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WEEKLY TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER.
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MA ON, FRIDAY. MARCH 28, 1884.
VOLUME LVIII—NO. 16.
fROM WASHINGTON.
OF both houses of
^ CtE cSE8SVESTE R 0AY.
> ..ttiins Spoeoh by Senator Vanco an
** „• Education Bill—tngalle Repllee
trutiwaw». M “ rch J4 --' rhc 8cnatc w '
presided overby 8enalor8berman.
“L y a „ ce presented the views of the
■ ority of the committee on foreign rela-
Ss on the action and report of the com-
’L „„ the subject of the exclusion of
fSTn moats from foreign countries.
following bills were reported favor-
J? from the committees and placed on
ftSn By Mr. Morgan, from the
Smwitteeon public lands, granting the
^fiie Gulf and Chicago Railroad Com'
bill to regulate salaries of United
cutes district fudges was taken up. Mr.
niTnffcred an amendment making it un-
£»hi?for any relative of a circuit or dls-
Ei u l/eof tbe United States to hold of-
Ji h, marts with which such judges are
Monectod, and making it a misdemeanor
E! ihe judge to knowingly appoint one of
hii relatives to office in his court.
l The bill was discussed until 2 o’clock
Without a vote being reached, when Sir.
Blurs education bill came up. In the
Jcune o! the debate which followed, Sir.
Vinee spoke in support of the bill. The
mioied people, be said, had been freed
«d enfranchised by the national govern-
merit The Southern States had lost so
much and had been s« bled by reptilian
lurnet-bag governments that they had not
been ableto do as much as they otherwise
could have done for the education of the
people. Yet those States had been held
bv the public opinion of the North to as
tirii a standard in advancement in edu
cational and other respects as was expect
ed of States and people whose civilisa
tion and socity had not been dis
turbed for one hundred years.
« it only was this expected of them, bat
e world was made aware of it on every
occasion the Southern States had been in
vestigated. Now that a bill was brought
in to aid those States in educating tbeir
colored people, the singular spectacle was
preiented of opposition by gentlemen who
had been moving all the powers of Con
gress in order that the sick calves of Kan
sas might be doctored. Some objection
might naturally have been expected from
strict constructionists, but it came with
bad grace from the gentleman from Kan*
Mr. Vance would not withhold his sym
pathy from the sick cattle, but would not
the gentleman from Kansas express his
sympathy for the negroes by making illit
eracy the basis for distribution. Mr.
Vance thought there was no proper basis
but illiteracy. Bid the Senators wish to
dsitribute the money among college profes
sors or membera of Congress? It should
he distributed where it was needed: but
lir. Vance did not expect the bill to
pass. He bad long believed, and be now
saw the continuation of his belief, that
Senators on the other side of the chamber
were louder in professions than in acts in
bohsll of the oolored people. While the
party which !h«y represented would send
emissaries among the colored people to
bawl them together for political pur poses,
and take tkem to the polls, he bad always
thought that when It came to really
doing something for these people, it would
be s failure. Hence, Mr. Vance was not
disappointed. He had no doubt that the
Senator from Ohio (Mr. Sherman) attach
ed more value to the negro as an ignorant
person,a fruitful source of Investigation,
than he would attach to the negro as an
intelligent man and intelligent voter. No
doubtlie answered the purpose of that
Senator better in ignorance than with In
telligence.
Mr. Ingalls congratulated Mr.
Mr. Ellis excepted to the word “legerde
main” used so glibly by the gentleman
from Kansas. The object of the resolu
tion was not for the relief of sufferers, bat
wns to prevent what might be the most ap
palling calamity of the age. The wate- of
the river was up to the top of the levees,
anil whenever the flood waters went over
a levee, that levee was doomed. There
was nothing between the city of New Or
leans and a river sixteen feet above the
level ol the city but a dirt wall. The ca
lamity that must ensue If the waters rose
higher cohid not bo depicted by the hu
man tongue. It would be the calamity of
the age.
Mr. Dunn withdrew any objection, but
called attention to the fact that In Ills dis
trict the Mississippi river was ninety miles
wide. There was the rise coming from
the Missouri river supplemented by a
great rise out of the overflow of the Ohio
river. There were to-day in his district
70/100 people whose houses were flooded.
Mr. Itico (Massachusetts) objected to the
resolution, saying that it should be con
sidered by the committee on appropria
tions.
The joint resolution was lost—yeas 05,
nays 115—but by unanimous consent it
was reintroduced by Mr. Ellis and referred
to the committee on appropriations.
The bill to increase the salaries of
United States district judges was again
taken up, discussed and passed—yeas 42,
nays 13. As passed it makes the salaries
of all United States district judges 35,000
per annum and prohibits them from ap
pointing to positions In their courts rela
tives within the degree of first cousin. The
next order of business was the calendar of
unobjected cases, subject to the flve-min
ute rule. Mr. Call’s joint resolution pro
viding for the payment of laborers in gov
ernment employ the same wages for holi
days as other days was taken up, read
three times and passed, without debate.
Mr. Blair’s educational bill was taken
up as unfinished business, the pending
question being on Mr. Harrison’s amend
ment to require the States to contribute
annually on amount equal to the amount
severally received by them from the na
tional fund. The discussion was by
Messrs. Harrison. Blair, Jones of Florida,
George, Allison, Maxey.Coke, Hoar. Sher
man and Brown. Sir. Brown said that
when the late war commenced neither side
thought the slaves would be freed. Provi
dence had a deeper design than the Con
gress of the United States, and it began in
time to be seen that the free
dom of the slaves was necessary
to the salvation of the Union. At the
closo of the war the Southern people were
required to incorporate in their constitu
tions provisions which clothed the slaves
with all the rights ot citizens. The slaves
were Irccd as a necessity of the Union.
What then became the duty ot the Union?
Certainly it was the duty of the Union to
take such action as would qualify the
newlv-made citizens for the 'duties of citi
zenship. It had been a fearful experiment
to enfranchise the freedmen in their then
condition, but, having freed them, it was
clearly the duty of the whole Union to aid
the States in preparing them for
citizenship. However willing the Southern
States were to do this work, the fact was
they had been so impoverished by the war
that they coaid not do it. Even though
tliss individuals were now present as freed
men, and the country is no poorer in that
sense, yet oil know that the property own
ers of the South had lust their property.
