes
eboney,” determined to walk to
the seat of government. After
many difficulties, she arrives in the
great metropolis, foot-sore and
weary, but undaunted in purpose.
True to his promise, the Duke of
Argyle secures for her an interview
with the Queen. Upon beingasked
by the Queen why she had under
taken such a long journey, and
under such apparently great and
insurmountable obstacles, she re
plied:
Oh! my fine lady, when the
honr of trouble comes, that comes
to high and low; when the hour of
death comes, that comes to rich and
poor, it is not what we have done
for ourselves, but what we have
done for others, that wc think of
most pleasantly.”
No wonder that the Queen was
favorably impressed. The simple
peasant girl had not only recogniz
ed the power of the law as embod
ied in the official characters of the
lady before her, but that of a high-
law, the cardinal virtues of
which were love and charity. In
this hour of general depression in
this countjy, when labor is unset
tled; when confidence is limited,
and when poverty stalks abroad in
the highways and byways; into the
cottages and perchance the man
sion, it is well to call to mind this
higher law, so that neither in the
hour of trouble or death we shall
have cause to regret our action.
The shutting down of many facto
ries and foundries during the past
year, the general reduction in wages,
and the large number of failures in
all parts of the country warn those
who have the power of dispensing
charity that there is a labor of love to
perform that will bring its sweet
est blessings in the hour of death.
The.bright silver ymd gold dollars
cannot be taken at the pearly gates,
but, perchance, scattering them
among the poor, where life may be
made better and happier, will fill
the soul with a happy peace, and
crown the sunset of life with
golden glory as pure as crystal, and
the value of which can only be re
alized at the foot of the “Great
White Throne.”
SURRAT AND STANTON* J THE NEGRO IN THE SQtJTH
Two SUMS* Storiw Told by WlllUmP. Wood,
Some time after the execution of
Mrs. Surrat President Johnson sent
for me and requested me to give my
version of Mrs. Surrat’s-cennection
with the assassination of President
Lincoln. I did so, and I believe he
was thoroughly convinced of the.
innocence of Mrs. Surrat. He as
sured me he had not given Mrs.
Surrat the benefit of executive clem
ency, and strongly expressed his de
testation of what he termed the
“infamous conduct of Stanton” in
keeping these facts from him. I
asserted my unchangeable friend
ship for Mr. Stanton under all cir
cumstances, and while I regretted
the course adopted by the Secre
tary of War towards Mrs.
Surrat, I would never hesitate
to perform any act of kindness
for him. President Johnson com
mended me for my devotion to
friends, and the subject of the as
sassination was never afterwards
discussed between him and myself.
The great war secretary of the
Union was no longer in power. He
was a plain citizen of our republic,
broken in health and tottering be
tween life and death.
The republican readers had, after
much pleading, induced President
Grant to name Mr. Stanton for
Judge of the supreme court The
senate promptly confirmed the nom
ination, but Grant, for reasons best
known to himself, did not put his
signature to the commission, or if
he did sign the commission, he did
not forward it to Mr. Stanton. It
was at this time the latter sent for
me, and I called at his house. When
ushered into his presence I was
startled at his woe-begone and
wretched appearance. He inquir
ed if I knew the reason why that
man (meaning President Grant)
withheld his commission. I told
him. Then he drifted in our talk to
the executions herein referred to,
and he rebuked me for not making
greater effort to save the woman
that was hanged. He said he would
have trusted his life in my keeping;
that I woulJ have saved him the
torments of hell had I been more
persistent in my efforts. I remind
ed him of my call on President John
son to plead for mercy for Mrs.
Surratt, and that I was met by L.
C. Baker at the entrance of the
President’s house, and Baker pro
duced an order over his (Stan
ton’s) signature, which set forth
that I should not be permitted to
enter the building or communicate
with the President.
‘Too true,” he responded, “and
the Surratt woman haunts me so
that my nights are sleepless and
my days miserable, and Grant aids
my enemies by refusing to sign my
It is gratifying to note that how
In our London correspondence,
sent by the Mackay-Bennett cable,
there is an interview with an En
glish statesman, who recounts the
various perils by which England
beset.
Being twelve in number and aris
ing in almost every part of the
world, the) will naturally recall the
twelve labors that Hercules, son ot
Alcmcna, was set to perform.
There arcNNemean lions to stran
gle, Lernean hydrads to behead,
Arcadian stags to capture, Eryman-
thian boars to destroy. That is to
say theie are foes to meet in Boer-
land, in Atghanistan, in India and
in the Soudan.
There are Augean stables to be
cleansed. There arc Stymphalian
birds to be snared. There is a
Queen of the Amazons’ girdle to be
sought. There are fruits of the
Hesperidcs to be plucked.
Adventures are everywhere open
ing to our friend John Bull. Noth
ing but superhuman strength can
carry him safely through them. And
when it has carried him through,
w ho shall say that, like Hercules,,
his doom may not await l»im ii* a
personal revenge or the jealouay of
a woman?—N. Y. Herald.
ever excited the people may become
over questions of public interest, man
there is a general under current ol
good feeling, which prevents the
wild utterances of personal teeling
from taking charge of the discus
sion. The card signed “Majority,”
in yesterday’s Banner-Watchman,
is an instance ol the strength of this
under current, and also of a manly
determination of one of the people
not to suffer under even a strained
construction of his own sentences.
This is *n era of .good feeling.
AT LAST!
■ORGAN COUNTY.
Kspow E§eapa From a Hmri*l* Death-Death of
as Aged Lady—TIm Sopenor Court In Beetloa-
A Runaway,, With the Beralu.
[Madisonian.]
