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THL TELCGRAPH & MESSENGER. Weekly. r Frida w |*fl A per month, $2 60 for three months, $6 for six months or $10 a jeer. 1 htfYixekly is mailed to subicrlbers, pos- lege free, at |l 60 a year. 76c. for six months. To clubs of live 91.25 a year, and to clubs of t« ri * 1 per year, and an extra copy to getter up mb of hTOorten. i r i;iMnt advertisements will be taken for no iuily at -1 per square of ten lines or less for the first Insertion, aud fifty cents for each subsequent Insertion; and for the Weekly at t- per square for each Insertion. Liberal 1 rt *to< mitriu tor-. Rejected communications will not bere- rned. * ’om»m)ondcncc containing important news n' tuoushions of living topics, Is solicited, *«u must bo brief and written upon but one ■:<le of the paper to have attention. Remittances should be made by Express, Money Order or Registered Letter. A its wanted in every community In the ‘‘All hand* drunk” was the cause of the sinking ot the Tallapoosa. Thieves broke into the Methodist patyonage at Troy, N. Y., and stole all the stiver spoons. The Butler cam paign opens briskly. The liay crop of New England is a failure. Now let the Georgia fanner cut out his own hay and his indepen dence at one and the same time. The other events named were on the 2d and 9th respectively, there being just seven days, or one week between the two dates. - TIT WEEKLY TELEGRAPH AN0 MESSENGER. FRIDAY. AUGUST 2!). 1884. The question, “lias the dude brains?” has at last been satisfactorily .settled. One of the guild has suc ceeded in killing himself with mor phine. V Indiana has put a negro man in her penitentiary for marrying a white girl This is good so far as it goes. Now let her put the white girl where site cannot marry another negro. The gallant naval officer who com manded {the Tallapoosa thundered through his speaking trumpet “Turn her ono way or the other.” Annapolis should be proud of him. The Virginia banker wiio robbed his patrons put a pistol to his head and pulled the trigger. Down in this sec tion the faithless banker opens up a new deadfall for confiding customers. Me. Blaine talks in his sleep, and tlio other night he was heard to mutter: “Let us alone, Mulligan letters alone.” Then he turned over and asked Mrs. Blaine if a mat was ever sunstruck in the night time. New Yoke papers demand the estab lishment of the whipping-post to pun ish men who brutally maltreat their wives. And the South wants the wliip- !i>ing-post to put i an end to the petty primes of negroes and relieve its jails. The saints have been stirred up by the killing of the Mormon missionaries in Tennessee, and consider the “blood of the martyrs the seed of the church.” It occurs to us that peoplo who desire to qmbrace Mormonism would be a good riddance to any community. Thebe is danger that the iron nail busineas will fall by the way and throw out of employment a vast number of hands. Steel nails are now manufac tured almost ss cheaply as iron.Several mills bare changed from the latter to the former and more changes are prom ised. The force employed to get out fifteen tons of iron nails per day using a Bessemer plant can produce 200 tons. The Galveston Sew has been swear ing that everything was lost if Ireland was nominated for Governor by the Democratic convention. It asked a few days since: 11 How can the Democrats talk about Cleveland and administrative reform and business-like government with John Ireland the Democratic can* didate for Governor?” The answer came in the unanimous nomination of Ireland. Will the Sew bolt? Massachusetts does not like Blaine and for this reason: “On January 22, 1878,. Senator Hannibal Hamlin offered a joint resolution tendering Ike thanks of Congress to the Governor and the people of Maine for the statue of William King, juBt presented to the United St&tesr* In the debate that fol lowed Mr. Blaine charged that Massa chusetts had made an unpatriotic record in the war of 1812. Mr. Dawes, of that State, asked him to ind'eate an un patriotic action on the part of Massa chusetts. Mr. Blaine replied as fol lows: "I will tell you. I will tell you now aud here. Massachusetts refused to pass and ta llied a resolution thanking one of berown na val nlticen for a victory because It had been gained In an unjust war. They refused to thank the admiral and gallant commander of the Horoet for capturing the Brtilsh man-of- war, the Peacock. That stands oo your owu legislative Journals. If you wnnt the record. I can give you more and graver Icstancci until the sun sets—aud for a Senator from Massa chusetts to rise here and preteud that his Hlato did not bristle all over with unpatriotic re cords going clear up to the verge of treason, and, in the opinion of some patriots of that day, stepping one point beyond It, la a degree of bravery which It would havo been well to show In the war and not reserved for this day." But Massachusetts likes the Repub lican party, and though Blaine told some plain truths about her in an un pleasant way and at an unfortunate time, yet she will go for Blaine rather