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, < TTTE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH : WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 0.1889.* THE RAILWAY COMMISSION HOUSE PASSES FELTON’S BILL GIVING IT MORE AUTHORITY. Nm.nrr Circa the <omml»«lon Au- I horltr to FI* Joint note. and 1.0- cat. Bcpota—ItDeitroy. What Im Known a* “Local I^ate». ,, Atu-.ta , Oct. 3. —[Fpoc ial. 1 -The «pc- yial order in the House for to-day wa# Dr. Felton's bill to give tlio railroad commission authority to make joint rates and locate depots. After the bill tvas read, Mr. Berner bad the clerk read the letters' addressed to him by Maj. Campbell Wallace and Commissioners Trammell and Irwin, which have already been published. The bill Is to provide that certain rates shall applv to certain distances, whether the shipment is hauled by one road or several. It destroys what is known as “local rates’* ot railroads. TEXT or TOE BILL. The text of the bill is as follows: A bill to lx? entitled an net to amend nn ™ titled nn “act to provide for tbs r*Bjdad°® °f r&Urotd freljrfat and passenger tariff* In thie •tete-to prevent unjust domination nndes- torti n in the rate cErwd for tru»|>ortatIon of pasnenim* and frei^hW, and to prohiM BSsarwaasstfiisr reasonable rates, aihI to punish the tame, s i re«cribe n mote of procedure and rules (•vuienct* in relation thereto; nnd to nppo ’ ’ " to pre-erii •• ihelr l-.wen* n to are applied to road, not under the man agement of one coni|»ny tho rornls Bhall b? given thirty days' notlco and an op- portunity to be heard before tlio com mission.' The amendment wns adopted. The vote on the bill ua amended stood, ayes 1)5 nnd nays S. BILLS ON FIRST READING. The following bills -were introduced in the House this morning: By Mr. Harrell of Webster to repeal ... nundi of the law luing license for sale of liquors in Wcbeter us appbea to tho solo of lager Leer. BILLS ON THIRD READXNO. A' bill by Mr. Davis of Burke—To es tablish a board of county commimkmera for Burke. Passed. A bill by Mr. Uifton of Chat- ham-To ’Increase number ^ of IKlIing places in the fourth district of the city of Savannah from one to two» Passed. TO SELL STATK PROPERTY. The House Discus*** the Bill to Dis pose of lbs Old Capitol, Atlanta, Oct. 3.-[Special.]—The bil» by Mr. Harrell of Decatur to sell the old capital in Atlanta, tho Indian Springs reservation in Butts county and tho old governor’s mansion and tne pen itentiary property in Mill edge villa, was again taken up by the House this mom* Ittee of in relation to the Mine, approved Station C& It enacted by the penerelassembly of (Msttate. and it U here! y enacted by suthoritv of the name. That Sec. 5. of the above.recited act be amended n« follow*: By insertingto aaWI sec* tion after the foil, .wine clause now conuvin.-d herein: “ehsil make such Just ami reasonable rota* and rrfrulatioos se may »* necessary for prsvait- Inc uuji:: t dteteiwrtbn* in the transjwrtatlon « f freiiht sml passengers," the “Shall hive the power to mate juAfand rraeon- abte joint rate* for all connecting rail read* doin/ badness In this state a* to ell traffic or busini™* twseinK from one of the sakt .roods to an other. Sad to so locate depot* and to require the establishment of such freight and piiS'K-nffer buiMing* as the safety of freight and the public comfort may require," so that the whole section shall read as follows: •We. 5. Be it furtliec enacted by the authority aforesaid. Ttiat the commissioners appointed b •ntofore provided, shall as pcovitedln the iK‘it s«ctton of this set, make reasonable ami lust rates of freight and psss-nrer tariff*, to w observed by all railroad companies doing Inu^m In this stole on the railroad*i thereof: shall make reasonable and Just ruhw and regulations, to lw observed by all rail nod* doing Luslnty* in this atotr, a* to charges to any and all points for the DrevNuuT handing and delivering of freights: nail make such Just and reasonable rules and reyulati >n* as may be necessary tor preventing unjust discriminations w tlie transportation of •rs on the railroads in thl- ic power to make just an h for all counseling railroad iLs states* tosll traffico l>u*h7e*.* ratting tnnu one of said roads to another, nnd to depots ami to require the establishment of such freight ami passenger buildings as foesafety of freight and the public comfort may require; shall make reasonable and Just rales of charge for use of railroad cars carrying any ami all kind* or freight and passenger* on aa/d railroad*, no matter by whom owned or car ried; and shall maka Just ami reasonable rules aad regulations to be observed by said railroad companies on said railroad*, to prevent the giv ing or paying of any rebate or bonus, directly or indirectly, and from misleading or deceiving the public In any manner as to the real rates charged for freight and passenger*; provided, that noth ing In tula set contained shall be taken as in any manner abridging or controlling the rates for freight charged by any railroad com- pr.r.y !s »HU state for carrying freight which com'** from or gore* !>eyend the boundaries of the state, and on which freight less than local rates on any railroad car rying the same are charged l«y such railroad, but said railroad companies shall posse** the same power nnd right to charge such rates for cany- log such freights as they possessed before tha passage of this act; and said commissioners shall have full power by rulea and regulation* to designate and fix the difference In rates of freight and passenger transportation to be allowed tor Hi»ww*l shorter distinct* on the same w different railroads, and to ascertain what siuiU bo the limit* of laager and shorter distance*.*’ fiec. tt. B* It further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that all laws and ports of laws In coo- fhet herewith bs and ths same Are hereby re- T* DISCUSSING THE BILL. Mr. Gordon of Chatham aaid that this bill, if it becomes a law, will revolution' ire railroad affairs. It would bankrupt all tho little railroads in tho state. The cirCUfffStSnCT? *mw*iimIss IIimsa lit tin roads are such that they Inust charge higher rates than tho long lines. It was playing into the hands of tho combina tions and consolidation* which are being so inveighed against. Destroy the local rates of small railroads and too bankrupt them so that the big consolidations could pick them up for little or nothing. Ho honed that the power over lifo and death of these littlo ntllrca Is would not bo placed in tho hands of threomen, There was nothing to bo feared from the threomen who now carve as commis sioner*. but they aro mortal, nnd power may git into lebs humane hands. He moved to recommit. Lost. MR. GLENN FAVOUR TIIE MEASURE. Mr. Glenn of Whitfield