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WEIRD TALE OF THE TRANS
MIGRATION OF SOULS.
The sternsails were set. and there was
omise ol a tine night, so having made ev
y thing snug, the watch on deck gathered
ider the iee of the weather rail, and with
pes alight, prepared to listen to the yarns
ich times were sure to call forth.
'Fine weather, this,’ said Ben Hardy, who
ad passed the roost of his sea-life in voya
ing beiween New York aud Liverpool, and
lerefore been in' more heavy gales than
lere were w rinkles on his weather stained
ice. 'Fine weather all night and day.
'hen Davy Jones gets my old carcass, l It
r> a gull and come here for the next life, 1
link 1 could stand a lew years ot it.’
‘How do you know you can be a gull?
uestioned Tom Burke. -Is it b. cause y ou've
■t land sharks gull you all your life, and
ms claim an affinity?’
'There was a laugh at Ben’s expense, and
hen it qu eted down Bill Hay said :
•Perhaps Ben need not have an affinity
ith gulls to become one. It's my opinion
ou can become almost anything you wish
tier death, tor I've seen more than one case
lat went to prove it.’
Now Bill Hay was one of the best yarn
pinners in the crew, and his long sea Ill's
ad stored his mind with many different
cenes and adventures, all of which he was
ery willing to talk of. 'lalk about gossips
t village tea-parties! There was no tongue
ould wag taster than that of Bill Hay,
hough he never uttered a malignant or de
lmatory word. He liked to talk because
t was a pleasure, and I think there was mu
ic for him in the sound ol his own voice,
oven when at work his talk was running,
elling in how many different ways certain
hings were done, and it was a great point
n his favor that, while thus talking, his
hare of the labor went on as fast and neatly
.a did that ot the most taciturn of the crew.
Its great talent was story or yarn telling,
ind no watch went by without its story, and
lever did he repeat one that he had told. As
i pleasant and entertaining shipmate he had
10 superior, and his soul was as open as his
mouth, which Tom Burke avowed ‘was
lever shut, not even when he was asleep,
xiud, helpful, generoiyi and talkative, with
in inexhaustible lund of stories bubbling up
rom the wells of his imagination, Bill Hay
rasa favorite in every ship he joined.
lAs soon as|he made the reniaik quoted all
ither conversation flagged—in tael, came to
i dead stop—and the watch collected around
fill, who puffed away at his pipe for a few
moments and then handed it to me saying
I expect vou want to hear why 1 made that
issertion, boys, and as l never told you ol
ihe circumstances that brought me to this
way of flunking 1 will do so now ’
•It was about twelve years ago that I
(hipped on board tbe lmogerie, an Hast India
irader, and a tine ship lor those days. Stea
mers were not plentiful as they are now,
and people who went travelling were glad
to get chances in large and staunch meten
ant ships.
■We were bound for Bombay to discharge,
and then on to Canton tor a ioadot silk and
tea, or rather to Whampoa, where the heaiy
ships load. Alter shipping his crew, the
skipper advertised tor passengers, and tbe
next day several people came straggling
along the dock, looking inquiringly about,
and one of them hailed a chap on the lmo
gene s forecas le, and asked it he would be
so kind as to tell him where she was ly-
ing.
* VVe were moored among a lot of East
Imliamen, and it was not easy to see oilr
name, but the hail gave them their bearings,
and they steered tor our gangway. Ol course
vie took the marks and dress ol the party,
they pleased us, for they were real trim
looking, and a young lady with them was
as bright and sweet as a sunny June morn
ing. There were six in the party— an old
gentleman and lady, a young man who
looked like a parson, two youngsters—a
girl and boy—and the young lady 1 spoke
of. ▼
•The skipper met them at the gangway
and led them to the cabin, and in a short
time Joe, the cabin-boy, came forward and
said they were to be our passengerg.'and tbai
they were rich loiks who had grown tired ol
spending money at home, and so were going
to China to see the Celestials eat rat pies.
‘They came on board for good the next
day, and brought a couple of servants, and
such a lot of luggage that I thought we
would have to hire another vessel to carry
it, but we managed to stow it away, and
that afternoon we hauled out from the dock,
and dropped down to an anchorage off the
Battery. Here we made everything snug,
and got the gear in running order, and then
hove up the anchor, set the topsail, and stood
down through the Narrows. Belore sunset
we were well off the land, all sail set before
a steady nor’west wind and bowling along
at the rate of ten knots an hour, a very fair
rate of speed for a deep-laden 6hip. As it
was Kay, the weather was fine, with a bright
moon at night, making it the best beginning
of a voyage I ever knew. „
‘lt was not long before the passengers
were well known to all hands, and we found
out that the young man did not belong to
the family, though the time was approach
ing when he would He was an old play
mate of June Morning, for so we had named
the young lady, and their childhood affection
had ripened into enduring love. Mr. and
Mrs Merdoi* were jovial and happy people,
and their children Mattie and Will were the
very pets we had longed for. The young
man's name was Frank Hazleton, who,
though he looked like a parson, was as jolly
a fellow as I ever met, and as fond and ten
der of his sweetheart, whose name was Mira.
