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' . . . r--r -, _ ABBEVILLE PRESS AND BANNER.! i BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1885. NO. 40. VOLUME XXIX | " *; "''"v^N Sonnet to a Pumpkin Pie. 0, luscious, toothsomo Pumpkin Pie, To th co ft humble kneo wo bond, And pray that Providence to us may lend A mouth and stomach t-qual to our eye, Which could devour intimtndes of thee, As there tliou licst in such matchless stato Upon the ancient browned and blackened plate, A work of art most rapturous to see. Thy dimpling surface, round as Luna's orb, Is flecked with changing shades of mottled brown Which could defy e'en Titian's glowing brush And make of Tintoretto's work a daub. Thou art of pie-" the king, with fitting crown Of pearly pastiy lined with softest plush. I ? boston Globe. DARK DAYS HUGH CONWAY, Author of " Called Back." CHAPTER YII?TIIE MELTING OF THE :>-\u >>. The first stage of our flight toward safety accomplished, I sat down to once more review the situation, and to take such council as I could give myself. I endeavored to foreshadow the consequences of the inevitable discovery of Sir Mervyn Ferrand's death. I tried calmly to ascertain in what quarter the danger of discovery was situated, and how best to guard against or turn aside the peril. Undoubtedly the chief person to fear! was Mrs. Wilson. She alone knew j that the man intended to reach Roding j that night. She alone knew what relation or supposed relation, he stood toPhilippa. The very night of his death would be lixeil by the snow storm; and I felt sure that as soon as the dead man was indentified Mrs. Wilson could not; lau to associate utrr guesi s suuucu departure and subsequent illness with the terrible event. The moment she revealed what she knew or suspected,: suspicion, must point to the right person, and pursuit must at once follow. My heart grew sick, as, think how I would, I could see no loop-hole by which to escape from this danger. About secondary things I troubled but little. Upon calm consideration I did not believe that 111/ stolid William would for a moment jump at the right conclusion. If he were led to suspect either of us it would be me, not Philippa; and I well knew that he was so much attached to me that, although he felt certain I had done the deed, he would feel oqually certain that I had good and proper reasons for doing it, and no word to my detriment would pas? hi3 reticent lips. No, there was little to fear from William. I had blamed myself deeply for the Impulse which had urged me to hurl the fatal weapon away. Why did 1 r\r\t 1rafln if on/1 l%nrtr if -fafVinma rloan 9 uuv ?? ""'.7 ?w ?vv,, . If that pistol were found, it would possibly furnish a clue which might be followed up, and undo every thing my only hope was that I had thrown it to some spot where it might lit undiscovered, until all association between it and the murder had disappeared. To sum briefly, 1 was bound to decide that the damning circumstancia) evidence which could be furnished bj Mrs. Wilson drove me back to my original idea. There was no chance oi my poor Philippa's remaining unacused or unsuspected of the deed she had tinwittiDgly done; so her only hope ot safety?indeed, considering all, I may also say my only hope of safety?was rapid flight. We must gain some land in which we could dwell without fear of being arrested. What land was there ? Many a one. The date of my story is before 1873, when nearly all the extradition treaties were made. At that time such treaties existed with only two foreign countries?France and th? United States; so that our choice of n resting place was not so limited a9 those who are flying from the clutches of the law find it to-day. However in order to make certain, I paid a visit tc a legal friend of mine; and by quoting a supposmtious viise, uuiuugcu iu uu-| quire a good deal ot' information r& specting the dealings of one nation with another, so far as fugitives wer? concerned. I found that although, with the twc exceptions above-named, there was nc settled international law on the subject, there was a kind of unwritteD aubstitute, which was known by the name of the Comity of nations. Under this code of courtesy, a notorious criminal, who had sought refuge in th< arms of another country, was not un commonly, although there was no la\i under which he could be arrested given up to his pursuers, by being simply driven across the frontier oJ the country in which he had hoped to find security. However, I gathered