than see her glory and power depart with tlie grand old party. Massachu setts may lie relied upon to stiflo sen timent at the instance of self-interest. Gznzbal Lonc.street was buttled out of office to make way for Bryant, upon the charge that there was negli gence in bit official bntineat. It now appetrt that hit accounts have never been examined, and were found scat tered about in the auditor’s office. General Longmrcet is entitled to fair treatment, nnd ought to have some friend in Congress who will go to the bottom of this Bryant business. The Memphis A ralanche outlines the political situation South in this para graph: “Whether he bo a free trader or a protectionist, Mr. Cleveland will get the votes of the Southern free traders and protectionists. The tariff fight in the South will be made within the Democratic party lines, and the usufruct will bo a large number of pro tectionists in the next Congress from the South. The Democratic party will control all Southern States until an opposition party it organised with some capacity for maintaining good government.” The dates of several of the most im portant events in the history of the Washington monument afford markable instance of coincidence. The original resolution to erect an eques trian statue to the memory of George Washington St the seat of the federal government, which was the first step towards the erection of the present monument was offered in Congress August 7.1783. When Congress finally appropriated money to complete the unfinished sliaft.it happened, that the appropriation wae made on the 2d Vtigust, 1876. The first atone laid on tlie monument after the resumption of the work was .laid onthe7th of August, 1 -vi, on the anniversary of tbe dsy w in'll the original resolution was intro- iueed, and the last stone of the shaft v, as laid on the 8th of the An.'1st. Thus tlie month of Angustie an important one in the calendar of tbe monument, and the 7th of August has been marked by two important events. Personal. The Macon correspondent of the At lanta Constitution forwards the follow ing dispatch to that journal: 8II»NtiY LEWIS'S RETIREMENT—HR LEAVE* TUB TELEGRAPH AND MKASKNORR’.? EDITORIAL STAFF Macon, Ga., August 25.-rsp e clal.]-~Constd- e mhlc surprise was caused the Macon people to-dey by the announcement on the atreete that Mr. Sidney lewis bad acrerod his e Ito- rial connection with tho Tm.coeai*h and Messsxois, because, it Is said, that the pap r waa manifesting inch itrong Republican,pro- cllvilics that he, aa a true Democrat, could no longer serve the Teleor*™. Mr Lewis hsd charge of tho Georgia newa columns of tho paper, and, until recently, had done con- sHerable editorial paragraphing. It la not knowu who will auccced Mr. Lewis on the Tr.LEur.Aru. Ilcbia many friends here who with him abundant aucceaa wherever ho goes ~ - w hatever he doe s. Tlie Savannah Morning Sew pub lishes the following on the same sub ject, from its Macon correspondent : LEWIS with Tits NESSENaBS. Sidney Lewis stal.pl on the etreeta of Macon to-day, that on last Saturday night h» severed his editorial connection with he Txlborapu and Measekgrr. This announcement he# caused much surprise here. Mr Lewis had charge of tho Georgia newa column of that Journal until lately, and waa a ao edltorl 1 paragraph writer. The canaeol Mr. l-ewl.’i ■ereranee la said to be that hie Domoerary would no longer permit him to remain with (lie TrLtosAfU because of Its Inclined Repub lican proclivities In the Presidential campaign now pending. Tin! position of the Telegraph can not be fixed by the views, opinions or wishes of Mr. Lewis, aud the fact that' he throws up a position, with full re muneration, cannot possibly affect its fortunes any more than the retirement of one ot its many subordinates. Hie coming of Mr. Lewis to the staff of the TxLsnnAPn and Messenger did not alter in any degree its editorial policy, and Ids retirement cannot in any measure affect its policy, hiatus or purpose. During his connection witn tliis journal ho was treated witii kind i, liberality and a full consideration of bis services. He was in no degree responsible for its views or utterances on economic or political questions. These observations are demanded by the above publications, which are cal' colatod and doubtless intended to in jure tho paper in sections beyond its circulation. A Subscriber Answered. EDITOSITStEOSAPIt A* D M’eSKNQKR: Your position In reference to the ter ft question end the nomination of Got. • levelenit ee Un Dem. oerstlc cendldele for the Preetdcncy*ere well' kqnwn Will yon favor ua with a »ut**ment your position as to the coura* the toe m Data ot the D-mocratlc party should pur ue Id ’he coming Presidential election, and -oblige, your* very truly, Boeaceieen. While we cannot see how onr post- tion in reference to the support of Cleveland’s candidacy can ho mlsun dcrstood.vLt in reply to the above com munication from an honored citiien of Georgia and a life long Democrat, wo cheerfully restate it in brief: Tbe tariff question is a national ques tion affecting all sections of tbe coun