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RALEIGir, K C, FRIDAY,, NOVEMBER 21, 1879
News
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ALL THE NEWS.
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LTCBYW1IEKK.
FROX
Tbe I unfiling of lb TbMM hUln
la V nablBf tn Ctl y- Other
l.te I Iff ;mt.
Whi.votos, Nov. 2. Tbe society
,.t a.u Annv of ihe Cumberland, alter
hoi Img a kivrct nessiou, adjourned to
mevtuii IxNtnl ibe lauir Jane Mow
lev, n which steamer the society wa
united to visit Mount Vernon.
Having arrived, the meeting was n -
ume-l. during wln. h, on motion o.
ilenera'. irti,Ul. a vote of thauka was
tendered to the three Virginia ani the
two MarjUnd companies who, for
getting rty difference, bad joined the
Annv ol the Cumberland in paying re-
pcct to the memory of tieueral
Thomas.
When Mount Vernon wu reached
wiu.l jUoiij; tli.tl .4 landing
.-.ml i iiol be effected, aud the sluainer
-lArte 1 i.n it return to thi- city.
Tin business meeting whs res. lined.
A ;-i:'.iiiiali Mho Uad U-fil u.i ii.itr-esu-d
s-ts. taior of the proct.edii.gs auoi
upon a chair au-i la;.eO that, u a oi -i,
hIxi liaJ fought against General
I Ik toa-s .tn: who i-arried r trivial Piii
lrt III Ills htasom. Le w lshetl u raise h;
uit i' III !! r ol Lie III- lli, v ol lli.i.
it'iti general. lCheer.J lie Ii u.
:..iul :r what he thought was riut,
t ut arbitrament of r na.i decided
A.ni.Ht hiui. It would lw a long liuiv
1,1'n, c, howexer, when he would iul (
is
frit-
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hoi.
t .
ill'
i.g to extend lilt hand ol Iralcrnal
.ds.itp lo toe mho ha I K
l ni'ii. li now wia.itnl to join
A.'inv ( tlit- Ciimtx rldiiil in ooiig
i . me ! Ihe inaVfa', I'liir-i and
cner.tis whoever li ei te .er.i.
il. 1 .louia-s. (Lull I cueer and
- of "it nod lor ou. J
li .aui in response lo a question
tfi. t:" n.m w a-s Walkius, ol iiow -ir
1 vui.;v, .Mil.
i.t i,t i.i)ii.ii lii'U fvaid lliilMr. ',i;
kii - M'i'T wm nnlv the flisi f
r.t'. !.. t ir.t of voices Ui.tl woi.nl
m- t ; i . the Slates aii er t.e
I'nj.i.i 1:1 honor of General Ito ;i r.
I hr Arm) ol the Cumberland t.iu lis
hau-lt ' .Mr. Walking and w ishcd thai
tto ti' was a iiioliou Walkinses. Such
haii.:.-. as lii' the Arn.y of the I uihIht
Unit wot. id aiways raAp in
weicjn e aud love.
fralerual
I'arrltu I l4ui.
I omo?, Nov. 20.- Snowing heie.
Th iron ste-mier I'abaa fnm t'opei h i
gvii for Amsterdam is blievei to I e
loundered orf IIemel-;rk 'thirty ptr
oi are -up-ted to I i re erndit-d.
The ic-f htw lor a 1 ic i Davit, Kill
and I.u werearreste , ere made at
t initMii on ttiteiii d of NoveuiWer
in tu:ien county, Sli c.
The lollowing plai-ar. La been ported
in several platr in tht cu i y of NIao:
"To ihe tx-ople of Mao: i'"iow coun
try men, the hour ol trial la come, your
leaden are arrt--tel. Davit and Ialy
.vrf in prison. Tiie laud and iiberi
(to I ae the j'p!e. Italia, It.nia.
Naiunlay i ext. Saturday nesl. Vo i
know your uiy, wnl vou do it, mi
you will. Ilalla i the pl:. e o! the mee -m.
t hi ilay i ihe O.ty, otne m voui
thoii.i n U, and how the criilii.'i t.
and : ho oi Id that your rihu you w in
ma i.aln lo r-H-ue m iiiinhtine.ol
v-ur l;i:nt r'H. lai.-l ai d liberty. I
iave Him px-pie. It.tiiu. l'. ill.i. .i:ur!.y
next. it.i riav next.
WIthr ! nrr(linl n th
I.ojSt. Nov. 20. An -lea di
p..h mt about a dor en of t!-e
m t niiMiient Knsaian cxtton manu
fa iur have lately gone to Kgypt to
buv enormous quantities of raw ma'e
n l and to hire all the plantation o:i
ih banka of ihe Nile. The chief aim
o. iht-se merch.inla. who siarui with
t'ii:v million roulU, w-m u be lo
hake off the yoke of ihe K' t;lih
and of the Liverpool market. All th
produce of Kgypt will not suffice to
no-el the waul of the Humoaii ot' Ti
faoior.t .
A uppod Lal rew I'onnd.
II a i.t ax, Nov. 20. An empty 1.i:,
with in vhI broken and nails gone, w as
found hint unday morning near Ad vo-
cale hriilkje. It i thought to ! th- oii.
in which ix frii lefi S.-o:i s Itity
for Advtaaie Harbor previous to ;
to the e ere gale of last Saturday. A. I
who w ere on board are supposed to le
lost.
The Indaslrlal Fair.
It our wish, our real intention :ind
onr i.etermlnatiou to gie our t lor- i
people Juaiice and good notices in the (
ditU ienl deparlmeuta.
(mr claa f readers do not like lo i
the Jt'r devoted alinoet entirely .. ,
one thing or ubje-i. We theib"-e.
have to nclude this article ju-l n a
on ac.tunt of the pre-ureoI leleur:,
tc iu wm, that ia compelled to tind pi. ice
for iiieition.
We hpe all the colortsl people of
their visiting while friend iwhic'i aie
rather numerous) will have ajjoo.! tune
to-day.
