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Washington. April 21.—In the Senate.
Mr. Harris presented a protest of citizens
of Tennessee against the passage of the
bill to transfer what is known as “war
claims” to tho court of claims. Referred.
The committeo on public buildings re
ported favorably the bill for a public build-
iu2 at Lynchburg, Ya,
Bills wore introduced as follows and re
ferred: By Mr. George, (in aecordanoe
■with n memorial from the Mississippi legis
lature,) to refund and distribute among the
cotton producing States, for the support of
common schools, tho proceeds of the cot
ton tax .collected from those States and
kopt in the treasury. By Mr. Cockrell, to
appoint a special commissioner for the
promotion of commercial intercourse with
-nclicountrios of Central and Bonth Ameri
cas may be fonnd to possess most natu
ral and available facilities for railway
oommunication with each other and with
tho United States.
The Mississippi river improvement bill
coining up aa the regular order, Mr.
Hampton advocated the bill oa reported,
providing for on appropriation of $6,000;-
<100 for deepening the channel and im
proving the navigation upon plans of the
Mississippi River Commission. He hoped
the pending amendments would bo with
drawn, and thought the expenditure pro
posed by the bill sufficient to meet the
present emergency, as all appropriations
to bring the river under control mn3t
necessarily be experimental. After dte-
rousing the merits of the different plana of
improvement, ho referred to the changed
conditions by reason of which tho people
of tho Mississippi valley, who before the
war maintained a good system of levees,
were unable to protect thoir property from
Overflow. Ho mentioned in this connec
tion the absence of that thoroughly trained
and organized labor aj stem prevailing in
tho valley in former years, the consequent
lessening of tho area under cultivation,
and tho fact that the people had not now
-tho money necessary to koep op the levees.
Mr. Bayard spoke of the difficulties
in the way of intelligent legislation on
-expenditure* for the improvement of
navigation, these being in the nalnre
of experiments. He would follow in
tho line of recommendation made by the
Mississippi River Commissioner, as ho be
lieved that board to be one of experts and
responsible for the recommendations con
tained in their reports to Congress. They
bad expressed the belief that the rami
named in the bill was needed for the bene
fit of tho navigation of the river, and bo
hoped it wonla be voted and would be ju
diciously expended. He wonld not vote to
exceed that ram at the present aesaion.
Mr. Pendleton maintained the constitu
tional power of Congress to do all things
enumerated in its instructions to the com
mission, which were to permanently locate
and deopen the river channel, to protect
the river banks and prevent deductive
floods, so as to improvo and give softty to
navigation and to facilitate commerce and
the postal service. He did not believe
Congress had tho power to reclaim the
lands of private citizens in n State, or to I
repair injuries arising fiom natural cun-esl
over which it bad no control. He would
bo gratified if, as a result of the exercise
of the power in aid of the navigation of
the river, the sufferers by the late overflow
were restored to their former prosperity.
Mr. Call enunciated jaimilar views, and
Mr. Conger stated as the result of some
investigation of the official records that
Gio total of appropriations for the benefit
of tho Missississippi river nnd its
tributaries largely exceeded that
which had been given by the
friends of tho bill—his own estimate
making it larger by nearly six millions.
The bill then went over without action.
Pending on executive session, Mr. Mor
gan introduced a bill for the encourage
ment of a closer commercial relationship
between the United States and South
American countries. It proposes tho hold
ing of a convention im Washington during
tho present year wiflra view to the con
struction of a through line of railroad
along the eastern slope of the great moun
tain chcin from Central America to Chili
and the establishment of other facilities
of communication. After an exeentive ses
sion the Senate adjourned.
BOUSE.
Mr. Robinson, of New York, rising to n
3 hu cation of privilege, offered aiesolution
i.-ch,urging the committee on foreign af
fairs from farther consideration of the res-
olntion calling on the President for infor
mation ns to imprisoned American citi
zens, demanding that the some be brought
before the House for immediate consider-
aiton, but finally consented .to let the mat
ter go over until to-morrow. i
Bills were introduced as follows and re
ferred by Mr. Oates, of Alabama, to per
mit farmers to furnish tobacco to farm la-1
berera and employes without the payment
of any tax. By Mr. Darrell, of Louisiana,
fixing tho salary of the assistant treasurer
at New Orleans at $5,000. By Mr. Cox, of I
New York, a resolution approving the
President’s circular invitation tj all inde
pendent countries of North and South
America to participate in a peace congre a
in Washington on November 22, and recom
mending that said invitation be extended
to the Dominion of Canada. By Mr. At
kins, of Tennessee, abolishing taxation of
manufactured and leaf tobacco. By Mr.I
Dezcndorf, appropriating one million dol-|
lire for the creation of a President’s man-1
aion in Washington. By Mr. Robinson, of
New York, for the final adjournment of
I Congress on the 22d of May. By Mr. Ford,
of Missouri (by request) lor the improve
ment of the Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio I
I rivers and their tributaries. It authorizes I
■ appointment of a Mississippi river
BIM mission to consist of sevon members,
[ who shall devise the means and manner of
I improvement, and directs the Sscretory of
the Treasury to issuo £75,000,000 in treas
ury notes.to be expended by the commission
as follows: $50,000,000 to be ssedfor the
f improvement of the Mississippi river be
tween Cairo and tho month of the river,
and S2&000.000 for the improvement of the
Mississippi and Missouri rivers above
Cairo and the Ohio river between Cairo and
Pittsburg.
Mr. Humphrey, from the committee on
the judiciary, reported a bill to establish n
uniform system of bankruptcy. Ordered
printed and recommitted. The House
then proceeded to tho consideration of
business relating to the District of Colam-1
bin.
A bill increasing by 100 members the I
police force of the District of Colombia
gave rise to a discussion upon a provision
authorising the district commissioners, in
the appointment of policemen, to give the
J arareference to men honorably discharged
rom the volunteer force of the army.
Mr. Robeson opposed the bill on tho
ground that it virtually repented the statute
which required that all policemen should
have been honorably discharged from tho
army or navy. Mr. Cox, of New York, ad
vocating the bill, accused Mr. Robeson of
again raising the bloody shirt oithor to
accomplish some purpose at homo or to
irritate the Democratic side or to unite
tho Republican side. Ho asked, was Con
gress forever and forever to resurrect tho
ghost of rebellion whenever some man
whose record needed strengthening came
bare and invoked the bloody shirt. Ha
protested against maloouteiite in Congress
bringing up tui.- question oa raohanin-
■ignfflofrnt matter as a Washington police
bill.
In the farther course of the debate, Mr.
Roboson, while stating that be wonld ac
cord to every soldior who had served in
the Confederate army his foil rights under
the constitution, declared that when it
camo to a question of favor, ho wanted to
discriminate in favor of the man who had
fought lor the p: enervation id the Union.
Incidentally ho icquirod of Mr. Cook, of
Georgia, v ho had entered into the debate,
whether, if he had been wounded in tho
Conte 5-rute army, i<e would have applied
to ti., United Stater, government fora pell
aion. Mr. Cook replied, somewhat indig
nantly, that he wonld not, and then pro
ceeded to call attention to tho fact that
those members of Caogme wbo had served
in the Confederate army were never in
sulted by men who had fought against
them—the inault always came from tboso
whoso wont of oonrage had kept them in
the rear, and had never seen a rebel. When
this matter of tho bloody shirt was removed
from politics, somo people would have
nothing to bank upon—certainly not on
H.-rviccw rendered ti.o country during the
war. Finally, the provision in the original
bill touching this qnertiou wr.- ,-trickeu
out, the substitute recommended by the
committee was rejected and the bill passed,
leaving appointments to be made under
the existing law. - I
The discussion took h political turn and
involved Robeson, Cox, of New York. Me-
Lane, Miller. Curtin and Randall, of Penn
sylvania, and others, and oontinned for_ an
hoar amid great noise nnd confnsidn,
though without an exhibition ot any ill-
feeling. For the mo3t part it was confined
to a di*cii*tfiou of the manner in which the
Democratic party had acted daring tho
war, and it was precipitated upon the|
House when, in reply to a sarcaslio remark
from the Republican side. Mr. McLane as
serted that in every Northern State as
many Democrats na Republic ins marched
under the Union flag. “Oh!” exclaimed
Mr. Miller, of Pennsylvania, whereupon
Mr. McLane challenged him to assert that
there were more Republicans than Demo
crats in the ar.nv from Pcr.n-ylvar.ia.
