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VOL. 6.—NO. 76.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
LATEST ADVICES BY CABLE AND
WIRE.
Desperate Fight Between a Sheriff’s Posse
and Colored Burglars—Death of Osman
Digna's Chief—Senatorial Proceed
ings—Two Colored Fishermen
Drowned—A Conflagration
Averted—Markets and Mis
cellaneous Matters of
Interest.
New York, March 24.—A special to the
Tribune from Raleigh, North Carolina,
says: “In Oconee, South Carolina,Sunday
Wilburn’s warehouse was entered and rob
bed of $6,000. Eight negroes, two of them
women, were found to have suddenly lift
town early Monday. A reward of SI,OOO
for the burglars was offered and a Sheriff’s
posse started in pursuit of the fugitives.
Ned Maclntyre, an ex convict, led the
negroes They crossed over into this
State and were surprised next day when
sleeping in an old house. The house was
surrounded and the Sheriff called on the
negroes to surrender, They replied that
they would fight, when the besiegers tritd
to break in-the doors and windows. The
negroes fired and and severely wounded 3
of the posse. The Sheriff battered the door
in but was instantly killed with an axe
by one of the women as
soon as he entered. Two of the negroes
were killed and four captured. Maclntyre
and one other escaped with most of the
money they had stolen. The captured
negroes said they had hoped to reach New
York and <0 thence to Liberia. The dead
Sheriff and prisoners were taken back to
Oconee.
A HEINOUS CRIME.
The Horrible Work of a Mexi an Fiend.
Laredo, Tex., March 24—In Nueva
Liredo, Mexico, just across the river a
heinous crime was perpetrated yesterday.
A Mexican had become jealous of his mis
tress, a Mexican girl about eighteen years
old. Going to her room he locked the
door, divested her of all her clothing, se
curely tied her to the wall with heavy
ropes and then deliberately proceeded to cut
strips of fi sh from various parts of her body,
and under threat of cutting out her heart,
he compelled the victim to eat her own
flesh. Her frantic screams finally brought
assistance just as the inhuman fiend finished
his work by cutting off the end of her
tongue. He was arrested and locked up.
His victim is dying.
THE EXTRA SESSION.
This Morning’s Proceedings of the Senate.
Washington, D. C., March 24—The fine
weather to-day seemed to inspire the Sena
tors, and when the hour of 12 o’clock ar
rived there was nearly a quorum present.
Vice President Hendricks laid before the
Senate several memorials, one of which
related to the obstruction of navigation of
the Arkansas river at Rob Roy, Ark.;
one from the Arizona Legislature, praying
for the returns of lands granted to railroads
to the public domain; one praying for
the enactment of a law providing for a
mounted patrol for the apprehension of
criminals,and one forthe amendment of treaty
relations relative to the extradition of
criminals between the United States and
Mexico. All these were appropriately re
ferred. t
ANOTHER MOIR AFFAIR.
A New York Merchant’s Daughter Marries
a Drummer.
New York, March 24. —Eloise Lord,
daughier rs the millionaire dry goods mer
chant G. W. T, Lord, of Lord & Taylor, was
secretly married on February 21st to Francis
V. Rider, who is said to be a traveling
salesman. After the wedding Miss Lord re
turned to her father’s home and Mr. Rider
to his boarding houte. The fact of tbe mar
riage has just become public. Mr. Lord
feels very badly over the affair.
A DOUBLE DROWNING.
Two Bodies Locked Together in Forty
Foot Water.
Charlotte, N. C., March 24.—At
Hughes’ samole mills, on the Catawaba,
two negroes, John Lucas and Sam Caldwell,
rowed ou' Sunday to Ijok at a fish net. The
boat upset sod both were drowned. The
bodies were found to-day locked together in
forty foot water.
Strikers Returning to Work.
Shanee, 0., March 24.—The miners of
mine No. 21 belo iging to the Sunday Creek
Valles district, and who have been idle six
months, held a melting yesterday afternoon
and decided to return to work at 50 cents
per ton, although the union price in that
district is 60 cents.
Destiuctive Fire in a Hotel.
Sedalia, Mo, Marcn 24—At 12:10
o’clock this mornicg a fire broke out in a
laundry adjoining the Garrison House, a
large two-story frame structure, and the
flames speedily communicated to the hotel,
which was almost destroyed. The house
was full of guests, all of which made their
escape. The furniture also was saved.
