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K<TABLISU'(D 1826
MACON. 1/5/OAY. JAXt'AlIV 1 «S*5.
AN ASYLUM FIRE.
. uulNO or THg ILLINOIS HOSPITAL
* f SR THE INSANE BURNED.
„„ n uen o' ,ha Pl,,l » nt * Lo,B Th,lr
LT.M" M “ r > t PU "* d ° Ut ,nt ° th ‘
Bittnr Cold, Rush Sack
Into the Flamss,
(tn.«o»* rBID 10 TH * AaocIAnD
Kaxxaexr, Ufc. Jwwuy 18.—The south
ipfirmsry o( the Illinois eastern hospital
tor the Insane aas burned this morning
lt 4 25 o'clock. The fire originated In th"
tornac* mom and bad obtained a strong
hesdtrsy before discovered. The woodwork
ol the buildinr being ol Southern pine,
it burned very rai idly. The budding was
-gtupird hv forty-live patients, six attend
'd and one night watchman. Seventeen
rstienU in tit are missing and thirteen
briies have alieidy been recovered, burn
pi beyond recognition. Allot the patient.
« f re infirm and incurable. The bedrid-
rra ones were rescued Bret, and those wh •
were to help themselves did not realise
the danger in time and were the ones
w ho perished. The attendants lost all
tluix personal eflects and many
narrowly escaped with their lives,
ooe of them having to tie bed-clothes to-
r to escape from a window to the
gSSd. There were no facilities for put-
.it e.eit the lire, the Slate notbaving made
«sv appropriation for that purpose. The
SK* w.s new and cost about 110 000.
It Is a total loss. The following are the
eam.s of those who perishe li:
KTr Brown, Buck Island; H. W.
slum. Oa'eahurg; George Bennett
Burris; Joseph Colbert. Chicago;
urlaniio Elds, Pontiac; J. W. Galloway.
Hacounin; Thomas Hickey, Springfield;
ilstmw Hague, Cbehansee: T. Heckner.
Stevenson county; Thomas Herely, Chica-
n,. John Johnson, Vermilion; Michael
Jordan, Chteago; J. Nathan, Chicavo; A.
RnolBeld, Winnebago county; C. Strata,
Chicago; J. W. Tyler. Chicago; T Wev-
noniD. Putnam county. Thomaa Herely
Is the son of Siate Senator Here'y.
The bidding dtatroyrd waa a iwo-storv
■tone and b'lcs structure, with no woo.!
aboatil except the floors and stalrwaya.
II was cmuple-ed list AngutL, Twenty,
thre oi the patients were on the first floor
sad t«enty-two on the second. Attend
ants Bmwn and Rose and the latter’-
wile slant on the second Ittor
Attn duns Reid, Williams and fireman
Lotrsge slept on the first floor. The build,
ing was heated b hot air fnrnacea. It
waatwe ve degrees below zero when watch
man Cobb ditcoveted smoke issuing froai
the floor immediately above the furnaces.
Be at ouce awoke the attendants.
The smoke was drawn through
the bot-alr flu** and-along the halls and
■ stairway-1 ■ all parts of the building. The
Ire spread an rapidly that all efforts to
lavs lbs budding, in the absenCe of a fire
slim to summon help and for want of
fart Iflea to quench the ll.mee, were found
tobelnvaln, AttendanlReid began drag
gool stvi carrying out patients. Many
patients clad 111 tlielr nlgbt clothes only
rutheil from the bitter cold air hack into
the building. Reid, at the risk of his It'e,
itruggied on till twenty-one of ilia twenty-
tbns-pat eota on hia floor were tetomd.
when be h. came exhausted and waa carried
sway. On lha second floor Attendant
Bear and his w ile heatd the alarm and i s
cat ed down the stairway just before It fell,
Attendant Brown waa awakened by the
■moke and attempted to a ve a patient In
in adjoining room, but failid, aid alldini;
down by tbs old of it sheet from a window
binned to the ground Superintended!
K. Deaey res. hen the scene and with lad
ders rllmueil to tha vrouid-rtory windows,
imaiberl them and w>. able to ra-co-
■ouis of the patients bp this means, 'Al
most all the patient* refused to cooperate
in the i Anris being made to live them, and
were only nscuest b>- being dragged from
the flan et and held from ratnrning. A
marvelous nest e waa that of an Inmate
wbolrll with Iba send floor,striking the
burning riehri* over tbo furnace
and bounded through a win
dow to the ground uninjured. The
remains of tho bodies of twelve patients
base been tskeo from the rain*, burned to
frag mem*, and only to bo Identified by the
mratioo In which they w« re lound.
The coroner’s inquest was held this af
ternoon, at which Sjperintecdent Dewey
jaatltlnl that he had asked the L*glslstnre
two years ago tor 12 500 to Motel t these
dsiached wants from Are; that tl.OUO was
illowrd. ail of which was used In main-
and hydrants; that the amount was instil,
ncisnt to answer the purpose Hoang-
geatid that the floor above the hot air fur
nam he charged it being shown In evt
danea that It waa only f mr inches from the
eotsiils ana tan inches from the inside of
to* furnace to the pine’ joints.
He gave two reasoni for the
great number of deaths—first, the
patients were almost all auff.rcAlnl
by smoke before thev could bo reached
*fd, rrrnnd, the inability ornnwlllmvmas
of the Insans p**!*n*a to try to help them,
•elves. The tetuains of tho bodies were
with ora exception, represented simply by
a handful of charred ashes. The entire
remains of ten victim* were spread on a
•mall table two feet rquare. Friends are
•rrtsh g In search of lovad owes. The
Iren, sin their amvsl and view of too
•batted remain* were very heartrending.
Te'egrama are pouring in from all parte
Of the Mam from partlea aaklrg as to the
lately ol their trtenda among Hie 1500 in.
B *'ss of 'he i n-piinl. The coroner» jury,
whifb arj„„ri,e.i till to-ruorrowelteniuon.
Is Investigating aa tc whether the furuaoea
•ereitelecilfe. Tbtt fact that there Is no
general flee alarm hetseen tha vail na
mdldirgs of the hoepital, or anv system ot
Waleiwmka Oi protect life and property
jjtere.faccount* largely for the very large
Kask sks*. Ill , Jannaiy 10.—White the
asmi* ner* at ibeirbrUbtin the ioflrmare
•J,*b*Jn.ai»a yliim, Jark Coyne, an old
•atior frutu I’li cago, who 1* an Inmate of
the lasti otion. mounted a tedder which
had been relied to lha north dotmitory.
