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©srKKQut C»legje , ?tp4 - 3attctt«d & HTo^ci^gec,
As Solid a Republican «■ Dorsey.
Wathmeton Poet, On.
,, J'Mti«E«.M *a crldence of mod Wth. Preri-
5™.i l ?ytf on ¥ h*vc no objection to male*
pxthp VnlwIfatS?*' ° f aul ' r,!mc Coult
Affection Outrunning Wisdom.
Texat Siftings.
"How ore ron and your wile coniine on?”
naked a Galveston man o! a colored man.
••She’s run me off, boa.” “What’s the mat
ter?" “1 is to hlame, boss. I gave her a splen
did white silk dress and den uo got so proud
me had no use forme. She'lowed I was too
dark to match do dress ’!
T.ti Cerpuscnle.
•The drowsy swarm has ceased to hum,
The 1 /wing cattle homeward come.
The herdsmen guide them to their stall
An.l evening mist caelrclep all.
The busy wheels have reared to hum
And maids released from toil will como.
With tripping step and Jocund rail
To watch ere sombre curtain fall.
1-Ten In the city's busv mart ■
The diu has ceased, at least In part.
And twilight veils each sound and sight
Till lights tl/wh out lo welcome “Night.”
1’1> Hill and Down Again.
St. Louie JVin.'
There Is no American who does not feel an
Interest In the career of this man, who lagan
his career, under the most favorable circum
stances, as a graduate of West Point, then an
officer In the war of Mexico, and who then
went down, down In the social scale until he
was aliuo-t an outcast; was picked up in the
streets of St. Ixmis and given old clothes ior
decency's sake by a charitable woman; then
tried to do lictter. then, when a technical
soldier was In demand at any price, had a
chance, and, lielug an able man in his pro
fession, made himself one of the great men of
the world. This -innn, V. S. Grant, Is mow
Agsln descending the hill he climbed. It is
Due that successful soldiers are seldom any
thing but soldiers. The Julius (Venn and Na
poleons are rare birds upon the earth.
A .$50,000 FIRE.
WACOM VISITED BY A NEIUOVS
t’O.VF/*l (ill.ITIOX.
Difference Itctwccn Then and Now.
Chicago Timet, (lad)
V’henever Ccncral Hancock now makes a
public np|ieiiTUiice the journals which omioscd
him In lsso are, considering their gross abuse of
lilm then, something too warm and lavish in
tjicircoimm-ndutionof him as a soldier and a
patriot, lie l» now described as a very deco
rous and most anient lover of his country.* IJe
was then dunonnced as a brute and a traitor.
Heisnowc.iinpllinciiteduiH.il the robustness
of his health. It wna asserted during the cam
paign Hull he lnnlcd the green earth u« he
Walked along—the same earth which would
apeedily cover him. since he was a -..rry wreck,
mcntnllv and physically. Ho Is now so very
inodes! in IdsInuring. Ifewasthen. according
to his later eulogists, ridiculously vain and un-
warrantedly atnldtlous. Perhaps the. General
lilutself would, on the whole, la- latter pleased
if, at the expense of their present superlatives,
these organs hail treated him In 'so with some
thing like common decency and fairness. And
It would certainly conduce to the reputation
of these Journals if they would not so persis
tently mid openly call attention to their own
gross calumnies.
Jones of Nevada nml tile Negro.
J. U. R fa Augutta Chronic'*.
Jones' speech fell like a homladiell into the
Republican ramp; but there was no answer ta(
him. It Is one of Hie revenges of time, that the
I’aeltlc Coast Senators who had ou. wii. If«d
fasten the fourteenth and t'.itcC..lli uigCiul-
nients upon the prostrate South wigy now ap
pealing P> that section to come pi tlu-ir aUl, mid
protect tliein from tlielr own insanity. Time,
at last, makes all things even. A Republican
Senator, in the year 1*82, lias risen ip Ills scat
and boldly announced that negroes ought
uever to have la-en allowed pi votig flint tlieir
presence Is a curse at the South: that the
white mail's government Is the only one lit for
the republic; mid that reconstruction was a
blunder and a crime ! And not a man in that
Senate, on the Republican side, dared stand up
and challenge this bold nud startling declara
tion. Even Hoar sat mum amt duinfoundcd.
If Jones lias not sounded the nlurum that rings
like n lire licll In the night, I would like to
know the meaning of his language. What will
come of it wo soon sbnll know. But ll needs
tin sage to rise from the dead to prophesy that
either the 1’aclflc Coast is drifting to l/crooc-
racy or that tlic Republican |mrty is about to
"shoot Niagara.” George, of Mississippi, and
Jones, of Nevada, have clas|ied hands over the
bluck chasm! ,
'•rite Golden Long Ago”
Davit» Gazette.a
Society, with us to-day. If ffl" mixed. Is
more original In Its plan than in our youth,
and we cannot sec that In losing the exquisite
exclusiveness, we have lost what can never lie
replaced—(or. in those days we lived more in
the cultured pist. New things, new intellects
and talents, like new houses, glittered too
much! We were shy of so much brightness, and
must waR until time had laid his mellowing
finger on tlie structure and it became safe to
admire. Conversation was-but sparingly ln-
' terlardcd by quotations from rising stars;
while, not to lie acquainted so as to recognize
readily the most popular lints from an ancient
poet, not to know the names and best works of
the oldest masters, was to be crudely Ignorant
in everything ]icrtainlng to painting, music
and literature.
They—the golden characters, the harvested
(rain, alone, had reached the perfection of im
agination, and through their lenses we each
triad to strain our mental vision, whether gift
ed or not iienonally with the vital sparks of
genius. Consequently we became somewhat a
race of twaddlers; toadying after what wc could
not understand, afraid of the shadow of our
own individuality, and unmercifully snubbing
the persistent aspirant.
How, how different!—like the Irishman's
mount, we lean fearfully to the other side, and
though socially we can never cmulata the ex
amples of beautiful harmony depicted in Miss
Alcott's works—for no well-bred negro, among
us, would go further than the mistress of the
house In familiarity of deportment—we are
more independent thinkers, act and feel with
out consulting code* so much, and by cultivat
ing individuality in miud and heart together
we . live andenjoyonrownday. We admire,
wc adore the masterspirits of (he dead past,
hut wc no longer fear to criticise them too. Rut
the change'.u our social relations has gone far
enough for .icmocracy. Wc may stop and begin
to lay up stores for future historic splendors.
Between Imurance and culture must ever exist
the gulf that money is powcrlem to bridge, and
it Is a pity there is not a little more clinging to
the old strong holds. Shakspcare, Milton and
. Walter Scott would be like quiet havens of
rest to manv a brain-rocked reader of sensation
and infidelity, surging as it is unchecked
through the pages of common literature of the
day, that purporting to be especially tor the
masses.and by its low price placed within the
teach of all.
There are few faces but wear a smile after the
atniggle with life is over. Yet. thus far tlic fa
cial expression of our social life is considera
bly marred by the struggle It has recently pass
ed through, and the yoang gallant who lilts his
bat ah tacli or so back from his brow^ticks his
hands deep In his pockets, and thus chats
manner towards hts Dulcinca. In telling the
tala of those finer perceptions we mourn "the
tender grace of a day that is dead.”
Malvallon Army la Darin.
Correspondence Sew York Herald.
■ A Hying column of the irrepressible Salvation
Army has at last invaded Paris. It is com
minuted by a certain General Booth, who is as
sisted by two female aides-de-camp of tried
valor and devotion. One is his daughter. Miss
Caroline Booth, whose pretty face is much
more likely to send the impious Parisians to
perdition than to lead them Into the straight
and narrow way of salvation. The other Is a
less prep nose wing lady, name unknown and
age ditto, of unmistakable British origin. She
Mauds at the General’s right, hand while he
holds forth, and she translates his Anglo-Saxon
phrases into the vernacular. All three ore
musically seconded by a female accordeonl
player and a mole cornet a-piston blower, who
from time to time enllrcn the proceedings by
hold variations on “nold the Fort” and other
familiar tunes from the Moody and Sankey
repertoire. The Salvation Army has not hod
an encouraging reception from the Inhabitants
of this anregcncratc city so far. At a meeting
near La Villetlc a couple of nights ago the con
gregation began to dance as soon as the pious
ministers began their hymning. They became
very riotous Indeed up In the gallery, and there
Is no knowing as to what lengths of fndecemm
they might bare proceeded bad not Miss Caro-,
line, with rare presence of mind, cried outsnd-
dcnly, "Beware I the gallcrv to not like the
Kock of our faith, unshakeable.” This at once
sobered them and they ceased their saltatory
extremes.
Collecting Ivy Roots.
