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MMHOM Yt.GUTl :H^Aa03jaT YJIAQ KOnAM UHT
DAVIS ON SHERMAN.
l!jg,MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 5,18SG.—'
sHEBMAN A WILLFUL AND
gF - v malicious slanderer.
Of the Confederate States
w r , tte I.lo Down Gen. Sherman’s
rbro.tlnaL-i.it Letter Full
o( incontrovertible Facte.
h.itimoke, September 30.—The Snn to-
Bi 0 w morning wilt print a letter five
g in length, from Jefferson Davis, in
ih« lone standing controversv
, ,;.n to the long standing controversy
Jg5 himself and General W. T. Sher-
B Th. letter is dated Beauvoir, Miss., Sep-
her’3 1886, and begins aafollows:
o»t various times and from many of
■ i have been asked to furnish a ro.
Sm General W. T. Sherman's so-ealed
P Lrt to the War Department, which tho
5.1 stales Senate ordered printed as
S', Doc No. 36, Forty-eighth Congress,
”!Li 'session.' I have been com-
*7,'i by many causes to postpone
, tv to these invitations, and have in some
wances declined for the time being to un-
art ,ke the labor, owing to the Sense of
1.1 injustice done me and the people I
Presented tut the Senate making the rna-
JL, assault of General Sherman a pub-
tv document, and giving to hts statements
S', importance which necessarily ot-
to au executive communication
t, the Senate, has recently caused the re-
" . f u r a reply by me, to be pressed vith
J — „ r eat earnestness; for this reason
{have decided to furnish a reply for publi-
“„ a j n the Baltimore Sun.
The history of my publio life hears evi-
w e that I did all in my power
t, prevent war: that I did not
Ltln to precipitate a colllisiou;
I did not seek the post of chief exec-
> Lot advised my friends that I pre ■
J 20 ! to fill it. 1 hat history General
Surras may slanderously assail by his
dalements, but he cannot alter its cousist-
nor can the Republicans of the Senate
vhan'ge is unbroken story of faithful service
tofu* union of the constitution, until by
(cBinand of my sovereign State I with-
trevss her ambassador from the United
States Senate.
For all acti of my publio life os Presi
feet of iho Confederate States I am res-
KiBiUt) at the bar of history and X must
[jetpt her verdict, which I shall do with
al the least apprehension that it will be
„,jid fioin truth by the malicious falsc-
Loda of General Sherman, even when
lumped as an "Ex. Doc." by the United
itti S-iiate."
Mr. Davis then recites the statement
jjebv G-ucml Sherm an before tho gath-
cicp of ex-Union aoldiers in 1834, that he
(Sbfiman) had seen a letter from Davis to
i United States Senator, in wbifih he
(Divif) said he “would turn Lee’s army
iciiibiaiiy State that j might attempt to
iasiefrom the Southern Confederacy/’ Mr.
lam tWii quotes his letter to the St. Lotr.s
Seputlicau, printed at that time, denying
tttruth of Sherman’s statement sud in-
[hravsa hail subsequently by reporters with
mm- to whom the later said: “This is
.Sail between two gentlemen. I wifi
;e ay lime about it, und write to Mr.
aiself. We will settle the matter
1 came D b‘fore“th? d o d , for P^Hcation,
m an n. Doc. of picturesque prevarica-
„.i Cy «. fibont auy of the Doliti-
> which led to the section
o *' f ate8 iD Mf-t » was the opE
TAn« COa ^ r oP ce °* Sonthern Senators in
January,1881, which is Introduced in this
historical statement as the evidence of a
ai!Tu y ; that secession was the onlv
remedy left to the States, that every effort
o preserve peace had failed, mainly
through the action of the Republican
party, winch refused all prono-
mv tie* f ? r adjustment made by those
7 Io°,u QaRht •*“ Jat “ ,ar y. 1361, to justify
Union CC ’ ,u,u “ peaoe aud Preserve the
In the Bame month in wbioh that confer-
11 o d J was on a committee am
1 ointed by the Senate to seek nome possible
mode of quelling the ixcitement that then
existed. That committee was com-
posed of the political divisions of the
Senate, and it was considered useless to
report any measure which did not receive
the concurrence of at least a majority of
“■a- eaon division. The Republican Senators
rejected every proposition that promised
pacification, aad the committee reported to
the Senate that their consultation
was a failure. Was there less
conspiracy in the Republican
senators combining to prevent pacification,
thaii there wa« iu Southern Seuatois mat
ing in a conference to a^Tiso the conven
tions of their States that their cause was
hopeless in Washington?
^ e e Pi*bet which Senator Sherman in
debate applied to myself is his mode of re-
taliatiou tor my denunciation of his
brother. I have been compelled
o provo General Sherman to bo a falsifier
nd slanderer, in order to pfuteul my char
acter aud reputation from h's willful aud
unscrupulous mendacity. If Lis brotuer,
the Senator, felt the sting of that exposure,
and his epithets are any relief, I am content
that .ho shull go on record as de
nouncing me as a ‘'traitor” because I
have proved his brother to be a liar. This
“historical statement” might have been
enlarged and extended by the Senate and
made to embrace deliberate misrepresent!!'
tion by General Sherman of th*? communi
cation to him by Col. J. D. Stevenson,
in regard to Albert Sidney John
ston’s command in San Francisco.
