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VOL. 6.—NO. 50
THE ENGLISH CRISIS.
GREATEXCITEMENT THROUGHOUT
LONDON.
Stormy Session i's the Cabinet-—Gladstone
Favors the Immediate Resignation of
the Ministry, but Is InducKl to De
lay Action for the Present-
Members of the Government
Received with Groans
) and Hisses.
London, Feb. 28.—Tlie Cabinet met at; 2
o'clock this afternoon at the Prime Minister’s
official residence in Downing street. Earl
Spencer, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in re
sponse to a summons from Mr. Gladstone,
arrived from Dublin this morning and is in
attendance on the Cabinet council, in order
to lend such assistance and advice as lay in
his power in the present trying circum
stances. The outcome of the ministerial
conference, n"W being held, is entirely uncer
tain. Many well informed persons, whose
sources of information are almost beyond
doubt, assert a crisis has been reached, and
that Mr. Gladstone's Ministry will tender
their resignations inside of twenty-four
hours.
The Cabinet council which convened at 2
o’clock this afternoon remained in session
until <i:3o p. m.
London, Feb. 28.—The day has been ore of
unparalleled excitement throughout London.
Tire vote on the mot ion of censure of the gov
ernment and the probable action of the Cabi
net in consequence of the meagre support re
ceived, have been the leading topics. In the
clubs, public houses, streets and by the fire
side nothing else is discussed. In the vicinity
of the official residence of Premier Gladstone
crowds thronged the streets all day, and the
police with great difficulty succeeded in
keeping a passage clear for , vehicles and pe
destrians. The arrival or departure of any of
the membersof the Cabinet was a signal for ;
an outbreak: of cheers, groans or hisses, ;
according as the feelings of the throng
prompted. Hon. John Chamberlain
and the Marquis of Hartington seemed
to be particularly distasteful to the multi
tude, and wherever they made their appear
ance they were given to understand in a
most emphatic manner that their course since
succeeding to public office has been any
thing but popular. The Cabinet was in ses
sionfour hours. It is said the proceedings
were very stormy and the advisability of the
Ministry resigning at once, was freely dis
cussed. Tlie Premier Is said to have
strongly favored an immediate appeal to the
country, but was prevailed upon by his col
leagues to hold over, at. least until some of his
pet measures, the 1 redistribution bill and
others, had been passed upon.
ACCIDENT TO A SLEIGHING PARTY.
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saveral Killed and Many Seriously Injured.
Allentown, Pa., Feb. 24.—A party consist
ing of sixteen persons left tlie National Ho
tel at Fritz, a small village ten miles from
here, in a large four-horse sleigh to take a
ride to a neighboring village. The party
stopped at a number of hotels and partook of
drinks, the driver, John Hagar, becoming
badly intoxicated. On their return, after
being on the road about an hour, the sleigh
was driven over an embankment, causing it
to capsize and the horses to runaway. All
the occupants were thrown under ' he sleigh
and dragged for 100 vards, when the horses
tore loose and continued on their wild ca
reer until one of them fell and broke ils
leg, The accident was seen by others, who
hurried to the rescue. It was discovered that
John Hagan, the driver, was killed; Henry :
Moyer, a 11-year-old boy, was so badly 1 nj ured
that he died soon after, and the following
persons were injured, live of them fatally:
Patrick Harper, 40 years, concussion of the
skull; Rosa Harper, 86 years, wife of Patrick
Harper, two ribs broken; Henry Larky, 80
years, Jaw broken and a large cut on the right
side of the face; Jacob Boardman, aged 38,
both legs broken, sinking very fast; Elizabeth
Stout, terribly cut and bruised about the body
and head; Michael Jones, aged 38 years, arm
broicen; Amos Hefflinger, 20 years, leg frac
tured; Joseph Stout, 31 years, ankle knocked
out; Mary Beardmau,3o years, face and head
badly bruised; William Strope, 45 years, foot
dislocated; Horace Bender, 37 years, scalp
wound; his wife, Julia, also received cuts
about her body; Charles Hagman, 24 years,
right foot fractured. Tlie parties were re
moved to a hotel. The greatest excitement
prevailed. They all reside in Fritz, and some'
are well to,
THREE NOTED CRIMINALS.
Dick Short, Mrs. Dudley and Justus
Schwab Arraigned
New York, Feb. 28.—The announcement
that Mrs. Dudley, Richard Short and Justus
Schwab would be arraigned for pleading in
the General Sessions Court to-day, attracted
a large crowd of curious people to City Hall.
Short was first arraigned. His face was flush
ed, but otherwise he was cool and easy. He
pleaded not guilty to the charge of assault
and battery on Thomas T. Phelan. Recorder
Smith increased his bail from 9-1,000 to 35,000.