that this so-called comity was scarcely i expected to be exercised by the mosl friendly state, unless the fugitive had I fled almost red-handed, and so placed 1 his guilt beyond doubt. No one exact lv Irnpw how fur this oblicrimr exDul ; "J ? o tk sion might he counted upon. It was generally supposed to be decided bj the amount of influence or persuatioD which one government exercised on the other. This information rather upset mj preconceived ideas as to the ease with which safety might be obtained; but reflection told me I had little to fear Tbe case against Philippa could be nothing more than one of suspicion. No one, not even I, myself, had seen the deed done. A warrent would, nc doubt, be issued for her arrest; but ii our flight precluded its execution, I did not believjfcjhat any government would put itself out of the way to aid the English law. There was no one, save j myself, who could postively sweat i that Sir Mervyn Ferrand had been I killed by Philippa. I learned that Spain was then, even as | it is now, the land safest against En-! glish law. Perhaps the reason is that: the grave, yet at times hot-blooded, ! Spaniard reckons human life at a lower value than more northerly nations. Any way. It was to Spain that I turned my eyes; Spain that I resolved to reach without an hour's un enforced delay. The very next day I broached the . subject of foreign travel to my mother. Although so short a time had passed since they first met, I was overjoyed to seethe terms upon which she and Philippa stood. The girl seemed to cling to her as to a natural protector?seemed ready to install her in the place of her mother she had lost. After all, the love of her own sex is indispensible to j a woman's happiness. It did my heart j good to see the two together. Philip- ; pa talked to my mother as she had j never yet talked to me; and 1 knew that when the day came upon which I should ask for the only reward I wanted. my mother's kindness to the forsaken and shame-stricken girl would be an advocate that pleaded strongly In favor of my suit. But, could it ever be? Could we j know happiness in the face of that j Hart niorht.'u wnrlr 9 Ah mp' mv heart ; sank as I thought that any day might ! briccr the cruskioxr Linur. Lot t.iior? iia . no delay. Let me not blame myself hereafter for any negligence of false security. Let us away from the peril. "Mother." I saidx 'will you come abroad with Philippa and me?" "Abroad, Basil! I have only just I come home." "No matter; come with us at once. Let us go to some place where there is warmth and sunshine. Let us go to Spain." "Spain! why Spain? Besides, surely Philippa is not fit for a long journey!" "It will do her good. Her recollections of this country are but sad ones." "Well, in a week or two I will see bout it" f "No, at once. Let us start to-mor i row or the next day. Mother, I ask : it as a favor," "Give me some good reason, 13asil' ! and I will do as you wish." "Look at me and you will see the ; reason. Can not you see that [ am 1 ill, worn out, nervous? I must have a change at once." j She gazed at me with solicitude. "Yes, I know you are not well; but why Spain?" "A whim?a sick man's fancy. Perhaps because it is Philippa's father's country put it into my head. Mother, tell me. how do you like her ?" "She is the woman you love; She is very beautiful; she has been cruelly treated; she is blameless; to say more after so short an acquaintance would ue exaggeration. "You will come to Spain with me? with her?" ' She kissed me and gave in to my whim. Then I sought Philippa. "My mother is going to take us abroad," I said with a smile, which was forced, as all my smiles now were, "She will see to everything for you." "She is kind?she is sweet," said Philippa, clasping her hands. "Basil, I am beginning to worship. But why are we going abroad?" "To get away from sad thoughts, for one thing; for another because I feel ill." She gave me a quick look of apprehension which brought the flush to my cheek. "Oh Let us go at once!" she cried. "Let us leave this land of ice and I will nurse you and make you well. Where are we going? When are we going."To Spain?to-morrow or the next day." She looked at me with the troubled gaze which I had so often noticed. "Basil," she said, "you are doing this for my sake." "And my own, I fear." "1 threw away your love?I spoiled your life. You saved me! Y'oudidnot scorn me. You brought me to your mother's arms. Basil, may God re? quite you: I never can." She burst into tears, and left