try. If Cleveland's election shall re sult in a free trade policy this will be corrected through future elections. The negro question is a sectional question affecting only tbe people the Booth. These are the only issues that will have an influence in the Presi dential campaign. To the people of the South the su premacy of the white race is a ques tion of paramount importance. South ern prosperity and Southern civilisa tion both depend npon it. Division among the white voters of the South means negro supremacy. This should be prevented at any sacrifice and at all hazards. The Democratic party is the white man’s party, and this fact con stitutes its chief and sufficient claim npon Southern white men. These doctrines are familiar to the readers ot the TELioEAru. If it has ever altered a sentiment to tbe con trary we will thank any man to give us the day and date of it* utterance, so that we may retract It. For these reasons, and from the fur ther (act tha'. Governor Cleveland U the nominee of tbe party, and its only poaaible candidate in this campaign we shall vote tor him and advise all i Democrat* to do likewise. The Lessen of Twsnty Years, Reunions of Confederate survivors have marked the present and past sum' tners. Many incidents have occurred to lend interest to these occasions. They have been both pleasant and mournful. They have alike been use ful in preserving and perpetuating tlie ties that bound men together when common interests and a common dan ger made them brothers in a common cause. The principles that animated these men are known to tho world, and their patriotism nnd valor will ever be a heri ; tags to the generations of the South that are to come after them. The most striking feature, as a gen eral rule, that has been developed in these reunions, is the absence of bit terness between former enemies. The survivors also appreciate the blessings of peace, and are impressed that its victories are as great, and its effects more valuable and permanent, than those of war. At this distance from the scene, where the purposes and passions of both sides sought solution in war, and while, under influences that permit the exercise of reason and judgment, we can separate the real from tlie imagi nary dangers with which we were then threatened, we can begin to see that the war at last was not an unmixed evil to the people of the South. It en tailed npon us the loss of our son3 and the permanent menace of negro suf frage. For neither of these can we hope or expect any compensation. The loss of slavery, which the South yielded up with a sorrow approximating that which she felt for her fallen sons, du minishes ns time places each succeed ing year between us and emancipation. Tbe weakness of a position which we once thought strong, by virtue of slavery, is daily showing itself to our people; and by degrees the truth is dawning npon us that, instead of< strength, it brought us weakness. We can now see that our social and. financial power depended upon slavery and that slavery was dependent upon agriculture. That the latter became our only industrial reliance, not by vir tue of its inherent or overwhelming ad vantages, but because the institution of slavery and the convenience and pro tection of its owners made agriculture a necessity. The opposition of the civ- ilized world to slavery, and hence the fact that people coming from anywiiere into tho South would come without sympathy with or interest in its preser vation, made it secure just in propor tion as the negro was isolated. Agri culture, with its meansof oversightand control, nnd reducing, as it did prior to the tfur, does nowand always will, the contact of classes, was the only system under which it could havo been pre served. We looked with suspicion upon tlie influx of people from other sections; we regarded the contact of promiscu ous classes as dangerous in their influence upon the negro, the masses believed the wealth of tho ■nth phenomenal, and that her posi tion as securing a permanent prosperity unexceled, if, indeed, it was not uneqnaied by any section of this coun try, or any country in the world. We vainly supposed that our great staples, the resuitof slavery,were so important to tho welfare of other nations, that they would bo compelled, willingly or unwillingly, to sustain us in any posi tion we might assume, in order that we might supply them witii cotton and to bacco. Tho war developer] in a short time that instead of superior social organ- ism, based upon a few agricultural products, enhanced in quantity by the necessity (or protection to and employ ment for slavery, we were the most helpless people in the world. Failing to encourage and develop diversity of production, wo found ourselves at war with our ports blockaded, without arms or munitions, without establish ments to produce them or the men to build them, or the means to build if had the men, and with out moral support where had confidently reliod upon it. Every man in:he South learned this mucli at least from a situation that no one can realize who did not experience it. The close of the war brought