Mrs. Dudley was next summoned, and she
approached the bar smiling. Her counsel
said she would remain silent, and the Re
corder directed a plea of not guilty be
entered. Mrs. Dndley then returned to the
Toombs. Justus Schwarb was arraigned Iu
court later iu the day and asked to plead to
two indictments —one for inciting a riot, and
another for assault on an officer during the
recent Socialistic meeting at Concordia Hall
His counsel said that he had served a writ on
the District Attorney with a stay of pro
ceedings pending argument for a motion to
transfer the trial of Hie case to the Court of
Over and Termi er The Judge ruled that
tlie writ, while operative against the indict
ment charging the prisoner with melting
riot, did not operate against the indictment
charging assault, inasmuch as tlie latter in
dictment was found after Hie writ had been
is-ued. The Judge then lixed ball on the lat
ter indictment at 92,500.
OFF TO THE INAUGURATION.
Augusta Companies to Leave To-Day.
Special Dispatch to the Daily Times.
' Augusta, Feb. 28.— I The Georgia Battalion. J
consisting of the Clarke Light Infantry ami
Clinch Rifles, will leave here to-morrow
morning at" o’clock lor Washington, under
command of Colonel J. O. Clarke, to partici
pate in the inauguration ceremonies. The
Clarke Light Infantry, commanded by Cap
tain John Jay Colieu, will number forty men.
The Clinch Rifles, under command of Captain
C. I. Levy, will carry tliiri j’-live members. A
detachment of the Richmond Cadets will ac
company the Battalion as a color guard. At
Columbia, S. C., they will be joined by the
Columbia Rifles, under command of Captain 1
Childs. These three companies will form a '
part of the Centennial Legion, which will
have a conspicuous place in the procession.
Hon. Patrick Walsh, Charles H. Phinizy. T. -
y Branch and others will accompany the
military from this city.
Murder of a Prominenl Physician.
Little Falls, N. Y„ Feb. 38.—Professor S.
C Smith, Principal of theFairtialdSeininary,
was shot and killed by Dr. Richter, a Ger
man at Middleville, this afternoon. Prof.
Smith was a highly respected and successiul ;
instructor, aud his untimely loss castsa gloom
over the community. Dr. Richter is incus- ,
tody.
Washington, Feb. 28.—President Arthur i
has issued the usual proclamation convening
tlie Senate in Executive session at noon on i
the fourtii day of March.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 1, 1885.
FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. |
Yest. rday’s Proceedings in Both Houses.
Washingti n, Feb. 28.—1 n the Senate, a
communication from the Attorney General
was read stating that the deficiency bill, as
it bad passed the House, would be entirely
insufficient to meet the ordinary expenses of
tlie United states courts for the remaining
four months of the present fiscal year, and
asking that the bill be amended by the Sen
ate to conform to the estimates of the De
partment of Justice.
Mr. Hale presented the report of the Con
ference Committee, making mutual conces
sions on the agricultural appropriation bill,
which was adopted.
Mr. Mitchell offered a resolution setting
forth that:
Whereas, The standard silver dollar was
of the intrinsic value at the present time of
only 85 cents, and whereas, the the continued
coinage of such depreciated dollars seriously
threatened the suspension of gold payments,
therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Committee on Finance
be instructed to prepare and report to the
Senate a proper bill to provide for the imme
diate suspension of the coinage of tlie stan
dard dollar, and for the resumption of the
same whenever its value shall rise to within
5 per cent, of the par value of the standard
gold dollar of tlie United States.
in this connection he asked unanimous
consent to have read a very important letter
from a very distinguished citizen of the
United States (President-elect Uleve.and) this
morning made public.
Mr. Maxey and several other Senators -
promptly objected, and Mr. Harris, of Ten- :
nesee, demanded that the resolution be laid
over. So ordered.
The House, at 1 o’clock, having passed over -
privileged reports and personal explanations,
resumed consideration of the Senate amend
ment to the postoffice appropriation bill, Hie
pending question being a motion of Mr. Bing
ham, of Pennsylvania, to concur in an
amendment Including sample c pi s in the i
1 cent per pound rate on newspapers.
Pending action on this, Mr. Dibrell, of Ten
nessee, submitted a conference report on the
agricultural appropriation bill, which was
adopted.
After debate the amendment as to sample
copies was concurred in.
On motion of Mr. Randall, the Navy Apro- :
priation bill with the Senate amendments :
was referred to the UommiUee on Appropri
ations. , 1
Mr. Hancock, of Texas, moved to suspend
the rules and eo into Committee of the i
Whole on the Fortification Appropriation ;
bill, general debate to be limited to two :
hours. Agreed to. Mr. Hoar, of Michigan,
opposed the bill. “We had not,” he saia, “a
fort worth cariDg for, or a gnu worm keep
ing.” He drilled to a reference to Mr. Cleve
land's letter, and said at the time of tlie elec- :
tion be had not a high appreciation of the
Democratic candidate, but his admiration mr
the man increased daily. His letter contain
ed words of wisdom. Every line was worthy
of consideration. He only regretted that such
pearls had been cast: belorc such—
Congressmen. He declared that i lie
President-elect would have to rely upon the i
business sense of the Republican side of the
House to run the Government.
Mr. R<eed, of Maine, criticized the proposed
production of a 12-inch gun under the terms ,
of the bill as a stupendous job.
