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THE TELEGRAPH & MESSENGER.
THE TELEGRAPn AND MESSENGER: FRIDAY. APRIL 10,1885.
Dally and Weekly.
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tuition in the history of our tim» swill
Cerernl Crant.
It most be plain to every one that
the unequal straggle between General
Grant and a mortal malady must soon
close.
It may be that before these lines can
reach some of our many readers, a
man who haa occupied a conspicuous
aw www v* ura, aau w vtuua ut veil, ft yxi
ycAr and aa extra copy to getter up ol dabs of
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and dtecussionx ol Ur Inc topics 1* solicited,Mi
ni u b« oriel and written upon bat one side ol
toe paper 10 hare aiusttou.
kemttwcccs mould be made U eitrtu,
Bozcj crlrr o.- rxx-.neni letter.
AXcou wanted in entry eomsnnlty In the
State, to whom liberal oommlialona will be
paid. Pottmaatera are especially requested u>
write (or term.
All eoattaunication* abonld be addressed to
IBS TZUuKATO aWt> MESSESGLR,
A Mooorl (Jl
ro> V -tier order*. et-- ;r*". tho.iM K made
parab.e'o II utlaaam ilau.tit.
Xfte Wore. in* Mae t-i aa cr.d. The
NaehriUe World. Bid World. O wd end.
"CHtr ’ .•a-*-* : ‘o h * eld lit hit*.
It Is die! V.».a.u.td:i ai-ila.-ia.
Uiouicts is iacreael^r h r ll-mocntlc
▼ate. Zach Ghan.'l.r :a dead end o.d Cot.-
ger is losing his grip.
Jobs LiU-va’a a .a Jdugti&li dees not set m
. to hars hurt Carter Harrison. He la re
flected amid the usual cry of fraud.
Oua dispatches mention soma rough
weather off the coast of Ireland, In which
tit* steamship Germanic went In and bare
ly got pot.
The Philadelphia Press rays: “The seed
of the Petunia grand fljrm is worth $900 an
ounce." Not any. thank you. We will
plant ranflowers. __
Tames people were injured by a felting
sign in Pittsburg, Pa., a few days since,
out of them fatally. Lit our city (atbers
pull them all down.
Fbob 1863 to 1883 tbs lottery players
turned into the Rjjal Italian Treasury
$273,000,COO. Count favour used to call
the lottery "the us on fools.*’
Rescues having ailed his wallet at the
Booth, now goes bark and demands that
tba Republican postmaster at Brook!)n
• tall be retained. This will teat Ur.
Cleveland's backbone.
'"Out Psoe," says the temperature in
Ihia eectlon will drop far enough in e few
hoars to make it a if* for the adolescent
incumber and anon bean to nestle on the
B army aide of pine bark.
Ths great-grandnieoss of President Mad
ison are conducting a little private school
near Orange Courthouse.Vs. James Mad
ison did not belong to the Republican
party, and his kith and kin are not pen
sioned at the pnblic expense.
Tns New York World troly observes:
"When the good Horace Creel* y went ball
for Jefferson Davis, If Davis had bean
grateful enough to join the Republican
party there Is no doubt tbit the grateful
party would have made h!a minister to
Orest Britain fiftren or more ytara ego.
Tbs Philadelphia Preel eaye: "The
Booth it not content with merely shaking
handa across the bloody chasm, bat Insists
upon jampieg dear orer it end bugging
the fallow on the other side. Sweat, annoy,
- Impetuous and more or lest solid South!
Come right over and help yonratlf to the
fruit. Bpricg bu coma.”
Now that the street railroad has placed
Cotton avenue in each condition that there
is not more than enough room for one ve
hicle to past od each aids of It, would It
not be well for safety and comfort to com
pel all drivers uiing this thorooghfare to
keep to the right 7 The attention tf the
police for a few days might rrgnlate this
matter satisfactorily.
Tbb Burlington Hawkeyt, of which ex-
Foaimuter General Hatton la editor, saye
there ere to-lay ov<r onebundred/ainlhta
living together in Butilng'on endowing re
ceived in aociety as honorable and upright
people, whsn the facts are the I rads of
three families have never had the rites of
tu trr lags per (or *, >1 over the m. This will
account for tba bad politic! of lows.
have been called away.
The bulletins announcing his painful
and protracted struggle and sufferings
have drawn pnblic attention to bio sick
room, llis eminent services to the
peojile of the North have gathered about
him their pride and affection. Though
fhepared in a measure for his death,
there will be unusual signs of sorrow.
A great funeral pageant, will bo or
dered, and in time General Grant will
be commemorated in bronze or marblo.
It cannot be expected that the South
will enter into the season of mourning
with grief equal to that of the North.
For his manly qualities, his high
career, the South holds a proper and
becoming respect. The relations be
tween General Grant and the people ol
the South have not been such as to
enlist their affections. There will be
people in this section who will seize the
occasion to magnify themselves, by
making public and unseemly exhibi
tions of grief that they really do not
feel.
There will be orators with lugubrious
countenances and mournful eloquence.
There will be a display of the trappings
of woe, and some politicians may seize
the opportunity to indulge in convul
sive Bobbings. The real people of the
South will be ashamed of all of these.
