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WASHINGTON.
HAMPTON HAS MADE NO COM
PEOMISES.
HE TELEGRAPHS HIS FRIENDS TO
KEEP QUIET.
Louisiana Commission Not Instructed.
Washington, April 3.—Governor
Hampton is still here. It may be
safely said that Hampton hus con
tracted no entaagiiag alliances. He
has so far promised nothing but
equal justice to every citizen of
South Carolina.
It is not yet known when the
Louisiana Commissioners now here
will leave, or whether they will be
instructed. One account says the
President handed one of them a
sealed package to be opened when
they convene in New Orleans.
This morning’s Republican h<iß the
following:
The general idea has obtained
within a day or two past, that the
Secretary of State had been directed
to mark out and define the line of
policy to be followed by the Louis
iana Commission in their investiga
tion of matters in that State. This,
however, is not the case. The mat
ter has been fully discussed by the
President and Commissioners, and
the subject has been under consider
ation at every Cabinet meeting of
late. It should be underst >od that
this Commission goes to Louisiana
not to take action in the premises,
but simply to ascertain all the
facts concerning the difficulties
existing, to consult with those of
both the Nicholls and Packard fac
tions, and to receive aud make any
suggestions that may tend to bring
about the peaceful solution so much
desired. They are not even regarded
as official,commissioners, but simply
friends of the President, who will ex
ert their influence towards facilitat
ing some adjustment. They will
gtart this morning for Louisiana.
There have been no proceedings
under the Electoral bill to oust
Hayes from the Presidency, and it
is most authoritatively stated that
noae will be instituted if the Presi
dent adheres to his inaugural and
allows his administration to be con
trolled by the Cops titutfon.
To Hon. W. D. Simpson, Lieut. Oov.
of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C.:
Everything has been satisfactorily
and honorably settled. I expect our
people to preserve the utmost peace
and quiet. My word is pledged for
them, and I rely on them.
[Signed] Wade Hampton.
Gov. Hampton is detained by a re
ported break in the railroad connec
tions. pe leaves to-morrow morning
at 1 o’clock.
Washington, D. C., April 3. 1877.
Sib : Prior to my entering upon the
duties of the Presidency, there had
been stationed by order of my prede
cessor in the State House at Colum
bia, S. C., a detachment of U. S. in
fantry. Finding them in that place,
I have thought proper to delay a de
cision of the question of their remo
val until I could consider and deter
mine whether the condition of affairs
in that State is now such as to far
ther require or justify the continued
MILITARY OCCUPATION
of the State House. In my opinio*,
there does not now exist in that
State such domestic violence as con
templated by the constitution as the
ground upon which the ' military
power of the National Government
may be invoked for the defense
of the State. There are, it is true,
grave and serious disputes as to the
rights of certain claimants to the
chief Executive office of that State,
but these are to be setttled and de
termined, not by the Executive of
the United States, but by such order
ly and peaceable means as may be
provided by the constitution and
laws of the State. I feel assured that
no resort to violence is contemplated
in any quarter, but that on the con
trary, the disputes in question are to
be settled solely by such peaceful
remedies as the constitution and the
laws of the State provide.
Under these circumstances, in this
confidence, I now deem it proper to
take action in accordance with the
principles announced when I entered
upon the duty of the Presdency.
You are therefore directed to see
that the proper orders are issued for
the removal of said troops from the
State House to their previous place
of encampment.
K. B. Hayes.
To Hon. Qeo. W. McCrary, Secretary
of War.
Washington, Maroh 31,1877.
I To the President:
Sir: The result of the confeience
| to which you did me the honor to
i invite me bus been to leave on my
| mind the conviction that you sincere
j ly desire to see a peaceful and just
; settlement of the questions which
1 are distracting our people and in
juring so seriously the material in-
I terests of our State, and I trust that
i you are equally convinced of my
| earnest wish to aid in accomplishing
this happy end.
As I may not have the pleasure of
i seeing you aguiu on this subject, it
may be proper to put before you, in
the fullest and most definite form,
the assurances given to you verbally.
I retreat, therefore, that if the Fed
eral troops are withdrawn from the
State House, there shall be on my
part, or that of my friends, no resort
to violence to assert our claims, but
that we shall look for their niaiute
! uauco simply to such peaceful reme
dies as the constitution and laws of
tho State provide. I shall use all my
authority to repress the use or the
exhibition of force in the settlement
of all disputed questioos-and this
authority shall be exercised in such
a manner that the peace shall be
preserved.
We only desire the establishment
in our State of a government which
will secure to every citizen, the low
estaswellas the highest, black as
well as white, full and equal protec
tion in the enjoyment of all his
rights uuder the Constitution of the
United States. No one can be more
fully impressed than myself with the
imperative necessity of the establish
ment of cordial relations between all
classes of both races in South Caroli
na, for it is only by these means that
the true and enduring welfare of the
State can be secured.