took up the gage thrown clown by Mr. Gordon. Ho said tlmt the gentleman from Chatham had failed to cite a single utataneo in which this bill will’lijuro railroad Consolidation is but a term of conven ience. The Richmond and Danville, the 1’wtrt Tennessee, the Central, tlio South west ern were but links in a single vast system. Each had its local ofiice, but t!i< v aro nil one and divide the spoil*. Wo must judge the future by the pad. Tho successors of the railroad coinmis- siotiers must take up their flutter where their predecessors have left off, and be guided by the principles that guided them. Tue railroad commiKiioners deal with each rate in the light of it* surround ing*. If any railroad has peculiar rights, they will respected. Mr. Hart of Greene opposed tho bill. He believed tliat it would, if pamed, prove disastrous to all short road*. COMANCHE INDIANS OUTDRAW BERNER. Mr. Herner of Monroe spoke in favor of tho bill He hod hardly launched into hit sp *cch when “Charley Ross’* and “Ar- rush," two Comanclics, were ushen.nl into the ball. Immediately the mem bers flocked around them. Mr. B?rner—Mr. Speaker, I cannot hope to tompeto in interest with Co- maucho Indian*. The speaker had the Comanche* token into the gallery, and Mr. Herner con tinud. He was astoni*hed that the gentleman from Greene (Mr. Hart) should seek to kill one hill by what he choso to consider the opnrobium of another, Mr. Hart here disclaimed any intcn< tion of costing any reflection upon the Olive bill. Mr. Herner said that in spite of the claims that this hill is a threatened in novation, it was merely a quotum whether or not the legislature considers WILL BENEFIT THE SHORT ROADS. As to the argument that this bill will strangle the shott road*, he quoted Ma ; . Wallace as sayiug that it would prove a benefit to the short lines. Mr. Gordon of Chatham again spoke a^aim t the bilk lleKiid that this kind of legislation was driving th«- ownership of Georgia railroads into Wall street New York* 31r. Duggan of Hancock offered to rr :e.l so that the commission may re quire the railroads tq build such depot • as their condition and the safety of freiglitand comfort of passengers may r>-quire. The bill gives power to the commission to locate such depots. The a: mlment was adopted. Mr. ( rdon offered to amend by pm- riding that h :■ ir uch “joint rates’* OPEN TO GEORGIA GIRLS. Yesterday morning the comifltte tho whole had, after considerable dis- ply one of propriety, O.io of cducat- cu8*ion, asked leave to ait again. When mg or not euuc^tinc our women. tho House went into a committee oT the whole this morning, with Mr. Maxwell of Tslbot in the chair, Mr. Candler of DeKalb pent up a substitute for the bill. Tho substitute authorized only the salo of tho old capital and furni ture in Atlanta. ... . . „ It is thought that the attempt to sell the Milledgeville property is really a Mow aimed at the braucli college at that 1 *Tl!c Mi'lillo Georgia Military Academy was given permission by the state to use the old governor's mansion and grounds for barracks oml a drilling ground. .£ they aro sold, it will be a ser.ous, proba bly a futal, blow to tho college. WANT GEOROIA TO SELL ALL HER PROI*- ERTY. 3Ir. Harrell of Webster and Mr. Har rell of Decatur spoke in favor of the bill Tiny wanted the stato to iret rid of all its property, and especially this property, which they considered as buperlluous and useless. Mr. Duggan of Hancock opposed tho bill, and *i>oku in support of tho Candler substitute. Mr. Candler said that ho was in favor of selling tho old capital at Atlanta at once, lie wanted tlio bill recommitted, so as to perfect it. He did not wish the state to cripplo tho college at 3iiUadge- ville. 31 r. Candler afterward added a section to his substitute, providing for tlie rale of all the state property in 3Iilledgevillo used by tho Middle Georgia College. On motion of Mr. Lewis of Hancock, the conunitteo of the whole roso and asked leave to sit again. Mr. Lewis then moved to recommit the bill and substitute. Carried, TUB I»i:.\HOI>Y FIND. Trustees of Hip I'uud Meet In New York. New York, Oct. 3.—Tho trustees of the Peabody educational fund held their twenty-soventh annual meeting nt tho Fifth Avenue Hotel to-dny. Among tho trustees present were ex-l*residcnt Cleve land, es-Prsrident Have*. Robert C. Winthrop, Rev. II. B. Whipple, A. J. Drexel, Dr. Samuel A. Greene, Gon, James D. Porter, J. Pierrejjont Morgan, Hon. W/A. Courtenay, Justice Stephen J. Field, Hon. Charles DoTons, Randal L. (Sib>o i, Chief Justice Fuller and J. L. 31. Curry. An invocation was delivered by Rishcp Whipple. Robert C, Winthrop of Massa chusetts tnnde an address on education in the Nouth and liie great amount illiteracy that prevailed there still. J. L. M. Curry of Richmond, Vo., re port* d a gratifying increaso of interest in education throughout tho South, and gave some comparative statistic* of tho progress of education in tho states of West Virginia, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, and North and South Carolina and Virginia. During tho summer lust passed, thpco institutes for four weeks each were held nt Hampton, Vo., a school for 1,003 . -m-l t! i • • I - •:• i'l teachers, all of which were supported in whole or part by Peabody funds. The refiort of the distribution showed that in Alabama for scholarships and In stitutions $#,370 wn* expended. Arkan sas $1,000, Georgia $4,060, Louisiana 13.723, North Carolina $9,330, South « arolina $0,03 ?, Tennessee * 15,7 Id, Texas $ ;,H00, Virginia $‘3,7CO and West Vir ginia $4,885, The total sum disbursed by the fund dtir- ing tlio fiscal year ending Oct. 1.1880. was $40,688. Tr» usurer 3Iorgan pxeaectxl a report which was referred to a com- nutR-e.^^^H Tho resignation of Trustee Stewart was received and William Wirt Henry of Richmond was elected in his place. Gen. Henry R. Jackson of Savannah, Go., also resigned as trustee and is to be succeeded by Judgo II* N. Huiuraerville of Alabama. Tlie new executive committee consists of tho following: Rutherford IS. Haves, James B, Porter, Cliisf Justice Fuller, Kx-Mayor Courtney und Judge Devens. The committee adjourned to meet the first Wednesday In October next ^rear. In the evening a banquet was given, at which were present: Rutherford B. Hayes, Grover Cleveland, Justices Field and Fuller aud Hamilton Fish* TUB P.UIHEUS IN CONVBNTION, Governor fiordon Appoints the Dele- cates From Georgia. Atlanta, Oct. 3,—(Special.]