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ONSTITUTION.
VOLUME XIV.
TUESDAY MORNING. AUGUST 29. 1882.
PRICE 5 CENTS
PORTER’S FIGURES.
2 STORY OF AN UNKNOWN
ENGLISH LAD.
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From rov.rty to Prominence in . Pew Years—Tlie
Leading Authority cn Political Eoonomy.
American Cniee and the Debts They
Carry- Cbaraoter of Immigrants.
Special Correspondence of The Constitution.
Os the Train, August 2a.—In 1WV9. the good ship
Calabria, brought an English lad eighteen ypan of
age. to Kew York. The youngster did not have an
acquaintance on this continent, and six pounds
andaetout bcait made up the sum of his posses
sions. He drifted westward and engaged as a farm
hand at (12 a month. There be made a good plough
boy, and in a year or so had a reputation for pitch
ing hay that Ailed the county.
The other dey when President Arthur was mat
ing up the commission for the revision of the tariff,
there was one li.me that commended Itself to all
classes—one appointment that was made as a matter
of count, and around which the other appoint
ments were grouped. This was Robert P. Porter,
the English boy, who home over in 1869, and who
less than ten years ago was a field baud, and, with
the laborers on a western farm, working for thirty
cents a day.
I do not think this country, so prolific in oppor
tunities, offered and embraced, can show so rapid
an advancement in so bad a Held, as this has been.
Political economy Is the study of a lifetime, and to
comprehend the details, much less die purpose, of
die industrial growth of America is quite as much.
And yet in hardly isfx years this foreign youngster,
without acquaintance or relation, lias come' from
the humblest walk of life to be our most intelligent
writer on economic questions, an futhority on all
industrial topics, and on the tariff, debt and taxa
tion and such matters without au equal. When
the scope ot the census of uxo was fairly set and it
was determined to make it the completest work ever
done, this youngster, then only 27 years of sge, was
sent for, made second only to General Walker,
given absAlutv carte-blanche as to money, men and
methods, and told to cover the subject of debt, tax
ation and cities. The result is two volumes of 800
pages each, from his own hand, that are
miiacles of iudustry aud ability, besides many
other books prepared under his direction.
Tho history ol his rise is a simple one. At the
suFKcstimi of a friend, who saw in the thoughtful
boy something more than a mere laborer, he wrote
Home articles for a little patter in Rockford, Illinois
It is work, though crude and casual, was satisfactory,
and the editor offered him SI per week to go on the
paper regularly. Once In this Acid he became very
much interested in the growth of certain western
cities, concerning which he wrote letters to the Chi
rago Inter-Ocean. He s|iced!ly saw that there were
groat and essential lessons, underlying the details
of nrban growth in America, and many dangerous
tendencies. The difficulty in interpreting the mean
ng of all this enormous expansion was that there
were no reliable data, and no system under which
they could be gathered. Fascinated at once with
the mystery and the meaning of the subject he de
termined to devote his life to devising
some scheme by which its surface could
be defined end its undercurrents made
plain. In the meantime he had been called
to an editorial desk in the Inter-Ocean office, and
attracted general attention. The rest is public his
tory. One thing further may be told. Last year be
visited England. While iu London he was the
honored gnestof the Political Economy club, the
widest and m-wt.exclusive club in England. Of.its
thirty-five members fifteen are or have been mem
bers of the English cabinet, and Mr. Gladstone
is himself a member. It was a dazzling honor for
so young a man to sit vis-a-vis with these men by
Mr. Gladstone’s side, as the invited guest of the
evening. It was euough to turn the head of the
stout-hearted lad who. friendless and obscure, had
left Fngliuid a few yeuts before. Of the fierce and
plucky struggle iu America he .brought back but
one scar -a long, seared line on his left arm, torn by
a pitchfork as he fell one day from the peak of
hay heap, piled i#> by his own hnnds at thirty cents
a day. ‘ ’ 1
GOSSIP OK OUR CITIES.
I had a talk with Mr. Porter on yesterday and
asked him how many cities there were in the coun
try-
“There are 12,000 townships," he said, “that have
a financial existence—that is that have a form of
government and the power to raise money. There
are 8,000 townships additional without financial
existence There are,.however only 211 American
cities in the true sense of the word—that Is, cities
with over 7,8J0 inhabitants."
"Wliat debt do these cities owe?”
"A trifle over S6W),C00,000. The rapid growth of
manufactures in America has increased the per
ccntftge of urban population which of counic in
creased tlic debts of cities. The city debts have
grown 132 per cent since 1S70—the county debts
percent—while the state debts have decreased 25
percent. This decrease in state debts is due to
heavy payments made by New York, Pennsylvania
and llllitois, and to the repudiation or readjust
ment oi the debts of many southern states.’
"Do you think the limit of city debts has been
nearly reached?”
