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. VOL. X. CAPH \TJNF CHAIT R. THE Po rflllTY OF /N EXIRA SES SION BEING CALLED. Probable Concessions Made by the Two Hou we* —No one »a,VA Yea, bitt all are Willing Dragging Slowly—Cow hiding A flair All the News. Washington, March 3.—The prospects for an extra session of congress appears, a* time goes on, to increase rather than diminish. It is no secret that, in order to get through with the pending appropriation bills, greater con cessions than ever before have I men made, are necessary by both the house and senate. Among ot her amendments made by the senate committee on appropriations to the sundry bill, is an increase of SIOO,OOO in the appropri- j ation for the world’s exposition. The in- . crease was made by but one majority, and it is understood that the senate insists upon its amendment Among some leading democrats there aj>- pears to be an air of indifference on the sub ject of an extra session, but it is evident that a large number are not opposed to believing if they can better serve their res|joetive con stituencies in the matter of appointments than by going home. It is developed 't » 1 ■' rgi ig feeling in ’ « «•< -h v’ r teu. . -k.tcon Jo sub; - . ...In.-. Adu».ge t is also n.ade that tin .< jH.blicans are working i to bring -nt ar >■• tr-; ■ m for the pur ' pose of causing an embarrassment to the in- j coming administration. If true, it is cer- ■ tainly in the power of the senate, by prolong- ; ing only a moderate consideration of one or more appropriation bills, t«» defeat the pis sage, and thus render the called session neces sary. The action of the respective homes , during the next few hours will probably solve the pro', dem. The operation of fixing the denominations of the charred and ruin notes found in the safes of the express eompaay after the late railroad accident near Wa-hington, keeps the women experts in the treasury pretty busy. It is done solely by women, and so superior is their skill in handling paper money that they accomplish i-esults that would ixi utterly unattainable without them. It has been .found by long experience that a counterfeit may go through half the banks in the country without being detected until it comes back, often torn and multiiated, into the hands of treasury women.’ Then it is certain of de tection. They shut their eyes and ieel of a . note if they suspect it. If it feels wrong, in i half a minute they point out the incongruities ■ of the counterfeit. A. L. Gresham meeting Albert Gihon, son of Medical Director Gihon of the navy, on the street, approached without a word and began to belabor him over the head with a rav. hide. Before Gibon could escape he Lui received some twenty lashes and was badly cut about the face and head. The cause of the assault, which creates a sensation here, where txiih participants are popular, was the publication of a card by Gihon, in which it charges Mr. Gresham with having brought a lad. 1 questionable char acter to the theater party given by Gihon, and to whi' ll Gresham vu.i invited It also charged Gresham with being a coward in re fusing to accept a challenge to fight a duel. Th riends of Mr. Gresh i n deny emphatic ally t hat he brought a lady of the character alleged. It is hinted that a duel, which had previously been averted by the interpretation of friends, is now imminent. The national democratic committee met at the Arlington hotel, about fifteen m inhere being present Chairman Barnum presided and F-A. Piince acted as secretin y. Other than arranging tor participating in the in auguration ceremonies, nothing was done. The session lasted fifteen minutes. The senate committee on appropriations in serted in the sundry civil bill a clause appro priating >3,950 to reimburse ex-Pr<-ident . Hayes for ./mounts paid for expenses of the commission appointed to go to Louisiana in April, 1877. Senate. Washington, March 3.—When the senate met, but six senators were present. On mo tion of Mr. Hale the reading of the journal was dispensed with. The house bill appropriating SIOO,OOO for the completion of the public budding al Coun cil Bluff-, la., Was jmassed. Mr. Hoar submitted an aindnMr nt to the ' sundry civil service bill and a paragraph ap- • preprinting $15,000 for a woman s department I at the world's exposition at New Orleans, i After some routine business, Mr. Allison moved to proceed with the consideration of . the sundry' civil service appropriation bill. A bill was read for an amendment, and con siderable discussion took place < n the subject of increasing tb< limit for the completion of the public building at Columbus, 0., to sllO,- . 000, as proposed by the house. The senate j sustained the increase. House. Washington, March B.—Mr. Randall, from the committee on appropriation, reported back tne naval appropriation bill with the senate amendments, and asked, that they bo considered in the house as in the committee of ( the whole. It was so ordered. McDonald and Grant. Indianat*ous, March 3 —Mr. McDonald ■ being asked his opinion on the Grant retire- ’ ment bill, said: •‘lf in the senate 1 would again vote to put ; (ten Grant on the retired list. I would vote that, not in honor of President Grant, but as ; an honor to the soldier Grant—the author ol , the terms of Lee’s surrender. By his courage and heroism at Appomatox he covered him-1 iielf and the cause he represented with glory ■ that no subsequent action, in a position for: which he had neither talents nor training, j could tarnish. Should Gen. Grant pa* away ■ before the country discharges the duty of • placing him on the retired list the neglect will , ever be remembered with regret by pos terity.” Detectives Seeking Glory. Lincoln, Neb., March 3.