With the recognition of the perfect
equality of every citizen before the
law; with a just and impartial ad
ministration of the laws; with a
practical secure exercise of the right
of suffrage, with a system of public
education which will open the
sources of knowledge to all classes—
we may hope to see our State soon
take the position to which she is en
titled. It was the patriotic hope to
aid in the accomplishment of these
aims that called me from my retire
ment to become a candidate for the
offioe of Governor of South Carollua.
It was through the confidence of the
people of that State thut I would
honestly and faithfully carry out all
these promises that I was elected
their chief magistrate, and I feel
profoundly that peace can be surely
preserved there and prosperity re
stored by our people; that the right
of local self-government so promi
nently brought forward in your in
augural and so favorably received by
the whole country is to be promptly
carried out as the rule of your ad
ministration.
I anticipate the ready fulfillment
of the just and reasonable hopes in
spired by the announcement of the
policy you have unfolded—a policy
which found a responsive echo in
every patriotic heart, as indicating a
purpose to administer the Govern
ment in the true spirit of the Consti
tution.
In conclusion, permit me to assure
you that I feel the strongest confi
dence that the wise and patriotic
policy announced by your inaugural,
as soon as it takes shape in action,
will produce such fruits that the
whole country willenjoy the blessings
of peace, prosperity and harmony.
Thanking you, sir, for the courtesy
you have extended to me, with my
good wishes, lam very respectfully
your obedient servant,
Wade Hampton,
Governor 8. C.
War Department, April 3, 1876.
Gen. W. T. Sherman, Commanding
U. S. Army:
General:— l enclose herewith a
copy of a communication from the
President of the United States, in
which he directs that the detach
ment of troops now stationed in the
State House at Columbia, S. C., be
withdrawn and returned to their pre
vious barracks or campinggrouud.
You are nereby charged with the ex
ecution of this order, and will cause
•the withdrawal of the troops on Tues
day next, the loth of April, at 12
o’clock meridian.
Very respectfully,
your obedient servant,
Geo. W. McCrart,
Secretary of War.
A letter of instructions to the Lou
isiana Commissioners is preapared at
the State Department.
Appointments-E. O. McCormick,
Asst. Secretary of the Treasury ; Ed
ward M. Marble, Asst. Attorney Gen
eral for Interior department ;E. Platt
Stratton, Supervising Inspector of
steamboats, Second or New York
District.
Bismarck obtain. A Ite*ting Npell.
Berlin, April 3.— Bismarck has re
signed. The Crown Prince endeav
ored to induce Bismarck to withdraw
it, and the Emperor refused to ac
cept it, but granted Bismarck a
year’s leave of absence. Herr Cam
pbaosen will take his place as Chan
cellor of the Empire.
It is serni-offlcially announced
that the statement that Prince Bis
marck had resigned the Chancellor
ship is incorrect, the Prince simply
asked for long leave of absence,
which is requisite in consequence of
being overworked.
COLUMBUS, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 4, 1877.
WM. M. TWKKII.
HE GIVES A NARRATIVE OF HIS FLIGHT
AND ADVENTURES.
Newark, N. J., April 3.—Peter B.
Sweeny has published a card denying
having any revelations to make
affecting Oakey Hail or others, or
thut he is seeking to compromise
suits against himself. He proposes
to rely on the jndgment of his fellow
citizens.
A narrative of Tweed’s escape and
travels is published, prepared from
a diary his nephew kept. The diary
says he concluded he must surren- 1
der himself exclusively to the con
trol of those who undertook the job,
and accordingly no member of his
family, nor his counsel, nor any
friend or person whatever, of his
previous connection, knew of bis
proposed llight, or had any part in
its execution. Neither did they
know of his whereabouts at any time
until it had become necessary for
him to communicate with them after
his arrest in Cuba by the Spanish
officials.
Tweed understood that he was to
be taken in charge by a well organ
ized body of men distributed through
out the country, having every facili
ty, their connections aud methods
being thoroughly tested and well es
tablished. He was furnished with a
short key for telegraphic communi
cation, and one for postal facility,
the latter including a system of iu
closures through five different en
velopes and address at removed
points. He was to find occasion to
visit his house on Madison avenue,
near Fifty-ninth street, and de
liver himself. The execution of
the agreement included his land
ing in Spain or under the
Spanish flag. He made several such
visits to his house, until on the 4th
of December, 1875, on the evening of
which he was driven in the customa
ry hack attended by two keepers to
his house, ascending the steps, he
saw the preconcerted sign, which
greatly excited him. Controlling
himself, he led the attendants to the
usual feast. Tweed says that the
keepers ate, aud ho took' good
care that they drank. At just
the right moment, one of the
keepers rose and went to the wash
basin in the room to wash his bands
and get ready for the luxurious and
usual after cigar. Tweed took the
opportunity, rose also, and saying he
would wash in the adjoining room,
he passed into the closing the
door as he left the room.
