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WASHINGTON.
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Impatience for the With
drawal of the Troops.
Sherman Will Oppose any Change in the
Financial Laws.
A Returning Board Quorum in Nich
olls' Legislature
THAT KETTLE* IT.
Washington, April 19.—Gen. Geo.
A. Sheridan had a two hours inter
view with the President last night.
Some members of the administra
tion are becoming impatient, and
urge the President to withdraw the
troops at once.
It is now generally believed that
Packard and his friends have no
hope whatever of maintaining them
selves, and are prolonging the un
happy condition of the State to put
money in their pockets by bulling
and bearing her securities.
It is stated the President has ac
cepted the resignation of L. Oass Car
penter, collector internal revenue for
the Charleston, S. C., district.
Secretary Sherman will oppose any
interference with the present finan
cial laws at the extra session. He
may recommend some action to facil
itate funding operations. He has no
information that the pending Euro
pean war has affected the demand
for 4j per cent, bonds. Sales of four
and-a-halfs now amount to a million
daily, and the Secretary contemplates
suspending their issue and placing 4
per cents on the market.
There is a returning board quo
rum in both branches of the Nicholls
Legislature to-day.
There has been no appointment of
Collector of Customs for Mobile to
day.
The bond of Mr. Humphreys, ap
pointed Collector of Customs at
Pensacola, if faulty, is only techni
cally so, on account of unsettled
values in Florida. Three of the four
bondsmen are good for the amount.
There is no taint of fraud. The
fourth name could not be recalled
by the officer who handled the bond
before it was returned to Mr. Hum
phreys for amendment.
Congressman Gilbert P. Walker,
of Virginia, has gone to the Pacific,
coast, and will remain until his pres
ence at the extra session of Congress,
calls him home.
In this connection it may be men
tioned there is a strong pressure to
postpone Congress until September,
giving Hayes’ Southern policy time
to cryßtalize itself.
The army case may struggle along
until August without violating law.
It. is learned incidentally that one
Mobile head has fallen to-day,whose,
it (cannot be'ascertaiued the beyond
that it is not the Collector of Cus
toms.
Secretary Thompson has returned.
Itisnot stated that the adminis
tion itself will inaugurate a judicial
question regarding Secretary Robe
son’s mismanagement of the Navy
Department.
Robert Schuyler Gardener, of
West Virginia, appointed Consul
General at Melbourne. He was Ma
jor with Hayes.
Hayes is said to have appointed a
kinsman his private secretary to
3ign land warrants—a very nice
place, and blood is thicker than wa
ter.
ITALY A .Ml THE WAR.
Rome, April 20.—Signor Depreties.
President of the Council and Minister
of Finance, told the Financial Com
mittee of the Chamber of Deputies
;bat the Ministry foresaw the presen
ohase of the Eastern Question when
:he budget, was submitted to Parlia
ment. He hoped the war would be
oealized.. It would only be extended
n the event of a Russian army
narching upon Constantinople. That
situation might threaten to assume a
'rave character and more extended
jomplications ensue. The Govern
nent, therefore, did not propose to
nodify its financial plans.
SigDor Depreties recommended the
tommittee, however, to examine the
>udgetwith the greatest care, in or
ier that in ail contingencies there
night be means of meeting unfore
een expenses or a diminution of re
seipts. _
George Francis Train bas made the
laragraphic bit of bis life. He says that
ne Turkish batb can do more good, than
. hundred ancient cathedral*,
LOUISIANA.
No Hairrlnl mange In the Mutation.
THE REAL HITCH IS THE U. 8. SENATOR- |
SHIPS.
XICHOI.LV 1.1.01 *l. ATI' It K—A ME
rTKt'IVB BOARII Ol'OKl'M.
New Orleans, April 19.— Warmouth
requests the following correction of
his remarks before the caucus: After
the words “honestly discharged,’’
strike out down to the word "test,”
and insert “we will have nodifflculry
in awaiting the final disposition of
this issue.”
[Note.— Warmouth says his speech
was in defence of the President.]
P. J. Watson, of Madison, It. J.
Walker, of Tensas and S. Oliver, of
Concordia, returning board mem- j
bers of the Legislature, were seated
in Nicholls’ house to-day. This com- [
pletes a returning board quorum in j
both houses.
New York, April 19.—The Herald’s
New Orleans special says : The truth j
is that the whole hitch grows out of j
the strife for two U. S. Senatorships.!
The eighteen or twenty Democratic j
candidates have calculated their
chances very closely, and do not In
tend to expose themselves to the
chance of defeat which might exist if
the Legislature was organized with
only four majority on joint ballot,
there being included two Indepen
dents and some sbaky members. On
the other hand, Warmouth hopes to
unite the whole Republican element
in his favor, and thus secure his own
election. He therefore, is making a
gallant fight in his own interest, in
which he is sustained by Packard,
McMillan, and all other prominent
leaders.
Gov. Brown stated this .evening
his belief that the delay and conse
quent hitch in the proceedings had
been caused by the operations of a
based ring.