—A storm of in- ’ dignation has been gathering since the shoot ing of Griffith at IHe time of the attempted i robbery of the state treasurer's office, which promises to break on the heads of the detec tives. The coroner's jury held their session with doors closed and guarded, and witnesses were cautioned to keep secret all that oc curred. The third robber who escaped has since been captured. In addition to the many j wild rumors is another that the detectives got this man to decoy Griffith and Maguire iiitc the robbery in order to reap glory from theii arrest. It is also said that the revolver with which Griffith attempted to shoot Detective Pound was load* d with blank cartridges. He Would Go With His Wife. Burlington, Vt., March 3.—Mrs. Sarah L. Hickey, and her husband. Patrick Hickey, have been sentenced by Judge Y/heeler for writing an obscene letter to Lizzie Hickey, i rister of Patrick. The prisoner pleaded j guilty, and a noble proseque was to have been entered into the husband’s case be- ause he was under the influence of the wife, but he in sisted on suffering with her, and was giver one year in the house of correction, while hit wife will serve two years in the state prison. Both are from Chicago. Saito gg 1’ THE DUAL REPRESENTATION Os New York in the Cabinet the Suggeatloi* of Greystone’.* '■■agc. Albany, March 3.—Fre-ident-t ’ect Cleve land L piepared for his joo rney L W•. shing ton *bo inaugurated. He is busy all day in putting the finishing touches to his inaugural aldress, and tending to the jiacking up of trunks, boxes and valises. Upou the consultation to l>e held iu Wash- < ingtou between tho presiden -elect and the } lenders • f democracy, much depends. One ; of the ; -Hits that it will settle will be dual cabinet representation from this state. Mr. Cleveland is reported to have no special fond ness for the idea. In fact, it is staled that the I friends of Mr. Tilden are responsible for its suggestion, and for a month have been strong ly ad vising him to adopt it. Tho views of the leaders will have some weight with tho prosi deni-elect, and as many are in accord with i the Tilden wing of the democracy, there will , doubtless be entire unanimity among them ' •'hi the question. So strong a push Las been made in behalf of Win. C. Whitney that Mr. Cleveland may ultimately yield to these importunities. The political advantages that v* uuld accrue to the democracy of this state j from ha ing Messrs. Marmiug and Whitney ■ n the cabinet must be manifest to the most um-ophistieated mind. Though the claims of several New England Li Docrats were under serious consideration ■ Mr. Cleveland as late as yesterday there ’ nt grounds for believing that ex ; 1 Cg 3 Win. C. Emiicott, of M<u sachu tls, is I he favorite. In the absence of informa i m I > ■ the contrary it may' lie accepted that he i ' Il be given the portfolio of either war or • mt\ y with the chances iu favor of the forme«\ conference will best determine 1 how the remainder of the lot may ar- ■ ran.p-d. The fact that both Judge Endicott , ’.id CoL Vilas are expert *d to attend the con ’ .■ cnee is considered the best evidence tliat they are to Liecome members of the new presi dent's official household. Kelly Will Not Lratl the Braves. New York, March 3.—Tammany hall ex pected to be led to Washington oy Mr. John IL-Uy and the great sa. nem fully exjiected ’hat he w'ouM be able to witness the inaugura i on of the first democratic president in a quarter of a century. Although he is now in fairly gtxxl health, his physician has advised him that it would be unsafe to undertake the journey to Washington and be has conse quently decided not to go Shortly alter the i. I’iu.piration he will sf irt for tho south and : w ill probably extend h s trip to the Bermudas They will Answer Cleveland. Washin gt< x, Mar-, h 3.—The. friends of sil ver in tho house of representatives, while at lir»L inclined to make no formal reply to the l -liijr of ITendeiit-clect ('loveland since it has Ikx a given to tin? pubo nave decided to re | ujAinly to the of the letter with 'v. r ;i i hoy do not a r -<- I'bey say they did I not invite a couliuversy, but were auxioui Lu ; avoid 1L WINTRY IMMERSIONS. ( uiemony of Baptism in the Icy Waters ol the Schuylkill. Reading, Fa., March 3.The novel cere mony of iniim rsing men and women in thf, icy waters ol the Schuylkill river on a bitt.-i • old day was witnessed here, with the ther ixiomeLcr at zero. The. .d rnonite Brethren in Christ is the name ol a new sect organized in Eastern Pennsylvania. They have estab iishod a congregation here, and have been making large accessions to their membership. I’heir style of making convert* is similar to the salvation Arms, and their meetings are ol uiu regular oi«i-Lamionud Methodist kind. One of the ceremonies is that ol public buje tisin before the convert .is a lull member. They believe in striking while the iron is hot, and baptism immediately follows conversion witfiout any delay. A large crowd of people under umbr. ;l.i. . turn -d out to witness tb s bap tism. The candidates inarched to the river in alMxly, ainji ig snugs. Rev. W. B. Mussel man, Hie putor, waded mup to bis waist, follm. ed by the faithful, wh.de large cakes of ice fl* >ated round about them. He then im mersed them backward, men and women, while they cried “Glory to God,” etc. The candidates, some of them in their bare feet, hen marched to their homes through the slush and snow. They claim that God pro tecD them from any id effects of their duck ing. Frequently the ice had t> be chopped 1 away to make room for the baptized. Several j laiuLed in the water. SUSPECTED VIGILS. “Both Men are all Kight; Let Them Go.