There lmd keen an actual loss of $500,000,-
000 in the taxable property of the State of
Georgia alone,- according to the returns ot
the year before end the year afterwards.
The States had supi-ortcd front their prop
erty all the armies of the Confederacy,
ul
11 o’clock Mr. Eaton r * ;ci to odjonrnd,
but this motion was df .ed by a large
majority, sir. Morr’J? 3 resolution was
adopted by 110 to fiS It provides that
tlie ways and means bill to reduce war
taxes should be considered in committee
of the whole, subjeetto amendment, a rea
sonable time, and that then the bill
should be reported to the House and
passed.
Sir. Hopkins, of Pennsylvania, offered
an amendment that the action of the cau
cus should not be binding.
Mr. Morrison oflered es a pro
viso: “Except so far as In
dividual members shall think they ere
bound by the action of the majority of the
caucus.'’ The amendment and proviso
were adopted.
Mr. Carlisle then oflered a resolution
providing for the repeal of the tax on to
bacco, cigars and snuff, and a reduction of
the tax on fruit brandy to 10 cents per gal
lon. Mr. Carlisle's resolution was carried
by 88 to 27,
The resolution offered by Mr. Morrison,
which was adopted by a vote of 11 1 to 57,
is as follows:
“Reiolrcd, That the hill commonly known
1 the Morrison (tariff bill shall be taken
up for consideration nt the earliest possi
ble day and a reasonable time (or debate
allowed thereon, and after such debate
that a Mil be passed for the reduction of
duties and war tariff taxes.”
This, before adoption, was amended by
Mr. Hopkins and Mr. Morrison by adding
the following:
“Knotted, futthcr, That the adoption of
this resolution shall not be considered
binding in controlling the individual action
of Democrats except to the extent that
each member may feel that he ought to be
influenced by the expressed opinion of the
majority of bfs associates.”
Mr. Carlisle then offered the following
resolution, which was adopted bv a vote
of 88 to 57:
"Rrtokcd, That, in order to reconcile
conflicting opinions and to secure legisla
tion reducing taxation, the plan of reduc
tion of taxes at the present session of Con
gress shall embrace n provision re
pealing all internal revenue taxes
ok tobacco, snuff /,:.d cigars,
and the special tax connected therewith,
and also reducing the tax on brandy disl
tilled from fruit to 10 cents per gallon—
provided, that snch repeal and reduction
shall not be made except ip correction
with the reduction of tariff duties.”
The attendance on the caucus was very
large—in the early part of the evening
there being but ten members absent, aud
marks made by him (Logan) the other day,
with reference to tho propriety of basing
aid upon the number of cnildren and not
upon tlie total ot Illiteracy.
Mr. Butler agreed that that would be n
better basis. It would be Impossible to
educate old people, bat of what did edu
cation consist anyway? Education did not
consist of cramming letters into iieople's
heads. The most intelligent man in South
Carolina was a man that could not read
or write. And there was another
consideration, one which Mr. Butler
thought of the utmost importance.
There was an education more important
than book learning; that was the educa
tion of the family relation. He thought
we had better pause, lest we destroy the
education that grows out of the family re
lation—tlie education in which the charac
ter, honor, integrity and honesty of man
had their origin and largest growth. He
feared, too, the effects of a measure of
this character upon peraonal and private
eflort. There was no success in life
compared to that which resulted
from individual effort, and he would hesi
tate before doing anything to discourses
It. The people of South Carolina, Mr.
Batter continued, were not so badly off in
the way of education is might be supposed
from the debate which had taken place in
the Senate. He cited statements to show
what the State had done for the public
schools, end said that with the disposition
that existed in the South to remove illiter
acy there, he could not doubt that the peo
ple would eventually succeed in removing
it. He would not say it would be done in
live years or in ten years, bat it would
be done. Mr. Butler was opposed, unal
terably opposed, to the tendency growing
up all over the land of rushing to the na
tional treasury to remove every diflSculty
of a local character. He would continue
to oppose a policy that he believed would
lead to the subversion of the government—
a policy that would turn a government of
limited constitutional nower into a pater
nal govemmmt. For the measure before
tlie Senate, Mr. Butler could find no
authority in the constitution. Some
bad customs had grown up, how
ever, and custom bad been used
-■1 an argument far this bUl. He did not
think the argument sottnd, however. Ho
was very anxious to remove illiteracy from
tlie people of his State, but be thought that
illiteracy and its consequences had been
exaggerated, and in any event he could
not consent to remove the difficulty by
means of a measure of this kind. His State
needed money—there was
about that. They
GREAT STORMS.
Kentucky, Ohio, South Carolina, North
Cnrollna.Ceorgla and Indiana Visit
ed by Tuesday's Cyclone-
Many Lives Loste
[telegraphedto tiie associated press.
CrarcwrxATf, March 30.—-Dispatches to
the Commercial Gazette say:
“Uoyd, Ay., March 35.—About 4 p. m.
to-day a distmetive cyclone passed over
here, blowing down everything in its way.
The inmates of houses fled to the wells
and cellars. Many persona were injured.
Live stock were blown about like feathers.
A rough estimate places the damage at
1500,000. The homeless are being cared
for.
“ Greenfield, Ind., March 25.—A heavy
storm of wind and rain this aftemocn blew
down fences and outbuildings and unroof*
ed many bouses.
"Richmond, Ind., March 25.—A destine*
tive storm occurred here at 5 o'clock this
afternoon.
“Oonnertville, Ind., March 25.—A cyclone
passed about one mile south of this place
this afternoon, tearing down whole forests.
So far as known no lives were lost,
“Louisville, Ay., March 25.—A Falmouth,
Ky. t special to tlie Courier-Journal says
a fearful cyclone passed through the
woods just south of that town, on tne Ken*
tucky Central railroad, at 2 o’clock this
afternoon. The track of the cyclone was
half a mile wide from east to west, uproot,
ing trees and everything else in its path.