—The gov ernor has apjiointed tho following dele- S tcs from this state to the national rmers’ congress which will hold its next annual sesdon in Montgomery, Ain., from the 13th to 4bo 15th of No vember. At large—L. F. Livingston, Covington; W. J. Northed, Sparta: J. O. Waddell, Cedartown; P. J. Berckmans, Augusta. First district—G. 31. Rials and Charles Cunningham, Navannnb. Second—J. G. McCall, Quitman, and J. M. Rust hi, Boston. Tliird—John A. Cobb and Wright Brady, Ainerkm 1 ' t Una Turin and Mobley, Hamilton. Fifth—W. U Peel, Conyers, and R. J. Redding, Griffin* Sixth—W. O. Wtdlev, Bolingbroke, tn 1 G. O. Adaughton, Allentown. Seventh—Felix Cornut, Cave Springs, and Pierce Home, Dalton. Eighth-*?). C. Barrow, Sr., Athens, and J. It, Parks, Greensboro. Ninth—George 11. Jones, Norcroee, and J. 11. Nichols, Nacoochee. • Tenth—'W. J. Warren, Augusta, and T. J. McElmtirray, Way nt shore. (•corela May Tsk« the A, A F. Atlanta, Oct 3.—[Special J—The comptrcller-general to-day usueia fi. fa. against tin- Atlanta and Florida rtilway for tlie $300 penalty for failure to pxy their taxes by the first of October. In the present condition of tlie rood tlie fctat«* may have to take the road for the taxes SENATE PASSESTHE BILL ADMITTING GIRLS TO THE UNIVERSITY. Royd Take* Strother To Task for Ills I.h« U of <.;il!HS!lrt Vcitntor flarl- Jclt Introduce* a Bill frelative to TCacon’* Hevcuue** Atlanta, Oct. 3.—f8peciab]-Mr. Bartlett introduced in the Senate to-day a bill to amend tho ( barter of the city of 31 aeon so a* to et ! irge the poweitof the mayor an 1 council and authorize the ocllectiou of at least $*0,000 annually from licen*«>3 and buffoon tax. 3Ir. Boyd's bill to admit white female students to tbo university find branch colleges which had been lo>t and reconsidered, wax again taken up. 3Ir. Boyd wild lie bad accepted the atneni'.nient restricting the application of the hill to the branch colleges, and he new asked only that tho Senate pass it In this modified form. Two of the binnch college* lmd already admitted girls nnd hvo had not. Tho purpose of bis bill in ita present tdinpe was to put th e branch colleges all on tire name foot ing. The expenses of the j© instilutione. would not be increased h, dollar. It Tas not then a question of Money, it w^ 8 ini- ing or not etiucjaiug ©ur women. I *e did not take, after every idea that came from tlio North ; many wero dis tasteful ' o bin j. He was by no means in lirve witli o'rerv departure of the “New 8k*uth." T .to believod in, he ttood Ly tho traditior^of the Old South. But, while ho couUi not run after e very new-fangled notion from tliA North, he thought it well, to imitate t ie custom which had °* -ginated thcro of giving to women rm e'jual chance with waleo to obtain a lib eral education. BOYD JUMPS ON STBOTIIFB. Ilo took issuo squarely with the sena tor from tho twenty-ninth (Mr. Strother), concerning tho inferiority of ih.-feuiaJo mind. God made man In his own likeness and woman a helpmeet for him. The only difference between them was in physical power and structure. Mentally They wero on n plane of perfect equality, ami ho stood hero to maintain it. He had been unable to understand how the senator who. among other counties, represented Wilkes, tho birtliplaco of cne of the greatest statesmen Georgia ever produced, could Insist that there was such a discrepancy between the capacity of uun and woman. Ho was glad that one of tho senator’) constituents had gotten after him with n shiu p stick. Unless ho conciliated tho woman of hi* district he would not oc cupy a seat .n tlie next hk-nqtc. “But tho hetiator, judging from lus remarks the other day, is already upon tho stool of repentance, and his errone ous convictions are, I trust, not so deep but tlmt by tl o grace of God I hopo to convert him." Mr. Boyd continued his argument at length. When he was done ho called upon Mr. Ktrother. if ho had been con verted either by 3liss Bowen's remarks or itis own, io g*-t up uiui give the oett&tu tho benefit of hi* experience. STROTHER NOT YET CONVERTED. Mr. Strother deniod that ho had been converted or was in need of conversion. He had tell tho senator that ho knew tho temper of tho Senate a id his bill would nasi if it left out th» university, but otherwl»o it would bo defeated. The senator lmd iosisiel on throwing all tho educational institutions of the stato open to females and 1 a 1 himself thereby defeated his own hill* Ho was tho only obstruction to its passage, Tho benato hod “come down on tho bill like n torrout nnd swept It from tho face of—tl.o face of—of the clerk's desk," Tho wholo Senate had taken part la snowing it uuder, yet the sonatar now thought fit. to uiako him bear the wliolo brunt of his attack. He (Mr. Strother) had said that th) f«.iutilo mind war bet ter r^Japt el to light litcr.ituro than to tho abstract sciences. Mr. Bartlett inquired if the senator's mind had not since undergone a change upon tliat point, 3!r. Strother said he stcod just where ho stood 1 efore. Without tho fear of history or of my constituents I stand upon this floor to say that the ladies don’t like such studies, and l again re peat that if they don’t liko them that ought to settle it. STILL STROTHER IS WOMAN'S CHAMI’ION. “The senator speaks of my conver sion! To what have 1 been converted’/' According to his idea, the whole Hennto has been converted, nnd yet neither tho seuatnr nor 1 have changed our views a particle. 1 have always been rtudv to vote to admit girls t > tho Lranch college* and 1 am still ready to do so. “1 am the champion of woman and will always be found by her side, but tho time lias not come to admit her to the university, and it is eminently proper that she should be admitted to tho branch colleges. 1 have always been willing, as 1 stated before, to vote to ad mit her to them, and th« arguments of the senator from tlio tliirty-second lave no more converted mo or affected my viows than a squirt-gun would tear down the rock of Gibraltar." Messrs. Wooten nnd Bradwell mado remarks In favor of the bill. Tlio amend ments striking out the name of tho university proper, etc., were adopted and the bill passed by a vote of 2$ to 3. THE AUGUSTA DAM. Tho committee report proposing a sub stitute for tho Strother resolution touch ing the Augusta dam was read. Tlie committee recommend that a com mission be appointed to investigate tlie obstructions and report upon their legality to the governor that steps may bo taken to provide fitdiway* or compel the removal of the obstructions law may require. Mr. Gibson opposed tho adoption of the report. He stated that a fishway of the very best known pattern was now in the river at Augusta in good order, up which he was prejttred to prove that Abb did go. Mr. Strother wanted tho rope rt adopted. Ho did not think the Augusta Canal Company should appropriate tlio Savan nah river to the detriment of all the upper counties in tho valley. dtiBignon symjiatliized with the The report was* conservative; it merely provided for an investigation, which should, and he trusted, would bo made. The report was agreed to. Ar oars 6. Tlie Senate concurred in Unuae amend ment. to a number of bill., chiefly local. House iniei d rents .mending amend ment. of the Senate to tlie Glenn railway taxation bill ware agreed to. Tho girls' industrial school bill was returned to tlio House for correction. Tlio game law for Telfair county was poswd. ______ Harry thin.rds In Sparta. Starts. Oct. S.