** Albany. March 3.- Thomas E. Craig, pri- * vate detective, 304 Broadway, New York, and ■ Thos. Waldron were arrested by detectives ' Dwyer, Morris and Sweeny as suspicious characters. They were arrested in the vicin ! ity of Mr. Cleveland’s residence. | These parties are said to have dogged the ! movements of Mr. Manning, Commissioner Ferry an 1 < upital Supei intendent Andrews for two weeks past. They have l>een seen in Mr. Cleveland’s yard, mid under the stoop ad joining the residence. They were brought lief ore Justice Clute and * decline*! to divulge their business, as it was : jirivate, and referred the court to Inspector | Brynes, of New- York. Chief Willard wired Ito New York, and Brynes replied. “Both ! n.en are ail right; let them go.” The city in j greatly excited over the event, as it was feared there was au intended assault upon Mr. Cleveland. A RED AIVER TRAGEDY. An Old Man and His Son Do Up a Deputj Sheriff'. Little Rock, Ark., March 3.—A bloody i tragedy occurred on Red river, Indian terri -1 tury. Au old man namwl Rainey and his son | had escaped into the territory ’.vith a wagon ’ load of merchandise to avoid execution. I When overtaken they fire*l upon the officers, ; instantly killing Deputy Sheriff J. D. L. Johnson and seriously wounding Lewis Floyd. ' Trie murderers then escajied into the Chicka saw nation. Tlie Labor World. Akron, 0., March 3.—The reduction from ' eighty-five to seventy-five cents went into • effect in the Tuscarawas Valley mines thh morning. 'Th? miners have decided to remain i out till after their state convention at Colurn -1 bus this week. i Youngstown. 0., March 3.—Andrew Br- • iV Co.’s r-lling mill at Hazleton has started up double turn Girard blast furnace •■ di resume operations Wednesday. Killed by a Train. New Brunswick, March Among the 1 ;..-sts >vho a-t -r.de l h welding of Miss i Hall, of Metuchen, v- t Mr-:. R. AV. Beebe, of ' New York, aunt of the br.de. While waiting ■ for a train to return Lome ■'lie was struck by i the fast express and instantly killed. Nearly I every bone in her body was broken. Child Bitten by Hats. Reading. March 3.—Ella, age throe, the : daughter of James J. Anspach, in Heidelberg : township, of this county, was attacked by ; rate while asleep in a bedroom and bittet ( about the face and body. 'The physician sayi > the child’s recovery is extremely doubtful j 1 I COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY PORTING, MARCH 4, LbH5. EL MAHDI'S MYTHOLOGY FORBID THE KORAN AND ORDERED TO READ THE CHIEF’S BOOKS. Severe Strain and Sad Suffering from Trudging Through the Sa.-dy Soil of the Soudau —Burine-x* ite.eige liliamo —Foreign New.*. Korti, March 3. A portion of Gen. Gor don’s troops reinforced the Mudir’s frooi>s at Berti. Two Arab merchants from Berber re -1 port that the rebel army had crossed to the right; bank of the Nile and was ready to op pose the Ed dish. Tho inhabitants of Berber ar ■« forbid to read the Koran hl J. ordered to ( read he mahdi’s book*. Thu maUdi instructed his troop; not to charge the English, but fight thorn from a distance, sayingif his . len would do this G<xl would destroy their ch. mies. The remainder of Gen. Buller’s force •. iveGadkul 1 gradually, spoiling the wells wl-u they re tire. The troops are suffering from the so- ; vere strain of trudging through the dusurt. Gun. Buller has arrived here. Cunningham and Burton. London, March 3.—The examination of Chinningham and Burton was continued. The ‘ witnesses introduced testified that Burton was the owner of the ling containing twenty pounds of dynamite discovered in tho parcel , i room at Cha ig Cross railway station shortly after the expmsion at Victoria station, a year ago. Part of a Crew Drowned. LONDON, March B.—The British steamer i Lake AVinniiwg, from New York, has ar rived at Liverpool. She landed six of the crew of tho French ship Surrey, aban Luvxi in a completely disabled condition. The rest of the Surrey’s crew including the master and o&ceds are either drowned Or died from ex haustion. Lung Testing. London, March B.—Orders have been is sued from the war office for r.u immediate and 'h •• c h n : ic | in ,r> •-f m of every regiment in the ’ ■ su army, with a view of obtaining a correct estimate of the number of muu available for active service. Wales’ Visit. London, March B.—The Prince of AVales visited the stock exchang and wa- received with grea‘ enthusiasm, The memliers sang “God save the queen,” and “God bless the Prince of Wales.” Submitted. Rome, March 3.—Dispatches received from CoL L<-’’oiiitz, commanding the Italian expe dition to Assob, state that the Arab chieis at : Beilul have submitted to Italian occupation i without resistance. France and China. * London, March 3. —Shanghai advices state that Admiral Courbet has blockaded Nmgpo, and is now bombarding Cliinhae. Leader Killed. Calcutta, March 3.