Probabilities.
Washington, March 24—For the South
Atlantic States, fair, warmer weather, prece
ded in the northern portion by nearly sta
tionary temperature. Winds generally east
erly shifting to southerly, falling preceded in
the eastern portion by rising barometer,
HE PASSED IN HIS SLEEP.
But Failed to Answer the Questions in
( His Waking Moments.
Huntington, Penn., March 24. — In at
tendance at the sessions of the Central
Methodist Conference held here during the
past week was a young intinemnt theo
-1 ague, a probationer, preparing to undergo
the final examination in a progressive
series r> quired to be passed before he
could complete his probationary period and
become a full-fledged divine. Hehad already
passed five of those examinations successfully,
but was greatly concerned as to the sixth.
He raved and talked of it in his sleep night
after night. Huntingdon was pretty crowded
during the Conference, and accordingly the
young theologue was obliged to accept a bed
room in a boarding house, already occupied
by three or four other persons, among
whom were a young lawyer and a young
Methodist minister of full degree.
Returning together the other night
from a late session of the conference, the
minister and Dwyer were amused to hear
the anxious candidate answering imaginary
questions pertaining to his coming exami
nation. They instantly grasped the situa
tion, whereupon the divine, (too conscien
tious to conduct the mock examinali n him
self), suggested the mt mal questions to the
Dwyer, who in turn propounded them in a
very severe manner to the student. In
this way they went through the whole
examination required by the church
organization, the student answering
in his sleep all the questions correctly.
The lawyer told him, however, that
he had made lots of mistakes and would
have to be put back another year. At this
the student showed much distress, protest
ing against such a decision, and begging to
be allowed another trial. This farce was
repeated for several nights until tbe student
went before the official examining board
But here, owing probably to his anxious
state of mind, although he had previously
answered al) the questions correctly, he
utterly failed to pass, and was “put back
another year.”
THE CABINET LADIES.
How They Appear In The Early Days of
The New Administration.
Washington, March 24—Mrs Manning
is so far the queen bee in the new Cabinet
She is a bride, although not a very young
woman, and brought to Mr. Manning some
wealth and a social position. She is tail,
with a slender, graceful figure, has good
features, light brown hair and great anima
tion and grace of manner. As a thorough
society woman and wholly equal to the de
mands of her position Mrs Manning will
soon be the best known and most popul tr
of the new coterie. Nrs. Vilas
received with Mrs. Manning at
the Arlington yesterday, and this quiet,
graceful little woman, who made the ac
quaintance of society last week while the
guest of Mrs Leiter, has won great favor al
ready. Mrs. Vil.sgoes oack i<> Wisconsin
in a few days and will not bring her chil
dren on and establish h»r?elf regularly in a
house unt ; 1 fall. Mrs E i'iicott, wife of the
new War Secretary, was alsi at home at the
Arlington, and the visitors found her to be
. a typical Massachusetts woman; a cool, clear
headed, energetic Yankee, whose blood is
the bluest of any in the great common
wealth. Mrs- Endicott is tall and sparely
built. Her features are clear cut and decided
and with her dark eyes she has a crown of
gray hair, that was wound high and laid in
smooth coils on the top of her head. She
had a pleasant welcome and a vigorous
handshake for all yesterday and a fund of
quickly spoken small talk at command. All
Massachusetts gathered in her parlors and
were proud io tell one in asides how the
Endicott family tree ran generations be
yond that of the Adams family, including
the “haughty Endicott,” British Governor
of the early colony, and known to the
younger generation through the “Ballad of
Cassandra Southwick,” a favorite declama
tion at school exercise.
WHAT WOULD BE SAID?
A Comparison That Shows How the Po
litical Standard Has Been Raised.
New Y’ork Evening Post, Ind. Rep.
How great the advance is no one can
thoroughly appreciate without a little retro
spective comparison. Suppose President
Cleveland had immediately on coming into
power, removed an old, experienced and up
right Democrat from the charge of the Pen
sion Bureau and put in his place a hardened
and notori us political hack and had acknow
leged publicly that he knew it was wrong
but could not help it, that he had been
compelled to yield to “pressure,” what
would be said? And yet President Garfield
did this very thing in the Bentley case.