HORTICULTURAL HALL.
The dlsplsv in thta de,artrnent is
small but what is there, is very cred
itable. .
K. 1. Haarden, ofCharlotte exhibits
a bridle and saddle, very good piece of
workmanship.
Handy lxekett. of IUleigh. exhibits
coftKia and uiidei taker's work gci cr
aliy. His display is god and his work
exllenl.
J'-rni YarK-rough exhibits a pretty
cow and !f.
lit nry C. J.r.es, of Raleigh, exhibit
a hre cow, he enters her lor the bent
c w lor wci.trai la.nilv ue. Toe re
p. r.n know fcoiueihiiig of th i-s cow an I
can cntif.dt-t.tty nv "sIJf' a go. i
one.-'
John Jones enters a good saddle
hore; John True a minder one buil.
There are othrr inei itonoua exhlbiis
wi.ich we projt ;o heicaiu-r uieulin.
in luia lit pai luient.
Dirnr oi jtn k.
Aliout the prettiest l,orfo on the
groundH was Mr. It. J. Williams
"Ituckskin."
H i w a.s taken out by Mr. Poiiicruy,
and tiotttti by the Mine gentleinan,
Mr. W. having loaned him lor thai
pu r e.
s'i.l (Jlrl, had her altnlrers and
there w ere number of home thai cur
(lttce forbids us mentioning this morn
lii all shall have a hearing Low ever.
Thomas Donaldson, exhibits some
fine ho. A tine sow and pigs, we
fust uoii--ed. four monthsold weighing
pq an average of 60 poumls each. He
had a HcrkxLure boar, 1.1 months old,
that weighed over J pounds, that at
tracted couaiderable alleulion.
i Kir coloretl friends must not f. el
slighted; we don't believe in devoting
our paper lo any one thing.
Il is impuaiole .or us to give ami
mention the D a meat of ail the exhibits
ol mt rit lo otte issue, we are. therefore,
bound lo divide. All shall have a
hen itig before the series of articles are
Co lude1.
Floral Hal J was complete in all i
p;viutmenU, and retlecU preat credit
in the association.
Thotna.i Hall exhibittsl a "shtll
house,'" which splendid the be.-r
thing of the kind we noticed.
A well displayed lot of crochetinor.
tidies in white and blue, and knit thread
work well done; and wry clean, neat,
uiie work ii wa.
A very ool painting of fruits and
flowers was next in ordur of arrange
ment, followed by a lorn; array of
shawls, benuiifui white pillow tdips,
and a beautilully embroidered baoy
dre?s.
The walla were lnum with a profusion
of ni-e i-h.air coveni made by thwlinle
daughter of John U' Kelly, of tin rity.
A irreat de U of rriK-het w ork of pretty
design and worxleil work was display
ed. The Declaration of Independence,
copied in a large round "fixt,"' attrnct
l the atter t'on of 'nary' AutiUot
Toomba visitor.
A fine programme in announced.
I. AT E M WH XOTIX.
In the library of General Grant's
reii'tice at (ialena "the coat-of-rtns
ol the Grint family" hangs conspicu
ously on the wall.
Senator David Davis is reorted se
r oi.sly ill at Lenox, M:tsa husetis.
His i.Idpvs wss brought on by the re
oviil utalh of his w ife.
Sena'or Il.tad s candidacy is advo
c.ned by the four German tlnilv news
papers of St. Iouis, every one of the
fo ir representing a radii-ally ditrereut
class.
Miss Josejdiine Meeker, daughter of
the lauA ,feiU who v as killed
i v t e t -jJ reen otferei a clers
sh'p isw'Te" Interior Department by
sri-retaVrSchurz.
' I!(p Meeker, one of the survi
vors of he I'to massacre, will lecture
in ilw C s ern States this season. She
wil en.Ieavor to enlighten the peace
folicv people.
The Duke of IMinLurgh's appoint
in. i. ;is "Admiral Stierintendent of
th.- Naal Itcr rves." at $5.i0U a vear,
is nor uiuversally liked in Knuhtnd.
The position is an absolute sinecure.
Yaz" county. Miss., where Dixon
was killed, has elected a colored Dent
in iri to the next L gislature, and seve
ral other counties have done likew ise.
The increased value of the Southern
cotton, tobacco and sugar crops this
vear over last is estimated at V0.000.
m'. This increase is due to better
prices, as well as to a larger yield.
Coiorel Thomas A. Scoit, Tresidei t
of the I'enn ylMiiia railroad, was ip
CVvi lan j. Ohio, on Sunilav last. The
Jltral f, ol that city, says he is not near
o hi'eund heartv as he was only
S- t time ago, though he claims to be
rail i.ii iui( loxint; in health
The famous Seventh regiment of New
Yoik tumiiditwi o er six huudrrd clh
i era lo ihe I'nion army during ti e v ar,
'f w hom nearly one-tenth fell in ae
tion. A l'tiT is now in progress in the
matrniti'-ent new armory of the regi
ment, which was opei.ed on Monday
lor the first time.
Jrnnt and Mo-hJv ra:i ojposltlon Sun
di" t i.tcrtai- no nts Chiotifo hut
."su'fd.i v . and the evangelist sue ceded
l k. ii '4 up .hi I ihe beam
v.- wi ll. 'I he e-President appeared
- ..re a crowded chur.-h rni'i sh ok
hi i oh : he .ongrega' ion afterward,
hile Moo Iv not onlv had a crow lei
i-'i in h but h.ui lo turn thousands aw.y
at e.i-h s.i vi'-e for la.-k of ro- m.
The astronomical Professor Proct r
.if 's if ' . IK - , St It" f.ll til
:s now 5O0C0 000 years old, and tha in
2, '. i-i i t.u it w ill i e 'in extreme
o' l -g.-. " This lal is doubtless a true
reru n k. Alter wiving us thee hutie
a-iihmetjcal fsninputations be caps the
c:iuai.x f col sal nuniter by thedie
c urging sA!elllet that "these peri
o I- of enormous duration of time sink
into ifisicuilicauee before the -history of
the solar syhleiii hj a whole."