"Yes, in many states—most of them, perhaps—
there is a constitutional limit against cities mottga-
King more than a<certain per cent of their property.
This is usually—as in the case oi Georgia—seven
percent. In most cases this limlthos been reached
There will be more caution in makiug debts in the
future."
“Hasn’t the city borne the expense of must of the
Improvement?”
"That depends on the section. In New England
the city is the main agent. In the south the suite
. is the main agent. In the west it is the
county. With you the county has but little func
tion. And yet Georgia is, with the exception
Texas, the only county-making state in the union.
It has made more comities in the past few years
than all the states put together. But as you don'
allow your counties to do anything ol importance
itdoesen’t matter much There are 2,400 counties
in the United States."
"What Is the main item for which the debt
. American cities was made?”
“Water works. There stands charged to this one
item$142,000,000, or one-fourth tit: c..tire munici
pal debt of the couutry. It is usually a good debt
however, aud one that carries itself. In Uassachu
setts alone the revenue from water works is $3,000,
009. After water works the debt is divided between
gas works, public buildings, education and streets.
“What is the highest taxed city in America?”
"Boston is the highest taxed city in the world,
speeds more on the education of its children alone
than is raised for all purposes by Birmingham
England, though the latteris the larger city. There
is no such eity as Boston. It has 10s,000 females
100,000 males, and yet so thrifty are her spinsters
t|pt while 14,000 people own the Sl2?,0u0,000 of gov-,
ernment bonds owned in New York, SiO.OQO.OOOheld
in Massachusetts are divided among 16,000 holders."
"How does the distribution of women to men
hold out?"
“The proportion decreases as we go westward. In
New England the females are most numerous. In
the middle states about equaL In Illinois the wo
men are 97 to 100 and in California 60 to 100."
"What has been the result oi your investigation
of the affairs of American cities?"
"Hopeful in every sense. I have found the debt
smaller than was genera ly supposed and as a rule
well invested. You see, \rith everything new and
everything to do It was necessary to create an enor
mous debt. Most oi the cities have finished their
most Important public work and many are reduc
ing their debt annually. For example, your city
Atlanta will, in the present decade, reduce it* debt
nearly a half a million Oi all the cities, Washing
ton, Which owes 6127 per capita, is the only impor
tant one that Is debt-ridden-to a degree. Chicago
only owe* SIS a head city debt. I was astonished,
however, to find that the chief English cities had
grown as rapidly as the leading American cities.
Take the eight first cities of each i-ount-y, omitting
Chicago, and the English cities hold their own with
us. Omitting Chicago, Salford, England, just across
from Manchester, has shown the most remarkable
growth of any city in the hundred thousands."
THE GROWTH OK THE VARIOUS SECTIONS.
What about the comparative growth of the sec
tions of the country?”
The west has grown 26 per cent, the south 25
percent,the middle states 14 percent, and New
England 6 per cent. I do not think the south has
grown as rapidly as the figures indicate. Her large
percentage Is due to the fact that the census of 1870
was taken Inefficiently. Her proper percentage of
growth is about 15 per cent.”
What is the most remarkable feature of the cen
sus as developed to you ?”
The growth of the business and manufactures of
the west. We had all realized that In an agricultural
way the west had grown with enormous rapidity.
But no one had a conception of what she had done
the way of manufactures. For example, I was
talking to the Mayor of Birmingham the other day,
aud he said that of course the vast agricultural
region of the west would 'favor free trade and
thoughtit might be relied on to throw the .Valance
against protection. He thought the west was
all prairie, and was astounded when 1 told him
that cut of $70,000,600 worth of agricultural imple
ments manufactured In America, six western
ates made 65 per cent —when I gave him an idea
the immense iron mines and mills oi the Lake
tiuperior region—that the west, which less than 1
per cent, of the population of the country cigUt
decades ago, now has 25 per cent, of it, and that
she had 124,000 factories with one thousands mil
lions capital and one million o]>eratiyes.
THE FOREIGN A.VIl THE NATIVE POPULATION.
“How does the percentage of foreign population
compared to native show up?”
"Do you know there ym, hit a popular fallacy.
From the Immense inflow of immigrants the im
pression lias gained that foreigners are running
over us aud that we are losing the American charac
ter of our population. Nothing coold be further
wrong. The percentage of foreign bom people in
America is getting less continually. There are more
people bom than come in by ships. The thousands
who arrive here to-day bear American bom chil
dren,, or marry Americans. The percentage of
allensin the sense of birth is constantly decreasing
and is less now than it was ten years ago.”
"Thu character of the immigrauts is better than
ever, is it not?”
Much better .1 think. It is a notable fact that
England sent over last year 87,000 people while
Ireland only sent 80,000. It is generally supposed
though that Ireland is emptying herself Into Amer
ica knd England doing nothing. Tlie English im-
mlg\ant* are as a class, I believe, the best. They
amalgamate so thoroughly aud so rapidly.They melt
into the general population and do not stand out
in knots and bumps. For example do you ever hea r
of any party or faction pandering to the “English
vote?” We hear of the Irish vote and the German
vote, etc , but never of the English vote.”