The resolutions offered by Colonel Will
iam Proston Johnston, son of General
Albert Sidney Johnston, at the re
union of the army of Tennessee, best
express the feelings of our people to
ward the soldier who pnly fought
men, women and children never.
The occasion will not be one for un
true or unmanly utterance upon the
part of the people of the South.
In the presence of death they will
lay aside the promptings of personal
grievance, and the provocations of par
tisanship. They will remember that
this man, in his early days, did honor
able service to a united country;. that
in his matnrer years he redeemed the
errors of his youth by standing up to
Ids people and bis principles in a
mighty internecine strife.
To the historian of the future must
be left his real standard as a great war
rior. They will remember that he
preserved the plighted faith of a soldier
to those whom the fortunes of war had
surrendered to his superior forco. For
his mental and physical sufferings they
have nothing but pity and compassion
for his stricken family sincere sym
pathy. To his career aa a politician
they will give the charity of their si
lence.
At the hands of the Great Arbiter-
before whom he and they shall appear
for an impartial scrutiny of motives
snd deeds, they hope for him a judg
ment that shall lean all to mercy's side-
and in the eternity beyond, a peace
above what they have known for these
many years,
spree, and that he is keening it up, and
loves brandy so mnch that he has it
injected hypodermically.”
The people who are worrying Mies
Cleveland to keep wine from the table
of her brother, in the White House,
are adding to the misery which afflicts
the dying moments of Geaeral Grant.
It is shameful that he should be sub
jected to such insults at such a time,
but only illustrates to what lengths
people will go when absorbed by one
idea, and that one directed to looking
A Presidential Junket.
Certain fellows with axes to grind
and interests to subserve are anxious
to show themselves up alongside of
Mr. Cleveland. Chicago’s banqueting
clnb has made a bid for him.
Washington special says: "Ho has
given the club people to understand
that he will come; at least he haenot
refused the invitation. If he does go
West it will probably be in Jane. The
President is also thinking of making
Southern trip in May. He has been
asked to go to Atlanta and he if not
averse to the proposition.” Mr.
Cleveland was elected to perform
a prodigious work, that of
forming a government debauched
and demoralized by twenty-fonr years
of misrule and corruption. This will
take up every moment of hit time dar
ing his term. Many persons who com
A rraxsoe a'vHt pretciUa la ths P^'Mtd the magnitude of the job ap
streets of Tucaon, Arizona, one day tall prehemd that four years will be too
month. A woman appeared carrying a short for its completion. If he shall
fu) working! of theciril service lew the ex-| Ter* I* the way the Increaae ot the nc-
pert agents of the plunderer* of the public (frees !: recounted for: A given number
lands have been left In the department
in each poeillone that accident only die-
cloeed their attempt to take ont over bait
e million seres of land, contrary to the
order of the head oi the department throw
ing these land* open to pDblie entries.
There Is no defense to be made for eucb
an attempt. It tu as deliberate a theft
a; was ever planned, for If the order could
here stood undisturbed fora number of
years it would have given the 8ontbern
Pacific road agooi claim to title in the
courts. Wbst is true of the land office is
after the weaknesses of other people. probal ; ly trn , tf , ojr one of the t
The ignorance which can suppose Gen. of thc f0V( , rnni( . nt whe „ tUe eor .
Grant’s condition to lie the result of an pora'ione of tbe country have Utg-s inlcr.
excessive use of liquor, U only equaled <sts at stake,
by the impudence which thrusts such
messages into Ills death-room.
Temperance in all things is desirable,
but it was never more lacking in any
body or any movement than in those
who would mock the lost moments of a
man suffering physical and mental ag
ony. General Grant's condition
is such that he can only
he kept quiet from midnight
until dawn by heavy doses of opiates.
When the effect of these begin to wear
away comes the depression, which
threatens to carry him off, alarms his
family and friends and is attributed to
some affection of the heart. Hypo
dermic injections of brandy are then
used to produce a reaction and to put
him in a condition to take nourish
ment. Those affected as he is die
from want of nourishment, being una
ble' to take food. If the medi
cal bulletins are to he credited,
General Grant is yet lar
from this condition. If brandy will
sustain him it should be used freely, or
anything else that may prolong his
life, and it is a pity that the law bos
not provided some proceeding by which
people who insult him and add to his
misery cannot be located and punisj^l
If liquor is responsible for much of
crime and human misery, fanaticism
in ail ages has furnished its full quota
of disorders, violence and unhappiness.
The temperance movement is retarded
and crippled by some of its leaders who
have an abnndance of zeal without
knowledge, manners or modesty.
Some Truths,
The New York World reviewing the
What Will toe Dane with Ttbt>?
The New York Sun says: The post
master at Boston is a respectable gentle
man named Tobey—not Toby, aa the name
Is erroneously recorded in the official reg-
atcrof tbe Post office Department. His
salary is $1,000a year.
Mr. Tobey is a iriend ot petce. He used
to be prominently snd actively engaged in
tbe movement for the abolition ot war,
tbe diepeision of standing armies and
other military and naval establishments,
and tbe promotion of brotherly lore and
Christian forbearance among the great and
little powers ot tbe eartb. Since he was
appointed postmaster, however, bis high
er mission has not prevented him from at
tending faithfully to tbe delivery of mail
matter received at Boaton and tbe collec
tion of the letters deposited by hie fellow
citlzehi in the lamppost boxes of tbe New
England metropolis.
