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MIDDLE GEORGIA ARGUS.
VOLUME XII.
GEN.GORDON’S FATE
TKEACIIKBOL’MI>Y STABBED IN TII
BACK.
Short Sketch of Ills Career.—Another Battle
and a Victory for the BritUb.-Further
Ncwa from the Seat of War.
A dispatch from Korti gays: “Colonel*
“ dson and Wortiey, who were with the er
udition to Khartoum, have arrived here-
They made tbe journey from Gubat in four
lays. They brought the news of General
Gordon’s death. It was learned that one of
h) treacherous pashas among General Gor
dina forces marched the garrison to tho side
of the t -wn nearest Oindurman, saying that
ttie rebel atta-k was exjiectod at that point
in the meantime another traitorous pasha
pened the gates at the other end and allowed
toe Mahdi’s troops to enter, and they
essily captured the town. General Gor
don was stabbed just as he was leuviug
the government house.
The London l)udij News, which appeared
in mourning out of r. -pc-t for General Gor
don, published the following from Galcdul:
Ihe natives who escaped loom Khartoum
say General Gordon w is killed while in the
net of h aving his homo to rally the faithful
troops. The latter wore ut down to a man,
and for hours the best ] a't of tiie town was
the scene of merciless slaughter, not even
women and children being spared. All the
notables were killed, except tho treacherous
pasha* and their followers.”
The following additional detuila of the
lolling of General Gordon and the fall of
Khartoum are at hand: On the day of the
■ upturn, which is variously stated as Jan
uary lA> and 27, General Gordon’* attention
wag attracted by a tremendous tumult iu
the gircets. 110 left tin so-called palace,
or government building, In which he
had made his headquarters, in order
to ascertain the cans:) of the disturb
ance. Just as he reached the street
ho was stabbed iu the back mil foil dead.
The tumult was caused by the Mtlidis troops,
who had gained access to tin interior of the
town through treachery, mid who were soon
in romplet - p >rs ss si o. the place, iiuhiding
the citadel. A fcarlul luass-in-00l the garrison
follow and. 'i he: cones ol tln-glaugh ter are do
scribed as surpassing the’Bulgarian atroei
ties and rival the worst horrors -of the
N-joy mutiny. The pa metric kou* Egyp
tians were capture 1 In tlfeir fli 'lit. and put
to and iilh with the must lien lisli tortures.
Some were transfixed with spears and left
to bleed to death. Most of the victims
weio rm.tiut,.,l i[g the most liomLlo man
ner. Eyes were gouged out, noses were slit,
and tongues were torn out by the roots. In
many Aas s the mutilated jparts of tho vic
tims’ Jfcdies were thrust into their mouths
while ft.-y were still living. The massaere
iiitTud||l many non-combatants an<l the
Egyptian women were subjected to shameful
indignities. More t han u hundred women and
young girls were given over to the Mahdi’s
followers to bo used- as slavec After the
slaughter many Arabs were seen rushing
about the streets with tho hea Is of Egyptians
impaled upon their speai-s. Tho next night
was spent in a saturnalia of blood and de
bauchery.
Since the capture of Khartoum tho Mahdi
lias repaired the fortifications, and has made
the place well-nigh impregnable, fie has
mode it his permanent headquarters, and is
aid to have an abundance of guns, small
ru, nnd ammunition.
General Gordon’s Career.
rfae carver of Major-General Charles George
Gordon reads more iike a romance Ilian a
simple recital of historical facts, liis pop
ular title ot hiiicse Gordon made his name
known to every civilized nation on the face of
the earth over 20 years ago, an 1 since that
tim© no hfts lwn n.lnu>st continuously
liefore the public gaze as a mili
tary hero of uncommon attributes. be
ginning Ais life ns a soldier in the trenches tie
lore fc>ebjtoi 01, a siinpl ■ lieutenant of engi
neers, lie rose to the highest rank ever given
to a foreigner in China, after having subdued
a formidable rebellion, tin n transferred his
s rvices to the government of the kin dive of
Kgyp{, where he won fresh laurels in his
tight, against slavery and barbarism in
the Soudan, returned to a comparatively
peaceful life iu the service of his own gov
ernment, and finally went back to the scene
of his former struggle- in Africa to be killed
by a follqwer of the False Prophet, Proba
bly the story of no other military man of the
age furnishes a more romantic history than
that of “Chinese” Cordon, and the fact that
his death resulted from the delay of his own
country iu sending to him the relief which he
needed until it was too late to make it effect
ual will add to the heroic interest which at
tached to his fate
“Chinese'' Gordon was ln>rn at Woolwich,
England, January 2S, l&fi. His father
was a in the artillery and his
older brother had preceded him in the pro
fssion of arms.
In 1855 Gordon proceeded to the Crimea,
where he served several months and won dis
tinction for military skill in detecting the
plans of the Russians. In IS'O, when the
difficulties with China assumed a s.-ri. us form,
a large Anglo-French ex|ieddion was sent out
for the purpose of bringing the Chinese gov
ernment to terms, in which he was eminently
successful.
When the Chinese subsequently applied to
the English general for a trustworthy officer
to command the foreign drilled contingent,
1 aptain Gordon, then not- more than thirty
years of ago, was uanud. In nlmo-t all his
engagements Gordon found it necessary to be
t the front an 1 often to lon l. in per on, but
be never recognize lda tger, and a sit over of
bullets w as to liimn > tv 're than a hailstorm.
Gordon left China in ltS.il au>l return and to
England still a captain of engineers. He was
given a consular appointment oa the Danube,
whence he was summoned in I'v-l to Egypt
by the late khedive. Th v new task was a
very difficult and peri ous one. lie had to
deal in the Foudan with difficulties which
were only part: dlv kn vv, \ hi e he had to
reconcile irs r. ;i< a.th ir w i o o t>n in oai
patib'e wit!t e facts of the position. For
years he to:led in the eaus with ut flagging
teal. , , _
In Januarv. ISS4. at the request of tließrif
-stx Government Gordon undertook the paci
fication of the Stond-in. iiis arrival a* Khar
toum was had.si wi;h delight by the people.