"Many of the English who come over are tampers
are they not?”
“Why.no. Why should a pauper wish to leave
England? Iu no country on earth do paupers fare
so well. Out of -l.tAJO.OOO pcofile uteri- a.e l.ooi.Asi
paupers, aud the "wotkus” in which they are
housed and led at parish expense is much better
than the tenement house of this country. Of the
rights of paupers, Labouchere spoke pointedly
when he said, commenting on the petition of one
of the princes f,»r a marriage annuity: “Here we
have the two extremes. At the lower end of the
scale the pauper asks for his bread, his meat and
his mug of beer; at the ullier, the prince asks for a
sum with which to support his dignity. Such is
the cold blooded equity of our law that the pauper
demands, while the prince begs.” I saw a pauper
who came over here and settled in Illinois. He
speedily returned to England, and remarked that
while England had several thousand "workuses,”
some of which are palatial, Illinois had only three
or four. The English pauper will never leave Eng
land for this country."
THE COST OK THE CENSUS.
What will be the cost of the census, and when it
will be finished.”
It will cost 65.000,000. The work was
begun in 1879 and will be finished in ’83,
making five years of solid work. Of course it will
be the compietcst work of the kind ever done. The
English census cost only $142,000, and ivas begun
aud completed in one night. Late one evening the
officers left printed lists at each house In the king-
dont and next gathered them up entirely finished,
The American scheme is an entirely new one, and
very much more comprehensive. The greatest dif
ficulty we bad was in establishing some uniform
basis of assessment, taxation and administration.
We found that every state had a different scheme
for its state, county and city government. In Dela
ware, for example, the counties are divided into
the old “hnndfcds” of the English law.
When I began my work 1 found it necessary to
visit the capital of every state in the union and
make personal study of its governmental schemes.
At last I succeeded in reaching a common basis,
and the result Is a most satisfactory showing, but
the books will be out in a short time, and then the
public can judge for itself.” II. W. G.
Tirol rV'C PIDCT CIPUT , iat Turkish troops shall only beollowed to disem-
VYUJLoLLlll O rluji riuni rWlc at Rfifctta, Pamiatta or Aboukir,
THE BATTLE RACED
THROUGH THE DAY.
The Egyptians Found In Greater
Woe Expected—The Opening Attack—rhe Re
turn Ftre-eTbe Retreat of the Egyptian
Fcrcee Unoer Cover ot Night.
id catagorically refuses to permit their land-
ALL. i igat Alexandria, Port Said or Suez. Lord Duf-
1 i-riii, British ambassador, has promised that the
j .- ilgrims to Mecca will be permitted to traverse
Numbers then | Suez canal as usual. \
APPLYING KOR MOKE TROOPS.
London, August 26.—The Standard says it has
reason to believe that General Wolseley has applied
for more troops. This, it adds, probably means the
iVrd division of the army corps, now mobilizing at
1-ONhos, August 26 —The blockade of/the Egyp
tlan coast was established yesterday. Sir Garnet j \id ers j!0L
Wolseley s dispatches, dated Ismailia. 25th, even- Alexandria, August 26,-It is stated on good
Ing. report that Friday’s oiieratlons against Arabi . . dthority that two thousand Albanians have been
were entirely successful. He flanked the Egyptians «tfj*edfor ren-lce. in Egypt in the quarantine and
at Mahsameh railway station, which he took, rout
ing the enemy with considerable loss, taking
five Krupp guns. 75 railway carriage*
laden with provisions and a large
quantity of ammunition and rifles.
Wolseley's losses were not over a dozen killed and
wounded, but 43 cases of sunstroke occurred, one
fatal. Wolseley gives high praise to all his soldiers
Following up his advantage he took possession of a
lock on the fresh water canal, which gives com
mand of the safe route across the desert to the cul
tivated lands of the Delta. The Times has the
following dispatch: Ismailia, August 25.—This
morning tlie enemy turned out of their strong posi
tion near Raineses station, and retreated,
lcaviug their camp behind them. They
took some guns with them. The enemy’s loss In
the fighting is estimated by some as high as 400. A
dispatch '.from Ismailla to the Standard says the
i-ther departments, as it is feared that tlie native
troops cannot be trusted. Troops are urgently re
quired at the quarantine station at Moses Well,
.tear Suez, as the attitude of the Bedouins there is
threatening.
'The Southern Crop.
New Orleans, August 26.—The price current
•ays: “The crop reports from tlie southern Atlantic
-iates are generally favorable but portions of I-oaisr
:Sua, Mississippi, Texas and Alabama complain of
;&> much rain, causing shedding of the bolls and
retarding the packing. Some worms are also men
tioned, supposed to be the'second crop, but it is
■hbught, too late to do much damage.