—(Special. j-Sir. Harry 1. Edward, gave a most delightful rend ing last erening to a very large audience at th. court bouse. The programme was Interspersed with music hr some of tlie ladies ot th- town and b» Miss Beteie .Laiojr o: Kilwar, 1'OilTT BLOWN TO DEATH. Terrible sie.mb.iu Explosion Near Port Ilutisoiii Lit. New Ori.eanr, Oct. 3.—Tlie steamer Corona of the Ouachita consolidated line left here at 7:30 p. in., yesterday for tho Ouaclta rim with a full cargo of freight and a good list of passengers. She ex ploded her boilers at Falto rirer nearly opposite Port Hudson at 11:45 thtsmom- ing causing the low of the steamer nnd aliout forty lives. Tlie Anchor line steamer City of St. Louis, (’opt. James O’Neill, was near by nnd with bis crow and boat, saved many lives. The surviving passengers nnd crew were taken on Ixxird by Capt. O'Neill and very kindly cared for by him and Ills crew. , , , . The following ore lists of the l06t ana sAvod os far as Known: CREW LOST. j. \V. Blanks, captain. J. V. Jordan, first clerk. Charles C. Ellos, second clerk* Svs’imi* IIasa, third clork. Fled Dine lev. bar-k^ ^r, Fred Veiman, b*:* Ke eper. I>at Ryan, toward. DlCK^CD* 4 7js, fireman. To/ iiooK, engineer. Henry Doyle, porter. James Swipe, norter. Tate, barber. Henry Davis, deck hand*# Tom Cook, sailor man. Billy Youno, second mate. Sam Stfkl, a boy. Both captains of tho deck w atch. Fifteen rou&ter*. names unknown. PA’ 8 ISOERH LOST. Dr. Atwell, com doctor, and four negro musicians. Mk. Scott, Smithland, La. 3Ir. Davis. Stockman, Tox. 3In. Koenc.L Mr-*. Huff of Opelousas, La. Mrs. Kaufmans nurso and oldest child. 31 rs. Tom Hough of Opelouras, sister of Capt. Blanks, with Mu. Wilson of Red River Lunding. crew bayed. II. II. JOLLE, pilot L. Rawlins, pilot. Charles Pierce, steersman. J. W. Handley, engineer. Jack MILLER, mate. Billy Uiogins, clerk. Rodert Carr, carpenter. Wji. Fleming, second steward. 8am Gref., watchman. Tom Burns, deck hand. Milt Glover, fireman. Dan Slemuck, pantryman* Frank Reeves, cook. J. Steele, baker. Charity Lambert, chambermaid. Miss Reilly, second maid* Joe Bayman, greaser. Several cabin boys. passengers raved. Mur. IIenuy Blanks and two chil dren. Mur. Mann* 31pj*. ItouERT Robinson. Mrs. Kaufman and children. Capt. B. G. Koknwell. 3!rs. J. It. Brown. Mus. J. J. Meredith. Mr. !>. F. Mason. MR. 1'EUfIIIMAN. 31r. Comstock, Donaldsonvillo, 31 it. John Carr. Uarrito ihurg. 31ns. Kaufman and infant of Smith- land. llo.N. J. F. Mason of Baton Rouge. THE INJURED. The following aro wounded: CtoVLR G. CoHSWAMt, slightly, Baikjhan, residing on Black river, hurt insido, not dangerous. 31 n. Comstock of Donaldsonville, •lightly. J. J. Meridetii of Columbia, La., slightly. . waym, a littlo son of Henry Balk, slightly hurt about the face. Charles a. PlARCH of Now Orletni. resided. None of the injured aro expected to die. Pilot Rollings was badly scalded on the hand. Capt. T. C. Sweeny slightly hurt but by flying timbers. TALES OF SURVIVOR!, 3Ir». F. W. Robertson, slightly hurt, says when the Corona arrived opposite Falun River landing, about sixteen miles below Bayou Sara, one of her boilers ex ploded, tearing the boot to pieces, when she sank in deep water in a fow seconds. Mrs. Roberhon says she was wedged in the Indies' cabin, with some of the debris laying acroM her limbs, but was mai denly released and found herself float nj in the river. She sunk twice, but was K icked up, and escaped only with a fow ruise*. Mr. Rollings, tho pilot of tho Corona, ■ays; 1 wav asleep in the texaa at the time ot the explosion, lie does not know how the explosion occurred. He wai awakened by the noise it made. He was painfully burned on both hands. THE BO 4T SUNK LUCE LEAD. Hon. U F. 3!asoii, .Secretary of Stato, who was a pvsenger on the Corona, states that ho was la tlio cabin talking to Mrs. Robinson at ubout ten o'clock tills morning when tho explosion oc curred. lie escaped with a life pie- aerverund assisted in saving Mrs. Robin son and another lady. There was very littlo time for | reparation for emapo ns the boat went down like lead a few seconds after the explosion. As the steamer City of Nt. Louis came down she was hailed and took on board nil tho pcuuongera and crew who were not lost Intho wreck. No one seems to be able to give any expla nation as to the cause of tho sudden disaster. NOT DUE to man pressure Capt. T. C. Swe: ney, one of the own ers of tho line, who assumed command on tho death of Capt. Blanks, tajs the expiation was not due to too high pres sure of ►team. Ho had just hud occasion to examine the gmjge. and is |ositlvo there was not piessuie of more than 1:35 pounds. The beat had a moderate cargo. Biio was in mid stream just be low tho landing at Arbrotli, and had just whistled to pass the City of Nt. Louis, fortunately coming down at tho time. BOAT TORN TO PIECE*. The cabin was torn in two, the rear portion floating down the river and bear ing a number of saved. Capt. Sweeney happened to be forward and started at once to put out the flames, which begun to burn in several places. He saya the boat would undoubtedly have burned had site not gone down immediately. None of the books, poj c:st r other valua bles were saved. RE8CLTNO THE PERISHING. The City of St. Louis, which was about 500 yards above, at once put out her boats and hor crew did noble work in saving lives. Tlie Anchor lino boat staid there several hours, rendering all assistance rxadtdc, and taking on board the rescued poreengers and crew. When nothing mote coni 1 be done *lie came to Baton Rouge, where phy►leans wero summoned and everything possible done for tlie injured. ONLY OAR DEAD BODY RECOVERED. The only dead body recovered was that of Frank Overman, the second bar keeper. Tho remains wero put off at tho wharf office, where thef w viewed bv Coroner Jones. It lias not yet been determined whether they will be interred there or sent on to Now Or leans. Three or four of the injured re mained on the City of St. Louis and wero carried to New Orleans. HER FIRST TRIP THE LAST. The Corona was on her first trip of tho arason and bad but recently come out of tho dry dock where alio received repairs amounting to nearly $12,000. She was built at Wheeling, W. Vo., by Sweeny Bros, of that city, reven years ago, und had a carrying capacity of about 2,700 bales of cotton. At tlio time of tlio ac cident she was valued at $20,C02. TWENTY-EIGHT BROWNED. Ilrfdftli Strainer Founder* Ing Down All H New York, Oct 3Iaritimc Fr Carry nd*. i.