D phtheiia, w hi -h lor t-everal vears
has made gieat ravages in Russia,
stM-rns no, to l gaining more and more
ground. The disest-e has attainetl such
frightful proportions in some reirions
that khe ercentage of mortality far ex
c fss that t.f the births. Kleven vast
districts are aftlicted with the disease.
The mortality loibo. the youthful and
s.iult Kjpulation la. so enormous that
the government ha appointed a special
coniunssion to inquire into the causes
of the epiLeuiic.
Anieriran anfl I'orelcn Hhlpplnj,'.
The Chief of the Bureau of Statistics
s.a'o-s th it the W:a! tonnage ol" Ameri
can vessels entered at our seaports from
f.r.M'ti countries during the la.st fiscal
vc.ir-namely, :t.(l!.74:i tons exhibits
n increase ol only one per cent, over
the preceding veHi.'whiie the foreiun
tonnieeutereif durinsfthe same period
am niuled to 10.71S.:y4 tons, which
shows an increase of nearly tw enly-six
percent. In speaking of the apparent
anomaly presented in the proserous
condition of our foreign commerce
ihe i.alane of trade being very lirgely
ii our side, while the branch of our
in. r !i tut marine is still greatly de
pi . d M r. N i in mo say s :
Pi !. v no o her branch of A meri
cau iiKins'.ry comes so directly into
com pe" i : ion vfith foreign industry as
oofs thai of building vessels and oper
a .n' them in international c iniiierce.
Ne.iher tanlt legislation, nor naviga
Uou la s, uor irajisrialiou chaxges,
nor any other circumstances, inter
venes to repress or shut out foreign
competition. Kvidently under such
coii.liuons the i.aiion w hich can build
and oner He vessels the cheapest must
eventuillv sis-ure the principal share
of the cairrvuig trade In our foreign
couinierce. "This h.ts taken place, and
the l.ict is clearly recorded in our sta
lls ic of toiiutce entered."
;i.. toi.n.ix of the I'nited States on
the .to:h of Juno h-st 4, Di..i01 tons, of
w hich our sailing vessels sgwregatea
Ci miis and our steam vessels
r.i;..i; ions. The tables accompany
ing the it port show thai in the order of
value the exports of domestic merchan-.lis-
i.mii the Limed Stales now rank
its ..;;..s: l-'irsr, bread and brea.l
stuils: sts-ond. cotton and manufactures
of cotton; third, provisions; fourth,
mineral ml ; liith, tobacco aud manu
factures of tobacco.
i iAtt to the Colonel oinmiiitllia-.
! Farmer Ili Mu luilllc
Ci t. T. J. Hol inst.u. Secretary r
I rt .isi.rer, and brine-works, of the Ag
I ri.-uliiiral Itur- iU, went home to Kay
etievilie 1 ist week quite sick. If his
il.ness should be of long duration it
would lie a sad mishap for the colone
commaiidiug. llecuse, as is weU
known in Raleigh, if "ot elsewhere,
R. bmson, (who for many years was In
i the W ashington Agricultural Depart
i lueut.) has mom knowledge, both
1 practical and iheoritcal, of farming mat
i ters than anv of the "crowd," unless it
s 1 1
be some members or the tioaru. ne
don' t make speeches, or eddle palaver,
but you can si w ays find him at his e'esk,
and sol il as a sack of salt
Tbe Blrtts Flaee of Vellew Fever.
.too Herald.
An iulelli&ul J-QsUlent. of Havana
ays that Cul U the grave-yard ol
Spain, and a more benuiug name ihau
PearJ of the Antille." In one cem
etery neur the capital tntoruienu
br' bee n ad within ten years, and
In a luighboriug btuUl grouud over
10,001.- i i -i-
TROUBLE IN TENNESSEE.
DESPERADO EH AT WORK
JAJIESTOW.t.
One Man Killed Outright and Anoth
er (severely Clubbed Arrest and
Release of One of the Party.
Cincinnati, O., Nov. 20. A special
dispatch from Morristown, Tenn., says
that two men nmed Dawns and An
derson, a day or two since went armed
with rifles frfthe honse ot Miss Joseph
ine Williams, near Jamestown, and
insulted the lady mentioned, at the
same time threatening to shoot a tnan
named Steineiphee, if he did not leajsro,
whereupon the last named snatched a
rifle from one of the attacking party
Dawns and shoots him dead on the
sjmt, when heti rned upon Anderson
and clubbed him nearly to death.
Stelncipher was arrested, but no one
appearing against him he was subse
quently released.
Improvement of the Quality of Cot
ton. New Orleans Times.
The South's cotton production is now
assuming projsortions which few deem
ed poKsiblo under the conditions at
tended on free labor. But it is not to
the quantity alone that we should lo:k
in the production of cotton; quality is
also a consideration of the very first
importance. A little more attention to
details that, in themselves, seem unim
portant will produce a vast and healthy
change in this regard.
With respect to cottons that are sold
on their class alone, the main conside
rations or color, freedom from leaf and
ginning. If cotton is stained its class
is lowered, as a rule, fully one grade.
High class cottons uiuat be asJree as
possible from leaf, and, especially, tbe
"fancy" grades. Many country buyers
Eurchase cotton that classes very high,
ut is somewhat leafy, and are very
much surprised and dissatisfied at not
oniaiiiiiig "fancy" prices. Had ginning
does much harm lo god cottons, as it
makes them "wasty" and generally un
desirable. Nothing detracts more from
the 'style" of cotton than defective
ginning, and one insensibly classes
gin-cut" cottons down ou account of
their ragged appearance.