The untteilaklog aeeaed hopeless, u
dense clouae of (moke rolled
JJtt of the window*. The
West wing, where the Are was first
•nii, *** a solid mass of lire, with the
Wind MowtsgSh* flames like a Waal fur-
Laee to the interior ot the b' ildlng. The
stairway and fl u ot the hall bad fallen
jptjoo intrvpuily stent tbroogh the win*
now at the i. p of his ladder and crawled
•org thr fl. or, lying dote down, where be
I' uric He could escape the dm ---t part of
tbeaoioke. He groped hia way to the beds
and pu led their occutumis down to the
floor and to « window, where a breath of
•ir ri vivid them to that they mold
go down the ladder UDaasleted, Coyne
•gain rett rued Into the dotmliory, where
“•Picked a r. at Pi othrr beds sad rea-
•u*d where In the seme manner. Four
Jtniea did he return laden with human
ttelght. With tbe four'ti one the »m ke
gtoveil too great tor even brave i oyi
i^' dtrgln the window, he vainly eaDc.l.
Dr. Dewey hao done In ai ■ o I. e -1 art. f the
«> uili dorii lniiy ,n the inmates to come
w> >be window ; hut I, a rai la »r
outreepen e. At« window near it
[or an Imt.l.t » 1,.,, a was mn I
“Merely arena- the ; sr e-and riron lb
“•Bar sunk out of eight end Into drath.
corn tee and rrol erere fall irix,re nHrr
eny Idea of help teom Ihiar brtuw fut
A pttUnt I kti tti Il.ti iban* who was r
*'«tervd oily tmaj*. on be
■Wikrtifd mMlai§ r* t«mitof shine s i
a| J»h br leuxit of a wir.doa
iy* ttvpa by lb*- mi!** of O »• borr n p wi
“• IWn «r. vt.fl down lU TO
teWrg at other inmate to fol-
lie r m i w'l thr MfM aafe-ly,
Dr NC-t <1 « : •• It r ^’<1 hia fit,' 1 *h#-T
I art i»l tbi- «iy (]■ «! »i . ■ 1 r* i •' •
Itijur • - A l • r r >. .. . i n*
the building, were conducted to neighbor-
log detached wardi, where the feeble and
Injured ones were cared for and their
Wounds dressed and stimulants admlnia-
tered. Nearly all the patients save their
clothing, which the night before bad been
laid tog-ther by the aide of their beds.
In the excitement they had not
forgotten it. but taken it in band
n they were told by their attendant* to
run for life. One or two of the sick ones
areconaiderably shocked and probably
will die from the ettect. The remainder of
the rescued are said to be dolt g well, and
no immediate danger la feared with them.
It fa certain, however, the lilt ol dead will
be tncreaied materially, aa the old and In
firm oarrd for in the bnild'ng will not be
able in all instance*! to survive the shock
aafll surrounding excitement.
One of the atte idants describes a horri
ble scene. He says as he looked into the
burning building lu|!aw a number of bodies
lying on girders burning, the heads and
feet dropping off and the bodies Anally go
ing Irtfo the cellar below.
Tnerewereno means for putting out
Ares, excepting the waterworks supply,
but that was useless as there was no hose
or other apparatus.
Chicago, January 10.—The Journal's
Kankakee, Ills , special says: Four more
bodies were found this morning in tb*
ruins of the insane asylum, making the
total number 17. All the other patients
are accounted for.
VOLUME LIX-NO. 8.
ARTHUR’S SINGULAR APPOINTMENT.
It Is Suggested thnt Ha May Next Try to
Make Hia Valet a Judge.
Washihoton, January 10.—The nomina
tion of J >hn Davis to a life position upon
the Court of Claims Bench, still continues
to provoke scandalous comment. It is con
sidered by the lawyers of the district as
one of the most impudent of appointments
and an insult to the judiciary and the legal
profession. The jurisdiction of the Court
of Claims ia constantly being Increased by
the continued reference by Congress to ft
of Important claims cases involving nice
points of law. The bill referring the
French spoliation claims to this court, al
ready parsed the House, will probably pass
the benate. This will add a great burden
to the work of the court. The members of
the court regret exceedingly the appoint
ment. because they were expecting some
one who would be an assistant instead of a
kindergarten pupil.
The nominaton will be taken up r.ext
week. If it is conArmed it will be because
the gratitude of a majority of Senators for
social favors received is greater than their
sense of wbat is right. It is suggested to
night that if a vacancy is made upon the
Htiprem** Court bench this winter that the
Presided f . wilt appoint his private secreta
ry, Mr. Pbiliipa. He is much better Atted
for such an appointment and there would
he r.o particular scandal connected with
his se'ection. A 8enator said to n'ght that
he would not he surprised to see the name
of Aleck Powell, the President's valet, sent
in for the vacant judgeship upon the Ala
bama Claims Court, as the President ap
pears to be disposed to get his White House
oterie comfortably settled before he gues
out
VAINLY BORING FOR WATER.
They Give Up the Job After Sinking Their
Drill 2.400 Feet.
Kkw Haven, January 18.—Work on the
second deepest artesian bore ever sunk in
this country has been abandoned here by
the Winchester Arms Company, after go
ing down 2,400 feet without Anding water.
This lack of water ecientiAc men are at a
!ois to acoount for. The Winchester Ar ut
Comp-ny, which is a very wealth* con-
cam, t iree years ago, remonstrate I, to
purpose,
RAILROAD TRAVEL
The Coldest Day Known In Years In Chica
go-— Cincinnati Tnreutaned ' with
Another Flood—Dnmng* by
Storms In Ohio, Eto.
|TELEGRAPHED TO THS ASSOCIATED PRESS 1
jrmim uf,/, mui/iimia x. ., »u u<
... again,t the excessive latrs
charged them (or water. Almost Inmie-
di.telg they began the .ink Dg
nl a driven well lor the porpme n!
obtaining an InilvpenJeDt water supply. A
PrnnsylvanU oil well borer contra tied In
to the work by the loot, and had cleared
.boot 110 (£0 from the wotk up to six
months ago, when he (cached the present
death.
Then, one Monday morning, it »n
found th-t someone bad on the Hnniinv
t revtons, dropped sos-e pieces ol iron into
the bore and wedged in about fifty feet ol
steel boring tools. Ever since the con
tractor ha, been trying to bore oot this ob
struction, and in so doing has more then
absorbed his entire p-oflts. About $25,000
had Men eunk in boring the well.
The Crnnt Retirement Bill.
Wasbixoto.n.D.G.,January 15.—Lead ng
Democrats in the House say that they
positively will uot pass the Grant retire
ment bill m the form the Senate has sen
it bvtr. General Slocum said today:
“I ahall urge the psssag* ot tho MU
passed by the Renata last session to retire
General Grant; I ilia l not vote for a bill
to creata a pssitlon to which the Frralilent
ay appilnl hi* con,to or whocrerhe
oioosea.
It waa suggested that this bill naming
the peiaon to oe retired would be opeu to
the objection which the President raised
to the Fits John Porter Mil la it session,
and that Mr. Arthur would veto it.
"Let hint do as,” said General Hlocnm.
I au.il not vote fur a blind b!!!, hut !
think he will acknowledge hia error and
sign this bill If paced."