Ho quickly took tho first hat
and coat, and slipped out at
the front door. He was a fugitive;
he saw the hack before the door
without the driver, who also took
advantage of the occasion in the
kitchen. Not a person or a sound
appeared to respond to the appoint
ment. It was Dot quite one minute
past eight. The revulsion of his
previous excitement seemed to have
set in. He began to experience a pe
culiar sensation. He had stolen forth
from his home to place himself in
the hand and guidance of a picked
gang of desperadoes. Ashe shrunk
back under the shadow of the
stoop, he saw a tradesman’s wagon
draw up aQd a man inside signaled
to him to get in, which he did, and
the wagon was driven rapidly into
Madison avenue; there had to stop
among a lot of citizens and mounted
police, who were putting a displaced
car On the track. He described his
feelings while he was in this situa
tion as terrible. He dates from this
inception of his flight a complete
change which has since taken full
possession of ilia character and his
toue of mind condition.
The wagon soon slarted and drove
across the city to North Eiver
where he was taken into a row-boat
and landed in a lonely part of the
Palisades, not far from the well
known spot where Aaron Burr killed
Hamilton. After a lonely ride of
three-fourths of an hour the wagon
was stopped in front of a dilapidated
old house, where Tweed was met by
another of his new-found friends,
who greeted him quietly, with assur
ances of kindness and safety. In
this refuge Tweed continued from his
arrival there on tho fourth day of
December until'about the first of
March.
Bliss, the engineer of the North
ampton Bank robbery, and also en
gaged in the celebrated safe burglary
at Washington, arranged the details
of Tweed’s escape. Tweed would
listen to no such thing at first,
but meeting his professional
neighbor daily in the court yard
of the jail, where they took
their exercise, the subject was
more definitely discussed, and the
outside friends of the professional
being called in, Tweed wa3 persua
ded of the feasibility of a plan which
they presented, an 1 for the execu
tion of which lie engaged to pay to
them a stipulated amount of money.
Flight, he bad reasoned, must be his
only relief. His conferences with
his now advisers, peculiarly skilled
in such matters, convinced him their
step was his only safety.
*>lilp New*.
New York, April 3.— Arrived: Ulopia
Humbolt, Mahosajah, Russia, Idaho.
Arrived oat: Emma, Centennial, Maud,
Alexander, Fyliria, Lincoln, Rienfoxe, Ven
ice, Glenfanout, Fadrenolandet, Ida Der
nord, Mizpah, Forest Green, Peteus, Nep
tune and Jacob Francises.
THE TELEPHONE.
IT OPERATES SUCCESSFULLY BETWEEN
NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA.
Philadelphia, April 3.— ln the op
erating room of the Western Union
Telegraph Cos., this evening, a largo
number of prominent citizens assem
bled to witness the exhibition of Pro
fessor Gray’s telephone, on which
numerous airs were played by Prof.
Bascovitzs, the sounds being trans
mitted to the audience assembled in
Stein way Hail, New York. City tel
egrams were received from New York
at the conclusion of each piece, de
scribing the success of the transmis
sion und the enthusiasm of the audi
ence in Steinway Hall.
New Jfmy Mutual I-lfe In*. Com puny
Newark, N. J., April 3.—Judge
Depne charged the Essex county
graud jury to investigate tho New
Jersey Mutual Life Insurance Compa
ny’s troubles. He said the officers and
managers of financial institutions
are trustees, and misconduct or neg
lect to protoct the interests of stock
holders or policy holders is
Indictable. He demanded the fullest
inquiry to ascertain whether the
condition of the Company resulted
from the financial depression of the
country or misconduct. If it occur
red from the latter cause, they must
indict the officials under the crimi
nal laws.
Democratic Nncceu.
Columbus, Ohio, April 3.—The
Democrats elected their Mayor by
the usual majority.
WEATHER INDICATIONS.
War Department, j
Office of Chief Signal Officer, >
Washington, April 3, 1877. )
For tho South Atlantic States:
warmer, east to south winds, station
ary or cloudy, falling barometer, with
areas of rain.
Tlif Flouting Letter.
HOW IT BROUGHT A BRIDE TO THE HOME
OF A NEW YORK CITY LAWYER.
From tho New York World.)
A few years ago a young lawyer of this
city, in good practice, was called by his
business lo visit a client, whose counting
room was situated on one of the slips
whece a line of Sound sleamers have
their arrivals and departures. His client
had stepped ut for a few moments, and
while awaiting his return, the lawyer stood
on the pier watching the movements of
the boats in the harbor. All at once his
eye was attracted by a letter lazily float
ing on the water of the dock. The tide
was high, and the water continually wash
ed the fragment to his feet. Finally he
put forth his cane, drew the paper to him,
picked itupand opened it. The envelope
was gone, but the letter remained intact.
The epistle was dated at Portland, and
commenced, “My dear Uucie,” ending
wilh the author’s name, written in good
English style, in full. It was so bright
ami interesting, even to a perfect stranger
like the lawyer, that he could not help
wishing that he had some fair lady cor
respondent like this one to write him such
spicy billets. He could not get the letter
out of his head.