Suppose that immediatelv after the election
President Clevelmd had gone to a Demo
cratic dinner given to Higgins in Baltimore
and in his speech had chuckled over the
fact that Higgins had carried the State
of Maryland by the use of “soap”
and the audience had laughed, know
ing well that bv “soap” he meant
money, what would be said? And yet
this very thing President Arthur did in the
case of Dorsey. Suppose that subsequently
he had appointed another Higgins, a noto
rious lobbyist and jobber, to be Secretary of
the Navy in spite of the protests of all the
best members of his own party and were to
support him steadily in corrupt and debas
ing use of the pa'ronage to oblige politi
cians of the lowest cla-% what would be said?
And yet this President Arthur did in
the case of Secretary Chandler. Suppose,
on coming into power, he was to find
in the New York post office, not Mr. Pear
son, but a Democrat of long standing an
old, experiensed servant of the government,
who had made him.elf conspicuous as a
promoter of civil service reform and were,
when the occasion offered itself, to kick him
out incontinently, whit would- be said?
And yet President Arthur did this very
thing in the case of Colonel Bart.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1885.
GEORGIA DAY
AT THE NEW ORLEANS EXPOSI
TION.
Beautiful Weather for the Celebration of
the Day Specially Set Apart for the
Empire State of the South—Large
Number of Georgians Present—
-1 li 3 Georgia Exhibit Formally
Turned Over to the Expo
sition—A Great Success
in Every Respect.
Special Dispatch to the Daily Times.
New Orleans, March 24.—“ Georgia
D ly” opened bright and beautifully, al
though the weather was somewhat chilly
for this latitude. Gov. McDaniel and staff,
and the Governor's Horse Guards, Putnam
Rifles, Americus Light Infantry, and the
gallant Chathams, of Savannah, are on
hand to take part in the day’s festivities,
while a number of members of the Georgia
Press Association, and citizens of the State,
j including a good many Savannahians, are
also present.
The following programme is to be carried
out: The (iovernor and Staff will be escorted
by a battery of the famous Washington Ar
tillery, and the Georgia military to the point
of embarkation on the levee, where the en
tire party will take steamer for the Exposi
tion grounds. On arriving there they are to
proceed to Music Hall, where Hon. John
S. Davidson, of Augusta, will formally present
the Georgia exhibit to the Commissioners of
the Exposition.
At Hus time al! the indications point to
an entirely successful carrying out of the
programme. The Geergians present are
all in high spirits and are enjoying the
occasion hu.iely. The Chathams and their
old Wasnir.gtun guns have attracted a great
deal of attention, and the famous Washing
ton Artillery have proved themselves to be
: worthy hosts. “Georgia Day” will long be
j remembered with heartiest pleasure by
Ia 1 the participents therein, but special yby
■ those from the Southern Empire Stale. •
AN AMERICAN POLICY.
f I
j What President; Cleveland’s Purpose is in
Reference to Central America.
Washington Special Philadelphia Times.
Secretary Bayard, in tbe course of a con
versation with the correspondent of the
Times, remarked: “It does look as if the
1 irresistible progress of events within the
past few years is fast forcing the United
States into a new departure initsdijlo
matic policy as far as the American Repub
lics are concerned.” This sentiment ap
pears to have a realistic sense in the mind
of the President. Since the aggres
sive attitude assumed by President
Banios, of Guatemala, a high officer of the
United States, who has long been identified
with the inter-oceanic canal question, has
had an interview with President Cleveland
and found him not only conversant with the
whole Nicaraguan Canal question, but posi
tively inclined to lake an active part in the
furtherance of American interests in that
direction. He appreciates the importance
of the completion of the canal to our na
tional interests, and Secretary Bayard, who
is in hearty sympathy with the President
on this subject, intimated to the same gen
tleman, who was requested by the President
to call upon him, that everything would be
done which would be advantageous to our
interests.
The policy of the Arthur administration
has also been explained to the President in
connection with certain correspondence be
tween President Cardenas, of Nicaragua, I
and gentlemen of this city, showing the co
vart action on the patt of of Secretary of
State Fielinghuysen, designed apparently
to get rid of the personal interests of those
who held the concessioa, despite the fact
that the parties who held the concession
informed the State Department that any
authorized transfer or control that the De
partment of State desired which wouid be
within the terms of the concession, or could
be obtained by modification of the treaty
with Nicaragua, would be acceptable to the
holders of the concession.