’ Philadelphia Star.
There is an industry in the mountains of
Western North Carolina and East Teunes-
eoe that is perhaps known to but few, and
is probably found in bnt few sections of
the country, viz : The collection of ivy
roots. The root# are shipped t> this city
and Bon >n, where thoy aro used for mak
ing door knobs and pipe bowls. They are
. found principally along the lino of the
Cranberry branch railroad and in the vi
cinity of Home mountain, where they grog
jjj great abundance and attain an enor
mous size. Our informant states that re-
coutly a root weighing eOO pounds w ts dug
from the.ground nnd shipped to mnrket.
This is supp >.-ed to bo the large-t ivy root
over fount/, but rcots weighing from seven
ty-five to IflO pounds are frequently found.
The collection of these root! has grown
into quite an industry, and a large number
of poor farmers are thus engaged and
make a tair livelihood. There is a oon-
ctant demand for the roots, and goed
prioes are paid for them by the ton. The
wood is sai l to l>c very valuable for the
fmrprttt for winch it >* used.
The Sat aval Beanlt.
Jioston Transcript.
-A very fine sermon, Mr, Jones, ’ said
Deacon iiroan t<> the parson fit the dost
of service yesterday. "Several laps ahead
of anything you ever gave us before.
•‘Yoh. • replied Parson Jones, blushing
slightly. "1 think myself that I made
a pretty good score." Thus doth the vine
of Lite walking match permeate and per
Y8it all classes of society.
Mr. R It Watson, n Well-Known Cot
ton Moyer Supposed to Hnvo Per*
labed in tbe Flames—A Ilorse and
Male Burned to Death.
Loud cries of “fire! fire! fire!” rang
thronghont Macon yesterday morning,
shortly after 4 o’clock, and quickly the
bells sounded forth the alarm. A serious
conflagration has beau expected in this city
mtu/y months past, owing to frequent in
cendiary attempts, and these anticipations
have been realized lo a considerable de
gree. Firemen and citizens generally, on
awakening at tho alarm yesterday morning,
discovered that the heavens covering the
lower portion of the city was brightly
illuminated by lurid flames which shot far
upward and about, telling the story that a
disastrous fire was raging. People com
menced harrying in honored* to tho scene
of blazing light, wnich proved to be the
burning of the warehouse of Messrs. 0. D.
And arson & Son, on Fourth street, next to
tbe jail, between Poplar and Cherry s reets,
and shortly below Brown’s National Hotel.
Young America Fire Company No. 3,
crer prompt to respond to the call of dan-
g. r, was the first to reach the fire, nnd, at
taching its hose to the plug corner of Cber-
S Y and Fourth streets, where Messrs,
aques & Johnson will tout commence
the erection of their new an Jflegint store,
quickly had a stream of water playing on
the burning warehouse, which was already
enveloiied in fire and flames bursting out
ou all sides and up through the iron gra
tings, from a fiery furnace which must
have been burning some time before any
alarm was given. Bales of cotton were one
sheet of fire, nnd the raging fiery elements
waved in all their fury. Just then tbe resi
dence of Mr. V ilham Foster, the efficient
jailer of Bibb county, and only separated
from Ando son’s warehouse by a narrow
alley, caught fire, and the stream of No,
3’s company was turned on that, the fi tines
extinguished and the house thoroughly
soaked with water.. The jail al'O became
in imminent danger, and that also was
given a good wetting, thereby relieving
from fear of death by burning thirteen or
fourteen prisoners, some of whom were
chained to the floor, aud their cries for
liei<> rang out in loud tones upon the ears
of all.
The warehouse continued to be tlic vic
tim of the furious flames, aud all the fire
companies of the cily In ring promptly
arrived mion tho ground, a terrible and
valiant battle of water a id flame t/egan
and tho contort raged for several hours
ere the angry storm of fire was subdued.
Never did • firemen work mere nobly.
.Every man did his full duty. No. 4 nnd
No. 1 steamers worked splendidly. No. 4
took suction at the plug whore No. 3 was
attached, and the hose of No. 3 was dis
connected from tin plug and joined to the
engine, likewise the hose of No. 2, and
',^^irongb these two !iu&* of h~se a couple of
1‘T^fceauis of water' of fine pre/surd were
thrown. Steadily the gallant engine of
the ever reliable Mechanics No. 4 did its
lovely work, and the brave firemen of
Nos. 2 and 3 stood like heroes to their
nozzles and hose.
The steamer of Protection No. 1 took
suction at the plug at Dr. Ingalls’ drug
store corner, and the hose of Nos. 4 aud 1
were joined to the engine, and this steam
er, which has indeed for long years been a
“Protection” to Macon, blew her whistle
aud l/cgan her splendid labor, sending a
fine stream each through the hose of Nos.
4 and 1, a id the men of these two tatter
companies courageously fought the dames.
No. 5 was on hand to bid “Defiance” to
the angry blaze-,nnd,attaching her hose to a
ping opposite the express oflicc, fought
gallantly until the flag lowered at the end
of the conflict nn the dying embers and
smothering!}’ burning cotton.
Hook and hndder, with her company of
men, tried long and well by fire, was pres
ent and rendered effective service with
their hooks nnd ladders.
Despite the hard labor by the firemen
and the faithfnl water works which not
for a moment failed, the fire coaid not be
cdhfined to Anderson’s warehouse. The
ndjoining double stores of Messrs. Wolff
Bros, having only a simple shingle roof,
also caught lire and was shortly enveloped
in flames. 1 he hose of No. 3 was carried
by ladder up on the root of the Wolff
building nnd the fire fought from on top,
and most strenuous efforts made to check
the approach of the flames, but the shingle
roof was eaten np by the flnmes as if it
was so much chaff, and the
interior of the stores being filled
with cotton, paper, old rags and mnoh other
inflammable material, the destruction of
the building was inevitable and attention
had to be paid towards saving the neigh
boring dwellings, which was most success
fully accomplished.
While No. 3 was playing on tbe Wolff
building, the roof of a two story brick
house, situated about one hundred yards
distant, on Fourth street between Cherry
nnd Mnlberry streets, was discovered to be
on firo, ignited from some of tha vast
auantity of burning paper and sparks
floating throagh the air. No. 3 was ordered
to play on this ne-r fire, and
a few moments had moved her pipe
and hose to the barning bouse
played a lively stream of water upon it,
quickly extinguished fhe fire, nnd like ra
cing horses, the Young America's returned
to tbe Wolff fire - aud were battling with
their fellow comrades in deadening the fire
and shortly after seven o'clock a. m., the
firemen saw their labors rewarded, and
the order was given, “reel up and back to
casino houses.**
What was the origin of the fire? This
is a question involved in much mystery
nnd about which there is considerable
theorising. Tho most general surmise set mi
to be tl/is : Mr. K. B. Watson a well koown
cott m buyer of Macon, bad sleeping apart
ments in the second story of Anderson’s
warehouse, and in the front of the build
ing. He is supposed to have arisen in the
night some time, and going oat from his
room with a lamp into the main body of
the warehouse, may have been taken with
a sick or fainting spell, to which he was
accustomed or liable, and turning cverthe
light set fire to the cotton, and was unable
to escape from his horrible fate. The fire
was first seen to bresk out about midway
of the warehouse.
Certain firemen and citizens whoso word
is reliable aud who were .ho first to reach
the burning building after the alarm was
given, claim that they distinctly henrd
human groans or suppressed cries earning
from within tbe warehouse. To reach the
inside and render assistance was impot Bi
ble, for on breaking down the door im
mense volumes of black, dense smoke
poured forth, calculated to strangle any
and knocks. Bymeby Mr. Eva us comes to
tho door, and I tells him that I want to
to o.me in and stay till morning. Be says
he don’t want to let strangers in the house,
bnt being it’s night and cold, and I was a
woman in distress, he’d let me in. About
time I was warm goad, I laid down long-
side tbe bed on the tar side; the little girl
was next to me, nnd then Mr. Evans lay
down and wo all went to sleep. When
the train came by [About 3 o’clock—Re
porter] I saw a man strike a match. I
thought he was in tbe store all the time,
and af'er awhile I heard the licks on Mr.
Evaos and beard him say ‘Oh Lord 1’ Then
I heard somebody on the outside, and I
was so scared I didn’t know what to do.
When daylight came I heard the crowd
outside say they would kill the first person
that como out of tbe store, and I hid be
hind tbe shucks, and that’s all I know
about U.”
‘How came yonr apron bloody?”