On his return to his office a friend drop
ped in for a little chat. Ail at once It
Hashed acroes the lawyer’s mind that ids
friend formely resided in Portland, and
ought know the lady. In answer to his
question the gentleman said he did not
know her personally, but knew there was
such a lady.
It appears that a gentleman of that city,
who was possessed of much literary cul
ture, had two daughters. Poth were very
highly educated, bright girls, and the el
der was for some time one of our popular
high-school teachers. The other w.is the
author of the letter. An uncle was cap
lain of one of the Sound boats, plying to
New York, and the younger daughter
was a favorite neice oi his. She corres
ponded with him, and it was one of her
letters to the uncle that the briny mariner,
after reading, had consigned lo tile bosom
of Neptune, and the young lawyer had
rescued from ablivion. The young lady
answered the lawyer’s letter, and quite a
correspondence ensued. At last one day
she wrote him that she had accepted a
school some distance from Chicago, and,
on her way west, should be at the station
of the Pennsylvania Central at such a
time, where, if he would like to meet his
correspondent, he would have an oppor
tunity. The lawyer was promptly on
hand at the stated hour, and was even
more charmed with the lady after a per
sonal interview than from her correspon
dence. He begged permission to continue
the correspondence, which was granted.
A ftw months ago the lady returned to
Portland from her Western sojourn, for
a purpose that can be readily gusaed. The
other day tne Portland papers announced
that the Rev. Mr. McWhiuuie had united
the couple in marriage, and the lady left
the city for a happy and luxurious home
in Plainfield, New Jersey, where her hus
band now resides.
Gleaning.
If an increase of eggs be desired in
the poultry yard, before large sums
of money are expended in the pur
chase of everlasting layers, the
system of keeping no hens after the
first, or at the most, their second
year is recommended. Early pullets
give the increase, and the only won
der is that people persist as tney do
in keeping up a stock of old hens,
which iay one day aud stop three,
instead of laying three days and
stopping one. In some parts of
England it is the invariable rule to
keep the pullets only one year. The
old hens mav be killed off in March or
April for “spring chickens.”
In America three-firths of the cere
als consist of maize. In Europe oats
predominate ; theu come wheat, rye,
barley, and rnaize, in the order given.
The nations of Europe which pro
duce, relatively speaking, the most
wheat, are Spain, Italy and France;
those which rurnish the most rye are
Finland, Switzerland and Germany;
and those which produce the most
barley, the Scandinavian States and
Germany. Oats predominate in
Ireland, the Scandinavian countries,
Hungary and North Germany. Maize
takes the first rank in Boumania,
Serbia and Portugal.
An Inveterate Mninker Live* Nearly
One Hundred and Ten Year*.
Augustin Picard, whose death at Roch
ester was noticed in Monday’s World,
would have been 110 years old bad he
lived until next Saturday. The Roches
ter Express says that Picard was born In
1707, hi St. Pierre, about ten miles from
Quebec, Canada. At the age of twenty
one he was married, eight children being
the fruit of that union. His wife then
died, but Picard, after remaining a wid
ower only six months, again took unto
himself a wife by whom he had eight
more children. lie was thus the father
olsixteen children, the oldest of whom,
Mrs. Bonchar, a widow, is now' eighty
eight or eighty-nine years of age. His
family appear to be all long-lived, his
father, who was in the navy during the
French and English war, having lived to
be 108 years of age, his mother having
livedlo.be 114, and his sister—Mrs. Frans
coise Paradis, now living in Quebec, be
ing 108 years old. Mr. Picard w’orked at
tbe carpenter's trade until be reached his
eightieth year, aud only desisted because
of a fall. He partook of whiskey and ale
moderately, but was an inveterate smoker.
He ate ana drank moderately at regular
hours, retired to bed at night in good time
and rose early in the morning. A head
ache was unknown to him, and trouble
with the stomach was something he fail
ed to understand. What construction
the anti-tobacconist will put on this case
of longevity remains lo be seen.
A Forty Years llebt.
Forty years ago tho father of a lady
in this city was a miller in Ireland.
A man of tho name of Raftis owed
him a debt of S6O, which for some
reason he left unpaid, and came to
New work. Years after, when on his
death-bed, this unpaid debt weighed
heavily on his conscience, and call
ing his brother to his bed he gave him
the money and exacted a solemn
promise that the debt should be
paid. The brother at once wrote to
Ireland and learned that the miller
was dead, and that his only heir, a
daughter, was married aud living
somewhere in America, but he was
unable to ascertain the name of her
husband. With only the name of
the lady’s father and the fact that
she lived sotnewere in America as a
clue, Mr. Raftis commenced the
seemingly hopeless task of search
ing for her and redeeming his
pledge to his dying brother. By
accident he heard of a lady living in
Dubuque whose family had borne
the miller’s name. He visited her,
and after asking her a few questions,
learned that the object of his search
was found. Mr. Raftis insisted on
not only paying the original debt,
but forty years Interest. — World.