The Frelinghuysen plan involved a sort of
conjoint arrangement, by which Nicaragua
and the United States would own the canal,
which should be for the free use of vessels of
both nations. Ex-Secretary Blaine charac
terized this scheme as nonsensical and im
practicable.
The action of the Senate is in conformity
with the views of President Cleveland, and
from this time forth a distinctively American
policy may be counted upon in the Central
American’States on the inter-oceanic canal
question. Edmunds and Morgan
have expressed themselves in favor of
the President’s policy as it is understood by
them. Senato- Evarts, who had the subject
brought to his attention while Secretary of
State, was at first favorable to the Tehaun
tepec route as better located geographically,
but a study of the physical features of that
route as compared with Nicaragua subse
quently convinced him that while location
was in favor of the former, feasibility was
decidedly in favor of the latter.
English Regrets Over Lowell’s Departure.
London, March 24.—The Times says:
“We part with Mr. Lowell with tbe keenest
regret. It would perhaps have been b -iter
for the relations between the two countries
bad he permanently retained his post.”
Looking After Alaska.
San Francisco, March 24—A special
agent of the Czar is here to inquire into the
legality of the Alaska Company’s lease of
the Ruisisn Islands io Behring Strait by
which they may kill 40,000 sea's annually.
A Postmaster Commits Suicide.
Westchester, Pa., March 24. —Post
master Shields drowned himself ’this morn
ing. He received his commisdon on the
2d inst. Worry of mind leading to tempo
rary insanity was the cause of the act.
Ruchings in endlessvariety at Altmayer s
opening, to-day and to-morrow.
MACON MATTERS.
Work Begun on the New Street Railway
—The Macon Ice Factory Open lor
Work—lncendiarism Frustrated—
Funeral of Mr. E. Carhart.
Special Correspondence Daily Times.
Macon, Ga., March 23.—The Macon
Street Railway Company, T. J. Carling,
President and H. N. Brown Secretary, drove
their first spike to-day in front of Crock
ett’s foundry on South street. They have
twenty tons of nails and five cars on hand
The live stock has been purchased in Ken
tucky and will be shipped when needed.
Messrs. Carling and Brown own most of the
stock in the company, and both of them are
very energetic and public spirited citizens
who will push this important enterprise
through to an early completion. Tbe road
will run to the Eist Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia passenger depot, pissing the
Central depot and the Brown and Edgerton
Hotels, thence to Wesleyan Female Col
lege and Mercer University. A branch will
be run to the Park.
The Macon Ice Factory started to work
to-day and will soon have the large store
house adjoining filled for tbe coming season
The attempt to burn the Ralston Block,
on Cherry street, yesterday, was happily
frustrated by the vigilance of Officer Brown,
of the police force. He scen’ed the odor of
burning rags, and, after much careful in
vestigation, found a slow fire in the plunder
room, near A. Friend’s tailor shop, up-stairs
over Chapman’s bar. Tbe blaze soon got so
large that he thought it necessary to have a
reel close at hand, and biosing his whistl
for his companion on that beat, they
together soon got a reel of hose from No
3’s house and put the fire out, and thus
Macon was saved, perhaps, a tremendous
conflagration.
i'he remains of Mr. E. Carhart were
taken to Clinton, N. J., last night This is
where Mr. Carhart was raised. He has
lived here since 184’, when he entered the
hardware business with the late John C.
Curd.
Mr. John C. VanSyckel, his nephew, will
succeed to the management of the large
business which he leaves. There was no
will found and the propertv will be divided
among his brothers and the children of the
tw’o deceased. Harold.
Death of a Southern Journalist.
Mr. Henry S Armstrong, at one time
conspicuous in the ranks of New Orleats
journalists, died in that city Sunday last.
He was born in Pittsburg, Pa, in 1842, and
went to New Orleans in 1851. After grad
uating at rhe high school there he entered
the Naval Academy at Annapolis, and was
a midshipman on active duty when the war
broke out. Entering the Confederate ser
vice as a private in 1861, he was at the bat
tle of Shiloh, and took part in all the sub
sequent actions that distinguished the Army
of Tennessee, being promoted at the battle
of Collierville for gallant conduct in captur
ing a set of regimental colors, to the rank
of captain. He was afterward Adjutant-
General of General Ferguson’s Alabama
brigade, which he held until the end
of the war. Entering the field of j urnalism
on his return to New Orleans, he became a
member of the staff of the New Orleans
Times. Later on he filled the position of
assistant managing editor with mark ability.