Mr. Miller—“I do assert that withont tho
fear of contradiction 1 know that when
tiioy voted on the field they were it publi
cans lOtol. I know the factthit when
thogentlemau from Pennsylvania (Curtin)
ran for governor in 11X53 ns a Republican
the soldiers voted for him 20 to 1.
Mr. Curtin—“fn 18C3 the soldiers of
Pennsylvania in the field did not have the
right to voto, and I did not got ono vote
from them.”
The political stntns of soldiers from
Pennsylvania was then xnado the subject
of a long discussion, when Mr. Townshend,
of Illinois, suddenly broke in with on in
quiry 03 to the cause of the Union post
master at Lynchburg, Virginia, being turn
ed out and u Confederate pot in his placo.
Mr. Bingham, of Pennsylvania, replied
that the postmaster had resigned his com-
mission.
Mr. Wise, of Virginia—“How nbont the
Norfolk post-office ?”
At this point Mr. McLane yielded to Mr.
Curtin, who asserted that no people had
evar been more thoroughly united than
the people of Pennsylvania in support of
tho government withont regard to religion,
politics or place of birth.
Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania, declared
that tbero had not been an act of the Legis
lature of Pennsylvania providing for the
support of the government that hid
not received the unanimous sup
port of both political parties.
He difforod with his oolleagno (Miller)
wh?n he stated that there was wnnt of alac
rity on the part of tho Dem.icratio party
in responding to cells for aid. Ho feared
that but for tho Democrats in the army
there might have been a different result
than that which, thank God, had boen
reached.
The vote on the passage of the bill was
yoas 117, nay 66, the negative vote being
cast by Democrats.
The following bills wero introduced and
referred: By Mr. King, of Louisiana, ap
propriating $200,000 for the payment of
the cost of surveys and expenses of the
Mississippi river commission, also appro
priating £30,5:0 for the payment of the
expenses of the National Board of Health,
Adjourned.
THE fSliriUXD INVESTIGATION.
Washington, April 24.—Mr. Blaine ap
peared before the foreign affairs commit
tee to-day and denied various statements
of Shipherd, and produced letters from
Senator Blair, ex-Senatora Eaton and Ori
gin and others to support his denial of
bhlpherd’s statement that he told Blaino of
his offer of $230,000 to Hnribnt.
Ex-Secretary Blaino appeared before the
House foreign relations committee. After
beinjMwom, ho said, in reply to questions,
that he knew Shipherd; bad road hin testi
mony, and had endeavored to understand
it. Sir. Blaine then stated in substance
that be never eaw or know of the letters in
tho State Depaitment until Shipherd was
introduced to him (Blaino) by Sonntor
Blair. Until then ho had never seen tho
man or heard of him until the 25th of Jnly.
Mr. Blaino then explained the method of
disposing of papers in the State Depart
ment, which wonld account for his previ
ous statement, and added tliat such trashy
matters os Shipherd’s letter wonld never
be called to the attention of the head of a
great department, os they were scarcely
fit for the waste basket. Mr. Blaine said
he bad no knowledge bow the missing pa
pers left the State Department files; also
that his first mterviow with Shipherd, on
Jnly 25, lasted only fifteen minutes, instead
of several hoars as Sbipheid testified. Mr.
Blaine was then called away on important
business, and the interview was postponed
until morning. Mr. Blaine next saw bbip-
lierd on October 13. Mr. Blaine then pro
duced what he stated ws3 the entire cor
respondence between himself and Hnribnt
during his administration at Lima. “Ship-
herd came to me, he said “and stated that
he was the representative of a very impor
tant claim called tho Cachet claim. I had
never before heard of it and asked him
bow he spelled tho n&mo. He told me Son-
itor Blair was one of his counsel, and al
so added the names of ex-Senator Conk-
ling, Hon. Scott Lord, ex-Seuator Crngta
and others. I thought it a vory strange
array of counsel. He named aboat a dozen
prominent financiers and banking houses,
including Seligman August Belmont, Mor
ton, Bliss <fc Co. and others. I mention
theso facts en j>assanl because I have been
criticised for not kicking Shipbezd out of
tho department tho first morning he called.
Bat wnen a man comes introduced by a
United States Senator, with threo ex-Sena-
tors and an ex-Secretary of tho Treasury
as counsel, and an array of backers such
as he mentioned, it wonld hard*/ be the
custom of the department to kick him ont
on sight. This explains why I did not do
what I virtually did do later, and for not
doing which Ijhave been severely criticised.”
Mr. Blaine then related the potato of bis
conversation with Shipherd, in which Ship-
herd read what he claimed to bo an opin
ion of Secretary Erarto, to the effect that
Cachet conld claim one-third of the guano.
Mr. Blaine said with much emphasis: “I
would be witling to take the most solemn
oath that President Garfield uied withont
ever having heard of this vile schemo or
ever having heard the name of Cachet
mentioned.”
Mr. Blaine then proceeded to read the
entire correspondence between the Depart
ment of State an i Minister Hnribnt touch
ing the Cachet claim—all discrediting the
value of Cachet’s claim and tho right of its
owners to the support of tho government.
Mr. Blaino then stated that the Depart
ment had looked into the matter to see if
theie was any claim to the property, as was
asserted by Shipherd upon Everts’ opinion,
and had found nothing in it. Senator El
more, tho Peruvian minister, in a subse
quent conversation, folly satisfied him npon
the subject.
In regard to Shipherd’s story about offer
ing $200,000 in stock as a bribe to Minis
ter Hnribnt, Mr. Blaino had written to all
the gentlemen named by Shipherd as oog-
nizants of this offer, and that it had been
discussed in Blsiuo’s presence, Blaine him-
ecU taking part in the discussion. In re
ply, Senator Blaine writes that he never
heard Shipherd make any such statement,
and that he had never heard of this offer
until read in the pnblhhod reports of tho
proceedings of this oommitte.
Mr. Blaine then read similar letters of
denial from ex-Secretary Boutweli, ex-
Secretary Cragnn, ex-Senator Eaton, Scott
Lord and Wm. H. Robertson, of New Tork.
Mr. Blaine tben read bis (Blaine’s) cor
respondence with ex-Secretary Evarts. in
which the latter denied that Shipherd had
any anthority for quoting him in any way;
that he had never given any op uion or
been asked to give any whatever in regard
to the Cachet claim; iW ho w™ absent in
Europe and did not know until his re!arn ;
and only through the public prints, that
Shipherd had been nstag his name.
“I have not,” said Mr. Blaine, “the
slightest hesitancy in saying that this man
Shipherd shonid be sent before the grand
jury; it is flat, unqualified perjury on his
B .rt that ought to be properly punished.”
r. Blaino read a letter from Mr. Elmoro
denouncing Shepherd’s description of bis
interview with him (Elmore) aa false in
every particular, except that he had per
mitted Shephora on introduction and fur
nished him him with copies of tho finan
cial contracts of tho Credit Industrial with
the Peruvian government. Mr. Elmore
saya in the letter: “In regard to my al
leged statement that I had aeen a margi
nal noto ’Go in Steve,’I need not assure
you that it is absolutely false.” Chairman
Williams having reminded the witness that
he had not yet mode any denial of his own,
Mr. Blaine quickly responded: “Oh! oh!
It is an abeolnto, detestable, ont-of-thc-
whole-cloth lie, and I don’t think the man
is of sound mind.”
Mr. Blaine maintained that Shipherd’s
version that he had met the late Hnribnt by
the latter’s appointment, and that they
hid sat npon a safe in a public corridor
nnd held such an interview aa Shipherd de
scribed,’was absurd. Mr. Blaine utterly dis
credited any other explanation than that
Shipherd had waylaid Hnribnt and secured
merely a canal chat with him. Mr. Blaite
characterized in -most forcible lan
guage the assumption of Shipherd in as
suming to speak for President Garfield os
simply infamous, and with eloqaont vehe
mence declared that he was prepared to
take a most solemn oath, so firm were his
convictions, that President Garfield went
to his death withont over having seen or
heard of Shipherd or his claim.
Washington, April 25.—In the Senate
reports from committees were made and
disposed of as follows: By Mr. Aldrich,
from the committeo on finance, adversely
to the bill to refund to the North Carolina
Railroad Company moneys unlawfully col
lected from it ty tbo United States. Cal
endar.
After the close of the morning business,
the Senate resumed consideration of the
Mississippi river improvement bill appro
priating $6,000,000. All pending amend
ments to increase the appropriation and
apply part of the money ffirVBe benefit'of
tho lovee system were withdraw?, end the
bill passed by a viva roce vote without' ob
jection. . , At . | 4 ..