Many trees were blown across the railroad
track and are now being cleared away by
workmen. So far no lives have been re
ported lost nor dwellings destroyed.
“Lexington, Ay., March 25.—It if report
ed here to-night that the village of Oole-
mansville, in Harrison county, forty miles
from here, was almost entirely destroyed
by a cyclone which swept over it at 5
n'otflaV tlila nflAmnnn If ia iiiil tnn nor.
— IBP ........ had had a des-
tiiey on account of sickness orabsence'from I P“JS ,e „,i “Vi'SLl JLj?Sf™
the citv Before ♦)>/» vnto nn t('nriiii/* I such educational advantages as they
uie city. jjorore the vote on the Carlisle I had bc(m able t() con(er , but hc believed
tlie future wns brighter for them. For one,
lie proposed to put the past with all Us
resolution however manv memhcrs hs, had been able *« confer.bat he believed
teft the ranted ’ y b had the future was brighter for them. For one,
left the capitol. heproposedtoput the past with all its
Washington, March 2G.-In the Senate, horrors behind him. He had no desire to
Mr. Gorman presented and read a memo- charge mistakes on his opponents, though
rial of the Baltimore yearly meeting of
the money which the Southern
iMmwI. I ones, and “perhaps, Mr. President,' 7 said east. Its track was most marked in the
Friends, urging tlie benate to pass the ed-1 m*, **I am as responsible for that condition vicinity of Oak Ridge, on the narrow
ucattonal bill now before it. Mr.Gorman, I of things as the roost extreme of them, ‘ •« • —' -
in presenting the memorial, remarked that but for one I would only recur to the past —. - -- - -- n . . ,
the Hnrtetv nt VHoruU hnri them**.?™* ,n °^ der gu*rd against similar mistakes buildings razed. The railroad is blockaded
1 ^ f in future.” He prSlicted that if this bill by fallen Umber and train, delayed,
contributed $200,000 towards the education passed, ten years would not roll around Near Oak Ridge a house and bam and
of all classes of Illiterates in the South before the school system of the States other outbuildings belonging to Thomas
and were much interested in the question would be in ‘ h<! *L and ! of l he nat Am al 4 ndr ? w * w *Jl blo * n “„ , ? i, ‘">ce by
sit ■ 11111ntin,i eminent. The Senator from Ohio (Mr. the wind andbuned under falling timber,
of education everywhere, Sherman) had said—he thought not often- The path of the cyclone was fifty yards in
Mr. Blair’s educational bill then came slvely, for Butler did not think he meant width and the forests show where it rose
p. Mr. Vance said much loud boasting to be offensive—that he could not trust the from the earth and descended again. On
lmd been indulged in with regard to the South to disburse this money. That 8en- the Lebanon pike it passed between the
superior educational faciliUes of the ator would pardon him for saying, in the house and farm of William Poperoe, but
Northern States over the Southern 8tates. same spirit, that he (Butler) would not trust being high up did but little damage. A
Many of the Northern States had large him (Sherman) to contribute it Mr. Butler little daughter of Abram Wilson, a farmer,
grants of land, ami many uf those States would not discuss with that Senator, or with was crushed under the timbers of a barn
had received a class of Immigrants who any other, whether prejudice in the South near Oak Ridge, and other loss of life la
were already educated. He instituted against the colored man was stronger than feared. The full extent of the loss cannot
some comparisons between North Carolina it was in the North. He did not believe yet be given.
and Kansas, to show what North Carolina it was; but, said Mr. Batter, "when the Columbia, 8. C., March 28.—A special
had accomplished for education. Com- Senator says he will not trust me with the the Daily Ilegitter from Greenville, in this
paring Massachusetts and North Carolina money to educate the negro, I say I will State, says a severe cyclone passed over
as to common schools, he citsd figures to not trust him to give it Timeo Danaot et Greenville county. Near Piedmont, the
HH hiiuugu urn wcaiwi ut wMaacuu* i aona jerenie*. air. ouuer pnncrrcu, on i nouse oi a air. wnson waaucsiivycu, aim •*«««» viv*.**.* right and attracted I he Wou d consent to be .
ashes in their hands. How different was ,etu wasiten time* that of North Carolina. | the whole, to trust the pluck, endurance. | threcof hlschUdren arc thought to bo f:i- ],j d attention by holdi/u; up a check and 1 ^2* M^’thaWhif plsopio vunl lilnfc
asking him “Ia this the bank to eaah tills I And in tlie event that tin —”—
it in the North! At the close of the war
ever} - Investment made In the North for
tlie support of tlie army was good. In tlie
South they were utterly worthless. Be
sides that, the South had to contribute to
I the payment of the Northern war debt, and
Vance on "the" verv'a3roit "appeal he t'lAny million dollani of captured and
bad addressed to Northern sentiment on 5r o R e 5y D . hadb ** n . u ’fS!' an i
tbeepbjeei He had sad that while the sold by the United States, and although
paople of North Carolina were not asking the Supreme Court of the Unlta.1 States
P f, they were widinc to accept it as a had said that as to several rolUtonsof It,
lir for the benefit of the colored peo- captured after the war. the^ United States
pfeWcenana taken' ahowed'thatTbe government had no shadow of »title, the
white illiteracy of North Carolina was 32 statute ot limitations ran against thepri-
t*r cent. Hence the gratultywould.be
very largely to whites si well as to blacks.