In Gov. Brown’s private room at
midnight, Gov. Nicholls was en
gaged with Gen. Gibson and others
preparing a letter endorsing the reso
lution passed by the Democratic
Legislature in regard to tiie aboli
tion of all race distinction and gen
eral political amnesty, and pledging
himself personally to their execution,
which letter is to be embodied in a
report to be made to the President.
Gen. Hawley, iu an interview,states
that the Commission is making its
full report to-night. He does not
think the Commission, will leave be
fore Friday or Saturday, but regards
the whole affair as happily settled.
New Orleans, April 19. —The Com
mission have received the resolu
tions by the Packard caucus declin
ing the proposals of the Nicholls
House for reorganizing the Legisla
ture. They will report to the Presi
dent a.faiiure so far o{ the adjust
ment, and will remain to make
further efforts to effect a settlement.
Though the present plan would seem
to have failed, it may be fairly slated
that the Commission ana prominent
leaders on both sides still entertain
a hope that terms alike honorable to
alt parties may yet be agreed upon.
The Packard Legislature is rapidly
dissolving. There are now sixty-five
or sixty-six returning board members
iu the Nicholls’ House.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
HOW THE DEPARTMENT* WERE
HEALED.
Awaiting the supreme Touri MecUion.
Columbia, April 19.—N0 objection
was made to sealing the State bu
reaus over which there are legal con
tests. The seal consists of a few
inches of red tape fastened at either
end to tile door and door post by a
drop of sealing-wax, which bears the
impress of the Secretary’s private
signet ring.
Dunn, Cardozo and Hayne, Repub
lican Comptroller Gensral, Treasu
rer and Secretary of Statej respec
tively, remained at home,’ln antici
pation af what was done. Adjutant
and Inspector General Kennedy,
Superintendent of Education and At
torney General Elliott, however, pre
sented themselves at their late offices
at the usual morning hour and were
denied admittance. A show of resist
ance was made by the two last
named, but upon being confronted
by constables and assured that they
would be arrested if they essayed to
force an entrance, as they seemed in
clined to do, they retired to await the
decision of the Supreme Court in the
matter of disputed possession.
W EITHER indications.
War Department, I
Office of Chief Signal Officer, }
Washington, April 19, 1877. )
For South Atlantic States, souther
ly to northerly winds, rise in temper
ature, falling barometer, in the
northern portion areas of rain, clear
ing In the southern portion.
Old and young, rich and poor, all
unite in testifying to the true merit
of Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup. For over
a quarter of a century it has proved
itself a true, tried and trusted
friend.
> >
-Isit at all odd that the -‘Flowery King
dom" should be so largely composed of
Buddhists?
COLUMBUS, GA.. FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 20, 1877.
THE EASTERN SITUATION.
Russia Will Probably Begin the War in
Asia.
Constantinople, April 20.—1 tis
rumored the Forte intends to pro
claim a state of siege.
Greece is preparing in case of war
to incite insurrection in the Greek
provinces of Turkey in Crete.
Paris, April 19.—Carriers bearing
the Russian manifesto addressed to
the army and nation, and to Europe,
start simultaneously with the Czar
and arrive at their destination the
same time as the Czar arrives at Ke
cheueff. On receiving the manifesto
the charge deAffaires will withdraw
from Constantinople.
London, April 19.—A Vienna
special to the Times informs it of the
Paris dispatch regarding the mani
festo. and adds: Russia seems de
termined to avoid a real declaration
of war. Her troops in Europe will
remain on the defensive, but iu Asia
it is believed she will commence
hostilities at the latest next week.
A Reuter dispatch from Orsova,
says the Roumanian troops are con
centrating in Little Wallachia, the
greater portion being dispatched to
Kalafdt.
London, April 19.—A special dis
patch from Berlin to the Pall Mall
Gazelle has the following: The Na
tional Zeitunij learns that tho Czar
will not travel through Moscow go
ing to Kescheneff, which* occasions
considerable surpriso in Russia. It
is stated, however, that the Czar
will make a short stay at Kesche
neff, visit Moscow returning, and
issuing his war manifesto there.
Paris, April 19.—Military attaches
of the Russian Embassy here, re
ceived orders yesterday to join their
respective corps immediately.
Peba, April 19. The Russian
Chancellory closed Wednesday. Its
future business will be conducted at
tho German Embasse.
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
Columbia, S. C.. April 19. C. P
Pelham, formerly professor in the
old South Carolina College,i and
more recently editor of several lead
ing newspapers iu Soutli Carolina,
died to-day at Columbia of typhoid
pneumonia.
Liverpool— The reported failure of
Gholson, Walker & Cos. is untrue.
Montreal Hon. A. B. Foster,
Canada’s railroad king, has failed.
Liabilities, two and one-fourth mil
lions.
Cleveland— l,soo coopers, of thg
Standard Oil Company struck for
wages.
Rondont, N. Y.—Silas D. Keyser,
charged with being an accessory be
fore the fact to the crime of arson
committed Ly W. J. Cutsey, was
fouud guilty aud sentenced to prison
for life.