The extract below is from a
Washington letter of Mr. Randall’s
to the Augusta Chronicle. The
views therein expressed! are those
of a very .able.. gentiematf—Con
gressman Tillman, of South Caro-
ina. Whether right or wrong, they
show the worst side of the question
and are, doubtless, shared by many
of the most far seeing people of -the
South. Mr. Tillman says:
I agree with Senator Lamar that
the negro question is, after all,- the
paramount one. I have come to
conclusions on that subject, but
may not make them public until the
next congress. These conclusions
have been arrived at after much
study and reflection. They will
not be palatable to many persons,
but truth seldom is. Some of our.
people are like those men described
by the epic poet of Italy who were
seen wandering about in the other
world with their faces and heads
reversed. They are forever look-
ng backward. Some of them, toe,
do not realize the fact that they are
at the mercy of Northern com
merce, capital and legislation. They
remind me of the boy who, failing
whip another, made mouths at
his sister. This is foolish and un
practical. It is not even sublimely
sentimental. \V hat I fear is that
our white people will divide into
factions. The nsgro will be the
bone of desire and contention.
He has a jewel in the ballot, and
factional white men will seek its
possession or usufruct The rich
will bny it The poor will offer so
cial equality. Then will besrin the
moral and physical degeneration
of the white element in the South.
What with the race issue. Federal
taxation, commercial seavitude and
an attempt to educate the negro
brain before cultivating his moral
nature. I see very little hope for
the South in the near future. The
outlook is gloomy enough, and be
fore it changes materially and pros
perously, I dread a transition period
which is so awful and forbidding
that I would riot blame any man ot
family for retiring from the country.
Meanwhile, the North is being cor
rupted with wealth, on one hand,
and honeycombed with poverty and
and Socialism among the masses,
on the other hand. Thinking men
in that region look to the South for
some ideal of conservatism that is
to save them from the so-called dan
gerous classes, while the South holds
out imploring hands to the North
for rescue from political, social and are
mercantile degradation. What is
there in such a situation to inspire
B1PORTA3TON QF-WTVfESP WONDERFUL WOMAN
of Baritty to One* Pennxyl-
5 )!■ rani* Homos.
Castle Garden wps the scene of
much bustle and excitement yester
day, says the New York morning
Journal. For the past few days
one could but notice the appear
ance there ot 24 solid-looking men
whose faces plainly bespoke their
anxiety* They were miners and
employed in the coal mines of
Mauch Chunk, Pa. There appear
ance at the Garden was considera
ble of a mystery, and until the ar
rival of the steamship Werra yes
terday all were at a loss to explain
their presence.
With the arrival of the Werra,
however, the mystery was cleared
up and one of the strangest scenes
ever witnessed in Castle Garden
was enacted.
As the 418 steerage passengers
ot the Werra were landing 25 red
cheeked and flaxen-haired maidens,
ranging in age from 17 to 21, with
top-boots up to their knees, were
teen to take precedence of the other
passengers and nervously walk
down the gang plank to the Gar
den.
As they filed along the narrow
entrance and registered their names
cast furtive glances at the group of
horny-handed sons of toil who were
impatiently waiting their ar
rival.
No sooner had they gone through
the formula of being registered at
the formula than they all made a
grand rush for the group of men,
who received them with open
arms.
The unusual spectacle was ex
plained by one of the miners, who
said:
Those young ladies are from
Kossuth, in Hungary, and our party
is from Maunch Chunk, in Penn
sylvania. It is impossible for us to
secure suitable companions of our
own nationality where we were em
ployed, so about three months ago
we all clubbed together and sent an
agent to Kossuth, where the popu
lation of women greatly exceeds
that of the men, for the purpose of
bringing to this country 25 nice
looking and healthy young women
who are not afraid to work and who
are not atraid of work and who de
sire to get married. The man who
selected the girls is Mr. Jansen and
you see the result of his trip. For
my part I think he has done nobly.
If you know of 25 nicer looking
girls than are in that group you can
do more than I can. You see we
forming a little village of our
own and our experience with Amer
ican girls has been very discourag
HOW BURNABY DIED.
TELEGRAPHIC
confidence, hope or gratification? I * n g> They seem to be afraid of us,
Governor McDaniel sees everything *° wejust combined and sent over
rosy, according to a recent inter- money sufficient to bring these girls
view, but he deceives himself. Pos- over andi now we are going to mar
sh* Worts fora Hewavaper and tha Pttmiylra-
nU Railroad and Hu *60,000.
[Hev York Letter <0 Boston. Herald.}
About the most extraordinary
work I have ever known a' woman
to engage in is carried on by Miss
“Middy” Morgan, who is attached
to the staff of the New York Times.
Miss Morgan’s department is the
cattle market, which she follows
with great closeness. For her ser
vices in this line of work she re
ceives a very fair salary, and she is
also paid handsomely for her ser
vices in the interest of the Penn
sylvania railroad. She does addi
tional work for one other paper,
and her income ranges close to .$100
a week. Miss Morgan is one of
the best known figures on Park
Row. She is a tall woman, whose
attire is singularly masculine. She
wears broad, thick shoes, a short,
heavy dress, thick mittens and a
little bit of a hat perched on top of
her head. One would pick her out
for a member of the Susan B. An
thony sort of strong-minded wo
men. S.he is about fifty years old,
wears steel-rimmed spectacles and
carries a revolver. It would un
doubtedly be a very cold day for
any person who should undertake
to molest Middy Morgan, thus
armed and ready for the fray.
It should not be inferred,
however, that she is a blood-thirsty
or other-wise evil disposed person.
She lives away out in New Jersey,
in a house placed at her dis[4bsal by
the railway company, and she does
not generally reach home until late
at night. After leaving the train she
is obliged to take a long walk down
the railway track in the dark, and
she has a wholesome aversion to
tramps and other unlawful charac
ters.
One afternoon, when she was at
home, three of these gentry came in
with the exclamatiod, “Well, old
womrn, what have you got for us?”