In a letter to Col. ^V. H.
PEOPLE BLOWN TO ATOMS.
TWELVE PAGES.
TERRIFIC EXPLOSION IN THE D1T-
MAR POWDER WORKS.
Four Mm Torn Limb From Limb—Tbe
Shock Felt In Cuiiorcllcut—Tbe Ex-
plotlon Caused by Tivo Men
Firing Into the Work..
“ItU hardly ntcessary to say," continued
k Davis, "tfiat General Sh-rmau did nut
itite in me, and wu bavo not settled the
muittlwien us otherwise than us I aet-
Iriit by ib bouncing his statement os false
idlicmlf ns a slanderer. Tbcro the mat-
vvmllfcave rested, so far as I was con-
tiled, but when the War Department
l tUCeiled States waa made the emtodi-
adti,.lander, and Republican Senators
Itaiwiu indorsers, the statements mads
Vibtliu.il Blair Post were lifted into ol-
IciiliiipotiMice. it be -nme a duty, alike to
ty»»I’ ud io the people I represented, to
Jibuti .finders with my denial, and to
liuwilile its author and bis indorsers.”
pltr. Davis reviews at length the progress
Nlhewtitravi-rity, reciting the denial of
WjSttutor from tho Southern States
die hid received such u letter at that
«n of by Sherman, and accusing Sher-
t‘dm of trying to substitute n
from Alexander H. Stephens
Htncbfl V. Johnson for tho ullegtd
» fitter; then if representing that Da-
Mditr was lost In the confn-ion of the
Mion archives in the War Department;
p**% of pretending that he had seen
►sllegeel letter at Raleigh, North Caro-
r end iuiimuting that it was addressed
Igriernot Vance. Mr. Davis quotes the
ftmbtsi denial of Governor Vance tbst
ft*!iver received inch s lotter from
I*. Ul(l enys:
alleged Raleigh letter bus never
tj “*»4 SLeruisn ssys it was sent to
P'lile, .Savannah, Washington and St.
Jinks
of Cincinnati, O., dated October 28, 1881,
Gen. Sher tune asserted that—
Col. J. D. Stevenson, now living in
San Francisco, has often told me that he
bad cautioned tbe government as to the
plot o£ tbe conspiracy, through the depart
ment commanded by Albeit Sidney John
ston, to deliver the possession of forts, eto.
to. men in Culiforniasympathuiog «itn tli
rebels i in the South, and to , thinks
it - -was by bis adv.ee that
tbe President (Liuorb.) sent General Sum
ner to relieve Johustou of hie aommaud be
fore the conspiracy was consummated.”
That statement of Sherman's Got J. D,
Stevenson promptly und emphatically, de
nied. General Grant himselt bas not been
exempt from Sherman's malice. To Col,
Stevenson Sherman sain; "If 0. J. Smith
bad lived Grant would have disappeared
from history.”
This remarkablo statement was published
by Gtn, Fry, and pointedly and emphati
cally denied by Gen. Sherman, prompt to
slander, equally quick to deny his lan
guage. Thu letter of Sherman, dated Sep
tember C, ls83, was written to Cot Scott,
now of the War Record office. Tto deniu
uni may have been finally burned
liter go in ttn great fire in 1871.
1 *» all its travels nr
person tnt Sherman saw it;
‘angle officer at any headquarters had
•PhKtOtt-d who road it, and tt passes
si list m the excitement of the dusing
, w “r, and daring my impiisou-
»hsn every letter of mine was eare-
‘XMuined to find evidence upon
lo convict and destroy
*“* »» officer at all those
porter* should have read that letter.
j»u miuded man most, therefore,
»e that General Sherman stated at
4 Army Post a willful and deliher-
°ed, auil that his motive had its
in m that mean malice which has
ir'd his acts and writings in other
toward the Sontbrrn people.
K* lllpll "tilulnrinol ctuLinnnl
her l’l
-»*o, C ' w ! “historical .tutement con-
8 the public policy of tho exsculive
“fotof th e Confederate Ststea," us
ip«J 1
m 10 a
lack <
if
States,
i-““‘ eu " to the War Department is
ii « ,, , ‘‘ 1< ‘ c ntive document," opens
1** folio* ing statement: “ that
L™* B f! D ) lutl seen the po-
*“cu convinced me that
Davis, President of
“ Lonfedoracy, hail during the pro-
“?*“r changed his States right
! threatened to uao torce—
• army - should any Slate of the
T attempt to secede from that
‘ the i
eul h
and ■
fallen i
tthe
, r be'
bite Bw
e mental process by which Gen.