New York -Paul L. Valentine,
Italian ex-Priest, and who at one
time held a professorship in the
Theological Seminary at Madi
son, N. J., and latterly opened a
Methodist church here, afterwards
was proprietor of a school and
boardinghouse was convicted to-day
in the General Sessions Court with
committing an Indecent assault,
and sentenced to the State prison for
ten years.
Cincinnati— A meeting of citizens
appointed a committee to form a
company to lease the Cincinnati
Southern Railroad under the provis
ions of the common carrier’s bill.
St. Louis—No bodies were found
yesterday. Both the office safes
were found, with the continents very
valuable, uninjured.
The rates of freights hence to East
ern cities and seaboards arc about
beiug advanced.
London— Charles Bradlough and
Mrs. Anna Besant, free thought ad
vocaters, who were arrested for
printing and publishing a pamphlet
of immoral characterand committed,
have had their trial in Central Crim
inal Court. The prisoners were re
leased on their own recognizances.
Richmond, Va.—Dr. E. Thompson
Baird has resigned Hie Secretaryship
of the Board of Publication of the
Presbyterian General Assembly.
Rev. Wm. A. Campbell, of Va., has
been appointed to fill the vacancy.
Nevada* Newest Novelty.
A large iron water pipe is carried up
through thesteeple of the large cross of
the new Roman Catholic Church. The
pipe then takes the formof the cross, be
hind which it is hidden, aud from holes
perforated at proper intervals jets are
sent up. From the top of the cross and
from the end of each arm large Btreams
ascend to the height of about twenty-five
feet, and between these are thrown up a
great number of smaller jets. Last even
ing the numberous jets spread out in the
shape of a fan. The rays of the declin
ing sun fell upon the jets and spray at
just the proper angle to light up and bring
out the whole In a beautiful roseate glow,
which surrounded the top of the cross
like a glory. This novel fountain was not
constructed for mere ornament. It is in
tended for use in case of the breaking out
of a large fire as a protection to the spire
and the roof.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat says
that the English creditors ot Iron Moun
tain railroad have attempted to Joun-bull
doze the president of the company by a
formidable array of attorneys. They em
ployed in their big law suit just one doz
en, headed by Mr. Evarts. Secretary of
Stale. And yet we can’t help thinking
that, somehow or other. Tom Allen will
beat them all.
From the N. O. Democrat, 18th.)
INCIDENT IN THE 6AINKN CASK.
A scene in a New Orleans Court Thirty
live Yenr* Ago.
Thirty-live years ago, the room of
the Fijrst District Court in this city
presented a soeue of rare aud curi
ous interest.
It was on tho occasion of a deeply
interesting trial of a suit wherein a
indy was defendant, aud who, iu tho
absence of her counsel, assumed tho
task of conducting aud arguing her
own case. Tho lady was tlien iu tho
full bloom of matronly beauty.
Petite of figure, but graceful aud
symmetrical, witu a face of rare in
telligence and vivacity, of fair and
rich complexion, with eyes ot Gipsy
brightness, but mellowed by fomiu
iue sensitiveness and emotional in
tensity, with an abundance of rich
auburn hair tastefully arranged, ele
gantly and fashionably attired, and
speaking in tones of peculiar melo
diousness, but with a thrilling earn
estness und emphasis, her appear
ance iu the character of an advocate
and counsellor, iu a court, where
females are so rarely seen, and from
which ladies shrink with so much
repugnance and horror, could not
but excite a profound interest in the
usual attendants of court proceed
ings.
The room was crowded, There
was a full representation of the bar—
the other courts beiug vacs ted—law
yers, clerks, and even judges desert
ing their seats and tnrouging into
the First District Court to swell the
large audience which had been call
ed to that centre of attraction by the
silvery tones ot a woman’s voice.
Judge A. M. Buchannan presided in
the First District Court. He was a
gentleman and jurist, of a high spirit,
quiet temper, positive in his opinions,
but generous, honest aud courageous
in his bearing and utterances on the
bench.
The lady advocate addressed her
self to a jury of grave, sedate,
thoughtful citizens. Hitting near
enough to aid the speaker with sug
gestions and with papers, was a tali
aged, military gentleman, elad in the
full uniform ora general of the U. H.
army, who appeared to be entirely
absorbed iu the argument, and to
watcti with iuterest every gesture,
utterance and expression of the lady
speaker, ever aud anon glancing
around at the lawyers seated at the
table, at the presiding judge and at
the quiet, thoughtful faces ot the
jurors. Over six feet in height, with
•remarkably erect and somewhat
stiff carriage, with a face indicative
of great power of will, and eyes Hash
ing with courage and defiance of all
opposers, with irou gray hair, brush
ed straight up, from a broad brow
arid standing erect in the fashion of
Andrew Jaekson—it needed but the
yellow belt, gold trimmings and
sword by his side, to proclaim the
position and identity of this veteran.
He was uo less a personage than
Major General Edmund Pendleton
Gaines, the SeDior General in our
army, the hero of the defense of Fort
Erie in 1812, one of the most, gallant
affairs of the war with England, and
of many other victories, the besotn
friend of Andrew Jackson, and the
trusted agent of Thomas Jefferson,
to arrest the person and thwart the
plan of conspiracy which Aaron Burr
came to this State in 1806 to put it.
operation.