Tin blacks of that State, in Mr. Ingal a’s
opinion, made a much more commendable
showing as to education, than the whites,
Tlie principal necessity for tho hill, tc
Mr. Ingalls's mind, was to be found In tlie
white illiteracy rather than tho colored il
literacy in the South, lie read from the
O'*™* tables of 1880 to show tlie figures of
white illiteracy in Alabama. They were
nearly 21 per cent, of the white inhabitants;
in Arkansas, 25 per ccpt.; in Florida, 20
P"« n ,t.; In Georgia 23 per cent.; in Ken-
position to do aU that was required. But
Mr. Brown did not regard Jt as a work of
Yance, replying lo Mr. Ingalls,
b# (Vance) had said noth-
bout the war. That was a mat-
CawUna. 229-100 per cent.; in’Tennc.~«i
£i 1( # per cent.; in Texas, L531M per
'"Virginia. 18 7-100 per cent. How
“““it be said that tills money was re
quired because the nation freed tha slaves
gave them the right of suffrage. The
S' 1 *?*, l b»t the occasion for tlie expendi-
S *> ,u °ney grew out of tlie position
eftne Caucasian and not of the colored
race.
jug *W ^.,-
?J'«birtojy. He argued simply that it
•“•beduty of those who hail thrust the
™etad people into a place for which they
to educate them. Mr. Vance
“SK 1 th *.! 'bo money of the bill was
1101 hlV0 *°
“j Ingwlta said that In 1850, in the hal-
of fiha old rt'jime, tin-re were
whites ill North Carolina who
rjjjjdnt read or write, mid that was tlie
“^“t proportion of Oliiwmey everpresent.
,“ r -'“toe sail that North Carolina, a
JJJL"•'Mud paid into the treasury
„ “i” ai much n
\ ' . 1 *d i iir.-.l h’.w tn:irli <-f
I tilWi ? amwrot had been on di»-
2SlR%: tnd Mr - Vance replied about
drunk.nlLVTt"? 00 *kiiky thatbags
Kansas.
r L■ wished the Senate could
th* involved
I tnriStu— 11 made no difference
affected by tho bill
rixht II arow * U were
n£« k children t° give their 1*mi-
I SSLv.A* mlwionary society without
~“**Mked What their
.o’clockthis afternoon. It ia said ten per
no~doubt#sons were killed by flying timbers and
J “ 1 debris and fifteen or twenty injured. Noth
ing definite is known."
I)atto», O., March 26.—Further details
of the cyclone near this city confirm the
first reports of damage done. Six miles
south of the city tlie destruction was roost
general and frightful. The storm first ap*
K art’il in a southwesterly direction from
banon and passed rapidly to the north*
tho amount devoted to school manhood, courage and humanity of the tally Injured,
purposes was only nine times people of his State to do justice by all men, Louisvillx, Ky.» March 38.—A special
greater than North Carolina, white or black, than to accept aid from the to the Courier-Journal from London, Ky.,
and the percentage of taxation devoted to Federalgovemment. *»>’*: A terrific cyclone passed near tins
education was only 2 percer.Lgreater than I The House joint resolution reappropri- place and Pittsburg, two miles nortl
CYCLONE IN NORTH CEORCIA.
Calnesvillo the Greatest Suttorer--Sev-
ernl Personr Killed and Much
Property Destroyed.
[special teleobam.J
Atlanta, March 25.—A cyclone passed
through North Georgia about 3 p. m. The
greatest damage, ea reported here, oc
curred in Paulding, Cobb and Hall coun
ties. Considerable damage was done at
Dallas, two miles above Big Hlianty, In
Cobb. Several houses and Imrns and one
gin house were demolished. At Gaines
ville the boarding house of Prof. Wilkes,
president of the Baptist Female 8cminary,
was blown down and the contents scat
tered and destroyed. Between twenty and
thirty school girls boarding there were for
tunately at tlie college, at a safe distance.
A negro woman was killed in the building.
.Several small houses were blown down on
the outskirts, and one negro woman killed.
The city proper escaped, but the residence
of W. B. Simmons, a two-story frame
house, about three hundred yards from
Prof. Wilkes’s residence, wus blown down.
Near Lula, on the Northeastern railroad,
one boy was killed and two women badly
hurt. New Holland 8prings was knocked
into a heap.
Gaixesvillr, Ga., March 2>.—A terrible
cyclone passed ever the northern part of
Gainesville at 2 o'clock to-day. The course
was almost due cast and the track 300
yards wide. Many houses were blown
completely down. One negro woman was
killed and several persons were injured,
but not seriously. Dr. Wilkes’s dwell
ing was demolished. About twenty
girls boarded with him. All
are now at the seminary safe. The loss
of property Is at least $10,000. The cyclone
struck the Air-line railroad three miles
east of here. New Holland Springs is
reported damaged. A heavy hail fell five
mile* north and a light rain here. The
cyclone struck half a mile of Lula. One
boy was killed and two women hurt.
A CYCLONE CLOUD
Scatters Fences and Cabins but no Lives
Lost.
[special telegram.]
LaGrakoe, Ga., March 25.—A cyclone
passed one mile west and north of this place
at 6 p. m. The first low black cloud sent
down a funnel-shaped shaft to the earth,
travelling slowly. It gathered force as it
passed. The citizens, in half securitv, wit
nessed the clouds twisting like little street
whirl winds and could hear the roaring dis
tinctly. Fences ami negro cabins were
scattered. No casualties.
FROM ATLANTA.
Politics In the New Tenth District—The
Position and Probable Candi
dates—Notes.
[SPECIAL COREEHrOhDEUCE.]
Atlahta, March 25.—Politics in the nevr
tenth Congressional district are not getting
a fair share of notice over the State.
While the discussion of State politics is
waxing warmer, this district is entitled to
far greater attention in Georgia than it is
now receiving, for the reason that it is a
new district, a new political creation, and
its first regularly chosen rcpreo<?ntative
will be watched with more than ordinary
interest, not only for that reason, but that
he will follow lion. Thomas Hardeman,
who is now so ably representing it as eon-
grf«sninn at large.
The new district is made up of the fol
lowing counties: Burke, Columbia, Glass
cock. Jefferson Johnson. Lincoln, Mc
Duffie, Richmond, Taliaferro, War
ren and Washington. It has a score
or more of brilliant names, distinguished
men, whose reputation covers the SjAte.
who might fitly and ably represent 1 !! at
Washington.
Richmond, of course, is naturally the
pivotal county, and has not been alow in
taking tho front seat. She has been zeal
ously nursing tho Barnes “boom” until
the notion has, in a small degree, gone
abroad that there is hardly a chance for
any other kin-1 of a Ixmhii.
This will bear a little careful sifting.
A number of well-informed gentlemen
hare been hero for several days, from va
rious counties in the district, and my in-
formatiou from them is that the district is
not so entirely unanimous for Barnes.