After n strngglo for ptecodonce, the Son!
ate took up the House Chinese bin, the
first question being on concurrence in the
numerous amendment! reported: by tho
foreign affairs committed-;.j. ;
All of the committee’s amendments
down to tho two last sections, the four
teenth and fifteenth, were agreed to 03
read. The committee’s amendment strik-
imr out the fourteenth section, which pro
hibits any State or Untied States court
from admitting Chinese to citizenship, woa
rejected and the section retained—yeas 28/
nays 32. The committee’s amendment
striking ont tho fifteenth section, which de
fines the wordi “Chinese laborers” wher
ever used in the act to mean both skilled
and unskilled laborers and Chinoso em
ployed in mining, was carried by yeas 29,
nays 28. The vote was a party one exoept
that Mr. Miller of California, Mr. Jones of
Nevada, nnd Mr. Cameron of Wisconsin,
voted “no” with the Democrats. Mr. Da
vis, of Illinois, voted “aye” with the Re
publicans. The amendments having been
gone through with in commltee of tho
whole, the bill was reported to the Senate
with calls for separate votes on somo of
tno amendments. After st eeches by
Messrs. Hoar and Morgan the bill went
over! After aa executive session the Senate
adjourned.
House.
Mr. .Calkins, of Indians, chairman of the
committeo on elections, called up tho con
tested election ca3e of Lynch vs. Chalmers.
Mr. Athorton, of Ohio, the minority mem
ber of tho oommittee, stated that he was
not physically ablo to proceed with the dis
cussion to-day, whorenpon Mr. Calkins
skid bo wonld proceed for one boar and
thc-n allow the case to go over.
The resolution offered by Mr. Robinson,of
New York, yesterday, discharging the com
mitteo on foreign affairs from farther con
sideration of tho resolution asking for ex
ecutive information touching the impris
onment of American citizens abroad, was
then taken up. Mr. Robinson read a pre
amble and seri03 of re olntiona which he
wonld offer if tho resolution of recall
shonid bo adopted, and spoke in condem
nation of our government in the matter of
imprisoned snspects in Ireland. He de
manded tho recall of Minister Lowell and
tbo serving upon England of notice that
en-peels claiming American citizenship
must bavo instant trial or release, and in
event of such notice not being complied
with, Mr. Robinson would fight.
Mr. Cox, of New York, followed Mr.
Robinson to the same effect, bat in a milder
speech. :■
Mr. < 'rih, of Indiana, chairman of tho
committee on foreign affairs, having
charge of the subject, said that thi3 ques
tion was one of the most delicate and in
teresting questions before Congress, bnt he
begged of tho Hcnse t > inform itself of the
trae status of tho question before it moved
to discharge the committee from its far
ther consideration. He wanted the Homo
to bo folly and thoroughly posted with re
gard to the consequences of its action, and
to know when it starts on a journey where
it will load. He did not want this govern
ment to be oompclled to take the backward
track. He had sympathy with the Irish
people and with all people who were de
prived of thoir rights, bat a g.eat differ
ence existed between sympathy and dnty.
This government, in view of treaty obliga
tions, could not nse its sympathy to foment
trouble in a neighboring conntry.
He defended tho President, State
Department and foreign relations com
mittee from the imputations cost
upon it, and said that all had been
diligently studying the problem, which
proved to be the most delicate and intri
cate which had entered into our diplomacy
since the dose of tho war. To show the
importance of the House being in posses
sion of information before it acted on such
an important question, be declared that
McEnery, ono of the men named in the
resolution, was not an American citizen,
and that another, O’Mahonoy, at the time
of his arrest was bolding an office in Great
Britain. The House was called upon to de
mand the release of a man who was not an
American citizen, and he warned the House
that when one nation made a demand
up an another she must be prepared to take
the consequence of that demand.
Tho State Department realized tho im
portance of the question whether the
House did or not. He was accredited with
no confidential authority, but he could
imagine a party in Great Britain which
was matching every movement of the
Gladstone government, and would be only
too glad, on tho pretext of nnduo partial
ity to American citizens, to move a vote of
went of confidence and up*et tho efforts of
the Gladstone government. It was barely
possible that that goveroinont was between
the devil and the deep tea on this question.
There might bo a party in Great Britain
whose highest decree wonld be to marshal
squadrons and crush Ireland under the hoof
of relentless war. It was well to cause and
consider whether this was jast tho time to
vote a resolution of demand or defiance to
the British government. Negotiations
were still going on by cable dispatches,
and if the House wonld forbear even until
next wo.k tho committoo hoped to bo able
to report baok the resolution with tho in
telligence that the entile number of Amer
ican prisoners were released.
Mr. Cox, of Now York, offered tho follow
ing resolution as it substitute for Mr. Rob
inson resolution: "That the President of
the United States be requested to comma
nicate to this House any additional corres
pondence with the British government on
file in tho State Department in reference
to the alleged imprisonment of citizens
of (ho United States in Ireland, and that
tho President bo requested to continue his
efforts for the prompt release or prompt
trial of any citizen who may now remain
unjustly imprisoned in Ireland by tho gov
ernment of Great Britain.”
Mr. Blount, of Georgia, opposed the
Robinson resolution because it presented a
g ucstion which might involve the country
in tremendoas conflict with the British
government. Ho presumed that if the Pres
ident shonid moke a prompt demand, tho
g ntlemen who were now oriticis-
g tho committee must be prepared
to standby the administration in that
demand, nnd by the gentleman from New
York (Robinson) when he said, “If your
demand is declined, I mean war.” This
was a matter between two of the greatest
nations on tho globe. If war should come
between them, it wonld be no child’s play.
This generation knew what war meant,
and the American people did not want it,
unless it should come on just grounds: but
if this demand was made in good faith, he
trusted there wonld bo no retrocession;
that tho United States wonld not moke
itself contemptible by empty boasting.
In conclusion, ho defended and justified
the action of the committee on foreign
affairs. Ho was followed in tho somo vein
by Mr. Wilson, of West Virginia, and the
debate was closed by Mr. Robinson, of
New York, irithdrew bis resolution.
The resolution offered tyilr. a sub
stitute was then adopted withont division.
Adjourned.
Washington, April 2G.—In the Senate,
Mr. Batter introduced a bill to provide for
n coaling dock and naval etore-honso at
Port Royal, & G\, Referred.
Mr. Beck called np his bill to punish the
unlawful certification of bank checks. He
said it was identical with the bill which
passed the House soon after the Black Fri
day troubles in New York. He quoted from,
a report by a House committee which in
vestigated those troubles, deprecating this
practice of certifying checks which do not
represent cash deposits. Depastment com
munications and the laws on the subject
wero ordered printed in the Record, and the
bill laid over until to-morrow.
The Senate went to the calendar and
passed the bill to empower the Secretary
of War to audit the claim for rent of the
State of Sonth Carolina for tho occupation
of the Citadel Academy at Charleston.
Tbo Senate bill for the removal of the
political disabilities of Dr. A. Sidney Tibbs
(which the military committee had amend
ed so os to repeal section 1218 of tho re
vised statutes, being the act of July 12,
1866) was objected to by Mr. Edmunds.
The objection was followed by sundry ex
pressions of dissatisfaction on tho Domo-
cratio aide, and Mr. Garland moved to take
np the bill, remarking that the question
was one which ought to be met at once.
Mr. Edmunds read tho section to show
that it prohibited any person who had
served in the military or naval service of
the Confederate States from being ap-
B tinted to any position in the army of the
nited States. After some discussion the
in ait or was superseded‘by the anti-Chinese
bill, which came up as unfinished business.
Mr. Slater, of Oregon, being the first
speaker.
Mr. Edmnnds moved on amendment de
fining tho words “Chinese laborers” to
mean persons who are tunally engaged in
manual labor. Mr. Farley obtained the
floor and the bill went over. After an ex
ecutive session, the Senate adjonrned.
HOUSE.
On motion of Mr. Valentine, of Ne
braska, the Senate amendments to the ag
ricultural appropriation bill 'were non-
ooocurred in. Mr. Calkins, of Indiana,
chairman of the committee on elections,
called np the contested election case of
Lynch ,vs. Cbalmers from the sixth Con
gressional district of Mississippi. Mr.
Randall, of Pennsylvania, raised the ques
tion of consideration. Tno House decided
(yeas 115, nays 89)tj consider the election
case. Mr;- Atherton, of --Ohio, demanded
tho reading of the report.
The reaomgof .the report consumed an
hour aim a half, and at its conclusion Mr.