‘Hazleton had just graduated from college,
and knew lots of things, and nothing pleased
him so much as to get the watch together
and ask them concerning the people and
places they had seen. Now, the Imogene
had about the best crew I ever sailed with,
considering the times. Book learning was
not so plentiful as it is now, but the men in
that ship were all sensible fellows, little
given to grog or swearing. The skipper and
Bis mates were just right too; none of your
driving, humbugging, fussy old shellbacks,
bnt men who knew when and where work
was needed, and never made extra jobs. So
we had a pleasant looking voyage before
us, and the time went merrily on as the old
ship plowed her way down to the Cape of
Good Hope.
‘I have said that Hazleton was fond ot ask
ing us about onr thoughts, our lives, and
what we had seen, and among the twenty
four men who formed our crew there were
many strange adventures to be picked up,
and after he had listened to some ol our
yarns, he would read us from books he had.
Mr. and Mrs. Merdon and their children
were generally of the party, and so long as
it did not interfere with duty, w hich we took
care it should not, there was no fault found
by the officers.
'Of course there were many strange sto
ries told, but Hazleton beat us all in this,
and I shall never lorget one of his yarns. It
was about an occurrence which took placi
in a backwoods settlement, one ot those
places w here there was no law or order.
Here a murder wag committed, the victim
being a stranger, an industrious and peace
able mail, who had settled near the place,
hoping to make a living for himself and
mother.
■But his inoffVnsiveness .ini not save him;
for, having been kept away Irom home late
one night, he was met w hen returning by
one of the desperadoes who infested the plaee
and cruelly insulted. He had never sp, ken
a harsh word to any of this mans associates,
though often made the butt ot their unmanly
jests, and even now’ did not resent the insult
offered him save by gently requesting his
persecutor to let him pas*. Kven this
exasperated tbe ruffian, and, drawing a pis
tol, he shot the poor fellow through the
heart; then, not content with this, he malig
nantly disfigured the face of his victim, and.
cutting oft his right hand, carried it to the
tavern where his companions were congre
gated and shown! it as a trophy.
'As for the body of the murdered man, it
lay where the murderer left it until nearly
morning, when the poor, half crazed mothei
who had been seeking her son found it, and
with strength born ot despair and grief.bore
it to her now desolate home. I here she letl
ii, and then went forth to search lor the
missing hand. Her knowledge ol the place
ar.d its people led her to the tavern, and
there, deep in their orgies, she found ihe vile
men who made the village an abode ol
crime. There, too, set up as a mark for
laughter and derision, was the mutilated
hand she sought, and for this she begged, us
ing no threats or curses, and moved by her
pleadings, one of the least hardened of the
gang of ruffians handed her the ghastly thing
aud bade her begone.
■Before morning she had dug a grave in
the woods back of the rough log cabin hei
son had built, amt in this she laid the body
of the murdered man. She did this alone
and unaided, and in the morning gathered
such little articles as she could stow in the
cart that had been her boy’s market wagon,
and w ith these left the place, none of the
people ever seeing her again.
'But though the law was so easy in the
matter, there came to the murderer a strange
and terrible punishment. Go where he
would, he was followed by the apparition ot
a hand, cold, clammy, and with blood drops
hanging from the mutilated wrist. It he
sat down to eat, it w’ould rise from the plate
of food before him, and till his soul with
horror If he endeavored to drink either
water or liquor, the hand would appear in
the glass and make the contents seem like
blood, and, w ith a curse, he would dash it
to the gcounit and stride away. No matter
where he was—whether alone, in the midst
oi a busy throng, by his own hearth or in
ihe center of the tavern revel, in the broad
brightness of day or when the shadows ol
night lay dark upon the earth—this phan
tom hand w ould mock him.
■Did he fall asleep, he would be awakened
by the pressure of cold fingers on his tace,
arid all wish to slumber was gone. Life
grew to be a hideous teiror, and yet he dared
not end it, for was not his victim waiting
on the farther shore ol death's river, ready
to greet his coming? How could he lace
him? How would he live with his terro:
constantly with him?
‘He fled from the village, and in the ex
cilementol a hunter’s life tried to lose his
dread companion, but to no purpose. The
hand was with him there, and one night,
driven from his home during a dreadful tem
pest, he fell from a high cliff into the river
He had lost his way, and been hurriedly sent
to his leath. The storm had caused a Ireshet
and amid the beating ol the rain, the rush
of the water and the roar ol the wind, his
cries for help were unheard, and he per
ished
‘But the strangest part of his fate was to
have his body carried by the overflowing
water to the grave of his victim, where it
became entangled in some hushes, and there,
when the water subsided, it was found
Tbey buried it where it lay, and the re
mains of the murderer and his victim lie side
by side:
•This story of Hazleton gave rise to much
talk concerning death, and the old sailor
iheory of being transformed into albatross
anil other sea-birds when life was over be
came the theme, principally, I think, from
the fact that we were near tne Cape of Good
Hope, and surrounded by the Cape pigeons,
albatross and Mother Carey’s chickens.
Some ot the men laughingly called these by
the names of old shipmates, and asked how
they liked such a life.