Mr. Thomas, of Illinois, also criticized the
bill as prescribing fixed rules that would
operate to tlie disadvautageof both the army i
and navy. I
Mr. Ellis, of Louisiana, advocated his sub
stitute for the bi 1, saying if Congress in
tended to forli.y the harbors, let them take
his substitute. If it was uot intended to i
fortify them, lay both bills on the table, for
there never was a more nonsensical bill or ,
sillier piece of legislation than the bill of the
committee. In seventeen years 815,473,000
had been fr.tiered away, wi.li nothing to
show for it, while if thee-fourths of this
amount had been expended in a lump, every j
port would be In a state of practical defense.
The SIOO,OOO for protectio ~ preservation and 1
repairs had better be given to some charity
than used in making death-traps, and the '
$300,000 for tests was simply for repeatiog >
tests that had been already made, and was ■
therefore thrown away. He ridiculed the
idea of making guns all of a single calibre.
Mr. Curtin, of Pennsylvania favored active
preparation for any emergency that may 1
arise. . ,
Mr. Roseerans, of California, defended the
appropriation for experiments, insisting that
reliable results had not yet been reached.
Mr. McAdoo, of New Jersey, replied to tlie ’
criticism of Messrs. Reed and Hoar, suggest
ing that tlrey look at the guns they had not
built. He favored the committee, and said
ihere was no navy now and a new navy could
be built so as to meet the 6,8, lu and 12-iuch
guns.
There was considerable debate on the For
tification bill under the five minute rule. Mr.
Ellis, of Louisiana, made a number of iuei
fectual attempts to amend the bill to conform
to his substitute. On motion of Mr. Reed, of
Ma ne, all that pari of the bill inviting the
manufacture of rifled breech-loading ord
nance &c., was stricken and the bill was
passed. ‘
Mr. Forney, of Alabama, submitted a final
conference report on the Army Appropria
lion bill, which was adopted. An attempt was
made to take a recess until 12 o'clock noon,
Sunday, to try the Bankrupt bill under a
suspension of tlie rules, but on the motion of
Mr. Hammond, of Georgia, the House ad
journed to it o'olocK Monday.
THE CONGO QUESTION.
Tlie Foreign Affairs Committee Opposed
to Meddling With It.
Washington, Feb. 28 —The House Com
mittee on F oreign Affairs, by a majority vote,
tins morning, adopted Lite following resolu
tion, submitted by Mr. Phelps, on tlie Congo
question:
Jiesulved, That no prospect of commercial
advantage warrants a departure from the tra
ditional policy of this government, which
forbids alt entangling alliances with Utc
nations of the world,and that a partlclpat'on
of the delegates of t’ e United States in the
so-called Congo conference, while carefully
guarded, as your committee Is Informed, iu
tlie purpose to confine their power to the con
sideration of commercial interests exclusive
ly, is unfortunate so far as a departure from
■he policy which iorbids the Government ol
the United States to participate in any polit
ical combination or movement outside of the
American continent,
AN INFERNAL MACHINE
Sent to Patrick Egan, President Irish
National Jbeague.
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 28.—Patrick Egan,
President of tlie frish National League, while
at a hall on the 17th Inst., was handed a tin
box containing flowers, but which was soon
found to also contain clockwork, a pistol and
some sawdust. The pistol was arranged to be
fired by the clockwork, and it is supposed
that the sender believed tlie sawdust to be
dynamite. This theory is strengthened by
the fact that on tlie pre - ions day inquiries
were made at various places in town for
dynamite, or giant powder. Borne cautious
dealer may have given sawdust in place of an
explosive to prevent mischief. Mr. Egan is
opposed to tlie use of dynamite by his coun
trymen, and is a popular man personally, so
that H is difficult to account for tlie seeming
attempt upon ils life.
NARROW ESCAPE.
Os Vice President Hendricks.
Grafton, W. Va., Feb. 28.—Vice President ,
Hendricks fast train on the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, at 4 o’clock yesterday morn
ing, nearly ran into a freight train which had
started from Kanawha iu disregard of orders.
The engineers managed to stop the trains 1
so that they came together with only enough i
of a shock to wake some of the occupants of i
the sleepers. The Superintendent of tlie road i
at once discharged’ the crew of the I'reigh'
train.
THE BROWN SCANDALS, j
EVIDENCE POINTING TO WALES
WYNTON AS HIS CONFEDERATE.
Wynton Discharged from the Constitution,
and Believed to Hi.vc Left the Stale—
An Unfortunate Ending of Bright
Prospects Brown Frighi ened
from Georgia by the Times’
Telegrams—Tlie I ainar-
Howell Trouble..
Special Dispatch to Savannah Daily Times.
Atlanta, Feb. 28.—1 t i- now pretty gener
ally admitted that Brown, of the Cincinnati
Enquirer, was furnished the points for his
Macon letter by Mr. Wales Wynton. The
Constitution announces this morning that
Mr. Wynton is no longer its Macon repre-j
seutative. Mr. Wynton was here yesterday, |
but left last night. Where he has gone no |
one knows, but it is believed that he has left j
the State. His connection with tlie scanda- j
lous matter was very unfortunate, but it is
clear to those who know him that he could |
not have had any'rnalice. Wynton is but lit- j
lie more than a boy, while Browu is a full
fledged man, and just such a fellow as could
easily influence Wynton and impose on him.