The lady who addressed the Court
under his protection was his wife, to
whom General Gaines had not been mar
ried more than two years, blie iiad re
mained for some years a widow, after the
death of her first husband, who may he
said to have offered up his life in the de
fense of her claims to recognition as the
legitimate daughter and heir of a notable
individual who played so conspicuous a
part in the early history of our city and
State. This personage wn? Daniel Clark,
a high-spirited, enterprising, dashing
Irishman, who had achieved a large
fortune and great prominence in the af
faire of this territory, previous to the war
of 1814. Educated in ignoranoe of her
origin and percentage, the lady in ques
tion never discovered any trace of her
lineage until she had married Mr. Whit
ney, her first husband. He entered zeal
ously with her on the prosecution of her
claims and thereby became involved in
manv difficulties and vexatious suits.
Finally ho died of yellow fever, and
some vears afterwards the widow mar
ried that distinguished soldier General
Edmund P. Gaines. In forming this al
liance tho gallant veteran assumed, as one
of the most sacred duties of his life, to
devote all his energies and means to the
maintenance of the claims of his wife and
the vindication of the honor and charac
ter of her father, who had been his inti
mate Menu.
It was in the discharge of this obli
gation Gen. Gaines now appeared in
court to support his wife in the prosecu
tion of her ease. The lawyers retained
for her had been involved in a quarrel
with thejudge and had retired from the
court. Left alone without attorneys,
with some of the most distinguished
members of the bar opposed to her, Gen.
Gaines asked that the court would allow
the lady to conduct her own case. Home
altercations ensued between the judge
and Gen. and Mrs. Gaines.
The judge objected to ttie tone and style
of the lady anil reminded Gen. Gaines
that he would be responsible for her acts
and language. , . .
Thereupon the veteran, rising to ins full
height, avowed his personal responsibility
for everything the lady might utter, in
iiny manner and form, in which a gentle
man conld respond to such demand. Then
gracefully touching his sword handle he
glanced at the lawyers on the opposite
side against whom Mrs. Gaines had
launched some pretty fiery invective.
To which his honor responded with
much temper that no distinction of per
sons or sexes were allowed in that court,
nor would any menace of authority in
official rank have any influence or be re
garded with any awe or deference there.
Thereupon Gen. Gaines, bowing low to
the Judge, begged to assure his honor
that in appearing before him in uniform
and with his sword, he did so in confor
mity to the regulations qf the service out
of respect for the court. No one would
be more prompt to draw his sword in de
fense of the authority of the civil tribu
nals of his country, and at the risk of bis
own life, to defend the person and exe
cute the orders of the judges of the Feder
al or State government.
Af'er this little tilt Mrs. Gaines resum
ed her argument and continued it for two
hours, until interrupted by the Judge,
who ordered her to take her seat. T here
upon the lady, appealing to the jury,
charged the Judge with a prejudgment of
her case, and presented the evidence in
the form of a certificate from the United
States Court of a motion once made by
the Judge in behalf of the defendants in
one of the suits brought by Mrs. Gaines.
This raised a question of recusation,
I which the Judge insisted upon being reg
ularly investigated and tried before pro-
I coeding further.
The case was interrupted by the inter
i loculory proceeding, pending which the
! court adjourned. Next day when Mrs.
Gaines prepared to attend the court,a mes
senger arrived with the information that
the Judge in riding from Ihe court to his
residence was thrown from his buggy and
his Bhmddcr dislocated. This accident
Caused a delay of two weeks, at the end
of which Mrs. Gaines again appeared in
court, resumed her address to the jury af
ter a wrangle with the Judge on.lhc ques
tion of recusation and pursued it to the
close.
The jury retired to consult on their ver
dict, which was quickly returned in favor
of Mrs. Gaines.
Thenceforward the lady assumed per
sonal charge of her case, and has pursued
the same with the most marvellous tena
city, energy and fertility of resources,
through a litigation the most prolonged,
complicated, extensive and eventful which
has ever been prosecuted in the Christian
world. Wonderful variety and fluctua
tion of fortune and results, with decisions
constantly conflicting, and with an ex
haustion of the resources of talent ami
learning of more than a hundred of the
ablest lawyers of the country, accumula
ting an encyclopedia of records, opin
ions, judgments and arguments, has this
great cause been conducted with undevi
ating constancy and heroic fidelity to the
conclusion which is announced in the
long opinion published in our colums to
day. And though now a. septuagenarian,
the little lady, bearing the honors of her
great triumph with singular equability,
looks as tresh, active and vivacious as she
did when, thirty-five years ago. she made
her first appearance in court as her
own advocate and counsellor.
♦
Derision* In the Supreme Court.
Washington, April 10.—The fol
lowing decisions were rendered iu
t he Hupreme Court to day:
The United Htat.es vs. Fox et al.,
executor, to the Now York Court of
Appeals. This is a case in which
Charles Fox, of the city of New York,
devised his entire property to the
Government of the Uuited States,
for the purpose of aiding in the dis
charge of a debt created by the war
for tiie suppression of th e rebellion.