social upheaval and uncovered a condition ot financial rain. In the presence of these the people, without voice in their own government, dominated by former slaves, without money or credit, and with their only industry destroyed, knew every evil but dishonor, every misfortune save despair. ThesA were the results of mistaken judgment and policy. We had built the temple of our greatness npon foundations of sand, and in a moment it had tottered to its fall and crumbled to dost. Tbe long night passed; the growing strength and hope of a better decade are coming np with the evidences o( a great work thst baa been wrought, l’assion is either dying away or already dead. Hopeful men, with error eradicated by bitter and costly expe rience, sons profiting by the lessons their fathers learned, are planning for the future prosperity of a section sin guiarly blessed with advantages, aig- naily cursed by tolly that prevented their improvement. With the memories of the camp and field, the comrades living and those who are dead, the hopes that Inspired and the fears that depressed them, the surviving Con federate soldiers are blending their ex periences in the straggle they have had in tbe pnrsnitaof peace and the hopes that animate them in the present* of a new destiny that baa dawned upon ns. They are telling of new fields o( en terprise, new advantages, of industrial revolution as the means of financial re demption. When twenty years more •hall paw away awl the influence of this work ahall be credited against tlie abolition <4 slavery, the peotJe of the South wiU regard its loss without re gret. A “Confederate” Reunion. The meeting yesterday in Masonic Hall of the surviving members of the Fifth Georgia Regiment and Confed erate veterans was an occasion long to lie remembered by the survivors of that command. It was another one of the many occasione upon which, since tlie war ended, the real men uf tlie hour of strife met to express their joy for peace, and live again for a little while the stirring life of a soldier. A deeper interest was added to this assembly by the return in a most generous and wbolesouied style of the ting of the regiment. Perhaps it is not express ing it too strongly to say that more generous sentiments were never ex changed between old antagonists, nor Buch an occasion as delicately robbed of bitterness. The TaLCGBAPn delights to record such meetings. To say that they-re unite sections and disarm enmity is hut to repeat the conventional senti ment of tlie speaker’s stand. They do this and more. They keep alive the principles for which the late war was fought, and emphasize the grandeur of constitutional liberty. Too many people regard the cause of tho Confederacy merely ns tlie estab lishment of a separate government. Its aims were higher titan this, and em braced principles wiiich, then denied, to-day are one by one being recognized and emphasized by the highest courts in the land. The Confederacy is dead, but the constitution lives, stronger to day than twenty-five years ago. Not in vain was Southern soil baptized in the blood of her sons. And more: The Southland is to-day In a better position to advance than in 1860. “They are gone You are going,” said Colonel Harde man yesterday, in his address to tlie veterans. "Time has plowed his fur rows upon your cheeks, age lias stamped ids seal upon your brows. But Georgisis not dead; she is not dy ing.” The State, with her sisters, has passed through tlie fire; tlie gold that remains is purer and brighter. Tlies tilings appear ai.d are made plain at every meeting of the old .soldiers. They seem to inspire hope and exalt memory. The men who look upon the ruins of the Confederacy see in place of a "lost cause,” the foundations of a new, broader, brighter prosperity; they go fortlr and tell the people that the Sooth's unconquerable spirit is now applied to the conflict with unfavorable conditions, that tlie shouts of victory are heard in the rash of wheels, the roar of machinery, the rus tling corn and the bursting cotton; timt before her advancing armies hills go down, forests are leveled, and the quarries yield; that along the line, mills, factories, storehouses and public buildings spring np and are garrisoned witii the rank and file; that over all floatanotthe red cross flag of bloody, battles, but the white banner of peace. The Jonthern men fight net to-day for supremacy witii only the hoe, as thirty years ago, nor for cxlsteme with tho musket, as in the “aixtiesy” but, armed with every weapon of commer cial nnd industrial warfare, they are rapidly making their section want- proof and' independent. To meet together, talk over tlie past and present, and realize that the Con federate soldier and the Southern la borer an. moved by tbe same old im perishable ardor, and tiiat the cause thought lost shines in a new form al most in reach, is good tor the-whole country. cannibalism. The flesh of six of the bodies might have sufficed for bait, and on this theory wo can better under stand why six remained umnutilated. Small portions only would have been necessary for