Pt-ttibone, of Pennsylvania, took the floor
in support of the rase of the contestant,
Mara. ‘ ‘ i r; ‘
Mr. Atherton, of Ohio, made a long &r-
ument in favor of the minority report,
eelsrieg Mr. Chalmers entitled to his
Beat. ' “ ' • j
Mr. Moore, of Tennessee, in advocating
the renting of Lynch, protested against the
shillyshally, milksop policy of the mana
gers of the Republican part} in the House,
if it has any managers. He instated on a
i i ^oroti-* policy in regard to the contested
election cases, warning his parly friends
that un'eee they did simple justice, and
th-.t anon, to the Republican contestants
who had almost literally fought their way
to the door* of this Hou-e, the forty-eighth i
Congress wonld be in the hands of a round
imjorily of Bourbon Democrats. He then
proceeded to criticise the Mississippi plan,
quoting from editorials in leading South
ern papers to show that the negro was not
accoidel bis legal rights in the State of
Mississippi. Bat the Mississippi plan had
about rnn its oourse, and that State had
rent ils lust solid Democratic delegation to
ti.5 Itou-eof Representatives. Tho matter
then went oVer until to-morrow. ’ •
Mr. Dezeudorf, from the oommittee oa
naval affair*, reported a bill prov.ding for
the payment of boon ties to officers and
bailor* on United 8tatee vessels under the
command of Admiral Farragut. Placed on
the private calendar. Adjourned.
the BmrrtEBD xnverioation.
Washington, April 26,—In ths Shipherd
Investigation to-day, Mr. Blaine began .by
aaying that he desired to oorreet a press
report that ho had read a letter from ex-
Senator Eaton. He bad no correspond
ence whatever with ex-Senator Lston npon
the subject. Mr. Blatae then desired to
make another .statement, which appeared
to him as vory strong negative evidence -
against tho claim of Shipherd that'he had
an ir.tfrviow with President Qfirfleld on
tho subject of tha Cnohet elalm. He then
added that he had examined the diary of
the late Presidont, who had been in the
habit for years of keeping a minute ac
count of nis daily transactions, and be
fonnd that neither Shipherd nor Hnribnt
nor the Cachet claim, nor the Peruvian
Company, are mentioned; nsithe.- does his
private secretary remember ever to hqve
heard him mention them. In answer to
an inquiry by Mr. Williams, witness said:
“None of these Sonth American dispatches
were prepared daring the President’s ill
ness. I am glad this question was put, be-
cause the American press have widely
stated that I, as cfe facto President, had
assumed a certain Tine of poliey which
might plnnge this conntry into war.”
-Mr. iilair.r, in illustration of this point,
mentioned tbo fact of certain dispatches
which wero blocked ont before the Presi
dent was shot, bnt which remained in statu
auo until after the succession of President
Arthur. In explanation of Mr. Garfield’s
views npon tho subject. Mr. Blaine said:
“President Garfield, in conversation with
me, said Mr. Lincoln directed Secretary
Seward to bring all foreign matters to
him, and not to the cabinet. Unless he so
desired,” continued Mr. Blaino, “from
that time forward I never submitted any
thing to the cabinet which involved a per
manent policy or a change of policy, and
no step whioh wonld involve a change of
policy on the part of tho government was
ever taken by me withont first submitting
it to tho President and receiving his entire
approval.”
Mr. Blaine then produced the original
draft of the instructions which were given
to Trescott, which he read, pointed ont
corrections which had been made by the
President, somo of them nt Mr. Blaine’s
sugges ion, and commented upon tha cor
rections and their wants and demands.
He added: “I do not by any means find
fault with the President for changing his
mind, bnt this is tbo original draft of toe
instructions .to which President Arthur
gave his assent, and which, following pre
cedent, I kept. I desire to state most
solemnly that the assumption that I ever
interpolated a line or eyllable in a dispatch
after it was agreed t6 by the President, is
as false as tho lie that was circulated
over the country that I was, during the
President’s sickness, blocking ont a foreign
policy of my own.”
Mr. Belmont proceeded to prepound a
series of prepared questions, which wore
mainly directed to an inquiry into the
policy of tho department in the Chili-
Peruvian trouble and tho instructions
which wore given to Trescott. The witness
stated that he bad never made an examina
tion of the merits of the Cachet nor Lan-
drean claim. He had considered the t-nn-
drean claim as res adjudicates. Belmont’s
questions wero directed to establishing the
paint that the instructions to Hnribnt to
nse his good offices in behalf ot the Lau-
druau claim meant that his official inter
vention was contemplated to seenro n bear
ing of the claim in the Peruvian courts,
contending that tho lack of tho word “un
officially” in the dispatches of instructions
implied that official action was meant.
Mr. Blatae replied that a boy in diplomacy
would know better than to put this con
struction npon tbo dispatches; that they
meant just what they eaid—neither more
nor less.
In the course of tho examination con
siderable feeling was shown, whieh was
suddenly brought to a climax by Mr.
Blaino e remarking, with hard emphasis,
“I hope, Mr. Belmont, yon will bo a gentle
man. I shall be one, amt shall treat yon
as such. I am not in a police court to be
badgered. I must answer my questions in
my own way; yon must not undertake to
correct me.”
Mr. Belmont disclaimed any lack of cour
tesy or desire to badger. Ho entertained
the highest respect for tho witness, both on
account of his ago and the high position
he had occupied. But his next question
was, “Did you not, in your instructions to
Hnribnt, ask him to bring to bear npon
Peru the power of tho government to force
Pern to recognize that claim of Lan-
dreau.” Several explosions similar to the
one jast recorded occurred in tho course of
tho examination, Belmont persisting in
putting his own construction npon tho in-
strnctions to Hnribnt nnd Blaino persist
ently insisting upon a literal construction.
Mr. Belmont pursued his questions rela
tive to the Landreau claim, asking what
stains it held that gave it any preference
over tho Cachet claim, tmd how it was
that Mr. Blame could give the instructions
he did relative to tho Londrean claim, etc.
Mr. Blaino explained at length that os the
Landreau claim w&3 owned by an American
citizen, who was on American citizon
when be obtained title to the claim, that
Harlbutwas instructed in regard to it;
that whilo this government would not un-
•inrtake to construe a contract between the
Peruvian goveruwmR J. r “ Londrean.
he (Hnribnt) was to call the ntten-- on .
the Peruvian government to tho injnsm*.
of not according Landreau a hear
ing in the courts; to ask that
some means be taken to afford him a
bearing. “I was adventurous enough,”
added Blaine, “to ask a foreign govern
ment to give an American a hearing in its
courts. Yon will find further,” he oontin
ned, “that tbe instructions to Hnribnt say
that in the event his(Landrean’s) claim is
fairly arbitrated in his favor that it ought
to bo treated ns a lien on tho property of
Pern in tho ovent of a settlomont of the
difficulties with Chili involving an access
ion of Peruvian territory. Well, it was not
fairly arbitrated, and the property has
gono the way of all tbo world. England
has gobbled np the guano and 1,OOJ,OCO
tons of it are now advertised in London,
worth probably $139,000,000.”
Mr. Blainecontinued, withmnebearnest
ness: “English bondholders put np the
job of a war npon Peru, and it was for
booty, jnst t-s Clive and Hastings mnde war
npon India. An English fleet was upon
the coast of South America all the time
ready to swoop down. They make , a mis
take who speak of the war as a Chilian war.
It was an English war upon Pern, and I
tako tho responsibility to so pnt it, nnd I
dared to ask that a hearing be .given to an
hnmble citizen of a government that
hardly dares to be ont over night, and my
foreign policy, to quote a common expres
sion, would hsTo driven this country into a
war with Chili had it cot been thwarted.
Why, it is believed all over Cbili that the
United Slates government got ont jnst in
time to save herself from a sound thrash
ing—that her hairbrained Secretary of
State was to involve her in war, when she
was saved by his rear-ova], and we are
laughed at aud cartooned in this paper. A
little gathering of 1,800,000 peo
ple on the west coast of
South America would have given ns n
terrible thrashing; so we let the dismem
berment of Pern go on. and allowed Eng
land to bag tbe spoils. (Pausing and
adding with much emphasis.) History will
hold the United States responsible for it.”
Mr. Belmont inquired: “Do yon know
who were behind the Landreau claim ?”
Mr. Blaine replied that he did not; that
neither the Landreau claim or the Cachet
claim bad anything more io do with the
policy of this government toward the
South American republics than did a bar:
mele oa the bottom ot tbe ship which bore
Mr. Hnribnt to Lima.
’ Mr. Belmont bad not concluded hi* ex.
amhmtion when the committee adjourned.