*1 could see that though Hazleton and Miss
Mira laughed at this fancy ol ours, they were
impressed by it, and when i was at the wheel
the next day, they came to me and Miss Mira
said: ‘Please, Mr. Hay, tell us all about
that strange sailor idea of turning into birds
when death comes.’
'Then I told them all I had hear I, and old
Tom Burton, who was doing some work aft,
chimed in, and said a shipmate of his once
told him that if he should die at sea he would
become an albatross, and to prove that it
was he, would follow the ship Tom was in
up north of the line, which would be an odd
thing for an albatross to do.
‘And how did the thing finish, Mr. Burton,’
asked Hazleton. The passengers always
called us Misters when talking to us. and it
made us proud, lor I have a fondness for the
name even now.
‘But this isn't going on with my yarn.
Tom Burton said it was allright that yoyage,
as his shipmate did not die, but they were
both on the same ship a couple of years at
terward. and she went around to Callao and
then to Coquimbo to load, and at the last
named port Tom's shipmate took sick and
died. He was buried on shore, and a lew
days after this event, the cargo being in, the
ship started for home. There was the usual
number of albatross and other birds around
her when she doubled the Cape, but when
she ran up into warm weather they drop
ped off, untill only one big albatross was
left.
■He staid by the ship day and night, and
swept round her in varying circles, and when
they were close to the line Tom thought ol
his friend's promise. Then he gave the bird
an overhauling with the spy glass, and, sure
enough, it did resemble the dead man, for he
had a hooked nose, and there was a promi
nent bump on the bill of the albatross Then,
his friend had been accustomed to squint his
COLUMBUS. GA„ SUNDAY MORNING., FEBRUARY 18, 1877.
left eye in a funny way, and, while Tom was
looking at the bird, it gave its left eye the
same peculiar hitch that Tom remembered
so well.
This convinced him that the bird was re
ally his old shipmate; and he bade him good
morning, and ’old him that the ship wond
cross Ihe line that day, and il he hung by
her until the next noon, he would be sure it
was truly his friend; and sure enough the al
batross stayed by the ship until after the
skipper took his noon sight the next day,
when she was found to be twenty miles
north of the line. The biid gave an odd,
loud sort of cry, that Tom said resembled
the laughing of the dead man, and went
sailing swiftly southward and was seen no
more.
‘Hazleton laughed heartily at the story,
but Miss Mira grew dreamy like, and seemed
to be thinking of the far off luture. At last
she said, ‘Would it not be nice, Frank, to
become birds or flowers after we die, and
make others glad with our beauty.
‘You would make a splendid lily,’ an
swered Hazleton, ‘or a canary bird; but as
for me, I should have to be a sunflower, or
an albatross, like Mr. Burton's shipmate.’
‘lf you were an albatross, 1 should become
a stormy petrel,* for so she railed Mother
Carey’s chickens, of which there w ere plenty
around the ship.
•They are beautiful and airy enough to
represent you.’ he said, ‘and it. we become
such, how easily we could travel from pole
to pole, and visit all the lands and people ol
the world.’
'They had a merry laugh after this; and
then changed the conversation, and we had
no more talk on the matter. We called
at Bombay and unloaded, and then went to
Whampoa, and took in our silk and tea and
as the monsoons were favorable, set out for
home, as soon as our cargo was in, and made
a good run dow'n the China Sea,
•When we got among the Islands the wind
grew light, and during the daytime it was
calm, and Hazleton, who was continually
studying and collecting leaves, flowers and
insects, proposed that a party should go on
shore with him. As we were very near an
island, the skipper agreed, and the boat was
lowered, the first mate, Tom Burton, two
other men and mysell going in her for the
crew. All of our passengers w ent ashore,
the skipper cautioning them not to go lar
from the beach, as there might be danger
For a time we all kept together; then the
children, Tom and I went along the beach
looking for shells, the mate and old folks
began gathering fruit, and what became oi
Hazleton and Mira no one knew, nor will
auy human being ever know, for when we
collected at the boat toward sun-set they
were not there, and though we waited until
night came, and the mate tired his pistol to
guide them, they did not come.
'Mr. and Mrs. Merdon were wild with
grief, and would have gone off into the for
est in the darkness, had we not restrained
them. It was a sorrowful party that re
turned to the Imogene, but not an idle or
altogether despairing one. Before
midnight torches had been made, and nearly
alt the crew went ashore to seircti lor the
missing ones, Mr. Merdon accompanying
us.
■ ‘All the remainder of that night, and lor
three days after it, we remained on shore,
searching for the missing ones, but in vain;
we could not even find a trace of them, and
at last Mr. Merdon said, ‘lt is ol no use, we
shall never see them again on earth, but we
can be sure of meeting them in heaven.’
‘Then the skipper gave orders to get under
way, arid a lair wind springing up, we made
all sail, and were soon out on the open sea
It was a sad homeward bound voj age, for
we missed the bright face that had grown so
dear to us, and all our yarn telling was over
That is, our large gathering, though the
children still came to me—for you know
childhood is not capable ol long sorrow, life
being too sunny lor it in their eyes.