I give you the impression I have gath-
eu from them: There is no special op
position to Barnes and no personal fight to
be made on him, except that it is claimed
that there are better and abler men in the
district, men who would be more accepta
ble to the people. Ho is a negative cbai ac-
ter, of little popularity in the district,
and whose nomination would create no cn
thusiosm. His chief claim upon tlie party
seems to be his service on the national
Democratic committee, and tlie warmest
friends of that able committee will hardly
claim that its past services liavu t>ccn of
any great value to the party or the coun
try. Major Barnes, if nominated, will un
doubtedly receive the undivided support of
the Democracy in tho Tenth and it may be
THE AUGUSTA BANK ROBBERY.
Tho Thieves Captured and Most of the
Money Recovered.
[TELEGRAPHED TO TIIE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Augusta, Ga., March 23.—The robbery
of R. D. Crocker,exchango clerk of the Com
mercial Bank, which occurred while he was
making a settlement yesterday with the
First National Bank, n the sensation of
tlie city. While Crocker was exchanging
checks and mnking his balance with the
clerk of the National Bank, two sharpers
entered the bank. One of them passed
that he will have no decided opposition, but
there Is undoubtedly a sentiment in tlie dis-
•i, f. j id .n ' f r- >•: i uli.it I can gather here,
favorable toother candidates who may be
brought before tho convention.
\ . ni't.i I- divided, mir element for
Barnes, one for Black. There seems to be-
a strong feeling over the district for Black.
He stands prominently out, tho peer of
all—brilliant, a man of integrity, having
the confidence of all inen, magnetic, ami
growing in tiie favor of tho whole .State—
just such a man whom tho politicians
naturally wish to keep to the rear. It] is
not likely that he will antagonize 1 lames,
and it is certain that he would not enter
into any scramble for the nomination. Ho
would accept the nomination if tendered,
but in these days, when politicians bid for
places and stalk day and night for
office, the people seem to have
forgotten how to call to their service those
Who do not push themselves for It.
II , .). H. I'.tlhill and Judge Bottle
are both spoken of ns probable candidates,
and cither Would go fntn the convention
with considerable strength.
A gentleman witJi whom I talked this
morning, who has lately been through a
number of counties in tho district, stated
that tho feeling everywhere wan for Black,
^ - .. . P. ' * . ululate
the amount given by North Carolina, and ating for the aid of the sufferers by tiie here about 4 p. m. yesterday. The M<-tho-
Mr. Vance thought that doing pretty well, Mississippi river floods $250,000 not cx- dist church was razed to the ground and
considering how Massachusetts had got pended for the relief of sufferers by the much other property damaged. At Titts-
her wealth. The country lias for many Hood of the Ohio was read three times and ■ im->, John Hallman, n br&kcman was
years been taxed to support Massachusetts, passed. blown from a freight car «nd carried about
and North Carolina was compelled to con- After an executive session the Senate fifty feet, lighting on his head In a creek,
tribute to that support. Referring to a re* adjourned. His neck was broken. Three freight cars,
mark made by Mr. Hoar yesterday, Mr. nousc. two coal oil tank? and a caboose were
Vance said it was a constant source of Mr. Ellis, of Louisiana, from the com* blown from the track several persons
mortification to him (Vance) to hear Sen- mlttcc on appropriations, reported a joint were slightly injured. A little cabin oc-
# * tor9 Uunt 81410 with illiteracy, but resolution providing that $12.'>.(tt)of the cupicd by a family named Broughton, was
maJ ® tlie mortification more humiliating unexpended appropriation for the relief of blown down, and Mrs. Broughton and two
iSBBnfftiJL ^ hear the 1411,11 froni 4 representative sulfercrs from the Ohio floods may be ex- little children were killed. The following
of Tewksbury—a representative of a pended by the Secretary of War for the 1 *“ ’ * * P
might be. to educate Ahiir colored peep!to. state that had sacrificed every prln- relief of destitute persons in the district
Except Texas, no Southern State was In a J^pl® for gain: that was more re- overflowed by the Mississippi river and its J .
.... ' ‘Sprinter, hip meshed; Robert BebfngfJ
cipie lor gain: turn woo wuru rc-1 overiioweti u
sponsible for sievery then any other tributaries.
State; that was the nursing mother ~
I utue children were xuied. xne louowing
persons are thought to be mortally wound
ed: Colonel C. W. Stringer, both lets
broken and cut in the head; Mrs. C. W.
leut In the head;
i money ut Kan-*a*, a
l!^3J*^5«^^nrolina having paid in
while Kaunas paid only
i .ir-T. Wbat their father's polities
1 tir* fV rt «!*i»^ enalor8 should eliminate poll-
rS ! ™“ u 'l* question mill vote for or
lir n2£P ro ff« tion <» it* meriLs.
at# la "l Was c,car lha t the Sen-
! C™#' prepereti to vote cm Uie bill to-
eta iKiS. tbro fore moved that tlie Son-
. - • V Aerecd to,
! •'IjoarojaL * doors re-opened ttiu J-enatc
w nocii.
I tnoiuconien.? 1 I 1 ’^j lan "' nnani-
UoSr r 3SSlf 0 . t ?i ,odac » » joint resolu-
rniBtSuLKT.SnL' 0 'b* btfi »»t«r
Orleans, which U the
IKS.htaup fc
I l* _. 8' a* nil W too
I uluoitr^f hL *- d *E» tlutt tbq IfftlHitt
SSs&P’SSSMMB
t'Kr" ,inU '« <hq»ttoo«| th* Secretary
Idtr at "*• orertow o( tto
h*” 1 ** thereto** 1 *’ 'b* country —i-
I oWtt!,^"' 1 ’ArtxisM, reserved hta
ggTSf | «»««» he ihouid hrej
J*
tto bKo
question it now), then it w»s not only
right lint an imperative duty of the Union
to fit them, or help them to fit
themselves, for the duties ot citizenship,
for iqxin the well performed duties of
citizenship depends the perpetuity ol the
Union, It wu not mceieaiy thst this
aid should be permanent. Mr. Brown
would not desire ii to he. The Senator
from North Carolina (Mr. Vance) had
shown to the Senate that the Southern
people were taxed asheanly in proportion
to their property as aiur of tlie people of
the Northern States. The people of the
South hail done the best they could. No
one of the Southern Btates that had been
fully recognized ns in rebellion had passed
any laws discriminating against the ap
plication of the school fund to schools
lor colored children. The tame arrange
ment existed for both colors. He
thought he might, then, under tlie
circumstances, fairly ask Senators
who were on tho other side of
the question in the war to come forward
and nelp out those who. while doing their
best, could not do all that they could wish
or that the country could wish. Aa to the
constitutional auction involved, while Mr.