—Telegrams from Mandalay state that the Burmese have recap tured Bhamo from the Chinese. The leader of the Chinese forces was killed. Cable Nparks. The authorities announce that the Sunkirn and Berber railroad will be used for com mercial well as military purposes. The Daily News says it is intended to admit all nations to the commerce of the Gambia river in West Africa. Hitherto the ivor up to Albruda, its prin ;pal port, has boon ex clusively controlled by the French and Eng lish. Orders have been issued from tho war office for an immediate and thorough medical insp- -tion of over? regi ment in the British army with a view of ob taining a correct estimate of thu nunjber of men available for active service. The police of Straslxiurg have for some time pist had under surveillance per sons whom they suspects! ’.v< . c secretly engaged in enlisting recruits for the Brit ish army in Egypt, and they have warned the recruiting agents that further prosecution of their mission would subject the offenders to arrest and imprisonment. NOVEL GIFTS. Mr. Cleveland’s Cabinet to be Presented With Sets of Oil Stones. Hot Springs, Ark., March B.—A firm in this city are iu receipt of an ord r from Presi dent-' 1 < t i.’ltjvcland for sev.n ; Is of the oil stone quarried mid manufactured near this city. They are to be shipped at on<3o and con signed to Senator A. H. Garland at Wash ington. The sets consist of three stones each —a carver, hone and penknife hone—and are tube presented to the members of his cabinet. A Cleveland Boy in a Bad Fix. Fort Smith, Ark., March 3.—George Hughes, a bey about eighteen years old, hail ing from Cleveland, 0., started on a tramp through tho Cherokee Nation, and on Friday night, last stopped at Camp creek, nine iniles from this city. He was given a room with a man aaned Pugh, anil during the night got up, knocked his bed-fellow in the head with a billet of wood, robbed him of SBS, and skipped out, coming back to this city. Pugh died from his wounds, and Hughes was arrested at a farm-house four miles from town, just after crawling out of a coni crib, where he had spent the iiij/hj. He ackn 1 that he struck Pugh four times, but says he did not think of killing him. POOR SPIRITS. Kate Davenport and Company Go From the Theater to .Jail. Cleveland, 0„ March 3.—Kate Daven port and company of alleged spiritualists gave a seance at the academy of music. The house was crowdtxl but the mediums failed to per form the “wonders” advertised. The audience became boisterous and de manded that the spiritualists be arrested for j obtaining money under false pre,- use-. Dav enport and her colleagues were a. re.,ie.l aud taken to the Central station, but were subse quently discharged, tue oliieer in charge de eding that he had no power to i.x:k them up. Bank Cashier Weary of I'rLson. Newark, N. J., March 3.—Friends of tw-o ex-bank cashiers of New .Jersey are now mak ing earnest efforts to Induce President Arthur to let them out of prison before he retires from office. The interested cashiers are James A. Hedden, who defaulted while con nected with the First National bank, and Oscar L. Baldwin, who wrecked the Mechan ics’ bmk of this city. Strong pre sure is be ing brought upon the president te pardon them and their friends hope to succeed in their . object. Tammany Starrs. New York. March B.—The Tammany hail ; contingent for Washington have started I,OOG , strung. John Kelly is not of the party. BUTLER BREAKS A LANCE, And Criticises His Critics —He Courts • Legal Not a Newspaper inquiry. : Boston, Marc!. 3.—The pub;lcati >u of j I General R<xsocnuis‘ letter m tin fori.; ’hat I 1 discrepancies wdk’e found in ( ‘neral Butler’s accounts amounting to ovi •? M),00(), has : brought out. a sharp reply . i » i the <*x-gov- , ‘ ernor, wh. promptly sent the following dis | patch to General Rosecraus: “Lowell, Mass., March 1, Gen. W. L. Rost‘crans, Chairman Committee on Military As fairs, House of Represented' is, Washington: “1 acknowledge ther •pt of yours showing certain supposed discrepancies in my accounts as acting treasurer of tiie Nat ional home and , answered it saying: ‘1 have no pnjiers but what I suppose to be duplicates of what were . filed at Washington, and will telegraph yoil | 1 “When I sent this I expected to have a meeting with the gentleman who has charge of my accounts, but owing to his absence from homo did not find him. Meantime I have received yours stating that the error, which your accountant claimed was in 1872, was, in fact, iu 1871. Now, in verifyiug no- i ! counts, one has to be careful going over each ( item, esjwially when it is claimed that the error is in audition, aud as the only account that you have that 1 know of for tho year , 1872 in detail is in print, I cannot conceive in i what part of the account, running over a year, it may be. Still, I take note of your ' c aying that you would put my answer to your telegram in your roiiort, and I was preparing to make tho examination to show whore is the ; mistake. “I had got so for as to find where there , was an apparent error made against mo, this ; time in your statement iu a single translation of brtw<»en $48,000 and $52,000, when in a Sunday morning newspaper 1 find that the ■ records of your committee are telegraphed as J special matter to a journal which I have had occasion to sue for libel aud iuto whose hands ( it would seem to the public the ccHimuttee were playing and exhibiting their records ; when they were hot complete, as if attempting ! to charge with wrongdoing one of whom they say there seems to bo no evidence of wrong, and that it is probable that the matters iu i dispute may be explanable as charges equal in , amount in the same accounts have been al- i read)’ explained. “1 do not iM'liove, general, that this great ; wrong has tieen done me by your suggestion : or with your knowledge, because • am an | older but. not a better soldier, and lam cer- i