When it comes to extra staple, care
ful handling is absolutely essential. It
is also of vital importance that the seed
be carefully watched and selected each
vear, to prevent mixture. It is no un
common thine lo find bales that contain
two or three k.nds of staple, and, as if
ihe producer had not been content to
let bad enough alone, badly ginned
oesides. The sample of such a t ale
pi est-ma lo a cotiuoissieur of cotton
just ihe appearance of a head of hair
that has suffered mutilation at the
hands of an unskillful barber. In gin
ning staple cotton, and, particularly,
extra staple" kinds, the gin bhould
be run much more slowly than when
handling short staple. Many planters
neglect their gins, ami are careless ia
heir winning for which they pays
pcnaiiv ranging Troin two and a half to
:en dollars er bale. The lint room of
a gin should be kept clean ; otherwise
the cotton, baled up, will have a dingy
and dustv appearance, and 'gin-falls"
will be distributed in lay ern that often
make rebaling necessary. Sometimes,
too. the roof of the gin house is allowed
to leak, and the planter is highly indig
nant w hen his factor, soon alter, in
lonns him that his cotton has been re
jected as "water-packed." "Water
packing" is oflener the result of care
lessness than of bad faith, and the same
remark will apply to "mixed" cotton.
Having thus exhausted phisica and
reached its very rim a mighty mystery
s.ill looms lieyond us. We have, in
fact, made no step toward its solution.
We trv to poar in a vacuum, when we
endeavor to pass by logical deduction
from the one to ihe othor.
Religious feeling is as much a verity
as an v other pari of human conseious
ness;and against it, on its subjective
si.ie, the waves of science beai in vainj
I could see that his iCarlyle's) con
tention at iKittom always was that the
human soul has claims and yearnings
which physical science cannot satisfy.
It seemed high time to him ( Virchow )
to enter an energetic protest against the
attempts that are made to proclaim the
problems of research as actual facts
and the opinions of scientists as estab
lished science.
We ought not. Virchow urges, to rep
resent our conjecture as a certainty,
nor our hypothesis as adoctriue; this is
inad in issable.
The burden of my writings in this
connection is as much a recognition ol
the weakness of science as an assertion
of its strength.
If asked w hether science has solved,
or is likely in our day to solve, the
problem ol the universe, I must shake
my head in doubt. Behind and above,
around us the real mystery of the uni
verse lies unsolved, and as far as we
are concerned, is incapable of solution.
'1 he prcblem of the connection of body
and soul is s Insoluble in its modern
fnin as it was in the pre-scientihe
a j's.
There ought to be a clear distinction
made between silence in the state of
livjM.thesis and science in the state of
tact.
Ana inasmuch as it is still in its hy
pothetical stage, the ban of exclusion
on hi to fall upon the theory of evolu
tion. .
After speaking of the theory ol evo
lution Applied to tne primitive condi
tion of matter, as belonging to the dim
tw ilight of conjecture, the certainty of
experimental inquiry is here shut out.
Those who hold the doctrine of evo
lution are by no means ignorant of the
uncertainty "of their data, and they only
yield to it a provisional assent.
In replv to your question they will
frankly admit iheir inability to point
to any satisfactory experimental proof
that life can be developed save from de
monstrable antecedent life.
1 share Viichow s opinion that the
theoi y l evolution in iis complete form
m,.kIh ih RMi.miiiidii thai at some
period or other ol the earth's history
there occurred what would be now
called spontaneous generation. I agree
with him that the proofs of it are still
I, wanting. I hold with ichow that the
failures nave oeen lamentauie, mm mo
doctrine is utterly discredited.
riGIITIHG JOE HOOKER.
How He A vended ma Insult From
General 1. t. Ntaoley.
It was during the cold winter of 1863
64, succeeding the battles of Chicamau
ga', in which General Hooker did not
parlloipate, and Mission Ridge and
Lookout Mountain, in which he did,
that his two Potomac Army Corps, the
Eleventh and Twelfth, were iu oauap
oo Mocaalu Point, at the foot of Look
out Mountain. General Stanley, .with
the First Division of the Fourth Array
Corp, occupied tbe ground stretching
away from Bridgeport, ou the Teuues
see River, to Hooker's line at Shell
Mound. One day an officer of General
Hooker's aiall, handsome and well
dressed, as become a staff officer, rode
up to General Stanley 's headquarters,
w hich are one the hill south of tbe
river, and announce 1 that an order had
been iaaued from ai my headquarters,
at Chattanooga, directing Gen. Ho kef
t extend his line as tar as the river
and relieve General Stanley's division.
Those who remember the chartacter
of the commissary whiskey furnished
t i our army during that winter will
probably recall the fact that it was not
calculated to reuoer a man any more
amiable thau he was naturally, and the
reply that the staff officer received from
the irate General of the First Division
was not complimentary to tbe General
in command of the Potomac troops.
' Go lo Geueral Hooker," ami Stanley,
'and tell him that I will hold no com
mune ition with him. He is a scoun
drel!" That night an order came to
Stanley's headquarters directing him
to report at once to General Thomas at
army headquarters. He obeyed tl e
order. What took pla.ijra nevf
known, but lie was a tnan oh nod
man on bis return. His division movtd
immediately to Cleaveland, East Ten
nessee, where it remained until the
Atlantic campaign commenced.
The next tune the two generals m t
was at the battle of Resacca, where
Stanley's division occupied the left and
Hooker was in the reverse.
The enemy had executed a flank
movement under cover of the hills on
our front, and suddenly poured like
an avalanche down the hill on our
flank. General Brigade, although one
of the best .n the army, was driven
back upon the rear of Gross' brigade,
and the victorious Confederates rushed
forward to capture Captain Siruonson's
battery, which was being worked to
its full capacity, dealing out canister
shot by the ton upon their advancing
lines. Tbe field in front of the battery
was oovered with troops, when, as if
by msgic.the bf ad of Hooker's column,
led by Fighting Joe in person, appeared
upou the scene, seut by General Thom
as upon Stanley's requisition for re-enforcements.