“My apron and bonnet was lying across
n chair
The entire loss by the fire will foot up j “I went away from Macon lost night on
I nearly £50,000, in part covered by insn-1 the train, end you can ask the conductor if
I ranee. Messrs. C. D. Anderson lost $475 ' I didn’t. I got off there at Summerfield
I in cash, papers and books. They had a
stock of cotton, guano, etc, valued at
acout $11,400, on winch there was an in
surance of $7,400. Tbe building itself xrls
the property of Mr. U. M. Gunn, and in
sured for $2,503.
Messrs. Wolff Bros, had a stock valued
at $20,000, insurance $10,000. The store
belonged to them, and was insured for $7,-
000.
About 9 o’clock yesterday morning—
ohortly after'tiie engine companies had re
turned to their houses after deadening tbe
fire—the bell of No. 2*s engine house com
menced ringing, which was intended only
to bring that company oat. tor
the purpose of throwing more
water on the firo that had
broken out anew in the Au-
derson-Woiff building, bnt tha alarm
was taken np generally and the companies
rushed once again to the scene of action,
No. 3 reaching there first nnd attaching to
tho same plug from which it had not more
than an houi before been disconnected, and
a second time found a worthy rota pan ion
by her side in gallant No. 4. The compa
nies were released about 11 o'clock, a. m.,
and once again returned to their engine
houses. In the afternoon the hose of No.
3 wa3 ag»in called into requisitionto play
a farewell stream on the smouldering em
bers ere the shades of night had fallen.
This the first largo fire that Chief Jones
and worthy assistants have bsd since their
election of testing their efficiency. Wo
think the public will agree with us unani-
moosly in declaring that Chief Jones and
Assistant Cliiefs Vannucki and Fault ably
discharged their duties in every respect.
Just here we take pleasure in mention
ing a delightful event that occurred at U1R
mae A Pntzcll’s restaurant about 6V£
o’clock, when the fire had got under con
trol. The members of Hook nnd _ Ladder
Company, whose courtesy and liberality
nre proverbial, had a most bounteous and
elegant breakfast prepared for themselvei
and n few invited gnests, consisting of the
Chief of tho department, and tho
foremans of tho different companies.
Foremau Dcitz, of Hook and Ladder,
presided —ith his usual gallantry and made
every one have a most enjoyable tnno and
partake most lavishly of the feast, which
came at a most opportune time when alt
were hungry and fatigued.
The excitement of tho fire and the un
certain mystery snrronndiug the fate of
Mr. Watson still prevails in the city with
undiminished intensity, and the wish is
earnestly prayel that Macon will f orever
be spared a sirnihu misfortune.
Iman or beast of the world. Northing hu
man conld have encountered it and lived,
and yet what a horrible thought |
for friends to experience, that
in the thickest of that cloud of
death, and right in the path of the ap-l
preaching flame*, whose fiery heat was
-consuming wood, as to much straw, roll
ing up sheets of tin as though they were
but paper and almost melting iron itself,
lay tho form of R. B. Watson, whose hu
man shape would in a brief moment be
beyond all recognition. To think that
only a heap of charred bones would bo the
only remaining vestige of a man who
once was among the richest citizens of
Macon, possessed of a heart of generous
impnl.es, and a mind in charity
bent towards oil. To think
that he who formerly ranked in the lead
of the cotton-buyers of tbis city should
fall victim to a fate whose agonies can
find no equal on earth. A husband and
father, whose wife and children are far I
away in a Northern State, unconscious
that not again in this world was reserved
for them the pleasure of clasping to their
hearts the once so dearly cherished forp.
Some hope that Mr. Watson may have
gone out of tho city on nj/usiness trip and
thus escaped the terrible end that seems
to have befallen him, but this hope
meets with bitter disappointment, for
a number of persons say (bey saw him in
Macon so late ns 9 o’clock Tuesday night.
And what explanation can be given for tho
groans heard coming forth from tbe ware
house ? Could this have been imagination
produced by the excitement of the hour ?
Would that it were so. Owing to the great
heat of the walls and the bales of burning
cotton, no thorough search could be made
yesterday for the remains of Mr. Watson.
This will bo done to day. A wall that
threatened to fall at any time, unexpect
edly, on slanders near, was pulled down
yesterday and the work of discovering the
burned bones can now be panned wi bout
danger of auy one’s being hurt.
We /on ily hope, in conjunction with al
the citizens of Mncon, that by 60me lucky
chance Air. Watson did not sleep in his
room Tuesday night, and is saved from a
death by burning. It was rumored yester
day that he had gone fishing Tuesday and
was out of Mocou, tut this is contradicted
by Gibers who claim they saw him near
Anderson’s Warehouse Tueedsy night.
Unfortunately a tine hor.-e aud mule be
longing to Mr. Anderson were also burned
lo death in ilie >srd of the warehouse. Tho
horso was only bought Tuesday morning.
The two animals presented a sickening
mass of roasted flesh.
FROM WASHINGTON.
* *• uu luctu ai. ogujiuwiwiu,
didn’t want to be out there in tbo woods . ^ r - Jackson presented a petition of colored
by myself, xo_I goes to Mr. Evans’ store oitizens of Tennessee, asking for relief
On Thursday morning tho workmen ent
gaged in removing tho tlebrit came across
the the charred- and unrecognizable re
mains of Mr. Watson, wh : ch puts at res
at hopes that he had not perished. Tha/
were found immediately under the door
way leading to his room, but of course it
will never be known whether he was enter
ing or leaving his apart rents. The re
mains were taken to the warehouse of Flan
ders A Son, to await the formality of a cor
oner’s iuquest. ^
A xt’MiisR of Philadelphia ladies, de
snalrhigof getting even with their husbands
and gentlemen friends in any other way, arc
organizing a club of their own to tic culled
“The Hyacinth." It is to be oi a social and
literary character, nnd >ve are assured with all
due solemnity—which is where tlic joke comes
In—that its proceedings arc to be kept profound
ly secret.
Tub recent local elections in New York
show large Democratic gains in all directions.
A case in point is the city of Oswego, which
gave a Republican majority of -JjOiu November
and now elects a Democratic mayor by goo ma
jority. The Ntew York Timet declares that
these results "are not tmrtleulurly encouraging
to thoso who are s|H-cuIatiug on the chance of
Republican success this fall.” The Tammany-
Republican coalition promises to prove an un
profitable barter.
Fo VLEY .yn ilDtllEU
While Asleep in Ilia Bed By a Negro
Woman.
Information reached the city yesterday
morning of a most diabolical murder per
petrated upon the person of Mr. William
A. Evans, well known in Mxon, a mer
chant keeping a general merchandise store
at Summerfield, the first station on the
Macon and Western railroad, and nbont six
miles from here. A man coming in for a
coffin brought the news, bnt owing to the
excitement"prcvaUing in the vicinity at
the time of bis leaving, bnt only meagre
details of the horrible affair could be gath
ered from him.
Solicitor General Hardeman, accompa
nied by Sheriff Westcott, went out imme
diately, closely f allowed by Officer Frank
Moseley, of whose wife the murdered man
was a relative. When the officers readied
Summerfield, they f ound a large crowd of
whites and blacks collected, and greatest
indignation at so foul a murder was ex
pressed.
From Sheriff Westcott and Officer Mose
ley we learn the following particulars:
About three or four o’clock yesterday
morning, a negro man named Bill Caratar-
phen, living near the store, heard groans
proceeding from the store, and got np to
find out what was the matter. He applied
his ear to the store door and was convinc
ed that Mr. Evans was hnrt. Ho could not
get inside, and then aroused tbe neighbor
hood. Mr. Wm, Grace was among the
first to reach the store, and he ordered
every door and window to be well gunrded
so as to intercept anyone should nn attempt
at escape be made.
The crowd then forced the door open and
a ghastly sight met their view. On the bed
in tbe rear of the store, on whioh Mr.
Evans always slept, lay tho wounded man,
liia bead all crushed in as if bv several
blows of an axe, and tbe bed clothes fenr-
luliy saturated with his blood. A little
girl who slept in tbe same bed was literally
covered with the crimson current which
flowed freely from the gaping wounds in
the dead man’s head.
A search was then mado for some clew
to the murder. Tho store did not have tho
appearance of being robbed, bnt a pair of
shoes found alongside tho bed indicated
that some one was close at hand. After
searching every comer, a negro girl, well
known to the police of Mncon, was discov
ered hid away behind a pile of shucks.