Brown declared himself to be a strict con'
•tructlonist, he could not but see in the
general welfare clause of tha constitution a
clause clearly covering so fundamental a
consideration aa the education ol the peo
ple. If there was anyUxing nec
essary for the general welfare
in a republic, was it not the education of
the people who formed the republic and
madeita lewi? If, again, Mr. Brown said,
Congreaa had the power to protect men in
their exercise of tne ballot, did it not fol
low that Congress had the power to pre
pare them to cast thatballot. Had wc not
the rijjMto prepare him to read and write
'‘pending the debate, the Senate went into
executive session and when the doors were
opened adjourned.
ran escort.
The Democratic caucus to-night was
largely attended. It was called to order
shortly after 8 o’clock p.m. Mr.Mornson
what he described as the uenlt
^c'o^of^raT^m c£fe ^ I d«^«vr"to prop^T many house, t^
tehZ^toofrreSSSUf who 8 ^ gdgSS ^.(MtaSSldent
•aid he would not trust the South with the to renderadcquatc rclicf. guinea egga fell thick and last The treck
money, and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. of Ohio criled attantion to , he WM ? ne - hundred and fifty
Dolph), who to-day bad said the people of u * e evtemtad "th. I yard* wide. The cloud was black, with a
the South had trampled under the {jpropriation, but sim^y extended the Three lives were
consmutioiial amendments and would not b*n*J“.o* a R r ”i“°. , a PPJ?P[j a V®? t ?5?t reported tost, and furniture, beds, roofs,
administer this fund faithfully. Mr. Jonas t *S“ JSJiU oMhe trees and Umber coTer the ground in every (or her IntenUon to attend the marriage of
I ^“g^S^akis’XSpropri' I d ‘- d °“- her granddarghtar. the princess of E-
of Ute resolution, whole'the bill should be paeecl. The de
now by what sort bate under the five minutes rote continued
at great Ungth. Incidental y a namtaff of
i#r the whole saoject to a
mittee consisting oC . one Demo
been
" lie eng
ffhilc his c
ecn bi
igotl Cmcli
mfedernte.
vholmd not j
robbed i
. iin,n frawwi Kv • v* 4 *" '•“‘•‘••b aa.wa.svr I Mr. Rice, of Massachusetts, opposed the spinal column broken and cu— — .
ii J S! Ifi of ibe horrors o( the middle passage. I resolution, faying it was, he knew, an un- Miss Bailie Geff, cut in the head; James
the union. If it was right to make th«ie when slavery wm found not to pay in [ gracious task to oppose a call made on the Warren, two ribs broken and wounded In
people citiaens (and Mr. Brown did uot Massachusetts Mr. Vanco said, UiVpeo- wore of suffering humanity, but the prea- the bead.
pie of that 8tato sold their alaves to the ent was a good opportunity to consider | Ciiaulotti N. C.. March 28.—Special
South for a consideration, and ——* — ■' *
thanked Ood and sang tha long metre
ology through tbeir noies that they were contemplated the diatribuUon of supplies and Leuolr, fifty or sixty miles northweat
not responsible any longer for the sin of by the naUonal government to feed suffer- of here. At Newton thirty houses were
slavery. ere from a local disaster. Tho present blown down and Uie Methodist church
Mr. Dolph, of Oregon, said none of the I calamity did not much exceed previous wrecked, and the residences of ller. Cooley
Northern or Western States wanted any of disasters on the same river, and was a Kellion and Charles Jewett swept away,
the money this bill proposed to appronri- calamity the relief of which did not come I Cline A Williams’s flouring mills were
ate. It was understood that the blubcfcre within the sphere of rights guaranteed or I partially destroyed. Mary Hill was
the Senate was meant primarily to secure 1 duties imposed on tiie Federal govern-1 killed and fourteen other persons were
the education of the colored children of the ment. I wounded. Rumors from Lenoir say that
South. Why should not the bill go dl- M r. Dunn, of Arkansas, spoke in favor a whole family were killed there. Several
recUytothatpoint? Before Delng caltrd 0| u pr , >po ^ d .mendment,Increasing the are known to have been killed at that
upon to vote for the appropriation of ,p pro Kriationto 8300 000, and depicted e»- place, but the telegraph wireabdng down,
'itor^wmitoUobS 1 *' t<>r education (. Mr : I pecialty the unfortunate condition of the | further particulars cannot be obtained^ In
-;iM the last chance oTthore P«Ple to recure | down^many houses^ M _ A h ^
the Chronicle gives particulars of the cy
clone at Gainesville. The storm was very
at Crocker’a l«-f t elbow«»f $2 ).
The robbery wai c«»niniUte<l!*«>i|uietly that
it was not discovered until some minutes
after it- occurrence, whe; ‘’rocker opened I
hi> qat' bel and missed the money. Lasi.
nfglit nt lOo’clock a special train left hen for !
Allendale, on the Fort Royal railroad, with
tho officers of tho Commercial Bank and
police officers. Information had previous
ly been telegraph ed by the conductor of
the Fort Royal train that two suspicious
characters had boarded his train outside
Of Augusta. They were arrested at Allen
dale and held In custody until the arrival
of the special train from this city. The
prisoners arrived in Augusta this morning
at 2:30 o'clock. They gave their names
•Simmons and Watkins. They bad keys
and blank checks in their possession, but
tlie stolen money was not found. It la be
lieved that they had confederates In tha
robbery. The prisoners are supposed to
bo the men who operated in Macon last
week, where they obtained mancy from
bank officials by sharp practices.