The Ezrrtinn Cotton Crop.
Alexandria, August 26.—Advices from the inte
rior represent the cotton crop as having suffered
'onsiderably, owing to the want of irrigation.
A KNOXVILLE TRAGEDY.
BUZZ AND BOUNCE.
THE GOSSIP THEY HEAR IN NEW
YORK.
Spicy -Talks and Bright Anecdotes of the Man and
Things Fast and Present In the Metropolis of
the New World—An Interesting Case
in Court—Theatrical jT'acts, E-c-
THE SULZ CANAL.*
The map of the Suez canal, above presented, w ill j>e of assistance to the reader in following the oper.
ations of General Wolseley, for which the canal ir t serve ai the base. Tho isthmus through which the
canal runs is a ncc£ of sand about about ninety i- ! -It width, and at no point more than 150 feet above
the level of the son.. Tho soil coq«i<t»'of • iJjtP*!ujg sand, exc~ot at Serapeum, where there is
rock. The length of the canal.'frcm entrance to "eiwmnce, is 96.7 miles, and the established Surface
width isahout 328 feet, except in difficult cuttings, where it is not more than 180 to 190 feet. The bottom
widtn is from 72 to 100 feet, and the depth is at no point less than 26 feet over tint surface. The town of
Port Said is situated at the opening of the canal on the Mediterranean side, aud grew up entirely from
the bntlding of the canal. The harbor at Port Said is a triangle, the base resting on the shore. On the
western side is a ^breakwater 8,200 feet long, protecting the entrance from moving sand On the
eastern side is a breakwater of 2,550 feet, and the channel between the
two is twenty-seven feet deep. The outer harbor of Port Said will permit
twenty liucrof-battle ships to swing at anchor. -An inside basin has been constructed, which is sheltered
from the northeast winds, and in which there is room for forty-five ships to be moored. For 26 miles
from Port Said the canal runs almost due south, through the bed of an extinct lake. On the-western
side of the canal fora distance of 24 miles lies Lake Menzaleh, a shallow body of water. Twenty six
miles from Port Said the canal curves slightly to the eastward for two miles, and then runs southerly till
t reaches El Gulsr, which is the highest point of land on the whole course of the canal. The banks are
eighty-five feet high, and there are two sharp curves, which make the point one of some difficulty for
long ships. One and a half miles beyond is the entrance of Lake Timsah. where the town of Ismailia
lies. This is 42 miles from Port Said. Ismailia Ls the headquarters of the canal company, and cniy the
officers and employes of the company and other.Europeans are allowed to reside there. There are repair
ing shops at Ismailia, but the company’s principal workshops are at Port Said. Leaving Lake Timsah
the canal runs easterly through low land until Serapeum is reached, and there the country is rocky and
he banks- are 62 feet high. From Serapeum the canal runs south
about seven miles and enters the big lakes. These lakes, recreated
by the bnilding of the canal, are of considerable size, and the larger affords anchorage for ships. The
canal, after leaving the lakes, runs almost south until it comes to Shaloof. where the banks are fifty-six
feet high. Two miles beyond Shitlnof Ls Suez, the Red Sea entrance to the canal, and two miles and a
half from the entrance lies the town of Suez. At Suez there is a fine natural harbor. The population
of Suez is 12,500, and there is railway connection with Cairo and Alexandria. Port Said has a popula
tion of 9,COO, and Ismailia 2,000. The latter is connected by railway with Suez and Cairo. The supply of
fresh water along the canal is obtained from Zagazig. which is about half way between Cairo and Lsma-
ilia. The water is brought from Zagazig to Ismailia, and this iresh water canal continues from Ismailia
to Suez, while a double row of water pipes convey the water from Ismailia along the canal to Port Said
The control of this fresh-water supply ls so important that the ability of the English to hold the canal
may almost be said to be dependent upon it. If the force at General Wolseley's command is adequate
to tlie undertaking, he will undoubtedly endeavor to occupy Zagazig with a force strong enough to
secure the water supply.
n Affray Between the Mabrys and Laobvs, la Which
the Latter Were Killed.
Knoxville, August 26.—A fatal shooting aflray
occurred here to day, in which Moses Lnsby was
shot through the breast and instantly killed, and
his son, Don Lusb^, through the body and cannot
live. The shooting was done between the two men
on the one side and General Joseph A. Mabry aud
his son, Joseph A. Mabry, J;., on the other. Don
Lusby is the man whomurdenrd William C. Mabry,
sou- oi General U&Ury. last Christmas
eve. On his trial for the murder
the jury disagreed, aud Don Lnsby was released
on ball. This morning von Lusby abased General
Mabry on the street and threatened to kill him.