—A dispatch to the v change to day dated Nas- f au * ^spt. 80, announces that the steamer Frnmoor, from Baltimore to Rio Janeiro, had foundered at sea in a gale Sept. 5. All hands wero lost except seven, who were lauded at Nassau. Tho total loss is aliout twenty-eight lives. The Krnmoor va<n British steamship of 1.320 tons, and w'as commanded by Cant. Grey. She left Baltimore Aug. 29, and the next day sailed from Ilamptou roads for Rio Janeiro. •‘I AIK A THIEF.** No Caalilrr I*rntt of nirrlden. Conn., ronff**r*hl* Embezzlement. Meriden, Conn., Oct. 3.—Charles 8. Pratt, the confidential book-keeper, secretary nnd cashier of tho H. Wales Lines Company, was arrested last, night for einbezzi(m?nt and thii morning the preliminary hearing was continued for two weeks under $1,000 bond, which lie did not secure. Pratt’s embezzlement amounts to over $40,<;00, covering various periods since 1882, and was accomplished by false en tries mainly on the pay rolls. Tho affair bus caused a profound sensation, as Pratt was nn officer in soveral local organizatii n , treasurer of the First Con- gregationai Society a ;d a city alderman. Pratt confessed his guilt to bis em ployers saying: “It is the same old story of living beyond one's means. 1 am a thief." DBIYBN OLT BY AU.EOVR. The Chicago rian** Competition Cause* JlePerrlii, Miallcros* »U Co. io qnll. Louisville, Ky., Oct. 3.—McFcrrin, Shallcross & Co., one of the largest pork handling firms here, will probably retire from busluess in consequence of tho withdrawal with a fortune of J. D. 3IcFerrin, the senior mem for. McFerrin is the owner of the Glenview stock farm, and will de vote himself to that. Tlie sharp competition of business in augurated by Armour and others has cut down proft. a no that the other mem* b-rs find small inducement to continue tiie business. ilBttl FIIOTI COHPBLB. The Rank of Cordele—Improvement* by the Navnauali, America* Mentge Mery. Cordele, Oct. 8.—[Special]—At tlio annual stockholders* uuoting yesterday of tho Bank of Cordele, tho old officers wore re-elected. It was unanimously V( t *d to increase tho capital stock of tho bank to $U0,0C0. About all of tho stock la already taken. Tiie Savannah, Aiuericus and Mont gomery railroad is building n mw nnd cmnmodiou* depot at a cost of $3,000. Tlio old depot will be removed. \V. G. Sutherland of 3iichigan la hero prospecting, with a view to putting up a foundry, lio is welljdcascJ. BIG IIOU.U IX IKON. An I'nprpffilfiilrd Advance In the t’rlr* nr Iru» Produ»t«. Pittsburg, Oct. 3.—The boom in steel nnd iron rivals tho advance of 1884. Even when compared with that time, other thing* (o -ddered, the advance in products of steel nr.d iron is more re markable. Steel rolls cannot to-day be bought for less than $ 2 per ton, and tho manufacturers are ouite independent on these figures, for it is confidently be lieved tlie price will reach $3-7 in a few days. llessemer pig has stiffened from $18.75 to $19.00. Bl'RRK TURNED RACK. Louteinnii’* Indicted Trcit»tirer He* ride* Io Shun New Orlrau** QUU E-rrowM, Oct. 3.—E. A. Burke, eX-stato treasurer of Louhinna, sailed from Liverpool tor New York on the steamer Teutonic, but on the arrival of tho vessel hero be disembarked and re turned to London, THEIR REPRESENTATIVES MEET IN CONGRESS AT WASHINGTON. Mr. Hlalne Is Chosen President of the Congress—Tit* Representative* Aro Received nnd Lunched by President HarrUon. WASHIKCT)*, Oct. 2. Shortly More noon the delegate, to •*.„ international American cone-^, , eft „ ldr hradqullri ter, at urn Wnllaek Mansion ami re Stai. tothe Dep.fm.-nt of - All of tlie delegates to congress wero present with the exception of Coolidge of Boston, who will join the party later on. After a short stay in the waiting rcoai tho delegates were es corted by Assistant Secretary Adee to tho diplomatic reception room. Here they were met by” Secretary Blaine who, without ceremony or formal introduction, welcomed per sonally each and all of tho delegates. After a few minutes thus employed the delegates were seated and Secretary Blaine, standing alone at the end of a long center table,delivered a felicitous ad dress of welcome. SLA!NT's VPERTH. RUine Mid: (k-utlcmcn of the International conjure**. 8j»e*king for the government United State*, I bid you welcome So this capitol. SnenUing for Hi* people of tlie United Stntes, I lad you welcome to every section and to every state of the United States. You come In response tided by the 1 “resident and ‘once here is tv» ordinary iiiicIi to the i-eople of all AmerKxi to-day. It slgnlCes more In the days to come. TIIE TERRITORY REPRESENTED. A Conans« of nation* has assemhled to con sider the welfare *f territorial powession* so vast ami to contemplate the posalbilities of the future w* great and *0 inspiring. Those now sit ting n ltliiu theni wails aro empowered to sneak for the nations whose border* are on both the K nt oceans, whose southern limits are touched tlie Arctic ooean for thousands of miles be yond the KtraitH of ltebriu*. whose southern extensioo fumi^Iu s human habitation* farther below tlie equator than is else* here possible on the globe. The aggregate territoihl exjx>rt of the nations here represented fulls but a little short of i.onatHHof s.piaru miles, more than three times the nma of all Europe nnd but little less than one-fourth part of the globe, while In re spect to the |lower of producing articles which of tlie— entire world. Thc»> great onlay have an aggregate population ap proximating 1H\CI)IV«>). but it peopled ns tk-nsely as the average o; 1-sirope tbo total number would exceed 1,000.000,000. While considerations of this character mavin- *rir<> Amcnrans, !»otb Houth and North, with the lm-lieat anticipntlon* of future grutness nnd power, they must also impress themselves with a srnae of the graveat responrihillty touching the development of tho respective sections. TO EMTASUSII rXH.VANCXT RCLATIOX*. The delegatra whom I am addressing can do much to establish p« r.nan-tit relations of confi dence, resjwict end fr aidshlp ls?t ween the na tion* which Ihey rapresent. Thevcan show to the world a peaceful q>nferonca of seventeen Inde- pemient American powers, in which all k.iaII meet togettier on terms of absolute isiuailty, a conference in which there can !