Middy went down into the pocket
of her dress and drew her big re
volver. “This is what I have got
for you.” The tramps stood not
upon the order of their going, but
entered into a wild scramble tor the
door. They must have subsequent
ly come back and left a talismanic
mark upon the premises, because,
no matter how thickly the country
is loaded with ruffians of thatstripe,
they never venture upon the
grounds of plucky Miss Morgan.
It is said that she sometimes spec
ulates in stocks of various kinds.
At any rate, people who know her
well say she has accumulated a for
tune of close to $60,000, which is
by no means bad for a lone, lorn
woman.
StrnggBnz With a Crowd «C
commission, which would afford sibly I will be accused of being I ry them.
me temporary relief and perhaps
prolong my life. He will not do it.
and, Wood, this is at last the end.’
Placing his hands to his head he
continued: “I cannot endure the
pressure; I am dying, dying surely,
dying now!”
A few parting words were ex
changed between us, and the fol
lowing day the death of Edwin M
Stanton, was publicly announced
He never received his commission
of Judge of the Supreme Court,
though he had been confirmed by
the senate of the United States.
much more deluded, but time will I , do . y° u J ntend selecting
disclose which prophecy is the more them? inquired the reporter,
correct-his or mine.” 1 tW all fixed wee!
CARNAGE RECALLED.
Three Hen Ejected From Hot Springe a Tear Afo
Sue tor *75,000.
Oh, that was all fixed weeks ago.
You see, we drew lots to see who
would have the first choice, and I
won No. 3. I have chosen that
little girl with the black eyes and
hair. She is short, but just look at
HE FINDS HIS ST. BERNARD.
Hot Springs, March j.-Mose h" arms > ? he , f is as it
Harris, Hugh Behan and Dock Na- hor * e > anddont y° u th nk she
fhe £££ Sbrint d^nrthe Ut oro f I ^“When I asked her if she thought
** KS& •« o|r h,. <tos H. ..n,. 1, B,(.
tiohi The historv df the case in- I tha H* 11 -®™ ? nd * he ,s - ,n ker I 9*. h
A sleek-coated St. Bernard mas
tiff stood up on his hind legs against incident to the fight of Feb. 9,1884,
the desk of the Thirtieth street sa- between the hostile factions led re
loon aud barked “How d’ye do?” to S p ec tively by Frank Flynn and S.
Captain Williams on Monday after- • . . .
The history' of the case in
volves one of the most exciting epi-1 y® a l' “' el
sodes in the annals ol this city. Im- f , Com * ZFL ,!" d dn " k
mediately alter the scene of carnage | ^^orie? ^ tQ ^
corner where the good-natured
George Metzger presides and talk
ed with the pretty Bertha, who was
noon. The dog, as he stood, was
A. Doran, many suspicious and bad ® d ™ tn tne P re “ y Her
thorities, aided by the citizens, to | c ° nv f« a ‘)°“ tonsla ‘* d ^ a L l° t
quit the city. Prominent among %
exactly as tall as Policeman Ker
man, who is nearly six feet high, nun me cnv. rrommem among 1 , . r , , ,
Policeman Kerman said he brought ffiose drivenout were Hugh Behan P ros P' c ‘ of 6ec “ r ‘ ng „“?j > *" d 2 d
the dpg irom Thirty-third street and an d Dock Nagle, who are now par- a g°°. d home at the san ? e ,im *:
Seventh avenue because hecouldn’t tie# to th ese gaits. A committee ofl 8 ^ 81 PP ed he J. *?g®* she sa,d
find his owner. Half an hour before fourteen, all prominent business ® he , was s " r ®‘ ha * *^ e
the owner had locked him up in the men> was then appointed to assist her, , I \ t ®. nde , < ? husband, and :ka * ® b ®
second story of the flat at 136 West ,he authorities in restoring order ™. ould do a11her P ower *° ma “®
Thirty-third street. The door of and pr8sec „ting the evil-doers. J“PP?- Sh * e r? ected g °
the room had a big ground glass The committee, Ifterwards, known ,nto tkc m “' e8 ^ k,m and f w ,? r ^’
panel, and the mastiff waited behind as the “Committee of Fourteen,” be- f* as to Uk * char 8 e of thelr
came a power in subjugating the "“J,® " om |"
disturbing elements. * The 50 happy deputed
Harris was finally notified by the th ® f £ m ' tra ' n „ for
Chief of Police to quit the city, and j p k “ nk ’, to b ' marned 0,1 arr,val at
did so, being escorted to the train * l ^ eir ^ uture kome '
by the Chief of Police and most of
the Committee of Fourteen and a
it a long time for his master to come
back. At last he thought he would
find out what kept him. He took
a single leap shot through the glass
panel like a circus rider through a
K balloon, and started to hunt
ister up in the street He
was still hunting when the police
man got him.
Hall an hour later Prof. Echtler,
BRIGHT BITS.
It was a witty Irishman who dis
covered that horseradish was strong
enougbto have been named in hon
orofamule.—New York Journal.
An exchange asks. “Does dairy
ing pay?” Judging from the stiong,
healthy condition of our boarding
house butter, we should think it did
pay a big per centage.—St. Paul
Herald.
A close observer at the theatre
has come to the conclusion that
there is not mnch difference betwixt
going out between the acts and com
ing in between drinks.—New York
Journal. ■
Ah! you flatter me,” lispeda dude
to a pretty girl with whom he was
conversing. “No, I don’t,” ..was
the reply; “you couldn’t be any flat'
ter than you are."—Burlington Free
Press.
A city photographer went into
the suburbs for the purpose of tak
ing a live bull Irom life. For
two-mile run the chances seemed
good for the bull taking the artist
from life.-—Yonkers Statesman.
Trade With Mexico.