She was pulled out of her hiding place,
and her apron and bonnet were found to bo
spotted with blood. The axe was then
found, and the mystery solved. Judge
Sterling Tucker, of Howard district, at
once plicedh-r under arrest and took her
to his house, where she was securely bound
to await the coming of the officers from tho
CI Th» news of the murder spread like wild
fire all or t tho settlement, nnd soon there
was a vast mob around the scene of the
killing. A proposition to lynch her was
made in a whisper, and a murmur ran
through tho crowd,wliich was composed of
white and colored people. The determina
tion to take the law intbei.-own hands grew
stronger nnd stronger as every ntom of ev
idence was recited, and finally tbe pent-up
floodgates broke loose and reason left the
crowd. A wild break was made for tho
girl, but now the cool, elm voice of a
minister of the gospel was heard nnd tho
mob reluctantly abandoned the project.
By this timo tho city officers arrived, and,
seeing the disposition of the crowd, lost no
time m taking charge of the girl. They
S laced her in Officer Mosely’s buggy and he
rove rapidly away, followed by hundreds
of both races, who begged bard to have her
turned over to them. AU along the road
coming into town the officer was met by
Iieople who pleaded to take charge of her.
'Two colored mou followed a considerable
distance, and one of thorn had a brick with
which he begged to kill her.
Finally they reached town, the axe was
deposited at the court house, and, with
Sheriff Westcott, the girl wa» driven to tho
jail. As soon as tho crowd at tho firo on
Fourth street caught sight of the prisoner
in the buggy there was a rush to the jail to
get ft glimpse of tho fiend. Anticipating a
demonstration, it was but tho work ot a
moment to Lustle the prisoner and our re
porter inside tho jail yard.
The woman is known to tho police as
Carrie Massey, bnt she also, gives the
namo of Emma Johnson. Tho jail docket
shows that she was pleased on February
20th, having served out a sentence of ten
days imposed by Judge Holt, of tho Coun
ty Court, for burglarizing the house of a
colored man nnd his wife while they were
absent at church. She is a full negress,
about seventeen years old, nnd has noth
ing of the nppcaranco of a very wicked
person about her.
When fho handcuffs were removed she
•prang forward to tho firo in the jailor’s
office, nnd while she warmed her hands,
what you please with mo—I doa’i care.”
We merely give the girl’s 6tory to
show how she talks an 1 her indifference.
Her statement that she saw a man in the
house is pooh-poohed by thoso who ex
amined the doors and windows when they
succeeded in getting in. There was no
possible escape for any person, each door
ami window being securely fastened on tha
inside. Besidos. tbe little girl says Emma
used np a box of matches after the murder
trying to find her way out. There is scarce
ly any doubt in the minds of tbo officers,
whtftock note of the surroundings, as to
tbe guilt of the girl, She shows a s’olid
indifferenoc, which may wear off as prison
rules chafe her. It is thoukht by some
that she was hired to do the job, but the
theory has nothing to supp <rt it.
Mr. Evans was about sixty years o!d,
and a bachelor. He was known to nearly
nil of Macon, purchasing all bis supplies
for his store in the ciiy. He will be buried
this morning, so we learn.
This is cue of the foulest murders that
has been perpetrated in or near Mnoon in
a number of years. Plunder was certainly
the object, na-’he girl has been frequently
arrested for 'depredations of this kind/
She was naturally a thief, but it was never
once dreamed by the police, who kuew her
so well as a criminal, that she would resort
to murder, especially one so foul as this,
to accomplish her ends.
THE OIIEAT FLOODS.
Alarming Condition or Affairs In Loa-
lslnnn—Reports of Army Officers on
Clio Sltuntton---TIM Government’s
Bounty,
IBy Telegraph. I
New Ouleans, March 14,—A Times
Vicksburg special says Delta, La., has
been abandoned to the flood, and the peo
ple arc leaving os fast as they can.
The levee in the rear of Delta has about
given way.
Sr. Louis, March 14.—The government
steamer Anita, wliich left here yesterday
with a quantity of provisions on board for
sufferers from tho Mississippi floods, will
go direct ta Memphis, where she will be
taken in charge by un army officer, proba
bly Major Benyard, and will then proceed
to Friar’s Point, from which place a num
ber of boats will be sent out over the sub
merged bottoms, nnd all people now hud
died together on bits of broken levees and
other dry sjiots, bat still surrounded by
water, in that region will be transported to
I ilaces wherejhey can bo more comforta-
>le aud properly provided for. Tho Sonth-
era Relief Committee, of St. Louis, will is
sue to-day nn nppenl to citizens generally
for food, clothing, medicines aud anything
that can be of service. The officers and
passengers of the City of Baton Rouge,
which arrived here yesterday from New
Orleans, say that the river has an average
width of forty miles nearly all the way
from Cairo down, and, with tho exception
of some sixty miles above and below
Vicksburg, the levees are either washed-
away or covered with water, and of no
practical benefit. --?•<
New Orleans, March 14.—The breaks on
the line of the Chicago, St. Louis aud New
Orleans railroad, caused by the overflow,
have been repaired nnd through trains are
now running again to Cincinnati.
Sr. Louis, March 14.—Gen. Beckwith, of
the cvmmtuanr department, who has
charge of the distribution of government
rations from this city to the flooded dis
tricts of the 1 >wer Mississippi, has received
the following dispatch from Capt. J. S.
Land, dated Memphis:
“I have just arrived here. I found
Pemiscot county, Mo., in a distressing
condition, being almost entirely sub
merged, and about 1,200 people entirely
destitute. The supplies sent to Gayazo
are being carefully distributed and will
last nntil about March 25. More should
bo sent there. The people will be in just
as bad condition whon the water goes
down. The government, to prevent
starvation, should care for them
at least until May 1st. About
fifty people are destitnto at
Hachaway, Tenn., 150 at Tiptonville, 200
at Hale’s Point in Tennessee, 500 at Bay-
field Point, and 1,500 in the vicinity of
Osceola, Arkansas, are destitute aud badly
in want. Some stores have been received
at Os.eoln, bnt they are insufficient.”
General Beckwith has also received tho
following from Captain Le», dated Mem
phis:
“I retnrned here on Saturday sight.
My dispatch of the 9th inst. falls short of
representing the actual destitution and the
magnitude of this overflow. If aa addi
tional appropriation is made 500,000 ra
tions of me.d and meat should be sent
here os soon et possible, in large install
ments, for the sufferers in the State of
Mississippi. This is in addition to any
rations toat may not yet be sent from tbe
first appropriation. Tho destitution is
general aud increasing, and thore aro
9,000 destitute persons in Bolivnr’connty
alone. My estimate wilt sariy tbe suffer
ers through to tbe 10th of April, nnd possi
bly tho flood may sub»ide by that time so
that tbe sufferers can begin work.”
Capt. Lse has been directed by Gen,
Beckwith to take chargo of the little
steamer Anita, which left here yesterday,
and proceed at ones on tho mission desig
nated for her—the picking u,/ of parties
of destitnto people in the flooded districts
and taking them to dry lnnd and shelter,
where they can be comfortably cared for.
New Obleans, March 14.—Hon. George
W. McCronie, of the Ouchita Telegraph,
sends the following to tbo Timet-Democral
from Monroe, La.:
“The situation here is extremely critical.
A visit to tho levees above and below this
afternoon showed that they nre in gr-eat
danger, thorgh a large force of men is at
work on them. There is not five inches to
spare. Tho water is oozing through the
levoes in many places. ThB river here is
six feet higher than its natural bank, and
more than ten fret higher than tho rear of
thh city, where tho overflow is higher than
in 1874, and is still rising. The river is ris
ing at the rate ot one inch in twelve hours.
A boat from Camden reports a rise all the
way down the river whioh is only three and
a half inches below the rise of 1874. Nearly
all of Trenton is under water, and in
some places it is three feet Jeep. Business
is suspended, nnd the roads are impassa
ble. ™ Communication is being earned on
entirely bj’ water. Planting along the riv
er has been suspended, and stock are hud
dled togother, many dying from starvation
and tho buffalo gnat. The situation is
worse now than before known for twenty
years. Rain is threatened to-day, B_nd
should it corns Monroe, tho highest point
on the east bank of the Ouinchita river
will be inevitably submerged. The condi
tion of tho count/y is truly alarming.”
our reporter endeavored to draw out o
her something about tho fearful crimo for
which she is charged.
*<\Yhat made you kill him t wo n3Keu.
“I didn’t kill him. I don’t know noth-
Tbe Lsrieit Man.
Detroit Potl-Trihune.
The Chicago Herald says the laziest man
in Kansas writes Wyandotte as Y&.” Bat
why does he waste time to write tV super-
fious A?
A. Sort Answer.
Drool!un Eagle-
“Ah!” he exclaimed, ns ho pressed her
tenderly to him at parting, "shnll I hold
yon in these arms ngain to-morrow and
paint onr future with tho bright pigments
of the imagination ?” “No,” she said,
calmly, “not to-morrow. To-morrow s
washdny.’’
A Here Nnixntlon.