At first then seemed some chan -e of success,
1 ut day bv da*, the forces of the vietorioua
Mahdi clos*\l more relentl - slv about the de
voted city, until the place fell into their {x>9-
session and Gordon's life was forfeited in the
cause for had so hung and bravely
tattled. 1 > ?
General Gordon was fifty-twoyears old th#
day before his death.
ANOTHER BATTLE.
General Wolse'ey telegraphs the War Office
from Korli, saying that a messenger jnst in
from Berti* brings him of Gen. Earle.
The general with his commai.d is hiaking rapid
progress toward Berber, the objective point of
Lia exi* ditiea. His advance sruard. comprised
of a detachment of cavalry, al the lime ~T the
runner's departure from Bcrti, had reached
bhakout Wells, where they surprised and put
to flight a large body of rebels, who had en
camped at walla 04 their way to join the
Mahdi’s aegessive lieutenant, Osman Digna.
Thirty of the rebels were killed and six taken
prisoners. The cattle and camels belonging to
the band and a largo number of Bemmgtor
rifles were secured.
THE MI DIVE'S VIEWS.
In an interview the Khedive said he believed
that Goa. Gordon was still alive, as the Mahdj
was 100 wise a man to kill him. The Mahdi
had no interest in wishing the desth of Gen.
Gordon, lul on the contrary, would do all in
hiapower to prevent such an occurrence. In
stant action on the part of England, be said
u nece-sary to prevent tne miner progress ol
alK, i’a emse and a%ert Dew disasters.
Ihe abandonment of tbe Soudan by England
under the present circumstances would be a
grave mistake. The tribes hitherto friend.? to
Great Britain would now join tne Mahdi. and
if England does not take immediate steps to
crush him, his influence may seriously threaten
the stability of the British Empire in India.
THD MAHDI’s LOSSES.
Wounded prisoners who have been brought tc
Gakdul hay that the Mahdi told his men that
the British were lew in number, that their
weapons were harmless and that English sol
diers would fly at the sight of Arab spearmen.
A majority of the rebels were unwilling sol
diers. They were compelled to fight or suffer
cruel treatment. The Mahdi threatened to de
prive them of food for forty days, saying that
if they survived they would be exempted from
military service by Allah’s will and left unmo
lested.
Five thousand of tbe Mahdi’s best troops,
and many of the principal sheikhs were killed,
wounded or disheartened in the two recent
battles. Manv emir* -r lying at Metemneh
wounded. 'lhe Mahdi had twenty-two guns
before Khartoum, commanded by proteges of
Ismail l'asha, ~~\o had been taught artillery
pi sctice at o. Nearly all of the sharp
shooters were deserters from Hicks Pasha’s
aimy.
WtMOX HZSCUED.
General Wolseley telegraphs the War Office
from Korti, announcing the rescue of Colonel
Wilson and his gallant little band, consistingof
ad tachmeut of the Bus-ex regiment, from the
island upon which his steamer was s'randed
on its return from Khar.oum, after learning
of :he capture of that city by the rebels.
General Wolseley states that lie is advised
that the r r m was most gallantly effected,
and undei b most trying circumstances.
Ihe rt sou in* party was repeatedly bred on
and haras-ed throughout. Borne times they
were closely pressed, but succeeded, not
only m keeping the enemy off, but
work.ng havoc m their ranks, whenever they
came within reach of the guns of the steamer.
The liver banks at some points actually
swarmed with the enemy, who poured
in a rain of bullets on the steamer
1 8 she passed. During the trip a shot from
tho shore penetrated iho boiler of the boat,
end other serious damage was done The rebel
lire was unusually well directed and at the place
of rescue they made a determined stand, keep
lllS up an incessant fire until the guns
of the steamer commenced playing on
them, when they beat a hasty retreat. The
rescue was then accomplished without further
serious opposition.
The authorities at Cairo are intormed that
the Italian troops in the vicinity of Massowah
are about to march to the relief of the English
garrison at Kasoaia and on ihe Seitit ltiver.
DEATH OF PEN. EARLE.
A British Victory, but with Serions Loss.
Major General Earle, whose column of
British troops, numbering 2,503 men and
comprising cavalry and camel corps, has
b eon killed in action. Tho London Standard's
correspondent with Gtnral Earle’s column
•ends the following despatch, dated Dullta
The British troops advanced to attack the
•netny, who held a strong position on the
hills. After some fighting the enemy was
completely surrounded. Finding it impossi
ble to dislodge the rebels from their fortified
position General Earle ordered the troops to
charge. General Earle was killed while lead
ing the attack.
The Black Watch regiment captured the
position at thepointof the bayonet,the cavalry
taking possession of the enemy’s camp. Gen
eral Braekenbury, upon the fall of General
Earle, assumed command and ordered the
remaining positions of the enemy to be
stormed. The troops acted promptly, made
a gallant attack, and soon captured all the
en any’s positions. The fighting lasted five
hours. There was great slaughter among
the enemy. Those who survived escaped by
swimming the river.
The British force consisted of the Black
watch end South Stafford. „
i)(|imAruu of u., -c-c t-w > puns of Egyptian
artillery, the Egyptian camel corps and a
section of the field hospital corps. The troops
at oiv’e set to work to form a zareba. In the
meantime the enemy fired several shots from
tho high hills. Our pickets advanced and
drove back the Arabs who had de
scended the hills to make an attack.
Night ensue 1 and guards were posted.
Everything passed quietly during the night.
Tuesday morning the troops formed and ad
vanced to the enemy’s position, marching in
two parallel columns. Two companies of the
South Stafford regiment and two guns occu
pied the ground directly in front of the enemy
to attract their attention. At 8 o’clock our
guns opened the attack, and for some time a
desultory fire was maintained. In the mean
time tho main body of our troops was
advancing steadily over almost impracticable
ground, pushing the enemy before them and
seizing each successive ridge by a short de
termined rush. The forward movement was
continued until the advanced troops reached
the right rear of the enemy, which rested on
the river. This completed the movement
whereby the rebels were surrounded. The
enemy’s position was a very strong one. It
was on rockv ground, and was strengthened
by loophole*! walls from which they main
tained a heavy, well-directed fire.