At some points in to day’* proceedings the
fire of reparte and retort was to sharp and
rap d that it was .difficult to distinguish
who was examiner, and who waa exam
ined. Belmont kept hie temper through
out, but Blaine shoved considerable tern-
per - , I '\T
,s.t u ooanmxATXoas. '
Tbe Senate to-day confirmed Alphonse
Taft, of Ohio, as envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary to Austria, nnd
Win. L. Dayton, of New Jersey, as minister
resident to the Netherlands.
NOMINATIONS.
Washington, April 26.—The President
to-day nominated to be postmasters N. F.
English, at Key West, and W. G. Stewart
at Tallahassee, FIs.; to be receiver of pub
lic moneys, Ambrose H. Leoompto, at Nat
chitoches, L«.; Ixiuia J. Souer. of Lou
isiana, to be appraiser for the. district .of
New Orleans, and A. Fortune Beard, of
Louisiana, to be assistant appraiser for the
district of New Orleans. <,,
TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.
Tha Raath Carolina PreeecnUonn—The
Virginia Bribery—Indian Harder*
la Arlsona—Zmer*oa’e Bfekaeaa-
Htirb Water In Haalteba, Eto. , u
high wateb or Manitoba.
Wqinzpio, Man., April 26.—The Red
river and iU tributaries are still rising.
Ti e Assjnaboine is breaking np and caus
ing much trouble. A rise at tberste ef an
inch and a half hourly is reported front
Riverville, Manitoba, where the water is
the highest known for twenty-one years.
Home houses on the river bank are com
pletely submerged. About 1,200. delayed
passengers arrived at Wiunepeg last nigbt.
They were transferred two miles routh of
Bt. Vinoent to steamers, which took them
and the mails directly- across theprairio to
a station on the Canada Pasinc rosd,
wheuoe they proceeded by a speoial train.
This method of transportation will oon-
ttaue till the flood at Emerson subsides. It
is still rising there. The Air-Line between
here and Portage is submerged and t-affle
is again definitely interrupted. Provisions
had to be sent last night to the relief of
passengers down about thirty miles west of
the city, and who are in from two to three
feet of water.
TH* INDIAN OUTMIiX.
San Fbancisco, April 26.—A dispatch
from Shakeepeare, New Mexico, dated yes
terday, says a telegram jnst reoetved from
the operator at Stern’s Pass reports the
town of Galeyville. in Arizona, just over
the New Mexico line, bnrned and com
pletely destroyed this, afternoon by the
Indiana. Thirty-five white people were
killed. The Indiana are scattering into
small banda and making for the Obirioahna
mountains. Col. Forsyth with his entire
oommand is in pursuit.
San Fbancisco, April 26.—A Tuoson dis
patch says: At a meeting of several thou
sand citizens, held last night, it was unani
mously decided that the following be tele
graphed to the President and his cabinet,
and to both houses of Congress: “During
the rejoicings incident to the grand milita
ry display announced to taka plaoe at For
tress Monroe Thursday, we beg to offer yon
as a skeleton to sit nt your banquet thefaot
that nearly one hundred of onr pioneers
have, within a few days, been wantonly
mnrdered in cold blood by devilish Ap
aches. whom crnel and mistakes policy
permits to survive their crimes. If some
small portion o: the eipc-nditares inoirred
in yonr grand display conld be devoted to
such measure* as would preclude the prob
ability of an increase in tne list of onr mur
dered dead, we oonld send yon greetings of
gratitude and cheer, in plaoe of this mes
sage revealing onr sorrow, helplessness
aud desolation.
(Signed) “Jauxs H. Toons, Chairman.
“L, O. Hogues, Saoretary.”
Another Tucson dispatch gives the- fol
lowing from the Tombstone Citizen: “Tho
Indiana att eked an American mining
camp at Bacuachi, Sonora, on the 20th of
April, killing Mesers. Lawrey, Kay and
Rickey. Three or four others made their
escape. The Indiana carried off all tbe
camp property of value. Many Americans
are in the neighboring hills, and more
murders are expected. Governor Salozar
has ordered the sqldiers and volunteers to
panne the Indians, and take no prisoners.
VOBOKB WANTED.
Ltnchhubo, Va.. April 26.—At the in
stance of Messrs. W. U. Evans A, Co., of
Cincinnati, and Messrs. R. T. Lacy & Co.,
tobaooonists, of Lynchburg. Va., the au
thorities in several places have been in
structed to arrest Win. Glass, formerly a
merchandise broker of Little Rook, Ark.
Glass has falsely ropres*nted himself to be
a member of tbe firm of Lacy <1; Co., and
on the I7ib inst. forged their name to a
draft and obtained the money on it from
Messrs. Green, of Joolcson, Miss.
BAUM W1LDO EMEBSON.
Concobd, Mass., April 26.—Considerable
anxiety is felt about Ralph Waldo Emer
son. who has been quite ill for some days,
without marked change of any kind, cer
tainly not for the better.
HOMICIDE.
Danville, April 26.—Felix Roon killed
Nathaniel Johnson to-day at Yasoeyville,
Caswell oonnty, N. C., with a double-bar
reled shot-gnu, and wounded George Wil
liamson, Jr. The messenger oonld tell
nothing of tbe cause of the shooting. All
tne parties are of the best families.
THE KENDALL-ALLEN BBI3EBX CASE.
Richmond, April 2C.—The trial of Geo.
H. Kendall, of the Kendall Bank Note
Company, of New York, charged with at
tempting to bribe Auditor Allen, was called
iu the Police Conrt to-day, bnt tbe prose
cution asked for a postponement until to
morrow on tho ground of the absence of
important witnesses.
State Treasurer Beverly and Second
Auditor Ditson, constituting a majority of
ths board of sinking fnnd commissioners,
to-day confirmed and signed theooatraot
previously awarded to the Kendall Bank
Note Company for engraving, printing,
etc. Subsequently, nt 2:45 this evening, an
injnnetinn, obtained from Judge Wellfcrd,
of tbe Circuit Court, by State Attorney-
General Blair, was served on the board, re
straining them from executing .ho con
tract.
THE SOUTH OAUOLINA ELECTION CASS.
Chablxston, April 26.—In the United
States Circuit Conrt to-day, the trial of the
case of tho United States against JohnT.
Hogg and thirty-eight other defendants,
charged with obstructing qualified voters
from voting at the election in 1880, was re
sumed. The prosecution examined six
moro colored witnesses, who told the same
story as those who had preceded them.
Tho government then rested its case and
tho defense bad examined two witnesses
np to tho hour of adjournment. The wit
nesses for the defense testified that owing
to llic rotten condition of the house iu
which they held elections, the managers
woro compelled to adopt the rale that one
voter shonid bo admitted at a time. With
this object in viow, two State constables
were placed at the door and admitted the
voters one by one. The white men got to
the polls first and formed into a line, aa is
nouid at elections. The negroes, who had
camped all night near ti>* jiC—; , at da J r
light marched down to the polls in OOtn-
puny front, and demanded ths right to
vote. They were told they could vote M
soon as thoir time came, and such'of them
na got into line and took their tarn
had every opportunity to vote and
did vote. Between thirty and forty Re
publican votes woro cast -before ’J o’clock
in the morning. About 9 o’clock an alter
cation occurred betweon a white man and
a colored man, and tho main body of tbe
colored voters, who had withdrawn from
the poll and were stationed about one hun
dred yards off. rushed down upon the
whites with yells and with dobs, pistols,
scythes and pieces of iron in their bands.
By tho intervention of white and colored
men, a row was prevented and not a per
son was hurt. The difficulty only lasted
about five minutes. About tbis time a
leader of the Republicans received a dis
patch from one of tho county leaders tell
ing him not to let his crowd vote, and
accordingly they refused to vote any
longer. When questioned by aoveral of
the white men why they did not vote, the
negroes said that their supervisor bad
failed to come. It was no use to vote, be
cause tho poll wonld bo contested anyhow.
The caso will probably consume all of to
morrow and Friday.
THE PA83ENOEB AGENTS.
Ohattanoooa, Tenn , April 26.—The
Southern Association of General Passen
ger Agents met in this city to-day and
adopted a scale of rates to summer resorts
from all Southern cities slightly lower
than last year. A resolution permit
ting roads to put tickets on sale on
May 15tb, fifteen days earlier than nsoal,
was adopted. The meeting adjonrned to
meet in Cincinnati in October.
APPBOVED.
Washington, April |25.—The President
has approved the act establishing District
United States Coarts in the northern and
southern judicial districts of Georgia.