The Times correspondent sounded the note
of warning that Brown was on ills dirty mis
sion before tlie Macon scandal developed, and
the publication of that telegram and the
sensation it created doubtless scared Brown
out ol tlie state. It is positively known tliat
he left at once on seeing tire telegram. He
went to Montgomery to write up a scandal
near that citv, and was going from there to
New Orleans. Colonel Albert Lamar is now
in Washington, and inis been consulting L I
Q. C. Lamar and John R. McLean. It is be
lieved that Brown will be forced to ex- 1
pose his informant. The Telegraph and
Messenger hopes to put the whole
thing on the Constitution, and McLean
would be willing to see it done if possible. 1
If W’vnton gave the information it is proba
ble therefore, that Brown will say so, as 1
soon as he can be heard from, thus in a
measure relieving himself. It is not known 1
what would be done with Wynton if it '
should be fixed on him. He has already suf- 1
sered severely for what lias been laid io iiis
door. For three days he was cursed »nd '
abused and his life threatened until he was 1
at the point of suicide, and he would doubt
less have killed hirnself but for an encourag- 1
ing telegram that reached him while he was
preparing for the fatal step. It is believed I
that he would kill himself rather than endure
such another strain. In addition to this 1
mental suffering, which is not yet ended, be i
has lost his position with the Constitution, 1
is disgraced and despised and his bright pros-: 1
pects are gone. 'He was a remarkably good 1
reporter and was exceedingly popular in >la- i 1
con. But in one day Wynton says he be-j
came one man against twenty-six thousand. U
Certainly it was a very expensive'affair to I 1
Wales Wynton.
There are no developments in the troubles j ;
between Messrs. Lamar and Howell.
the times' telegram saves savannah j
AND CHARLESTON.
Atlanta, Feb. 28.—Brown, the carrion i
crow of the Cincinnati Enquirer, did not go to j
Savannah. This I know positively. He went j :
to Montgomery. He changed his route on see
ing the special in the Times, from this place 1
last Sunday revealing his misson You have 11
saved Savannah and Charleston sure, as lie 1
■was heading that way when the publication
of my dispatch lrightened him, and caused 1
him to change his route.
MC’LEAN STILL DENIES. (
Washington, Feb. 28.—John R. McLean,
proprietor of the Cincinnati Enquirer, denied
to your correspondent to-day, most emphati- i
cally, that any instructions were given
Brown or other correspondents of the En- (
quirer, to write up scandals in the South. He ■,
is sorry that any objectionable articles on the
subject has already been puolished. His fath
er, Washington McLean, was at the interview
I had with him, and declared if any one as- i
serted thatßr.,wn was acting under instruc
tions from the home office, he simply lied.
MONEY AND STOCKS.
The Movements in Wail Street Yesterday.
New Y’ork, Feb. 28.—Money closed easy at J 1
1%@2 per cent. Exchange closed firm; posted |
rates, $1 84<a»4 87%; actual rates, 81 83%@4 83% ! i
for 60 days, and $4 86%@4 87 for demand. 1
Governments closed firm; currency 6s, SI 25 j,
bid; 4’s, coupon, $1 22% b'd, 4%’s do. $1 12% j i
bid; 4%’s do, $112% bid.
The general tone of the stock market this j
morning was bearish. At tlie opening the j
bulls went lu and bid values up fractionally, :!
but before the first hour had expired the
bears made a raid on some oi the leading ,
stocks, and by a vigorous hammering, cou
pled witli unfavorable reports in regard to the .
earnings of certain roads, succeeded in break- '
ing values by midday to t he extent of from %
to 1% P er cent. below last night’s closing. :
The market, though irregular throughout the ,
afternoon, had more support than during the
morning. The selling was not so marked as
early in the day, and in the iate dealings
some ot the stocks were quite actively bought .
by the early holders. The market left off ,
steady, with prices irregular, but in most ,
instances they showed an advance over those ,
of yesterday. The specialties continued dull. .
The sales aggregated 23U,346 shares.
Union Pacific 47% :
Missouri Pacific 81% i
Western Union Telegraph Co. 58% <
Pacific Mail 55% ;
Lake Shore...., f
Louisville and Nashville 32% i
Texas Pacific 13% ’
Denver aud Rio Grande 8% t
Michigan Centra' 62% 1
Delaware, Lacks wanna ot West’n 103% 1
NorthwesVfru 34%
Bt. Paul "3%
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 121% i
Oregon TnttUfeotHiueuuU 13% i
Northern Pacific 42%
Rock Island 112
jersey Central 38
Memphis and Cbm i•.-ston 35
East Tennessee, Va.Ga icom) 3%
East Tennossdte, Va. A Ga. (pfd) 6%
Philadelphia an.i Reading 17
Omaha (com) 25% j
Omaha (pfd)
New York Central 33%
Kansas and Texas H%
Erie 13%
Erie (pfd) 23%
Northern Pacific (picl) 42%
Central Pacific 34%
C & A 131
C & O °%
Northwestern 94%
Northwestern (pfd) 131
O & M
St. Paul '2%
St. Paul (pfdl 106,
R. D...... 50%
R&WP 22%.