General Earle had no artillery, and com
manded his troops to charge. It was more of
a scramble than a charge, but the A.rabs were
driven from the heights at the point of the
bayonet, and fell ba k slowly toward the
river. All that then remained to be captured
was the little fort on the river bank. As the
British column a ivaneed it was met by a
steady and well directed fire from behind
sand an 1 watlings which composed the Arab
fort, and many men of the attacking partj
were killed. General Earle again ordered his
men to charge, and put himself at the head of
the column. He was killed during the charge.
The fort was ultimate-v captured, but at a
terrible cost. In addition to General Earle
three officers and eight men were killed and
thirty-five men are wounded.
General Earle was second in command to
Lord Wolseley over the British troops in the
Scudan.
Ex-Xarsr Fdtion Sentenced to Jail.
There was intense feeling shown in ail the
Sublic offices in New York, on Tuesday, when
; was learned that Judge Freedman, in the
Superior Court, had decided in favor of Hon.
Theodore Roosevelt and others in the suit
brought to puniffi Mayor Edson for con
tempt in sending in the name of Baffin
Squire for Commissioner of Public Works in
the face of an injunction issn and by a Supreme
Court Judge prohibiting the Mayor from doing
so. Judge Freedman, in a lengthy opinion,
finds that ex-Mayor Edson is guilty of con
tempt of oonrt, an 1 he directs that for the wilful
disobedieuce and the contempt of which the
defendant stands adjudged guilty, he be im
prisoned in the county jail for the period of
fifteen days and that, in addition thereto, be
pay a fine cf $250. And he further directs
that the onler to l*e entered and the comm t
meut to be issued be presented for settlement
on a notice of two days to the attorn ys for the
defendant
Thro uh a Bridie-
Afl train No. 8. west bound, on the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy Railroad approached a
bridge across a smalt stream, near Creston,
lowa, it struck a broken rail and tated along
on the ties until it ran upon the bridge, which
went down, carrying with it two coaches and a
sleeper, containing from twenty to twenty-five
passengers. Three passengers were killed and
a number seriously injured. The engineer of
the train was killed at hie post.
Bohemian Dynamiter*.
During the progress of a bail at Witkowitx
Bohemia, a dynamite cartridge was exploded
under a stairway. Several of the gu*:s s woo
were on the steps at the time were severely in
jured, but none fatally. The staircase was
■halt wort
Devoted to the Interests ot Butts County.
JACKSON. GEORGIA, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 24. 1885.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Railem and Middle mates.
Much excitement has been created in Erie
county, N. Y., by rich oil discoveries. Thou
sands of acres of land have been quietly
based by oil speculators.
An enormous loss will result from a fire In
the E her vale coal mines at W ilkesbarre,
Fenn. . Gangs of men fought the fire from
four different points.
1 ae latest traffic of the smugglers between
Buffalo and Canada is in dead bodies for
Canadian dissection rooms.
Ex-Mator Franklin Edsox, of New
i ork, was sentenced to fifteen davs irnpris
onment condemned to pay beside a fine
of for contempt of court in disobeying
an injunction granted by Judge Miles Beach,
of the court of common plea#, on December
iO last, restraining him from nominating suc
cessors to a commissioner of public works and
a corporation counsel, whose terms had ex
pired on December 10. The ex-mayor will
carry the case to the court of appeals.
1 hree men were blown to pieces while at
work in a quarry near Harrisburg, Penn., by
the boiler’s exploding.
A eire in the Genesee Brewing company’s
works, Roche-ter, N. Y., was followed by an
explosion which severely injured five men and
caused an estimated loss of‘s 100,000.
Two executions occurred in Pennsylvania
the o her day. At Philadelphia Richard
iren • was hanged for murdering Mrs. Au
gusta /ilium, the wife of his friend and bene
factor, during a quarrel, and at Hollidays*
burg Dr. L. M. Beach suffered a similar fate
for wife murder.
A Boston dispatch says that socialistic
Ideas are spreading throughout Massachu
setts.
A Fall River (Masa) mill corporation is
about to transfer its entire plant to Mexico,
where it will manufacture print cloths, em
ploying Mexican help.
Ovid, N. Y., has lost its business section by
Are. Abram Covert, the wealthiest mer
chant m the place, was so affected by hi
losses that lie became insane and cut his 1
throat, inflicting a bad wound.
The British steamer Gladiolus arrived at
New York port, bringing with her the thirty
men comprising the officers and crew of the
itenmer Ben well Tower, which they had been
compelled to abandon at sea. It was the
Benwell Tower’s first voyage.
Later reports put the total number of vic
tims by the Philadelphia almshouse fire at
‘weoty-eight. Of the 684 lunatics confined
there mhny were missing, but it is thought
that most of them wandered away during the
tire. A number of them were recaptured in
the streets of Philadelphia.
The Maine lower house has passed a bill
appropriating SIO,OOO to aid in entertaining the
national encampment of the G. A. R., which
Is to meet at Portland.
Many prominent Republicans were pres
snt at a reception given by the New York
Union League club to United States Senator
elect 5V iiliam M. Evarts. A congratulatory
address was read to Mr. Evarts, wlw .made
a long speech in reply.
Month and West.
Frank Abner, a fifteen-year-old boy, re
dding near Rock Creek, 111., being repri
manded by his grandmother, waited until
ihe was asleep and then brained her with
an ax.
A great snow storm In the West has
caused a partial suspension of business in
many places. Most of the railroads were
blockaded by huge snow drifts. In some
sections the blizzard was accompanied by
thunder and lightning. In Chicago the snow
drifts caused au almost complete cessation of
traffic, and at Des Moines, lowa, the fifteen
railroads centering there were blockaded.
The storm was followed by extremely cold
weather.