The surrogate held that the United
States could not take real estate un
der the statutes of New York, and
that the will was void as to the de
vise of lands, but that the Govern
ment could take personal estate.
The instrument was admitted to pro
bate as a will of personal estate. The
Court of Appeals affirmed this
judgment. It is here said that
there is uo question but that
the United Stales may hold real
property iu a State whenever needed
for the use of the Government in the
execution of its powers, and that in
such cases, if it cannot beacquircd
by voluntary arrangement with the
owners, it must be tukon against
their will by the government in the
exercise of the power of eminent do
main ; but the power of State to
regulate the tenure of real property
within its limits and the means of its
acquisition aud transfer and the rules
of its domain and extent over which
a testamentary disposition of it may
be exercised by its owners, is held to
be the undoubted right of a State, in
this respect, that it follows from its
sovereignty within its limits as to all
matters over which jurisdiction has
not been expressly or by nocessary
implication transferred to tho Feder
al Government. As the statutes of
New York prohibit such devises,
there is no power to make them.
The judgment of tho Court of Ap
peals is affirmed.
Miller et al. vs. Davis et al., appeal
from Circuit Court for the District of
lowa, This was an affirmance of a
decree in foreclosure against the Ch
icago & Southwestern Railroad, the
Court holding that where the road is
located in part within the district
whose jurisdiction is invoked and the
mortgage covers the entire property,
there is authority for a decree of
foreclosure; and it is said that to
hold otherwise would be disastrous,
not only to those owning the road,
but to the holders of bonds secured
by the mortgage.
A Contrast bitwrkd Christ and Ma
homet—Go to your Natural Religion; lay
before her Mahomet and his disciples, array
ed in armor, and in blood, riding in triumph
over the spoils of thousands, and tens of
thousands, who fell by his victorious sword.
Show her the cities which he set in flames;
the countries which he ravished and de*
stroyed: and the misarable distress of all the
inhabitants of the earth. When she has
viewed him in this scene, carry her into his
retirements; show her the Prophet’s cham
ber- his concubines arid wives; let her hear
him allege revelation and his divine commis
sion, to justify his lust and his oppression.
When she is tired with this prospect, then
show her the blessed Jesus, humble and
rneek, doing good to all the sons of men, pa
tiently instructing both ti-fc ignorant and
perverse. Let her sec Him in His most re
tired privacies: let her follow him to the
mount, and hear His devotions and suppli
cations to God. Carry her to his table, to
view his poor fare, and hear His heavenly
discourse.—Let her see Him injured, but not
provoked. Let her attend Him to the tri
bunal. and consider the patience with which
He endured the scoffs and reproaches of His
enemies. Lead her to His cross, and let her
view Him in the agony of death, and hear
His last prayer for His persecutors, “Father,
for-ive them, for they know not what they
do” When Natural religion has viewed
both, ask, Which is the Prophet of God?
But her answer we have already had. When
she saw part of this scene, through the eyes
of the centurion who attended at the cross,
by Him, she spoke, and said. “Truly this
man was the Son of God.’’ — Sherlock.
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Tramp*.
Apropos of tramps, the San Antonio
i Herald relates the following, which,
whether strictly true or not, is very good :
Yesterday a gentleman residing in a
neat modest cottage in the suburbs,
canglit a tramp prowling about Ins back
I yard, evidently trying to steal something
j “ vVhy don’t you come to the front don r
1 if you want anything?” indignantly; roar
( ed the proprietor.
"That’s what I was looking for," was
I ihe impudent reply.
“Didn’t you see on the other side of
the house V” retorted the gentleman.
“How was Ito know there was the
front door ? No silver door-plate, no bell
: no telephone, no statuary, no servant to
i take your hat and cane. Tell your boss
there is a gentleman out here who is wait
ing for his breakfast."
I When the gentleman got hack with his
shot-gun, the tramp was not there any
more.
How llie Kims* Dine.
Marshal MacMahon is frugal, and nev
er makes any observation on wliat is set
before him. He is not a great drinker,
but, very fond of fruit.
Queen Victoria is not a great eater, but
she likes beef and pastry.
The Emperor of Russia is fond of game
(1 trust the “chief” is no player on words).
He drinks plenty of Brugundy and cham
pagne.
The Emperor of Germany drinks any
thing -Marcobruuner, Liebfraumllien and
Roederer. He is a simple-hearted and
merry guest. He likes beef and sweet
dishes.
Tiie Emperor of Austria is a serious
cater. lie prefers beef and mutton to
poultry. He drinks Hungarian wines and
Bordeaux.
Victor Emanuel has a strong appetite;
loves small birds; does not touch the
boars he kills. Brugundy in his wine.
The King of the Nethclands is a splen
did eater. Give him any thing and sal
mon, with good old wine. His cellars are
the finest in Europe.
The King of the Belginns lias a stomach
no bigger than a sparrow’s. Can not eat
much; larks will do, and old Burgundy.