Too Fnnil ot l arrlune Hiding;.
In the Brooklyn Police Court yester
day Justice Walsh committed Sarah Red
mond, a handsome young girl who resides
at 188 Twenty first street, in that city, for
shop-lifting. It seems that Sarah carried
on tbe business at the expense of the
Brooklyn dry goods dealers lor upward
of two years. At her residence a large
number of articles comprising almost
every description of goods for ladies’ wear
were found, and in addition seventy-nine
pawn tickets, all save one representing
goods pawned in Brooklyn. The excep
tion was for a pair of shoes pawned in
Second avenue in this city. Sarah ad
mitted her guilt, and said she had spent
the money received for the stolen goods
in carriage riding and in dress.
The Length of Life.
, Mortality statistics, showing the aver
*age duration of life among persons of va
rious classed, are often fauliy. In Massa
chusetts such figures are more carefully
and accurately obtained than almost any
where else; and the following table is tne
result of very recent investigation in that
State;
Yuan). I Years
Mon unemployed... .68 j Maamis 48
Jud(!<B 68 I Traders 46
Farmers 65 | Tailors 4*
Bank oflkerß 64 | Jewelere 44
Coopers 68 Manufacturers 43
Public officers 67 Bakers 48
Cleriiym u 66 Painters 43
Shipwrights 65 Shoemakera 43
liattera 64 M'Ohanlce 43
Lawyers 64 Editors 40
Ropemaker* 64 Muaiciaua 30
Blacksmiths 61 Prlntors 88
Merchants 61 Machinist, 36
Calico printers 61 Teachers 34
Pnysicians 61 Clerks 34
Butchers 60 I Operatives 32
Carpenters. 49 j
The Tale of |U<>K.
The officers attached to tbe Washing
ton Street Police Station-House in Brook
lyn are responsible for the story that,
since the night of the fire at the Brook
lyn Theatre, Ihe ruins have been nightly
visited by a dog, which through the day
obtains a precarious living by foraging in
the immediate neighborhood. Each night
at intervals the dog comes in the entrance
to the ruins, and waits and whines as if
in expectation of meeting its master, who
it is supposed, was one of tbe victims of
that calamity. The dog has found friends
among the officers who refrain from club
bing him, and have even been heard to
speak words of kindness to him.— N. T.
World.
Popular suffrage lias been put to a sin
gular test in a village oi Awa, Japan.
The neighborhood was harassed by a mid
night robber whom nobody could detect.
The head of the hamlet summoned the
entire male population under bis charge
and directed every man to write the
name of the person whom ho suspected
and to deposit the ticket in a box. Fifteen
ballots bore the name of Abe Tanihei, the
ihe rest being blanks. The man whom
everybody distrusted was so overcome
with astonishment that he made a full
confession and went to prison. Never be
fore in the history of popular govern
ment war a tiiief elected witli such una
nimity.
Too Bud.
Louisville, March 28.—A petition was
filed in the U. 8. Court here this afternoon,
by which the company owning and opera
ting thie Galt House, the largest hotel in
the South, goes into bankruptdy. A large
bonded debt has interfered with the affairs
of the company for some time past, and
thouch the prosperity of its every day
business has greatly relieved this debt, the
company deemed bankruptcy the best,
course To pursue. The hotel will not be
closed, but continue business as before, the
old manager, Col. Jilson Johnson, remain
ing in charge.
At a fire early tbe other morning, at
Newport, a noted gambler appeared at an
upper window in white fluttering rai
ment and cried impressively lor a ladder,
and then the jeering crowd chaffed him,
calling out, “Is your ante up?” “You’re
only two pair!” ‘Hold the edge!” “Ain’t
youporryyou slaid in?” “Straddle the
blindl” and other obscure and ferocious
expressions, lie was ultimately saved
however.
KIUHT GALLON* OF BOIKHO V
lIOW DEACON RICHARD SMITH 18 SLAN
DERED BY HIS WICKED PARTNERS.
It wasn’t a good time for pirking up news
last evening, and our sensational reporter
dropped in at the northeast corner of Fourth
and Vine streets to see if Deacon Richard
Smith would give his views on the propriety
of holding barbecuee in March. The only
person in the editorial room was a young
man with a blonde moustache, who was
engaged with a pair of hungry-looking
scissors dissecting a Sunday Enquirer. It
is scarcely necessary to add that this y. m.
with ihe b. m. was one of Deacon Richard's
wicked partners. (
'ls Mr. Smith ini’
The y. m. with the b. ra. suspended oper
ations with his hungry scissors in the very
act of eating out a refreshing paragraph
Irom the Enquirer, Tipping himself back
in his chair and casting a savage look upon
our reporter, he growled:
‘Now what do you want?'
‘l’lease, sir, is the editor in?’
Tin the editor—don’t you see me?’
‘But I want to see the good editor— 1 mean
Deacon Richard Smith.
‘Well, we don’t want any more reporters,
if that’s what you're after. If Doc Jones had
been elected Coroner last fall, you might
have had a chance.’