A correspondent writing from
large number of other leading erti- the city of Mexico to the New
zens. This occurred early in April, York Sun says:
Two half dollars, United States
At last, after twenty-four years
ol republicanism, a democratic Pres
ident is in Washington. At last
the party whose principles were
the natural growth of the indepeni
dene: wrested from England by
our fathers, finds itself called upon
to take the government from un;
faithful hands and to restore it~*o
the simplicity, honesty and patriot
ism which were its early landmarks.
the quiet man who stepped t<T
the head of the government at noofa
Wednesday goes there with no
false glitter, no gilded, reputation,
no tide to saintthip, no tojer*tiqn oft
man worship. He is of the' people
and with the f-eople. His trilst jle^
tnands that hs shall make an honesf
government for the whole country,
not a partisan government for a po
litical oiganization. His -adminis
tration will be thoroughly demo
cratic. That is proved by hi* cab
inet. But his government will be
for the good of the whole country,
for the happiness and pro*],
the whole people, and With
great and paramount duty p» . ,
leal interests will be allowed to in-
terfere.—N, Y. World.
Mrs. R. S. Saftold narrowly cs-
caped burning, last Monday. While
arranging her room, her wrapper
caught on fire, as she passed -the
fire place, and the flamps had near
ly enveloped her before she knew
that her wrapper was on fire. She
immediately fell upon the floor, and
rolled to the bed, and getting there
from « quilt, wrapped it around her,
anjl extinguished the flames. The
injuries sustained were very slight,
owing to her great presence of
mind. Her many friends will be
glad tP hear pf wonderful es-
cape from a jjonriole death.
. Mrs Foster,an aged lady, who
recently moved with her daughter,
Mrs. Bishop, Irom Qhio to this
county,.died on the 2d instant, and
her remains were carried back to
Ohio lor interment. We deeply
sympathize with the bereaved.
The horse of Mr. G. D. Perry be
came frightened a few days ago at
a broken shaft, and turned the buggy
over, emptying Mr. Perry and Mi.
Long on the ground. The former
was painfully but not seriously
bruised.
I’he Superior court is tn session,
I Judge Lawson and Solicitor
Whitfield pave their hands full.
- 1884. He claims $100,000 damages
a German sculptor, rushed into the Behan $50,000 and Nagle $25,000,1 silver coins, containing 346 grains
station and in great excitement hug- t h e suit being brought in the United I pure gold, are worth 14 cents more
States Court The list of defend. I than a Mexican dollar, containing
ants comprises two prominent at- 376 grains, en ananmoly caused by
tomeys, the President and Cashier the fact that United States silver
of the Arkansas National Bank ofl co ; n j s on a par with gold. The
this, city, the mayor and two alder- Mexicans don’t understand this,
men End a state senator from this and consequently they hate Araer-
district Chief of P olice T. C. Toler, I icads and prefer to trade with any
City Judge W. H. Kirk, R L. Wil-1 sther foreigners,
liams and Thomas Shannon, promi- *' ' ” '
The amount of freight.consigned
uenaVis-
to Buena Vi
to road.opened
9, amounts to $1,000.
ged the dog around the neck and
talked to him in German. Sergeant
Schmittsberger was called in to in
terpret.
“The dog is mine,” the Professor
cried. “He is worth $5,000. He’s
got a gold medal from the Berlin
Humane Society tor saving ewenty-
five live*.” The dog and the Pro
fessor went around to the flat to
gether. The dog pnt up his paw
and lang the janitor’s bell Whe"
the janitor pulled the door catch the
dog pushed the door open with his
nose and bounded up stairs and
stood at the door, so the Professor
could see how easily he got out of
the room. The Professor proudly
showed the big gold medal and the
certificate of the Humane Society.
.It attested that the dog rescued
twenty.five people who were upset
some years ago from a little pleas
ure steamer on the Rhine.—New
York Sun.
If the United States desires to
“I’m glad Billy had the sense to
marry a settled old maid,” said
grandma Winkum at the wedding
“Gals is hity-tity and widders *is
kinder overrulin’ and upsettin’. Old
maids is thankful and willin’ to
please. ’—Troy Times.
“What is repentance?” queried
the Sunday school teacher. “To
be sorry for doing wrong,” said rhe
good boy. “Were you ever sorry
for anything you did? “Yes’m,”
said the bad boy. “What made
you sorry?” Great Jehosaphat!
“Wasn’tyou ever spanked?”—New-
nian Independent.
“Poor John was so fond of gam-,
bling,” said a bereaved widow.
His last bet was $50 that he could
eat 300 clams in twenty minutes.”
“Did he win the bet?”
“Yes, he won the bet,” sighed
the widow, “but the money didn’t
do us any good. It took every cent
of it to bury him.”—New York
Sun.
Against tsa Spear.
Mr. Burleigh, the war correspon
dent who was wounded at Abu
Klea, has, under the inspiration of
hit hurt, written to the Daily Tele
graph a thrilling account of the
battle, and in.it occurs this descrip
tion of Colonel Burnaby’s death,
which must become historical:
“Still down upon us the dark
Arab wave rolled. It had arrived
within three hundred yards undi
minished in volume, unbroken in
strength—a rush of spearsmen and
swordsmen. Their rifle fire had
ceased. Other Arab forces sur
rounding us—the Mahdi’s troops,
plundering Bedouins and pillaging
villagers from the river side—stood
eager on the hillsides watching the
charge upon the British square. In
wild excitement, their white teeth
'listening and the sheen of their
brandished weapons flashing like
thousands of mirrors, onward they
came, charging straight into our
ranks.
“I was at that instant inside the
square, not far from the Gardner
gun, when 1 saw the left face move
somewhat backw ark. Colonel
Burnaby himself, whose every ac
tion at the time I saw from a dis
tance of about thirty yards, rode
out in front of the rear left face, ap
parently to assist two or three skir
mishers running in hard pressed.