Don was arrested by the chief marshal, but resisted
arrest, lits father attempted to rescue him. He
was taken |o the city hall before the recorder, where
the chief marshal and a policeman attempted to
disarm him. The Mabrys were present as witness
es, and engaged in the scuttle, in which the Lusoys
were shot. When killed Moses Lusby had one pis
tol In his hand and one in his pocket. Don Lusby
also had two pistols. An examination at the coro
ner’s inquest failed to develop who did the shoot
ing. The Mabrys gave themselves np and gave
bond.
Males far the British.
St. Lotts. August26.—Lieutenant-Colonel Swln-
ney, of the Royal Artillery. English army, accom
panied by Dr. Cox, veterinary surgeon, are here
J 'urchaslng males, which will be shipped direc
rom New York to Alexandria for use in the Egyp
tian campaign.
A Preacher Kilted.
Shiloh, Ohio, August 25.—In a quarrel yesterday
over an attempt to enforce the*law prohibiting the
sale of liquor on Sunday. Rev. W. L. Phillips, pas
tor oi the Methodist Episcopal church, wy subbed
seriously bv John E. Smith, a leading grain dealer.
enemy throughout the light declined to come-to
close quarters. The troops behaved well. They j
were all day Without water or food, after march- |
ing ten miles through heavy sand.
The enemy’s cavalry swept around the British
right flank, but did uot come within striking dts
tauce. The Egyptian fire was too hot for the Life
Guards to cross over towards them. The British
infantry passed the day lying down behind the
banks and In ditches. After the engagement on
Thursday General Wolseley rodet into Ismailia. and
returned late in the evening. Reinforcements
arrived daring the night, but the guns
not until early next morning, having had great
difficulty to get through the sand. At daylight it
was found to the great-disappointment of our men
that the main body of the arniy had withdrawn.
The Egyptian artillery fought well and fired much
more accurately than at Kafr el Dwar. The infan
try were contemytibie and the cavalry little better.
Many of both those arms were observed -breaking
from the ranks and dispersing under our fire oi
shell.
THE ENEMY’S RETREAT.
The Daily News has the following dispatch from
Ismailia: Raineses and Birket el Mansameh weie
occupied yesterday by the British. The losses were
small on both rides. The enemy retreated to Lake
Maxama. The Life Guards captured eight prison
ers who were dressed as ordinary peasants, but
carried arms. Two oi them had long Arab muzzle
loaders, the others carrying Remington
rifle*. The enemy's scouts displayed
great boldness. The enemy was much stronger
than we expected. They had a number of cavalry
and spread them out in a semi-circle. We soon
perceived train after train of reinforcements ar
riving. Our guns commenced firing at U o'clock.
At first our fire was very weakly responded to, but
in the afternoon the rebels threw three shot to onr
one. They produced, however, very little effect. The
fire oi the enemy, though fairly good for amateurs,
DEEDS OF BLOOD.
Special Correspondence of The Constitution.
New York, August 23.—The New York courts de
velop some queer case. On last Monday Mr James
Loonie lost his wife and engaged James Smith, a
Third Avenue undertaker, to take charge of the fu
neral, and payed him $20 in advance. On the day of
the burial the undertaker refused to deliver to the
bereaved husband the “burial permit," which is the
“open sesame” of the cemetery gates, until the bal
ance due on his bill wag paid. The husband seeing
the permit lying on the table, snatched it up and
left the office. The undertaker has since had him
arrested for larceny, and the case is set for to mor
row. In the same court is a case where Geonre
Taly, a bashful old bachelor, wanted a wife, but
did not have the courage to "pop the question,”
hence he agreed to pay Fred Burgin $200
if he would find a young girl who would
consent to take him "for better or worse.” The gir
was found and the marriage duly solemnized and
Burgin was paid $100 on account Since the mar
riage Taly has refused to pay the other hundred
dollars, and Burgin is sueing him. On Tuesday Mr.
Erie Bayley, the English actor who produced "The
Colonel,” at Wallack theater last season, and acted
in it with his wife, went before Judge Donohue and
swore out a warrant against his former secretary,
Lilford Arthur, who had eloped with his wife from
London on the 26th of last month, charging him
with the estrangement of his wife’s affections.
Arthur was arrested the same day while rehearslDg
"Mankind” at Daly’s theater, and in default of
S2.0CO bond was putin Jail. Bayley says the affidavit
on which the wart ant is based, that he followed his
wife and Arthur from London, and on meeting
Arthur in New York had agreed not to prosecute
him if he would givb up his wife and induce
her to return with him (her husb'and to Europe
Arthur refused this proposition and would not te^l
where he was living withBayley’s wife,hence he was
forced to ask the courts to aid him in recovcringhis
wife. After Arthur's arrest he ofl’ered to compro
mise by delivering Mrs. Bayley to her heart-broken
husband, but Bayley, who had already recovered
his wife, refused to withdraw the warrant. Hence
Arthur, who is without friends in this country, is
still in jail, while Baylev and his truant wife are
en route for London. Arthur says that as soon as
Mrs. Bayley gets home she will; he is satisfied, send
bimmpney to procure his release.