In 1874 he severed his connection with the
Timesand was on the staff of a Galveston
paper for a couple of years. Returning
home he resumed his connection with the
Times, where he remained for several sea
sons, until his health failed, when, after a
brief connection with the Evening States, he
retired to private life. His contributions in
the Mosaic column of the New Orleans
Times, under the nom de plume of Amos
I Keeter,” evinced originality of thought and
close observation, coupled with a peculiarly
dry humor.
New York Stock Market.
New York, March 24.—At 1:30 p. m. to
day quotations were :
Union Pacific 42%
Missouri Pacific 90
Western Union Telegraph Co 56%
Pacific Mall 51%
Lake Shore 63%
Louisville and Nashville 31%
Texas Pacific 10%
Denver and Rio Grande 7%
Michigan Central 61
Delaware, Lackawanna & West’n 10.3)%
Northwestern 93%
St. Paul 69%
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 122%
Oregon Transcontinental 12%
Northern Pacific 40%
Rock Island 114%
Jersey Central 32%
MemphisandCharleston 39
East Tennessee, Va. & Ga (com) 23
East Tennessee, Va. <Si Ga. (pfd) 6%
Pmladelphlaand. Reading 15%
Omaha (com) 24% 1
Omaha (pfd) 35
New York Central 90%
Kansas and Texas 17%
Erie 13%
New York Produce Market.
New York, March 24.—Flour dull and
without change of importance. Wheat-
No. 2 red winter April, 89 J. Corn—No. 2
mixed, 49<f March. Oats nominally un
changed. Pork dull; mess, $13a13 25. Lard
7.16 April. Moltsses at 52. Turpentine
quiet al 32}a32}. Rosin dull; strained to
good 12a12|. Sugar du'-l; refined and leaf
6J, granulated 6. Coffee dull but fair; car
goes B}. 1
Chicago ’Change.
Chicago, March 24.—Wheat opens strong
er and } higher; May, 80}. Corn better
feeling and slight advance; May, 41j. Oats
steady, May, 311. Pork firm and higher,
May,sll 95. Lard steady, May, $6 871. B
ribs’ firm, May, $6 10.
Osman Digna’s Chief Lieutenant Riled.
Suakim, March 24 —Faggiah, the most
trusted Leu tenant under Osman Digna was
killed whi'e leading the charge on the
Zareba construction on the road to Lamai,
by Gener 1 McNeil on Sunday last.
Indefinite Sta y of Proceedings Granted.
Chicago, Marih 24.—Judge Gresham
in the United States Circuit Court, has
granted Macken & Gallagher a writ of
error and indefinite proceedings.
THE TARIFF QUESTION.
SECRETARY MANNING ON PRESI-
DENT CLEVELAND’S POLICY.
General Interest on the Subject—The Chi
cago Plank of the Denioc atic Plat
form to be St< ictly Adhered to—The
Tariff to be Revised Cautiously
and Conservatively—The In
terests of Domestic Indus
tries to be Regarded—
The Greatest Good
to tbe Greatest
Number.
Washington, March 24.—Secretary
Manning, in a recent conversation, said: “I
know that there is a great and proper desire
on the part of the people generally, and par
ticularly among the representatives of the
industrial interests throughout the country,
to know something of the policy of the Ad
ministration on the tariff and cognate ques
tions. I can say this for the present, or until
the matter of the tariff is reached as one of
the measures of the Administration, that the
President will carry out the tariff plank of
the Democratic platform both in the spirit
and the letter. In this, too, as far as I can
judge, he will be heartily seconded by every
member of his Cabinet. The President has
thus far adhered very closely to the enuncia
tions of the platform upon which he was
elected. The Democratic platform leans I
towards the protective side of the question.
“You may take that as the groundwork |
of the administration when that question is
reached fur consideration. The Democratic
party is pledged to a revision of the tariff.