*• no attempt to coerce * single delegate against his own conception of the trust of bis nation; a confer ence w hich will permit no secret understanding on anr subject, but will freely publish to tiie world all It* conclusions; * conference which will tolerate no aptrit conqutst, hut will aim to cultivate American sympathy %\ broad oa both continent*; a confrruc- whk-h wiii fun* n* selfish alliance against the older nations, from wmen weareprouu to claim tuiieritnnco; a conference;in fine, which will seek nothing, propt a j n<-tiling, endure nothing Hut i* not, in the general tense of aM the delegate*, timely and wise and peaceful. all sox* cur a xzw world. And yet we cannot be expected to forget that our common fate ht* mado as cohabitante of two continents, wbk a at the close of four cen turies are atkll regarded beyond the Note* from Walden. Walden, (L-t. 3.-[S t ©dal.>-Dr. W. L. Ryder left to-day for Savannah, where he will take pottage on tho Nar- C'Mcheo for New York. Ho will take a second courto of lecturea thin winter at the Philadelphia Dei t il Col lege. Ho win accompanied by Mr. J. O. Avant, wiio goes to the aame insti tution to take hlif first course of lec tures. Walden High School, which opened taht week with a large at tendance, n well under way and good work is lieingdone. It haa a fine corp* of teachers. nix Iron Deni c «n»nntmated. Chattanooga, Oct. 3.—The transfer of the projierty of the Roane Iron Com- pany in thia city to the Southern Iron Company, wo* formally rondo to-day and the company’* stiel plant in this city, employing 500 men, U to be put in eper- alb n without delay. Tlie mill is to make steel in various form* from South ern ores I y the Lasic process. Tho con summation of this deal has given con siderable impetus to business in this city. Every third person you meet is trou« bit l more or less with biliousness and don’t know how to get rid of it. The causes arc easily recorded. A lack of sufficient eie.cine, eating too much by persons of telcaiary habits, indulgence in too rich food, a sluggish, torpid liver where the LloAd docs not da its duty, and bUn is allowed to accumulate, these causo tlio whites of Ihe eyes to turn veDow, the xkiu to look thick and coarse and the complexion yellow ami dark. These are sure indications of biliousncs*. Brown's Iron Bitters i* the remedy you wont. It acts directly upon the blood, cleanses and purifies It, nnd se n 'a it on it * journey tit rough th • channel j of the liver, giving to it activity and clearing out the bile. It will remove tlio yellow tingefrom the eyea and the romptoxon, leaving the latter fresh and clear. Ouevn Victoria’s knee joint Is vtiU hadly swollen and the cannot walk with out a stick. The Prince of Wales still suffer* from a Tarieo-to vein tnl limps pc-rceptibly. An affection of tlie inbtep causes the Brine* at of Wales to Ump u triflt. Prince A bert Victor, who n ay rule over England tome day, recently met with an accident while utalki: gdeer in See l and. In leaping from one- » os l- dev to another he tell and sprained his TIIE NEW WOULD NATIONS. porto firm tM-lipf tbut the Ration* of America ought to !**• ami cos bo more bel;*f ul each to the other than tln'T ao*r ore. and that each will find advantage and ;*rofit fromealArgrd lnterc«»ur*n with the other. We heliere that we •hoald be drawn tofeiher more cloarlj by the hiKhvray* of tlie *ea mi l thst at nodl-tant time the railway *y»tom or Hie North amt Houth will meet upon the totbuiiu and connect by land route* the political iumI coinmcrciai capital* of cation* of the world. lst jcvrsrx rpul NV* believe U»nt th j spirit of juritce, of com mon and «-«|iial interest between the American ■totes will leave no room for an ortiflc-i.il talance of pow er like unto that w ha:h ho* led to wore abroad onit dreuebed |Furo)« in blood. We ..... friendship, avowed with mV— 1 — 1 ‘ •-**- I line* tat wren tbcm-wlvea witlT fortifleatiotuTatMl mllttery forcea, that standinc omilro lievond those wbirh are needful for itubiitf onler ami the ‘ adtuittlatroUott safety of the Internal t annhw lie rood ■■lerandthe sltotlid »H! . force, of Just law* and not the violence of the mob, should be the rrcorfnired mle of administration ore corn .to thereto the attention of this conffr. *»u*w is earnestly nnd cordially Invited by the government of the United Mates. TUIUK OIIKAT UAIR*. It will Im o great ral-i wtien we sholl acquire that common coafhknce on wh!.-h all iutrnui- tioaal friendship m'tst rest. It will he a greater gain when we shall be utile to draw Ike people of all the Aliierktui notion* into closer tciiuain- lance with each other, on md to be “hg with each other, an ct»d to l e gain' d by . .. rnspient and more rapid Inu-r cont- nituucotioa. It will be tRi greater t gain when the personal and commercial reUuion* of Amerh-a, south and north, sholl be so developed and so regulated that each shall acquire the highest |MM><dble oivr.ntoge from the other. Ib-fore the conference shall formally entei d ‘Wgau-s to be guests of tbe government during the ie»iM:se.l visit to the various section* of the country with the double view of showing our- ■elyra to our friends from ohm id and oj giving |o our own people In their own home* the privilege aud pleasure of extendiag the warm »e!eoiwe of Aruerk-aox to American*. At tho conclusion of tlio address, which was received with an amount of enthu.xiAxin somewhtt remarkable in a body tt thia character, Secretary Blaine retired. THE CONGRESS CALLED TO ORDER, Ex-Senator llenden-on of Missouri was mods temporary chairman, who ap pointed as a committee on {^nnanont organization representatives of Mexico, Brazil. Uruguay, Nicaragua and Colum bia. There in a few minutes relumed witli a n-conimenflution, which was iro- tfosdiately adopted, that Secretary Blaine bo made president. A resolution was adopted providing for committees on rules and futureorder of business and for temptdary cliairmruiohfp. On morion of ono of li.o South American delegates, tbo following r«'solutions wa adopted: Ih-olvcd, That the nirmher* of the Intcrno- t'oenl Aiiu-rit-an Congrwt* accept with pleasure the invitation of the iTreMent of the United Htoh-s of Auicriet to Is- tho guest of hi* govern ment tn an exet:nd*n through the territory of the Unite. 