"How are you, Hooker ?" "How are
you, Stanley?" was all the greeting
that passed. The column i?ving by
the left flank, marched at double-quick
along tbe road that lined the field, nev
er haltiug or paying the least atteution
to the fighting going on about the bat
tery until reaching tbe furthest extrem
ity of the field, when it halted, faced to
tt-e front, fixed bayonets, and charged
across the field, never pausing until it
disappeared in the woods beyond It
seems like destiny that the first cry of
distress from Stanley, and the only one
he w compelled to utter during the
campaign, should have been responded
to by the man he had abused so out
rageously; but if Hooker could have
chosen his mode of revenge, he could
have thought of none that would have
so galied the pride of Stanley. They
were both brave men and splendid
officers, but had too many characteris
tics in common to be friends.
Reducing theKcntsln Ireland.
Di HMN, Nov. IS.- The agitation re
specting the land question continues,
and manifests in many phases an ex
traordinary and threatening dispos'
tion on the part of the tenant farmers
aud the politicians w ho are engineering
the movement. At Roscommon yes
terday a very large meeting assembled,
at which Mr Parnell, the chief leai er
of this agiialion, delivered a lengthy
and iinp.sioned speech, reiteratii g
his former declaration that the lai d
owners, if confronted by tlw imited
force of the tenantry, would yieldi and
that in this matter the one remainit g
grievance which Ireland mourned over
to-dav would lie reuies-ed. The.Jis
emblage listened to M r. Parnell with
approbation, but when the O'Connor
Don member of Parliament from Ros
ooinmon attempted to address the
meeting he was hooted down, and the
other gentlemen who were known to
be exjionents of conservative princi
ples were similarly refused a hearing.
The practical results of tbe anti-rent
agitation are already very considera
ble. Every day announcements are
made that this and that landlord have
voluntarily reduced their rents. To
dav It is'stated that Major O Gorman,
uieinber-.of Parliament for Waterford,
and alartfe land owner in that district,
has reduced the reuts of tenats from
fortv to s- enty-t'ive per cent. Major
O'Gi.ruiau was always extremely pop
ular in Waterford, and this concession
to the popular feeling and the necessity
for meeting the demands of the tenant
farmers, has been received throughout
Ireland, not with surprise, but with
cordial approbation.
ME A -MI THINGS.
The Democrats of Maine cannot af
ford to do anything that will make
Time their enemy. They could not do
the Republicans better service than to
count them out on trivial grounds.
The resction would not be felt in Maine
alone, but throughout the whole couu-
irj".
Uncle Sam's pocket jingles with
about five hundred million dollars in
gold and silver, which is none the less
valuable because it is ex portable.
If the bull is determined to butt, the
locomotive is always ready. Ameri
an ihinln f.i.- American citizens is a
good motto. If anybouy prefers the
schools ol Ireland or iiaiy, or mentu,
let him pay for them here or go where
ihey are. Gotden Hale.
Now the Golden Rub' has a slap at
the Quiucy statute, it is reminded
thereny ol a strong-minded worn, n
gathering up her skirts to navigate a
muddy crossing.
Artistic comments of ihe crowd com
ing out of the Boston Theatre last
Monday night: "I don't think her legs
come up to her back and shoulders"
(j !" "Well, you kuow wnat I mean."
Gazette.
New York leads us with winter
smoking cars on the Third avenue
horse railroad.
The Sunday Courier wisely observes
that a doctor should never be called in
when he is down at the heal.
Mr. Charles W. Felt hss made a for
mal demand on Geneial Butler lor the
,00(i which he publicly offered for a
responsible name indcising Mr. Pelt's
"Nuts for Butler to Crack," but has
not yet received the mouy.
The Globe refrains lioni giving Phil
ospher Baker s siateine..; the benefit
of its circulation.
A ticket which would go through
thick and thin David Davis and
Aleck Stephens.
We could name one sterling Demo
crat as a candidate for mayor who
would suit the people of every politi
co suade Colonel Charles G. Green,
ex-editor of the I'ost.
A "prominet Georgia politician"
thinks Grant and Stephens could carry
every state.
Governor Talbot wits once c ...'i f
t ie hre nepartmcut at .Norm linieiK (
Ve have seen him standing on the top
ot au old-fashioned "tub" at practice
time, shouting, "Now, brake her down
lively ! Give it to her, boys !" Low el
V urier.
When Uncle Sammy Tilden rises in
the National Convention and nominates
"Adams and Bayard," how tbe boys
will shout.
The Springfield Hepubheiin -think
Mr. Waler, ol Worcester, w ould make
ibe besv speaker.
General Grant's coat-of-ai uis.a-abield
moLuoi.ed with three crows'suggests
a thiru itrin.
TRAPPING A FORGER,
IIOW EIVIGSTOW, ALIAS ULM
KR. VICTIMIZED Bl'SlSftSSMJKK.
Be Buys a Blank Check Book and
Draws on Forced Signatures
He Tries &1.S0O 51 ore.
Cashier Edwards of the Bank of the
State of New York succeeded yester
day iu trapping a daring young forger
in the office of that institution, at No.
35 William street. T!i3 arrest was the
sequel to a skillful bit ofdetective work
carried out by the .asaiatauca of the
paying teller. On Saturday morning
last a boy entered the bank and pur
chased a check bank book for 7.50.
No notice was taken of this circum
stance at the time. About uoot: of the
same day a young man stepped up to
the paying teller's window and pre
sented a check fer $900 on the account
of Barclay & Livingston, wine mer
chants No. 24 Beaver street. This firm
usually carries a large balance at the
banking house. The teller scanned the
stranger closely, aud saw that he was
possessed of a clerical appearance, a
light mustache, aud wore a stylish suit
of black. The check was made payable
to Samuel Ogden a stranger to the
bank's books but being seemingly in
dorsed "Barclay & Livingston," there
was no alternative but to pay over the
amount. But before passing the money
out the teller compared signatures.
That on the paper seemed undoubtedly
genuine, even to the pen flourish.
Twenty minutes after the stranger's
departure a messenger from Messrs.
Barclay & Livingston presented a
check for $50.