‘So the days went on until we were near
the Cape again, and then Tom Burton said
to me one morning, ‘Bill, have you noticed
anything odd among the birds?’
I had not, and told him so.
‘Weil, look yonder, but don't make a noise
Do you see that large albatross?’
‘Yes,’ I answered.
‘Then see if you can discover anything
strange connected with it.’
•I watched the bird narrowly for some
time, and discovered that a little stormy
petrel was with it. This 1 told lorn.
‘That's what is strange,’ said he. ‘Now,
I have seen a great deal of these birds, but 1
never saw a Mother Carey’s chicken and an
albatross chums before.’
‘Neither have I, but what of that!' 1
asked.
‘What of that? Why don’t you remem
ber the remarks of Mr. Hazleton and Miss
Mira the day I told about my shipmate that
became an albatross?'
‘Yes, a part of them. They spoke of how
n ; ce it would be to turn into birds or flowers
after death.’
‘True; and Mr. Hazleton said that he
would be an albatross or a sunflower, and
■Mins Mira was to become a canary, a li.y.
or a Mother Carey's chicken. Now Bill, I
believe that albatross and its companion are
Mr Hazleton and Miss Mira.’
‘I could not help laughing, but Tom per
sisted in upholding his theory, and advised
me to watch for m/self, and see how the
birds acted. I did so, and was somewhat
astonished. The petrel wait certainly guar
ded and cared for by the albatross, and I
never saw these birds consort so before.
Once I saw the petrel resting calmly on the
back of the albatross, which formed a secure
rest lor it between its large wings Another
fact that I wa made aware of was this:
When Mr. and Mrs Merdon or their chil
dren were on deck, the birds wonld fly near
est iheship, and duplay symptoms of delight
and affection. The children also observed
this, and took great pleasure in feeding them,
a pastime their parents were never tired of
watching.
‘This, and the fact that the two birds did
not leave us with the rest of their kind,
brought me to Tom's way of thinking, lor
in no- other way could I account for their
strange conduct. They followed us until
we we.e entered port, then ruddenly disap
peared; what became of them 1 can not say,
but 1 know that a singular incident occurred
that spring in Mr. Merdon’s garden.
‘Mattie told me of it when I called there
after my next voyage, foiM always go to see
her ami Will when I come home from a voy
age. They are both grown up and married,
and their youngsters call me uncle. But to
tell you what Mattie told me.
‘She said that after they came borne in the
Imogene there appeared in their flower gar
den a delicate and tragrant lily and a line
and prolific sunflower, and though unculti
vated and uncared for, they thrived and be
j came noted lor their beauty, and have yearly
returned, growing stronger and more prolific
j all the time. They stand side by side, and
: their lairest flowers are those that mingle
‘ This is my yarn, and putting what Tom
| told, and the action of the two birds, and the
coming’ot the flowers together, do you think
it impossible for Ben Hardy to become a
' gull? If you do, I don't.’
And Hay took his pipe and puffed away
as soberly as before
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conhressmal.
SENATE.
Wabhlhotoh, Feb. 17.—-In Senate,
Mr. Kelly, of Oregon, made a per
sonal explanation in regard to tele
grams before the Committee on
Privileges and Elections, charging
him with being euguged in an at
tempt to buy a Republican Elector
itt Oregon, and said he lmd no knowl
edge of any such telegrams. Ho did
sign a cipher dispatch for Mr. Pat
rick, who represented that it was a
telegram to W. T. Poitou tor SIO,OOO
to pay lawyers’ fees in Oregon, and
if not used would bo returned.
Mr. Kelly denied that he ever at
tempted to buy a Republican Elec
tor, or that lie ever authorized auy
one to make such offer for him.
Mr. Sargent, of California, snid he
thought the Senutor from Oregon
did right to endeavor to free his
name from the nefarious tranactions
iu Oregon. The country had lived
through a centennial without auy
Presidential Elector betraying the
party which elected him, but it had
not lived through the centennial
without seeing an attempt to buy an
Elector sanctioned by the chief of a
great political party.
Communication was received from
Justice Clifford, enclosing the decis
ion or the Commission ou the Louis
iana case.
Mr. Kelley, of Oregon made a
statement similar to that telegraphed
last night only more full, and entire
ly clearing himself of taiut. He read
the following:—
Salem, Feb. IG, 1877.
Hon. Jas. It. Kellej, Washington,
D. C—l deny that I sent any tel
egram to Tilden. I never sent a ci
pher telegram in my life.
D. F. Grovek.
A general discussion followed, in
which mutual fraud was charged.
Mr. Bogy referred to the proceed
ings before the Electoral Commis
sion, and said the Commission in the
case of Florida laid down two rules
for its guidance: Ist, that they would
not investigate anything wbicn had
transpir before or preceding the
return made by the Governor, excep
ting in relation to the eligibility of
the Electors. Their decision left that
question open for investigation, by a
vote of Bto 7. It was of course be
lieved by the whole country that the
same rule would be applied to Louisi
ana. Who on earth would have
doubted the propriety of the applica
tion of that rule when it had been
enforced in the case of the State of
Florida? Yet we know that but yes
terday that decision was received. We
know that a member of that
Commission but yesterday changed
his position upon that subject,
and while it was competent in the
State of Florida to go behind the re
turns to examine whether Electors
were or were not eligible under the
Constitution of the United States
when the motion was made by the Sen
alor from Delaware (Mr. Bayard,! to
apply the same rule to Louisiana, the
decision was reversed. The case had
been made so plain by counsel, so
irrefutable, that such an examina
tion could not take place without
proving beyond the possibility of
doubt that more than one Elector
from that State was not entitled 10
the position of Elector, because he
was not eligible; and this decision
was changed by this Commission.