The Ex-King of Hanover likes pheas
ants, grouse and smoked hams, llheuish
wines and Moselle.
The King of Portugal Is a miserable
guest; cats little, drinks less.
Alptionso XII. has a brave stomach.
Plenty of poultry,veal, dessert and claret.
A Mklriulsh With Kell Nktll*.
Leavenworth, Ks., April 14.—Mr. A.
N. Ilaight,, a gentleman who has just ar
rived at Arkansas City, in Cowley Coun
ty, from Fort Sill, in the Indian Ten-itory,
says that a fight took place recently be
tween a party of eight hunters and some
150 Quiihada-Comanehe rencgado’lndians,
who were commonly known as Manwas’
band ,in the Pan Handle of Texas, some
200 miles west ot the Kiowa aud Com
anche Agency. The whites had lost a
numberof ponies, and followed the trail of
the Indians until they came upon them
in a ravine, where one man was detailed
to hold the horses of the party while the
remaining seven went out to attack the
reds. The Indians were in greater num
ber than they expected to find. The horses
tied and the extra man joined his com
rades,who were beaten back and forced
to abandon their horses, which tho Reds
stampeded. The Indians, not knowing
the numbers of the whites, pursued them
but a short distance up the ravine, when
they abandoned the chase, the hunters
reaching the settlement in safety, with
one man wounded. There are now about
500 buffalo hunters in the Panhandle,
and a company of 100 has been or
ganized and started out in pursuit of the
hand which murdered the hunter Mar
shall Sewell some days ago. A com
pany of soldiers from Ft. Griffin, Texas,
two companies from Ft. Sill, I. TANARUS., and
two from Ft. Elliott, Texas, have also
gone out upon this search for tne red dev
ils who are robbing and plundering when
ever opportunity offers.
In an interview with a reporter of the
San Francisco Chronicle the other day,
Miss Neilson told the following story:
“One of the most amusing stage inci
dents that I can now remember occurred
in Liverpool a few years ago when I was
playing the Lady of Lyons.’ The gen
tleman who played Claude Melnotte had
been quite ill, and was scarcely able to
appear on the stage. In the cottage
scene at the end of the fourth act, I have
lo rush at him while I say: ‘l’ll work for
thee, tend thee, bear with thee, and never
shall these lips reproach thee for the past.’
I had promised here to do my spiriting
gently; but, carried away by the enthusi
asm of the moment, I rushed upon him
witli such force that I knocked him over,
and not beingable to save myself fell over
upon him. The audience laughed, but
they mighs have preserved their dignity
to a certain extent and allowed the play to
proceed if Claude had not been obliged to
say immediately afterwards, ‘Tills is the
heaviest blow of all.’ At this there was
a prolonged roar of laughter, amid which
the curtain was rung down upon the un
finished and ludicrous scene."
“Buell” telegraphs from Wash
ington to the New Orleans Democrat
that John A. Kasson, of lowa, will
be appointed Minister to Spain, and
a native German of Chicago will be
appointed to the Swiss mission.
The Norwich (Conn.) Bulletin
knows of a wealthy gentleman who
had willed his property to tho Meth
odist Church, but burned the docu
ment in disgust when he read the
resolutions of the New England Con
feceuce.
The Porte wants Russia to withdraw
the troops. Send Wade Hampton over
to talk with the Czar.
A woman recently entered a store in
Connecticut and sat down in front of an
iron safe to warm her feet. After sitting
some twenty or thirty minutes, she re
marked that she "never did like them
kind of stoves-tkey don’t throw out
scarcely uny heat, those gas-burners
don’t.
DRY GOOD**
FOR THE MILLION!
Tin: LOWEST PRICES ALWAYS!
STANDARD PRINTS OCTS.!
Bleached Homespun 6%, 8,9, 10, 11
cents.
Especial Bargains in 9-4 aud 10-4 Sheet
ings.
Beautiful figured Muslins 12% cents.
Victoria Lawns Cheaper titan ever
known.
A handsome lot of Ties, Lace Bibs, Silk
and Lace Fichus, Handkerchiefs, Ac.
Black Alpacas and Brilliantines bought
at such prices as to defy competition. You
are respectfully Invited to inspect the
numbers at 40 and 50 cents. Have a dou
ble-width Alpaca at 25 cents.
8-4 French Nainsook and Linen D’lnde
(entirely new) Fabrics for Ladies' Suits.
Black Grenadines—all grades.
Striped and Checked Silks. All grades
Black Silks. Tawtse— a most desirable
article for Mourning,
Full line of Corsets, commencing at 35
cents.
All-Linen Hemstitched Ilandkorchtefs
at 10 cents.
London Cord, 9 cents.
This entiro stock was selected by the
undersigned in person, and, being bought
at great advantage, will be placed at such
prices as will insure sale.
j. S. Jones.
COLMBUS, Ga., April 2,1877.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
BY TELEGRAPH TO THE DAILY TIMES.
n. 1.1 ■ ■
HO\EY AND ITOCKM.
LONDON. April 19.—Noon-Consols 95 1-16.
Erie 6%.