The approaching end of the term for
which Mr. Tobey was appointed by a Re
publican President draws attention to bis
case. Will his services be retained
by the Democratic administration 7
If not, why not? No doubt
plenty of testimony can be procured
showing that Tobey's management of the
Boston post-office has been excellent. He
was not originally appointed for political
reasons, end nobody can say that he bee
been an offensive partisan. Indeed,
whatever energy be conld spare from tbe
execution of hie immediate dnlies as post
master seems to bare been conscientious
ly derated to tne great cause ot universal
peace.
Tbe reappointment of Elder Tobey would
be a compliment and e concession to those
American cilisens who believe in reform
ing, first ot all things, the present sanguin
ary methods of settling international dis
putes ; and is there any question that tbe
ot whites have six children born to them
in a year, of whom two die before reaching
the age of eelf support. The same number
of negroes, It Is said, wilt bare ten children
born In a year, and lose five before they
reach the age of self-rapport. The negroes
thus lose two and a half times as many
children as tbe whites, and yet gain upon
them in tbe cenras figures.
Gextismzx who ere anxions to serve the
country in foreign missions must not de
spair because their applications thns far
have not been successful. There are sti 1
openings a‘. Brazil, with a salary of fit,.
000; at the Argentine Republio, with
$7 900; al Austria, with $12 000; at Belginm,
with $7,500; at Bolivia, with $5,000; at
Central America, with $10,000; at China,
with $12,000; at Colombia, with $7,500; at
Corea, with $5,000; at Hayti, with $5,000;
at Liberia, with $5,000; at Paragnay and
Uruguay, with $5 000; at Persia, with
$5,000; at 8iam, with $5,000; at Spain, wilb
$12,000; at ewl z-rland, with $5,000, and at
Venezuela, with $5,000, There will be bo
immediate change at Madrid, because Mr.
Poster is still intrusted with the negotla
tians relating to the treaty recently with
drawn from tbe Senate. Tbe missions at
Pekin, Vienna end Braseeis are held by
New Yorkers, who are more or less in
tavor at court.
Tnx bsseballers have made a home run
on the President. Wednesday afternoon
a gentleman called at the White Houeer
and after being admitted to the private
room aaid that he represented a party of
gentlemen who wanted to make an appoint
ment with the President for the following
dsy. To this the President replied In tbe
affirmative, and named 10 o’clock yester
day morning aa the hour most convenient
(or him. Wbat was bis surprise when tbe
delegation turned ont to be a baseball nine
from Brooklyn and whose sole motive was
curiosity and who considerably delayed
the President's business for the dey. Af
ter they were dismlmeA instructions were
given that hereaf.er the President ot the
United States bad no time to give op to
baseball ninra, and It Is not likely he will
have any mere such intiuders npon hie
privacy, so that the line la drawn at base
ball players for this admlni>tratlon.
first month of Mr. Cleveland’s admin-influence of the war haters was cast last
November for Cleveland, owing to their
distrust ot Brother Blaine ns a peace pre-
istration says:
There hive been rlonds as well as sontbine
tu the sky. Dissatisfaction baa been expressed-
Some Democrats bsve been dtaagrccably dis
appointed. They do not Hko tbe appoint
ments. Many Republicans have been agree
ably dlsapiiolotcd. They do like tbe appoint
ments. Many professional politicians are less
pleased with President Cleveland today than
they were a month ago. Most people, not pro-
ftssional politicians, are mnch better pleesed
with him now then tbey were before bis elec
tion.
This is true and is very clearly
stated. The World adds: "Fortunately
the mistakes have been very lew.
Upon the whole, the Democratic party
is mnch stronger to-day than it was a
month ago. So is the republic.”
This is also truo. The world con
sider* the appointment of Mr. Phelps
to England the greatest mistake. Peo
ple in different sections look upon dif
ferent appointments as mistakes,to t lint
individual opinions would sum up a
great many mistakes.* The World
monms that Mr. Thurman has been
neglected, hut Mr. Thurman and other
leaders were neglected by the party
for Mr. Cleveland.
server?
child’s empty coffin on her shoulder, fol
lowed by e lot ol little girir. Later tbe
•sene was reversed, sr.d tbe ceflia was
borne by four little girls, followed liy seve
ral women. Itis nouncommon sigh: there
to see a coffin born* to the grave on th*
shoulders of s man, bat s woman render
ing the service was a novel ape ctacle.
The oldest bank noth prob rbiy in exist
ence in Europe is ooe prea-rved
in The Aatatle Museum at Su Petersburg.
It dates from the year 1330 B. C„ and was
ilined by tbe Chinese government. It can
be proved from Chinese chroniclers that,
as early as 2307 B. C. bank notea were cur
r.r.t under the name ot "fijlog money.”
Tbe bank note preserved at St. Petersburg
beers the name ot the Imperial bank, date
cu t number of Issue, si,nature of a man
darin, and contains even a list ot the pun
ishments inflicted for forgery ol note*.
This relic ol 4.000 years ago is probably
written, tor printing Iron wooden tablets
Is said to have been Introduced in China
oolydn the Tear 100 A. D.