‘I don’t want a position as a reporter,
but ’
‘Oh, I see; you want to dispose of some
manuscript. Well, it's no use; we never
buy manuscript; hut if you wish to donate it,
why’
‘My dear sir,’ exclaimed our reporter,
growing somewhat fidgety, ‘you mistake me.
lam not a Bohemian. 1 am’
'Why didn’t you say so before? I see how
it is. You are a grasshopper sufferer in want
of aid and sympathy. Well, sir, you have
our sympathy, but’
‘Will you let me explain'
“’Tain’t necessary, young man. Grass
hopper sufferers all tell the same story, and
I could tell your pitilul tale as well as you
could yourself. But you see times are hard
and we didn't make much money out of last
fall’s campaign.’
‘lf you will only permit me'
‘Will you let me wedge a word in edge
ways?' broke out the y. m. with the b. m. in
anew spot. ‘You grasshopper victims have
such a persistent way there is no getting
away from you ’
‘But I am not a grasshopper victim, I tell
you.”
‘Ain’t you?’
‘No.’
‘Well, may f bed by a large majority if
I didn’t think you were. You might have
come to the point at once instead of talking
all around it. What do you want, any
how?'
‘I want to see Mr. Smith.’
‘See here, my friend,' suddenly exclaimed
the y. m. with the b. m. ‘i ll bet lour dol
lars you've just returned from the Centennial
and want to write something about it tor the
Gazette.’
‘No, sir, I want to see Mr. Smith about
that’
‘Sh—h—h, my dear sir; not so loud, i
understand you now. Why didn't you speak
right out when you first came in, and not
beat all about the bush? But the fact is the
Deacon told me to tell you to call next week
and he’d try to settle it.’
‘Settle what?’
‘Why, that bill for eight gallons of choice
old Bourbon. You’re from Sullivan’s, ain’t
you?’
‘No, sir. 1 don’t know Sullivan. I want’
‘Stop! stop right where you are;' and the
y. m. wilh the b. m. emphasized his inter
jection with a stiff finger pointed straight
at our reporter’s left eye. ‘I understand you
now,Bir, and can tell you briefly that Mr.
Smith can’t do anything for you. The other
Smith, surnamed Amor, handles the cam
paign fund this spring. You’ll have to apply
to him.'
‘Will you let me tell you what I want?’
‘Will 1 let you tell me what you want)’
roared the y. m. with the b. m. ‘Why,
damme, that’s just what I’ve been trying for
an hour to draw out ot you. What in the
name of all the saints do you want?’
‘I want to knoW whether Deacon Richard
Smith is in?’
‘Why didn’t you say so, then? No, he’s
out.J
‘Good evening, sir.’
‘Shut the door.' — From the Cincinuti En
quirer.
The French Conscription.— The
drawing for the annual conscription took
place in Baris. A correspondent writes;
“There is a remarkable difference in the
bearing ol the young conscripts as com
pared with times gone by. Before the
war, when every French recruit thought
himself already more than a match for
the full-grown soldiers of any other na
tion, the youths, after drawing their num
bers, used to march about the town in
groups, headed by a ting-bearer and sing
ing frothy patriotic songs till they were
hoarse. Then they retired to the wine
shops and became precociously pot
vialiant. Sometimes they indulged in
revolutionary airs, and were dispersed or
arrested by the police. The town for sev
days resounded with their shouting and
singing, and the conscription was the
great event of tbe moment. But nous
avons, change tout cela. The conscripts
still piii their numbers on their caps and
tri-colorcd rosettes or ribbons in their but
ton-holes, as they did when France was
la granae nation, but that is all. They
no longer parade tbe streets with flags
and drums, and they appear to have for
gotten the so-called patriotic songs of yore.
They go quietly in twos and tlirees to the
conscription office, and come back quietly
in twos and threes. Of course there are
gome exceptions, but these are few and
far between, and the conscripts on the
whole are serious, not to say sad, for
Frenchmen. Tbe conscription is treated
as a graver affair than formerly, and al
though most ot the recruits still think it
necessary to celebrate the event by a glass
or two at the wine shop, there is none of
that vain self-confidence and fanfaron
node about so objec.ionable and fatally
conspicuous during the lasty ears of the
empire.”
Cheap Nalls.
Special Dispatch to tho Globo-Democrat,
Pittsburg, Pa., March 28.—At the reg
ular monthly meeting of the Western Nail
Association'in this city this afternoon, at
mills west of fhe Allegheny but two were
represented, It was resolved to reduce
the price of ail sizes of nails 26c per
keg, making the reduced price $2.60 in
less than 200-keg lots, and $2 60 in lots of
over that quantity. The reduction goes
into effect immediately.
L®ve ft Wilson *
celebrated Belts will cure chills, correct
deranged nervous systems, strengthen
the appetite, and actively aid hi restoring
mpaired health. For sale at
apr2o tf M. D. Hood & Co.’s.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
BY TELEGRAPH TO THE DAILY TIMES.