R & A 1%
N & W, pref
N & C f J
Adams’ Express 13®
Hands Returning to Work.
Philadelphia, Feb. 23.—The 250 hands
employed by Thomas M. Harris & Co., shoe
manuiacturers, at 82L Cherry street, will re
sume worli on Monday. The men went out
on Thursday because the firm refused to re
instate one of the hands who had been dis
charged for neglect of *Hity. The party dis
charged will not be taken back,
Chicago ’Change.
Chicago, Feb. 28.—Wheat opened higher.
Corn higher. Oats quiet and dull. Provi
sions higher. Closing prices: Wheat closed i
at 74% for March, corn at 37% for March, oats
at 2 :y A for March, pork at #l2 42% sot March,
lard at #0 87% for March and short ribs at $8 15
for March.
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INTERESTING DECISION.
R nderd by Judge Fa cDe—What Consti
tutes a Court of Record,
Our readers will doubt 1 ess remember that
at the last term of the United States Circuit
Court for this district considerable interest
was created by an effort to set aside certain
costs of the United States Court officials on a
motion to retax costs in the matter of the
| libels in admiralty against the barque Thomas
i Fletcher. Judge Boarman referred the mat
' ter to referees, who made their report. The
finding of the referees was confirmed by the
judge, except as to their conclusion against
the charge of the clerk of the Circ it Court
for recording on the final record of the Circuit
Court the transcript of the proceedings sent
up from the District Court on appeal. That
question was, on the exception of tlie clerk,
referred to Circuit Judge Pardee, who had
rendered the de ree in the cause.
On yesterday Judge Pardee’s decision on
j the question was received and filed at the
I Clerk's office here. The decision makes an
! extended review of the proceedings in Courts
| of record and sharply defines the difference
in the methods of procedure and powers of
| the Circuit and District Courts, and will be
I read with interest by the members of the
| legal fraternity throughout the United
States. The decision is as follows:
In the Circuit Court of tne United States for
the Eastern Division, Southern District of
Georgia.
Jas. Gibb Ross. Ac., appellant, vs. the
barque “TLoinas Fletcher,” her tackle, &c.
Consolidated libels. Appeal from District
Court. Final decree. Mo’ion to re-tax costs.
Report of refe ees. Exception of Clerk to
same.
Pardee, J.—ln equitv and admiralty causes
“the process, pleadings and decree” “shall be
entered upon the final record.” together with
“such orders and memorandums as may be
necessary to show the jurisdiction of the
Court and the regularity of the proceedings.”
-Sec. 750, R. S.
Said section applies as well to the Circuit
as to the District Court; it is included in
chapter twelve of the Revised Statutes, enti
tled “Provisions common to more than one
Court or Judge,” and the record therein pre
scribed is referred to in section 008, R. S., in a
way tnat shows that it does apply to the
Circuit Court.
The “Transcript” sent up from the District
Court, when filed in the Circuit Court be
comes and is a part of the proceedings in tlie
Circuit Court, and as it contains the “libei,”
the “process” and the “pleadings” iu the
cause, without which the final record of the
Circuit Court would not “show the jurisdic
tion of the court and the regularity of
the proceedings,” it would seem such plead
ings and process must be recorded by the ex
press provisions of section 750, R. S.
The referees in their finding on this point
take the view that as tlie process and plead
ings contained in the “Transcript” were re
corded in the court below, that there is no
necessity for the same to be recorded in the
Circuit Court, and viewing the matter from
the standpoint of economy, they avoid the ■
provisions of See. 750 it. S., by interpolating
into it the words “Originating in said court,”
so as to make it read by intendment “In
Equity and Admiralty causes (pending in
any court) only the process, pleadings and
decree (originating in said court) &c , shall .
be entered on the final record.
It is clear that no such meaning can be
fairly inferred from the words of the statute
itself, and the idea of reducing costs is all
that can be urged in favor of such a con
struction
Admiralty causes do not come up to the
Circuit Court, as a court of Error but of Ap
peal, and the proceedings are had in the Cir
cuit Court as if the cause proceeded de novo,
the process aud pleadings of the District
Court becoming the process and pleadings of
the Circuit Court, the Gin uit Court execut
ing its own decrees, ail decrees in the District
Court, being vacated by the appeal. See. 19
Wall, 73; 1 Gall. 503; 95 U. S. (xU; 20 Wall, 201.
The importance of having its entire pro
ceedings recorded is therefore not to be meas
ured by the rules and practice in courts of
error, which remand cases to lower courts
after correcting errors of law and which do
not execute their own decrees
The Circuit Court is a court of record ; the
very fact that a writ of error lies to it would
be sufficient to establish that.—3d Blackstone,
4UG; 1 Mass., 510.
JBlackstooe says that a court of record is “a
court where the acts and proceedings are en
rolled in parchment fora perpetual memorial
and testimony.”—B Blackstone, 24.
The “final record” of our courts corresponds
with the “judgment, record” of the common
law, the record “in perpe uam rei memo
rlara.” a complete set of which, it is said, has
been handed down in the English courts from
the time of Richard 11.