All but one man of them succeeded
reaching our lines. Colonel
Burnaby weDt forward to his as
sistance, sword in hand. As the
dauntless Colonel rode forward he
put himself in the way of a shiek
charging down on horseback.
“Ere the Arab closed with him a
bullet from some one in our ranks
brought the sheik headlong to the
ground. The enemy’s spearsmen
Were close behind, and one of them
suddenly dashed at Colonel Burn
aby, pointing the long blade of his
spear at his throat. Qhecking his
horse and pulling it backward, Bur
naby leaped forward in his saddle
and parred ihe Moslem’s rapid and
ferocious thrusts. But £thc length
of the man’s weapon—eight feet—
put it out of his power to return
with interest the Arab’s murderous
intent. Once or twice Colonel
Burnaby just touched his man, only
to make him more wary and eager.
The affray was the work of seconds
only, for the savage horde of swar
thy negroes from Kordofan and
straight-haired, tawny complexion-
ed Arabs of the Bayuda steppe
were fast closing in upon our
square.
Colonel Burnaby fenced the
swarthy Arab as if he were playing
in an assault at arms, and there was
a smile on his features as he drove
off the man’s awkward points. The
scene was taken in at a glance.
With that lightning instinct which
I have seen desert warriors before
now display in battle, while coming
to one another’s aid, an Arab, who
was pursuing a soldier, and had pass
ed five paces to Burnaby’s right and
rear, turned with a sudden spring,
and this second Arab ran his spear
point right into the Colonel’s right
shoulder; It was but a slight wound.
Enough, though, to cause Burnaby
to twist around in his saddle and
defend himself from this unexpect
ed attack.
Before the savage could repeat
his unlooked for blow, so near the
ranks of the square was the scene
now being enacted, a soldier ran out
and drove his sword bayonet
through the second assailant Brief
as was Burnaby's glance backward
at this fatal episode it was long
enough to enable the first Arab to
deliver his spear point full in the
brave soldier’s throat. The blow
drove Burnaby out of his saddle, but
it required a second one before he
let go his grip of the reins and tum
bled upon the ground.
“Half a dozen Arabs were now
about him. With blood gushing
in streams from his gashed throat,
the dauntless guardsman leaped to
his feet sword in hand and slashed
at the ferocious group. They were
the wild strokes of a proud, brave
man dying hard, and he was quick
ly overborne and left helpless and
dying"
Pugilist Jq« Goss is dying at
home in BosFon.
Constantinople, March 8.—
United States Minister Wallace
has resigned.
Alexander J. Young, a well
known machinist of Atlanta, was'
found dead in bed on Sunday morn
ing.
The strike on the Texas railroads
continues, and the strikers have en
listed the sympathies of the people
along the various lines.
Doctors Barker, Douglas and
Shrady, after consultation pro
nounced Gen. Grant’s condition
generally better yesterday.
Havana, March S.—The insur
gents Boonachca, Oropesia, Estra
da, Forres and Lestero were shot at
Santiago de Cuba to-day.
Berlin, March S.—The retch-
stag to-day rejected a motion in fa
vor of the estalishment of the bi-
metalic standard of currency.
A fanatical prohibitionist in Exi-
va, Iowa, attempted to blow up a
saloon with dynamite and. partially
succeeded.
the rail-
. westTcnnessee. c
The jnter-state drill at Mobile, in
May^prdmSesJtohe a_|;ood affair.
■ Luther, Benson, tlj? temperance
lecturer, is working up Mississipp i ,
1 ■ Ex-Governor HsygoodUof South fa
Carolina, is devoting himself to rais
ing bermuda grasffL - ; ' ' ~Z
Fred W. Hill, formerly of Macon, j
Ga., is an applicant for the office of ;]
deputy collector of this territory! • " S
Confederate bonds are quoted in
the London, England Financier, at
five dollars on the one hundred dol
lars. ' ■ *
Anniston, Ala., is socn to have a
daily paper, the Watchman, edited
by Milton A. Smith, of Gainesville,
Ga. - V v ■
At Union, South Care lira, Hamp
Neathers has been convicted of the
murder of Dolph Abrams. He Will
he hanged. «
Col. John A. Sloan has just pub
lished a 900 page “History of North
Carolina’s Soldiers in the: war for In-,
dependence.”
A little girl, cousin of Melville
Barnett, living at Scottsville, Va.,
attacked him with a shovel, killing
him instantlv. “ /
a
A frightful collison -occurred on
the Alabama Great Souther rail
road, four miles north of Attalia,
seriously injuring Baggage Master
Reynolds and Brakeman O’Rear.
Washington, March S.—Briga
dier-General Delos B. Sackett, se
nior inspector General United
States army, died to-day at his resi
dence in the city.
President Cleveland has intro
duced some innovations into the
social customs heretofore existing
at the White House—such as early
breakfasts and early hours to work.
London, March 8.—This morn
ing’s Observer says. We under
stand that the government on Fri
day, sent an empatic demand to
St. Petersburg for the withdrawal
of Russian troops on Afghan terri
tory. The dispatch partook of the
character of an ultimatum,
Washington, March 8.—Presi
dent Cleveland did not attend
church to-day. His brother Rev.
C. Cleveland, and his wife and the
president’s sisters, except Miss
Cleveland, attended services at
Rev. Dr. Bartlett’s New York
Presbyterian church.
President Cleveland keeps up his
habit of early rising, and is at busi
ness by 9 o’clock every morning.
Lord Granville has flatly denied
the receipt of a dispatch which
Prince Bismarck claims to have sent
him.
At Gilmore, Texas, last Thurs
day, R. M. Hall, a saloon keeper, . .
was severely stabbed in a difficultjT i j
with Tom Johnson.