Baltimore Gazette.
It is well enongh to honor the memoryof
Chief-Justice Mnrshallbyerectingastaiuc,
for which a bill passed Congress yesterday, expressed — . ,
but it would be better to restore to the the Btncere hope that you have experienced
. ,, i court over which he presided something of no embarrassment i t ' >ni r 5 0 ,*? r
‘“"SoTt. Ume how you come to be at the the ability, dignity, and reputation which • kindness lues caused, I am, faithfully
store^and all about it.” j characterized it tn his day. i
from the enffering caused by the drought
of 1881. Referrod. A number of .reports
were made from committees and bills in
troduced aud referred, among which was
oso by Mr. Jackson, lo provide for a set
tlement of accounts with the Mobilo aud
Ohio Railroad Company.
Mr. Plumb, from the oommittee on ap
propriations, reported the post-office ap
propriation bill, acd gave notice that he
would call it np to-morrow.
A bill was introduced by Mr. Hoar for
an ascertainm;nt of French spoliation
Claims.
Mr. Garland, from the jndiciary pore
mittee, reported a bill amending the stat
utes relating to a quor lm of tho Suprane
Court of the United Staten. It provides
that a majority of the court shall consti
tute a quorum, in.-tead of six justices as at
present, and prohibits any justice from sit
ting on a cate of appeal on which ho has
acted in a Circuit Court. Placed on tbe
ca'endar.
.Mr. Davis, of Illinois, from the commit
tee on the judiciary, reported, with amend
ments* a bill to establish a Court of Ap
peals, which was. placed upon the calen-'
dnr.
The Senate, them at 12:30, proceeded to
consider the tariff commission bill, and
Mr. Slater, of Oregon, took the floor. At
the conclusion of Mr. Slater’s remarks tbe
tariff commission bill was laid aside, in
formally, and tho resolutions favoring a
call for n convention of American nations
were taken up*
Afjor spending threo hours in executive
session the Senate, at 5:55, adjourned.
house.
Tho' Speaker announced tho appoint
ment of Messrs. Camp, White, Sberwin,
Stone, Hepburn, Springer, Vanco, Mul-
dro'w and Shnkleford a select committee
on woman suffrage. Tho Speaker present
ed a memorial of the legislature of Utah
complaining of the baseless nnd monstrous
exaggerations under which the people of
Utah wore placed in jeopardy, etc., and
asking Congress to suspend action nntil a
commission shnll investigate the affairs of
that territory. Referred to tho committee
on the judiciary.
Mr. Bufterworth, from the appropria
tions committee, reported the army appro
priation bill. It provides for an aggregate
appropriation of $27,431,698, based upon
estimates aggregating $29^7,888.07.
is an increase of $742,838 over the appro
priation af last year. The principle items
of the bill are $12,247,198 for tho pay o>
25,000 enlisted man and COO enlisted men
for tho signal corps; $4,161,000 for
transportation; $3,500,000 for supplies for
the quartermaster's department; $2,300,-
000 for subsisteuve supplies; $1,400,000 for
the purehnso nnd manufacture of clotliing
and camp - and garrison equipage. The
bill contains a clause providing for the
compulsory relief of officers at 62 years of
age. A further provision refers what are
known as “Fourth of July claims” to the
Court of Claims. Tho bill was referred to
the committee of the whole.
Under the call of tho States n bill was
introduced by Mr. Dunn, of Arkansas, to
supply rations for sufferers by the overflow
of the Mississippi, and also for the repair
of the levees.
Resolotions of tbo Cincinnati chamber
of commerco. asking relief for tho suffer
ers by tho Mississippi overflow, were read
and referred. Mr. Hiseock, of New York,
stated Unit the committee on appropria
tions had the subject under consideration,
and was in communication with the decre
tory of War, who said he had sufficient sup-
p ies to last until Match 20, or probably
the first cf April.
The House went to the Speaker's table
and reached the Senate bill to punish po
lygamy, ob which, on Marsh 8, tbe point of
oraer had been mado by Mr. Converse,
of Ohio, that it must receive its
first consideration in committee
of tho whole, as it provided for an appro
priation. After n long and heated discus
sion, the Speaker,in an elaborate decision,
overruled the point of order on the ground
thattho bill did not require an appropria
tion from the United States treasury, mas-
much as the officers provided for became a
part of the electoral system of Utah Terri-
. IfiMM consequently their debts, would be
payable ont of ths Territorial treasury.
After considerable filibustering by the
Democrats on account of Mr. Haskell in
sisting on taking a vote on the bill with
out allowing debate on (ho amendment,
the House at 6:45, took a recess until 11x30
a. in., to-morrow, when the bill will retain
the position which it has at present. A
Republican canens was announced for
Wednesday evening.
Washington, March 13.—Tho President
sent the following nominations to tho Sen
ate to-day: Samnel Blanchard, of New
York, to be associate justice of tho Su
preme Court of tho United States; John
Russell Young, of Now York, to be envoy
extraordinary and minister pleni]>otentiary
of the United States to China; John Watts,
to be marshal of the United States for the
western district of Virginia.
The Senate confirmed the following
nominations: William H. Scruggs, of
Georgia, to be consul at Panama; D. S.
Lewis, of Virginia, to bo United States
attorney for the western district of Vir
ginia; Paymaster John H. Stevenson, to
be pay inspector in the navy.
The second sub-committee of the House
committee on elections, in charge of the
election case of Mackey vs. O’Connor, from
tho second district of South Carolina, met
this morning and adopted a resolution
overruling the motion of Dibble to strike
from the records all the depositions hereto
fore taken, and providing that Dibble be
required to filo his brief on the facts which
exist in the case. Monday next was agreed
on as tho day for hearing the final argu
ments. This resolution will be reported
to ths fall committee to-morrow. The
third snb-oommitUe of tho oommittee de
cided to postpone the hearing of the con
tested case of Lynch vs. Chalmers, from
Mississippi, nntil Wednesday next. The
contested esse of Stolbrond vs. Aiken, from
South Carolina, will bo taken np Wednes
day next, and that of Buchanan vs. Man
ning, from Mississippi, some' time next
Week.
Tho post-office appropriation bill, as
amended by tbe Senate committee on ap
propriations and reported to the Senate
this evening, provides for an increase of
$!.</!»,'WO in its aggregate amount.
The long executive session of the Senate
tbis evening was caused by a contest over
the nomination of Paymaster Jno. H. S'e-
veuson. of Indiana, for promotion to the
grade of ony director in the navy. It comes
before tbe Senate with an adverse report of
tho majority of tho committee on naval af
fairs which was supported by Senator Mo-
Phersonin a speech taking the ground that
charges aeninst tho official conduct and in
tegrity of Paymaster Stovenson, while act
ing as purchasing agent for the cavy some
years ago in JapaD, had not been satisfac
torily met. Senators Jones of Florida.
Rollins, of Connecticut, and Harrison and
Voorhees, especially tho If st named, elab
orately defended the nominee, with such
success that tbe Senate finally oonflrmcd
him by a vote of thirty-seven against sev-
Wabhinotos, March 13.—The following
letters were made public to-day :
A*o. 29 Nassau street, New York, March
3, 1SS2.—Ms. President : Absence pre
vented a prompt acknowledgment of yonr
two esteemed letters, which were found
here awaiting my return Irom Utica. The
high and unexpected honor you proffer by
selecting me os associate justice of the Su
preme Court of the United States is greatly
valued. It will ever be a matter of pride
and satisfaction that yon and the Seuate
deemed mo fit for so grave and exalted a
trust. But for reasons which yon wonld
not fail to appreciate, I am constrained to
decline. Although urgent demands on my
time just now prevent my accepting yonr
cordial invitation to pass a few days with
you in Washington, let' mo hold this as
pleasure deferred but not lost. I have the
honor to bo sincerely yonr obedient ser
vant, Rosooe Conkuno.
To his excellency, Ihe President.
Senate Chamber, Washington, March 8,
1SS2.— Mb. President: I nave received
through the secretary of State your very
ilnttering offer of the api>omtinent of as
sociate justice of the Supreme Court. I
thank yon sincerely for this highly valued
proof of your good opinion, but I feel, for
reasons that I have expressed to Mr.