bait, while largo portions alone would have satisfied tho raven ous hunger of any cannibals among the survivors. Further developments may show tljese inferences to be erroneous. We only contend that, as the case stands at present, tlie auA'ivors of tlie Greely expedition are entitled to a ver dict of ‘Not proven,’ so tar os the charges against them relate to canni balism.” Vindication of the Oreelr Survivors. The country has received no severer shock than the one which has been given it by the sickening details of tlie alleged cannibalism, as set ont by many of tha daily papers. It would have been far better to have officially throttled the suspicion at iti birth. Tho Journal of Commerce has come to tlie relief of t^e unfortunate men who survive and the friends and relatives of those who perished, in an article so timely and friendly, that we reproduce it in this shape, to give it the strongest, indorsement. It says: "The survivors of tbe Greely expedi tion are fairly entitled to the Scotch verdict ’not proven’ in tlie case of can nibalism on the evidence so far submit ted. Lieutenant Greely positively de clares that be has no knowledge of any such act, It may be presumed that he will reaffirm this statement—if he touchesMpon the matter—in his official report to the War Department. No one of the other snrvivore lias confessed the truth of the charge. Commander Schley officially reports that only six of the dead bodies recovered showed signs of mutilation, the other six being absointely whole and un touched. . If the survivors were driven to cannibalism by the awful pangs of hanger, it is surprising that they did not consume the flesh of all their dead comrades. Had they done so they would not have been found the living skeletons they have been described. Tho (act that only one-half of tho number of ail the dead were mutilated with the knife is a point of great im- portance in its bearing on the case. It justifies tlie following inferences: First —that if any persons in tho original Greely party resorted to canibalism in their despair, thou persons are not necessarily among the snrvivore. Ifall the twelve dead bodies had been strip ped of their flesh some one or more of ■tlie survivors most have been held responsible for taking part in the muti lation. As only six were so treated, tlie survivors cannot be de nied the benefit of the doubt in their favor. Secondly—there is no proof thst tbe flesh taken from the dead bodies was not need u a bait to catch shrimps, npon a scanty supply of which the snrvivore are said to havo prolonged their wretched existence. This is shocking, if true, hot it'is not Francs and China Have at length Joined in active hostili ties. Tlie first success was gained by France, and China made but a sorry figure. Later advices indicate that tho French fleet was forced to withdraw under the fire of powerful Krupp guns in a fort. This is but the prelude to a short but bloody war, if mediation ctn- not be yet accepted, for such details os have been made public betoken a cruel spirit. It is hut fair to state, however, that tlie accounts of conduct that ap pears to violate tho rules of civilized warfare come from English sources, and should consequently be received with caution. Those who profess to know declare that China is but illy prepared for war, while tho French expedition is fully equipped. But China will act tlie defensive, and Is by no means pow erless. She has three fleets. Tlie Canton fleet comprises twelve gunboats, of which nine were fltade in England and are in charge of English officers. Tho Fu-kiang fleet is com posed of six gunboats and a few trans port vessels; these wero made at Foo- Cliow under tlie supervision of French men. This fleet is in excellent order, and it is in charge of Chinamen. Tho Shanghai fleet is composed of nine gun boats, two' frigates and several trans port vessels. All these were made by tlie Chinamen themselves and are rather insignificant. Recently China has got from England eight iron-clads, armed with guns of the largest calibre. Tho strongest and most effective part of tlie Chinese fleet is made up of thirteen small gunboats, named after the letters of tbe Greek alphabet, of 1,360 tons displacement. They are built of steel, and aie pro pelled by twin screws driven by com* ponnd engines of, together, 2,000 indi cated horse power. They eacli carry two twenty-six ton ten-inch breech- loading gunl, mounted npon centre pilots, one forward and the other aft. Each of these heavy guns commands a nearly all around fire. The charge of tho gun is 180 pounds of powder, the weight of projectile 400 pounds, and tho penetrativb power equal to piercing eighteen inches of solid', unbacked iron plate. They carry besides in each four forty-pounder breech-loading pins, two nine-pounder breechdooding (tuns, two Nordenfeldts and four Gattlings, and, furthermore, two steam cutters fitted with spar torpedoes. The ves sels are also armed with a formidable steel knife edge spar or ram. It is not. likely thak any formidable proportion of this navy has yet been engaged, for our accounts relate