This language ot Jen. Slocum’s la quite
significant, bee mve he has been intrusted
with the bill which ipeclticilly name,
Grant as itpns*ed the Hena'e last sesslnn,
and taa been diree ed hy the military com
mlttee to get it before the House
as toon as pouible. Ue ssys that he
will cad it np from the Speaker'*
table when the committee’s day arrives
which may be ea early as Friday, and if
there it o ipraitlon devrl iped, be will get
it u,»under KuspenBl-m of the rules the
first ’’suspeneion day" that comes, 8 n-
ciim I- vuing to urge the bill rigirously
and Ro-ccrans i, going to make
a speech .galnat it. Tbs Renat*
bill passed two days sgv for pirn Ing "a per-
son on the re'fre! lot,” will have llttlt
show with the Do uocrats. Homo of the ti
are willing now to put Grat t on the retired
list, but in dot- k it tn-y ate going to
mvke the President reverse hts poaitl-non
Uie Fill John Porter esse.
The Omorrdo senator.nip.
Dsgvsa I'ol.. January IA—Hi* B*pnb-
liesn H uston.] caucus w»* held luv earn
ing. A* anon aa the orgviinvtiou w«.
completed a motion to pioc-*ri to a vote
for United etatra Senator tint nice wse
crtlrd by five msj irity. Thereupon seven
teen Hill men left tbs chamber, four re
maining nut not voting. Un the first bet
lot Secretary H. M. Teller received It. II
A W. Tabor 2. and Senator N. P. HIM l
Mr. Hill waa declared the nominee of the
caucus. The Hdl men claim they ar* not
b-iund by Iba action of the caucus, and
winmaktalight In tbs joint ae-slon of
M|h Houses, hot to win they must have
nearly if not aU tha Democratic votes.
A'Misterlotis Poisoning.
CniBLi-Tos. Wx»T V*., January 1A—
Great excitement prevails in Bt. Albans,
ivar this city .over the poisoning ot Annie.
I!.at' be ami Jennie Burns, three highly
inspected y. nng ladies of that place. Tney
had been loan rntcrt»lrmentFiidaymghi
and slept late yesterday. They prepared
tbelroan breakfast, u-ing water from a
t artel. (Shortly aftar breakfast they bn
can e very at, k with aymptoma indicanng
pni-nn. They were treated hy tha dortoe.
fur Ih -t trouble. Upon exeniinatimi of the
water in the barrel it wse found tQC- n'alu
arsenic. How it got tbtr* lea mystery.
The victim* ere in a serious roudluon.
Cleveland, January 10 —The newt from
the small riven of Ohio Indicate that only
the sudden and severe frost prevented an
other flood, as the rivers wetc all (nil and
riling. The gale Saturday was a terrible
one. The temperature fell twentv-flre de
grees in two hours, and the cold was ac
companied by a aevt-re sleet and wind
storm. The damige caused by both in
Northern Ohio was large. Fruit and or
namental trees suffered severely on all
aides and railway lines are blocked. Some
are being cleared and others have been
abandoned until the cold snap is over.
From detailed reports received so far it
look* aa it the storm has cost Northern
Ohio millions of dollars.
Chicago, January 19.—This has been the
coldest day of the year in this city. Ther
mometers range faora 19 degrees to SO de
grees below zero, the signal service quot
ing 19 degrees below during the forenoon.
The same condition of affairs prevails
th onghont the State, bnt In the Northwest
the weather is milder as compared with that
of 24 hours ago. Winnipeg is quoted 14 be
low, Jamestown 16 beluw, Fargo 17 below,
and 8t. Paul 19 below. The weather shows
some signs of moderating this afternoon
the thermometer having marked 12 below.
Trai, a are beginning to run more closely
to schedule lime.
Chicago, January 18.—The weather has
moderated somewhat, but all points
throughout Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin
continne to report low temperature and
deep snow, badly drilled. Railway trains
without exception are running without re-
ard to schedule and are all behind time,
nis is true of alt roads east as well a-
west. In central and sonthern Illinois
the snow fall has been exceptionally heavy.
l’be telegraph service to-day has been Im
proved and communication Is now open
to alt principal points east and west.
» SNOW-IMPRtSONEO TRAIN.
A Thousand Men nnd Twenty Locomo
tives Unable to R.leaie Ir.
Portland, Oazoox, January 2—The ex
perience of tho pssiengera on the inow-
boand train on the Oregon Railway and
Navigation Company's road is probably
withont a parallel in thla country. The
train became fast in the snow on Decem
ber 10, and the efforte ol more than 1000
men, a score ot locomotives and half a
dozen anow ploughs have beet powerless
thus farto release it. Snow began failing
on the 16th, accompanied by a high wind,
and before night the Columbia and
Willamette valleys were completely
buried. The west-bound tr.ln of
Hie Northern Pacific came along with
about 150 passengers on board, and hail no
great trouble nntil It reached the Dalles,
though the snow was three feet deep. A t
that point a,now-plow was tent on ahead,
and the train followed. After leaving
Hood river the plow became stallet when
ab mt fonr miles th* o'her tide ol Wyeth,
and the train was forced to come to ii
stand. Ktory shle-b idled man on th*
train tons a shovel, aud reposted ifT-rts
were mad* to cletr the track. The wind
was high and the enow dry, and shoveling
was found to beuwleas. Repeated snow
glides from the mountains soon onn-
vinm d the conduotor that mere was im
minent dnng-r of the train being buried,
and he backed up to a trestle, which
had mly just been gained when a tremen
dous elide occurred, covering the engine*
and baggage cars almost out of tfgbL The
•now storm contipned with unabated vio
lence, and the wind, which soon became a
hurricane, was intolerably severe. With
the looomotlv. covered and the track
ahead of and behind them buried to a
depth of forty feet in snow and ice, it be
came evident that a long siege was at
hand. There was little food on the train,
and great oonaternation prevailed for a
time, m ire especially among the women
and children, of whom there were many.
The next morning the conductor tent
two train men to Cascade Locks for food.
The distance was eleven miles, and the
trip In the blinding snow and cntling
wind was one of great difllculty.
When they arrived at their destina
tion the men bad much trouble in In
ducing any one to make the retnrn jour-
nry with them, bnt they at length
found men willing to undertake the er
rand, and succeeded In reaching the train
tne next day at 2 p m , with several h n
dred pounds of provisions on toboggans
In theexpresa car Were found a lot of jack
rabbits, two quartern ot beef, and several
cues of oytteri in rant. These were cook
cd and served along with the o her rations,
each psoeen**? r***lvtn» a rev 111 ar alio*,
ance twice a day. Alter tnli iha railreai
conpanrorganiaadcspedi’lonsit Cascade
Locks every two or three days to carry
fund to the beleignered train. Tha pro
visions taken were such only as could be
packed easily and were carried on pole.,
a man at each end. The enlferings of
these me-sengera in making the trip were
frequently terriole. Hvvtral m them w-r*
a_ — “’•* snd bad to
O^dertrovlna the trick Is to to k the ic* out
in chunks and carry them away. At
first there was plenty uf whisky anil
tobacco o thr train, but when all the
traveling men's sauiplts had b en con
sumed the people who used torse luxuries
bad to du without, for th" men who packed
provisions to the train refused to be loaded
with anything but Decenaries. Although
the prospect that the traiu will soon be re
leased is now good, it is uot forgotten that
things liav* appeared equally favorable
many flmta before during the past sixteen
days If we have no mor* st iruie or re
vere cold it will uot take long to open the
road. Tha passenger* on th* train are as
cheerful as could be expected, but the ex
perience Is one which they will never for
get.