The sporting men here have created quite a stir
by “snaking” the telegraph company and beating
the pool-sellers. The sporting fraternity formed a
coiiartnciship with the telegraphic ojierator who
receives the messages for the pool rooms for the race
track, and Mr. Longstreet, manufacturer of tele
graphic instruments on Barclay street. Longstreet
has a wire running from his office to regular tele
graphic office whjch attaches to one of the main
lines for the purpose of t.esting his instruments.
This shop wire he had attached to the Coney Island
and Long Branch wire so that he would receive all
the messages as they came from the race track. His
manufactory was connected by ‘‘a skin wire” ora
thin wire used illegitimately, which ran to a broker
office next to the pool rooms, where the gamblers
had an operator with an instrument to take the dis
patches as they came from the track. The operator
that received the racing news for the noo’q would
intentionally delay the delivery of the telegrams
by being slow in copying them off and delivering
them to the delivery clerk aud in important races
to gain more time would ask the operator At the
track to repeat the message. This would enable
the gamblers to get the result of a race 15 or 20 min
utes before the pool sellers and to make their bets
accordingly. The pheuoraenal success of the gam
blers created suspicion aud the blind wire running
from their office to LougstreCt’s manufactory, aud
his wire to the centrai;offices was discovered and
the whole plot laid bare. Longstreet and operator
have both been discharged by the telegraph com
pany.
o”o
Rosenheim, the abductor of Cora Leut, has been
tried by court martial, found guilty and expelled
from the Twenty-second regiment. The following
were the charges preferred:
“You are hereby notified to appear before me in
person on Monday. August 21, 1882, at 8 o’clock
p.m., to answer charges preferred against you of
conduct unbecoming a gentleman and a soldier: to
wit; vi£, at the date of your enlistment, being
under age and falsely swearing you were of age:
also to answer charges of pawning a part of your
uniform. "Respectfully, W.B. Smith,
“Second lieutenant and president court-martial."
The funny part of It was, after the court-ma: tial
rendered its decision, the regiment called a meet
ing and passed a resolution to the effect that here
after no Jew would be allowed to enlist.in the regi
ment. Having planted themselves on the|?ame
platform, that the new czar is running. Russia—
Hilton his hotel—I guess they feel secure.
An Insane Woman Kills tier Husband—A Quarrel
Over Cards—Goaded to Suicide.
Petersburg, Va., August 26.—S. C. Gray, a prom
inent citizen of Surry county, committed suicide at
Dlsputanta s’tation, on the Norfolk and Western
railroad last week by shooting himself five times
with a revolver. The deceased was the husband of
Mrs. S. 0. Gray, who was poisoned a short time
ago by a negro girl named Mary Booth, who has
been sentenced to be hanged next November. The
death of his wife is supposed to have been the cause
of his suicide. 7
Worthington, Ind., August 26.—William Chap
man. an elderly gentleman, was murdered here
last evening by his insane wife. Preparations had
been made to send her to an insane asylum, and.
her husband had been watching her for several,
days. It is supposed that he was so fatigued that,'
he fell asleep, when she cut his throat from ear to
ear with a razor. Her two daughters heating the
noise, hurried to the room, hut found the door
locked, and their lives were threatened if they
broke in. They called assistance and the murderess
was secured.
Little Rock, August 26.—A Gazette special from
Alma, Ark., says: “At Manntaunburg, last night,
Tom Simcoe, David Pope and Frank Lane got into
a quarrel while playing cards. Lane drew a knife
and ctit Pope in the abdomen,disembowelling him,
and then fatally stabbed Simcoe in the breast* Pope
lived one hour. Bimcoe is still alive this morning.
At last accounts Lane was in the hands of a mob,
aud. It Is believed, has already been lynched.
Springfield. Mass., August 26.—Charles Sperry, a
Brookfield boarding house keeper, tried Thursday
to poison his family and nine boarders with Paris
green. The poison fortunately was discovered be
fore harm was done. Sperry has fled.
Her husband says, “her kneecap is very sore, and
she'ninnot say her prayers in the orthodox posi
tion.” This, however, will r.ot prevent hepfippear-
ing as a support for Mme Valleria, the prims donna
of Carl Rosa opera house.
It looks as if Madame Langtry had decided to
travel on her shape. The week before she leaves
England she will appear as Rosalind to display her
charming Jersey calves at the Imperial theater,
London, as a sort of guarantee to her friends that
she will not score a failure in America. Abbey says
her piece de resistance in this country will ;_A
you Like it."