Sir, the name of Jeffreys and Marie
borough have come down to us
for ages past covered with disgrace
an* shame, because they were cor
rupt Judges, and the name of that
man who changed his vote upon that
Commission (Justice Bradley) will go
down to after ages disgraced. His
name will he associated with Marie
borough and Jeffreys, and it never
will be pronounced without, a hiss
from ail good men in this country.
Mr. Moiton, of Indiana, said he
had heard with regret the remarks
made by the Senator from Missouri
in regard to Mr. Justice Bradley. If
the Senator could have heard the
discussions of the Electoral Commis
sion as he (Morton) heard them, he
would not have made such remarks.
The time would cotne when the opin
ions of the members of the Commis
sion would be published, and he was
sure the Senator would then see he
had done an act ot injustice to an
able and conscientious Judge.
Recess to 10 o’clock Monday.
HOUSE
The House adopted a resolution te
receive the Senate at 11 o’clock Mon
day.
lie cess to 10 o’clock Monday.
Lamar offered a resolution direc
ing the Clerk of the House to inform
tiie Senate that it would at 11 o’clock
Monday.be ready to receive that body
for the purpose of continuing with
the counting of the votes. Adopt
ed —yeas 152, nays.lll.
On motion of Lamar, the House,
by a vote of yeas 149, nays 107, took a
recess until Mouday, 10 a. m.
The Democratic caucus was an
nounced for 7:30 this evening.
IV CAT Hi: It ISBICATIOS*.
War Department, I
Office of Chief Sio.sal Officer, >■
Washington, Feb. 17, 1877. )
For South Atlantic States, west
erly winds, warmer, clear weather,
and stationary or falling barometer,
will prevail.
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.
U. F. KENNER TELU HOW WELLS
Tlt I Ell TO SELL LOUISIANA.
honour's box or papers.
Washington, Feb. 17.—Before the
Privileges and Elections Committee,
Cashier Jaurdan declined to answer
questions until ho could consult his
lawyer. He had consulted only the
President and Directors of the bank,
but refused to state their advice.
The questions referred to the batik
account, of Tilden, Hewitt and Pel
ton.
The Committee went into private
session. Hunore’s box of papers is
said to cover all tho Louisiana elec
tion returns, aud is 1 feet long, 2 wide
and 2 deep. Tho papers are useless
now, unless they can bo brought to
bear on tho State government of
Louisiana,
Before the Privileges and Powers
Committee, D. F. Kenner testified
that Gov. Wells told an untruth when
tie said Kenner offered to bribe Wells
to cast the vore of Louisiana for Til
den. During a long conversation,
Wells said he must be rewarded, but
didn’t mention tbe sum, as he had to
consult Tom Anderson.
At a subsequent interview Wells
said Auderson wanted a half million.
Kenner said this was ridiculous. Wells
suid, “wait a few days longer.” Sub
sequently Wells said he couldn’t give
a fair count, but would retain enough
votes to save Nicholls for„$200,000
in hand. Witness replied that he
had not that sum. This closed the
negotiations.
HOW HAYES RECEIVED THE NEWS.
Conttratulnlory Dispatches pourliiK In.
New York, February 17.—A cor
respondent at Columbus, 0., says he
was the first to apprise Gov. Hayes
of the Tribune's decision in the Lou
isiana case. He reports that Gov.
Hayes expressed his thauks for the
courtesy, quietly remarked that in
dications were certainly very encour
aging to the Republicans. He exhib
ited no signs of etuoiion us the an
nouncement was rnajle.
The Executive offices was soon
filled with friends of the Governor,
who called to express their congrat
ulations.
Congratulatory telegrams from all
sections oi tiie country have been
received by Gov. Hayes this evening.
A Debate In Parliament.
London, Feb. 17.—During a debate
in the Commons on the Eastern
question, Chaplain, conservative, de
clared that Gladstone as an honora
ble man should withdraw his charge
against the Government, or test
their truth by a definite motion.
Mr. Gladstone complains bitterly
for having tor the first, time in his life
been accused of a disinclination to
meet his opposition fairly, but ho de
clined to reveal his plan.
Sir Stafford Nortbcote, Chancellor
of the Exchequer, urged that the op
positiou were bound to either chal
lenge the conduct or admit that their
charge had been made in ignorance.
The Marquis of Hartingtou, with
out absolutely promising to intro
duce such motion, would not admit
that the Liberal accusations were
made under the opposite impression.
If they refrained from charges
against tne Government’s policy, it
was because that policy had not been
known.
LuUISIANA.