Complete darkness suddenly following a
thunder storm in the daytime caused many
people in Louisville, Ky., to think that the
ind of the world was near.
Hm 4 m a a weaitny oia rarmer, and
bis three children were burned to death in
their haudsomo house near Norwich, Ohio.
No traces of Mrs. Atkins, a young wife and
itep-mother to the children, nor of Emanuel
Porter, the hired man, could be found; and
Investigation led to the belief that the two,
together with Mrs. Atkins’ mother, had fired
tho building and then fled.
Ice gorges caused an overflow of rivers
ind creeks in New Jersey and Pennsylvania,
fcnd the damage resulting therefrom to prop
erty aggregates many thousands of dollars.
Eleven coal companies at a meeting in
Cleveland, Ohio, decided to insist upon re
ducing the price of mining.
Wilbur Peters, of Wooster, Ohio, shot
and fatally wounded his sweetheart, Miss
Laura Chester, as she was leaving a roller
ikating rink with another young man; then
Peters inflicted a fatal wound upon himself.
A Terre Haute (Ind.) dispatch says that
the boiler of a rolling mill at Brazil, twenty
miles away, exploded while about fifty men
were gathered around warming themselves.
Ten men were reported killed, and about
twenty more injured
Five men at work in a Chicago sewer were
.vercome by noxious gases and smothered to
death.
A double execution took place a few days
lince at Little Rock. Ark., the victims being
Rush Jolm-on and Lige Parker, colored mur
derers of two white men.
A day after Miss Mary Cox, who lived in
Springfield, W. Va.. was buried her grave
was opened by friends and it was discovered
iho had been buried alive, the girl’s body and
the coffin showing evidence of a terribl*
'trugg’e that she had made to escape.
Sanford Jackson, a colored man, was
oanged in Atlanta. Ga, for the murder of a
colored fellow workman named Rufus Gill
during a quarrel, and on the sameday James
W. Murray expiated the murder of his
brother-in-law. Alfred Yenke, on tbe gallows
at Portland. Oregon.
All the coal mines in Illinois, Indiana,
and Ohio have shut down because the
railroads canuot handle the stc _'k.
William Harrington, a white resident
of Abbeville, La., died a few days since at
the age of 109.
Thf, Texas legislature has enacted a law
making it compulsory on heads of all depart
ments to give at lea-t half the clerical posi
tions in their respective offices to females.
Colonel Thomas Buford, who won no
toriety in 187? as the slayer of Judge Elliott,
of the" Kentucky court of appeals, died the
other morning at the Anchorage (Kv.)
Lunatic asylum, after a long illness. He
killed Judge Elliott for rendering a decision
•gainst his sister in a law suit.
Washington.
Senator Palmer's recent address favor
ing woman suffrage is the first set speech ever
delivered in Congress on the subject.
The board of directors of the Garfield Me
morial hospital at Washington have asked
Congress for an appropriation of $15,000.
Thehospital is supported by charitable con
tributions, but is now much in need of funds
Foreign.
The French troops in Tonquin have de
rtroyed five Chinese forts. Their losses dur
ing two days’ fighting were 21 killed and 16S
wounded.
The British government has substituted a
charge of high treason for th? previous charge
of cou-piracv against the alleged ayuamit-rs,
Cunningham airs Burton.
Great mil; arv preparations aro bring
made in England to reinforce Lord Wolselev
in Egypt.
The British force under Sir Charles Wil
son which yas stranded on an island iu the
Nile alter its return .from Kjmrtoum was
a body or English troops from
uubat. The Arabs poured a constant fire
into the English troops, but were repulsed.
Cardinal M’Cabe, archbishop of Dublin,
is dead
Ihe Turkish newspapers have been offi
cially prohibited from publishing news from
the Soudan or comm Ms upon the situation
there.
, -^ [ ’ttTEEN' men were killed and seven
badly burned by an explosion of gas in a coal
mine in Pictou ountv, the center of the
N ova Scotia coal fields. The explosion oc
curred while the men were at the bottom of
the mine, 2,200 feet from tbe surface.
Lord Wolseley asserted there were some
doubts of the death c-f General Gordon and of
the fall of Khartoum.
The French troops in Tonquin have had
three days of hard fighting with the Chinese
and lost heavily, but made steady progress.
Miss Eva Mackay. stepdaughter of the
Oantorma bonanza king, is now a princess,
having been married in Paris, where she has
resided since 1874, to Don Ferdinand Julien
Colonna, prince of Galatro, an officer in the
Italian army. The bride is about twenty -
two years old and ihe bridegroom twenty
seven.
Advices from Suakim state that a recen
noitering party of British hussars and Egyp
tians burned a native village, whereupon
they were attacked by a body of Arabs in
ambush and compelled to retreat. Eight
hussars and three Egyptians were killed.
LATER NEWS
—The eondition of business in Congress is
sueh as to render n extra session not im
probable.
—The Secretary of the Navy has issued a
general order prohibiting naval officers from
lobbying in Congress unless by special order
by the Naval Department.
—The heaviest snow storm experienced in
twenty years prevailed at Chicago and other
places in the West.
—Sodden darkness following a thunder
storm in the daytime caused many people in
Louisville, Kv., to think that the end of the
world wa* near.
—The proposed great anarchist meeting in
Paris, says a correspondent, proved a fiasco.
—Tho English government has substituted
a charge of high treason for tlie previous
charge against the alleged dynamiters, Cun
ningham and Burton.
—Great military preparations are being
made in Engjand to reinforce Lord Wolselev
in Egypt. ~
—Six persons were killed and many wounded
by the wrecking of a train near Creston, lowa,
on Monday.
—Henry George says a mighty revolution
has commenced in England and that Mr.