Decline of Man.
Nervous weakness, dyspepsia, Impo
tence, sorua! debility, cored by “Wells’
Health Kenewer.” $1. Depot: Lamar?
Rankin & Lamar, Macon, Ga. lw
Jt STEAMBOAT MOMMOM.
The," city of Saaior* - BnraoB near'
jMksMvllK and Nine I.lvae Lee*.
[By Telegraph. | >
JAcnotrrtLLS, Fla., April 24 —The mag
nificent steamer City of Sanford burned
five m lee above this city about four o'clock
this morning. The steamer was on her
wa*i. from Sanford, and when opposite Pt.
Invests fire was discovered issuing from
the forwar 1 hold, from among a quantity
of | in# wood. The aUrm'wss given, and
the purser rushed through the beat and
aroused the passengers. In order to pre
vent a panic, he told them not to be
alarmed, that there was plenty of time,and
this caused some to lose valuable tune.
The boat wa3 headed for the shore aud waa
In a few minutes grounded In three feet of
water, but the engineer waa driven from
hia post and the engine oonld not be j>top
ped. An attempt was mrde to remove the
passenger* by. having them go aft and
jump overboard, bat notwithstanding
theses efforts, nine passengers, and prob
ably more, perished. Their names are as
a* follows: Mrs. Osoar Keep and child,
of this city: Mrs. Freland and daughter, of
Iowa; Mr. G. H. Downer, ot Norwalk, Fla.;
Captain Short*Lie. of the schooner Magno
lia, reoently lost on the Moaqaito inlet bar;
Charles Fierce, nephew of Willie Brooks,
son of the pilot of the iU-f<Ad steamer,
and Dorse Snapper, a deck hand. The
steamer George M. Bird was coming down
the river a few miles ahead of the San
ford. Her offioers discovered the fire, and
at once pat back to the scene of the disas
ter and took bn board the sorrivofs and
brought them to this city.
I43ZB.—The remains of the lost were
bronght to tbis city for IcUrnment. Borne
of the bodies were burned to a crisp. Ths
city is full of mourning, and considerable
excitement prevails. The coroner's jury is
cow in session. Tbe steamer s”d contents
are a total lose. Nothing was saved.
Naw Yoax, April 25,—The Scruld’s Jack
sonville Special Sivee the following par
ticulars of the lose of'life by the burning
of the steamer City of Sanford: By the
time the boat had grounded in three feet
of water, and within thirty feet of shore,
she was wrapped in flames, the northeast
wind sweeping them through fore and aft.
The passengers were up, in various f-Ugee
of apparel. A group of five waa oa the
resr deck, where tbe oaptaia urged them
to leap overboard into shallow water. Dar
ing a brief discussion Miss Ireland fell
overboard and tbe stern wheel etill torn-
tag caught her dress aud was about drag
ging her ander its paddles when the cap
tain epraDg overboard and extricated her.
Mr. Ireland who jumped after her, wee
caught in the wheel ana wm also rescued
by Captain Roberta. Mrs Ireland and her
little daughter, and Mrs. Keep and her lit
tle sou, were then laat on deck. The ladies
were about to jump overboard when the
two children, seized with panic at tha heat
and fearful surrounding*, ran baok into
the blazing saloon, and mother’s love,
stronger than the fear of death, urged the
two ladies after them. Tbe four thus dis
appeared iu the fiery furnaon and were
burned to a crisp. Their remains were
found afterwards under their respective
staterooms. They were but charred and
blaokened trunks, grasping the almost nn-
reoognizablo bodies of their ohildreu. G.
H. Downer jumped overboard bnt became
exhausted before help reached him and
sank while uttering a mournful cry for
help. Captain ShorUlle was an expert
swimmer aud seaman, and he wua drowned
no one knows how. The stewardess and a
cripple named Smith sprang overboard
and floated about until finally the steward
ess reached the life raft, aaC Smith, then
ubout t»sink, wm rescued by Purser Stead
with a g ing plank. All three were picked
np by the relief ataemer Bird. Many of
tbe pauengers and crew sprang overboard
in shallow water and were saved, with the
exception of two negroes who have since
died.
MUST TO MUST.
Tbe Burial «f Col. J. W. Makta.
On yesterday a large number of the citi
zens of Macon went out to the Rutland
district to attend the funeral of the late
Col. J. W. Stubbs. They were joined at
his late residence bv almoet every citizen
of the diatriot. for no man stood higher in
the estimation of hit neighbors than did
the deceased. He will be greatly missed
by that community; and not only thsre
will he be missed, for he wm well known
all over the conntry. He waa an honored
member of the board of education ever
sin oe it was organized we believe, and the
pnblio schools were suspended on yester
day in respect to his memory. He wm al
so one ot the most active members of the
present board of county commissioners'
and a member of the board ofroadoom-
ni'Bsionera—all these boards attended his
funeral in a body, showing bow highly be
was esteemed by those with whom be had
been associated officially. He was also a
member of the masonio fraternity, and wm
bnried with masonio honors, George R.
Barker, Esq., of this city, and Worshipful
Master of Macon Lodge No. 5, petlormiog
the ceremony in a most impressive manner
at the grave. He wm a member and an
officer in the Methodist Chnrch at Liberty,
on the Macon circuit, and wm a faithful
attendant and supporter of his church. He
waa one of the kindest of husbands ana
fathers, an exoellent neighbor and citizen.
Dr. O. W. Smith, of Wesleyan Female Col
lege performed the funeral services and
committed tbe body to the grave, “Earth
to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dost,” to
await the resurrection morn.
Col. Burnaby’* Balloon Trip.
English Letter.
“I cleared the chimney by some twenty
feet. It was a lovely morning. With the
quantity of rising power in the balloon,
owing to the los6 of ballast, i rose rapidly.
My aneroid barometer, which had been
tested a few day* previous by Negretti and
Zambra, marked 2,500 feet. The view wm
euperb. The fields and country became
gradually dwarfedin tha distance. A mag
nificent stratum of white clouds limited
the view in a northern direction. Flossy,
wavy clouds, rising one behind tbe other,
extended in a horseshoe form, and united,
as it were, Folkestone to Dover. Ascend
ing above this aerial debris I looked down
npon a pile of gray nebulous matter. The
annBhintag on it from time to time de
tached portions of the floating snbstanoe.
They sailed away to various rotate of the
compass—now liko turreted oastles, ten
times larger than the old keep below me,
they seemed to float toward the Channel,
then like icebergs of the Polar teu they
took a different direotion, thus showing
that the wind that day was by no means
uniform, and that it was not at all certain
that tbe same breeze would continue Flow
ing wbi-'h was rapidly carrying me between
the castle and the pier.”
Soon after this the bilioon began a pro-
oom of turning or circling, common in cer
tain states of the wind, but not particular
ly conducive to progress, Tben it wee
moving rapidly ai about four thousand feet
elevation toward the French ooast; then it
slackened. At 11:15 Boulogne was near.
The balloon had then risen to five thousand
five hundred feet, when suddenly, while
continuing in the direct-on oi France, the
voyager felt “a oraeking sensation” in the
ears: .
“From the experience gained in previous
ascents, I well knew what this signified.
The balloon wm falling rapidly. I locked
at my aneroid, it only marked four thou
sand feet. I bad fallen one thousand five
hundred feet in a few minutea, and on
tearing some piecos of paper from off a
bundle of newspaper sheets that Mr.
Wright had thoughtfully placed in the
car, and throwing them overboard,
instead of their disappearing below
the balloon, they flew over it aud fluttered
in the air above. This was a clear proof
of the extreme rapidity of the descent.
Tbe balloon had now what sailor* would
term way on her. it would be neoeesary
to expend a considerable amount of bab
last to check the fall, or I should be un
pleasantly close to the water. The fact
was that the balloon had entered a cold
and damp layer of air—the gas and be
come condensed. The aerostat, instead of
being quite fall, as it had been a few min
utes previous, was now seemingly one-
ten'.h. or all tire lower portion of her,
empty. On looking again at my barome
ter, I fonnd I was within nine hundred
feet of the channel. Over went ono bag of
ballast There was no effect whatever; and
paper thrown out appeared to ascend
rapidly into higher regions.
Another bag, and then another.
The downward velocity of tbe
balloon was now distinctly diminished, and
after scattering about twenty pounds more
sand ont of a fourth sack into the sea the
aerostat began to take an upward torn. It
was time. I was then only five hundred
feet from the water.”