"Why, a young m in from your firm
has jus't taken jUOO out,"' said the tell
er. "Then it must be a forgery," replied
the messenger. "1 am the only one
authorized to do the linn's business
with the bank."
It was then ascertained by a refer
ence to the accounts that no money, or
check had been given to "Samuel Og
den." By advice of Cashier Edwards
the unpleasant discovery was kept a
secret, in anticipation of a further at
tempt to despoil the bank. In this sur
mise Mr. Edwards was correct, lor yes
terday morniftg the ministerial youth
again" put in an appearance. His check
this time was for ?d,S0O. According to
a signal previously arranged, the teller
called out to Mr. Edwards that "anoth
er check" was received. "Pay it," re
plied the last named officer, who there
upon strolled out ol his office aud up
to w here the stranger was counting sev
eral or.e-hundred-dollar notes.
W hen the money was iu his hands he.
was requested to step into a private
office. Detective Dunn was sent for,
and Mr. Edwards accused the young
man of forging Messrs. Barclay A: Liv
ingston's names to both checks. He
denied the charge, and iu an affable and
composed manner insisted upon a ju
dicial hearing. Detective Dunn search"
ed him under protest, but to his sur
prise found no traces of money about
his clothing. His boots were taken off,
his hat searched, and his pockets rifled,
but no money was fouud.
"I haven't any money, I assure you,"
said the young man.
"There's nothing here,"' exclaimed
the detective, despairingly.
"Try again, I am positive the money
is stil'i about him," urged the cashier.
A second attempt proved unsuccess
ful, until Detective Dunn happened to
pass his hand under Walker's vest. In
side hislosom linen was found a small
pocket which contained the money.
He was then taken to the Tombs
Court and remanded until this morn
iuir. The prisoner described himself as
Charles Walker, 25 years of age, living
in Bleecker street. He then said that
be had received the check from a stran
ger in the street to take to the bank for
him. , , ,. , .
The newspapers of Nov. 4 published
reports concerning two young men who
had called at Ephrairn T. Johnson's
gold pen store at No. 44 Nassau street,
ostensibly to examine some pens. The
voting men were William H. Oltman
and Charles H. Livingston. Oltman
looked at the pens while lv.ngsiou
stood near the sate. Mr. uan ei v.
Johnson, while w aiting upon ui man,
heard a noise at tne saie, aim looking
quickly around saw Livingston with
drawing his hand from the sale. A pa
per parcel containing sixieen paiom
lders was afterward
found in an empty waste basKet.
ITJ1X CJV.V''-' I , a
The
vnmis men were arresteu, aim
taken
before Justice Morgan. "bvuu
aid he was a clc-u- m the e y ot a
Director of the Western Lniou rele-
. rrw i
trrapn toinpaiiy. 1 u two prisoners
were held in ou Dan. i wo uaj s alter
that, Mr. Johnson, who knew Oilman
to bo well connected, called upon the
District Attorney, explained the facts,
and obtained his authority to withdraw
the charge. Mr. Johnson then wrote a
letter lo the newspapers, stating:
"Alter a earefnl and thorough inves
tigation Iu all the lacts ot the case, 1
have become fully satisfied that, so far
. I T f1 A. . ' I
as William xi. unuiau is coucerueu
there is not the slightest evidence to
warrant a donbt of his entire innocence
in the premises."
Livingston was fortunate, also, as
when his case was called in Special Ses
sions he was discharged for lack of evi
dence. Livingslou was recognized yes
terday as the young man who was ar
rested for forgery, and who gave
his
uauae as Charles W alker.
Tt is astounding to see how vast an
improvement has been wrought in the
qualiiy ol" the cotton produced in cer
tain parts of the South. Let us take
Arkansas, for example. There is
story to the effect that a well known
factor whose business lay almost en
tirely in Arkansas was standing in
che cotton room of a brother factor
w hose receipts came almost exclusive
ly from Mississippi. The Arkansas
factor was looking at a list of five hun-
ired bales, whose average class was
iully good middling. Somebody asked
him much of that graue he found in a
shipmeut of five hundred bales which
lie had. on the previous day received
from Arkansas river. After the by
stauders had made their guesses at
his reouest he finally told them that
out of the entire shipment he had man
aired, by diligent search, to find three
bales that might class middling; the
balance ranged trom low ordinary to
strict good ordinary dingy, dusty and
discolored. Now, it not unfrequently
happens that a shipment of Arkansas
cotton will average strict middling in
. lass. What has been done in that
Slate can, with skill and patience, be
accomplished throughout the South.
The result would be, in a pecuniary
sense, beneficial to all classes, and
would increase the high reputation
which American cotton enjoys.-
The Scientific Recognition of God.
Selections from Professor Tyndall s Re
cent Articles In the Fortnightly Eeview.
If asked to deduce from the physical
interaction of the brain molecules the
least of the phenomena of sensation or
hough, we must acknowledge our
helplessness.
The mechanical philosopher, as such,
will never place a state of conscious
ness and a group of molecules iu the
relation of mover and moved. In pass
ing from the one to the other we meet
a blank which the logic of deduction is
urable to fill.
Physical considerations do not lead
to the final explanation of all that we
fee! and know.
We meet a problem which transcends
any conceivable expansions of the
powers which we now possess.
We may think over the subject again
and again, but it eludes all intellectual
presentation.
THE PREHIDEWT ITf-JTEW YORK
Opening the Fair iu the TVew Armo
ry of the Seventh Regiment.
Nkw York, Nov. 17. President
Hayes, accompanied by his son, Webb
C. Hayes, and Secretary of State Evarts
arrived in New York Monday morn
ing from Washington by the 7 o'clock
train. The party was met at the depot
by the Lieutenant Colonel of the
Seventh Regiment, N. G. S. N. Y.,and
was escorted to the Fifth Avenue Ho
el, where apartments on the first floor
were assigned to them. During t lie
morning John J. Astor, General Kil
patrick. Collector Merritt. General Gra
ham, Albert Bierstadt and other prom
inent citizens called and paid their re
spects to the President.
