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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.