the room hastilyTf ii'no Mfftll T fV?n r\f XI/ U <W VT CIA L OUbtltU taw ItUtVVVI Vk the foreign journey then. That afternoon the wind changed and a thaw set in?a thaw that slowly but surely drew away the thick white veil which covered the whole of England. That night I had little sleep. I could do nothing but lie awake and picture that white tomb slowly melting away, until the white face beneath peered out of it and made the dread secret known to all. Who would be the first to discover it? Doubtless some country man or woman passing that way in the gray of the morning. I drew pictures of the discoverer's horror?the shriek of terror he or she would give. I scarcely dared to close my eyes; for I knew that if I dreamed my dreams would take me to stand over the snow-drift, and force me to watch it melting away! It seemed to me that until i'hllippa was out or the range of pursui, 1 should not sleep again. Faster and faster, now it had once begun, the thaw went on. "Warm wind, heavy rain the next day, helped it. That tremendous fall of snow ViQfl inrfnn/1 lippn flip 1 f'fTnrt". of thp winter. I dreaded what 1 might see in the morning papers. For it was the third day from that on which I spoke about going abroad; yet we were still in London. "When it realy came to making preparations for the projected trip, there were a thousand and one things to be done. There was the needful passport to be obtained; my mother had many purcha es to make for both Philippa and herself. She was now fully contented with a prospect of a long sojourn on the continent; but she liked travelling in comfort, and objected very much to being hurried. So it was that, in spite of the pressing need for immediate flight, we were still in London. The dangerous delay made me nervous, excitable and ill-tempered. This state of mind was not without benefit to our cause, as my manner as well as my looks fully convinced my mother that my own health was the sole object of the journey. So like a good creature, she set to work in thorough earnest to get everything ready for our departure. To morrow morning we were to start. I prayed heaven that it might 1 <?fn? fKnf thu novf fwunti*. nut UO IUU KUU, 111UV WAV ii^.w miv/iivjfour hours might pass without what I dreaded taking place. For I knew that by now that ghastly object on the roadside must be lying with the light of day on its pale face! With an effort I opened the morning's paper, and ran hastily up and down the colnmns. What cared I for politics, foreign news, or money-market intelligence? Here was the one paragraph which riveted all my attention. The white tomb had given up its secret! liead! To me those words were written in letters of fire' "Horrible Discovery near Roding.?The melting of the snow has brought to light what to all appearances is a fearful crime. Yesterday afternoon a laborer walking on the highwsiv rlicrnvprpil t.ha lmriv of a cpntlp man lying by the roadside. Ilis death had been caused by a pistol-shot. It is supposed that it must haveoccuned on the night of the gr?at snow-storm and that the body has lain ever since under the snow, which had drifted to the depth of some feet. The facts that death must have been instantaneous, and that no weapon can be found near the spot, does away with.thf1 theory of suicide. Letters and papers found upon the corpse tend to show it to be that of Sir Mervyn F'errand, Bart. The unfortunate gentleman's friends haye been communicated with, and the inquest will be opened to-morrow." For some minutes I sat like one stunned. Inevitable as it was that the discovery should be made, the shock seemed scarcely lightened by the foreknowledge: the danger seemed no lass terrible. Oh, that we had started J nn l/N f f nrf jwieivluj wcic cvcii ouuu . What might not happen before tomorrow morning! My first impulse was to go to my mother and beg her to hasten our departure: but reflection showed me how unwise this course would be. I should alarm her?alarm Philippa! I could give no reason. My one longing was to keep the news from my poor love. Let her read that paragraph, and who could answer for the consequences? Looking as a medical man at her ease. I knew that there was something about that nurht which troubled her; some dream, or semblance of dream, to which, fortunately, she could as yet give no coherence. Let her learn that Sir Mervyn Ferrand had ever since that night been lying dead where she met him, the fearful truth must come to her. Xo, not a word to excite her suspicion. My task