THE DEMOCRATS ARE CHARGED WITH
INTENDED VIOLENCE.
Washington, Feb. 17. —Based upon
dispatches from Depu y Sioekion to
Marshal Pitkiu, the Republican says'
editorially:
”By our dispatches it will be seeu
that the White League of Louisiana
are threatening to cut the telegraphic
communication from New Orleans
North and fight for the State House
to-day. They asserted yesterday that
Packard should die if he attempted
to rule the State.”
ALL QUIET IN NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleans, Feb. 17.—The city
never was more quiet than last night
and to-day. Adjutant General Penn,
of the NichollsGovernment, says not
an order of any kind was issued from
tiis office yesterday. Furthermore,
they do not believe the Nicholls Gov
ernment will be interfered with in
any event, let the Presidential ques
tion go us it may.
Note.—The “white league” are the
Nicholl3 militia.
DISASTERS IX THE CHESAPEAKE.
LOSS OF MANY LIVES.
New York, Feb. 17. —A Crisfleld,
Md., dispacth says the names ot
those who perished by the wrecking
of tiie Caulburn on Mouday, iu the
Chesapeake Bay, are Capt. Thomas
Suulsbury, Win. Fox, mate, Edward
Tlgner, Jno. It. Lowail, Barnuel
Fletcher and Levin Jones, seamen.
The name of the other man was not
ascertained. Thev are all from the
Eastern shore of Virginia, and leave
families.
Two oyster pengies and another
scltooner are also lost, with their
respective crews, aggregating twen
ty 80UlS.
The steamer George Cromwell,
which last night’s dispatches show
undoubtedly has been lost,, had five
passengers and a crew of twenty-four
persons.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Washington, Feb. 17.—Secretary
Cameron and Gen. Sherman have
returned.
No executive notion to-day regard
ing Loulsana. There are high assur
ances that nothing will be done in
haste.
Raiders in Yadkin county, N. G.,
report tho capture of 27 copper stills
and eight distillers.
Tho Privileges and Eleotions Com
mittee resolved to report cashier
Jaurdan to the Senate for contempt.
Thu dafllii* l ten ore Weldon.
New York, Feb. 17.-H. B. Claflin,
and another member of the firm of
Claflin & Cos., reported last evening
that neither of them had recom
mended W. H. Weldon to P. H. Pep
per, of Mobile, nor had they known
unythiDg of him at any time.
Turkey null Iluntrnrirro.
Constantinople, Feb. 17.--It is
staled that in consequence of a fresh
dispatch from the Grand Vizier urg
ing the expediency of conducting her
negotiations between the Porte and
Montenegro, Prince Nicholas lias
assented to the proposal, announcing
that ho will immediately send dele
gates to Constantinople.
Hello r the Cromwell.
New York, Feb. 17.—A telegram
dated Gr. Placentia, Feb, IG, says Fa
ther Wheelan, who came from Bar
risway, seven miles from Placentia,
reports seeing a life buoy marked Str.
George Cromwell, picked up yester
day morning. Since Sunday pro
visions and cabin doors have been
found.
DniKKlst Arrested fur NeKllßenre.
Philadelphia, Feb. 10.—An inquest
on the body of Hettie Love, who died
on Tuesday last from the effects ofmu
riaticacid administered by mistake
in a dose of castor oil, was concluded
by coroner Gatdard to-day. The ver
dict charges criminal negligence on
the part of the druggist, Isaac W.
Styles. The accused was remanded
to prison to await action.
Another Bank Suipeiulon.
Pottsville, Pa., Feb. 17.—The ex
citement at Shamakin, caused by the
stoppage of the Miners’ Trust and
Safe Deposit Cos., yesterday, is inten
sified this morning by the suspen
sion of Northumberland county
National Bank.
WHAT WILL TIIE BEMOCHATS DO
GRADY’S GOBBIPPY REPORT FROM WASH
INGTON.
Special Dispatch to the Coustitutiou.J
Washington, Feb. 16.—T0-day’s de
cision settles the Presidential ques
tion for Hayes, so far as the Electo
ral Commission can settle it.
The only hoi>e of the Democrats
now is to fiillibuster in the House,
and stave off the completion of the
couut until the 4th of March, theD
elect Tilden and inaugurate.
The chances are that this will not
be done. There is intense and noisy
indignation to-night; but very little
purpose in it. Tiie men who are neat
est to Tilden declare the House will
elect Tilden and inaugurate him ; but
there is strong opposition to such a
course among the party leaders, and
especially those Irotn the South. The
country lias been depending on tbe
Commission, and it is too late now to
reuse them to a revolution, which
would certainly be the result
of an attempt ta inaugurate Tilden
by order of tbe House.
There seems tofbe no alternative but
to take Hayes four years. To-uights’
conference certainly suggests no
remedy, for it is quite doubtful
whether or not the leaders of the
Democracy, who follow the be
hests of Mr. Hewitt anti his
coupon clipping friends, can eontroll
the masses or tne party since the
commission decides agaiust them in
the Louisiana ease.