Col. Fred is the hero of the c'ubs, and a
great lion at evening parties. He is just
the kind of looking man yon would fancy
would do something ont of the humdrum
order of events. He looks os we may sup
pose Charles O’Malley or Harry" Lorreqner
looked, or would have looked had they been
real individuals, as they were the next thing
to it—true drawings of a familiar type of
British guardsmen.
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representative* to^it with rep re entativee
-of liracopva*44arain Hiaeimnt 1—taiiulat
of tb«*o<raty is May.bSTterTintboutere
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Opeetal Correspondence TnUpraph and Mteten-
eer.
Camilla, April 23. -Tbe Sunday-school
interest* occupied most of yesterday’s ses
sion. The repotts were too lengthy, and
the speeches too diffusive to make it either
Interesting or profitable—though Some
incident* were related of work among ths
little children, and some good suggestions
made as to manner and mode of teaching.
Reuben Jones, of Baker,'a sealoin Sun
day-school worker, made one 'of tbe best
speeches. , a - , - ..f 4Vt „.: rt; T
In some of the obscure-portions of the
country considerable opposition 1* encoun
tered, but the pastors are pushing forward
means and measure* to organize a school
at every church. 't '■
Tbe 8abbath in a few sections of the
oountry i* observed only by a small num
ber ms day of suspension from physical
tabor. With bnt few day, anil no Sabbath-
schools, in these section*, what may be ex
pected of the rising generation? When
will Georgia cease to be, in every portion
of her domain, a proper field for misriou-
ary work? . .-
It is a sad picture to look upon 89 much
tgnoranc* and vioe at ouf very doors.
While tbe Christian churches weep over
’ "“"hen China, and are sending the bread
'a to her perishing millions, may they
neglect the funishingamong their own
oountrymen. It require# a good deal of
self-sacrifice to carry on the work, A
young man who left a school in an up-
country town that paid him from six to
aiwht hundred dollars is laboring daytand
night on seven dollars a .month—pushing
every interest of the church, and striving
to Christianize the poorest and compara
tively ignorant settlements of tho oountry.
Barely anoh examples should arouse the
sleeping energy of many easy going Chris
tians who have both means ana opportuni
ty of .work right at their doors.
Mr. Payne raised three hundred and
twenty-five dollars for the Orphans’ Home
near Maoon. Rev. Mr. Lovejoy raised
nearly that amount for Emory Oolleg*.
Of oourse most all of both amounts are in
subscriptions to be cashed at the end of the
year—for at this season of the 1 ear there
ts but little money afloat to the oonntry.
Dr. Clarke presented the cause of Wes
ley Monumental Church—and has sold
quits a targe number of volumes of his
book published in the interest of that
church. The attendance is very large and
tbe religious interest increases each day.
Southland.
Camilla, April 24.—'Various oommittee*
reported to-day, accompanied with brief
speeches. The church was thought to be
in a more prosperous condition than here
tofore, ana signs portend an advance alt
around. The cause of education received
much attention—each college well repre
sented, and much interest enlisted for
schools in all seotions for the education of
the masses. ’Tie a sad thought—the num
ber of ignorant children growing up in
Georgia. Delegate* elected to annual con
ference—Jno. P. Dickinson, of B.-iinbridge;
Yoma Mitchell, of Thomasrille; J. M.
Bosh, of Camilla; Dr. Berchelle.of Thom-
asvilla. Next place of meeting, Blakely.
Your*, ■= Southland.
Camilla, April 21—Yonr animated paper
can be found aooompanying almost every
citizen and visitor, and is given a place en
viable on the wave of popular favor, and is
voted to be the iblest sheet extant.
This week has been marked by no small
amount of bustle and interest in the history
of Camilla. For several days the hospita
ble homes of ths people hers have been
thrown open to the visiting divines, and
tha profound truths of the gospel have
been proclaimed by some eloquent follow
ers of Christ. To the chnrch goers of this
place the present season of religious inter
course will live long an evergreen in their
recollection. Services are held often, and
tbe multitude that assemble seem never to
tire listening to the soothing, soul-inspir
ing “words of Jesus.”
This is a progressive! wide-awake place,
destined soon to be placed conspicuous in
the estimation of Georgians. There is ap
parent here thrift, ev6n among the colored
population- The schools of both colors
are well conducted. Tbe merchants are
well f-tooked with energy and brimfnll of
enterprise. The good condition of the
stock here speaks well for the fertility of
this section. The market here is steady
and good the gardens fine, aud the recent
shower* have shown their good effect in
the beautiful yards of flowers. As we
promenade at evening the fragranoe of
these divine messengers of a higher hand
is refreshing, and we behold the manifes
tation of a greater power with delight and
fear. We gaze upon these mute offerings
of God's love, these chalices of mighty
workmanship, and we think and pass on.
So beautiful is nature in her oombined
graces.
Tha bar at Camilla is now well repre
sented. She has an additional light hero
in tbe person of Mr. K. H. Cutler, a most
cultured and talented gentleman and at
torney. He has within the last month
made this plaoe his residence, with
a most interesting family. Right
here, while on the subject of
Camilla, and her grow.h and attrac
tions, we will aay there is no plaoo that
can boast of such types of perfection aa
this town, and yon wonld agree with ns if
yon oonld behold the little twins ot R. H.
Cutler, of this plaoe. Camilla claims the
palm here, and gives Macon her just due
in having the most brilliantly edited
“daily.” We recognize Macon’s mastery
when onr eye greats the Tzleobafh and
MxeaENGEB. Sojourn ru.
THE BAPTISTS.
Amkbicus, April 23.— La>t night was
one of impending toinpest. Vivid and al
most incessant lightning, ominous thun
der and fast moving clonda betokened tho
near approach of devastating storms. Tha
wtads blew strong, bnt not with that irre-
sistible]force which maoks the progress of
a cyclooe. We fear that news from other
localities in this section will report the re
sult of the storm more serious than with
11s. The weather to-day is clear, calmacd
pleasant, giving every one a chance to at
tend chnrch ana hear the leading lights in
attendance upon tbe Baptist convention.
Al< the pnipits in the city are filled with
visitiog ministers. The tabors of the con
vention will close to-morrow. The mem
bership has made a good impression upon
our people, by their fine personal and in
tellectual appearance and social qualities,
Mr. J. M. Oliver was married this mover
ing at the residence of the bride's father,
Mr. A. A. Willet, to Miss Amanda Willet,
Rev. J, 0, A, OdoM officiating. The groom
U one oi our most exoellent bofjnos* men,
•very way worthy the pretty and popular
young bride of his choice. May their path
way through life be hedged in on either
aide by as many bright flowers bearing
fruitful blessings aud pleasure# as they
•Hi Sard t J !"e *0 p’iU62 And appreciate
daring a long life of usefulness and hap
piness. W.
Amxricus, Saturday, p. si., April 22.—On
Saturday afternoon the consideration of
invitation extended by tbe Home Mission
Society, of New York, wm resumed, and as
this is a matter of general interest, I send
a copy of tbe tatter:
Abtob House Basra iso Omcs, New York,
March 28, 1882.—The American Baptist
Home Mission Society to the Georgia Bap
tist Stats Convention. Dear Breth
ren: In 1882 ths American Bap
tist Home Mission Society completed
fifty years of its history. Daring this pe
riod its work bM been prosecuted in every
part of the conntry—the past year in 43
States and Territories, and also in Mexico.
The society hM been tbe mother of a mul
titude of churches, and the helper of weak
and struggling interests. For actual mis
sionary service the society bag paid about
$1,700,000, and for educational work among
tho colored people and Indians, nearly
$1,000,000. Last year 392 persons were
commissioned, 86 of whom were in the
Southern States. Tbe aggregate for mis
sionary aud educational work in the South
ern States is nearly $1,300,000. In Georgia
it is about $56^)00.
Naturally, therefore, the society is inte
rested in the progress of our common
canse in yonr own borders, as well a*
throughout the South at large and ths great
West also. We trust that, on your part,
there is a reciprocal interest in the s ide-
ty’s work wherever it i* prosecuted. It has
seemed to many that the remi-centennial
anniversary of the^ociety furnishes a’fitting
occasion for the manifestation of this
mutual interest, and for the inter
change of views about onr mission
work in North America. Accordingly the
society, at the meeting in Ind'unapo-
lit, in 1861, adopted the recommen
dation of the Board that “measures be • talker bus every oonfidtncs iu the in-
taken to secure a representative gatteriaz ! Te uUou, and says the hai dur it is worked
in 1882 from all sections of the oountry in j the more thoroughly it will consume the
which the society has prosecuted it* work 1 , moke and ctaders.
during the last fifty years, to review what! *»»■ ———— .
has been wrought and to deliberate con- per year can ot* cosoy mad* at
renting what is i®t to b$ dons.” j homo working for K. (j. Hiuftout & Co.,
Pursuant to this action the executive 10 Barclay stiett, New York, Send for
board hereby fraternally invites the Geor-; their catalogue and fail particular*. ly
euce-mMweiCiafftbe' strengthening and ex
tension of the Redeemer's kingdom on
this oontiuent. *
Done by order and on beEl^f of tha
ta»ard. H. L. Morehouse, .