The importance of the final record in our
courts in all cases a few years old, where
loose papers are constantly being misplaced,
is too well known to be argued. In some
cases of importance disposed of in this court
even since the late war, the “final record” is
all that is left from which the questions de
termined by the litigations can be deter
mined.
The “Final Record” of the Circuit Court
ought not to be left incomplete in appeal cases
because of a few dollars cost, and force the
public to go to the records of the District
Court to find out. upon what pleadings and
issues the Circuit Court acted u ben it made
and executed its decrees. It might save a few
dollars to litigants, but outside innocent
parties are the usual sufferers from a failure
to record important papers. The government
does not charge litigants for the services of
its judges and juries, but it does provide that
the Clerk’s office shall be made self-sustain
ing by making its revenues derivable in part
at least by recording the suits litigated (many
other services in the cases being performed
by the Clerk without compensation), soihat
the record answers the double purpose of
protecting .the public by standing as a per
petual .memorial of the questions litigated,
and also of furnishing the fees of the Clerk
for making it, which, if the Clerk’s fees ex- .
ceed his maximum goes to the United States,
and is a part of the tax imposed upon liti
gants to support the judiciary. For this
reason the law does not make it optional
with the litigants whether or not the records
shall be made. The recording being required
by law, the charge of fifteen cents per folio is
legal and proper. Seo 828 R. S.
it Is therefore ordered that the exception of
11. H King, Clerk, to the referees’ report be
sustained, and that the said Clerk be allowed
to collect his proper fees for final record in
the instant cases from the fund in the regis
try of the court to the credit of such eases.
February 20, 1885.
New York Produce Market.
New York, Feb. 28.—Flour dull; super
rfine at #2 60a3 00; round hoop Ohio, s3josao 50;
Southern dull; common to choice ex
tra at S 3 20a5 75. Wheat options moderately
active, but irregular, closed steady and un
changed; spot lots steady at unchanged prices;
spot sales of No. 1 Duluth at #1 00%;
ungraded winter red, 87a94; No. 3 red, 87.
No. 2 red winter, March, 90%; do May. 93%
bid. Corn doled about steady at a trifle ad
vance; spot lots weak and a 4 a%c lower; spot
sales of ungraded mixed, 53a54%; No. 2 mixed,
February, 53; do April, 49%. Oats, options
were quiet, but the tone was weak and prices
closed %alc lower.
Another Skating Itiuk Lothario.
Warsaw, N. Y., Feb. 28.—W. J. Durfey, of
Gainesville Creek, has sued J. E. Laird, his
former partner in a roller skating rink there,
for $2,000 damages for enticing Mrs. Durfey
away from her home. Laird was known as
a “masher,” and Mis. Durfey as a married
belle.
A Horrible Discovery.
Toledo, 0., Feb. 28.—As Mr. Rideout, Jr.,
entered his parents*sleeping apartments this
morning for tlie purpose of awakening them,
he was horrified to find that his mother had
been suffocated by coal gas. Mr. Rideout, Sr.,
was also found to be in a dying condition.
The top of the stove iid had been left uncov
ered, allowing the gas to escape.
Probabilities.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 28—For the
South Atlantic States, generally fair weather
with South to West winds, slightly warmer
in Northern portions; aud nearly stationary
temperature; in Southern portions lower ba
rometer.
GRAM’S CONDITION.
PRONOUNCED TO BE VERY SERI
OUS.
His House Thronged with Visito*h—Only
a F* w Friends Admlit d to HVs Bed
Room—Colonel Fred. Graut Admits
His Father to be a Very Sick
Man—His Sta'emen Corrobo
rated by tlie Gen-rai’s
Physicians.
New York, Feb. ?B.—The house No. 3 East
Sixty-sixth street, where General Grant lives,
was overrun with visitors to-day, anxious to
learn the truth as to his condition. A few of
iiis most intimate friendswere admitted to
his room, where he lay in bed. To a reporter
of the United Press, Colonel Fred. Grant
stated that his father is a very sick man, and
there was no longer any use denying it. We
have made every effort to keep his|true con
dition secret, for the reason that if it became
known that the Geneial was seriously ill the
house would surrounded with callers aud
every mail would bring hundreds of letters,
the receipt of which would only tend to ex
cite the patient and make his cure less hope
ful. “My father,” continued the Colonel, 1
“lias had but little rest for the last several
nights He is suffering constant pain in the
ear and head. The nature of the disease I
cannot definitely state, and will have to refer
you to his physicians for any facts concern
ingit.”
Dr. Douglass, one of the attending physi
cians, was seen later at his office. He denied
any responsibility for t he high colored reports
in regard to Gen. Grant’s condition. “A few
days ago,” said the Doctor, “1 had a consulta
tion with Dr. Sands, at tlie General's house,
the result of which was that we both agreed
that the cancerous growth at the root of the
tongue was hardening and steaaily growing
worse. A microscropical examination by an
expert, proved beyond doubt that it was a
malignant epithelial growth. Gen. Grant is a
very sick man, and I think there is
little or no hope for his recovery. He
is breaking down, but has displayed
much cour. ge. We have tried to keep the
knowledge of his true condition from him.
The cancerous growth was undoubtedly 1
caused by excessive smoking. Every time
he speaks, eats or breathes, this is disturbed,
and it is difficult to treat it for that reason.