tain a brother soldier would not m iffingly permit the honor of a comrade to lie tarnished ' until it became a matter of absolute neces sity, or would lend himself iu any way to cir- I inflate charges against a brother soldier through tho newspapers, founded or un founded, unLil judicial determination hadsuL tled the question of guilt or innocence. Since the matter has gone to the public from your •oiimiittue room, I have no interest whether this goes into your committee’s report or ! not, and should take no farther steps, if time : leruiitted mu do so, which I told you it did not, to vindicate myself or my associates of the late board of managers, In'cause if, as you claim, these errors are ap parent upon the face of the reports it was ns gross n' Jigenco for tho auditing mmmittuo of the board of managers to permi: ei'di er rors to exist as for me to make them. Tho national home for disabled soldiers being a corporate Lxxly can take their remedy iu tho jourte where all these matters can be fully, •arefully, conscientiously and without the in terference of newspaper reporters, investiga ted. 1 have the honor to be, very respect fully, your obedient servant, “Benjamin F. Butler.” “P. fi. —I know that you will redeem your promise and allow my answer to go with the 'eport of the committee. B. F. B.” TRIPLE TRAGEDY. Mexican Herders Hanged by American Banditti in Texas. Laredo, Tex., March B.—Capt. David Level arrived in Laredo from his sheep •audit ' in Dimmit county, and brings the first account of one of the coldest blooded triple tragedies ever known on this frontier. Ijast week, eight Americans, arne l to the teeth, rode up to one of Lovel’s sheep camps ind asked the Mexican in charge, Manuel Plores, to guide them tx* a certain p< lint in that leetinn. Flores readily complied. As the port . rode away Flores overtook one of his ibeph. rds, whom ho direct/*! to kill a couple jf goats and prepare a good sup]x>r for the party, saying they would return in the even ing. The shepherd did as directed, and five of the Americans returned at sundown, partook jf supper, then rode to a neighboring camp, two miles distant, and forcibly • irried away the two Mexican herders. The American banditti then mysteriously disappeared. Fri iay last Capt. Lovel instituted search for his nissing herders, and found their three Ixxlies hanging in a secluded thicket sonu miles dis tant. No reason is known for this terrible butchery. The Mexicans had been in the employ of Lovel for a number of years, and l>ore excel lent reputations. Carrizo Springs, the scene »f the recent combat between Mexicans and Americans, is the county seal of Dimmit vmnty, but the three murdered Mexicans were in no way connected with that raid. Serious a uiiblc is cer. aiu to result from this indis rirninate killing of Mexicans. For sriveral months past this frontier has l>een in a state of excitement, and when tho ■lews of the aixive outrage reaches Mexico it is believed it will provoke another raid from the Mexicans. A few more raids such as the Carrizo Springs affair and the entire frontier >n bot h si i s os the river will b • ablaze, and i guerrilla war inaugurated which would cost thousands of lives before it could bu sup pressed. MOVING ON OKLAHOMA. The Boomers Organized Again, and Will March on the ft th. Wichija, Kas., March 3.—The boomers are in arms and eager lor the fray. The Osburn part had a meeting here, and made arrango re-nt!- to move on the Oklahoma lands on the Hfth of March, from Caldwell. At the meeting it was reported that men From Enn»oria. Burton and < ther [mints in Kansa- . <>uld report at Caldwell on the fourth, itber >•• ».■ m.-ts are expected from various •X/mPs in lowa at the same time CoL Hatch left for Arkansas City, where Reach’s colony is concentrating. Th<- Osburn party have made arrangements to take a newspaper outfit with the; ~ and propose to is • l - the firs 1 number from Caldwell. The entire sader is alive and from presen i appearances nothing but a strong military force on th<- line w.l prevent the boomers from contesting with in- cattlemen the right to locate in the Indian erritory From present appearance it looks i if President Arthur would at least be com pelled to leave the unsettled legacy of Okla ioma to bis successor. He Fell Among Thieve*. New York, March 3.--Thomas J. Murphy, :he Kansas City drover, who was found on Saturday night lying insensible in Broadway, ; t lied in Chambers street hospital without hav- j ng recovered consciousness. The physicians f oelieve he was beaten by thieves. In Mur phy’s packets were found a letter, two tin ;ypcs, memorandum notes and two blank , docks. j TRADE DEPRESSION. A NEW YORKER DIAGNOSES ITS CAUSE AND CONSEQUENCES, And Deduces a Useful Lesson —European Capital Invested in Far Distant Lunds. The Increased German and i rvueh Duties on Wheat. New York, March 3.—ln conversation with one of I; ■ nost prominent and careful operators!’. . all street a representative of ; tho American Press Association was given : the foil >wing diagnosis of the causes and | effects of the prevailing business depression: “There is a useful lesson to Ix 3 derived from the g-’n:h r! Impression in trnlo throughout ; the world. We have plumed ourselves for ; some years past on the belief that Euro-jo’s ! misfortunes meant America’s prosperity. This : belief is, of cour.