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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®