Most ol the men who walked to Cascade
Locks continued on to Portland in parties
of ten or twelve, also on foot. Tlie dis
tance is fltty-five miles, and most of the
rente is very dangerous. Nearly all of
them have arrived here in bad condition
A few are laid up at farm houses on tbe
way. One party took lha railroad track,
atm by clinging to the telegraph wires
most of the way, th* snow being so deep
that thev could ea -ily reach them, they
made the trip wlthou’ much trouble. The
blockade has cost the railroad company
ab.ut 75X00 n day for sbovelers and
plough*, and has cured an entire suspen
sion ot business by the Northern Pacific
Mails now goeast by stramer to Ban Fran
cisco.
VEST, VANCf, VoORHEES
THE NAMES OF DEMOCRATIC SENA
TORS ELECTED YESTERDAY.
William M. Everts E'ectsd In New York,
Chaoe In Rhode Island and Came
ron tn Pennsylvania—No
Eleotlon In Colornuo.
Juaae MaCar-
PgrLADKLPHis, Jen, 30.—United 8'atee
ii. . H iiiy K MiCay, of the North.rn
a rut of Gn.rgla, waabrfi r* Jndgea Mc-
;*i nan ant Butler, In the United Bum
'ourt tixlsy. with a petition for hia re-
,-efrom the Pennsylvania Hospital for
> • Insane, In West PbiladMpbla, where
- Is now confined. The coal' staud that
. would dispose of the matter to-morrow
overco ne hy fetigne and cold tt
b* carried by their ootup*oloua.^^^^H
After this had been going on for a few
days the authorities notified the uaiten-
grrs that fold could not be furnish* I fur
so many lu that way, and that all ab'r-
t*idled rue-i would be expected to abandon
tne train and set nut for dated* Locks on
foot. Twenty-five started lb* next morn
Ing tn a driving snow storm, and til mail -
the Lotks that evening except four, who
he J to be left at a farm houae. Many suf
fered from Ir s-n face*, bends and feet.
Tha next morning thirty five more
•tarted, and aU made tbe journey
s.t-ly although emu* of them were
la a pldable condition. Tbe snow
• as inim lire to fifty 'e-t in d-ptb, and
ouich of the pa'h lay along bdltldes so icy
that a m.tttep w-m'd ham ended at the
nv. r far oeliw. In eome Macro tha travel-
era had hi rut ho es in th* icy crust for
their hands and l**t, and crawl along with
tbe great—t care. .Home other small
parties left tie train if erw rd. The wo
men and ch : l Iren wept pttifnlly when the
men le'r, team g that they w,ra to be
abandoned to starve and fretie; bnt the
asanraiu-e ot the conducor that they
wi u’d be safe’ygia'reiby the train hands
and the men wuu were not tnonght able to
make the trip, after a time pul them at
•ate,
’1 use relieved of one-belt of the passen
gers th* iransiortstiiia of food became a
leas difficult problem. Beveral Umrsdnr-
ingthe last two weeks it waa thought that
the snovvlere and snow plows would bt
able soon to relieve th* train, but just as
they appea-e I to be gaining on th. snow
and Ic* a little a fresh storm would set in
and th*n thing, wonld be wore, than be
fore. Tha fr*lu to surround-d erith .now,
•rd Ih. track at that place for about fonr
miles to covered In many locatltie. to a
depth of forty feet with wB lee. During
I he nigh wind. th. spray from the numer
ous fall, was blown upon the tracks, and
ihto, freezing, caused the formation of
bids of Ice, wnfen could only bo removed
In th. • an the pasrengen mods lh-tn-
selves as comfortable a. poaaib’a. lima
far then baa beau no sick,,vat, though
there are ae-naa of rhddrau aboard, and
iba npoortoolil-a for exarclaa are t.-u-eoa*.
rtly limited. Worn the coal gar* out tha
bj..kernel west out and chopped wool,
which was found near by In abundance.
Hundreds of mao b«v« beau working on
tbo track with picks and shovels, and there
!- now bops that tha bfnrkada will
raised. It has hewn
THIEVING CASHIERS.
Quits a Number of Them Detected In
Crooked Transactions.
(tILIORAFHID TO TUN ASSOCIATED PRESS. 1
New BsnroRD Mass., January 19.—Wm.
H. Chadwick, late cashier of the Pacific
National Bank, at Nantucket,overdrew hia
account 78,000 and his resignation waa de
manded last week. Chadwick baa been
cashier six years and hit large operations
in real estate hove attracted much atten
tion. He made good his 78,000 overdraft
hy the aid .ol friends, who proMbly did
not know there was an iiicuularlty
In his accounts. His <e Igtia Inn be
came known to the pub to Wedmalay
morning. He appears to hsv- heui a n.ir.
rower of money to a consider ••>■* ■m.iiini,
by some estimated at 340000. H* Ihi
deeds of real estate with n widow aa tecnr
Ity, and to more practical business men he
gave certificates of stock of the Paclllo Na
tional Bank. Tbe president having signed
them In blank, he lied only to ni! then
out and sign them himself. Quito a num
ber of certificates of share, of stock issued
by himiclf and Indorsed to others
were found tn the pos-;es*ion of
parties who have loaned money, but whom
ne had persuaded not to have the atnek
transferred upon tho books of the bank.
Chadwick has manifested a willingness to
turn over bis whole property to hia credi
tors. His entire real estate ha* been luort-
gsgrd, and several attachments have been
reoorded. No criminal proceedings have
yet been commence I. No greater commo
tion has been created In Nantucket since
the failures ot the Manufacturers’ bank
In 1816
Windsor. Ont.. Jan 19—Robert AM*r-
dlce, ex-teller of the Windsor branch of the
Canadian Hank of Commerce, baa been
arrested foremMzzlement.
Nokwicii, Coxa., January 10.—Cashier
Welch and Assistant Cashier Webb, of the
Merchant*’ Bank, were arrested to-day by
Unite,t States Marshal Kinney, forrmbex
cling from the bank's lands. They were
brought before United States Cimmto-
miiiu iiier Tenney, who held them in 87 500
bonds each to answer b-fore tho United
8ta'*e District Court, which conreuea at
Ne* Haven on the fourth Tuesday In Feb-
rusty. B it'u found binds. Cashier Roath.
of the Bhetucket Btnk, baa not been
arrested, and It 1, uot known whether he
will bs _
A LEEPE*A *E Tit* FIGHT,
An Aooount by nn Eps"Witn*aa of tha
Naval Battle off th* Peruvian Const,
Panama, January 1#.—News from Ecua
dor to sflll of a doubtful nature. Full par
ticulars hare bleu reunited of the boarding
of the Haucbo by Alfaro and the crew of
tbe A'ajueU. Tbe action seems to have
been one of tbe moat gallant and sangui
nary ever fought on board a vrasel. The
following report waa. made by an officer of
the Nuere de Julio, one of th* government
ve<a»l>: "The AUjuela knew where the
Hutcbo was, knew now many msn there
were on board, and drtermined to attack
her. At about midnight we he.rd firing.