There have been times when the growth has I
been temporarily checked, but it lias never
been arrested, and is steadily increasing. He
cannot eat solid food because he has lost all
his teeth. T* ey were extracted in the hope (
of easing the padi in his face. Th* pain in i
the faceis a reflect ion of the pain caused by ,
the cancer in the throat. 1 cannot say how ‘
mar his end is. lie may live for months (
yet, but I do uot think that there is any hope ]
that he will ever recover.”
OUR GREAT STAPLE.
l
The Cotton Movement at Home and
Abroad. j
Liverpool, Feb. 28.—Spot cotton dull; mid- 1
dling uplands 6%d; do. Orleans, 6 3-16 d. Sales, 1
7,000 bales. Arrivals closed barely steady at •
yesterday’s final prices.
New York, Feb. 28.—The receipts at our 1
ports to-day point to 6,000 bales against 3,634
bales last year. Spot cotton dull and 1-16
lower. Middling upland being quoted at I
117-16. Sales were: 55 bales to :p oners, 100 |
on speculation, and 1,700 bales delivered on (
contract. As it would seem to have become 1
customary, future deliveries opened 3to 4-100 J
higher, then lost 7to 8-100, and closed barely ,
steady, at 3100 lower than yesterday, after
sales of 41,000 bales. March 11-42a11-43: I
April 11-44a11-45; May 11-54a11-55; June 11-65a 1
11-66; July li-71all-72; August 11-77a11-78; Sep- j
tember 11-32a11-34; October 10-80a 10-81; Novem- J
ber 10-65a10-66; December 10-6oaUi-66.
SENTENCE COMMUTED
From Death to Imprisonment for Life. (
Nashville, Ten's., Feb. 28.—Governor i
Bate yesterday' commuted the sentence of
United States Marshal William Spence, from
hanging, to imprisonment for life. Speneewas
sentenced at the present term of the Superior 1
Court to be hanged March 13th next, for the
murder of his son-iu-law and successor in
office. Col. Edward S. Wheat, one of the most
popular wholesale merchants in this city.
Mrs. Wheat paid a lawyer to defend her fath
er, who Is poor, and she procured many thou
sand names to a petition for his pardon. She
was a most devoted wife, and almost died
with grief when her husband was killed, but,
with tear-stained cheeks and earnest efforts,
has urged the commutation of her father's
sentence. She also mourns the death of her
eldest son, a youth who died recently. 1
i
SAILORS SUFFOCATED
On Boaid a British Ship.
Baltimore, Feb. 28.—Second Engineer
John Hull, and Richard Weber, agedhi, Stew
ard to the engineer, were sufl'oeated this
morning on board the British steamship
Deerhound,to which vessel they belonged. At
an early hour this morning the two victims
named above, together with Chief Engineer
William J. Kiriey, and George Quinton,
• Third Engineer, were found lying on the floor
of their birtli in a heavy stupor. Medical aid
was summonedand KlrleyandQuintou were
restored, but the other two were beyond re
covery.
ELECTRIC SPARKS.
Caught Over tlie Wires from all Quarters.
CaLDwell, Kan., Feb. 28.—The Oklahoma
boomers announce that a raid will be made
March sth, notwithstaudldg the fact that
warrants are out for the arrest of the leaders,
returnable March 3rd. The boomers will go
right ahead.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 28.—The iilness of
CountTalster, Ministerof the Interior, is as
suming alarming proportions, and his tem
porary resignation is probable.
Syracuse, N. Y., Feb. 28.—Malone, the
champion pool player, who took first money
in the three week’s tournament just ended
here, says he has $250 on deposit with R. K.
Fox, of the Police Gazette, to play any man in
the world for SI,OOO.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Feb. 28.—Tlie en
campment of the Grand Army of the Repub
licfor the States of Tennessee, Alabama and
Georgia, closed its session yesterday, by
adopting resolutions indorsing the organiza
tionof the Sons cf Veterans, and urging the
organization of a woman’s relief corps.
Washington, Feb. 28.—Rear Admiral
Jones, commanding the North Atlantic sta
tion, lias been instructed lo send one of the
vessels of his squadron to tlie relief of a num
ber of destitute American citizens in the vi
cinity of Livingston, on the west coast of
Central Africa, where they had gone for the
purpose of engaging in work on a projected
railway.
Query.
Editor Daily Times— After reading a
petition which is beine circulated, and the
signatures of Democrats asked, I would like
to know what constitutes “political affilia
tion with the Republican party.” If one
gives his money nearly every campaign to
the Republican party, and votes the Re
publican ticket, does not that constitute
“political affiliation?” P. M.
$G OO A YE AR
THE NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITION.
Opinions of the New Hampshire Club as
to Its Surpassing Merit.
Washington (D C.) Post, Feb. 24.
“There has been a great deal of misrepre
sentation about the New Orleans Exhibi
tion,” said Hon. J. C. Moore, publisher of
ihe Manchester (N. II ) Union and Presi
dent of the New Hampshire Club, which
passed through this city yesterday on its
return from a visit to the Crescent City, to
a representative of the Post. “You may say
(his and you can say it truthfutly: The
exhibition is a grand success, and I haven’t
seen a man yet who has visited it but says
so. Most of the members of our club, for
instance, were under ihe impression that it
would be found a rather insignificant aflair,
but we were all very agreeably disappointed.