14,7,;* "ronviuoefi" I have no ooncern,
which he alleged that
152^1 h> use force against
“n. .. J U “ CoaJ « d M»«y ought to be
CLJ®® Prisiucable, and iu "hls-
^TVrments • the 8enate ought to have
a, . I'roduclion of proofs, and on
le-E®**®* them an< l after denial by
1 reoi'^a *ho Sherman alleged
1 « ,Ki ‘hem. such "hU-
fii-!^°! nt " already branded
““I uuauppiorted
ul, , ® t 8bt to have been rejected
wonder how it gut bafore the
I
14*1'
lid a®**
ESPyy.Ihat this so-called "hiatori-
i,' > had been seen by Republi-
i,’, M ‘A ‘hat they were not igno-
character when the Hawley
* s“ “mlar discussion in the Ben-
—a V.filt 1 ?'* H* 1 u knev/ihat Genera
51414,0®™ letter of January 6 b
3 td,of War, changed the
h,"t . m .“ ne “I reracity
JMot
»fil,
-JslAI
‘ 1 v,| f j” 1 “conspirators” ic the win-
1 fi«i ' which at the Frank
*“J have been a "white
Bartow, N. V.„ September 30.—A torri-
b'e explosion occurred at Ditraar Powder
Works at Bay Cheater, on the Harlem river
branch of too New York and New Haven
railroad, about 10 o'clock this afternoon,
resulting in the instantaneous death of four
men employed in the factory, The explo
sion occurred in the packing house, a one
story frame building twenty bv thirty feet,
in the centre of the grounds, and nbout two
hundred yarda from tho main factory, a
large building near where the bulk of the
giant powder and nitro-glycerlne used iu
the aqueduct works is manufactured. ‘Men
were hard at work putting up and pat’king
cartridges when suddenly the explosion
occurred, shattering the building to splin
ters, and blowing four men to fragments.
Tho exploding powder, of which thore
was a large quantity, shot np into tbe air to
he height ot fifty feet, and splinters of the
'Uilding were blown a mile away.
The names of tbe victims were Ernest
DroleD, J. Rusch, Max Sbofbott and Rein
hart.
Nothing was left of them except fragments
of their bodies. Hands, feet, legs, arms,
pieces of skulls, backbones and charred
:lesh were scattered in eveiy direction from
600 to 600 feet from the packing bouse.
31*x Granger, foreman of tbe works, says
“ explosion was caused by two
the
of Sherman's h'ss caused the publiestion o
tbe letter and tbe exposure of his hypoc
risy in recent laudation ot the dead chief
tain.
The deliberate falsehood which Sherman
inserted in hi* report, that Columbia, S.
C„ had been burned by General Wade
Hampton was afterwards confessed in hia
"memoirs'' to have been distinctly charged
on General Wade Ham),ton "to shake
the faith of his . people
him.” Even when confessing one false
hood, he deliberately coined another, and
on tbe same page of his "memoirs” said that
tbe fire "was uooidenUl," when ho knew
from tho letter of Gen. btone, now
commanded tbe provost guard in Colmm
bio, that the tire was not accidental. How
much more lie knew, bo may in future
giveiu “mouiuiis" aud "statements."
reveal. Can auy man imagino a less morn)
character, less conception of truth, lens re
gard for what an official report should con
tain, than la shown by Sherman deliber
ately coining a falsehood for tbe dishonor
able purpose of shaking the faith of tbe
people of South Carolina iu their fellow-
citizen, Gen. Wade Hampton?
I have in this vindication, not of mjself
only but of the people who honored me
with the highest official position iu their
gilt, been compelled to group together in
stances of repeated falsehoods deliberately
spoken and written by General Sherman—
tne Blair Post slander of mjself.
the defamation of the character of
General Albert Siduey Johnston
the disparagement of tho military fame of
General Grant and the,shameful and cor
rupt ebargs against Oem-iol Hampton. I
Lave prepared tbis exoneration and ex-
insure ouly because the Senate of the
United States has given to Sherman's slan
der the indorsement which gives it whatever
claims it may have to attention, and of
power to mnlead in the future
Having specifically stamped tbe
statement ss false, having proved its
author to be an habitual alauderer, and no
having a p rfisan secretary to make a place
f r this notice of a personal tenor, which
is neither an official report nor a record
made during war,. so
to entitle it to be received st the office
the archives, 1 submit it to the public
through the columns of a newspaper which
discountenanced tbe foul play and misrep
resentation, aud whioh was kind and just
to me in its issue of January 11, 1885.'
CLUVtlUUS MU8T HANG.
The Supreme Court of Virginia Decline
Grant a New Trial.
STAiniTO!i, Va , September 311.—This
mornmg tbe Supreme Court of Virginia,
sitting here, handed down papers iu the
case of T. J. Cluverine, who stands con
victed of tbe mnrder of Lillian Madison, si
the reservoir of Richmond, with the in
dorsement tbst tbe petition for a re-hearing
is daoisd. This remands the esse to the
coart of Richmond, by which the time will
be fixed for the death penalty, by hanging,
unless executive clemency interposes.
Tbrvatenlsa to ysarauiluo Chisago Cattle.
i*r. Locw, September 30.-A«pecUl from
K*iumh Citj Governor Joun b. Mm-
uiAtluke vna n«en yenUsrday Mid tu *****
if b« would take any »t«p to quMautine the
Stats against Chic .go cattle. Tbs Governor
said: "I have sent an expert to Cblosgo to
look into the situation there and to report
tome. If he finds the eitualion as actions
as indicated iu dispatches horn the place. I
•hall certainly quarantine the Stale.
HUNGARY WILL ENDEAVOR
CHECKMATE ltUrSIA.
TI»ia Say« Mo single Power Shall Kitalilith
a Protectorate In lluiEarla- Ksulbars
Insists on Russia's Demands-
Au Aogrj Set ue.
men shooting into the buildiDg. He
was in tho packing house, and
going out saw two men who said
they were shooting squirrels. Thov w,-re
threatened with at rest, and they became
impndent. As the explosion occurred, the
men were seen hurry ing away.