W* at once steamed in the direction. Th*
firing grew heavier, amt was steadily kept
up. On approaching the scene of thecom-
bat our commander determined Pi attack,
taking tha AUjuela between us and the
Huicbo. Gatling guns, rifl-s end eveo
machete* had been abandoned and the
men were engaged in ona of those sharp
* c winters from which few emerge alive.
This death struggle was a horrible one,
and yet lha man ol tba Alsjnata left the
Huacbo, of which they were in possession,
and returned to tbrlr oen vrasel. Then
we endeavored to ram and sink her by the
atom. We fallal and sue at once attacked
na and even endeavored to carry us by
boarding, but failed owing to th* ptay ol
our machine guns and rlHet. One of our
shells fall nn bar sum deck and set fire to
It. Thenwtdetermlned Inboard her, hut
one of our guns hurt Utringu.i* par- id
the deck and killing no u*ul .air aunn-re.
We pursued the burning A lain. It which
nevertheless went alongside the HuachO
and eudea ored to act her on lire.
Alsany, N. Y„ January 2L—The Senate
and Assembly in joint session formally de
clare I William M. Evarts elected United
States Senator.
Denver, Col., January 21.—On the first
joint ballot tbe Legislature at noon to-day
elected Secretary Henry M. Tvller United
States Senator to succeed N. P. Hill. The
following was the vote: Teller (Republi
can) 50, Sullivan (Democrat) 20, Ilallett
(Republican'3, HiHl. Mr. HUI’a name
was withdrawn before the balloting com
menced.
Raleigh, January 20.—Z. B. Vance was
rc elected Senator lb-day, receiving 178
votes. York, the Republican nominee,
received 25 vote,. Mr, Vance addressed
the Legislature to-night.
Mr. Reid was elected to the vacancy in
the Fifth Congressional district without
oppo.ition.
Gov. Scales will be insu- nrated at noon
to-morrow with military and cirio display.
Littli Roce, January 2L—Three ballots
in tbe joint session of the Legislature to
day for United States Senator showed no
change in the leading candidates,except an
increase of three for Berty. The last bat-
l-.t stood; Dunn 41, Beery 30, Jones 32.
Madison, Wte., Jtn. 21 —Colonel John
0. Snooner, of Hudson, was nominated
for Uuited 8tates Senator Ire the Republi
can canons this evening. The first ballot
stood: Spooner 54, Fairchild 25 Amid
great enthusiasm a motion to make tbe
nominal on unanimous was adopted.
Tallahassk, Fla., January 20—Wil
kinson Call was to-day elected United
S’ate, Senator by th' Senate and Asiembly.
The vote will be officially declared at tbe
joint session to-morrow.
IsAaNAroLta, January 20—Mr. Vnor-
ie«, was re-elected Uuited State, Senator
■ *.l«v. receiving a majority ol 45 ont of
the 110 votes cast over ex-Gorercor Porter,
the Republican o indidate.
Hartford, Conn., January 20.—The Sen
ate st noon to-day voted f-ir United State*
Senator. O. H. Platt. Republic,n, received
15 vote* and W. H llarnnm. Democrat, 7.
In the Hous, tbe vote stood Platt 145, Bar-
num77.
Harrisrdro Pa.. January 21.—’Th* Leg
islature joint session to-day announced
the result of the separate ballot yesterday
for United 8t«tes .'Senator, and declared
Senator J. Donald Cameron re-elected.
Tallshassn, January 21.—In joint legtf-
latire sasAinn to-aav, Hon. Wilkinson Call
was formally declared dected United
State Senator. Several Republicans voted
for him.
JirrstsoNCiTT. Mo , January 21.—The
Legislature in jolntsrasion to-day formally
elected Geo. O. Vest Uaitel States Senator
to succeed himself.
An EngMahn
labormAMER.cA. FIGHTING ON THE NILE.
OOINO TO GETTYSBURG.
The First Army Corpa to Visit tha Hit.
torlo Batil,field.
Wasiiinuton, January 18.-A nam.
her of ve’eraus of the First Army
Co-ps met In this city last right to perfect
arrangements for the historical visit ol the
corps to the battlefield of Gettysburg on
Mi/ 4 and 6 next. A number of valarsr.t
of other corps were present and took part
la tbs ip-siting. ExGorerior Cartln, of
Pennsylvania, presided and made* stir
ring addrers upon the battle of Gettysburg
end ih* unwritten history of the war, which
c ea ed great enthusiasm. In the course
o’ hia remarks he announced hit Inten
tion to bring before Congreea at ita next
res,Ion a hill tn ulam Gen. Koarcrana on
tba round list of the array, and bt alio
asserted that It was the duty of the conn-
fry to reward such soldiers as Hlocnm and
Arerill for their services and sacrifice*.
Othar apaechta ware made by General*
llo,reran*, Colegrove, Sttnnsr-I, and
Hunt, and Congressmen Haynes, of New
Hampshire, Woodward,of Wisconsin, and
others.
On motion of the corps htotorlin, Major
Slice, General Rotecrans was elected
chalrmaqol a committee to Invito tbe at
tendance ot members of Congrats at
Gettysburg, and Governor Curtin ol a
committee to invite the Governors of Inoaa
States which furnished troops to tba First
Corpa.
CANADA AND THC ABSCONDERS.
S nubbin* Mia Filensa already.
Bureau), January 18— Tbn Usvrland
Drmucraoy if Huffslo are ind guaot to-
day at tbe Pre,l cotrotect, i v-r a snub
wblcb they think he gave ihaui last ntght
by not apiiesrlng at the ncrptifiti they
arranged In hto tumor. There were over
300 Democrats In Ih* r mm, at 0 iiVinek,
when the f ill )wing no’e was recatvwl,
which 1, given with lue letter bead upon
which It waa ari’ten:
E GaaorASow,
Frei cn Kr-laii-ant,
Importers of Winro, Brandi**. 4\,
250 Main and 285 W,*Mng , 'vi ,tr—i,.
Buffalo. N Y . January IS, 1885 Ihnf
Hr. Ruutll: At ib-t boar t Hid that ft
will be tmposdhle fur me to mow’ urn Cl*,*
land Democracy this evening. I am wry
this became I know bo * uiucb I ■honl i to
enloy such a vtott; and I regret tbv. rii -ar
who mav expect me are to h* Afappn -i,t*d
though I have not made any engagement.