only to the sinking of two gunboats. Tlie fleet commanded by English officers ought to give a good account of itself, and if the Chinese are capable of fighting their other ships France will have no holiday task before her. It is the hope of all those nstengaged or interested on either side that this wav may yet bp averted, but If it fat to become a question of ships, men and gnns, greet inserest will he excited in the encounter betwoen the- modern tron-armored ships. There has never yet been a fair and conclusive teat as between such-vessels since'they have become part of the navies of the world. Daring the-Franeo- Prussian war, the nary of Franco did nothing. The naval battles between Chili and Fern were not conclusive aa to armored ships. The South toaght the North at great disadvantage-on wa ter. Tho torpedo service wilt also he fully tested with the aid of that mighty explosive dynamite. Let us hope, how ever, that China will Bottle with France in money, and then go to work to re coup out 6f tea drinkers and the small boy by the tale of tea and fire cock ers. Vi i« ■«" min Unco tho pressman I see i, Idsn’t she*fee, ?te co. - '*« , l“c“co I cannot btlnqne WhoutlK Prcaiman to him rave the The ahlluny * befsneooo to chlnque? In 1 ut . Ami that •aid that tho ten 1 '• And Ike) «ld thst the teat They avplL d waa the boat— okeSaL'raooffie - So he booked »Lvr*e oraer tor Inque -LondonModem Print,,- The bicyclist carries a lantern ft SiTlS wheeb* •‘ 1 ° t ° VCr hia ““> havo one of the grandest competitive I drills ever witnessed in this country | .v drummer railed o^TeUta... with companies hero not only from all , 8a Id he to hlmiOU. let mo tbinque ' portions of tho Union, hut from Meal f ) ‘ " *" and other lands. The proposed inter national regatta, under tlie manage ment 9f our boating clubs, promises to bo a great event in aquatic circles. These, witii winter races, a billiard tournament, a bicyclo gathering and much more of the samo sort, will make New Orleans ono of tho liveliest nnd most attractive cities in the country all through tho so tsou. The visitor here will never be lacking for amusement, Tliero will always he something going on to interest and amuse him. Isabella nnd Alfonso’s Lunas, Tho outside public take very little in terest in Spanish affairs, and is equally oblivious do the dissentions which oc casionally shake up that political coi ner. Spain, however, goes right along having plots, revolutions and intrigues just as though she was attracting the attention of the whole world. The present trouble seems to have a woman at the bottom of it. Old Queen Isa- liella, who years ago stepped down nnd out, now wants to step back in nnd up. The principnl improvement in tho way of the ambitious old lady is Alphonzo, or Alfonso, as the sensible moderns have it. Alfonso is already comforta bly seated npon the throne, and there is no room for Isabella, nnless, indeed, she sits down on tlie present incum bent, and this she dare not do. But tlie ex-Queen has never de- sjiaired. She is determined that the Bourbons shall reign, through her, if possible, but if not thus, then through someone else. In the meantime she arranges her laces and toys witii her fan, for tho doctors have been in to seo Alfonso. They have tapped him oh tlie lungs, and ono only lias given back tlie true healthy sound. And then Al- fonso has n cough. And ns the cough floats out and rattles tlie bric-a-brac in tlie anteroom, the ex-Queen smiles, and suddenly bethinking her of her po sition, draws the extreme corner of her laco handkerchief across tho extreme comer of her eye, grieves liqoidly, and sighs audibly. Behind tlie curtain, however, Isa bella does not weep, nor does she sigh. She lias the ear of tho prim4 minister and the eaV of the minister of war, and these gentlemen have the finances nnd the army in their portfolios. If Alfonso should have n sudden hemorrhage, the chances are Isabella would lie regent of Spain, and, once regent, how easvto marry Alfonso’s little daughter to bon Carlos’s little son, and heal, for tine week at least, Spanish dissensions at the foot of the altar. Another Naval Exploit. Tlie American navy isbeinggnthered at Newport, R. I., the most aristocratic watering place at the North, to engage iu a review. Billy Chandler is there to command in person, and has already succeeded in vanning a' ship aground. A> Providence special gives tills account of his exploit: “Tlie naval squadron went ont from Newport this afternoon to (Vest Island; Secretary Chandler was on tho Ten. nesaee, the other vessels being the Swatara, Yandalia and Alliance. On tho Allianco were the Senate commit- tec cn ordnance, their ladies and At- some of thorn said to l torney-General Brewster. Their pur pose in going to tbe island was to pay their respects to President Arthur and salute him. On the way the Tennessee, when outside Seal Rock, went on a blind ledge. Captain Selfridge says the chart gives nine fathoms of water to the ■pot where tlie vassal went on. She came off without assistance, after a delay of fifteen minute*, and as she waa uninjured, joinedthe