Joseph Chamberlain will probably be the
leader of the new party. He condemns the
dynamite explosions and the rule of force, and
tlduks Parnell would have been more success
ful if he included tb* people of England and
Scotland in tho benefits ot his proposed meas
ures.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Below will be found a batch of late notes
of interest from Washington:
MEMBERSHIP OF THE SEN At)
Seme idea of the permanency of the mem
bership of the Senate may be formed by
the fact that while twenty-six senatorial
elections were held to fill terms begin
ning the 4th of March, only eight new
members were chosen, so that of the
seventy-six members of the next
Senate sixty-six at least will be old mem
bers, the election in Illinois and Oregon
not having taken place. The new members
will be Mr. Spooner, of Wisconsin; Hanford,
of California; Wilson, of Maryland; Eustis,
of Louisiana; Evarts, of New York; Payne,
of Ohio; Jones, of Arkansas, and Blackburn,
of Kentucky. Mr. Chace, of Rhode Island,
is already a member of the Senate, and Mr.
Teller, of ColoradOj Mr._ Hill’s successor,
ago to become a member ’’""of
President Arthur’s cabinet. The election of
a Republican from Illinois and Oregon will
give the Republicans forty-two members, in
cluding Senators Mahone and Riddleberger,
and the Democrats thirty-four. At present
there are forty-four committees of the Sen
ite. The chairmanship of seven of them is
511 ed by Democratic Senators, and thirty
jeven by Republicans.
CONDITION Of THE TREASURY.
A statement prepared by the United States
measurer shows the condition of the treasury
is follows:
Reserve $145,923,866
Net gold 123,863,672
Net silver 44,436,034
Net United States notes 16,093,478
On January 28, 1884, the reserve was $133,-
204,289; net gold, $1 >4,307,318; net silver,
$27,114,892, aud net United States notes,
134,607,879.
The statement shows an increase of sl2,
f24,577 in the reserve, a decrea e of $30,943,-
546 in net gold, an increase of $17,321,142 in
net silver aud a decrease of $18,509,401 in the
net United States notes. The pension pay
ments will be heavy this month.
MUTILATED LEGAL TENDER NOTES.
The acting treasurer of the United States
has received a package of mutilated legal ten
der notes and silver certificates of the denom
inations of $lO and S2O amount
ing to SBIO, which were pre
sented at the sub-treasury at New York
for redemption, and as there was some ques
tion as to their value they were forwarded to
Washington. Only one quarter of each note
is missing, and therefore they will probably
be redeemed at their full value under the law
which provides for the redemption of
notes in full where less than two
fifths of the note is missing.
An examination shows that the notes were
torn in such a way that the fragment from
each of lour notes could be used in making
an entirely new and complete note. The
notes manufactured in this way were put
into circulation, aud the notes from which
they had been made were sent to
the" treasury for redemption. While
the patched notes would perhaps escape
detection by the general public, there are
numerous ways of recognizing the fraud. It
is impossible to secure the right numbers on
the made notes, while the silk thread running
through the paper being of different colors
and in different places, furnishes unmistaka
ble proof. One corner of a patchel note in
circulation was found to belong, without
doubt, to one of the mutilated notes. A se
cret service officer ha- been detailed to look the
matter up.
INDIAN LANDS OPEN TO SETTLEMENT
The President has, by executive order,
opened to public settlement after May 15,
I£S5, all of the lands within the Niobrara or
Santee Sioux Indian reservation in the State
of Nebraska remaining unallotted to and un
settled by the Indians, except such as are
occupied for agency, school and missionary
purposes.
PROTECTING PUBLIC LANDS.
The House agreed to the Senate amend
ments to prevent unlawful occupancv of the
public lands, and it was sent to the President
for approval. The bill declares to be unlaw
ful and prohibits all inclosure of any public
lands by any person, association or corpora
tion which has no claim or color of title
thereto acquired in good faith with a view to
entry, or an asserted right thereto by or
under a claim made i# good faith in the
proper land office. Penalties are provided
for a violation of the law.
According to data furnished the House
committee oy Se rerary Teller millions of
acres of the public lands in Colorado and Ne
braska, as well as iu a number of the Terri
tories, have been fenced in and occupied by
“ranche companies’ - and cattle companies to
the exclusion of intending settlers. Several
of these compani-- are controlled bv for iti
capitalists exclusively.
oomohessional summary.
Senate.
Mr. Cameron,of Pennsylvania, called up his
resolution concerning the improvement of
the merchant marine. It directs the com
mittee on finance to inquire whether it would
be expedient to expend the surplus revenue of
the L nitedj?tates, or any portion thereof, for
the purpose of reviving the shipping and
export trade by allowing a rebate
from tariff duties on foreign goods imported
* n built nnd owned iu the United States,
and by also allowing a premium on American
grown products and articles of American
manufacture exported in American vessels,
and to report by bill or otherwise!
Mr. Cameron made a long speech
in favor of the resolution, which
was referred to the finance committee....
Mr. Beck made a speech on tho Anti-Silver
Coinage bill. He favored the redemption of
the trade dollar, bui opposed the suspension
of the coinage of the standard silver dollar
A bill was passed appropriating $650,000
for the purchase of a site for the extension of
the postoifice department building in Wash
ington.
_ After discussion the pension appropriation
bill was passed with amendments, aud went
back to the House The anti-fencing bill
was passed, making it unlawful for any per
son or association to enclose public lands to
which, or to any portion of which such per
son or association have no claim or color of
title. The creation, maintenance, or control
of any such enclosure is forbidden.
An interesting scene occurred in the Sen
ate upon its return to the Senate chamber
from the count of the Electoral vote in joint
convention in the House. No sooner had
Mr. Edmunds taken tho chair than Mr. Con
ger was on his feet. He said he desired to
have go on record his protest against the de
claration of Mr. Edmunds in joint conven
tion. John Sherman said that without enter
ing into any argument he coincided with Mr.