Corresponding Secretary.
The discussion -of this subject waa lively
and interesting, bxtf meat of ths speakers
ware in favor of aoeepting the invitation,
and it wm accepted with an approach to
unanimity.
Tbs resolution adopted waa, “that five
correspondent* he appointed to bear
to the semi-centennial session of tha
American Baptist ' Home Mission
Society, New York, In May, 1682, ex
pression* of our fraternal regards
aud to consult with that bodr concerning
the strengthening and extension of the Re
deemer’s kingdom by our respective or
ganizations.” The appointee* are A. J.
Beck, H. K. TUcker, J. G. MeCdi, G. A.
Nunnally, J. 8. Lawton, who have
power to fill vacancies, and, it they
attend, must bear their own expenses.
- Tha speeches on this question were
all made in a kind spirit, three only being
in opposition, and those because it wm
conoeived that tho word “representatives”
used in the invitation implied that wa
would become a com Client part of the so
ciety and be bonnd by its action. Conse
quently tha usual word, “correspondents,”
wss selected by the convention. Thera
war* no unkind word* spoken nor any
har h expression* used.
MIGHT imiQMi
At night Rev. Dr. J. A- Dongtaas, of New
York, secretary of the Baptist American
and Foreign Bible Society, by request, ad
dressed the body in an interesting and
able speech. Dr. Duagiase is a fine speak
er, and h gentleman ot handsome person
and pleasing ad drees. He said it was onr
dnty to give the people, and espeotally tbq
heathen, the Bible translated, so a* to con
vey the meaning of ihe original, and not
with words simply trantferrel, a* was
done by the American Bible Society. Hi*
tocietyorislUdUil J.-.’M too refWil of the
American Bible Society to aid in aucutaf,
ing Dr. Adoniram Jndson’s Burmese
translation of the Bible, in which
baptizo is translated immerse, which
caused tho Baptists to sooede and
form the American end I'oreign Bi
ble Society. Hi* speech wa* a very fine
ouo, and was really a strong presentation
of the views of his sooiety. It Meins likely
that the Baptists will finally units in sup
porting this society for versions to circu
late in foreign countries.
THE SUNDAY-SCHOOL RETORT
wm read at night, strongly advocating
Sunday-school work, ana making a grati
fying exhibit of the good teetating from
ths labors of the Sunday-school evangelist
for the State. It is now a fact that nearly
every Baptist association in connection
with the convention ha* a Sunday-school
convention well officered and in good work
ing order; aud the numb.-r of Baptist Sun
day-school* iu ILe State is constantly in-
creasing.
HUMDAT AMD MOHDAY,
Sunday was folly occupied by preaching
and Sunday-school speaking, morning,
afternoon and night, iu all the churches,
white and colored.
Monday, at 9 a. m, tha report on tha
state of religion in our association, being
brought up, asserta 1 that, though there is
an appearance of worldllness in tha
charohea, yst the increased activity in
church work and in liberality sridence a
growth in religion, and show that the spirit
of religion i* advancing and not receding.
There have been a number of revivals,
especially in tbe city churches. The ooun
try churches are depressed by the actual
straggle for bread and meat, which may
account for an appearanoa of worldtinesa
in the chnrch members.
Dr. McIntosh, secretary of the home
mission board, who had arrived late on
Saturday, addressed the convention for
a fow minute* in the interest of
his board, this morning. Ha ta well
known ana highly respected by this, body,
and will carry away from it, m an evidence
of Georgia interest ta hia board, $400.
Dr. F. A. Douglass again took the floor
and presented in full the status of the diff
erent Bible societies, and endeavored to
show why there is a necessity for ths Bap
tists to unite upon one society for Bible
publication and distribution. He wm lis
tened to with deep attention, and gave tha
body much information.
After his address, and after considerable
debate, two resolutions were adopted:
Resolved L That we advise onr brethren,
everywhere, to withdraw from the Ameri
can Bible sooiety.
2. That the Georgia Bapt-st Conven
tion learns with profound satisfaction that
onr brethren in New York have ex
pressed a wish and determination that
the world shall bavo ths whole word of God
faithfully translated, and expresses the
hope under God that practical means will
be tonnd to carry this determination into
Ferhnps the moat lively short discussion
of the whole convention preceded this mo
tion, as some of the members were de*irons
of expressing sentiments of a more decided
nature.
CONTRIBUTIONS.
Tho following are the amounts bronght
np to the convention by tho delegates, to
gether with the objects for which they were
contributed:
For tho State board 3 90615
For the foreign board..——.;. 624 20
For tho hgM board............ 100 00
For Mercer Unlvenlty. 4875
For Sunday-schools. - 42 00
For Baptist missions saving fond.. to
Total. / 2,012.20
Ip addition to this, I will state the total
amounts paid to the various benevolent
objects of oar denomination daring the
last conventional year, as exhibited by the
report of tha corresponding secretary of
tho State board:
Mercer Unlvenlty and Sunday-
schools. ———
Southern Baptist Theological bcml-
Towards'cndoVnicnt of tame*...—
To sustain theological students In
Mercer University.— —
To sustain lleam School...———
To sustain Atlanta colored Baptist
Seminary
Behobnth Association, Indian mb-
Western A^'iationriudian'mioVonii
For foreign mission*
For home missions
For State missions.....
Forchurch building..
290 00
1,110 43
2,900 00
1,800 00
300 00
392 00
800 00
400 00
G/H5 00
4,100 oa
9,090 00
4.000 00
Total.—
.$30.707 45
29,415 70
Increase over the preceding year. .110,23175
This increase is paralleled by a gratify
ing increase of labor performed and re
sults aooomniiahed, m shown by the report
of the soerptnry pf the Stale Mieston Board.
The place favour next meeting is Griffin,
Ga„ and Dr. A. 3: Battle ta appointed to
preach the IrtMuctery spremu, with Rev.
E. 1(. Carawell, Jr-i <■« alternate.
The coiiYent'.oapn the whole ws^ par*
iuon’ous and ploaeant. It was not as luter-
evting ns usual, nor w. re matters brought
np ns important a* sometimes happens.
Bat it was a convention that gave general
satisfaction. The entertainment was su
perb in bo*pitaliiy nod kiudues*, aud could
not be surpassed. ThS colirid bmthrere
who came as correspondents from ths col
ored Missionary Baptist ppOY«nti?A ^
Georgia were kindly weloomed and were
0tcu seats in the houeo. They nets three
in number, nnd expressed themselves as
highly pleased with thsir treatment.
The convention appointed correspond
ents to attend their convention, whioh
meets in Savannah in May. A large dele
gation was also appointed to attend the
Southern Baptist convention next mouth
at Greenville. B. O. S. B.
Bmekefeas *n<l Sparkles*.
Detroit Free Press.
A smokeless r.ml sparkles* locomotive
vrr. -, tested on Saturday afternoon on tho
Fitchburg railroad, by tbe inventor, with
the master mechanic* of other roads center
ing in Boston as his geests. Among tbe
prominent railroad men present wero Mr.
John Adams, superintendent of the Fitch
burg railroad; Mr. Hinckley, of the Mexi
can Central; aud Mr. H. L. Leach. Tho
gentlemen were highly pleased with tho
test, and pronounoed the new invention a
perfect success. Tho engine that the con
sumer was applied to i» the “Sharon,”
bnilt some twenty-two years
ago. Mr. R. L. Walker, of this
city, the inventor, said tliat with a modern
engine the results would be even better
than those shown on Saturday’s trip. The
ran was to Waltham and back, a distance
of twenty miles, with n consu'i ption of 273
pound* of Cumberland coni for the round
trip. The average consumption of coal for
a twenty mile trip with an ordinary engine
ta about 1,000 poun l-, thus showing a very
targe saving in fuel, besides the stopping
of a long-felt nuisance iu railroad travel
ing—smoke and cinder-. This engine will
be pnt to the most severe tria * possible
to fully demonstrate the utility of the new
fire box under all circumstance*. Mr.