He also received a delegation from
the American Institute. This afternoon
the President was escorted by the
Seventh Regiment to their new armory,
where he formally opened the fair. The
regiment hail promised a fair which in
point of brilliancy should out
shine anj' ever before attempted. It
has kept its promise. When it was
opened to-day there were goods iu the
building worth a million dollars, in
cluding everything under the sun. The
arrangements are not yet quite com
plete and the armory is not entirely in
order, but the great building with its
stock is certainly a marvel.
Why re Pews Empty T
Philudelphia North American.
An animated discussion is going on
just now in church circles upon the la
mentable falling off in church attend
ance. It i3 impossible any longer to
iimore the fact that congregations ate
growing small by degrees and beauti
fully less. This ominous and signifi
cant truth has been established by ac
tual count in our own city.
Perhaps what is most needed is sin
cerity of feeling and an earnestness of
expression. Most ministers preach as
though they were not quite sufo about
the truth of what they say, or else they
run along in the old ruts, and are con
tent to repeat theological formulas,
from which the potency hai long since
departed.
The pulpit needs to be brought more
into communication aud gym pithy
with the outsiie world. The preacher
must move along with the driving cur
rent of human thought, or else the tide
will sweep past and leave him strand
ed. He must speak to his congregation
as a man to his fellow men, and not
read them theological essays upon doc
trinal abstractions in which no one but
himself is interested. People are al
ways ready and anxious to hear preach
ing of the right kind. They will flock
to hear a Liddon, a needier, or even a
Talmage, because these men have life
in them and speak to the hearts of their
hearers, but for the dry as dust disqui
sitions they have no use at all.
Case of Childish Fr: git I.
A little girl recently died in San
Francisco whose death resultod from a
t-t range case of fright. About a year
ago the child was knocked down and
bitten by a large dog. A few days be
fore her death, while playing on the
sidewalk, she was confronted by the
same dog, and was so frightened by the
sight that she fell in violent convul
sions, and despite prompt medical
treatment, died trom their effects. An
other unusual case of fright, attended
with serious results, occurred recently
at Woodward's Gardens, in the same
city. A six-year-old boy was witness
ing a performance ar. tne gardens oi
Pinafore, and was so frightened at tne
sight of the manly marines throwing
the surly "Did ueaueye overuoaro,
that he was taken home sick, and is
just recovering from an attack of brain
lever which resuuea.
The Sickles Elopement Rumors.
The New York Tribune says George
G. Sickles, the father ol General Daniel
E. Sickles, indignantly denies the ru
mor of the elopement by his grand
daughter. Miss Laura Sickles, at Paris.
lie says every w.ord ot tne report is a
falsehood; that Miss Sickles has been
i . . i i
an nivalin lor over two years; sue nas
had trouble w ith her brain, and for
several months she has been sick and
under the oare of a physician. Edward
P. Field, Gen. Sickles's associate in
law, reiterates the former denial. Ihe
gentleinan who furnished the particu
lars ot the rumor on Sunday said that
he had heard the report from several
different sources. He also said that an
account of tue affair had appeared in
the Paris daily paper, Le Gaulois, and
but t had been the chief topic of oon-
ve it wn iq on tne European steamers
at the lime.
The New York Star states that Gen.
Charles K. Graham, surveyor of that
port, and an intimate friend of Gen.
Sickles, H&ya the reported elopement of
Miss Sk-Klf-B is correct.
The streets through which the Sev
enth Regiment marched from the old
armory, over lompkins Market, to
their new one, at Fourth avenue and
Sixty-seventh street, were crowded
w ith people, who frequently applauded
the regiment and the carriage contain
ing President Hayes, Secretary Evarto,
Mayor Cooper and Hon. George Wil
liam Curtis Ihe new armory was
filled with people, including- many of
the most distinguished citizens ot .New
York. TherI resident, upon his arri
val. was heartily cheered. Several
hundreds of ladies, in full dress, were
present. Th services were opened
w ith prayer by Rev. Dr. Weston, chap
lain, after which Mayor Cooper, w ho
presided on the occasion, delivered, as
representative of the city, a compli
mentary address to the regiment, at
tbecioseof wn.ch he introduced the
orator of the day, Hon. George William
Curtis.
Lotteries and the Malls.
Postmaster General Key has final lyde
eided that hehas power enough, under
the United States statutes, to prevent the
delivery of letters addressed to the
managers of lottery concernsTtrpou the
general ground that they are schemes
to defraud the public." All letters so
addressed will consequently be detain
ed by Postmasters and returned to their
initial addresses through the dead letter
olUce. This order applies more espec
ially to money order letters and those
which are registered, and the order is
made specific by the fact that the de
partment, in its order, designates cer
tain firms of lottery dealers as
amongst those employing fictitious
firm names in the pursuit of their en
prizes. Common sense tyju indicate the cer
tain tendency of a neglected cold to the
.unjs, prevent such a terminanen by
using Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup.
GOVERNMENT EXPENSES.
KMTIHATEA FOR RENXIMO THE
V A RIO I ft DEPARTMENTS.
Sir. Hayes Mhu( to ttao Meat Cou
Kress Fla-u res for the l'eo
' pie to Ponder On.
A book of estimates for the expenses
of the Govornuient for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1881, has been com
pleted, and will accompany the mes
sage of Mr. Hayes1 to Congress as an
papfpetiflex. The estl mates for the leg
islative branch are $2,954,020 68, against
an amount appropriated for the present
fiscal year ending June 30, 1880, of
$3,005,1S6.G8, The separate items are
for the Senate, House of Representa
tives, Public Printer, Court of Claims
and Botanic Garden. For the Execu
tive Department proper estimates for
1881, 97,4r4,0O0. against appropriation
for 1881 of $95, 464, 000, an excess of esti
m ttes over present year's appropriation
of $2,000,000. Ebtimates for the State
Department for 1881 are $165,800, against
appropriation for 1880 of $138,340, an ex
cess of $27,400. Estimates for the
Treasury Department are $8,574,405.91;
appropriated present year, $8,440,587.90;
increase of estimates for 1881 over 1880,
$133,818.01.