-», contrary to all received I canons of jiolitical economy, but our specula j tors seemed to think that tho great republic of the west : Uould nut bn judged by ordinary standards. “Consequently, when a series of bad har vests in Euro >, lasting from 1876 to 1882 made bread <t uffs su p-ne t here, we ran up the price of our produH s and wun actually crazy in aU sorts <»f spef-ul.iti iu. Bui England and other wheat b i v ng Ei irojx’an countries soon sou ght for and ■. Io her places where they could ( s i procure thuir supplies and at the same time find a ma’’k(?t for their manufactured goods. The farmers of Rus- a and Am -rica are oblige 1 to buy in their own countries all man ufactured goods affected by protection, while i India aufl Australia are selling their wheat and taking in return tho products of the skilled labor of the old country. European I capital, therefore, sought investment in these , far distant lair Is. Railroads were constructed ; atari impreco lentudly rapid rate and the nat ural con ii i< i *e—.>ver production of raw material—ensued. “Whal is tho consequence of the state of af ‘ sail’s, both here and abroad? The railroad ; builders are ruined; the iron founders are in distress; tho farmers are selling their grain ■ below the cost of production; mills are being i clos’d everywhere, and laboring men are either thrown out of work altogether, or are , obliged to submit to a reduction ol wages. “Even the mast enthusiastic patriots and bull speculators are unable to furnish any in ! dication of actual improvement in any par ticular branch of bus in ss. All they can do is to talk of ‘a better fooling.’ But where are tho proofs that this ‘feeling' is not a mere ac cumulation of hopes ?” “What is the feeling in commercial circles as to tho tax re mtly iiiqxised by France on wheat?” was asked. “Tho tariff tux on wheat voted by the French chamber of deputies was throe francs per cental, nol per kilogram, as has been stated. Tlx 1 ! cental is a fraction over 220 pounds, and tlie value of the franc, as de clared by our director of the mint, is l‘J.3 cents. The prop'» ;ed tax, therefore, is equal to about 15.8 evjits pe. bushel. It is perfectly well u.i k rstood, of course, that the increase of die ta.-; was dir. ■: I specially against Amorican wheat, though it is made to apply to wheat from any quarter of the globe.” “How do American farmers like the situa tion?” “Docs it please them to see Germany and France shutting and barring their doors against the produels of American farms?” “If not, will they please bear in mind that the French and German tariff taxes are al most trifling as compared with our own. Though they have greatly increased their taxes on American ■h- at, and although they luivu (a ue so esp* rialiy for the purpose of shutting out our pnxluct, yet the American farmer has no right to complain of their hos tile legislation, lor he takes satisfaction in knowing that congress has laid a tariff tax upon foreign wheat imported into the country tor thu p»<. -led jjimpose of protecting him against the pauper wheat-growers of the outside world. But [»erhaps he is not aware that the tax which hflto been laid by tho Amer ican congress is higher than that which has just been votes! by the French deputies. The latter is less than sixteen cents per bushel; the former is twenty cents per bushel. “With this fact brought to his knowledge, does the American funner feel at liberty to hurl stones or < pithets at the French? He would not look well in doing so with 25 ])er cent, more protection than has t»een voted to the French farmer.. He would look still worse in doing so in view of the fact that with his consent we tax French wines on the average 57icent., and French silks 50 per cent., and French woolen cloth over 68 per cent. And he would not look well cursing the Germans in view of the fact that we tax German wine in casks more than 61) per cent., German sugar nearly 54 per cent., German woolen knit go<xls almost 73 per cent., having increased the tax a year ago loot spring, and other German woolen goods on the average about 67 per cent. With these enormous taxes of ours on French and German goals, it behooves us not to growl very loudly about their taxes of nut more than 20 per cent, on our wheat.” There was a heavy slump in the Chicago market at tbe close of thu week. The main fall was iu the price of wheat, Which dragged down everything else. Corn held out com paratively well, but hog products had a very l,axl break. Pork is too much manipulated by Phil Armour aud ids clique to attract much outside speculation, but a number of New York men who cannot live a day with out gambling at something, allowed them selves to be enticed into buying pork a week or ten days ago, at about $13.50 a barrel, and arc now $1 a barrel out of pocket. Os course the Chicago skin game dealers got that much head. They not only took ad van-ag® of the tumble in wheat to shake the New York hold ers out, but began to talk cholera and yellow fever and to predict $8 a barrel for pork. When they get back nil the pork they want prices will be put up again without any re gard to cholera or anything else. HE ‘‘HITS” THE PIPE, llils Slugger from Boston, and Abuses Alls I’atient IVifft, Boston. March 3.—Mrs. John L. Sullivan is authority for the statement that the cham pion has Ixtcomc addicted to opium smoking. Some of her stories of abuse at his hand - are horrible. She says that he once became angry with her on a sleeping car on his lasr. western trip. He was sitting opp< >situ her, and she al leges that be kicked her lug- above the ankles until the blood ran down into her shbes. She nearly fainter!, but rather than expose him to the other passengers, she made no sign of suffering Mrs Sullivan has remained con cealed from her husband, and it was on ac count of his frequent threats against her life that the court issued the almost unprecedented writ restraining him from interfering with her while the suit is [lending Praying for the Outs and the Ins. Brooklyn, N Y., March 3.