Very truly yuura,
Gaovxa Clkvkland.
Banka Swindled.
New Yoax, January 19.—It to reported
that money bat been obtained upon
forged check! or drafts drawn up-in ti,„
Second National Bank of Cleveland, O do.
and signed "Standard Oil Ol” hv L. M.
McGregor or other name,. Several ol
these checks. It to aald, have been cached
hy banks and indivtdaala In Atchison
Kao., Jackson. Mtoa., New Orteana and
Atlanta, Ga. Tbe drift* are said to bare
teen lithographed at a Kansas City estab
lishment, and are printed in black ink
upon dark bud paper. Tbe for.er to laid
to hare ured th* name* of G. E. Thomas,
T. C. Adams apd Charles W. Moore,
bsv'ng with Uni Standard Oil Co. latter
heads, and representing himself aa an
agent of tbe Standard Ou Co.
Fatal Accident.
St. Lottro, January 19.—The Wabash and
Toledo train bound for s t Loots, struck a
broke-' rail Inat north of Venice, four mils*
from East bt fsrala, thla morning, derail
log the combination baggage and express
ear and atnotar, both of which were thrown
into a ditch. The smoker was pretiy wall
filled with pasaeogere. Th a remainder of
toe train remained on tha track, Thera
ware sight or too penoos Inlarml. Uidt.-I
8tAi,a aipre-a maarenger J. J. Mattlock
nearly sixty y*,ra olj. waa fatally hurt.
Tha other.
A Teat Casa to Make tne Fucltlras Re
■Donalble for Tnalr Cnxaaamants.
M-araiAL, January is.—An Important
tost oa-.a is now b f ire the SuptriorConrt
hers to deteimine whether abioocdara
from across the border can be made to pay
ugagetuenU lim it’tod baht, IwaVliig tha
United 8taUa. A fee year, ago therxten-
•if* boot and shoe manufacturing firm of
lacobUib-in A Go., ot Butt m and Lynn,
Maas, failed, and two brothers who in-
btritrd the b|,l-i*aa ahacuodod, taking
with them 1200 600 in c iah and American
bind,. Th* rld-r Orn h-r did not remain
iim'K here but n, >k his half of ih* plunder
and ,eot Us P.ria, where he ha* rtri-lad
a.nee. Tlie oUi. r remain'd b*r* and in-
ve>t«il hto niiney in oummvrca and tuanu-
facturee.
Lawyer Rartl*lt. of Roa'on. waa sent
after Uie default.r and through a local law
firm P* k iiutsrisu-ea hef-ire ju,|gui*n for
net I* 731X00 on tbe folio*log merchant,
tier* f. r m-mer brlonging lu Mahon which
It waa aaurn, lie bad glean them; Mul-ar
"V A Co .boot and ahoe manufae'urer*.
R It l ‘. Non A Oi. 8 Co io-i and F H'at-
furri, leather aud fur merrhan a. and the
Hiuknf Toronto. Th* i laimiffs ar* Wtl
nington .tCo. and I ucian. Broke t Co,
Lyon, Ma s Judge T* ebrreau confirmed
■na aefa-i-we until tbe a turn pending
•sain* 1 M ihon f, fins ly dr, f.trd in court.
Ii the jn igoont ia again*' Matron there
will im a gr*** •taiunedwof wealthy refu
ge*. iron, iha Uuited State* wuu are Using
in state hare.
a Idana ns to Wages and
the Tariff.
[TRI.XQRAPIIZD TO THE ASSOCIATED rRXIM.l
London, January 21.—Mr. Lowell, the
American mlnlite'r. presided at a meeting
of tbe Society of Arts this areolar. Mr.
D. Pidgeon delivered a lecture a the meet
ing on labor and wages In America. lie
said he believed a great change had oc
curred In the aocial condition of labor In
America during the last forty years. Ir?
spite of existing Ngeecles for Improve
ment, It was doubtful whether the working
classes In America were not falling stilt
further from the high ideals of
operative lire which once brillfant-
Iv distinguished America from Europe.
He argued that although wages were GO
percent, higher In America than England,
the English artisan would bo no richer
there, owing to the greater cost of living,
but that his social status would be higher
He endeavored to show that the tariff in
America had no lnfiuence on wages. He
said working men were not likely to be
effected through international competition.
A discussion over the question ensued,
in the course of wnichMr. IxKellohserv.d
that his position prevented his expressing
an opinion on the enlject. but he
wonld say that many far-sighted
Kmdishmen believed the adoption
of free trade In America would give Eng
land a dangerous competitor in all the
III trkrNi.f tlie w irl-l, ier.LU-.- milivA'H-ri
can fabrics were more hoot st man English
goods of tho same description. Free trade
would enable America soon to equal Eng-
la- -I - ii:"r anti >■ 11--■ • itiwhi- I, ,-l li.-r.--
’"I--'- Ii- "li ini:. --- hie ii- a!,
lions ot the Americ-n navigation laws and
the tarifl. England wonld find America
the moat intelligent competitor she had
yet met.
THE COTTON EXPOSITION.
A Card from WIscon.M Gentlemen Com
manding It.
[TKLEORXPfiFD TO TUX ASSOCIATED PRESS )
New Orlxans, January 21.—Screral gen-
tl-menfroin Wisconsin, who have been in
dally attendance at tbe World's Industrial
and Co t ui Centennial for soma weeks,
have united in publishing a can! to tbe
public. They say ’’they consider the ex
position on* of the greatest suit grandest
c-illeotions of valuable things and tights
ever mail* in tbe history ol civilization,
snd they curdlallv commend It to tbe pat-
ron-genf the American teople." They
•ay farther that the publie health to excel
lent, aud that the attention and accommo
dations famished by the people of New
Orleans are falrlr good, whuOtMfateaflor
board at private hmi.es ar* modorate. The
card to signed by Mvan D» Holton, com
missioner; J. M Smith, dopnty commis
sioner: 8. T. Merritt, Beloit; Mm -
tls, Madison; John P Koe, Oshkosh,
and nine others from different citleaof
Wisconsin.
Ntw Orleans. January 21.—A dispatch
from-the prrslden' ot the National Co'ton
Planters' Association,Uuw in Washington,
states that ample and comprehensive pre
parations are being mad* throughout tba
country to Insure a large representation
and attendance.at the universal cotton and
agricultural C'invrnMon to be held under
tlie ausptcas of tbe National Cotton Plant
ers' Association In Music 11,11 at the
World's Exposition in New Orleans Feb
ruary 10. It will largely exceed In import,
ance and magnitude any erent ol tbe kind
ever held.
The bankers' pavilion, now In oonree ot
construction at tha expoaitlon grounds, (or
the comfort of bankers and their friend,
visiting the exposition, will be completed
February 5th.
A meeting of th* members wax held to
day at the Cotton Exchange to raise a loan
of 70n,(00 for the immediate use of tbe ex
position management, the amount to be
retained out of ibe gate receipt*.