Frelinghuysen, that I ought not to occupy
it. I shnll cheri'h this mark of your kind-
ness mid good opinion, tbongh I did not
need this proof of it, as one of tho most
pleasant of my life. I nm, sir, very faith-
fnlly yours, - Gzo. F. Edmunds.
ill Massachusetts avenue, March 11,
1SS2.—Mu. President: I am deeply touch
ed at the manifest consideration you have
shown :ne in connection with the asso
ciated justiceship, but farther reflection
has not enabled me to change the views I
Mr. Frelinghuysen. With
Washington, March 13.—The Secretary
of War has sent the following telegram t /
Commissioners GiUis and Sclmnck. at New
Orleans: “Yonr telegram of the Uth re
ceived. The present appropriation is
nearly exhausted, so that the department
cannot place 500,000 rations at your dis
posal now. An additional appropriation
is possible. In tho meantime telegraph
me from time to time the number of
rations needed, nnd the number of people
being relieved ns your necessities require,
and the department will endeavor to oom-
P!y
Geo. F. Edmunds.
iVasutngton, March 12.—Representative
Black, of Georgia, who was taken ill n day
two ago, is no hotter to-night, and his phy
sicians regard his condition with much
anxiety.
Washington, March 13.—Representative
George R. Black, of Georgia, is not expect
ed to live through the afternoon.
Washington, March 13.—The follow
ing statement has been fur
nished by the Department of
State: “Tbe statement in the London
Atheneum that the negotiation for n copy
right convention between Great Britain
and tho United States had been suspended
by President Arthur and Frelingbnysen
are incorrect. The state of the negotia
tions is tbis: A project for n convention,
which had been approved by leading pub
lishers . nnd authors, was submitted to
Great Britnin and a counter projecj^ias
been submi-.ted by Great Britain to the
United States. Both projects are now in
the hand, of the pubiio printer, and as
soan as copies can be obtained they will
be submitted to tho parties interested,
with a view to continue negotiations.
Washington, March 14.—In the Senate,
tho chaplain in bis morning invocation
prayed, “Look, oh LorJ, in tender com
passion upon onr fellow-citizens who Are
suffering from the ravages of the flood.
Giro Uem food and raiment and every
thing that is convenient for their relief.”
A memorial tras presented from the
Wisconsin Legislature in favor of tho im
provement of the Miesirsippi and its tribu
taries in connection with the great lakes.
Mr. Morrill reported back the House bill
to repeal tho discriminating duties on teas
and coffee, the products of tbe possessions
of the Netherlands, with an iimendmeat in
the nature of a substituteJ^making the
measnro a general one. • .
A favorable report was made from tho
jndiciary committee, by Mr. Garland, on
the House bills to establish District United
States Courts in tho northern nnd southern
districts of Georgia.
Mr. Harrison, from ihe military com
mittee, in response to instructions to in-
quii;e as to tho propriety of increasing the
ajipropriation under the resolution of Feb
ruary 23J, for tho relief orsufferers by the
Mississippi overflow, reported that the
committee was unable to state with even
approximate exactness the number of such
persons. The difficulties of communica
tion io tho overflowed regions prevented
the State agents from distributing sup
plies, and the army officers sent by the
Secretary of War from enumerating the
sufferers, Many of these, tho report states,
are crowded upon the levees and higher
points of ground, surrounded by the flood,
where they must be sought out and sup
plied by river boats. The Secretary of
War is of the opinion that 50,000 people
have been driven from their homes by tho
waters and are in need of temporary re
lief; namely, 2,000 in Illinois, 5,000in Ten
nessee, 18,000 in Mississippi, 15,000 in Ar
kansas, 1,500 in Missouri, 500 in Kentacky,
and 8,000 in Lonisinna. Captain Lcerone
of the officers sent into Mississippi, states
that the number needing aid there has
been greatly underestimated. It is also
believed that the number of destitute in
Lonisiann will be larged increased,
as the flood is only now
reaching that State. Prior re
ports at thoWnr Department indicated
that the rations distributed and on hand
wonld suffice to feed thoso entitled to re
lief nntil after April 1st. Later informa-
tion showed this calculation to be incor
rect. Captain Lee suggests that 500,000
rations in addition to the 150,000 already
sent would be needed in Mississippi alone,
About 300,000 rations were available at tho
date of the last order for distribution,
March 11th, and since then 200,000 rations
have been issued. It seems probablo that
aome measure of relief most be extended
to the sufferers for at least sixty days to
come. The committeendd that they aro
not prepared to recommend the continu
ance of relief nntil the destitute are again
able to maintain themselves, preferring to
leave this to the Toluntery action of the
people,bnt os tbo work of relief has not been
sufficiently organized, because of a belief
that tbe appropriation wonld meet the case,
they nre of tbe opinion that there is still a
pressing demand for food supplies that
cannot be met by private effort?. They
accordingly reported a joint resolntion,
appropriating $100,600 additional for tbe
sufferers. The resolution was taken up
and passed.
The tariff commission bill (the unfinish
ed business) was laid aside informally and
the postal appropriation bill was taken up
and laid over ns tbe regular order.
Mr. Call then addressed the Senate niton
Cbili-Fernvian matters as presented by his
pending resolution in favor of a settlement
of the controversy by the United States re
commending a congress of the govern
ments of Norlh, South and Central Ameri
ca, in Wa-hiDgton, to eecnre some j/st
method of settlement of nil questions be
tween them, claiming that our commer
cial interests were to be substantially ben
efited by intervention to prevent the dis
integration and practical -extinction of
Peru.
Upon the conclusion of Mr. Call’s re
marks, the matter went over without
further action. •
The post.l appropriation biU was pro
ceeded with, the Holman amendment re
lating to eub-contracts giving rise to a
discussion which lasted nntil 4:30 p. m.,
without result, when the Senate ad-
joaraed.
' HOUSE.
The House met at 11:30 in continuance
of Monday’s sesaion. The anti-polygamy
bill came np as unfinished business. -Mr.
Haskell refused to allow an amendment.
After considerable noisy discussion, a com
promise was effected and several amend
ments were offored and rejected.
The debate upon the anti-polyg.my bill
continued until 2.30 o’clock, and though
speeches were limited to five minutes or
less, tbe discussion was quite interesting.
Mr. Carlisle of Kentucky, Tucker, of Vir
ginia, and Converse, oi Ohio,were the prin
cipal speakers in opposition to the bill, con
tending that it was unconstitutional and
wonld serve to disorganize the government
of Utab and turn it into a state of anarchy.
For these reasons, and not because they
were opposed to the stamp : ng out of polyg
amy, they would vote agninst tho bill.
Messrs. Robeson of New Jersey and Has
kell of Kansas, advocated tho bill, the latter
charging tlut the Democrats hadattempted
to kill tEe bill by placing amendments np-
ou it and burjiug it in the cloi.ter or a con
ference committee. Finally tbe bill passed
without amendment—yeas 199, nays 42.
The following is tho nogntivo vote: Arm-
field,Atherton, Belmont, Blanchard, Buck
ner, Cabell, Caldwell, Carlisle, Chapman,
Converse, Cook. Cox of North Carolina,
Cravens, Dibrell, Evans, Garrison. Gunter,
Herbert, Herndon. Hewitt of New York,
Hooker, Honse, Jones of Texas, Kerr,
Kuott, Manning, McMillan, McMills,
Money,Physter.Reagan, Robertson, Shack
elford, Shedy,Singleton of Illinois,Thomp
son of Kentucky, Tillman, Tucker, Upson,
Warner, Welborn, Williams of Alabama.
The legislative day of yesterday was clos
ed and that of to-day opened at 3::50 p. m.,
with prayer by the chaplain. The reading
of the journal having been postponed un
til to-morrow, the House proceeded to the
consideration of the anti-Chinese bill, sub
stituting the Senate bill for that of the
House. After a long speech from Mr.
Calkins, of Indiana, in favor of the bill,
the House adjourned. •
Washington, March 14.—There is no
ohonre in the condition of Representative
Black.
The Secretary of War has ordered an
additional 200,000 rations to be bought in
New Orleans for the flood sufferers.
The Secretary of the Treasury to-day
issued a call lor continued sixes to the
amouvt of $15,f/00,000, payable in parcels
of $5,000,000 each on May 5,10 ana 17 re-
sp< ctively.
Commissioner Banm has offered a re
ward of $300 for tbe arrest of the murder
ers of Deputy Collector Davis, at MoMit/n-
villa, Tenn., nnd authorized the expendi--
tnreof $500 for the discovery of the names
of the parties implicated. The internal
revenue bureau will pay the expenses of
Davis’ funeral.
Tho President has pardoned John L.
Dickson, formerly postmaster at Grassy
Creek post-office, North Carolina, who was
sentenced to one year’s imprisonment in
the Auburn, New York, .Suite prison, on a
charge of embezzlement. Pardon was
granted on ihe recommendation of the
Governor aud District Attorney of his
State. Dickson plead guilty to the charge
of embezzling ten dollars from a letter in
his iiost-office. It hsa since become evi
dent that he offered that plea to shield his
wife, as he was not at home at the time the
money was taken? and his wife was acting
for him. He has served four mouths o
his sentence.