It is an immense thing and the exhibits are
exceedingly creditable. Gov. Hale, of our
State, expresses the opinion that it is a finer
display than the one in Philadelphia in
1876, and there are many others who concur
in the opinion.”
“Are there aDy exhibits worthy of special
note?”
“All of the exhibits are good. These of
our government and Mexico are very com
plete and interesting. The Western States
and Territories make a splendid showing.
As an illustration, take Dakota, for instance.
Her exhibit cost $20,000, and is much ad
mired.”
“What can you say of the management of
the exhibition?”
“As a rule, it is good. The fact is the
exhibition turned out to be a considerably
bigger thing than its promoters contem
plaied, and the result h that the expendi
tures have been heavier than were antici
pated. The two drawbacks encountered
have been, first, a want of transportation to
the grounds; and, second, bad weather.
When we left, however, the weither was
fine, and the attendance was increasing
daily.”
“What of New Hampshire Day ?’ ”
“It was a grand occasion and I presume
fully 50,000 persons were present that day.
I was called upon for a speech and made a
few remarks, in which I took occasion to
express my appreciation of the marvelous
display. Gov. Hale spoke in the same
strain, and a poem by Mrs. Abby H. Dame,
of New Hampshire, was read. It was a very
pleasant occasion.”
“What is the feeling among the members
of your club with reference to further aid to
the exhibition by the General Govern
ment ?”
“We all concur in the opinion that the
failure of the exhibition would be almost
a national calamity. It is a great public
educator, and will tend to enlarge the
friendly and business relations between the
North and South. Foreign governments,
on invitation, have sent exhibits to New
Orleans at great expense, and it would be
bad faith on the part of the United States
to allow the exhibition to close before the
time fixed by law, May 31, as it must neces
sarily do if Congress does not grant the
appropriation asked for. Some mistakes
have been made, but this is not surprising
considering the magnitude of the enter
prise; but as a rule the gentlemen directing
it have shown a great deal of ability and
judgment, and they ought to be helped out
of their difficulty.”
Joe Tightens HU Grip.
Washington Cor. Montgomery Advertiser.
Joe Brown has tightened his grip on
Georgia and added another item to his long
list of iniquities. He demonstrates anew
that his “judgement” is always exercised iu
liis own unholy interests and that he is ever
ready to outrage Georgia to gratify his per
sonal desires. His fight for the confirma
tion of Emory Speer as United States Judge
for the Southern District of Georgia is with
out parallel. By a corrupt bargain with Ar
thur, Speer secured the nomination, and by a
probably more corrupt bargain with Brown
he has been confirmed. Senator Colquitt
made a gallant and commendable fight
against the dirty alliance, and in his splen
did effort he was aided by the entire State
delegation in the House of Representatives,
strengthene.i by the earnest petitions of
thousands of honest Georgians, but it was all
in vain. Speer was confirmed by one vote,
and that vote was the one which the people
of Georgia placed in the hands of their arch
trickster and corruptionist. What a reflec
tion on a State made glorious by a long list
of statesmen, ending with the profoundest
of Southern thinkers—Benjamin Harvey
Hill. How Ben Hill’s great soul
would have rebelled against a
Senatorial indorsement of the puny
puling Speer for a United States
Judgeshipl What a fall from Hill to Brown!
In verv truth is Georgia tasting the fruits
of her own folly. Only the other day her
Legislature, almost without dissenting voice,
re-elected Brown to a six years’ term in the
Senate, and now he shows his appreciation
of the trust by lifting to high life-position
over her people the most contemptible, the
most unprincipled, and the worst hated
living Georgian. This young mounte
bank, who has repeatedly sold his
birthright for little messes of politi
cal pottage, now puts his dirty fin
gers to his nose and wiggles them at the
people he has disgraced, and these same
people are entirely helpless. We
; may argue that it is nothing worse than
(hev deserve, but that doesn’t make a glar
ing evil action, any less an evil and a disgr; c 3
to Southern manhood
Joe Brown is the undispu'.ed boss of Geo
gia. Her press, her pulpit, her ballot, and
to a large extent her business interests are
more or le - dominated by this collossusof
infamous trickery. Her State university,
the intellectual nursery of her manhood, has
been made foul by his touch, and his last
public act is a long step toward
the mastery of her judiciary. To
illustrate his idea of ownership, one lit
tle incident is sufficient. The other day he
said tc Congressman Clements, of his State.
“I have been looking over the Blue Book,
Clements, and I find that me and Colquitt
won’t have but five Federal positions to give
away in your district, while you’ll have a
hundred and sixty,” and he smacked his
fish-like mouth in an injured wav. The
! five Federal positions are the Presidential
offices in the district represented by Mr.
1 Clements, and Joe Brown expects to put in
i his henchmen, leaving Mr. Clements only
the little five-dollars-a-year places. Un
i like Joe Brown, Mr. Clements is an honor
to Georgia.