Since Mary Anderson has become the owner of a
cottage at Long Branch and a steam yacht, she is
getting proud, and hus announced through her
manager. Ham Griffin, that she will play this win-
tcronly in large northern cities. Towards the heel
of the season, however, she may find the north
flooded with foreign attractions and turn her faco
southward. If so she will head for Atlanta, which
is her favorite southern city, not excepting Louis
ville. her old home.
Henry Pettett seems to he the popular playwright
for next season. He will have six plays on the
boards—“The World,” “Taken from Life,” "The
Black Flag,” “American Born,” "A Free Pardon,”
and "Pluck,"
’-The Black Fmg” is now being played with great
success at the Union Square theater, with Nat
Goodwin as the Jew, hanker and sharper. Edwin
Thome, as the "ne’er d> well*’ son;'and pretty
Eliza Wcathersby in a boy’s part.' s
Chicago advertises "American Bom” in the fol
lowing manner:
» A fiery surprise for Chicago! Love, hate aud a
big volcano! •
“Chicago seas it first! New York sees it next!
Never a play like it! And never scenery!
“Brilliantly sensational! Thrilllngly emotional I
One thbusatid yards of canvas and four thousand
feet of timber!
“Three hales of cotton aud over one hogshead of
red fire!
“The utlmic flames and'lava absolutely free from
peril!
"Chicago wants venation bordering on sublimity)
San Francisco sends the powder aud Chicago ap
plies the match!
"The play hasa dove aud a viper. A hero and
the American flag!"
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Mr. David Dudley Field has just returned from
Liverpool, where be has been attending the tenth
annual meeting of the association for the reform
and codification of the laws of nations, which ho
founded in 1873 and which has since met annually
at Brussels, Geneva, The Hague, Bremen, Antwerp,
Frankfort, Berne. London, Cologne and Liverpool.
Among ()ther important matters they remodeled the
marriage laws. He says: "In the discussion upon
a uniform law of marriage it was found that there
was great diversities in the marriage laws of dif
ferent nations and that much, difficulty would be
experienced in reconciling them. As the laws
stand at present, a Portuguese, for example, may
he legally married iu this country aud live here
most of his life with his wife'and children, but on
his return to Portugal or to some Portuguese settle
ment he may find his union declared illicit and his
children illegitimate. The meeting, after a debate,
adopted a resolution recommending that a legal
marriage in any country should be recognized as
lawful the world over. Great opposition was en
countered from the French delegation who. insis
ted upon conformity to French rules. A resolution,
was moved by a French delegate that the associa
tion should call upon the English government to-
open negotiations with tho French government,,
tilth a view to the adoption of uniform laws of
marriage. That resolution was voted . down
and the resolution which I have mentioned was.
adopted.”
I*send you a iiiort extract from a Saratoga society
letter to "The Globe”—the New York organ of the
colored folks; so that you might see how ytiur
“Brothers in Black,” as Atticus Haygood calls
them, were enjoying themselves at the spring?.
“The Broughton bouse, which is the only colored
hotel here, never did a better business and is ‘
crowded with ladies and gentlemen of means and
refinement from different parts of the country.
The style and general air of tho Broughton Hotel
rank second to none of the large hotels. Carriages,
phaetons and other vehicles are always busy ac
commodating its pleasure seekers. Amopg th<
names on the register are Miss Betlie Lewis and
Mi s Alice Thomas, of Richmond: A. Drayton, of
the New York post-office; Mr. Stephen C. Daven
port, traveling companion of Oscar Wild<f, whe
spent two days with us last week." He goes to Sha
ron Springs, thence to New York, preparatory to a
trip to Japan. Mr. J. B. Scott will spend tlie month
here. A grand* social reunion, given by persons
of every denomination, will be given
for the benefit of the A. M. E. Zion church
in the Town Hall the 21st Inst.
The Rev, J. B. Stansberry, of Brooklyn, is here
and preached in the morning at Zion, in tlie even
ing at Putnam's music hall. I need not mention
the scholarly ability of this widely known gentle
man. His strong eloquence and philosophical
thoughts are not common with our clergy.
“The number of entertainments, moonlight ex
cursions, church festivities, evening hops, ete.,
might be said to be innumerable, but to visit a re
ception such as was given by the waiters of the
United States hotel Tuesday evening last and to be
hold the gorgeous attire of the many ladies and to
inhale the sweet fragrance of an ocean of flowers,
imagination would have you in dreamland. The
managers of this reception, Messrs. Reed, Worth
ington, Walker and Batler, exerted every effort to
excel all other kindred amusements. No city ball
would have done more credit to the parties con
cerned. Some of the ladles present were Miss
Clara Brighton and Miss E. T. Brighton, Mrs. W. II.
Brock, Miss Willie Thomas, who was considered by
some to be' the belle of the evening. The Grand
Union club was'represen!ed by their president, Mr.
C. II. Booker.”
\ POINTS.