R II. Stanfield, superintendent of the
Thorite Powder Company, near by, picked
up a box full of fragments of dead men.
A number of others assisted in the work.
The remains were all put in heap to await
action of the coroner. One man had a fam
ily 1“ Germany, Aid the others were said to.
bo single. Their clothing was burned to'
shreds.
The main factory of the Ditmar works
was nearly wreoked, one end of the build
ing being blown to pieces, c-xposirg the in
terior. After the explosioD, the lower tim
bers of tbe building took tiro and binned
fiercely. A large tree near by was torn up
by the roots, and a number of other trees
were blown away. The ground for hulf a
mile was strewn with fragments of
the dead, splinters, packing pa
per, eta The violence of the explosion
shook houses in Bsrto v across the street
from Bay Chester. Many windows in
John Elliot’s Bty View Hotel at Harlem,
over a mile away, were shattered. Tiios.
Dinwoodj’s blacksmith shop, at West
Chester, was shaken violently, and win
dows in many houses In the same village
were broken. This is tho second etplotion
(hat has occurred in these works this year.
The shocks felt at Nyaek and in Connec
ticut were due to this explosion.
THOtlOUT THEY HAD AN EARTHQUAKE.
Naw Havsk, Conn., September 30.—At
10:10 this morning the telegraph operator
at Branford and Bridgeport reported that
slight shocks had jtut been felt at those
places. At Wheeler A Wilson's sewing
machine works in Bridgeport, tho shock
was distinctly felt, the windows of the shops
being severely rattled.
LAID IT ON WTOOIMR-
Nkw Yoas, Septc-mlier 30. —Just before
10 o'clock turn morning a heavy shock, re
sembling au earthquake, startled tho peo
ple hero. The colored people were frantie.
One colored family named West ran from
their bou>e, screamiog with terror. T^ey
were’ |pld it was the esrthqaake from
Charleston, when the head of the family
cried out "Wiggins.” The shock is sup
posed to have been caused by a heavy ex
plosion of dynamite soineshere.
LOWERING THE TARIFF.
J*rsContaining Meat,. Wooden lloxes Con
taluiog Face Fowder*, Ftc, to be
Admitted Free.
WAsniNOTON, September 30 —In view of
the actiug Attorney-Goueral's opinion that
tin cans containing French peso, prepared
meats, fish, fruit, vegetables aud milk-
food are exempt from dnty,
the Treasitrjr Department has
modified it» decisions, sesrsaing dnty St the
rate of one hundred per coat, ad valorem on
papers containing needles, cartons con
taining China It a sets, books containing
pins, earthenware jars containing meat,
wooden boxes containing pills, face and
tooth powders, jars containing toy sets,
aud all other decisions w hioh make conflict
with views in said opinion. The
customs officers have been instructed to
r,-liquidate entries, and refund duties in all
coses of such importations, when the re
quirements of the lvvr stto protest and ap
peal and suit have been complied with.
Acting Secretary Fairchild has asked the
Attorney-Geuenl lot an opinion ss to the
dutiable value of boxes containing sulphur
matches, and also of ordinary match boxer,
prepared in such a way ss to he necessary
in lue uso ot the contents.
IT CALMS THE nK.\.
Unanimous Opinion utHadnn* that Oil Will
Calm a Morn,st Sea.
Wasiuxotok, September 30 —Tbe hydro
graphic ,-ffiou has received iluriug the Unit
month sboat a dozen letters from officers
of various sieaut aud sailing vessels,
narrating their experience in the uso of oil
iu time ut storm at s s, for tbu purpose of
smoothing tbe water. There is singular una
nimity in conclusions if the writers, tbst
almost st the instant the oil touched tbe
water it spread far over the autfsce and re
duced the threatening billows to long sod
heavy bat harmless swells.
The writer* describe a variety of extern
penzed plans lor applying oil; several
them attribute the rescue of their ships and
crews from destruction to the nts of oil,
and of hundreds of similar letters received
in the prat, no invbuioe of failure
has been narrated, when tbe all was vegeta
ble or fish oil. Kerosene and i'gbter oils
hAvesoaie'imea tailed to produce the effect
dmired The material in hand ujsm tbis
subject will be published in pemphlet form,
for the use of mariners.
Fire to a Itlg Hoarding House. ,
PrrrsnB.u, September 30.—About
o’clock this moreiog fire broke out in the
basement of tbe Clin House, a very large
boarding boose io the town of Lenox,
wos crowded with gneeta. There was
panic among tbe boarders and some had
narrow escapes bat no lives were last end
no person seriously injured. The total
loss is $3U,0 0.
Callseter of Ceatoiaa at Viek,bo, g.
WssgtsoTON, S J ptember lW.-The presi
dent to-day •pprantedCooleyilAnoto be
collector of c ns toms st V ickaburg. Miss.
Malaria! Tbs vox# tuaottam ot It is a nlshusarr:
Wb star Las suffered from this btt(b>tiig alsesss
kaosnwbsrsdrssdMoenralits.saaaowU H
klm'Hti to^adkaiT tt tr>m th*
BULGARIA’S WOES.