other ships on ths way down.. “President Arthur was fishing when tho squadron have in sight. Th*n, af ter a brief tarry, tho Ueet returned, ar riving at Newport about 7 o’clock." NSW Orleans Nsxt Winter. In addition to the attractions of its climate, Mardi Gras carnival and tlie wonderful exposition, New Orleans will present attractions to suit the tastes of all, and such as are calculated to draw visitors from all quarters. The Times- Denocrat in alluding to this subject says: “It is probable that New Or leans will become quite a sporting centre daring the exposition. In tho Northern and Western cities, sporting and athletic exercises, races and all such amusements have toceaso with the firit toucli of cold weather, where as here they can he continued the whole winter through, for there is no season cold enough to interfere with or stop them. This has licen tbe experience with baseball which has been carried on here in the winter months as suc cessfully as in summer; and this waa tbe experience of the past two seasons in tlie matter of raring, onr climate be ing found admirably adapted to nearly every kinds of sport. “There is every prospect, therefore, that we will have an abundance of ■ports daring the exposition. They will not interfere with tho great event, bat will prove a further lattraction to the city, for visitors will have an oppor tunity not only of seeing the wonders displayed at the exposition, bat will be able to take part in any amusement or ■port they prefer. “Arrangements are now being made for intcr-State and international drills, tournaments, etc. We will probably “Hullo, Bob! the co.vch is (b||i ws 11 have to strap turn behind" replied the boy.' “• c * la >lj The Bartholdi statue noonln ... , 1° tire people of the United £v£s IomSk 1 000 with which to complete tlie redelou' If money ix not forthcoming the work^ml cease within thirty days. b w * w111 The Chinese government denies with some appearance of truth, thatiisTi *»wnted to the clauaea of the trestoMz which the Lang Son incident la claimed hi the F ranch to have bren a violation .ns i account of which the indemnity SlhSk lina refuses is demanded. J It gave the English public cancel*! pleasure to find the name of Baker I 1 .,,,, among those Invited to the r.wal g.S~ party at MarlWough House, ft li cant as allowing how the land lies l h, highest quarter and gives promise to hi! restoration to the armv. He has suffered heavily for a weighty fault. n ed ■ th ° Fr <mc*> papers has col- lacted the choice flowers languraX fail by different speakers at the VerSnE? Congress. Here are some of the eiD>«£ ions which membera hare applied to one another: "Set of burglar’s tools," ure ’’"core, ,te ballet.'' • debauches," 'S ol thieves.” “menials,’’ "dung hean." “f.etld mud,” “hounds,’’ “bandits " • £!’, asltes," “cut purses.” F 1* i ?„ rel » t ® d that ° f t h ? 4,000 Jews in MarseUlesbntaeven have been seised with cholera. 01 these seven, two were life-long lDTAlids. another waa 07 years old and two other* discarded the Vewi* Lw. T?? American lit brew as nib * this compara tive immunity to the dletiry law* of Juda- ism. and lilt* up ita voice acainst "the unclean oflal feeding things of sea h«.| and’ which Christian epicures prize so highly. Tiik wife of an American author is reported to have recently said to bins* " My dear, you are always hunting for mo idetoputin noveis. Why don't yon put _ #1 1 already/’ was the reply. Oh, when? Why didn't you tall m*r' ‘‘I was afraid you would nol lilco it, dear." “Of course I should. How silly! What is the name of tbo character?” "You umatn’t be angry. then-'Calmiity Jane, tbe Terror of Trescow Gulch."’ A Vouno man had his girl out carri age riding the other evening nnd tho lions took fright nnd ran away. In turning a corner the vehicle was overturned ami tho voting lady was pinned to tlie earth, the body of tbe carriage lying heavily across lier waist. She was rendered unconacinm. When she was released from her perilous position she slowly opened her eyas ai fnn-ciousnr-s returned and faint j gastv-d: “Don’t—squeeze—me-qulte-su—hard- next—tlme-John.” Tns value of roonev as a campaign argument seems to be fuily appreciated nv the prohloitlonlsts. At a prohibition nm- venfion In New Jersey .other night, Mr. John W. Atkinson Michigan, stated that in bis Stats the followers "f St. John and Daniel “bad a cnmtmign fund oft25* tWO," and he predicted that tttt'V would carry the State. Hfa predi ttnn of success was ao closely allied with the campaign juml Hint 111" ilnpro" .,,1; thut ii" r. ,n.