MONKT AXD STOCK*.
LONDON, April 3.—Noon—Consola, 96 9-10.
Erie 6ft.
2:16 r. m.~Crnail* 06%.
4:16 p. ii.—Consols 90 11*10. Street rate 1%,
which is % below bank.
PARIS, April 3. Noon Rentes 108f. and
62 %0.
4:00 r. m.—Rentes 108f. end 36c.
NEW YORK, April 3.—Noon-Gold opened
104%.
NEW YORK. April 3.—Noon—Stock* active,
unsettled, and better feeling, money 2; gold 4%;
exchange long, 4.86; abort, 4.37; State bonds Arm
and dull; Governments dull but firm.
NEW YORK, April B. Evening Money
easy, offered at 6; eterling firm at 6; gold
weaker at 4 %®4%; Governments dull and nteady
—new 6’* 10 J i; Mates quiet aud steady.
t’OTTOS,
LIVERPOOL, Aprils. —Neon—Cotton buoyant;
middling upland* 6 616d; Orleans 6 %and; galea
‘16,000, speculation and export 6000, receipt*
64,500, American 42,069.
Future* 3*l6d dearer; upland*, low middling
clause, April and May delivery, 6%®9-s2®s-16d,
May aud June 6 13-16®6-16®15-82d, June and July
July and August 6%d; April and May
6 11-3‘Jd
2:00 r. m.—Upland#, low middling clause,
April and May delivery 6 3-16d, May and June
6> a @7-16d, June and July 6 19-32®9-16d, August
and September 6 ll*l6d.
3:00 i*. m,—Uplands, regular contract, April and
May delivery, 6 8-32d, uplands, low middling
clause, June and July delivery 6 17-32d.
6:16 r. m.—Futures closed easier; uplands
low middling clause, May and June delivery 6
16-32d, also 6 7-16d, June and July 6%d.
NEW YORK, April 3.—Noon-Cotton steady;
uplands 11%; Orleaus 11%; sales 300.
Futures opened irregular and higher; a* fol
lows April 11.87@.80; May 11.87®.0; June
l£.U2@.2U; July 12.15(<M8; August 12.20®.22.
NEW YORK, April 3. Evening Cotton
strong; middling uplands 11%; Orleans 11%;
sales 2722; net receipts 2866; gross 1688.
Consolidated net reoeipts 14,721; exports to
Great Britain 9096; France 606; to Continent
6445; to channel 1200.
Futures closed easy; sales 65,000; April
11.72@.73; May 11.80®.8l; June 11.94®.95;
July 12.06®.06; August 12.15®. 16; September
12®12.01; uctober 11.80®.82; November 11.71
®.73; December 11.78®.76; January 11.80®.83.
GALVESTON, April 3.—Cotton ateady; mid
dling 11 %; net receipts 393, gress —, tales 2273;
exports to Great Britain —; France —, coast
wise —.
NORFOLK, April 3. Evening Cotton
dull; middling 11%®11%; net receipts 763; grots
—, sales 200; spiunera —; exports to Great Brit
ain —; coastwise 291.
BALTIMORE, April 3.—Evening Cotton
firmer; middling 11%; net receipts —; gross 133;
sales 140; spinners 130; exports to Great Britain
—, coastwise 260.
BOSTON, April 3. Evening—Cotton quiet;
middling 11%; net receipts 684; gross 4745;
sales 102; export* to Great Britain —.
WILMINGTON, April 3.—Evening Cotton
quiet; middling 11; net receipts 8; safes 83;
exports to Great Britain —, coast-wise —.
PHILADELPHIA, April 3.—Evening—Cotton
firmer; middling 11%; net receipts 319; gross
099; sales to spinners 225; exports to Great
Britain —.
SAVANNAH, April 3.—Evening—Cotton *trong,
middling 11%; net receipts 629; gross —; sale*
1000; exports to Great Britain —; to continent
—; to channel —; coastwise —.
NEW ORLEANB, April 3. Evening—Cotton
strong, held higher; middling 11%; low middling
10%; goodordiuary 10; net receipts 2244; gross
2538; sales 4000. exports to Great Britain 4379; to
France 506; to Continent 270; coastwise —.
MOBILE, April 3. Cotton firm; middling
IT%@%; net receipts 688; sales 155; exports to
Great Britain —; to France —, to Continent —;
coastwise 276.
MEMPHIS, April 3.—Evening— Cotton firm
and higher ; middling 11%*, receipts 217; ship
ments 930, sales 600.
AUGUSTA, April 3. Cotton firm; middling
11®%; receipts 76; sales 144.
CHARLESTON, April 3. Evening Cotton
firmer; middling 11%®%; net receipts 166; sales
206; exports to Great Britain —; to Frauce —;
tocontiuout —; coastwise —.
PROVISIONS. AC.
NEW YORK. April 3.—Noon - Flour firm,
Wheat shade firmer. Corn steady. Pork firm
at $14.95®516.Q0. Lard firm, steam $9,85.