The refusal of the Commission to
admit any evidence, when it was cre
ated for the express purpose of par
tially considering the evidence, is a
betrayal so base and treacherous that
Democrats are rising against it. The
Stirling editorial pronouncing the
Commissioners’ decision null and
void is guessed to have been written
with the concurrence of Mr. Tilden.
It is too plainly evident that there
are two wings of the Democratic par
ty at work here now, one counseling
submission to the decree, and the
other advocating the
ELECTION OF MR. TILDEN BY THE HODBE.
and his inauguration by the people,
on the ground that the Commission
created for the purpose of deciding
the case upon the evidence, declined
to admit the evidence and then made
it impossible for it to renler any de
cision.
It is my opinion that the Demo
crats will submit to any decision that
is made. To offer resistance would
require unanimous action; and the
pacific utterunceßof many of the lead
ers, and the remarkably conservative
tono of the whole Southern press
discourage the belief that any serious
opposition will be set up to the de
cree of the Commission. The Star of
to-day prints two important rumors,
both touching the reported attempt
of Hayes to capture certain Southern
Democrats in the event of his inau
guartlou.
The Star says that authoritative
overtures have been made by Hayes’
friends to Randall Gibson, of Louisi
ana, and Hancock, of Texas, and also
pledges the Texas Pacific road 3hall
be built, as a sop to Southern senti
ment. The other rumor iuvoives an
attempt by the Hayes men to capture
the next Rouse of Representatives,
by buying with favor and patronage
the narrow margin that the Demo
crats have, and running Banks, of
Massachusetts, as a compromise can
didate for Speaker.
||The reception given to these ru
mors demonstrates very clearly that
the South cannot be deluded or de
bauched. The humblest Democrat
ic members of Cougress from the
South would not countenance the
Hayes usurpation for the best port-
forlio in the gift of the usurper. As
for the House, Sain Randall will be
the next speaker as soon as tbe House
assembles.
MR. STEPHENS’ WONDERFUL RECOVERY.
is still a leading topio of discussion.
Congressman Harris, of Georgia,
says: “He has certainly defied every
known law of mortality.” Dr. Walsh
says he has never considered Mj. Ste
phens dangerously ill. At any rate,
we may ail rejoice now that the great
sta’esman is about to be restored to
perfect health, and we may expect to
see him in tho House on any fine
day.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
*
BY TELEGRAPH TO THE DAILY TIMES.
MONEY AND STOCKS.
MEW YORK. Feb. 17.—Noon—Gol* opened 6*.
NEW YORK. Feb. 17. Noon Stock* Retire,
unsettled feeling; money 3; gold 6%; exchange,
long, 4.84%; short 4 86; Governments dull;
State bonds dull and steady.
NEW YORK. Fob. 17—Evening-Money 2@
2%; 'sterling 4%; gold 6%@%; Governments
dull and steady, status quiet aud nominal.
BANK STATEMENT.
Tho bank statement shows: Loans, increase
2% millions; specie, decreaae 3% millions; legal
tenders, increase 2 million; deposits, increase
% millions; reserve, Jeer easel % million.
COTTON.
LIVERPOOL, Feb. 17.—Noon.—Cotton dull and
depressed ; middling uplands 6 %and; Orleans 6%d;
ea.es ;j,UOO. speculation and export 600; receipts
6,20 u; American 6ioo. *
Futures—Sellers offering at a decline of l-16d ;
market heavy; uplands, low middling clause,
February and March delivery 6)4d; March and
April 6 i9-32d; April and May 6%@23-32d; May
aud June 6%d; June aud July 6 U-ltid; shipped
March aud April per sail 6 13-Hid; April and May
6%d; Jauuary and February 6 19-32.1,
1:30 *>. m—Uplands, low middling clause,
June and July delivery 6 27-32d.
3:00 p. m Uplands, low middling clause.
May and June delivery 6%d.
Sales American 1,800.
NEW YORK, Feb. 17.—Noon—Cotton dull;
uplands 12 18-16; Orleans 12 16-16*.sales 180.
Futures opened steady at a decline as follows:
March 12 11-16@%; April 12 31-32013; May 13
6-32011-16; Juno i i 6-16; July 13 7-16017-32;
August 13 16-32017 82.
NEW YORK, Feb. 17.-Evening—Cotton dull;
middling uplands 1213-16, Orleans 12 15-16; sales
180.
Consolidated net receipts 11,312; exports to
France 1621; to Continent 6266; to channel 2810.
GALVEBTON, January 17. Cotton dull, mid
dling 12, net receipts 1625, sales 401, exports
coastwise 290.
NORFOLK, Feb. 17.—Evening—Cotton dull;
middling 12%@%; net receipts 1924, sales 60;
exports coastwise 4048.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 16.—Evening—Cotton dull;
middling 12%. gross receipts 360; spinners 140,
sales 320; exports coastwise 172.
BOBTON, Feb. 17.—Evening—Cotton quiet;
middling 12%; net receipts 1x36, gross 1346, sales
60.
WILMINGTON, Feb. 17. —Evening Cotton
dull aud nominal; middling 12, net receipts 278.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 16.—Evening Cotton
quiet; middling 13, net receipts 181, gross 472
sales spinners 238.