Additional clerks are asked in this
department. The Increase in the Treas
ury department proper over the pres
ent year is nut at I1U2.2U2. tor tbe
independent treasury the estimates
are $1,209,810; the amount appropriated
present year, $1,216,780, a decrease; esti
mates for Territorial government 1881,
$173,063.81 ; amount appropriated for
present year,$185,043-SH,a decrease; esti
mates for Internal revenue for 18X1,
$1,075,000; amount appropriated for
present year, $3,i.0,000: excess ot esti
mates, $325,000. Estimates for War de
partment proper are $1,150,460, againttt
amount appropriated for present year
of $1,158,670, an excess of estimates of
$7S9. For the Navy department the es
timates are $181,370; amount appropria
ted, $165,030, au excess of $16,340, For
the Interior department proper, $2,146,-
74, against amount appropriated Die
present year of $1,741,604. For public
lands, under Department of Interior,
$184-100, against appropriation for pres
ent year of $112,850, san sxcess of $71,-
250. The estimates for the Post Office
iepartmeut are $621,040. against an ap
propriation for 1880 of $570,640, an ex
cess of $51, 300. For the Department of
Agriculture the estimates are srjo.oou,
appropriation for present year ol 103,
ooo. an excess of estimates of $33,600.
The Department of Justice estimates
for $142,180, against a present appropri
ation of $129,980, an excess of estimates
of $12,200. The total estimatos for the
Executive departments are 53,500.1195 ii
against amount appropriated for pren-
ent year oi fii,ii",nw ms, n riri
of $753,828 01. The estimates for the -Judicial
department are $399,300,
against $399,400appropriated the present
vear, a decrease or jiw. i u sinuitiu
r tho total civil list are ifi..i,;sM w,
against $16,150,792 58, an excess of esti
mates ol vi. xne estimates mr
foreign intercourse are $1,180,13.
ngiinst an amount appropriated rcr
present year or ii,uy4,; an excess oi
$91,400. Estimates lor tne military es
tablishment for the fiscal year 1881 are
n 319 7u 78. airainst annronriation for
the present fiscal year of $26,978,847 33;
an excess of estimates over amount ap
propriated the present year of $2,340,-
947 45. Estimates for the naval estab
lishment are 8 14.508. 147 95, strainst ap
propriation of $13,919,708 95 for the pres
ent year; an excess of $589,370.
Estimates lor Indian allairs for ii,
$4,992,845.86 ;
appropriated for 1880, $4,
i excess of $279,067.28. Es-
713.178.o: an
timates for pensions, 1881, are sj,4"i,-
000, against $29,306,000 lor present year,
an excess of $3,038,000. For public:
works the estimates are $11, 568. 468.71,
against $10,450,617.94 for the present
year; an excess of $117,841.80. Esti
mates for postal service, iwi, ,ii,iou,
against appropriation for 1880 of $5,;72
376.10; an excess of $1,839,523.90. Es
timates for "Miscellaneous" for 1881,
$17,801,520.75, against $12,843,778.84 ap
propriated lor the present year; excess
of estimate, $4,957,741.91.
RKCAPITCI-ATION.
The excess of estimates over amounts
appropriated for the presont year is:
For the total civil list, $703,522.01.
Foreign intercourse, $91,400.00.
Pensions, $3,038,000.00.
Military establishment $2,340,947.45.
Naval establishment, $589,370.00.
Public works, $117,841.80.
Indian affairs, 279,io7.28.
Postal service, $1,839,523.90.
Miscellaneous, $4,957,741.91.
Total, $13,958;&26.S5.
JL
A Euclty Ario ot riremeu.
Three of the members oT Engine
Compauy No. 12, of New York City,
are rejoicing in a surplus of wealth ac
quired honestly, but very rapidly.
They sent the old woman, who acts as
the janitress of the Engine house with
a dollar to buy a half ticket in the Oc
tober drawing ol the Louisiana State
Lottery. She went to some purpose,
for they drew on their investment Five
Ihousaud Dollars iu gold, and they
feel refreshed. To know what the odds
are, address M. A. Dauphin, p. o. Box
692, New Orleans, La., or same person
at 319 Broad way, New York City, N. Y.f
before December 16th, when the extra
ordinary distribution under the sole
management of Generals O. T Beaure
gard and Jubal A. Early will take
place.
An Extra Crazy Tourist.
Cincinnati Enquirer, Purls Letter.
One of the sajllost nights in Paris at
present is au insane American who
tramps the boulevards incessantly and
in constantly to be met at the restau
rant, whore his eccentric behavior and
wild appearance throw the gnett into
consternation. He knows enough to
order w hat he wants like a. gentleman,
to pa the bill and. fee the waiter; but
his excited utterances, wild eyes aud
cadaverous physiognomy make him a
real skeleton at the feast. Tho burden
of bis fearfully painful talk, sad us
death at a welding march, U the
groaning and blood-curdling plaint:
"i know what murder m Three broth
era, two sisters, all assasinated in Amer
ica ' I was breakfasting this morn
ing when he came in. The proprietor,
knowing him and prefering hia room
to his company tried to eject him.
He was tor tight instantly, and hastily
? rod need a passport on which I saw
Tncle Sam's protecting eagle.
ew Biographical Dictionary.
Prominent among the valuable fea
tures of the New Edition of Webster's
Unabridged Dictionary, ust issued, is
the "New Biographical Dictionary,"
comprising about 10,. 00 names of an
cient and modern persons of renown,
including many now living. It gives
us the prouuuciatioh,of these names, the
nationality, profession or occupation,
date of bit th, aud if known, the date of
death of each person. From its oou
dsenessand accuracy it supplies a want
long felt in ibis direction, and adda very
i greatly to the value of thisatwaya values
tile work.