Pksth, September 30 —Prime Minister
Tizsa, replying to interpellations tor
the government in the lower House of the
Hungarian Parlinment, to-day, said Austro-
Uungary intended to preveut any single
lower from establiehing a protectorate over
fulgaria. “tVewant independence among
the lf dkan stntcs,” ho continued, “without
having nuy covetous designs tow„rds any of
them. No community of interes ta exists in
tho Balkans Tbe Austro-German alliance
continues, guarding the mutual conditions
of existence without endangering peace.
Austro-Hmigary will not allow any single
lower to make an aru. ed interference in
fulgaria.' Austro-Ifungory intends follow
ing this policy during tkme oritical times."
. Tho Parliament House presented a lively
appearance during the prime minister's
speech. Tho day had been looked forward
to as an eventful one, the Premier having
several days ago announced his intention of
publiely declaring the attitude decided
npon by the empire towards the threatened
aggressions of Russia iu tbe Balkans. Ev
ery seat in the chamber was occupied and
the galleries were orowded. Herr Tisza
commenced by refuting the assumption
that Anstro-Hungary had either
plotted, or had boon aware of,
or in the slightest degree had approval of
the plot to dispose of Prince Alexander.
Neither was Austro-Uungary aware, con
tinued the Premier, that Prince Alexander,
as was made evident by his telegram to tbe
Czar, r.h,.uGi! h*S CtoWu no having been
received direct from the Czar or that
Princo Alexander made bis stay ic
Bulgaria depend on the Czm'l
consent. "No agreement whatever nists,”
Herr Tisza said, "between Austro-Hungary
and Russia, regarding the exertion of their
respective influence either in the western
or eastern portion of the Balkan states.
Aus'ro-Hungary firmly adlietos tot the
Berlin treaty, which, whilst it
upheld sufficiently, corresponds
with Austro-Hungary’s interest. Austro-
Hhngary has taken no steps on behalf of
the kidnappers of Princo Alexander. She
has merely warned Bulgaria, in her own in
terest, against »the adoption of any hasty
resolution, and the result that would be
sate to issue therefrom.
"In 1868 I stated in reference to the
Eastern question that it was my private
opinion that in the event of changes oc
curring in the Foist, our interests would re
quire that the nations inhabiting that por
tion of Enrope should form themselves in
to inde|>endeot|stutcs, according to their
individualities. , This opinion is now shar
ed by tHfe 'Austro-Hungarian foreign minis
try. Wo hold that this best answers the
interests of the monarchy which, repudiat
ing all desire of aggrandizement or
conquest, would concentrato its efforts to
promote tho independent development of
those states, and prevent any establishment
not provided fur in treaties, or tho asser
tion over those countries of the permanent
influence of any one foreign power.
[CUeere. J
"As regards the Austro-Hungarian
alliance with Germany," continued
the Premier, “ thero has been
no change in Anstro-Hnngsry's
foreign relations. We stand with Germany
on tne old basis. We have no doubt wu
shall be able to preserve tbe mutual condi
tions necessary to the existence of each
state, without endangering the general
peace. We regard tho treaty of Berlin as
still in foroe, although it hss been violated
in certain coses, the most serious
cf which occurred lust year
in Eastern RottmcUo. We believe the
treaty ot Berlin ought to oontiuue to be
maiutuined, nor bos any power informed
us of its having assumed a contrary posi
tion. Austro-Hu..gary adheres to her re
peatedly declared opinion that should Tnr
key claim the right accorded her iu the
Balkan peninsula, other powers would be
entitled to resort to armed intervention,
or to the establishment of a protectorate
there; also that no obsnge in the constitu
tional or territorial relations of the Balkan
countries can be effected withont the eon-
sent of the powers signatory to the treaty ot
Berlin.
“These are the entliues of onr aims,
wh -h w« hepe will be successful, and will
be attained in harmony with tho other
powers and without disturbing the peace of
Europe. We shall not endanger the suc
cess of our endeavors by any promatnre
declaration* in grandiloquent phrases. To
attain this end we shall labor with calm
ness, wbieb is donbly necessary in these
critical times; we shall labor with modera
tion, bnt at tne some time with earnest res
olution.”
Wheu Ilcrr Tisza finished he was greeted
with cheers from all parts' of the house.
Sofia, September 30.—The Bulgarian
ministry have decided to postpone their
reply to Russia's note demanding ss a
condition ot tee continuance of
the Czar’s protection tbe raising
of tho state of siege, the liberation
cf political prisoners, and the
freedom of all parties implicated. The
ministers are not willing to comply with
Russia's demands, and have resolved to
depute and instinct some one to enter in
negotiations with General Ksulbars, with s
view to finding some other method of set
tlement between Russia and Bulgaria.
General Ksulbars in.day ry^a . 1 a depu
tation of promiornt Bulgarians who called
npon him to endeavor to induce him to
withdraw or modify hi* circular. The
deputation was composed of 114 most re
spited and infloentiel citizen* of tbe prin
cipality, and was beaded by Dr. Vonltcbeff,
who acted a* spokesman.
He stated to General Kanibsrs that
the circular had surprised' tbe Bulgarian
people, and asked him to reconsider some of
the Russian demands, particularly that for
the postponement of the election two
month*. The nation wsa noxious. Dr.