3:00 I*. m.—Bullion increase £210,000.
3:30p. m.— Consol* 95 3-16.
4:00 p. m.—Erie GS
PARIS, April 19.-1:30 p. m.—Rentes 105f. end
2c.
Specie increase 65,000 francs.
NEW YORK. April 19.—Noon—Gold opened
106*,.
NEW YORK. April 19.-^Noon—Stocks active,
market unsettled, irregular aud low; money 3;
gold 6%; exchange long. 4.87)4; abort, 4.89)4;
atato bonds quiet and steady, nominal prices;
Governments dull and steady.
NEW YORK. April 19. Eveuing Money
eaey offered at 2; sterling steady at 7)4; gold
dull at 6%®6%; Governments little doing snd
steady—new 6’s lift; States steady and nominal.
CJOTTOA.
LIVERPOOL, April 19.—Noon—Cotton steady,
middling uplands 6d, Orleans C 4 d; sales 10.000,
speculation aud export 1000, receipts 1200; Ameri
can 600.
Futuros firmer; uplands, low middling clause,
April and May delivery, 6 31 -82d, May and June
(kl; June and July 63-32d; Julv and August 63-lfld,
August aud September 6 9-32d; shipped March
and April per sail 6 3-32d.
1:00 r. m.—Uplands, low middling clause,
April delivery Gd; June and July 6 1 ,d; July and
August 6 7-32d.
3:00 p. m —Uplands, low middling clause, May
aud June delivery 6 1-16(0*6 l-32d.
Bales of American 7400.
4:30 r. 11.— Uplands, low middling clause, June
and July delivery 6 3-32d.
5:00p. m—Futures steady; uplands, low mid
dling clause, June aud July delivery 6 ! ,d.
NEW YORK, April 19.—Noon—Cotton firmer;
uplands 11)4; Orleaus 11*4; tudes 1939.
Futures firmer, as follows: April 11.80®.35;
May 11.31®.35; Juno 11.43®.45; July 11.54®.66;
August 11.61®.66.
NEW YORK, April 19. - Eveuing Cotton
firm; middling uplands 11)4; Orleans 11ft; sales
1992; net receipts 267; gross 3583.
Consolidated net receipts 16,508; exports to
Great Britain 26,672; to France 9761; to Continent
8285; to channel 1524.
Futures closed steady; sales 46,000; April 11.29
@.30; May 11.81®,32; June 11.42; July 11.82®.68;
August 11.62®.63; Beptember 11.54®.65; October
11.41@.43; November 11.30®,32; December 11.32
83; January 11.43®.45.
GALVEBTON, April 19.—Cotton quiet; mid
dling 10)4; net receipts 60; gross —; sales 849;
exports to Groat Britain —; France —, to chan
nel —; to continent—; coastwise 405.
NORFOLK, April 19. Evening Cotton
dull; middlings 10)4®J4; net receipts 100; gross
—, sales 125; spinners —; exports to Great Brit
ain—; coastwise 33.
BALTIMORE, April 19.—Evening —Cotton
firm; middling 11* 4 ; net receipts —; gross 26;
Bales 115; spinners —; exports to Great Britain
—; continent—; coastwise 15.
BOSTON, April 19. Evening—Cotton quiet;
middling 11 ft; net receipts 369; gross 694; sales
—; exports to Great Britain —.
WILMINGTON, April 19 Evening Cetton
steady and non inal; middling 10)4 • ne * receipts
50; sales—; exports to Great Britain —, coast
wise —.
PHILADELPHIA, April 19.—Evening—Cotton
quiet; middling 11)*; net receipts—; gross 792;
sales to spinners 131; exports to Great Brit
ain —.
HAVANNAn, April 19. Evening Ootton
firm; middling 10ft; net receipts 160; gross 176;
ealea—jexports to Great Britain —; to conti
nent —; to channel —; eoaetwise —.
NEW ORLEANS, April 19.—Evening—Cotton
firm; middling lift; low middling 10% ; good
ordinary 9%; net receipts 169; gross 172; sales
250(4, exports to Great Britain 3217; to France
2308; to continent 4477; coastwise 1116.
MOBILE, April 19.—Cotton firm; middlings
10ft ; net receipts 49; gross —; sales 600; exports
to Great Britain —; to France—; to continent
—; to chanuel —; coastwise —.
MEMPHIS, April 19. -Evening—Cotton firm
and in fair demand; middling 10%'. receipts 159;
shipments 460; sales 800.
AUGUSTA, April 19.—Cotton irregular; mid
dling 10%®%-, receipts 36; sales 338.
CHAIiLEbTON, April 19. Eveuing— Cotton
steady; middling 11 l 4 ®ft; net receipts 175; gross
266, sales 200; exports to Great Britain 200; to
France —; to continent —; coastwise 3.
FUO VISIONS. AC.
NEW YORK. April 19.—Noon- Flour shade
stronger. Wheat held at l@2c higher. Corn
ft®lc better. Pork firm, new mess $16.00,
Lard firm, steam $10.15. Freights firm.