Conger. Mr. Ingalls took the same view and
offered a resolution formally declaring the
dissent of the Senate from Mr. Edmunds’ de
claration. Mr. Bayard objected and the
resolution went over. Mr. Hoar then offered
a resolution reciting the total of the vote
and declaring that nothing further was
necessary to make finally biuding and
legal the result of the count. This also went
over under objection. Mr. Edmunds said the
Senate was in no -way responsible for the
declaration made by him. He made it on his
own responsibility. He said if he had exceeded
his authority, or had not fulfilled his duty, he
would resign at once his office. The declaration
made by Mr. Edmunds at the conclusion of
the electorial count, and to which some of
tho Senators took exception, was as follows:
“ And the President of the Senate makes this
declaration only as a public statement in the
presence of the two Houses of Congress of
contents of the papers opened and read on
this occasion, and not as possessing any
authority in law to declare any legal con
clusion whatever.”
The resolutions offered by Mr. Ingalls and
Mr. Hoar relating to the electoral count were
on motion of Mr. Hoar referred without
comment to the committee on privileges nnd
elections A resolution offered by Mr. Sher
man was agreed to, authorizing the president
of the Senate to appoint a committee of
three Senatoi s to make the necessary ar
rangements for the inauguration of the Presi
dent-elect on March 4 Messrs. Sherman,
Hawley and Ransom were appointed the
committee The army appropriation HUJ
ami tUe Dili cjjeaimg the ;u c-cuipuon and
culture laws were passed.
House*
By a vote of 149 to 117, the House refused
to continue beyond noon the consideration of
the river and harbor appropriation bi 11....
There was another scene in the House, caused
by Mr. White, of Kentucky, trying to read a
speech in repl.y to Mr. Willis, who had called
him an “obstructionist.” Mr. Black
burn, who was acting as Speaker, refused
to permit Mr. White to go on, de
claring his speech was not a question of
privilege. Mr. White persisted in speaking,
and Mr.Blackburn directed Deputy-Sergeant
at-Arms Hill to make him stop. As Hill did
down,' 'and'" tlTei'if h iUi: e U sed to sit
Finally Hill got his mace and Mr. White
took his seat.... Mr. Townshend explained
that the postoffice bill appropriated $52,253,-
200, which was $3,212,800 less than tho sum
given for the current fiscal year.
Mr. Kelley moved an amendment of that
•part of the journal of the House which re
ferred to the scene which occurred on the
previous day between Mr. White, of Ken
tucky, and the deputy sergeant-at-arms. The
journal, he said, read that when
the deputy procured the mace and
proceeded toward Mr. White that gentleman
“took his seat.” It should read that he “had
taken his seat.” On Mr. Reagan’s motion Mr.
Kelley's motion was tabled, and then Mr.
Keifer moved that a committee be appointed
to report on the question of fact
concerning the previous day’s proceedings.
Mr. Reagan moved to lay Mr. Keifer’s mo
tion on the table, and after discussion this
was carried by 154 to 82 and the journal was
approved.... The speaker announced the ap
pointment of Messrs. Clay, of Kentucky, and
Keifer, of Ohio, as tellers on the part of the
House during the counting of the electoral
vote.
In joint convention of both Houses, Senator
Edmunds presiding, the electoral vote was
counted. At the completion of the count the
Senate returned to its chamber, and the
House took a recess of fifteen minutes. On
the House being again called to order Mr.
Keifer offered a resolution reciting the result
of the joint convention of the two Houses
and declaring that it is the sense of the
House that the Constitution and laws
have been duly executed, and no fur
ther declaration of these facts is neces
sary. Mr. Springer said it seemed from
the announcement of the presiding officer of
the joint convention that there was no decla
ration of the vote. Contrary to ail precedent
the V ice-President had simply declared tliat|it
appeared from the count made by the tellers
that Grover Cleveland received a certain num
ber of votes, but had di claimed any intention
to make any official declaration of the resuit
of that vote. He preferred that the matter
should be referred to the judiciary committee
Idle Speaker said: “T... presiding officer of
the joint convention, in making the an
nouncement of the vote, announced the re
sult that had been found, and simply ad del
a disclaimer of any aufchori ty on his part as pre
siding officer of the Senate or of the joint con
vention to make any declaration at aIL” After
further debate Mr. Keifer's resolution wa3
tabled by 1-5 yeas to 115 nays. Mr. Clay
then presented a joint resolution which pro
vided for a committee of 3 Representatives
and two Senators to wait upon Cleveland and
Hendricks and notify them of their election
which was adopted afte considerable discus
sion.
On motion of Mr. Buraes, of Missouri
S° iate am-ndm*-nts to the consular and dip
lomatic appropriation bill were non-concur
red in. an t Mr. Barnes. Mr. Townshend and
Mr. Washburn Mere appoiute l conferees. On
motion rf Mr. Hancock, of Texas, tb s.<n
at- amendments to tee pui-i >n appropriation
bill wre non- onr-urred in, and ‘Me-srs.
Hancock, Feliett and 'U'ash
fcurn -vein :* ■ pointed conferees...
Nathan V. D'css -* o llnoie island, ap
peal at the bar f She Hons? and took the
oath i r.i ! • as a Repeso-.i native to succeed
Jona i a.: Cha-e. e' /to l -coat r At the
evening .session the ; i -ss Uicu-sed ihe post
oiTi c- appropriation bill without taking any
action.
Burning In Mid-Ocean.
The British steamer Welbury, Capt Patton,
from Baltimore, Jan. 17, has arrived at Fal
mouth, England. One of her boats was
? cashed and she was damaged in various ways
during the voyage. She reports that on Feb.
S -;ie passed the British bark Erinna, Captain
Smith, from New York, Jan. 17, for Antwerp,
v idea was on fire. Her rudder and masts
'ere gone and part of her stern ’rad been
burnt away.
PERSONAL ME NTION.
Carl Schurz is lecturing in the South.
Bismarck is again ill and has been ordered
to leave Berlin for rest.
Samuel J. Tilden s writings and speeches
are about to be published.
Mr. Hitt is the richest congressman from
Illinois. He is raied at $8,000,000.
P. T. Barnum has given to Bridgeport,
Conn., a thirty-acre addition to the public
park.
Governor Alger, of Michigan, receives
SI,OOO a year, while his private secretary gets
$1,600.
Susan B. Anthony began iiie as a soheol
tea her at $8 a month, aud in fifteen years
saved SSOO.