Tbb Philadelphia Record aeyi: “A
naval war woe id perhaps wipe away a
crowd of traditions. Smartness In lorliog
a vita wlU not aid to tbe management ot an
iron-clad; ordinary Ironclads |seem to
b- powerless sgstnet rams, end many iv
o-nritwa maintain that tbe torp'dr boat
Is the chief navel arm ot the future. It is
ssidthat a power which, within ton days
after e declaration of war, cjcIJ launch
200 torpedo boats egsl.it her enemy could
. c - ar tbe use of the strongest Beet ot Iron-
dads in the world. With this idea ia
view,and with the knowledge that swift
nnarmored ships are the only ones which
could hope to materially injure tba mer-
c -atilt marine of an enemy, why shoald
this government spend mom money on
imperfect Iroo-dada?"
Wx will a*l ranee the date of any gub
’criber to the Weekly Tbleosaiw ooe
year and send by mail a nickel-silver
Waterbury watch for 13.00.
go off on exenraion* anil to banquets,
he will (all In the task assigned
him. The junteto of hi*
predecessors, gave opportunities to
the governmental subordinates to nog-
irct their duties and to rob the people.
When Mr. Cleveland shall have re
formed the government by turning ont
the rascals and putting in their places
honest and competent men, the whole
country will be glad to see him end to
congratulate him on his success. Then
will come the time for him (o make a
triumphal tonr of all sections.
Bat 11 be shall go off now to be paraded
around for the pnrpoaea of attracting a
crowd at certain points, the good im
pression he haa made will be speedily
dissipated.
The States of the Sooth await with
anxiety and patienoe the promised
overhauling of the officials who have
disgraced and oppressed them.
There ia work, a plenty of it, and
serious work, to test the wonderful
strength and endurance of Mr. Cleve
land. Thereat, traeand honest people
can afford to wait to see him at a more
propitious season. There is no reason
to believe tint he proposes to take the
road under tbe auspices ol tellowa who
wish to display themselves and at the
same time turn a nimble penny.
Removal for Cause.
The letter of Mr. Cleveland in rela
tion to the postmaster at Rome, N. Y.,
if the very beet document that has yet
emanated from him. This paragraph
la particularly pleasing:
The fart that I have before ma documents
signed by many residents of tbe city where
this postmaster la located, and who belongs to
both political parties, asserting their entire
confidence in hla honesty and fidelity, demon'
straies the unfortunate facility with which
such paper* may he obtained, end glrea rise
to an unpleasant suspicion touching the too
prevalent standard ol political honeaty.
This fact will enable Mr. Cleveland
to understand something about the coa
lition in this State, which ie very active
in attempting to divide out office* and
retain certain Republicans who
have bought up votes at a perilous
emergency.
Tampa ran oo Fanatics.
A New York special sayn: "One
thing troubles the General greatly—
namely, tne pile of telegrams being
sent in by fanatical temperance asso
ciations from all over tbe country,
About twenty telegram*arrived yester
day begging the General to forego hie
excessive nee of brandy. These tem
perance associations actually believe
that General Grant ia not the dying
man ha ie, but that he hat been on
Saeolmen of Civil estates Reform Work.
A Washington special to tha New York
World says: Yesterday Gen. Sparka fou id
evidence o! an attempt to steal over half a
million acres of land right ont front under
eontrary order ot Secretary Ltmar a few
days before General Sparks gained posses
sion of the land office. For e number of
years tbe Son’bern Pacific railroad has
claimed 15.000,000 acres assigned to them
by tb* Texas Pacific railroad. Congress,
at tha tut seuton, declared this grant for
feited, and directed that tbe land abonld be
restored to the pnblie domain. Upon
March 18th Secretary Lamar loaned an
order directing tbe registers of tha varioua
land offices throughout the country to bold
these lands subject to entry end settle
ment. In tbe survey ot tbe Boalharn Pa
cific road it laps tt the junction with the
Texu Pacific in inch a manner that for a
number of mllaa it runs acrosa the lands of
tbe Texu Pacifio grant After Mr. La
mer bed luned his order tbe agents of tbe
rood, anxious to uve something ont of tbe
wreck of 15,000,000 acres, applied through
their old friends in th* land office to have
tb* lends adjoining their road wber* it
lap* npon th* Tessa Pacifio Un* exempted
from tb* order.
Boch an exemption wu mad* end was
issued March 18th by th* acting land
axlsatoaer, Harrison. Th* tract exempted
embraces nearly atx hundred thousand
acres of land. This violation of Mr. La
mar's order wu very quietly accomplished
It wu only yesterday that General 8parks
discovered it He called npon Mr. Harri
son to explain hu inning inch an extraor
dinary order. He laid that he had signed
It merely in a routine way. This la a fa
vorite detenu for every job unearthed In
tbe departments. Tb* order was traced
back to tb* chief dark end tbe bead ol the
railroad division in tbe bureau. Neither
oo* of them would assume tb* mponai-
bUUy of tha order.
Oen. Sparks Intends to cartfally Invutt-
gala tb* whole (Object end find ont whole
for It, Here under tbe beautl-
Cotton Statement.
Tbe Chronicle's cotton article ol April
3d furnishes tbe .following facts rela
tive to the movement ot the crop tor the
put week:
For the week ending this evening
(April 3), the total receipts have reached
28,111 bales, makingihe total receipts since
tbe 1st of September, 1881, 4,5(9,297 bales,
against 4,019,081 bales (or the lame period
ot 1883-34, showing a decrease since Sep
tember 1,1884, of 40,374 bales.