Augusta, March 23.—The money stolen
yesterday from the clerk of the Com
mercial Bank was found this afternoon in
an out house of a house of ill-fame in this
city. A clergyman on the train overheard
a conversation between the persons arrest-
dioubl fuil of n nomination as between
Barmn, l’olhill ami Pottle if these names
are brought forward, Black would bo
.Hire of the nomination, even if bo is not
a candidate.
RQTKM.
The bond of tho Bank of Americas, rc-
ppointed * Ktate • nitonr. was returner!
to the executive to • lay and approved. Lt
i.q said to l>c financially even a stronger
bond than tlie old.
following notaries public were com-
mi'-ioiu’d to-dav for Monroe county:
Job i:. Taylor, 473d district G. M.; Jas. T.
alk< r, iM.th district G. M.; John R.
Shannon. 467th district G. M.; K.T. May
nard, .VvUh district O. M.
For Talbot county: R. A. Malone,
877th district G. M.s Ja«. T. Marshall.
OOUh district G. M.; T. P. McDawell, WM
district G. M.
Transferred to the Russian Ministry—Th«
Reasons.
Wasiiixotox, March 26.—Tlio noiuina
tion of Sargent to bo minister to Uusnia
was a total surprise to most persons at the
capitol to-day. It was not delivered to tho
Senate until Secretary VraUnghuyscn had
spent an hour or more at the enpi-
tol for the purpose, It la con-
No. 926, one street from thedspot" After jectured, of preparing the leading
the arrest at Allendale, the clergyman members of tlie Senate for it* roceptf
mentioned to tlie conductor ha\ ring lizard
the above remark, anti on this clew the
police went to work and found 82.440—8(10
less limn the amount stolen, hidden under
a plank In a house in the vard. The rob
bers registered yesterday at tha Globa Ho
tel as from Aiken, 8. C., under the names
of G> Watson and C. H. Simmons, but it ia
believed that they were traveling under as
sumed name*, as no such men live at
Aiken. The prisoners are In jail here.
One diamond ring and 8211 were found on
their persons.
OERMANV.
qi'xxx vicToaiA axraoacBKD.
Btaut), March 24.—The German papers
reproach Queen Victoria with parsimony
Massachusetts' Sentiment.
calumnious any charge that tlie people °‘ Congrc ”
SSiwSSfiSSS SsfekaiiSwwJaK sssttegfeaSM
Uf” They are S5r wtehbor.: tog Hgjjjjjf dc31i ‘ ute b J ‘be overflow ^ Con^srional distrirt. with a dis-
our rffiam^hev cStlvate our filSa-ther ° * umiii vnou vna ratainairr. puSlican sentiment throughout the Bute
aitVour The President to-day sent to Congress | upon the 1’residenUl question and the
m to*! a message recommending an appropriation action likely to be taken by the caucuses
itw effinS?’ Mr ‘or thTconstraction of nav^vieta, in and conventions of the coming month.
lan,e extrat rontroi oar etecuona. air. whlch ^ . i„ m - umuil m e«jsge I Edmunds and Lincoln, by a decided ms-
l' td ha?l b bi„n rn n.i,u impressed upon CongrtM the necessity of iority. are the flrat choice for I’reatdentand
.hit ?h» rJ.n?e of th?° SmJffi continued progress in the reconstruction Vice-l’r. 'i.l.nt, two-thirds of the writers
that .the .P~P>e,«outb, now deem tt my duty to aelecUngtheM names and giving the pre-
icin part rep-1 ■ - — >- J -'—”’ng sentiment of the Bepublicans in
r vicinity aa favoring their nomination.
offers 7 reaolatton~lndi«iingthe biUre- drat,” ““^(Mr: f»~l11 iffiteto.“^n« , to?ten
b, the .S^ua i -of_ j Ute|dratUMmo.t , ?nanlmoa..
sc, only prirai
a raises azstoxa nu aioina.
Baaux, March 23.—Paul Frederick
brother o( tha Grand Dake of Maeklrn
burg Schwerin, having been converted to
CatEottc faith, has renounced his heredi
tary rights in favor of his younger bothers
niul their offspring. If the brothers’ fami
lies become extinct, the throne is to re
vert to the family of Paul Frederick, pro
vided his successor becomes a Protestant.
... i resolution, be said full
opportunity would be given to ofler amend
ments to the hill, when It came before the
House. Mr. Randall made a short speech.
He in turn was followed by Mr. Reagan,
Mr Randall, in his remarira said the
bill as it had been presented did not meet
the wants of bis constituents. He offered
no substitute. Mr. He agon indorsed the
bill. Mr. Carlisle made a flfteen minutes
speech, the five minute* rule which had
prevailed in the speeches of the other
iretlemen being extended In bis case. He
Sid thattheconstUution allowed erery
man to vote aa he deal re-1; that no man
could be hound to vote except aa his con-
viettons dictated. Mr. Blackburn took the
groutul that the action of the caucus
should be binding. Mr. Hopkins, of Penn
sylvania, offered a resolution providing upon -
that noooe should to bound to vote by the mistakes, doubt,
action of the caucus. ..... , “ buntan
ilr. Morrison moved as a substitute for was, be seppoeed they
’s resolution e declaration that continue to make miatakre. Bet fi. ht
committee of the
wunrovm If was' proved tha^ths^'ldcss- th^armament, will notexceed 84.tN!."»! [ Storm In Tennessee.
toS o?educstion*tTSIe utS^et espadty of which one-hell should be epprqpnated Kr ^.... Tl „ Mlrch - A _ A terrific
of that neople were extended to both races ‘or the next fiscel year. I tmt unwilling to wind storm, accompanied by
of that people were extenueu to uoui ra ^ recynst ruction of our navy XSsSr occurred hen; thtaafte£o<». The
Mr. Ikuter opposed the bill. He u' hell covered the ground and did not disen.