1 believe those are the very words of the
platform, adding in the spirit of the fair-
I ness to all interests. The faith of the na
tion must be preserved inviolate. There
fore, whatever is done on the subject of the
tariff byway of revision should be done
cautiously ana by conservative methods, j
I u reducing taxes we must not ignore the
interests of domestic industries. The cus- I
toms being the chief source of revenue they I
must be reiii-d on for that purpose, and any
radical measures might seriously cripple the
financial condition of the Government.”
“There are some industiies, however, that j
rely upon absolute protective legislation.” i
“That is Hue, and therefore whatever
changes should be made in the tariff' laws,
the interests of labor and capital alike
should be looked after.”
"But great stress is laid on limiting taxa
tion to the requirements of the government
economically administered.”
“That is the doctrine of the platform, b it
then in an exemplary clause it says that the
reduction must be made without depriving
American labor of the ability to compete
with foreign labor and without imposing
lower rates of duty than would be sufficient
to cover the additional cost of production
due to h'gher wages here.”
“That would impose few changes.”
“I cannot say to what extent, as I have
not yet examined the subject. Going back to
the | latform, it might be that duties would
be levied on fewer imported articles, the
heaviest being on articles of luxury and
lightest on articles of necessary, but this
must be done with reference to our home
industries and interests and home labor and j
capital. The tariff is difficult of adjust- ■
ment when you undertake to reconcile I
every interest. It resolves itself into a sim- j
pie question of the greatest gocd to the j
greatest number.”
When Beards Were Unpopular. 32Z
Hartford (Conn.) Post.
John M. Rigs, the dentist, is a citizen cf
Hartford who himself figured in society fif
ty years ago. He entered Washington (now
Trinity) College in 1833. After graduation :
he went to Westchester County and taught j
a select school for two years. He returned
to take charge of what was called the old
stone ichocl, on Market street, east side.
“When I came to be Principal of this
school,” said Mr. Riggs. “I wore an impe
rial beard; the hair did not grow well be
tween my under lip and the bottom
of my chin. I had no mustache. I had not
been here long before I was aware that there
was a prevailing prejudice against beards. A
deputation of my friends came to me and
said I would render my position more secure
by getting rid of my beard. They knew that
I was pretty ‘set;’ that once having made
sure of a principle I stuck to it, so one ap
pealed to me particularly on the score of
friendship. I was getting SBOO a year —a
good salary for those times, worth, perhaps,
$1,500 or $1,600 now —and I couldn’t afford
to lose it. So I concluded to shave off the
beard; but first I asked my friend how radi
cal the change must be to satisfy the preju
dice. ‘Oh,’ said he, pointing to the imperial -
with a scornful look, ‘get rid of that.’ ‘But
how am Ito treat my beard?” ‘Well, cut it
down pretty w’ell, and I guess they will tol
erate you.’ ’ So I cut it down to within about
half an inch of my flesh; you see me as I was
then in yonder crayon portrait hanging over (
the mantelpiece. But we must
make allowances for the habits and cus
toms of tbe times. It was the fashion all '
over the country to wear smooth faces. The
ladies as well as the men abominated
beards; they couldn’t speak of them, much
less look upon them, without abhorrence.
Examine the engravings on my walls from
daguerreotypes. They are of Clay, of Fill-
Snore,-of Taylor, of Webster. None of these
men wore beards. There is a speaking like
ness in oil of Webster made only a few years
ago. That shows no beard either. I don’t
think you could find a single man save my
self in Hartford prior to 1840 with a beard.
And yet even the minister, who was one of
the friends urging me to shave mine, wore
one himself before be died.
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GOVERNOR ST. JOHN
Greeted by a Crowded House Last Night
—An Entertaining and lustruct
i»e Address.
A house crowded to its utmost capacity
greeted ex-Governor John P. St. John, of
Kansas, tbe distinguished politician and
temperance lecturer, at Masonic Temple,
last evening. About half-past eight o’clock
the lecturer, accompanied by several promi
nent members of the various temperance
societies of this city, appeared on the stage
amid general applause from the audience
The lecturer was introduced in a few neat,
appropriate and happy remarks by Mr. N.
F. Thompson, President St. John’s Baptist
T. A. B Society, and immediately began his
discourse.
His lecture, which was something over an
hour long, was listened to with unflagging
attention by his audience from its beginning
to its close. The Governor is a forcible and
interesting speaker. He heartily advocated
prohibition, and showed up in very strong
light the evils of intemperance in all its
various degrees, both from that of the mod
erate drinker to the confirmed drunkard.