UPS AND DOANS OF LIFE.
A Crandson of C*mpb*ll. tha Scctch
Poet, Charged With Chicken-Stealing,
PAiKituBtrso, W. Va., January 18.—
Chief of Police Mchan was surprised to
day at receiving from Thomas Campbell,
a prisoner at the county jail, charged with
chicken-stealing, a letter wherein was ast
forth, in unexceptional English, a story
wiiich exemplifies In a startling manner
the ops and downs of lift. Tha writer as
serts that he to a grandson of Thomaa
Campbell, '-ha Scottish post, and details
bia life and that of hto family ao minutely
as to leave no shadow of a doubt of
tbe truth of hto s-ory. He says he
was born near E linburgh.and was brought
to America hy bis parents when he wa,
hot four years old. tha family making their
hime near Morgantown, this State. At
tho outbreak of tba war he en isled and
served four yean, falling tram the rsnktof
the One Hundred sod Thirty-third Penn
sylvania Volunteers at th* Wtldernese
with five ballet boles in his body. Recov
ering from bis wounds be went abroad to
complete hto education, and In 1873gradu.
ated tram the University of Paris. After
ward he took a medical course at th*
Unlre-alty of Berlin and In tbe fol-
owing year engatad tn the drag
bmdneaa In Zanesville. O. He was
ruined by the floods of February last
and rein ived with h’l family to Fayett-
county I’a.; thence he went to Pittsburg,
anil finding hto finance* low secured a flat-
boat and eranarted hto family for Cincin
nati, tnt-n.dng to engage to tha rag and
J ink buain»a tn fouls At each s'oppiog
place Campball and hi, wife pushed a dog
cart about tha riraela, gathering up rags,
alaas, etc. At Marietta ••aiupnelf felllD
with a stranger, who suggested the poultry
busti.es, *» an aoxi-lary. Thl, was agreed
11, hut io a day nr two the partner l*t a
numb rof fowls ascape. and to av-ildlat
mad* no tbe deficiency from a neighboring
farmyard. Cauipbella-ld tbestole - pool-
ry and waa aoou alter erias'e-l and jailed.
HI, wife, wb»to with him, ia wall known
t» Pi't-bur , her maiden name having
been Ttnimpa rn. Tne eaaeexclia, great
miueat bare.
HORfKWMt PSD SY A WOMAN.
A Baoh-tar ol Cla,o'and Publ-e'y Cnai
ti—o Ot a Wimom Sv.aat-i-.irt.
Cut .LAND January lS.-8a h Franklin,
a bachel-ir. f-w a im* time had paid bia ad
dreeare to Mrs. Lena Knight, a your g
widow residing near him. Franklin bad
obtained a promise of marriage from tba
widow, and tbe wedding festivities shoo Id
have taken place last Christmas. In tbe
mean time, however, Sqth fell In lova wi b
a young girl living in the nefghborhool
more beau'Pu! than tha wid..w. Christ,
mu cam* an I went Franklin retus. d t v
onteralu any overran* of muriaga with
Mr*. Knight, and at last aha wrote him a
not* giving nolle* that ana wuold shoot
him on aighL
This morning while Franklin was walk
Ing oa droadar.y, Mrs Knisht aaddaol
stole up echin i him and. craning . ut
hog* Mark .n-ke whin l-on, le.eattv
shawl, axuiurpoal t» eetab »r h-m with It
A crowd meigiegateit and Franklin
being nnsbla to * tore* b<
way fmu* th* fra’« wornti*'
pr*t«nc«. Ml ffiwo hi« knrea
bejnrM h»r to«t»tfsr. Tba er* tr» tali*
au-1 j e*r«*| him aiiii if’rr latlagthav
on tor b«< V• -.n..* b#pr nn>fi »he r** i
tired, M *. K’liarht ni»tl« a lori* * parol
dttoff ber wroi.** in « hi. Mr dr*m
manner, t^eth m *n«prti i«i g»t away
Fran Grant Aftar a Place.
Wamixoto*, January 17.—Fred 8.
vveamsasea waav/xa, aemuurei/ !(•—O.
Grant, who resigned from the army whan
be wu Bath with financial surceases, la a
candidate now (or a captaincy in tha quar-
termutar’a department, soon to be mode
v cant by the promotion of Col. A. F.
Rockwell one of the lata Prraldent liar-
field's chums. I ha salary to tempting and
there are a number of applicants.
A Bishop Charged With Parjurr*
Philadelphia. January 16 —Jabrs Pitt
Campbell, a hb-hop of tba African Metho
dist Kpiac pil Church, who wu arrested
* time ego un a charge of perjure pre
ferred against him by Kdwar.i Young,
rob-red. wu given a further bearing this
afternoon, which wu continued until
next Friday.
Everts Nominated.
Albvet. N. Y„ January 10.-Tr.a legisla
tive K«pu liean caucus to-night nominated
William M. Evans u a candidate for
II died States S-natnr to sacred Laohtm.
Tn# vote w» Everts 61, Morton 28, Depew
3, absentees 2.
A BRITISH SQUARE HAVMCELY AT
TACKED BY THE REBELS,
Who Succeed In Piercing it—They are Se
verely Rripulard with Great Slnugh*
ter»Tn« Britlah Loea Sever*,
Includ ng Many Officers.
TELEGRAPHED TO TH* ASSOCIATED PRr.FB.J
Londos, January 21.—It la ofBcIally re
ported that serious fighting has occurred
in Egypt, and that the re suit was aatiafac-
tory 10 Lord Wolseloy. Farther than this
no details have reached London.
Later.—The nattle occurred near Mete-
m&eh. An army of 10,000 rebels attacked
the square in which the British forces were
advancing aevrral times, bnt was com
pelled eventually to retire. Therrb-ls lost
800 killed «nd »H) wounded. The English J
lost Go. Among the British who fell waa
L’entenant Co'onel Burnaby, who mwle
the famous “ride to Khiva.”
Later.—Besides (Xd. Barnaby. the fol
lowing were ki led: .Mnjor Carmfehaal, of
tho Fifth Lancers; Major Atherton, Fifth
Dragoons; Major Gough, of the Royal
Dragoons; Copt. D.ir!«*y and Lieut. Law,
of the Fourth Dragoons; Lieut. Wolfe, of
the Hcota Greys, and Lieutenant* Pigott
and DeJJale, of the Naval Brigade. Lord
St. Viocent and Lord Airlie were both
wounded.
London, January 21.—A dispatch has
been received at the war office from Gen.
Wolselly, dated ‘‘KorU, Janxary 21, 3
o'clock p. m.,” which reads substantially
as follows:
Genera] Stewart bns bad a heavy en
gagement with a portion of the Mahdi'i
forces near Abn Klen Wells, mbont twen
ty-three miles this side of Metemneh. The
rebels had collected from Berber, Meteni-
neh and Omdnram-in. Thla last place, I
regret to aay. prisoners report was recent
ly captured by the Mahdi, and tboa the
men were released from there to tght Gen
eral Stewart. On the afternoon of Janu
ary 10 General 8tewart’a cavalry reported
that the eneaiy were in position a few
miles th<i side of the wells. As it was too
late in tbe day to allow an advance and
anccessfal encounter, General Stewart
blvoucked where he was for the night.