1 htau-*, and that we expreas our thank* for tlie Mill im lUUon. BLAINE ESCORTED TO TOE PRESIDENT’S CiiAlli. At this stago Secretary Blai.no entered the room fend was escorted to the Presi dent's chair. A recess of fifteen minutes was taken and at the expire tion the congress adjourned till Monday, Nov. 8, when it will meet at noon nt the Wallack mansion. After adjournment tbo dele gates weft escorted to the White House by Secretary Blaine, patting a few moments at the cis tern entrance of the State Department to have their pictures taken in a group. The Pre»ident gave a special reci ption to the delegate* at 1:30 o'clock, on*- «*f the features of which was on tu ft r.i al lun* h m i ved in tlui itate dining room at 2 o'clock tv sn. The Lino room and gn-ci* parlors lmd been i*i ecidlly pre- pired for the occasion, aad idieraily dec- oratt-l with tropical plants and rare ex otics, A land was stationed in tho main pa-sago nnd played almost con* •tllnGy during the reception and Innch. T1l» music included the national and pat riotic airs of *-adi of the countries iepte- santed, and numbered twelve selections in all. DABRISON’E RECErTION. Tho reception took place in the blue parlor. The President nnd Mrs; Harri son and all the memfo rs of tho cabinet proceeded to that room shortly before the hour pet for the reception and awaited thoair.valnf the delegates. They ar rived promptly on time under etcort of Secretary Blaine and 31r. Romero, the Mexican minister. Upon being ushered into the blue parlor they were individ ually presented by Mr’ Ltains to the Pr« a dent und tlien'to Sirs. Iiarrison’and subsequently to the members of the cabi net. After a short time spent in social conversation Mro. Han ism retired and tho party upon invitation of the Presi dent repaired to the slnto dining rot m and partook of lunch, which was served while the delegates stoed about tho room. The center p ece of the table wns a large floral representation of the west ern hemisphere, and it was Hanked with other floral devices befitting the occasion, FISH, OYSTERS AND WINE. Tlie menu included soup, fisli, oysters, calads, etc., with sherry, claret and champagne. South American dishes and South American cigars were Berved and everything done to show c< urtesy to the different countries represented. A few of the delegates were in full costume. The reception lasted about two hours and was of a very informal character, BANQUETED BY BLAINE. Tlie'first series of e’egant banquets which are to be given»in many of the principal cities of tho*eastern and central portion tf the United States in honor of the nation’s gues from Central and South America was given at tlio Normandie Hotel this evening by Secretary of Stato Blaine. Orders were laid for fifty-four guest*. Tiio dinner lasted from 7:30 o’clock to after 10 o’clock. There wns no epcecli-making save a few re marks from Blaine. At the conclusion of the banquet, in a few rapidly chosen words, lio dismissed the company and proposed a toast which was drunk. • BLAINE’S TOAST.' no said, “Before we part for ths ex cursion. which a number of this com pany will join to-morrow, a id I hope ill terminate happily, I will offer a simple toast:" Tlio perpetual friendship and prosperity of nil tho American states. Tho delegates of the international congress l ave reo Ived in vitations to hot less than f srty-two ban quets in tho various cities which are in cluded in the tenernry of the taip, and about twenty of these invitations havo been accepted. RATHER VIGOROUS KICK. Pams, Oct. 2.—Tho Libert assorts that represen*ativos of tho Argentine Repub lic, Chili, Bolivia, Columbia and Hon duras attended a monster meeting in Barcelona on Sunday last and subscribed to resolutions in favor of an Hispainia- American union opposed to American protection. ClinONICI.US OF COLUMBUS, Fxccrdlnxiy Loiv iiutra io savniinaii A War llettveeti the Ulvnl Boat Lines, Columbus, Oct. 2.—[Special ]—War lias boon inaugurated among tho boats plying t h) Chattahoochee river, by tlio notlco wliieh Ccpt. W. U. Moore, agent of tho People’s Line, to the effect thst tho pool arrangements entered into in 1887, and which e.Yhircd in August, woakl bo no longeif.e, was author ized by telegram t«> <*,ey to all’porths interested. The rupture Is said to have been earned by tho refusal of tho Central lino to haul freight to Bainbridge, and by their as suming from Columbus the same sched ule ns tho Peopled Line. Tho war is practically between tiie Savannah, Flor ida and Western road and tbo Control railroad of Georgia, tho People's Line leing controlled by the former road, nnd tho Central fine by tho latter. Tlio cut rate* to Im given by tho People’s lino, ui d which will go into effect Satur day next, will be 55 cents a balo or cot ton Instead of 65 cents per hundred jxiund* to Savannah ns heretofore. In tho fight which took place in 18.0, tho local rates were reduced to a very low figure, flour being haulvd at 5 cents per barrel and cotton at 10 cents per bale. By the present rates the toats will onlv receive 25 cento per lists for cotton. It U rumored that next week the only indo- Ttendcnt boat on the river, tho W, D. Klljs, will be chartered and nm by tho 1 e >ple’i» line, which lias only one boat, white the Central lino hds two boats. There were live boats in the pool Tho 3!ifler 11. Smith of tbo People's line, the Paetolus and Naiad of tho Central Hue, the Fanny Fturu of the Columbus and Gulf Navigation Company and tbo Ahum Hays of tho ilerchants' and 11 inters’ line. It is hardly probably that the cut rates will bo met by tlio other line*. They will probably tin up their boats and allow tlie two railroad companies to light the matter out, and thru restore living freight rate*. DcvilopemeuU are looked for at an early date. COLUMBUS MUNICIPAL POLITICS, Tlio political situation is becoming in teresting. Two of tlio candidates for chief of police, Messrs. Beard and Led- singer, havo resigned the positions hero- fore held by thorn, and aro going into tho canvass for all it is worth. The present incumbent, Capt. John U. Pai nt' r, is also giving tbo canvass cloho Lt.tntion, With three can didates in tho field, each with a good following, the triangular fight promises to bo bitter and leaves it an open question whether a dark horse, coming on the field at the lost moment, wouldr.avo a good chance of distancing the field. No new developments have occurte 1 In the mayoralty race. At present both cnmlidates, Capt. J. J. Slade end Alder- m n D. Dozier, teem to be tusking a still hunt. A HORSE wno PLAYS niDE AXD SEEK. One of the most intelligent horses in thi.* section is owned by Lieut. Duncan of the Columbus police force. Tho Utile children of tho neigliborhoed, often gather to the number of fifteen or twenty and play hide and seek in the.horbo lot. iili. MK.' Uvisil Crj*/? enters into tho game heartily. It is in teresting and amusing to watch the horse hide front the enfluren nnd to see him hunt for them when they hide. THE ALLIANCE WAREHOUSE. Tlie meeting of tlio directors of the alliance warehouse, which was to havo taken place yestorday, was postponed until October 9th on account of some vacancies in tlie board, cavoai by resig nations. These vacancies will be filled in tlio meantime, so tliat the business to bo transacted, which is of i n important nature, will receive the attcniiou of tho full board. Advire to Mothers, Mr*. Winslow•* Sootkinjc Fyrep for chfltlrw* tevtbinv. MRh« lUrWW, softens t ie jn ro*. re- — pain, curvi wind cvlic. LORD W0LSELEFS ERRORS. PRESIDENT DAVIS KNOCKS THE WIND OUT OF SIR GARNET. A Plnlii Statement From (ho Confcd- lc filter About the Maraud