A prominent banker said to me the o’her day,-1
*have known General Grant intimately for twenty
years, and know him tij be a great man, but I Dever
heard of but one good tiling he ever said, and that
was “the best way to get rid of a bad law was to en
force it.”
There is only a half crop of peaches In Jersey this
The theatrical season for 1882-S3 is about to open.
The managers are all back from Europe. Compa
nies are being organized, calls are being made for
rehearsals and routes are being mapped out Be
sides an unnsal large number of foreign attractions,
the indications are that the field will be flooded
with American troupes. It is estimated by the dra
matic papers that over 200 traveling companies will
start out from New York next month. The stare
are gathering here, and their managers, as a sort of
advertising dodge, are telling the newspaper men
in confidence of course, how the aforesaid stars
spent theirsummer vacation. Emma Abbott issaid
to have made S100.000 speculating In Wall street and
lea rut the Irish brogue. She commences her an
nual tour on September 4th as Eily O’Conner in
Benedict’a’’Lily of Kiliamey.”
Salvini, according to Chizzola,Recently fell down
the marble stairway of his villa near Florence, and
raptured himself so bad that he will only be able
to play a heavy part like Othello once or twice a
week. The following is his ronte: From New York j
he goes to Boston to play a week. Then he spreads | season. Yet New York sold over 10,000,000 quartsof
Galveston, Augupt 26 —The News’ Athens spe-
was tro7"correcu * Ali^ether "our meii "and _ horses i c ‘i 1 An old negro man sard to be crazycut
off the heads of two of his grandchildren m An
derson county to-day.
t The Warren Fuad.
New POET, August 25.—Upwards of $30,009 have
‘o tiw fund n°w beiog ! g <n j t h e eonrention with England and other
raised for the family of the late General G. k. War
ren.
withstood the hea: of the sun very well. A launch
had been sent np the caaal with two guns. The
siege train will probably be ready to-morrow with
forty pounders. The Thirteenth Bengal cavalry
will land to-morrow.
THE PORTE IN COUNCIL.
Constantinople. August 26.—The council of
ministers, under the presidency of the sultan, is
now sitting at the palace to decide definitely in re-
Absconded.
Fall River, August 26.—Quite a sensation was
caused to-day j>y the report that John F. King,
book-keeper of the . Fall River ttaily Herald pub
lishing company, had absconded. King is a popu
lar young man, and at the last election was chosen
alderman on the reform ticket. It is claimed his
pending questions. Lord Dufferin firmly main tains present trouble Is solely due to drink.
himself from Providence, Rhode Island, to Syra
cuse, New Yo*k, for another week. Then he plays
tnree nights In Buffalo, but two In Cleveland, loses
amatiuee performance and "jumps" to Terre Haute,
Indiana. St. Louis, Chicago, and Grand Rapids,
Michigan, follow; then Detroit, for two nights;
-then he gets into Canada, for a couple of perform
ances, and from there back to Boston. This time
he stays in Boston two weeks, then goes to Phila
delphia for one and to Baltimore and Washington
for one each. From Washington he is dragged
west to Cincinnati, to play election week; then he
“jumps” all the way back to Philadelphia, for a
second engagement of two weeks; thence to New
York, for a flying engagement; then back to St.
Louis for a second week; then again to Chicago
then back to Philadelphia (third engagement) 1 , then
to Boston (third engagement), and finally to New
York.
This route looks so suicidal that it Is probable
that itmay be so amended as to "taka in Atlantaand
New. Orleans, where he has been greeted by large
and enthusiastic audiences. Marie Koze. besides
Inheriting $8,000 from a grandmother who just died
in Paris, has recently met with.an accident. Her
dainty little foot slipped as the Prince of Wales was
helping her into an English railroad carriage, and
she fell so as to strike he'r knee against the step.
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them on Monday in small lots, besides the large lots
sold to wholesale dealers for canning. The ques
tion is, where do they all come from?
A member of the tariff oommlssion said to me
yesterday: "Judge Underwood might as well com
mence writing his minonty report. There will be
two reports—one signed by him and another signed
by the rest of tlie commission.”
During Mr. Vanderbilt’s absence- his' house ser
vants have been charging a fee of $4 per night to
show inquisitive visiters through the Vandervilt
palaces. From tins source they have derived qu^te
a revenue.
Lawrence Barrett is back from Europe and has
bought a Fifth avenue residence. While abroad he
had a life size picture of himself painted as Cas
sias, which graces tlie ball say of his new home.
Mr. John Hoey. Jr., who is said to have cost his
mother, the once famous Mrs. Hoey, of Wallack’s,
S40,U00J>y trying to make himself and “Tfie Child
of the State” popular, has retired from the stage.
Oscar Wilde says the Japanese are the truest ar
tists in the world. They can even paint the wind,
and are the only people that can. \
Mr. John C. Latham, of Latham, Alexander &
Co., has just returned from a summer trip to Eu
rope. Buze and Bounce.
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