The strike of railroad employees
in Texas continues. They threaten
to stop all trains except the one cut-
tying the mail.
Some of the citizens of Opelika,' :
Ala., are dissatisfied with the rule - i'
of the city commission,'and propose :
to test its constitutionality. They
want to exercise the right of elect-,.
ing their own mayor and council.
1
Jeremiah Haydetj, a prisoner in' •
the Louisville, Ky., police court, '
made an ineffectual attempt at sui-
cide the other day. He stated that !
he belonged to a distinguished Vir- :j]'
ginia family and preferred death to ^ j
disgrace. i'kSS
Julia Bagly, of Charleston, S. C. fjJ
one of the operators in a. bagging { \
factory, while cleaning one of,, the I
spinning frames,had.her hair paught t J
the machine}', and the eptire scalp
is torn from her head. Little
Wda LUUI IIUUI UC1 Iicau. L1UIC. .
hope is entertained of her recovery.' ;
Chattanooga, March 7.-
scramble for the postoffice
city is growing decidedly interest- j
ing. There are seven'applicants for'
the office, all of whom have strong
backing, which renders the problem
more difficult to solve. ' H. O. Ew- ,
ing and John W. Thornton.^are iVffl!
"arded as the strongest applicants.
The news comes from Washing
ton that Major M. H. Gibbes will
succeed the present postmaster of
Columbia in May.
Dublin, March 9.--The Mayor
of Belfast is coming to Dublin with
reference to the programme lor the
visit of the Prince of Wales.
nent business men, are also included have the "ood will of Mexicans and
as defendants. The defendants ex-1 build up a trade with Mexico, it can
hibit no concern over the affair. | be done quickly and simply by con-
George W. Murphy, the leading grass enacting a law making the
criminal lawyer ol this city, and Mexican dollar receivable for cus-
Emery A. Storrs, of Chicago, are I tom duties, and giving it equal value
retained as counsel for the plaintiffs, with the United States silver dollar.
■*' * Mexicans say they do not want to
Pah.is, March 9.—The great lion
ess in the Winter circus here at-, - , . „ ... ,
tacked Edward Williams, lion tain- ™ore pure silver than the United
ifctt ‘ ‘ liv ) lljll »■»* ' Stafocflnllar
while he ' was putting her
through the regular performance in
say tney do not want to
trade with a people who will allow
them only 85 cents for their silver
dollar, which contains 30 grains
“ * Unit
States'dollar.
I suppose the people of Chili,
Washington girl (to her cousin,
whom she is visiting in Chicago.)
" Who are those men, Belle, coming
toward the house with surveying
instruments in their hands?”
Chicago Girl—“Oh, I ordered a
pair of shoes the other day, and they
are the shoemaker and his assistants
coming to fake my measure.”—
Washington Hatchet.
The VherealMatsortlM Seeretarta.
Washington, March 8.—All the
members of the new cabinet are
now in the city, but have not set
tled definitely whm they will res
side fqr the npxt four years. Messrs.
- ^ • - Epdicott, with their
Arlington, hotel.
,wile are at No.
Connecticut avenue, where
jey will keep house. Mr. and
Mrs. Vija* pre temporarily with
Mrs. •» tbc
Blaine house, on. Massachusetts
avenue. , Sepator Bayard lives on
Massachusetts avenue, near Four
teenth street, in his own house. Mr.
Garland lives Jon Massachusetts
avenue, between Twelfth and Thtr-
teentis .streets, .where his eldest
daughter keeps house for hii
MrTw>» r W < bonding
on C street, near the city halL He
intend* to keep house up^towp later
in the season.
.M.
There is a sassafras tree in Hit
mopy Gfoye, the first cut'dT 1 #hith
.'vfiU.msMLpuout twenty good sized
fence rails. •
the cage. The scene at once thfew and ©‘her bonth American
the vast audience into a horror and countries producing silver, and us-
,for awhile the people were spell- mg almost exclusively silver money,
boutid. Williariss’ / mdst desperate feel a °d talk the same way.
^t with the enraged
minutes, dur-
Atold Pretension.
I Never affect to be other than
The lion ess* bounded about the «ge r“t n y „w ” f;
linwRno with ram. Th« eimu not know, and I cannot afford it,
On His Feet Again.
Philadelphia Han
Col. “Jack” Haverly’s friends will
be glad to.know that hi^ clouds are
rolling by and that he will soon see
the golden, or rather silver, sun howHng with rage. The circus if-1nnd
shine this twill put him on his feet ten&ants, who ran to Williams’ aid Men will ^h^nhelieve
ag aio. It is known that be failed with Iron Wrs and prongs, while tSf Xn ™ wj"
because he put all his money in they finally succeeded in saving his afftird^^Never be
Colorado and Utah silver mines, life, goaded the lidnessto suchfe- fSiJLfE aL 1
and that when calls were madetM Tdctty tbitt herifeBdns tk«W'.tlte{*~JJ, m * dto Jffid
him to meet his heavy expenses he spectator, into h panic and they 1 u Jff
had UP cash, and his credit finally rushedpeU-mfellftom the place, men SJ® ’ - lh ™^ r L? d *hen it is
collapsed. A gentleman who was Crtihipjp Wptaett»dOUmil &S
formerly associated with Haverly down and in mdly cases passing v?
ray. that the latter’B silver property CjfejOgUilft
is looking up, and that one tffine, meat. The
which is in fars. Haverly’s name, his sSfc£hhtrol Sad 1 gradually: ■eH*'''j|2l^meiit?tod^sArf«^«2Sr
earned last year for hera&H*$t,tt» edtiw este^of the CSge, bU person OT i
a week 'during the mining j6rp>Jtbleeding from InnomVrable Sf“i * r nm
season, and that it will do so. again ‘ Af a favorable moment and Pension can com
as soon as the snows melt, so that the door was opened and Williams |"
the ore can be transported. And quickly stepped out hnd sprung it
the same gentleman also says that]behind'him. The moment he
— . 7 —- -- 1 Judge Lindsey Durham, ol Oco-
touched the ground ne sank dqwn I ne e county, died Sunday night with
year br two, when be will make
thiqgs livelier than ever.'
tro'm exhaustion into a prolonged disease of the throat. Judge )
swoon,. He had to he removed to a I ham was a county commission
Very serious.