lu Conditions—Many Mistake* Corrected. From the Baltimore Sun. Mr. Jcffeisoo Davis, ex-Presldent of tho Confederate states, Los the good fortune not only to enjoy after a quarter of a century the respect of a peoplo whom he led in a losing cause, but alto to have lived lorg enough to hear aud confute innumerable criticisms respect ing his official career that have their origin in inventive malice or in ignorance of facts. Few men have been more maligned, but timo and fact being hi* vindicators, 3Ir. Davis enurges from every conflict with his caluminiators with increased prestige. His article in the Cctober number of the North Amer ican Review upon “Lord Wolseley’s 31istakes N is a conclusive nnd crushing reply to the English general’s venomous attack on the Confederate executive in tho 3Iay number of thesame publication, and shows that dfee has not impaired the clearness or vigor of his intellect. Relying upon the Century’s history of the civil war as a correct narrative of facts, Lord Wolsely has made a nurnl er of statements about Mr. Davis, all of which the latter is able to demolish most completely. As similar statements are sometmiss mado on this side of the Atlantic by uninformed persons it will not bo uninteresting to enumerate them nnd add Mr. Davis’ comments. Lord Wolselev's first allegation is that Mr. Davis “began his high duties with the avowed expectation that 10,000 Enfield rifles would suffice to overawe the United States, nnd then refused the *er- vices of 360,000 men and accepted ot ly a fraction of them, beenuso lie had not arms for mere." There was no such offer or refusal. There was no organi zation in the South numliering 3 ;6,0 0 men to l»e offered and accepted. An act of tho confederate congress of March, l' i Gl, authorized the acceptance of ;0),- 000 men by companies of regiments, to bo. armed bv tho states from which they came. The law made the j.a?ses sion of arms the condition on which vol unteers might be accepted. 3Ir. Davis states that it is a matter of record that h - often publicly predicted u long and bloody struggle, and was far from thinking 10.000 Enfield rifles would suffice to oveiawv the Ui 1 e(l .States, As a mutter of fact, tho official npirt of Gen. Gorgos, chi. t of ordinance of tho Confederacy, shows that the Confeder ate government at ita formation had ubuui 150,0.Ost-rviccablo guns, or fifteen- fold more than I/mJ Wolseley repre-ento 3Ir. Davis as relying upon us sufficient. Mr. Davis shows further that he waa not remit* in the collection of arms. One of his fir-t acts as President was to send Capt. Riphacl he mines N.nth to pur chase arms, ammunition and otficr mu nitions of war and machinery for mak ing them. Such purchases were actually made. Major IIuse was sent toEuio/e in April, itui, to buy arm?, ami got nearly $‘00,0.0 worth. Tlie second charge made by Ixrd Wolseley it that Mr, Davis “neglected to buy the East Indian fleet, which happy chance and the zeal of subordi nates threw in hit way.” The story tint got currency in 1878. Gen. Beauregard stated in an interview pubifg cd in the New York Suu iu*l ho introduced to tho secretary of war at Montgomery a mes senger of Fraser, Trenboitn A Co., who offers to tell tix large steamers just buiit in England. Mr. Davis knew nothing of it; tlio matter never reached his ear*. Gen. L, P. Walker, the Confederate sec retary of war, writes to 3Ir. Davis that he rccollccW no such proposal. Mr. Mem- mlngcr, tocrctary of the treasury, says thA **mo, Mr, G. A. Trcnholm recollects that he proposed the purchase tothe sec retary of the navy and to the secretary of war, but tho great daught of the ves sels and want of money caused those officinU to decline it. 31r. Trcnholm has no recollection of seeing Mr. Davis on the subject Ca.tt. Bullock, who was sent to Europe in 3iny, 1801, to bur cruiser* and naval supplies, write* to Mr. Davis to say that ho knew of no such proj* • tion, lie ■aw the ships ip question in 1862, and saya to have bought tlu-ui would have been “a senseless waste of money," as they were too big to enter any Confeder ate port on the Atlantic coast. If they hud been bought it would havo been im- possible to arm, equip and tnanthemin England, or to send them off, as the Al abama was, to a secret place of rendez vous. Mr. C, K. Prioleau, of the Eng lish firm of Fraser. Trcnholm A Cc„ whom Gen. Beauregard drew ujwn for hia facts, writes to Mr. Bullock that he thinks the ships “were never offered to the Confederate government at all." Tho blame of not buying the East India fleet to ktep the ports of the Confederacy open, evidently, therefore, does not he on Mr. Davis. The vigilance of the English government in preventing ships intended for the Confederacy from leav ing English porta was a difficulty fowl WoUeley fails to take into account. Lord Wolseley’s final and most serines charge is that Mr. Davis ••rejected all means proposed by others for placing tho finance* of the Confederacy on a sound basis.” 'Jhia 31r. Davuuiuleretandj t j te a revival of wbat ho terms “the long-ago«xploded theory that the Con federacy shew 11 have sent out the cotton crop of 184W- 61 and placed it as the ba sis of its credit iu Europe.” Tcdcinohdi it ho quotes from a letter of Mr. Mem- uiingcr, written in lb»4.J3Ir. 31emmiuger, after noting tlmt the Confederate gov ernment was organized in February, 1831, and tliat tho blockade war institu ted in 31oy, observes that there were tuu* but three mouths in which to get con trol of a crop of 4,GCi),0«d tale* nnd ship it abroad. A te** 4,COO ships of l.ttO tans each would l avo been required. Could they have been bad? Private enterprise did an the govc rnment cou d have dor*. Largo ■ le* were, in fact, made nbro d and foe proceed, of the Mile, were, in 1111 ■ cmw, will t> the Confederacy in tl:. »!u|w « bill] of exchange. With theai la 1 r K“J' 1 ;C cliatm of arm. wenfmxJe abroad, .lr.,0. A. Trcnholm, who .ueceeded Mr. Me®' mlngor In the treruurr, in . letter * 1 :"'* that by the clore of bebruary, ledl. t»> cotton crop of 1SC0 tf lord uliraly fer t‘‘“ abroad or to England!' By May 1 Eumpe 3,157,000 hde., and Xcw England «M,CW bales, or that "befon- the new *«'«- mont wo. f.irly organlxcd the inttw crop wa. alnndy fceyoml it. retrlu Mr. Davi. .eem. to have bo with him. The trouble with He. enue U that hi. lorddilp labor, under nres.ion that the current »«««“• id iot ie. of tb.ci.il war are aomctluot bettcC than romaneefc Aclentyman.after yc.nl ot from that luatlneenedieMo, c.tarrh,md vainly trying every known n-ined*. laet found a recipe wlueh completely cured ami mred him from daith. A./ ndferor from thbi dreadful dieeatetm«- ing a fdf-sddnmd aUmi**! Prof. J. A. Lawrence, 88 Warren ttrret. New York city, will recervt the rreijjv free of charge,