The receipts at all the Interior towna for
tbe week have been 13,855 bales, since
September 1st, 2.525,919 bales. Tbe re
ceipts at tbe same towns have been 10091
bates leu than th* tins week tut year,
and atnc* September lit, tbe receipts at
all the towns are 199,750 bates leu than
(or tb* same time In 1883.
Among the Interior towns, Macon te
credited with 29 bales (or tbe week and
with 48,100 tor the season. Lut year tbe
receipts for the week wen 235, and for the
season 50,737 bales. These figures show
a decrease (or tbe week, u compared with
that period, ot 220 bales, and a falling oO
for the season of 11,507 bales.
Tbe total receipts from tbe plantation!
•Inc* September 1, 1881, were 4,707,070
bales; In 1883-84 were 4,095 800 bales; in
1882 83 were 5,810.157 bales.
Althongb the total receipt* at the oat-
porta the put week were 23,111 bales, the
actual movement from plantation! wu
14 031 bales, tbe balance befog taken from
•locks at tha Interior towns. Lut year tb-
receipts from the plantations (or the urns
week were 21,210 bates, and lor 1883 they
were 88,880 bate*.
Tba recaipt* atnc* September 1 up to to
night ere 31,801 bale* more than they
were at tb* same day of the month in 1881
and 700,013 bates leu than they were to
th* same dsy ol the month in 1883.
Tbe exporta ot cotton from th* United
Statu tbe put wtek, u per latest mall re-
u tbe Southern porta are concerned, these
are the same export* reported by tele
graph, end published in Ute Chronicle lut
Friday.
Tb* Chronicle has the following to say
ot th* market fluctuations for the week
under review:
There hu bun more eetirity with some de
gree of buoyancy to the speculation la cotton
for future dtlleary at this market daring the
week under review. The advices received by
cable regarding the relatione of Russia and
Great Britain have bun to a certain degree
parifie, and although regarded with no little
distrust, had e marked effect in promoting e
demand to corse contracts and restoring spec
nlatlea confidence. There hoe been a great
Improvement la tha weather at th* Booth,
which had Its effect open vtlou tor the nut
crop; but the movement of this nop hex con
tinned very small, and stocks at the Booth
rapidly dhalolihed. On Saturday lut there
wu some further destine, and th* reports
from Parte on Monday had a depressing In
fluence, hot on Tuesday there «ru a moderate
improvement, and Wednesday's market wu
quite buoyant. Tbs notices for free deliveries
on March contracts were readily absorbed,
stimulating bavin ess and giving renewed con
fidence to tbe -bull” party. Yesterday there
e farther Improvement, bat leu ac
tivity to the •pecnlttion, and In th* last hoar,
under sales to realise sad th* report of a hank
follnre at Norfolk, tha early advance was more
than loot, except for Apr!!. Cotton oo tha
spot hu bun in hot limited demand for home
ptlon, and stocks bare trgan to show
an Important accnmnlatton. Quotations were
reduced l-Me. on Monday. Yesterday this de
cline wu recovered, end middling uplands
closed at 11 »1S.
Employes of French railways have ex
ceptional privileges ever English, German
or American railway men, inch at reduced
rates ot freight when consigned to them
and an nnnsnal number of personal passu.
Tbecompany will algo tnpply them with
provisions and winu of all sort* at the
lowest wholesale rates, and if eiationed at
points where each articles are exception
ally dear, where the company cannot con
veniently keep storebonin, they receive
certain additions to their wages, expressly
designated as an Indemnity to meet inch
cases. They are allowed to purchase their
fuel at the same rate as that paid by tbe
company, while in cue of sloknese they
are attended by tbe company's physicians
and tnpplied with medicines gratuitously.
Betides, the French companies allow what
are called ''primes” to all engineers and
firemen for economy in machinery and
fnel. The orphans of all employee while
on duty ar* placed in orphan asylums at
the expense of tbe company and are kept
there nntll they are 17 yean old.
A lViiTiur gentleman who has made a
study of tbe Indians says that there are
two special occupations in which they can
be encceaifully employed. Tbey make
splendid border policemen and herders.
Tbey are very fond o! uniforms and are
passionately devoted to army employment.
Two or thru regiments of Indians well
equipped and organized would be of great
service in the West. Each tribe haa a dis
like for the other and would hunt down
any Indian violators of the tews with tbe
laithhilneia of bloodhounds. Western
gentlemen think that Indians could be
employed throughout the en'ire West
where the regular army te now re
quired and that a mnch better service
could be obtained from them. They make
magnificent Jterders, and in tba develop
ment of the great cattle Interests ot the
West will in the future have abundant
means for congenial employment. They
are also being used as freighters along the
lines ol the principal railroads. They take
more kindly to this kind of work than to
agriculture. There are few of the Indians
wno have a natural adaptability to farm
llte aa tbe Oregon Indians. Some ol the
Indians in New Mexico, and notably those
in tbe Zunt lands, make good farmers.
The majority ot the warlike tribes are vrry
mnch disinclined to agricultural pursuits.