< It ss the great medium of victory could scarcely be escaped. Tn great cathedra', in tho City of Mexico Is the largest in A merles, and co.t nearly 32.000,000. It m. oommenerd by the Spaniards in 1573. on the site of the old Aztec temple, or pyramid, and finished tn 1807. It- facade is hen'iiituily carved. Against Its western well lean* tho cele brated CalendarStone.c, hierogliph is*, and weighing twenty-five tons. IU east, which tlie Mszicen government I- at present enraged in taking, wilt I-- exhiMt. ! It tie- New Oilean- teer Within the cathedral are n number of painting*, ••• if them raid to I... t..e work of Mu rillo, Sinking of the Tallapoosa: A government naval vessel, while en gaged in a junketing tour for the pleas ure or politics of Billy Chandler, has been sank. In the firet place, the ves sel should not have been in any each service. Ita the second place, it ap pears tiiat her officers wero incompe tent to command her. She waa some thing of a tub, and worth about as much aa Chandler’s salary to tlie 4th of March next, which should bo held up. As there was loss of life, Chandler and the officers of the Tallapoosa- ■lionld bo court-martialed. An excel lent opportunity is offered to break np a bad practice. The freight the Tallapoosa was -ex pec ted to carry consisted of Chandler and his political pais, and |>crha9S some females. It U fortunate that the females wero not alioard, and much, to he regretted that Chandler and his crowd were ashore. The Bombarded Town. Cablegram. Foo-Cbor, where tho first attack of the French force* wm mad*,l- t!u* capital citv of tbe province of Foil Ki-n. aixi one of the few ports of Chinn ojwn to foreign trade. Ita Chinese xifune i* H*>k Cbm, which signifies “happy rr«lon.” Poo Chow is about 420 mile* north* .mi of Caui«m nml 375 miles southwest of Shanekoi. It is od a plain,.2'$ miles from th - rivr Min. sod 2S toller from Its month, liilh surround tho city, about four miles distant, and it U •• r--I !».* mi*’ mI ti ■ i ", it.tr w til- nl China, seven mi es in dream fere nee, from twenty to twenty •five feet nigh, and from twelve to twenty foot iu thi.-kue-i »t dif ferent points. It hss sev.-u^ates, owr ench 01 whloh Ih a lull guard i »w»*r, always guarded. There is a stone bridge across tho rivrr a quarter of a m. »• with fatty piers at unequal known to Uw native? n» '»> age* being over -<i l-ued with shop-4, and till ing pop ilation living iu I, FuoChc w proper i? Ti the streets, though raved .... filthy.-rarr.^w, and filled with brggare. The arsenal le situated threo mUe.t down the river Min, at Pagoda Maul, where sea- going vwsaeh usually anchor. It. was frurwlte.! in i*n -r. J has beer, conducted, :ii. !’ r tt.e* d.r*’c'i<»n «.» |'r-uu : i according t> Kuropean methods. !*oo Chow is the tent of «\ Viceroy or g*iV*VDOr> general, with jurisdiction over Fokeen and Cbekiaag, a province to tb* north. The Industrie? are mamifnciuru.g cotton, pa per, hard wars, porcelain, -Greens, blue eioth and comb?. Til* principal commerce is with Japan and the maritime provinces of Chinn. The chief 1‘xpoila are lean, tim ber, bamboo, fruit?, tub »t. potash, grain, apices, cooper and lead. The importance opium, salt, sugar and European manufac tures. tige of 10,- ..'.ti It i? lauv* tloat- it the river. y b lilt, tat Tho War Fusion Is to be Worked In. Iowa and Michigan. The plan is that though soparato tick ets for electors are put out, tho same men arc to be voted for. For ilfoatra- Uon: one ticket reads the ‘‘National Greenback-Labor ticket,” ami it con tains the names of thirteen electors. Another ticket reads “The National Democratic ticket,” and it contains the names of the samo thirteen electors. In counting the vote the election offi cers canvass the Greenback vote and the Democratic vote separately, but as tho same men are voted for, the aggre gate goes to their credit. Suppose the Democrats cast 100,000 and tho Green/ backere 75,000, each name on the twe tickets gets a total of 175,000. It is un derstood that the electoral vote shall be cast in proportion to tho popnlai vote. This means that if the Demo crats cast three-fourths of the aggre gate vote of the two parties, and the combined vote beat* the Republicans, then three-fourth* of tlie electors cho sen by that combination shall vote for Cleveland and one-fourth for Butler, and rictrcrto. From th* Mouth* o* Children. N. Y. Time*. “Lai's pity we waa married,” laid little Annie to little Dick, “and vou pul vour arm** around me nnd ki» me aril tell me you love me. Won’t that Ih* nict-V ' “Yes, but don't letV in* married. You bo a nut>f and I’ll bo some other little girl’s husband, That a the way pap* does.” W*ll Put. rWladelpWa Time-. Both Cleveland and Blaine w.-rt* nomi nated as the deliberetf :hoice •>( their re* *!*•» tive parties, and no than could now Ih* substituted for either with advantage to his party. Blaine it fairly entitled to be rluctud if the well-defineu policy of t!.« dominant leadership of the Republican party merit? the confidenceo( the « ountry, ami Cleveland i? fairly entitled to be elect ed if tin policy of honest government he representii merits the approval of the na tion. 'Doing a Grand Work for Me." In sending for e new supply of Com- ound Oxygen, a gentleman at Walnut, uwa, nays ”l cannot get along without it <m it u >j •<"-K >i sjranil untie lor mr. You u»'iU ■>t helietrnu to thr ..iniv >,n-rrubl< m-1? ilf'K. •tjK , my I inM .-ways I am r did 1 through but othf rer I did.” r '' Trent it’ "'t Com ft lining a hivtory of tin i* of action of iLiji re ut 1 still have when I do any feeling as well nr ti. w ;■!.- range i ■ Ad-In xiA UUti.