Freignts firm.
NEW YORK, April 3. Evening Flour
strong, fair inquiry; superfine Western and
btate $6 10®56.26, other grades unchanged,
common to good, extra do., $7.96®59.00 closing
Southern flour shade firmer, moderate inquiiy;
common to lair extra $6.26®56.90; good to
choice do., $6.95@59.00. Wheat about lo better,
moderate export and milling demand, winter
wheat quiet aud nominal; No. 2, red Western,
$L.45@50, white Western $1.61. Corn in fair
demand, ungraded Western mixed 66* yellow
Southern 67%, yellow Western 68, white do.,
56%. Oats shade stronger, moderate business;
mixed Western aud btate 38®63. Coffee, Rio,
du11—16%®20% for gold cargoes, 16%@22 for
gold job lots. Sugar dull; 8%®8% for fair to
good refining 9, prime Muscovado 8%®8%; re
lined easier, 10% tor standard A, granulated and
powuered 11, 11% for crushed. Molasses
grocery grades quiet at 38®66 for New Orleans.
Rice quiet and steady, Carolina 6%®6%, Louis
iana 4%®6%. Pork higher and firm; new mess,
$15.00. Lard firmer—prime steam $9.87%@9Q;
closing $9.95 asked, kettle $10.26. Whiskey
easier at 7%. Freights to Liverpool shade firmer;
cotton per sail % per steam %.
CINCINNATI, April 3. Evening Flonr
in fair demand and firm; family $7.00@57.16;
superfine fall $6.25®50, extra $6.76@56.16, doubel
extra do. $6.35®50, treble extra do., $6.60.
Wheat quiet: red $1.6u®1.60. Corn dull at 40®
42%. Oats quiet andsteady at36®49. Rye in
good demandat 66@75. barley heavy; prime fall
60®75. Pork quiet at $14.75@516.0® Lard ac
tive and higher, steam $9.40®50, kettle $10.26
® $10.75. Bulk meats steady and firm—shoul
ders $5.26, short rib $7.60, short clear sides
$7.75. Bacon quiet —6%, 8%, and 8%. lor shoul
ders, clear rib and clear sides. Whiskey firm
at 4. Butter steady ; choice Western reserve 23®
25, Central Ohio 20@22.
ST. LOUIS, April 8. —Evening—Flour inactive *
superfiue fall $6.60®56.00; extra do., $6 16®
$6.50; double extra do. $6.60@6.85, treble extra
do., $6.86®57.00. Wheat—No. 2, *ed lall
$1.64% bid. No. 3, d0.,|51.49%®50. Corn firmer;
No. 2, mixed, 39%. Oata firmer—No. 2 36 bid.
Ry steady at 68 bid. Barley quiet strictly
prime to choice Minuessota 90. Whiskey steady
at 4. Pork—small lotsat $14.76. Lard firm at
$9 25 bid. Bulk meata firmer—s 7.67% bid for
clear rib sides. Bacon—6, 8%®%, and 8%®9,
for shoulders, clear rib and clear sides.
LOUISVILLE, April 3.—Flour steady; extra
$5.60®75, family $6.00@56.25. Wheat scarce
and firm; red $1.60, amber $1.60, white $1.60.
Corn dull; No. 1, white 42, mixed 41. Bye nomi
nal at 76. Oats nominal—No. 1, white 40, mixed
39. Pork steady at sl6.oo®s 15.60. Bulk meata
strong—s%, 7%,andß. for shoulders, clear rib
and clear sides. Bacon firm—6%®%, 8%, and
8%, for shoulders, clear ribs, clear aides. Bugar
cureUlbams firmer, st 11%@11%. Lard steady;
choice leaf in tierce 10%®10%, do., in kegs 11%
®l2. Whiskey quiet at 1.04. Bagging dull at
12®13.
BALTIMORE, April 3. Oat* steady and firm;
Southern prime 43®45. Rye steady and firm;
72fa*76. Provisions quiet and stiady. Pork
$17.50. Bacon—shoulders 6%, clear rib 9%.
Hams 13® 14%. Lard, refined 10%®%. Coffee
dull and nominal; jobs 16@21%. Whiskey nomi
nal at 7%. Sugar active aud steady it 10%.
Failure.
Harrisburg, Pa., April 3.—Dough
erty Bros. & Cos., bankers, failed.
Liabilities $111,000; assets $130,000 to
$150,000.
The New York Tribune is very
severe on Muliett. “The face of the
continent aches to-day,” it says,
“with the things thia man has blis
tered it with. He has lifted up
throughout the country a series of
brick aud mortar nightmares that
outhowl the wilderness with hideous
ness.”
The Bank of England has a pres
ent stock of gold amounting to $134,-
607,135. The Bank of France holds
of gold and silver $443,950,000. The
Imperial Bank of Germany is certi
fied with $137,615,000, while the Aus
trian National Bank holds $68,306,-
000.
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