Washington, Mnrch 15.—In the Senate, :
on motion of Mr. Jonas, a resolution was
adopted calling lor information about tho j
proi-oseJ bridge of the New Orleans nnd
Norther stern Railway Company across |
Lake Ponchar train from Port Aux Herbes,
La., whether it will interfere with n iviga-
tion, eta.
Mr. Hampton reported from the military
committee a biU to empower the Secreta
ry of War to audit flic claim of the State of
Sonth Carolina for rent alleged to bo duo
for the occupation of th9 Citadel Academy
at Charleston. Calendar.)
Mr. Hoar, from tha «roramitteo. on
claims, reported adversely the bill for the
relief of the Mechanics and ‘I’raders’ bank
of New Orleans. Indefinitely postponed.
Mr. Mahone introduced n concurrent
re-solution, which was read the first time,
as follows: That in the event ot any re
duction in the tax ontobaccomanufuctured
in the United States, it is hereby declared
that a rebate equal to such reduction shall
b8 granted on all stamped or tax paid to
bacco manufactured in the United States
after the adoption of this re<olution and be
tween such date and the time when an) law
making such reduction chall go into effect
then remaining in tho hands of licensed
dealers or others than the manufacturers.
A bill was introduced by Mr. Brown ap
propriating iGO,COO for the improvement of
tho harbor of Brunswick, Ga.
At 1:3) the tariff commision bill (tho tra-
fini*hed business) came up and was infor
mally loW aside to allow Mr. Garland to
spcak^Hn tho importacce of tho mainto-
ri un efficient levee system on tho
Jppi, the bill on the subject recently
M d by Miq being taken up tempo-
’.y. In concluding a long speech in
ch bo earnestly pressed the claims of
the lower valley on the consideration of
Congres>, Mr. Garlnnd said if the commit
tee iu charge of the bill did not give it ear
ly consideration he wonld resort to some
parliamentary jack screws to get it back.
On bis motion tbe bill was sent to the com
mittee on the Mississippi river and its
tributaries.
Consideration of the post-office appro
priation bill was resumed. The rending
amendment, to matte the Holman provi
sion relative to' sub-contracts applicable
only to oontrncta hereafter made, was
agreed to; ayes 32, nays 1?. The incfea*e
in the item for the compensation ot post-
office clerks of $150,000 prevailed. The
next ara'jjdjjjent reported by the Senato
was la the item'on the sub-letting of con
tracts, and declares that the easier enx-
S loyed by a contractor or a sub-contrnc-
>r, who shall file jtia agreement and .evi
dence that he has done the work, shall
have tlje pap eftije employer, nnd if the
contractor or subcontractor shall fail to
pay the carrier within two months of the
end of the quarter, the department shall
pay the debt and charge it to the contrac
tor. When a person or firm holding several
contracts fails to perform service on any
one of them, tho pay for the others shall,
be withheld until the service has been ro-
stored.and all penalties satisfied.
The amendment gave rise to a somewhat
protracted discussion, devoid of general
interest, upon possible difficulties arising
under -t in the i>ost-offloe department.
In tbe course of the debate, Messrs. Dawe3
and Hawley became involved io a personal
controversy upon what the latter consid
ered to be an unwarranted criticism on
tbe part of Mr. Dawes upon himself.
After some change in the phraseology of
the amendment m the direction of greater
e’earness, without altering its effect, the
amendment was adopted. The bill was
then laid over as nuficished business.
The t'riff commission bill was again
taken up as the regular order.
Mr. Allison submitted a report of the
committeo on appropriations, with tbe
testimony taken in what is known as the
Treasury contingent fund investigation.
The report and testimony were tabled
temporarily and ordered printed. After
an executive session the Senate adjourned,
HOUSE,
Mr. Honk, of Tenne»oe, chairman of
the committee on war claims, reported a
bill for the allowance of certain claims
reported allowed by the accounting officers
of the Treasury department. Mr. tipr>ngcr
commented on the fact tjjat of the 118
pages of the bill, seventy-five were devoted
to the payment of claims te citizens of
Tennessee. This was explained by Messrs.
Houk and McMillan by the statement that
more property of Union citizens had bee t
taken for the United States in Tennessee
than in any other State. Mr. Undegraff, a
member of the co umittee, stated that he
did not know what to do with regard to
this bill. The committee had received ten
huge bags of claims which had been adju
dicated by tho Treasury officials, end
it had been a physic tl impossibility for tho
members of the committee to examine
them. It appropriated $291,000 for the
payment of 1,300 claims.
Mr. Miller, of Pennsylvania, said that it
struck him that Congress ought to acnow
what it was doing when it appropriated
$291,000.
Messrs. White of Kentucky, Holman of
Indiana, Atkins of Tenues tee, and Blount
of Georgia, favored the passage of the bill,
contending that to do otherwise would be
unjust to the olaimauts aud would he a vir
tual repeal of tho law under which claims
were authorized to be adjudicated. The
bill was passed without division.
Mr. Rice, of Uhio, offered a resolution
directing tbe committee on tbe judiciary to
inquire whether the conviction of Sergeant
Mason by a military uonrt and the pro
ceedings thereunder are not in violation of
the laws and oonrt'.tution of the United
States, to report their determination to this
House, and giving the oommittee leave to
send for persons and papers. Referred
Mr. Hiscock, of New York, chairman of
the committee on appropriations, reported
back tbe S-nate bill making further ap
propriations to relieve the sufferers by the
overflow of the Mississippi river. The
oommittee recommends the adoption of an
amendment increasing tbe amount appro
priated from $100,000 to $150,000, and au
thorizing the Secretary of War to expend
snch part thereof as is proper for labor in
strengthening the levees of the Mississippi
river, but providing that he shall only em
ploy persons to whom he is issuing ratiojs
on account of destitution. The clause in
the amendment referring to repairing tho
levees gave rise to a warm debate, some
members seeing in ic the beginning of a
movement upon the United States Treas
ury for a general sjrstem of levee building
at the expense of tbe eountry at large, lu
the course of the bebate tbe action of the
governors of Illinois and Kentucky in ask
ing for aid for the overflow sufferers in
their Mates, was criticised, as it was held
that these States were abundantly able to
care for their own distressed citizens.
Finally, Mr. Hiscock modified the
amendment so as to read as follows: “And
the Secretary of War is hereby authorized
to expend such part thereof os he may
deem advisable for Iabqyponly in strength
ening the levees of the" Mississippi where
there is danger of immediate breaks, at
points in his discretion; bnt he shall only
employ persons to whom he is issuing ra
tions on account of destitution caused by
the overflow of said river and its tributa
ries.” The amendment was adopted, as
was rlso that increasing the appropria
tion.
Op motion of Mr. Cannon, of Illinois,
on amendment was adopted providing
than nothing herein contained shall com
mit the United States to the improvement
or maintenance of the Mississippi river
levees. The bill was then passed as
amended, nnd the House rejumed consid
eration of the .Chinese bill.
Mr. Money, of Mississippi, sent to the
clerk’s desk and had read the official notes
of the Speaker's remarks when he (Money)
was attempts g to get the floor this after
noon to speak on tbe bill fer the relief of
tbe.snfferers from the Mississippi overflow,
He was proceeding to comment upon what
he called ''this r -'markable declaration by
the Speaker,” when he was called to order
by the chair upon tbe ground that he rose
to a question of pririle. e and had no right
trader that cover to criticise tbe action? or
rulings of tbe Speaker. An excited and
somewhat ncrimonions dfcba e follow
ed with regard to tbe light of
the Speaker to reprimand a mem
ber of tbe House. Mr. Money
contended that tbis was a right of the
House itself, not of the Breaker, ana de
clared he would not submit to it. The
Speaker said he had a right to preserve or
der and when a member persistently and
flagranti}’ violated an order of the House it
was his right and his duty to crll him to
order. Mr. Money rejoined that there was
no rule that permitted a member of the
ln » ?nm- of money l-e nnd they are hereby
appropriated to 1>'. paid out of inaney iutbo
treasury not othersise appropriated, to be
exptnileu by nud nuclei tlie direction of tbs
Secretary of War in accordance with rsc-
oiniuendntioris, plana specifications and
estimate’, aud nnder the supervision of the
-Jissi-sippi K;ver Comm asioo, for the
construction, repiir, completion and pre
servation of tbe public work* herein >fter
named, aa follow: For the improvement of
too navigation and commerco of tfco Mis
sissippi liver from the month of the Ohio
river to the head of ihe parses of the MU-
steeippi river, $-1,113,COO; for building and
repairing levr e* an 1 closing gaps in levees,
$2,5\W,WU; for the rectification of tho Atch-
afalayft and the mouth cf Red river, $500,-
OtU. Provided, that the money herein ap
propriated shall not be available until the
right of way and jurisdiction over said pub
lic works shall be ceded to tlie United
State?.”