Miss Lulu Hurst, the Georgia wonder,
has made SBO,OOO within a year our of her
“magnetism.”
Tue United States Senate, after March 4,
will have three gentlemen named Jones, but
not a single Smith.
General McClellan* like Geuerai Han
cock, declined to be chief marshal of the in
auguration parade in Washington.
Mu. ARC . the evangelist, want home to
JNorthfield, moss., to celebrate his mother’s
eightieth birthday anniversary, which oc
curred recently. He is presently going to
lowa, Kansas and Nebraska.
A very rich old lady went to hear Mr.
Washington. She was so pleased
—2 Mi that when she went home she
changed her will and provided that SIO,OOO
should be given to him upon her death.
i’uE queen of Belgium is described as
stolidly insolent, without a grace or a charm
to season the defect. Horses are her passion,
aud as she grows older she becomes more iu
sympathy with them and less with tne human
race.
Robert G. Ingersoll and his client Dor
sey are going to Europe for a year or two.
They are both, says a Washington dispatch,
rich from the profits of the Dorsey ranch in
New Mexico, which yielded a net profit iast
year of $300,000. Ingersoll ow ns a one-sixth
interest, given him by Dorsey as a fee m the
Star-route trial. There are now 55,000 cattle
on the range, and the profits are expected to
average half a million a year. Dorsey says
he will be absent until a year from this fall,
and Ingersoll proposes to give up Ins entire
law practice aud stay three or four years.
ITEMS OF NEWS.
American canned frogs are in great de
mand iu France.
Lemon growing is becoming a profitable
industry in Florida.
Cat fights are tiie latest diversion of the
New York so-called “sport.”
It is said that over three million trees
were planted in Great Britain in 1883.
The manufacture of artificial ivorv from
bones aud scraps of shoepskiu is a new"indus
try.
Tiie United States and France are the
greatest chocolate consuming countries in th
world.
There were 468 postmasters who died last
year, while there were 705 who were sus
r * 3
A walnut orchard of seventeen acres at
Los Angeles, Cal., yielded its owner $2,700
this season.
Melbourne, Ark., with a population of
250, has four churches, any one of which will
hold tiie entire population.
Eleven national banks, twenty-two State
banks, eleven savings banks and twenty-seveD
private banking institutions failed last year.
The Bible mentions 620 places in Palestin#
west of Jordan, aud 430 have been identified,
132 by the staff of the Palestine exploration
fund.
Canvas back ducks are heaper than meat
iu some of the northern counties of California.
Hares are going begging at 59 and 60 cents
a dozen.
still holds the lead in inventive
ing taken out 986 patents last year, one fo;
every 694 persons iu the State.
Two pupils in a Washington Territory
school were recently obliged to remain at
home and take care of the baby while the
mother attended court us a juror.
A number of planters at Matamoras, Cuba,
have determined to use the molasses pro
duced on their estates as manure, the low
prices received for it falling short of paying
freight, storage, Sec.
It is more than suspected that very many
of the snake bites causing death in India are
caused by parents desiring to put an end to
superfluous offspring in a manner which de
fits discovery of guilt.
Kate Smulsey, the young woman of Fort
Plain, N. Y., who is said to have taken no
food since last March, is not only still alive,
but both she and her family are hopeful of
her ultimate recovery. The attending physi
cian says her case is mysterious.
ARCTIC WEATHER,
Great Fall In Temperature all Ovar
tbe Country.
A cold weather wave which started in the
Northwest, spread nearly all over the conn*
try. The temperature was below freezing
point as far south as Texas and Florida, and
it fell from 20 degrees to 40 degrees below
that of the day previous in the Middle Atlan
tic States and New England. The mercury
ranged below tbe freezing point through
out the Southern States, and fell
from 10 degrees to 20 degrees from
the lake district south of the Gulf coast. In
New York the thermometer registered 1 deg.
below zero. In Philadelphia the record was
zero; in Albany it was 1 deg. below; in Al
bany it was 1 deg. below; in Washington, D.
C., 2 degs. above; in Boston 8 degs. above;
in Baltimore 0 degs. above. Mount Wash
ington was the coldest place in the
the mercury showing 28 deg. below zero.
Other points at which the record was below
zero were Port Huron, Mich., 24 deg.; Du
luth, 22 deg., Cleveland, 15 deg.; Buffalo, 12
deg.; at Indianapolis, 10 deg.; Cin
cinnati, 9 deg. ; and at Pitts
burg, Penn., 6 deg. The warmest place in
the United States was Key West, Fla. , where
the thermometer showed 56 deg. in the shade,
and Galveston, Texas, reveled in a temper
ature of 40 deg.
The intense cold weather left its marks oh
the incoming steamships, all of which were
completely covered with ice when they ar
rived it New York and other northern
ports, in the West there was intense suffer
ing; many railroads were blockaded on ac
count of the heavy snow fall, and cattle per
ished by thousands.
The London Dynamiier®.
The examination of James G. Cunningham
and Harry Burton, charged under the Explo
sives Act* with conspiracy causing the mali
cious explosion at the Tower of London on
January 24, is now taking place.
Mr. Poland. Solicitor for the Treasury,
opened the case for the Crown. He created a
sensation by immediately announcing that he
would withdraw the charge of conspiracy and
substitute that of Irlgh treason felony against
both the prisoners jointly. He said
las story told by Cunningham had
been found falss. * The truth was that
Cunningham did not leave New York city un
til December 10. He reached Liverpool
aboard the Adriatic on December 20. He re
mained in Liverpool but a short lime, and
then came to London, and brought the brown
trunk of American manufacture along with
him
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF BUTTS CO
A GREAT DISASTER.
AN AVALANCHE IN UTAFI BURIED SIX
TEEN PERSONS
A .Mountain .Uiniug Town Nearly Swept out
of Existence.
-A Salt Lake (Utah) dispatch says: The
startling news was brought here this
evening that the town of Alta wa*
nearly wiped out by an avalanche.