—ln the prayer ! preceding the sermon on Sunday Mr. Talmage referred to the retirement of President Arthur and prayed that the incoming president might perform his duties as honestly and I leave the office with as much honor and re I spect as the present incumbent. THE CONDENSER. Fresh, Pithy News Items Boiled Down for the Hurried Header. General Grant is dying. A tiro in Al! r v. N. V.. de troyed $460,000 worth of property. The six-day i <-Iler te.ating tournament has commence in New York. The murdt re of Marshal Gosling in Toxas have boon remanded to jail without bail. There is a scramble for Senator Garland 1 * vacated shoes iu case ho goes into tho cabinet. There is universal regret in England caused by the sad news of the approaching death of General Grant. Father Charles Driscoll, for thirty-six years pastor of St. Xavier’s church, Cin cinnati, 0., is dead. J Dynamite exi-writcenters have beon testing their machines near Huntington, Pa., with satisfactory results. i | Neal Dow, tenqwance advocate, has de j sorted his old political party on the ground* of intemperance. Michael Bailey, of St. Louis, shot himself through tho head and will die. Tho cause is drink and financial troubles. At Rcx’kdale, Tex., in a dance row, Zed. Stephens killed Buck Scales, a man by the name of Hodges, an-i a little girl. Henry Ward Beu- her off.-red a beautiful and ferve.u prayer . i InUialf of Gen. Grant at bis church in Br<x»klvn, Sunday. | Intense excitemva prevails at Helena, , Mont., by the announcement of the I capture of two more of the escaped jail I breakers, Edmundson and Dwyer. received from Col. Leitonitz, commanding the Italian expedition to Atsob, states that the Arab eliieis at Berlul have sul>- mitted to occupation without resirtauce. Thomas J. Navin, x-mayor of Adrian, Mich., for whose cap’ure a reward of $1,006 by that city, mid $2,00i) by Lc uiwee county was offered, has been arrested by detectives at New Orleans. The meeting of the nationalists to protest against the act ten of Speaker Peil in suspend ing Mr. William O’Brien from the privilege of the house of commons, took place in Phoe nix Park, Dublin. Fifteen thousand people were present. The jur}’in the Murphy murder case at Now Orleans returned a verdict of murder against Pal Ford and Poli u-nau Murphy, and manslaughter against Judge Ford, W. H. Canfield and Tom Buckley. Rear Adniii d George Henry Preble, re tired, nephew of tho famous Commodore Preble, who distingu ’ 1 hirnx ? in the war with Tripoli, died suddenly at the homeof his son, in Brookline, Ma.-'., aged sixty-nine. The accounts of Geu. B. F. Butler, as presi dent and treasurer of tho Nat ional Soldiers Home, are being investigar <1 bj the hmse military committee, assi. u d b\ exjieris. They are found want ing, a difference against Mr. Butler of $211,0.12 being found. The Anchor line steamer, Ethic pia, from New York, has arrived nt Greenock. She reports having exi>eri enced a succussteii of heavy gales dur ing which all her boats were stove in aud her engines became disabled. James Reed, screw ncmufacturor, of tew Orleans, diuu at his i osiduii ,:u from hydropho bia. lie was Liite-ii a yea: ago, but paid nG attention to the wound. He was taken . ick, aud showed a horror of wm or. Hu die-1 iu terrible agony, but retains! consciousness un til th*; end. The last mail on the West Lake Shore broke a rail two miles west of Jonesville. Mich. A car of h rses on <h > tau going east shortly afterwards jumped the track. 11 Frye, of New York, buyer ui fine homes, jump'd from the car, when th< tram passed over him, killing him instantly. Alvin G. Dixon, a tax collector, left his homo in Blountsville, saying hu was going on his rounds, leaving $1,700 with bis wife. The came nghl Mrs. I ; i v .< , *-M'd a man trying to break inte the house i -.,.>t hini dead with a j -ol bor rowed fro.a a ; (hi!' r’. ho hHupe-ied te. avc stopped there for lire night. The <1 ad imu was found to l>u inair husband with his i’acx blacked. As an excursion train of seven can on the Grand Trunk from Boston to Mexico, at Charlotte, Mich., was pulling onto! this city it collided with a heavy freight. The excursion t rain was stopped, but the freight was running twenty miles an hour. Both engines and the l>aggage car a iota’ wreck. This is the third accident to the ex cursion party since leaving Buston Feb ruary 26. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Latest Quotations of the stock, Produce and Cattle Markets. New York. Mrachi.—Money easy, l‘j percent. Exchange quiet un-i firm. Governments firm Alt. & Terre Haute 23 3 Morris A Es ex 20U Bur. & Quincy. .. 121 Missouri Pacific.... 91% Canada racitiu 39’te N. 'i &Erie.. ... 13*4 Canada Southern.. 81*4 N. Y. Central < Central Pacific 31 8 North western Chicago & Alton 131 Pacific Mail . ..» <6 C. C. U. & 133 '-4 Rock Island 113 Del. & Hudson .... St. Paul 7*2 1 4 Del. Lack. .V W 102 7 g St. P. &S. 0 Illinois Ceti 1 ral . 12->te do preferred .. Jersey Central. .. 37! 2 Texas A: Pacific .. 13fj Kansas & Texas . 