Vouitcbeff continued, to speedily settle the
choice of a prince to occupy tbe Bulgarian
throne. Iu addition to that modification,
the Doctor said, the people deaire Russia
to withdraw her demand for the
immediate raising of tho state of
siege, and also the demand for Instant re
lease of prisoners io custody for complicity
in the coop d' eUL Continuance of the
slate of siege waa the only guannhe Die
government had for the prerervation of
peace, which the rest of Europe desired as
well as Bulgaria. The Bulgarians, believing
that the Czar had no deaire to
prolong the crisis, begged General
Knulbarx to telegraph to him to batten the
efioiceof a prince. The constitution stipn
Lted that the Grand Sobnnje elerted to se
lect a prince should meet' within one
month after tbs election.
In regard to the liberation of politi
cal prism're. Dr. Vonltcbeff said it
would be A. dangerous precedent
establish, to liberate without trial
oners were released as demanded, the
'robal-ilitu-K were that the peoplo would
illl tjiein in the streets; such was the popu
lar indignation against the implicated
msn. The government thought tho
imprisoned officers should bo tried first,
°*id subsequently offered clemency.
Iu conclusion, the deputation assured
Gen. Ksulbars that Bulgaria was thankful
to the Czar for his past protection, bnt
maintained that the laws of the country
must bo respected. No other ministry than
that nt present in power could extricate tho
country from its crisis.
Gen. Ksulbars in reply said that tho Bal-
ganetis knew very well that the Czar h(el
their prosperity at heart; but, he added,
they must confide in tbe Czar, and carry
out his wishes.
Dr. Vouitcbeff interrupted Gen. Kaul-
bani'St this point nnd said: “If that is all
yon have to say, we will n lire."
The deputation then withdrew.
Dsapnndant YeuncMuii From Ohio 1>1»-
sppasrt From a Niagara Fail, Hotel.
Buvtaeo, N. Y., September 27.—A fine
appearing young man arrived nt Niagara
Falls on the 11th instant, and registered at
the Western Hotel as E. E. Trowbridge,
Cleveland, Ohio. During tho following
days he occasionally visited points of inter
est, but stayed in his room tho most of the
time and appeared deeply despondent. Sat
urday he was missing from thq hotel. It was
concluded that he had gone to Buffalo
for the night, and his room was given to nu-
nther gnest. Sunday morning the cham
bermaid found two letters hid under a
towel on tho dressing-stand. One was Ad
dressed to the proprietor of the hotel, ask
ing him to mail the other letter anil send
bill for board to tbo same address. ,
"Do not make tho affair publio,” he
wrote; "it would make it unpleasant for
my beloved relatives. I do not wish the
affair made publio. os it would hurt the
name of jour house. It is rather an Un
pleasant advertisement to havo a suicide
committed in the house.”
The signature was " Elmer E. Trobridge,
No. 33 Cedar avenue, Cleveland; country
residence, Solon, Ohio.” A postscript on
Manila paper ran: "If yon choose^you 0in
wire C. O. D., to my father, Henry Tro-
bridge, Solon, Ohio. I presume lie will
ooine, for aeeeoey's sake, to look for my
body, but he will not find it." Tlio sreoud
Ic-tter uidrossed to Henry Trobridge, was,
with the first, turned over to the chief of
police, who sent s message to Solon, but
received no answer. Trobridge had ex
pressed disappointment at the lton-nirivsl
of his sister from Cleveland, bnt beyond
that und bis disappearance, nothing is
known.
Suutb • no* Bmds will nest lervly de-troy its punishment tboaa responsible (or to mo-
uf Mxxm. Mel aff-M p«re,»n.ol r»lief. | meOtoUS tn Set ss tho dcrexincr .ni ]uj|
x-rwo of XA-xriA sod *C.rd pM-ioMwot nliof. j mentous an act la tho dcnosiiur and k
Duoaosatxas. j napping of Frince Alexander. Besides, it
Mtt^oivaMsarM^offtZ* ta slj tutof tfet {>’ contny.to the laws whioh ware the safe
guards of the country. Besides, if the pria-
THK DFMOORATB OF DAKOTA HOLD
A TERRITORIAL CONVENTION.
DRAG THE WHIRLPOOL*
Auerdeen, Dak, September 30 -The
Territorial Democratic convention met here
yesterday. In the apportionment, north
Dakota is represented by 132 delegates;
south, 141; central, 89; Black Hills, 91.
At the evening session tho committee on
credentials reported, and the temporary.or
ganization was made permanent The com
mittee on resolutions reported at groat
length.
Tne resolutions ir dorse President Cleve
land; approve efforts to wrest from therail-
ronds unearned laud grants; pronounce
the existing protective tariff an UDjust
nnd burdeuBomo discrimination ag-unst
agriculture; indorso tho policy
ot Secretary Lamar; favor a submission to a
vote of tho people of tho whole Territory
tbe question of the division of tho tirritory
ou the 7th standard parallel; denounce-tbe
late Sioux Fulls constitutional convention us
a wasteful expenditure of publio mope?;
declare that emigration should be
encouraged; disoonrage tbe employment
of convict labor; favor tho submission
of all important questions to tbo ptople;
denounce tbe present, railroad commission
law ; demand that all corporate property bo
taxed at the same rate as farms ; ask pro
vision for soldiers' homes; ask that tho
maximum rate of iute.e-t bn fixed nt 10 per
cent.; favor laws prohibiting Territorial,
county aud judicial officers from accepting
railroad passes; arraign tho Republican
party for iia management of affairs 0! the
Territory.