The committee also agreed to report to
the House with a favorable recoinmeada-
tion Mr. Robertson’s bill defining the pow
ers and jurisdiction of the Mississippi
River Commissi; ti, authorizing the appro-
priatiui of land and material for the im
provement of the Mississippi river and its
navigable tributaries, prescribing tbe
manner of asses ling damages for property
appropriated, and providing penalties for
r.cts in hindenuiue or injury to each m-
provements.
The sub-committee of the House com
mitteo on ways and means, in charge of
the changes in the. internal treve.tue laws,
to-day agreed to report a bill to the full
committeo to-morrow, which wilt recom
mend the folios ing internal revenue re
ductions:
On whisky,from 90 toBD cents per gallon; j
ou malt liquors, from 92X to 60 cents per
barrel: on tobacco, Banff, etc., from 16 to
10 cents per pound; on cigars, from $6 to
$1 per thousand; on cigarettes, from $1.75
to $1.60 per thousand: also a redaction of
nbont 50 per cent, of the special taxes now
imposed upon dealers in the above men
tioned arable*. Ihe SuU-coinaiiuee’s ru-
K >rt will also recommend n repeal of the
■ws which at present impose taxes on
capital and deposits, bank cho-'ks,matches*
proprietary stamps on medicines, cosmet
ics, perfumeries, eto- It i* e»timnted that
the proposed reduction, based upon the
internal revenue collections of lost yonr,
will amount in round numbersjto about
$C8,000,0C0.
'1 ho, Department of State sent to the
committee on foreign affairs yesterday
copies ot. the telegrnphio correspondence
which has lecoutlv taken place between
the Department nnd our legation at Lon
don respecting tho imprisonment of Amer
icans in Ireland under the coercion not.
The cases of McSweeny and Hart nre ee-
special!)- alluded to. In his negotiation re
garding the former,. Mr, Lowe 1 failed ^
obtain from the British government auy
information beyond that contiuned in the
warrant of arrest, but WM assufed by Lord
Granville that McSwcecy’s coudaot had
brought him nufer the coercion act.
and that he could not be released.
Hart’e reputation is bad. and he will not
promise to behave if set at liberty. Mr.
Lowell does not believe that either of the
two is more innocent than a majority of
the prisoners who have been arrested. In
answer to the department’s instiuctious to
waive for the present all discussion of tho
justiflableness of these arbitrary imprison
ments, bnt to press for early trials of the
various American suspects, Mr. Lowell
states that her Majesty’s government have
promised to give the matter immediate
attention.
Jacob R. Shiphord appeared to-day be
fore the Hoase committee on foreign rela
tions, bat as he had brought with him none
of the eorraep'radanm railed for by the
committee, and explained that there had
not been enough time given him to make
copies, ho was excused until Saturday.
The only progress made by the committee
was to explain to Shiplierd the scope of
the proposed inquiries into his affairs. He
was required to produce before the com
mittee copies of all correspondence he may
have bad with United States officials of
every degree upon the subject of the Peru
vian company. He was entirely self-pos-
eessed in his replies to the committee. His
altitude there, and his interviews with tho
locsl reporters, indicate that he will not bo
communicative to any farther extent than
he is compelled to be, though professedly
frank and open.
Carried It Too Far.
Salt Lake Tribune.
Yesterday alternoon a man from Park
City came into the Clift House cousidera-
bly excited* and inquired if a certain per
son was stopping there. Ho explained
that the man had “done him dirt,” and he
wasnnxioustolickhim. Finding that the
man had just left the house he rushed out
after him, and finding him on Trioune
avenue, walked np and announced that he
had come all the way from Park City to
tick him, and accordingly he started in.
In a few minutes he had blackened both
the man’s eye?, walked nil over him. and
reduced him to a general wreck. When
he had finished tho job be stood the man
np against the wall of Walker’s bank and.
e marked:
“Now, yon d—n contemptible, lop-
eared , Iwant yon to understand that
I consider yon the most infamous whelp I
ever saw. Yon dirty little car, I—”
“Hold on I” said the man who had just
been ticked, taking off his coat. *T think
that after thrashing a man you’ve got no
rigi/t to ulni-e him. 1 can stand a licking,
but I won’t stand abuse from any living
man. no matter how much he weighs.
Now I am going to tick you.”
He was as good as his word, and started
with the most business tike air imaginable
and knocked his lata victor into the gutter.
Every time he got unbe knocked him down
with “blast me, I can’t stand abuse.”
When ho got through with the City Park
man, tho crowd thought he was a pile of
rags and mod. *
“Now, look here, my friend,” said the
last victor, “next time yon tick a man, let
well enough alone. Don’t abuse h<m. Yon
handled yourself well enough while you
were licking me, but you overdid the
abuse.”
TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.
A RAILROAD SUIT.
Little Rocs, March 15.—John McClure
ex-chief justice of the Supreme Court, has
filed a bill in tho United States Circuit
Court for the eastern district of Arkansas
against tho Little Rock and Fort Smith
Railway Company, to compel the payment
by that corporation of all over-dc9 cou
pons of bonds issued by the State to aid in
its construction, and known as the “Arkan
sas railroad bonds.” This is a test case,
and if successful is to be followed by suite
against tbe other roads to whom bonds
were issued at the enmo time -the Little
Rock, Pine Bluff aud New Orleans, the
Mississippi, Ouachita and Red River, the
Arkansas Central, and. tbe Memphis and
Little Rock. The case wiil be heard be
fore Judges McCreary and Caldwell at the
April term of the United State* Court.
THE NEWCOMB, BUCHANAN & CO. FAILURE.
Louisville, March 15.—At a meeting of
the creditors of Newcomb, Buchanan <fc
Co., a statement was submitted, which
shows the company's liabilities to be
$1,640,000 and assets $2,333,000. G.] C.
Buchanan showed a surplus of private
assets over liabilities of $375,000, and An
drew Buchanan $25,000. The proiK/eitions
submitted were ns follows: To pay secured
debts in one, two acd three years at 6 per
cent.; to pay unsecured debts in five years,
will/ 0 per cent, interest; the distillery
property of the company and tbe private
property o! the Buchanans to be mortgaged
to secure tbe unse ■ured debts.
SUFFOCATED.'
Febous Falls, March 15.—Lars A.
Slobond and Ferger h'onnor were suffocat
ed by gas in a well yesterday. Both
leave families. One descended to assist
the other, but only shared his fate.
THE STOIEUNU SPINNERS.
Lawrence, Mass., March 15.—The strik
ing spinners assembled this morning at
the mill gate ; but created no disturbance.
Many went into tbe mill and removed
their personal effects, goirg quietly to
their homes. Owing to the striae about
150 spoolers and warpers are thrown
out of employment temperariiy. The num
ber at present unemployed is about 350.
Tbe spinners appear determined not to re
sume work unless at the old figures. New
help will not be employed for some time,
as the authorities of the mills propose to
give the strikers a reasonable lime to con
sider tbe matter of returning. AiuoDg the
weavers in the worsted department great
dissatisfaction prevails, and a strike is
feared.
SEAMAN DROWNED.
New Orleans, March 15.—By the slack
ening of a ro|>e while i boat was being
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Hou.se to be reprimanded, except by an or- j loaded by a portion of ^the crew of me
der ot tbe House, and that no speaker had
aright to arrogate to himself abdusurp
the powers of tbe House. After some
further -Jiscusjion. the subject was dropped
and the House adjourned. „
The House committee on the improve
ment of the Mississippi river to-day di
rected that Representative Gibson’s bill,
making appropriations tor the improve
ment of the Mississippi river, should lie re- J _
ported to the House, with n favorable re- j wha river, three miles above
f'nmmfliidation Of th© bill. Tint whnta ' nnt._ Tinnojvn coloi
United States steamer Tennessee, three
men who were in the boat were thrown
into the river, and one, n German named
Nicholas Johnson, was diowntd. The
others were rescued.
STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION.
Cincinnati, March 15.—A special dis
patch to the TinusStar says tho ttearn
tow-boat Etna, exploded her boilers at
U dlock this morning in the greatKana-
' * Foint Plean-
commeudation of the bill. The whole 1 ant. Duncan Andersen, colored, fireman,
text of the bill, as ordered by tho commit- 1 was killed and Capt. Henderson and sover-
tee, is A3 follows: { ai others severely injured. Tbo steamer
“ Be it it enacted, etc., That the follow- j took fire and burned to the water's