HAVANNAiI, February 17. —Evening— Cotton
dull and nominal; middling 12%, net receipts
565 gross receipts 660; sales 126; exports to
Franoe 1621; chauuel 2910; coastwise 125.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 17.—Evening Cotton
irregular middling 12, low middlidgll%, good
ordinary li%, net receipts 2779, gross, 8347;
sales 2,6u0; exports to Continent 6266.
MOBILE, Feb. 17.—Cotton weak and irregular;
middling 12; net receipts 604; sales 300, exports
coastwise 66.
MEMPHIS, Feb. 17.—Evening—Cotton quiet;
middling 12%; receipts 1425, shipments 1381,
sales 9UO,
AUGUBTA, Feb. 17.—Cotton dull and lower;
middling 11%, receipts 479, sales 612.
CHARLESTON, February 17.—Evening—Cotton
dull; middling 12%. not receipts 1361; sales 400,
exports coastwise 818.
I*KOVIMIONO. ACT.
NEW YORK, February 17.—Noon- Flour quiet
and steady. Wheat quiet and firm. Corn quiet
aud steady. Pork hrm at slti.2<‘@3o. Lard
heavy, steam $lO 82%. Freights quiet.
NEW YOttK, Feb. 17.—Evening.—Flour steady,
fair export and home trade demand; Southern
flour steady, superilne Western aud Htate $6.00
056.75, common to lair extra do. $6.80@57.60,
good to choice do. $6.8008.60. Wheat, Ulterior
grades strong and firmer, little doing for export
uemaud, all other kinds qui* t and nominal; *1.60
tor wiut-r red Western, *1.63 for white Western.
Corn l%c higher; lair export and home trade
demand, old quiet and steady 6H@60% for un
graded Western mixed, 67 for > enow Southern;
oh for white do. Cats, %o higher, less doing,
Eastern and Western 23M0:26 Coffee, Rio,
quiet and steady, moderate demand; job lots
17%022%. Bugar quiet , 9%<8>% lor fair to good
refining; refined very firm, ii%@-% lor standard
A. Molasses, N. 0., quiet at 4613,68. Bice quiet
and steady, iu fair demand; Carolina 6%@
6%, Louisiana 4%@6%. Pork lower, futures in. re
doing; new irens, sl6 21)@516.00, Old sl6 00.
L.rd opened excited, firmer, closed luavy, prims
steam slß2%@B.’>. Whiskey steady at 7%.
Freights to Liverpool dull
CINCINNATI. Feb. 17.—Evening— Flour quiet
Arm; family sG.7u<gis7.UO. Wheat in light de
mand, holders firm; red $ ,60@61). Corn
ntrougcr at 42@44. cats firm, in goou demauu at
JB@42. Uyr quiet and steady at 78@8U. Barley
dm aud nominal; prime iail at 76@M> Pork dull
uud nominal at *J6 60(1$$16.00. Lard dull aud
nominal, steam 10% cash, kettle ll<&il%. Bulk
meats bruit r aud in fair demand. 6,8% aud 8%,
for shoulders, r ear nb and clear sides. Bacon
firmer; 7%, 9%@9%; and 9%@9%, for s oulders,
lear lib ?.ud dear sides. Whiskey dull at 4.
Butter dull; packing grades 12@18.
LOUISVILLE, Feb. 17.—Flour quiet; extra
$5.25@50;d0. fainii $5.76@56 00. Wheat steady;
red $1.35(51.40 amber si.£<&s).&o. white $1.46
(oisl6o. corn firm; No. i, white 43, mixed 41.
Rye easier at at 80. Oats quiet; No. 1, white 43,
mixed 37. Pork in fair demand at $16.75. Bulk
meats iu fair demand, 7%, 8%, and 8% for shoul
ders clear rib and clear aides, iracon steady; 7%,
y% aud 9%, for shoulders, clear rib aud clear
sides. Bugar-cured hams 22@12%. Lard
firmer, tierce 11%, kegs 12%. Whi.key sttady
at 5. Bagging quiet 11%.
BT. LoUitt, Feb 17 Evening— Flour firm,
less active; superfine fall $5 25(ci60, extra $6.76
@56.16. double extra do. $6.36@6U, treble . xtra
uo. $6 60. Wheat firmer; No. 2, red fall $1.61,
No. 3, $1 46@47. Corn active. No. 2 mixed 39
41. Oata firmer 36. Barley dull; No. 8, spring
36. Whiskey easier at 6%. Pork dull at $16.80.
Lard dull; 10% asked, 10% bid. Bulk meats,
buyers aud sellers apart; nothing doing; shoul
ders 5%, clear rib sides 8% asked: clear aides
no transactions. Bacon quiet aodeasbr, 6%,
9% a nd 9%, for shoulders clear riband clear
sides.
BALTIMORE. Feb. 17.—Oats quiet and steady,
Southern prime 41@42. Kye firm at 7* @72.
Provisions dull and heavy. Pork sl7 76@518 o>.
Bacon, should era 7%@%, clear rib 10%. Lard,
refined 11%@%. coffee quiet; Jobs 17%@22.
Whiskey quiet at 9. Bugar steady it 11%.
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