He was particularly striking in illustrating
the political power of whisky
in the country, and strikingly showed up the
contrast between the large number of grog
shops in the country, as compared with the
schools and churche -. The speaker also in®
terspersed his remarks with a number of
| amusing and well told anecdotes, which kept
I his subject from dragging, and lightened up
the monotony one would suppose must nat-
I urally attend so “dry” a subject as prohibi
tion. The lecture created a profound im
pression, and made many friends for the dis
tinguished speaker in this community.
It had been intended to give Governor St.
John a reception here, but the train on
which he came to th.! city was del lyed, and
he was so fatigued that tt was considered
i better not do so. Indeed, the Governor him
self expressed tbe wish that it be not done,
iis he desired to rest He left to-day for
Brunsw’ck, where he lectures to- night. We
are glad to know that the Governor is de
j lighted with what he has seen of the South,
and that his sent’ments concerning our peo
| |le have undergone a decidedly favorable
I change from what they were a few years
i a go.
GROSS VANDALISM.
A Cemetery Despoiler Gets His Just
Deserts.
For some rime past a regular system of
robbery and despoiling of graves has been
going on at Laurel Grove Cemetery. Flow
ers have been plucked from around graves,
and even those placed there by loving
hands have been ruthlessly carried off amt
sold. Not only this, but the vandals have
not hesitated to dig up whole plants set out
to beautify and adorn the last resting places
of loved ones, and many a rose bush,
camclia and other plant have been carried
off with the evident intention of making a
little unholy gain. The perpetrators of
these outrages, too, would work so cunning
ly and quietly as to escape the utmost
vigilance of the cemetery keepers, and the
I despoiling of the graves went on despite
j the bitter complaints of the victims of the
i miscreants
■ At length the matter was reported to
I General Anderson, who detailed Officer
i Collins, of the police force, to ferret out and
arrest the sacrilegious thief or thieves. He
quietly went to work to shadow all suspi
cious lurkers about the cemetery, and his
efforts were finally rewarded. Yesterday
morning he caught a man, who gave his
I name as George E. Straight, in the very act
lof committing his nefarious work, and
l promptly arrested him. He was taken to
the barracks and this morning brought to
trial before Aiderman Duncan, Chairman of
Council and acting Mayor, who, upon his
conviction, fined him $5 for defacing the
trees and fencing in the cemetery and $26
for stealing flowers; in default of fine to
serve forty days on the chain gang. He
will probably do the latter.
This sentence was the limit of the law,
and could it have been greater would
doubtless have been more severe. No mere
rascally act than that of which Straight
was guilty could be perpetrated, and as it is
suspected that he was one of a gang, it is
hoped, if the vandalism is kept up, he will
soon have some of his companions with him
doing the city some service on the public
roads.
THE MOSQUITO INLET DROWNINGS
The Remains of General Babcock’s Fel
low-Victims Sent Home for Burial.
The Baltimore News of Saturday says
“Major Jared A. Smith, Light House En
gineer of the Fifth and Sixth districts, re
urned that morning from an extended in
spection tour. Major Smith was accompan
ied as far as Mosquito Inlet by Mr. W. H,.
Bailey, of Washington, a personal friend of
the late General Babcock, who, together
with Mr. Levi P Duckey and Mr. Benj. P.
Sutter, were drowned at Mosquito Inlet on
June 2d, 1884, while crossing the bar. The
remains of Messrs. Luckey and Sutter
were buried there. Major Smith and Mr.
Bailey had them exhumed on March 11
and put on board the light house tender
Pharos and taken to Savannah, where they
were shipped to this city on March 18th by
the Merchants’ and Miners’ Transportaiou
company, and are expected to arrive in Bal
timore to-morrow. The Pharos, which
brought tbe remains to Savannah, is the.-
same vessel on which the unfortunate gen
tlemen went to the place where their deaths
occurred. Mr Sutter’s remains will be taken
to Philadelphia, where his brother resides.
Mr. Lucky’s family reside in Baltimore and
his son, Mr. Robert B. Luckey, is the clerk
in the post-office who was on Tuesday last
promoted to a position in the stamp depart
ment. Major Smith came from Savannah
by rail, and Mr. Briley has charge of the
remains.
You will not be asked to buy at Altmayer’g
oj ening to-day and tomorrow.