the common school system of Booth Caro- “"b “J*?™ pear for several hoars. Hailstones w-- ign
ites was a. good a. any In Kg from one to two onncea were abundant,
the United States. The constitutional i'ba , ,"t!i5'hf ’iJSSoS Much damage wae done to windows end
movision creeled a tax for the educetiooa Otb* l ? , P 0 Y„ no ^* r J? , Sl i22S^ »‘o«fraota A severe gale .track the
Pun-1, end that fund received in eddition d “**n* “jd hontet end **JJ®°*?*" nor thera |iortion of the city and demot-
tha Income from the poll tax. Mr. Butler oonstraetton »> 11 ^ i-hc-l fifteen frame buildings. So liret
read from the proceedings of an educa- ble to me; .but to reUnqutah | wrn , MrKM1 j wer etiiithUv
lion al body the acknowledgment of a color- or
sJuS'cm^ne*kkT'dan?'’or eSuratjott ; [ 1 Death of John J. Cisco,
Tbf EfSSrea^DrobSntkatMotheTteand! deEqrKr*die four double tunetted znoni-j Nzw York. March 24.—John Jay Cisco,
•orei’uritan. Amphitrite, Terror and Mo-1 the well-known banker, of the firm of John
tomlve^Sortk ^Tberhad made naff nock and for procuring tbeir armament Jay Clara ft Co., died yeeterday in hliTWh
upon to sotre nciore. sney nau xnaue . . . ^i, „ I •*—r Ha was asaistant treasurer of the
slid
long | and that of the Miantonama."
att
would
CREAT BRITAIN.
knew his own heart and the hearts of hls
people, they meant to deal (airly
With Ibis great question. ThesUvoahad
J^tjamr. ,h<«»a |*rathathee«
tne okter prapiewra, pwmg ^ | ^ ItlrtCT . 1
year. Ho was asaistant treasurer of the
United Brutes during tlie civil war. He
wu appointed in 1851 end resigned in
imt.
H iv* you a cough? Sleeptess nights
ip of ljno sovereign* took neednojragcttenohl*.yon. The “»e of
and wu wonhyJ.W. Smith’e Ayer's Cherry Pectorel before retiring,wm
I 1 7:>Ia«.('. IteMft araiflus flia mttfth (rt ftlllV the tail A.
bane aoothe the cough to qaiet, allay the tefla-
1 “on, and aHow the needed repo**. It
moreover, speedily heel die pulmona
ry organs, and give vou health.
CREAT BRITAIN.
THE NANKIN DKFA1TS.
London, March 24.—The Chinese ram
Nankin, which wu detained in the Tyne
by the government while loading with
Armstrong guns, pending an Inquiry as to
whether its departure would be a breach
of the laws ot neutraUty, has departed
under the German flag.
THE TREATY WITH SPAtX.
London, March 21.—Dispatches from
Madrid say that Sir IL D. Morier, British
ambassador te Spain, is coming
to London to report the proposals
of the Spanish government for
the contemplated commercial treaty with
F.ngland, and for an agreement between
England and Spain vritb reference
Morocco This last project ia induced by
the suspicious manravers of the Frracu in
regard to Morocco.
Negro Lynched.
Galveston, March 36 —A special to the
.Vrtra from Oratwalsai says: Bill Burleson,
•negro, wu lynched Tueeday for attempt
ing a rape upon a German lady. The lady
identified Burleson. The officer* endeav
ored to protect the prisoner,but .large
crowd tore dosrn the tail fence in their
anger end overpowered the officer*, took
Bur!e*on out half a mile and hanged him.
lie would neither confeea or deny
commlseton of the crime.
Mains fla* three Mormon churches
and more then a dozen Mormon preach*
MINISTER BARCENT
When it was laid before the Senate
ecutlve session, a few questions were asked
and briefly answered, to tlie effect that tho
tr ui-f'-r, 'though uot requested or even
ted by Minister Sargent, would
ass be agreeable to him, ami that it*
also undoubtedly produce good re
sults as a matter of national policy,
although in what manner was not stated
t-knl ill** Hfnatf, adapting the**
assurances of the members of the foreign
r«'..items r.iminiltee, confirmed th'* nomi
nation by unanimous consent. There is
good reason for believing that the action
of the Senate was based not only upon ths
belief thatSargcnt’s transfer,'which in Kuro-
pean estimation Isadlplomatic promotion,
tw agrceabW* to him and avert tlie
possibility oi further un pleasantness aris
ing from personal hostilities, but also uj»ou
the prmient impression that the |>osition
of the American minister at the court of
Berlin will significantly and for an indefi
nite time be left vacant.
Secretary FfsUnghuysen sent Ui% follow
ing telegram to Minister Sargent this even
ing.
(Sarfmf, Minister, Berlin: The Fresf-
«lent appoves entirely of your course in the
Lacker matter. You have tione nothing
but obey the instructions ot tl»is govern
ment therein. The President, thinking it
may he agreeable to you, today nomina
ted you as minister to Ht. Peters
burg, and your nomination, witl*-
out reference te any committee,
was immediately and unanimously con
firmed by the American Senate. This ac
tion manifests an appreciation of your
orth and does you an honor of which any
citizen may welf be proud.”
[Siguedj ••Fhsu.voi
EGYPT.
TIIE IXSURRECTIO* SPREAD*.
Loxdox, March 21.—The latest Kg> ptian
advices intlicate that the wind** country
south of Berber is in revolt. The rebels
ive •urroutubd Kliiirt*>um on all sides.
an*l cut off all communication with that
dty. The situation of Gen. Gordon w
.. lor«-l -♦•ri'iu-' hut not alarming. Two
m^sengers have been sent from Berber to
Khartoum, carrying concealed letten*.
XNGLIS1I Ml LIT ART MOTSS1
losquix. March 23.—tfuakii
healthy. It U pro|«>^ctl to lean
ish soldiers at Sauuam to 1k> reli*
fortnight, and to station tho ren
the troops at healthier point
Interior. Admiral Hewitt is aan.-mbe-
ing able te open the Berber route, lie pro
pose* to divide the road into jections, ami
to make the tribe* answerable 1
respective divisions. The troops w
vance on Wednesday to
around Tamanleb. and attempt "
round Osman Digno.
8a* Viatisod. M arch ■&—Tb>_ ee
| > seriotss results,
quake produced no senowiyy*
what has already been reported.
1