The yonng Baltimore pickaninnies will
not sing "Dixie.” The Sun says:
Pupils ot the Colored High and Grammar
School have written a remonstrance to Mayor
Latrobe against tbe "Indignity about being
heaped upon us by our teachers In compelling
ui to ling 'Dixie."' They «»y to sing the song
will only tend to humiliate'' them.” The ob
jectionable parts are:
”1 wish I wan In the land ol childhood.
Roaming there among the wild woods.
In Dixie’s land I take my stand.
1'U live sad die la Dixie."
Dr. 8taley, principal ot the school, saya the
pnplls have been rehearsing for an Baiter en
tertainment. Oce of'tbe features of the enter
tainment will be a recitation, in whlcn
a scene on tho Rappahannock during
the war te described. "One woOd-
ed shore was blue with 'Yanks,' and
one was grey with 'rebels.' ’■ In the Northern
camp tho soldiers are singing "Yankee Doo
dle," and in tho Southern army "Dixie.” At
midnight the two camps are quiet, the soldiers
sleeping. Suddenly a soldier begins to stag
"Home, Sweet jlome,” and both camps, for-
getting the inrroandinge, sing the sweet old
song In notion. To make the recitation effect
ive theepuplls have been taught to elng "Yan
kee Doodle" and '(Dixie” at tho proper time,
and to unite their volcee la “Hume. Sweet
Home." Some of the pupil i who said tbey
had religions xcinples avalust songs were ex
ensed from taktog part in-lt, though they hare
been singing aongi ever since they have bi en
the school.
Tat Galveston Ntwi lays: ' There
talk of eroding John Kelly to Congress to
fill tbe eest mad* vaesat by the transfer of
Sunset Cox to Oooatantioopte. Kelly
woold cut a peculiar figure In Coo green,
bat no doubt would be a man ot influence.
No speaker with presidential aspirations
would attempt to buy Mr. Kelly la ob
scure committees.” John Kelly te a better
b shared and better ed nested man than
any on* of tb* Texas delegation and te a
far better speaker. It te bat fair tossy,
that very few delegations have a man the
equal, to character, experience and ability
to the mnch abased and mlrnndarttood
John Kelly.
Tnx Kentucky colonels are dleposed to
have a row over the patronage. The
Washington Star says:
There te some stir among Kentuckians in
tha city over a difficulty between two ot their
number, which grew ont ot patronage. Mr.
Ray Doyd made application tor a South Amer
ican mission, and It la claimed that the Presi
dent bad decided to appoint him, when same
Kentucky Democrat want to tha President
with charges aga|nst Doyd’s character. Th*
appointment was not mads, and aabaaqaantly
Boyd charged that Boa. Oscar Turner
prevented It by statements he
the President egalnet him. Mr Boyd
denonneed Mr. Tamer to hla face
In the bitterest terms. Thli was several weeks
age. Ms. Turner, who Is an old man and a
cripple, went home, and he hae returned with
bteaon, a young man shoot 29. Last night
Boyd met young Tamer at the National Hotel
end wanted to know M he (Turner) was will
ing to take up Ms father's quarrel. Turner re-
pltrd that tbit was hte Intention, and answer
ed Boyd that he would bear from him at tb*
properltBe rad lathe properway. Both men
ar* said to be game, and Kantnckiana think a
duel wUl result. The place which Boyd ap
plied for, U te said, Is the ministry Chill to
and he wu hacked by Senator Beck.
Tbi North can always furnish a liar
for any emergency. Iowa pate op tbe
latest and tbe largest one. One ot the few
surviving eye-wltnetaee of Lee’s surrender
at Appomattox wu interviewed concern
ing General Jubel Earty'a recent denial of
the etory that Lee's sword wu tendered
Grant. The men's name te Benjamin Jeff
ries, and he tea carpenter by trade and
resident ol Dee Moines. Ha aerved
through tb* wu In a Pennsylvania regi
ment, and et tbe time ol Lse'e surrender
wu a member ot company A, ltrtvt regi
ment—'"Buckiaiie.” When uked u to the
circumstances : hat followed thc close
of the fighting et Appomattox, he said
Alter fighting eeued General Grant rode to
the front where our refitment wu deployed on
the skirmish line, and ordared that a guard
be stationed acrou the road leading down to
the village and that no on*he allewad to gpea.
About2 o'clock In th* afternoon he relumed,
accompanied by an escort of 2DU or 100 officers.
Luring alt but ou aide behind he rode
through tbe Uae* and dawn Ut* slope toward
the const boose, a abort distance off Aa he
did to, General Lee, accompanied by on*
i, came toward him from aa oppotlt* di
rection. About ureaty-Ov* yards from where
we were 11*1100*0 on guard stood a null
•tory-ond-a-half lag boose, near which grew
Urge apple tree. Grant and Lee met
this point tad ballad under thle ti
Lee rod* a large, handsome roan, while
Gram wu mounted on e small, black hone.
Dismounting, Lee drew hte sword
offend tt to Grant, hot Grant refused
to accept It, and declining U with a wav*
hte hand It wu pnt hack to the svsbtard.
Then Glut ottered hte hand to Lae, and they
■book hands, u did their aide*, and aU en
gaged la conversation (ot about fire minute*,
when, remounting, they rods awav to the
coon boose, where tba papers completing the
terms ot the surrender were drawn up. I uw
the first meeting between Grant and tee, and
mw Grant refute to Uke hla award, for I stood
leas than a hundred yard* away at the time.