The resolutions were adopted amid great
euthusioam. After nominating speeches,
su infoimul ballot for delegates resulted as
follows:
M U. Day 205, D. W. Martitt 69, L. G.
Johnson 70, John I). Benton 8. On a for
mal ballot, Day received 228 votes and waa
declared the nominee of the convention.
Hu is in favor of submission of tbo ques
tion of division tn a vote of the people.
PRh-tlWlomo MAN.
Him he Dusted llinoelr In Walls 140,000
Year* Ago.
Pall Mall Gazette.
If the claims of old descent were a justi
fiable source of pride, tuo human race
would Mel elated this morning oil lining
assured by the wise men of U10 British
osaoclAtiotr that authentic proof hes bran
discovered in some Welsh caves that moo,
enfficifntly developed from tho opo to
manufacture flint implements, existed on
this planet 240 (KW ytaro ago. To us it is a
melancholy reflection that we should havo
taken so prodigious a time tn attain so
small a result. Eveu when tho duration of
the nee is limited to the six thousand years
of history, the outcome can hardly be eon-
sidered ss satisfactory, and there is some
thing profouudly depressing in the sudden
addition of some 234,000 years in marking
time, Indeed, but in making no other murk
in the world.
London Tlnni,
Dr. H, I licks, F. R R , read a paper on
Evidence of Pre-GIscisl Man in North
Wales." Ue described the conditions un
der which some flint implements hud keen
discovered during researches carried on by
Mr. E. B. Lnxmore and himself in the
Lifynnon Benko and Cue Gwvu eaves in tbe
vale of Ulwyd, in the year* 1884-0. The
caverns were explored by himself and
friends for the first time in 1881, nnd some
of tho results were given by trim in a paper
at the last meeting of the British associa
tion. Tbe foots than obtained had led him
to the conclusion that pleistoeeno unimals
and msn must have occupied tbe cuYtnna
before the glacial beds which occur
iu tho area hod been' deposited,
it bad been found that although
tbe caverns are now fonr hundred feet
above tbe level of tho sea, the materials
within them bad been disturbed by marine
action since the pleistocene animal* suit
man hod occupied them. Moreover, de
posits with foreign pebbles sln.il ir to those
n the glacial beds were found In caverns
overlying the bones. Lost years grant wu
made by the British association for tha pur
jKste ot carrying on tho exploration, ahlefly
with the object of getting farther evidence
us to tbe kind of deposits in tha caverns
The reanlls obtained this year wore highly
confirmatory of his views, aud hod an im
portant hearing ou the antiquity of man
in Britain. 8iet cave bod been blocked
ip by a considerable thieknew of
facial bed, which must have
been deposited subsequently to the oc
cupation of tha oave by tun pleistocene
mammals. A abaft wu dng through these
beds in front of the entrance to a depth of
over twenty feet, and in tbe bone earth,
which extended oatward under the glacial
beds, on tbe sonth side of tbu entrance, a
small well-worked flint flake wu discover
ed, its position being about tigliteen
inches beneath tb* lowest bed of sued. It
seemed clear that tbe content* of the cav
ern must havo been washed out by marine
action daring the greatest sabmergebce in
tuid glacis] times, and than aorered by
marine sand and an npp*r bowlder clay.
He believes that the dint impli.mcnta,
lance-heads, and scrapers found in the
caverns were also of tha same ago u the
flint flake, heoce that they must all have
been the work of pro-glacial man.
A Wealthy Prisoner Xrlss to Kilt lllmsslr.
Haisisbuio, Pa., heptember 27.—At the
lavk session of tho Pennsylvania Legiala-
tare an act wu passed appropriating 812,-
5U0 for the erection of a hospital at Con-
Dellsville, with the proviso Hmt a similar
amount should bo raised by individual sub
scription. Dr, Buttermore, Jesse Smith
and N. L. Harding volunteered to raise the
amount, bal a 1. giHlalive investigating oom-
mittee discovered that the men were conspir
ing to defraud the commonwealth out of the
money appropriated. The con-piritora were
convict, d in this city and Huiitli and Hard
log were sentenced to an imprisonment of
one day and mode to pay heavy fine*. Bute
tormore had bis sentence p-wtpontd for
six months. Last Wednesday, however, he
was untenced to sixty days in jail and fined
$VJ0. He ia wevltby and used uioitey freely
bnt vainly to keep from going to jail, like
discovery wu made to-d*y that after bis
imprisonment Battermore attempted sui
cide by swallowing a bottle of chloral which
be had kecretod in a satchel. n« said' that
he wanted to die.
Ann the dioetiraof the Protestant Episco
pal church bare ebovao dt legates to the gen
era] convention which meets in Chieign
next month, except two. Among the
prominent lay drlrgstai are lion. Eradcs
Coming, Hon. Gcorgw F. Comstock and
Hon. Hamilton Fuh of New York, Hon.
Cortlandt Patktr of New Jersey and me
ter Edmunds of Vermont.