17? K V. Pacific 47 Lake Shor 6:P H West. Union - r »9 Louisville A. Nash... 32 Nash. <k Chatt 41 Geuei’al. Cincinnati. March 2. FLOUR- Fancy, $4,000 4.50; family, s3,'>o </.4.K0. WHEA 1 No. 2 red, 88c: No. 3, COHN—No. 2 mixed, 42 1 / a No. ear. 16c. OATS-No. 2 mixed, No. 2 white, 84(0)34“ 2 c. RYE- No. 2,72 c. BARLEY Spring, »>3 'vssc; fall, 75 PORK Family, regular. $12.87J4 @IB.OO. BACON—Shoulders, short clear sides, 758<07.40e. Kettle—7 CHEESE Prmn-, ■ <">-i’ ■ tjino. J i (/11c; New York, 12' 2 413 c Nort hw j <tern, ' ' t H POULTRY Fair <-hu-kens. s27s«prune, $;',.50'a8..' ; ducks. .J '■>; g< ->- j .000. -.00, per doz.; live t'irkeys, 10c; dressed. 3 <»13 i 2 c. HAY—No. 1 timothy, :sL2.'>iXflpi . < N 0.2, #11.50 (0,12.00; mixed, slU.' ' wh.-ai an Ir.ve straw, $6.0(K<07.00; oats straw. fr.O-) ts.oU. Nkw York. March 2. -WHEAT No. 1 w.ute 91“ 2 c; No. 2 red, b7'",H7b ; .c. CORN—Mixed western, 4'.>“^s2 I 7 c: futures, lUjJ 50c. Oats W< ■<tern, New Orleans, March 2.—SUGAR -Refining, common, 4‘ inferior, 2 c; choice white, s> g e. •if white, 4 c; choice yellow, i!4(g MOLASSES (chm! fair, 25 .-/.32c; prime, choice, 44c: centrifugal prime, 25 fair, 20q| 28c. Detroit, March 2. -WHEAT—No. 1 while, S. No. 8 red. 7tP 4 c; Michigan soft red, Toledo, March 2 —WHEAT—No. 2, 7£>4io» No 1 soft. 82>4^‘'3“ 4 c Live Stock. Cincinnati. March 2.—CATTLE -Good to choice butchers, $4.25 ». u; fair, 50^'>.2 > common, s2(cj)3; Stockers and feeders, yearling# and calves, §2..'(Xcl>3.sU. HOGS—Selected butchers, $4.7545.00; fair to good packing 51.40^4.75; fajr to good light, 34.80 1 common. $3.75 #4.3«J; culls, ? >1.75. SHEEP—Common ro fair. $2 50QH25; good to choice, $3 wethers. 50'3,5 I jambs— Common, SB.OO 75; good. $4.7 • Chicago, March- -HOGS—Fair to good, $3.85(£ 4.50; mixed packing, $4.15(<J4.50; choice heavy $4.55@4.iK). CATTLE—Exports $0 good to choice shipping, $4.5504-5 75; common to fair, I Stocker 4 <utd feeders, NO. 266 -eSWhn, ; r . CELEBRATED ■ ®iTT£R i> The Fittest Hal.Jeete For fever end A«ne, end rvmlttonle, are the de. 1 bllnated, blUioue ai.i uwrvoui. Io >UOQ per. I bouu, lleetett« r’e Htomsch Bitters affords arte qiiate prelection bj incr. aningvtt-1 Btsrani* and tne rweietant puwer of tho coteUtetion, anti by e ieckinK irn gnlar.tloe oi the liver, etomtob .'•nd bo’rlx. Al'titover, It ortrtlcatte malaria ■ c iipiaiute ol .u obetmate ty.e. auu blende a'.or.e Mru'qtiailed among our national retnedtea. For eale by ail lirn.gieie and Deah.ta generally. FIKSI PILKSII FlLESltl I buie cure ior Bilud, Bloedlug aud Itcb- I Ilk Ellea. Out box h.if. cured the worst uar.es ot 2d yearn’ HtuudliiK. .No oue need Buffur tlve luffiutes utter u. iug William's Indian PileOlniment. it absorbs tumors, allaya Itchliiu, acts ua . uulilce, Klyea lu -1: i,ut rei.et. Prepared ouly tor Piles, its Ulna ot the private parts, nothing else. Hou. J. M. Uonenbury.ot Cleveland,says. ‘1 have used secies ot Pile ouies, aud It affords me pleasure to say that. 1 have never round anythtug which gives euob I uimediate aud permanent relief ae Dr. William's Indian I'lle Ointment." Boid by Irugglets and mailed on receipt or pries, I#. For sale by Brauu'n A Uurson, H. Darter. John P, Turner aud Geo. A. Brad ford, (Jolumbue. Go. Dr, Frasier's llooi. isliu-r Frazier's Boot Blttere are not; a dram ehop beverage, but are strictly medicinal in every eense. They act strongly upon tht Liver and ht iney: , ket p the bowels open and r egular, make the weak strong, heal the lungs, build up the nervee, and tileauee the blood and . y'tern or evuiy Im purity. Bold by druggists. *i.oo. tor sale l>y Brannon <t Oareon aud Juo. P. Turner. (Jolumbuß, Ga. Dr. Frasier’s Magic Oiutment. A sure cure lor Little Gratis in the Skin, Bough Skin, etc. 11 will remove that roughness troru the hoods and fact aud tuiike you beautltul. File-. She. bant by mail. For sale by Bi st.non /k Carson aud John P luruoi, Columbus, Ua. Cine. E. Glover, liermoraello, Mexico. July 16,1883, .-ays; -I take pleasure In nd ’! I'. elt g y n ones more, or you have been or i>rt . benefit to me. 1 wrote to you aboui one aud one-half years ago, !i eu Arisuim, for Dr. William's Indian Pile Oiu'tueut. 1 )ecelved It aud It cured me entirely, I still hud some Ointment n mainli.g, with which 1 have cured seven or eight mo e It 1e wondertnl. Ser itoga High Hock Spring Water tor ,s ilr by a).’ druggists. iuhS2eed&w IMPORTANT TO Farmers, Trucksters and Gardeners. o I wlilffurnleh on board the Care at Hora, Alabama, a very Rich Marl IT II DOLi.AKS PEKTON CASH! JAnd a Very Low Kate of Freight Is offered by the Mobile A Girard B. B By analysts ot the State Geologist this MAItL contains from 6 to 8 per cent, ot Phosphate with otiu r fertilizing qualities. For composting atd broadcasting for grain Helds, orchards and lawns it will be found A Valuable Stimulator. Tulsjls hot a Guano, but a lilOH &lABL Any c rdere forwarded to K. J. OKK, Agent, Flora, Ala., Mobile A Girard Ballroad, will met t with prompt attention. decll-tr K. E. UUKIGS, Physician and Surgeon. OFFICE: T. H. EVANB & CO. 8 Drug Store. Kenideuce, Jackson St., Sontheaat of Court aHouae with W. H. Glase. j»nß-ly L. CHAPPELL, PROVISION BROKER & INSURANCE AGI, lIV Broad 8t„ Columbue, Home of Sew York, Imperial ot London. Guardian of London. Northern of London. MALE AND FEMALE ACADEMY. CUSSETA, OEOBOIA. The wot k of this School will begin again JANUAB Y 5, 1885(flrBt Vonday). Tuition $1 SO, ase so and 53.80, According to grade. Board never more Titan SS. Per Month. MESIC S 3. PEH MONTH, LOCATION HMLTHtUU W. E. MUKPHEY, Janlwlt-smiwS Principal. DR J. M. MASON, DENTIST. St. Clair St., Columbus, Ga. orjoOORWM OI'FIO'li: AT BREEDLOVE & JOHNSON'S Drag Stars, Randolph Street. Beeldenee with H. L. WOODBUFF, Onwiord, between Troup end Fsraytb Street ■e»W-«a