1 bare os vivid a recollection of that scene
tf tt took place yesterday.
Tnx rnraor of war about Panama bta
not tbinnsd ont ths naval dndei Rom
Washington. A special from that city
•ays:
Tne dnde officers at Wubtngton have In
vented a new plan for achieving a strikingly
fashionable result. The melancholy termina
tion of tho flret fox hnnt hu already been
made pnblie In then dispatches. Brer since
harrowing event the yonng men
have been doing their f >x hunting chiefly at
the Metropolitan Clnb. A perfectly novel
•cheme hu hern devised. Lieut Emery, of
tho navy, who la a prominent fox hunter and
member ol the Metropolitan clnb, te also In
charge of the Uolted States steamer Dispatch.'
Ilia plan la to more the Dispatch up or down
th* rlrer to an entirely new mooring which Is
keptseciet from tho party. Then a hnnt is
called, tha Urns fixed and at th* appointed
day and place the melt occurs.
Of coureo tha wildest excitement prevails.
Nobody knows whsn the Dlepatch 1s, bnt
everybody does know that sha te hid ranfily
avsy at aomo point on tho rivar front, and so,
with cheers and cries and piercing "tally-hoc”
and "yotoks," the gallant hunters duh away.
Nothing slops thorn. They send down the aa-
phalt drives, beating the street can ont of
light and terrifying yonng lady clerks on tbalr
way to the bureau o! printing and engraving.
They are delighted with thc change. They
never could catch thou "ornery" foxes, "yon
know," hnt they alwaye catch thc Dispatch,
and tha fact that a tempting loach awaits
them at tbe and of tho ehau lends a piquant
flavor to the affair.
Those who wttneMtd tho lut "haot” de
clare that II wu tho most heautlfal thing on
record Tho way those reckless riders plunged
Into tbe tangled wilderness of Foartacalb
street and ran down thalr trembling quarry at
Jones's wharf wu simply thrilling. Tha Met
ropolitan Clnb la on top again, and pride gill;
tars In every eye.
A nickel-silver Waterbary watch
will be sent to any one who will send a
elub ot ten new subscribers to the
Wisely Tilbobaph. See advertise
ment.
PIXBONAL.
** to Barrios’s Death.
Oalvutom, April 8.—An Inquiry to-day
from tba office of tbe Associated Pnu
in thin city to th* manager of tha
Central andfi South American Cabte
Company at I.t Llbertad, San Sal
vador, lor definita Information regarding
lb« death of General Banisa elicited “
following maonae:
"IllaapoaitlTe fact that a ■anralaary
battle raged for four days on the frontier
of Han Salvador. Iteyord that no other
positive lad Is known.''
,, 8t ™ n d. convicted ot the mmZ
pa^briteV. 10 ® CD,CkeU ’’ " h,ch hc
?^fo b C».*n£ l di « h «teot*. !
brreo®o h ,‘h. t fl»r P of 0 ?be b *iro n l . ,,, f ? «"»• i
Repruenrailveson' Tneediy fo
and feet were tff-ctively uaed h fl,a
est iiumber of spurrows' I
fo'june* 1 U>e ‘ r #aaual ethib *on to t e 1
The Marylsnd Leslsletnre two years
pastsreek!" br ° U8htlnto C0Qrtdurit '8 tt!
trl n :fYokra”Mlwf« 0 ^.^{
aoahyln her arms; in dotogaoalre TmL
dentally struck the baby's head agalif
cm steps, killing It Instantly. 8,1 th *
Professor Morse's pi in ot n’Hiz'ni th.
suo’a rays in heating and vanUtei-..
apartments, which is In successful i,.. .!
Boston Athetmtam,' £«t*J“h!b>tot
Society of Arts. rlP m#elil1 *
Five children of a farmer near win.i...
Cut e P«„ have become ,mfetert with I
horrible malady somewhat reaemhllM t?.*
d-rV-M-' Superstitions peopte n
neighborhood b-lieve that the* 1
witched, and a “witch doctor”
called to relieve them. 0r blea
Oo March 2lst Willie White a
year, ot age, of Wo!£viU.7
coon hnnttog with a par>v o! bore qw
felted a tree, and upon lU atefkieg tR
earth, a broken limb rebounded to the
fctamp, striking young White on the bead'
rom the ejecta of which ba died on ths
following Tuesday.
...T b nP[? ,kh,T * n < M1 f) Radiator say,.
It will be remembered that some limj
lut year It was charged that a Mr. Loiion
of Lawrence county, kill -a abrothero
hie, and wu toearccrate-i intheCopish
j sit, where be la now lor aafskrpping. nr*
have just heard that in the last few devs
two negroes were killed, it Is alirgM for
the aole purpose of getting llremlfoof
the way, in order to destrov the evidence
against Lotton. It it Tci-ortwl 1 ere that
there is an armed body ot men organized
in Lawrence county for the pmpoieol
vetting at tbe perpetratore of the last men
tioned crime, and if poadble to arrest >he
guilty partiee and bring them to justice.
Klllad by n Faille* sign.