Ponnis Davis, near Gainesville,
Texas, was tianged three times the
There is no, U JW1
physician in Clinch cooht;
Dnr-
. , J—B commissioner of
where his_ injuries were j Oconee, and had held several im
portant positions. His death was
not unexpected to his friends, as he
3U X
tour F T -
lers of the Musco- had been suffering for some time
'"g company :held throat affection.
ng to-day. 1 The I Gen. Edward Walthall has receiv-
president was much ed his commission as United States
tOCT than had been an- senator, to succeed Mr. Lamar, and
99K* ne t profit of leaves his home at Granada, lor
» •» the capital stuck. 1 Washington. j ;
DOGGED DUELISTS.
Keataekiaas do Effective Shootlns Over the
. Ghost of a Dog.
Lawrenceville, March 7.
Wm. B. Corbin and John H. Gaines,
ol Gainesville, Boone county, Ky.,
at “Grant” in that county, south of
here, and about five miles hacVfrem
the river, happened to meet.
It appears that a cause ot quarrel
existed which had resulted from the
shooting, by an employe of Gaines,
of a dog belonging to Corbin. Both
were young men. ‘ Corbin demand
ed some sort of satisfaction from
Gaines Tor the killing of the; animal,
which the latter .refused to give.
Hot words ensued, the fatal lie pass
ed, and both drew their revolvers
and began firing at short range.
Several shots were rapidly ex
changed, when Corbin fell. Before
doing so, however, he lodged three
halts in the body- ot-his antagonist,
who was taken to a house near .by,
where an : examination showed his
injuries to be fatal. Hedieo. There
were a few persons 1 present at the
affray, which was so suddenly inau
gurated as to preclude the possibili
ty of' interference. They were
chiefly concerned in taking -them
selves out of range. Corbin was the
son-in-law of Eneas Barrett, jnnk
dealer, of Cincinnati, and well
known here.
Passenger train N0.4, on the Ma
con and Brunswick division ot the
East Eennessee, Virginia and Geor
gia road, was derailed last night
near Lumber City. : ,
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Nashville, March 9.—A fire at
Murfreesboro, Tens., early this
morning, burned three buildings.
Loss, $20,000; insurance, $13,000.
An unsuccessful attempt was re
cently made to wreck a passenger
train on the Blue Ridge branch
road. No clue to the villains, who
contemplated murder and robbery.
The glass-eating negroes in Texas
is matched by a dog in Livingston,
Ala. The dog will eat all the win
dow glass that he can get hold of.
The will of M. B. F. Avery, the
celebrated ploughman, leaves $1,-
000,000 to his wife and children. No
bequests are to be paid before two
years after death.
FRANCE AND CHINA WAR.
tmB
this,' 1
The Wesleyan Female College in i
Macon has been made the recipient j
of another donation of $5,000. This; j j
time it is from Mr. Oliver Hoyt, of i
Stamford, Conn. The generous J
donor recently visited the college;in H
company with Mr. Geo. I. Seney, )!
and seeing the exterior of the buila- j
ing not yet completed, voluntarily
made, the donation to finish the . j
work. , T . •
Apetitionhas been received by j
the Columbus city council from the ‘1
wholesale liquor dealers of the city ' j
asking that $300 special tax be lcv »i j
ied on the brokers and traveling;’ !
salesmen representing the wholesale j
liquor dealers of other cities selling 1
whiskey by the wholesale in Co,
lumbus, or that the special tax re
cently levied on them be repealed
The wholesale dealers claim tha ;
such a measure is necessary to pro
tect them from the competition o 1
outside dealers who come in. ant. '
sell liquors without being require).. “
to pay any tax whatever. The mat ' 1
ter was referred to the finance com
mittee. This question involves In
way, the taxation of drummers.
GEORGIA NEWS. -,
The King of Siam is not yet 30
years of age and has 263 children,
The Prince of Wales has selected
site at Cannes for a monument to
the late Duke of Albany.
Miss Alice E. Freeman, the Presi
dent of Wesleyan college, was grad
uated there in 1876, and she is only
28 years of age.
Mrs. Hungerford, mother of Mrs.
Mackay, is the almoner of the
Mackey estate, and gives thousands
away in charity every year.
Frederick Horn, a schoolmate of
Prince Bismarck, publishes an En
glish* country newspaper in Wis
consin. Like the German Chancel
lor, he is tall in stature and straight
forward in expression.
Gen. Bragg, of Wisconsin, looks
more capable of making a temper
ance speech than a violent declara
tion of political lore. He is of al
most delicate stature, not the least
bit nervous, and delights in slow,
sledge-hammer repartee.
Dr. J. P. Newnan, who has been
both*Methodist and Congregation-
alist, will occupy the pnlpit of the
Howard Presbyterian church, San
Francisco, until May, when it is
expected his independent church
schemes, furthered by Mesdames
Stanford and Croker, will be well
under way. v
How do you spell your name,
Monsieur? With or without the fi
nal t?” asked the clerk at one of the
Paris mairies some time ago of an
old gentleman who came to act as a
witness at the civil marriage of a
friend. ‘‘Without the t, if you
please,” blandly answered the ven
erable person addressed, who --was
none other than Victor Hugo.