The enemy kept op a harm’ets fire all
night and erected works on Gen. Stewart's
right Hank. On Saturday Gen. Stewart
endeavored to draw theenemv to make an
attack, but the rebels hesitated. In conse
quence of thl». Gen. Stewart left all his im-
pe imentn and canids under guard of the
Bassex regiment and ro ne mounted in
fantry and moved forward, keeping his
force*! in the form of a square. All the
men were on foot. The British army
around tho enemy’s left link, foro-
ng them to make an attack or be subject
to an enfi'ade fire. The enemy wheeled to
the left and delivered a wtll-organf/.'d
charge nnder n withrrlrg lire
from oar ram. The vqaare was uaforta-
nat-ly penetrated aboot its left rear, where
thebcavy cavulryand oamei i e/iments were
In position, by the ahrer wi ight of num-
bera. The admirable 6tea*line8B of our
men enabled them to make a hand-to-
hand fight with tho opposing force, while
tevere punishment wnt Mng inllictc-l
upon the en'emy by all oth^r parts of tho
square. Tho enemy wero finally driven
back nnder a heavy tire from all sides.
The Nineteenth Hussars then pushed for-
wasd to th* wells, which wero In onr pos
session bv 0 in the annin*. The enemy
left not less than 800 slain around the
rquare. Prisoners who wero taken whila
the enemy were retiring report that
tbe number of the Men y who were
wonndtd was qnita exceptional. One im
mediate rflectof the battle is that ma^y ot
the rebels are stnmiufng. It waa neces
sary for th° army t*> remain at tbe wells
some time to obtain wnter. As soon aa
practicable tbs Intention was lo push on
with all the expedition to Mete «neb. The
English wounded are doing well.”
Gen. Woheleysavs Geo. Stewart con
cluded his report as follows:
"It has b»enmjr duty to command a
force from which exceptional work, excep
tional hardship and excep*'onal fighting
has been called for. It woo'd be ImooMi-
ble to adequately describe tbe admirable
support given to m* by a very officer anti
man of the force. I regret to say that our
Iom wm severe, but our anrresa has been
•o complete that it may dishearten the
enemy to such an extern that all their fu
ture fishtfng may be o! a !r:»: obstinate
character."
Gen. Wolstley lays: "Oen.8te-art’s op
eration! have been uvovt crefiitable to lilia
as a commander, and the nation lias ev
ery reason to be proud of Hi* gtllanlry
and splendid spirit of Her Majesty's sol
diers on into o cation Onr losses were
nine commissioned officers killed and nine
wounded an t sixty-five non-commissioned
officers and men killed and eighty-fir,
wound*-!. Oen. Slewsri's forceconstotoof
about 1500 men. all told "
ANOTUIS ACCOUNT OF Tag FIORT.
The battle between Geo.ral utewart's
troops and tbe Arabs was fought at a point
In tba Haatanlyeh desert, twenty ikrio
miles norlhwrst from Meimneh eoirthe
rararan station of Sherac-.pu Heneral
8u wart's force consisted ol about 1,500 ef.
leciiv. luvii. Oa luv -iT : " wf tuC
Arsis, who were estlmate.1 to uumhi r be
tween 8,000 a-d loom, Urn-ral Stewart
formed bis troops Into a billow square,
with bis field p'ceos at the corners and with
tba Invalids and prod-1 mi In the centre.
The Arab* made tbelr attack In a lam Uta-
oae rush, directed principally upon tbe
•Ida of tb* square held by ih* Hussars
This tide ol tha sqnare wee
broken at ona time during the fight, and
the offic, rs attrihni* this disaster
to the unraly conduct of the camels, which
(Ut powder-burned and hi cam* uncon
trollable Tba i ’C w.e speedily reformed
aud tha discipline of lue men wa* splen
did throriRbout the action. A n -uiy and
deadly fire waa kept np by the Hussars
amt mounted infentrv. .bi'e the artillery
malntainid an enfilading tire, which mien
dead Arabs in heap*, the space In trout
of lha British right tl.uk »m a T"rit»h'e
•taarbtor pen. and when the Arabs wm
finally repaired they left 800. f their num
ber dead upon lha field. The number of
th.lr wounded who were aMe Jo march or
he car lad from lua field to astumatad at
2000. Mo t of tha cms.iihl*, on ths
British side occurred daring tha
break In taa line of the Hussars. Th*
British took their own sr.ii tbe Artb
wounded to tbe wells at Shrb etas. Moat
of th* wounded arc reported as doiagwriL
General Stewart, with the remainder of
hto troops, to progreiatog toward Mctrm-
neh.
During the night preceding tha action
the Araos threw up em II earthworks. In- ”
A Blahrp'a Damn.
London January 30 —A dispatch from
Sidney S. B W.. tmoomt Iba death < f
Rabx Rev. Dr, Quinn. Riman Catholic
nitbop of Bauurai. New South Wales.
A Luckr "Muspili L-da.r and AddcsI"
Cirrroe.
Th* >50 000 the Saorw.d Grand Prisa in
The Lomaiai aS’ate Lottery, drawn vea-
terd.y at New O lean*, w.s partly held
"ere. end partlr in Ciudunalt and San
Frane sro, Among th* lucky men Is Mr.
On. Phtihpa, a row* carrier on iba L*dgtr
and Aiqe-ai. He has one tenth of the
tieket and fa entitled to 75.000. Ha wilt
ri*h tin New O'btrarspieoie ond pfe
ll io M. A Dauphin, in New Orleans.
■■i(I'enn)
in pernio.—Memfku (
H
tended to lotarcapt General Hteaari'i
march, but they were csn'nred and de-.’w-
•trnytd by a dciacbment of Migllsh troop >1*^
erj.
TrIE CAPIIO . COMMISSION.
Ms
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[fTEClAL TELX«>it\M.} ^ -
Anjurra, January 21.—The Oipitol
mlMloo opened ita regular monthly
ing to day. All the memben ware itCM.' • l -
with the exception of Mr. Mi! or, who v*\ m < m
arrive U>lkkL Gov. McDai.i ! r.*) it.
the board ot tbn appofutu ent of Kfxn
Howell as a mcwhff. ^ —
Crana, decvaavtl. Gtmrn
cppvarrd. wai qtul.fi * I i
»-jn and prvaeuied bis h
uarid upon and apor»r^,
of UMUut rucviltig wer*
proved. The rep >rt uf li
tbe Senate upon tn« r««li.
t > »he mibaUtuilon uf Gc
K
Th-* estimate was ipp-oreit ind o'«
P«M. the aeyicuut bttog about I*
i e hoird thro tctok a rect ; '**>■