A Pittsburg Pa., aped* 1 saye: Daring a
wind-storm Sunday afttrn-vn a large sign
on tbe root ot Mcrph)’* Iwokit-re, No. M2
Grant •t'eet, together with several hundred ,
bricks, wu blown to the pavement, strik
ing two yonng ladles who were pasting,
Bella Couslev and Agnes Johnson, end
an old man, Dennis McCartv. Mlu Cons-
ley wu killed almost Instantly. Milt
Johnson was knocked inaeip.ihte, hat soon
revived. Her head was badly cut. hernnM
and b >th legs broken, and tier body terri
bly braised. McCarty received tome slight
cats.
IJsfore nod after.
Detroit Free Press.
Mlvtreu—”1 wish yon to dosome sweep
ing to-day.” Maid—“To-morrow is my
day off. mnm, and 1 never lets myself get
tired the day before, b-canve then I can't
take no enjoyment when I gets out, mum.”
"Oh, well, do it day after t emorrowthen.”
'The day alter bein' out
mum.”
We will advance tlio date of any sub
scriber to the Weekly Telegraph one
year and send by mail a nickel-silver
Waterbury watch (or F!.50.
—Empress Eugenie’s “RecolU
of rvy *»{i? •••pear is • wwk
'oat I am alters tired.
We will mall a Nlckel-SUrcr Waterbury
Watch of tba »tylc represented In the cat bo*
tow to any one who will »*nd at» clnb of ten
mew subscribers to the Weekly Telegraph
AMD MKSfIKMGKR At ODO dollar CECh. Tills will
enable each subscriber to secure tho paper at
the lowest club rate, aad at tbe same time
compensate the club agent for his trouble.
J-Omly mew n p.-cihee*—that Is. those
wboee names are not now and have not been
within tlx months prevlooa to the receipt ot
the order, on oar books-will be courted.
These watches are not toys, but accurate and
■errtceable time-keepers. They are simple,
durable and neat. Tbe case* always wear
bright. Tens of thousands of them are carried
by people of all classes throughout tho United
“The Waterbury.”
Recollection*
iwu,
—Miss Susan B. Anthony ia lectur
ing in llllnoll and other Western Statu.
—Mme. Modjeska ia about to start
ou a ttarrlngtour ot the town*of Ragland.
—Frans Abt, the author ol "When
th* Sea Iowa Homeward Fly,” 1a dead.
—Mile. Aimee is said to have cleared
$14,000 u her share ol the profit, tote us-
•ou. v
-Ex-Senator S. B. Conover haa lo
cated In Tanahawe*, Fla., and will prac
tice medicine.
—Dwight 1.. Moody ha* closed his
trana-Miwte.tppt campaign and te rearing
in Chicago—a by no means sinless spot.
—Mr*. Whitney, wife ot the Secre
tary ol War, pula a coat-ol arma on her
viittiag earde and upon formal Invitation*
isitud by her.
—Dr. Ham Grifflh haa shed a ray of
joy throughout tb* tend by bta announce
ment that' Me aud Mary have had a moat
•uceeeelui aeaaon la Londoo.”
—Superstitious Alpena folks claim
to have teen lights tn tne aky recently in
theebapeot a hor-Mho. and connect it
with Cleveland's lack —Detroit Pott,
—The rebellious Riel U accused of
being a patriot for revenue only, amc* hla
(ormrr outbreak !• laid to have been sum-
niiritvjiubilded tor th* torigniflean! turn
—President Cleveland’s mall, which
continue heavy, now contain,, by way o(
variety, msuv cutting,not tossy hthui-tli-,
crmruui Icalioni from disappointed officc-
■eekera and other crank..
—The latest centenarian is James ... w rll , ,
j^&^Vr'&n^rbirVh* "
dey and b. boeate that bte father. John 4JW *“ a - aoonm
Hubbard, also lived to one hnodrtd.
—Arthur William it tbe sweet name
of young Cairns, lately known as (ixr-
m-.yte, who bee racceeded to tbe earldom.
He te six feet two Inches tail, and hex a
bead nearly aa larg* as a Florida orange.
—The venerable and benevolent I
banker, W. W. Corcoran, of Wminington,
hav an far recovered hij good health aa to I
be able to neater* end make • octal visits,
and be is an occasional caller on th* Ik-1
diva at lb* Whit* Hops*.
FOR $3.50
wo will sand the Weekly Telegram amq
If EUSMOEm one year and one of the abore de
scribed watehea to any address. Tbli prof4-
altton ia open to our subscribers aa well u
thoM whoarb not.
Act Promptly.
The above propositions will bo kept open
for a limited time only and parties who wl»h
to take adrantage of either abonld da tost
once.
f^Unless otherwise d!r..( ted we will send
tbe watchee by mall, packed In a tu*it paste
board box, and our reapo albnity for them
will end when they are depot .t.-d in the po*t-
o Aee. Tbey can bo registered for ten cents,
and parties wbo wlsb this done should Inclose
tbls amount, or we will send them by ex-
vhoy are
TIIETELEGRAPn AKD MEM-KNGKR,
Macon, Georgia.
Make
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■■•W Y Cairo WROUER SKATE!
CENCRAL NEWS.
Twenty-two profeiiiooal bast
have died within a year.
A plot to bare unwary negro*
eoao'erfeit money bee beta 1
la Texas.
Electricity Is to be n*ed In Lc
Col. toipricg tbe trap ot a aca
which two men are soon to be e:
JOHN p. LOVELL'S SONS BOSTON MASS.
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