It has been snowing for a week
and is now twelve feet deep on a level, with
the storm still raging. Last night, soon nfter
eight, a tremendous volume of snow swept
own over the Emma Mine works, doing no
damage there except taking the smokestack
along. Then it struck the town, crushing
about three-fourths of it, but fortunately
many of the houses were deserted for the
winter. This place is built at the foot of
converging gulches and the slides had a fair
mark.
Tucker’s boarding house was swept away
and his hotel crushed. The Vallejo workst
including buildings and tramways, were
crushed. Two men at this mine happened
to be in the drift and escaped injury. iStriek
ley’s, Tucker's and Wallace’s stores were
injured slightly. Power’s butcher shop and
Simpson's drug storo were the only
buildings that escaped entirely. A
large portion of the victims were in the
boarding house and hotel. Twenty-eight in
all were buried, but twelve were dug out
alive this morning. The men from the City
Rocks and the Evergreen mines formed a
Jigging force to get out the bodies. Three
'iad been taken out at last accounts, amid
much difficulty, the rescuers battling with a
heavy storm and low temperature.
Timothy Madden was not dead when
brought ouL but died soon after. The bodies
of James Vat son and Mrs. John Ford were
taken out quite dead. The following is a
correct list of those whose bodies have hot
yet been recovered:
Andrew S. White, Barney Gilson, Fred
Collinson, Mattie Hickey. Charley Volk and
Rig Jim, both Chinese, Jerry Regan, David
P. Evans, a child of Mrs. Fora, and four
children of Ed. Ballou.
A rescuing party starts from here in the
morning, and it is possible that some of the
above may be saved, as on a former occasion
some people were found alive after having
been buried tlm e days.
The losses are estimated as follows: Tuck
er’s hotel, 12,500; Smith’s brewery, $2,000;
Vallejo mine, $30,000; Case house, $500;
O’Reilly’s store, $2,000; Baldy Fritz’s saloon,
$500; John Strickley, $5,000; Jackson Jones,
$500; other buildings, SBOO.
FOOTLIGHT FLASHES.
Fanny Davenport has not had * losing
bouse this season.
Stoutness, in Salvini’s opinion hn his
Hamlet. He will not play it again.
Edwin Booth and Lawrence Barrett have
been playing successful engagements in New
SMKeusrun will probably enter the bur
lesque opera field, with Hilda Thomas in prin
cipal roles.
Mam. Januschowsky is singing Prince
Methusalem’s part in Boston with the Mc-
Caull company.
Maurice Btrakosch will bring Fides
Devries, the great dramatic soprano, to this
country next season.
Mrs. Langtry is angry with the London
press because it has condemned her new play
and her manner of acting.
Boston is to have anew theatre that will
seat from 8,500 to 4,000 persons. It will cost
$500,000 exclusive of the lot.
Bret Harte is writing a play depicting
life in the far West, minus the adjuncts of
bowie knives and shooting irons.
.Liszt has arrived ut Rome. The great
pianist is in pc. , lie i s said to have
increased in lie&h in the past, year.
Mme. Nilsson has been decorated by
King Alfonso with the cross of the C’vil
Order of Beneficence, founded by his mother.
Carrie Godfrey will be the priina donna
of the Thompson Opera company next
son. She has been very successful in Austra
lia.
Among the workingwomen of Paris there
are 1,027 wno earn their living as ballet dan
cers at the opera, receiving wages varying
from $225 to $575 a year.
Rubinstein, who is now at Peterhof, his
villa on the Gulf of Finland, is going to Eng
land after Easter for six weeks, for the pur
pose of producing his oratorio, “ Faradiv
Mrs. Agnes Booth was married recently
at Boston, for the 1 ourth time. Her new
husband is John B. SchoelFel. She is to live
in New York and will not retire from the
stage.
It is now settled that Signor Salvini will
return to this country next season under Mr.
Chizzola’s management, he having consented
to play four nights and one matinee in each
week.
There is a rule in the German theatres
worthy of general adoption. No one is al
lowed to move about the theatre, leave or
enter it while the music is playing, and
the man who says he will is sent, as if
by pneumatic tube, to the nearest police
Station.
Laura Schirmeb, the pretty Boston comic
opera singer, has been in Italy studying for
lour years, but will come home and sing in
New York with McCauli this summer. Em
ma Romeldi is another American singer just
back H orn Italy who wants to sing a lot of
the dramatic roles in Italian opera.
THE GREELY EXPEDITION.
Lieut* lilslinerbury’a Diary Showing
(hat finch Hail Feeling Prevailed.
The diary of Lieutenant Kislingbury, of
the Greelv party, which has been copied in the
signal office at Washington and thrown open
to inspection, covers 150 images of foolscap
pad begins August 9, 1883, after the aban
donment of Fort Conger, where the parly
had spent two winters.
it appears from the diary that Lieutenant
Kislingbury was suspended from duty by
Greely on the 26th of August, 1881,
just two weeks after the arrival of the expe
dition at its destination. He was virtually
Under arrest from that time until April 9,
1884, when he was returned to duty
and notified by Lieutenant Greely that he
was next in rank and should command in the
event of the latter’s death. Under date
of the 10th of May, 1884, Lieutenant Kisling
tury writes that Lieutenant Greely came to
him and said they had mis'mderstood each
other for three years, that bis (Kislingbury’s)
conduct had been manly and commendable
throughout, and be (Greely) begged pardon.
Only a lew days later, however, tne com
manding officer, according to Lieut Kisling
bury s account, insulted him by calling bim
a liar, and their personal relations again be
came hostile. The greater part of Lieut. Kif
lingbury’s diary is taken up" with criticisms
and complaints of Lieut. Greely, toward
whom the writer seems to have entertained a
feeling of bitter resentment Among the acts
of the commanding officer which are unfav
orably commented upon are the putting under
arrest of Dr. Pavy, whom Kislingbury char
a p rizes as “the most sensible and hardest
working man we have along;” the swearing
at the men and the threatening to shoot one
of them (Ureas) without any reason whatever.
The whole diary is a record of bickering, bad
feeling and dissension.