POLITICAL NEWS.
II. Day Notnlt for CongrriMlonal
Delegate—A Free Trade Platform
Adopted—Samuel J, JUmlull
Was Kenoin imted.
JAi’ANKSK VIbLAl.E KOMANOE.
IUlow IIiitMoka Capture* the Heart And
If nnd of lively Tiru l«tiuw*r».
New York Herald.
Louisville, Ky., September 27.—During
the put few weeks a quiet little romance
has been enacted iu the Japanese villsg-Y at
the exposition, which was brought to a hap
py oulminatlon yesterday. Among tbo
members of tbe troupo who illustrate Japan
ese life in all sorts of ways, to the edifica
tion of tho visitors, is Katow Unosake, an
embroiderer in silks, who left tho home of
his father, a merchant of Yokohama, about
four months ego to como over and study
tho habits and onstoms of America, not
neglecting, however, in the meanwhile to
keep bis pnrse snugly rounded oy the jirnc-
tice of hia trade. During hia stay at tho ex-
lositlon he met Tiro Ishnwara, a young
ady of eighteen, who for the put two
years liu boon employed in a Japanese
store on Fourth street, and who Is also
irom Yokohama. Sloes the Exposition
opened she has dispensed tea to ull who
might request it Katow at first oempied
a booth at tho oppoeito end of the villngo
from Tiro, bnt, falling a prey to her many
charms, swapped pltoea -with a Jap whose
booth wu next to tbst of his sweutheart.
Under .these advantageous circumituices
he soon won tho heart of the little lady and
received tbe promise of her hand.
A TVPANUI W'EDDIXO.
■ At 3 o'cluuk yesterday afternoon, nt
the residence of Mr. T. W. Hamilton, tho
happy couple were married. The parlors
were decorated with fans, scrolls nnd
colored lanterns and made In wear os Am-
atio au sir as possible. Too corvmooy
was a simple one. Tbe bride and groom
exchanged lings, and having drank out
of two wine glassai oxobnnged tlium also,
u is the onstom iu Japun, , otter
which Mr. Hamilton, an American friend,
pronounced them man and wife. Noh
Webb acted on guardian for Tim, who is
under age. The coatmnea worn wero
American; the fall drewt Japanese roatumo
is very expensive and elaborate ami could
not be procured in this country. Tno
bride wore a maroon colored silk trimmed
In laee, with her hair done up high in .lap 1-
neso fuhion. The groom fUrSlsbed -ho
bride's tron.senn, though no ono knows
where he bought the articlas, which were of
very fine quality. The wedding wu legal-
ized this morning by Jnatlce McCann. Tno
marriage ia said tn have been the first ever
celebrated in America between two J ipa-
nwe, though a number of Japanese liavo
intermarried with oilier "a'ionslltlo*.
SOUTHERN LAM.tV ,Y PROJECT.
Corbin gets into tbe office of president of
the Reading company. It ia u m.-take to
suppose that either Mr. Corbin or the syn
dicate will occupy any position toward tho
Pennsylvania other than that of bu-ineas
competitors. The syndicate of which Mr
Corbin is a part, ia interested in n
the credit and earning capacity of
fng company, and of reaping
witich may be tbe rest'
Uoaton Herald,
riiiLAuri.rnu, September 2« —There is
no longer any doobt that the l'unnirv lv«ni»
railroad;ia on the eve of e great venture in.
the South whioh will make the company as
important in that locality a* it is in tho
East and West. By building, baying or
leuirig line*, it is probable that in tbe next
ten years the Pennsylvania Will reach every
important city iu tbe South, us it does now
in the North and Weat, Unili recently,
there have been no greet railroad system*
in the South, *nd there is uono now in tbe
Atlentio States sonth ot Virginia end north
ot Georgia. The growing importance
of tbe section demands better rad
ioed fuilitiea, and there is believed to be
no field in the oountry more promising to
the projectors of a greet railroad system, if
this is trne, it is certainly proper for the
greet Pennsylvania to occupy tne tetritory
■n deference to its futnre. At the present
time the company bu’s lino to Norfolk, to
tjasnlioo.- e few miles below Washington,
end it reaches ell part* in the Boutu by
connections, rather than by lines of its owo.
When the great project is carried ioto effect
the Pennsylvania railroad will rec-.vereny
business it may have lost by ibe
multiplication ot trank line*. Preliminary
surveys of railroads in various parts of tbo
South are now being made by Pennzvl-
vania engineers. The relations of the
Pennsylvania and Reading as competitive
Unas are likely to be improved when Mr.
u r. t riug 4. %
rf the lltp.,%. * ■?, \ 'i
» “ay faa the result oi tha g*y.% % < %
\4heu dually reorganized,.i,..> r-.n^i.^t,.4rA •* » ^
peet Reading to bo one IQ, Q.,- -« A, V ^ ’u '■>
read* of the country, w.th 1 q-z. V\
lirnrtUhtA a.,.. . t■- *.
profitable basin. - ati t nos *..«•
pendant on tb* P«na*\h , \ M..^ttuiL -
more and Ohio,
pany.
Du. CnHN.
University of Il*ol*lb«rg,%
invitation fro
aoeaot
Tokio.
fre;i. n, .. u..T,|VV
k-huir in ill F.u Icj vg >