Paris, March 8.—General Brier
de Lisle, French commander in Ton
quin, telegraphs that he has relieved
the beleagured French garrison at
Thuyenquan. He says: “We ar
rived on the 3d inst, at Thuyenquan.
The black flags and the Yunnan ar
my had occupied a pass, the sides
of which were inaccessible, and
had built forts with three lines of
trenches before Duoc. The fighting
was severe. Our troops behaved
ore admirably than ever.
“The enemy raised the siege of
Thuyenquan yesterday evening, the
French garrison having fought eigh
teen days. Alter the first breach
in the body of the fortress, the gar
rison sustained seven assaults, and
caused an immense loss to the ene
my. TJjis siege should be counted
among the most brilliant pages of
our history. The gunboat, Mitril-
leause, actively assisted in the de
fense of Thuyenquan. General
Regrter’s column has been pushed
rapidiy northward siuce the capture
of Langson. He has now destroyed
the lines of forts which guarded the
Chinese frontier; and has blown up
the fortifications which have been
known as the gate of China.”
A dispatch to the Temps from
Hanoi, says: The French captured
the entrenchments before Thuyen
quan, after two days’ fighting. The
Chinese made a determined resis
tance, but were completely routed,
suffering tremendous losses.
Gainesville, Ga., has a flburishix:
library. ( j;
Iron ore has been disedvered- a I j
Hinesville, Georgia. ^ . ; !
A chamber of commerce has bee ' 1
formerly opened in Atlanta.. j
The majority for prohibition i. jj
Elbert county is about four liundrei - f!
The population of Thomusvill |
Edwin Booth uses the compound
word “stage-sick” as aSainst “stage-
struck,” a popular expression. Mr.
Booth’s fire of ambition is said to
have been quenched by the tears
which trickle down the sallow and
sunken cheeks of the dyspeptic.
He told Lawrence Barrett lately
that next; season would be a “fare
well season” in fact for Edwin, son
of Junius Brutus.
A Canons Coincidence.
Philadelphia, March 8.—A re
markable coincidence occurred on
one of the crowded trains between
Washington and this city which
was conveying the people from the
inauguration. The incident is
vouched for by over twenty per
sons who witnessed it In one of
the car seats next the window sat a
tali, thin man, who handed the con
ductor a pass as he came through
for the tickets. The latter read the
name on the pass, glanced at the
passenger and then said quietly,
and without changing a muscle of
his countenance:
“Sony you didn’t put me in your
cabinet, Mr. Cleveland,” and passed
on.'' a
Calling a brakeman the passen
gcr asked:
“What it that conductor's,name?”
“Thurman,” said the brakeman,
surprised at the question, and more
so at the laughter of the other pas
sengers. Mr. Cleveland, the holder
ot the pass, proved to be a oentral
New York merchant.
. W. F. Smith, a traveling sales
man for the Kingsford starch com
pany, of .Philadelphia, met a ter
rible, possibly fatal accident at the
t j:—'-Quse of Mrs. Ives, cor>
and Whittaker streets,
Savannah, Ga.
Interior Watenvajs.
Washington, March 8.—A call
has been issued by the executive
committee on the improvement of
the western waterways to the peo
ple of the Mississippi valley, and
the exchanges and communal bod
ansi R+K * .
and 8th, to discuss questions relat
iiig 'to interior waterways. The
call has been made iq view of the
failure of congress to make any ap
propriations for the improvement of
the western waterways;
now 4,250, an increase of 68 -pe
cent.
Gen. Clement A. Evans, of At.
gusta, is seriously ill of congestion
of the lungs.
The shad fisheries on the Altami
ha have not been so successful ; . ,
yet this season, owing to the fresh< ’ j
in the river. .
Green C. Thaxon and Rohe 1 )
McMahan, two of Bntts county •
oldest residents, have died ■ with 'r
the lew days.
Bainbridge is gathering quite
museum of shark’s feet, well pra
served, from the artesian well, at
depth of 1,200 feet.
Will Haralson, brother to Frari
L. Haralson, of Atlanta, state libr'
rian, met with a severe railroad a*
cident in Texas a lew days ago.
The Macon free mail delive
system collected 114,296 letters, fro}
tals and newspapers for the mon.
of February, and delivered 95,103.:
Arrangements are being ipadq it
a grand military tournament in /S .
vannah, to take place the last wo
rn April. Fifty-two compani'
have been invited.
It is reported that a brarfeh lod;
of the Knights of Labor has w_ith
the past month been organized :
Savannah, and is now getting jn
good working order.
James Curry, late manager of t'
Erie, Pa., ball club, and once Wi :
the Cleveland;. Ghi^, league, tea
has been selected to manage'!.'
Augusta team during the .cojhi
season. . jj
The estimate of fire losses f
February, $10,000,000. “ '
Rev. J. N. Irvin, pastor of R
per Chapel, Dayton, O., is dead.
Senator McDonald says he is n
disappointed that he didQnot g
into the eabinet.
J. J. McKelvy, an itinerant pi
tographer, 'was found dead in 1
car at Tiffin, O.
R. W. Crittendon, of St Lou L
has been appointed receiver of t®
Pacific railway company. ; f*
It has been discovered that coi
terfeit coupons of Reading, F
city bonds]are on the market. )
Ex-President Arthur was elect
an honorary member of the cha
bir of commerce ofJNew York.
There are five candidates for 1
chair in the senate made vacant'
the removal of Garland to the ca
net. ■ \ — . I
About 800 coalminersin the
cinity ot Pittsburg, Pa., struck
an increase of a half cent- a bus
for mining. , • ' - a
It now appears that Daniel '
Manning, Cleveland’s secretary >
the treasury, was an intimate j
“Boss” Tweed, of New York. *
' Oklahoma boomers will start
the Indian territory next week; "
will'be interrupted '
PIRIRi | by.., Unif
States troops at Ponca agency.
MS®