NEW YORK, April 19. Evening Flour
shade stronger, fair inquiry; superfine West
ern and State $G.20®56.10, other grades un
changed, common to fair, extra do., $8.66®
$10.26, good to choice do., $7.80®510.00, South
ern flour less active and unsettled; common to
fair extra $7.00®58.60; good to choice do., $8.66
® $10.25. Wheat l®2c better, fair export and
miilling demand; No. 2. Milwaukee in store $1.60.
Corn l®2c better, fairly active, closing quiet;
ungraded Western mixed 64, yellow do., 64ft,
white Western 64, yellow Southern 65ft@66,
white do., on dock 65, old Western mixed, in
store 66®66ft. Oats excited and I®3c higher,
active advance, mainly upon low grades; mixed
Western and State 89®64. Coffee, Rio, quiet—
-16)4®20)4 gold cargoes, 16ft@22 for gold Job
lots. Sugar strong aud moderate inquirp; 9)4®
9)4 for fair to good refining, prime Muscovado
8%@8%; refined firm and active, 10ft®ft for
standard A, granulated and powdered 11)4, lift
for ciushed. Molasses—refining stock 48®6G.
grocery grades quiet and firm at 38® 56 for New
Orleans. Rice quiet and steady—Carolina 5®6,
Louisiana 4ft®6ft. Pork opened dull and unset
tled, closing heavy; new mess $16.90. Lard
opened easier,aiterward advanced, closed steady
prime steam $10.20®25. Whiskey firm, closing
at 10 bid. held at 10%. Freights to Liverpool
firm; cotton per sail 6)4 per steam 6%, cern 6,
wheat 5%,
CINCINNATI, April 19. —Evening Flour
quiet; iamily $8.00®58.26; superfine fall $5 25
<OSO. extra $5.75®50.16, double extra do., $6.36®
60, treble extra do., $5.50. Wheat steady and iu
Tair demand : red $1.70®80. Corn unsettled at
46®48. Oats firm at 4U®45. Rye in lair demand
at 87®94U. Barley quiet; good to prime fail 60
®7O. Pork easier at sls 40®.50 Lard firmer
aud quiet, steam held SIO.OO, kettle $10.26®
$10.75. Bulk meats quiet—shoulders $6.37)4,
short rib sides s7.B7ft®sß.oo, short clear sides
$8.25. Bacon quiet aud steady— 6%, 8%, and 8%
®9, for shoulders, clear rib and clear sides.
Whiskey strong at 5. Butter dull;choice Western
reserve 19@20, Central Ohio 16®18.
BT. LOUIS, April 19.—Evening—Flour advanc
ing, but no price established; superfine fall* j.UO
®56.00; extra do., $6.60® $7.00, double extra do.,
$7.26®57.25, treble extra do., $7.76®58.00.
Wheat strong, higher and slow—No. 2, red fall
$1.83, No. 3, do., $1.76%®%. Corn higher snd
unsettled; No. 2, mixed. 46ft@ft. Oats higher
—No 2, 36®36)4 cash. Rye quiet at 76 bid.
Barley quiet lor best qualities of Northern and
Canada, latter Bold at *1.10(g)*1.16. Whiakey
higher at 6. Pork higher at *16.75 cab. Lard
firm—Bteam held at *lO 00. Hulk meat* quiet
and firm—clear rib aide. 8 for car lota. Bacon
quiet aud teady-6, B;@.V, and 9, for houldcr,
clear rib aud clear aide,.
LOUIBViLLE, April 19.—Flour arm; extra
*6.00@*6,25; family *6.50@*6.76. Wheat barely
nominal; red *1.05, amber *1.75, white *I.BO,
Oorn fairly active and a ahade higher; No. 1.
white 46, mired 48. Rye moderately active and
higher at 83. Oata active and a ahade higher—
No. 1, white 44. mixed 40. Pork quie tat *16.26.
Bulk meata arm—ahouldara *6.50, clear rib aide*
*8.10(0,16. clear aidea * 8,37>i. Bacon eteady—
*6.2s(a)37 w *8.75@87>£, and *9.12X, for looae
ahouldera, clear rib, and clear aidea. Sugar
cured hama firm at Lard quiet;
choice leaf in tierce 10K@11, do., in keg* 12.
Whiakey quiet andfirm et 1.04. Bagging quiet at
12X@13-
BALTIMORE, April 19.—Oata dull and eaaier.
Southern prime 411 Rye nominally atMdy at
821(685. Provialone atoady. Pork *16.00®*1b.26.
Bacon—ahouldera *. clear rib 9X@9*4. Hama
12ttf(aU8t4. Lard, refined lOT.. coffee eaaier,
joba 164421. Whiakey advancing at 10X. Sugar
active it 1074,
f*a*li. Donr, and Blind Emporium.
2,000 Window Sash glazed.
1,900 pairs Blinds with Buffer’s im
proved Blind Hinge.
1,500 White Pkie Doors.
50,000 feet White Pine Moulding.
All for sale cheap, by
Willingham * Go.,
On Randolph St., opposite Gammel’s old
stables. } a G tl
NO. 94