was a twofold one. I had to save hpr not only from what I suppose I must call justice, but also from herself. It seemed to me that the latter was the hardest part of my work; but I would do it?I swore I would do it. I would keep watch and war d, to see that nothing reached her?that she heard nothing which could awaken memories of those mercifully absent hours. I tore the paper to peicesand burned it. 1 think of all my dark days that one was the one I would be the least willing to pais again. I trembled at every footstep on thestairs. Any man who paused for a moment outside our windows sent a chill over me. And in the midst of my misery I had to wear a cheerful face, and talk to Philippa and my mother about the pleasures of our projected journey! Ah! if we only reached the end of it in safety, the pleasure would not be altogether imaginary. Once again I say, lr you cannot feel with me, throw my tale aside. Heaven I knows it Js a sombre one! I was 1 breaking the law ; concealing what ! the law calls a crime; doing all I could to save the criminal. But the criminal was l'hilippa, and I loved her! I myself would have stood face to face with Sir Mervyn Ferrand, and have I freely given my own life if I could i have assured his dying like the dog he i was. Why then should 1 blame Philippa, who had done it in her temporary madness what I would have done in cold blood? Yet why trouble to extenuate? 1 loved her! Those words sum up everything. The morning dawned. Xo fatal messenger had arrived. 1 glanced hastily at the papers, which, however, contained no more information about the tragedy. Shortly after ten o'clock we started to drive to Charing Cross, i The rattle of wheels over the stones i seemed to send freso life through my I veins. We were off on the road to i safety. ! "Westarted in plenty of time, as I j wished to call at my bankeis on the way. It was my intention to take I with me a large sum in gold. Notes of ! any kind could he traced, but the bright sovereigns would tell no tale. I changed my check, and while doing so asked if there were any letters for me. Several persons addressed letters to mo at my bankers. The spruce cashier sent to inquire, and, with my bag of gold, passed under the brasswi re railing a letter with a woman's ] handwriting on the envelope. I thrust I it into my pocket, to read at my leisure. AVe travelled bv the tidal train lor Paris ria Folkestone and Boulogne. It was not the pleasantest weather in Ihn world for .'i innrnpv lint T I wrapped my charges up warmly, and | did all 1 could to mitigate the hardi ships of the voyage, undertaken ostenj sibly for the sake of my health. My j mot her, who was by now an experienced and seasoned traveller, settled herself clown to the journey, although she little guessed how short the rest 1 meant to give her until we reached our destination. She laughingly protested against the cruelly of dragging an old woman like herself away from Kngard just as she had returned to it; but hero was that in her voice and manner which told iue she would for im sake make a far greater sacrifice o* comfort than this. I thought that Philippa's spirits like mine, rose as we left London behind us. She smiled at our sallies and feeble attempts at making merry, which: that now we were fairly on our road to safety, were not quite so forced as they had been during thelast few days. She listened with interest to the pictures I drew?immaginary ones, of course?of the beauties of the south: and I was glad to believe that the thought ot visiting wnai mignc in- i most be called her native land wasbeginning to awaken lior interest Only let me be able to show hei that life could still promise a pleasant future, and the moody memories oJ the past months might be banished forever. I am sure that no one who could have seen us that morning would have ireamed that out of that party of three consisting of a comfortable, pleasant, looking English matron, a strangely beautiful girl, and myself, two were ! living from the hands of justice. Our i ippearanco was certainly such as to , Jisarm all suspicion. "But where are we going?" asked my mother. "I object to go wandering aboui without snowing where our pilgrimage is to end." j "We are going to Paris first, then to Spain?to wherever we can find warmth and sunshine which is n^ces 1sary to my existence. If wen can't i 3nd tliem in Spain, we will crois over '.o Africa, and, if needful, go down to . '.he equator." I "Then you young people will have I '.o go alone. I draw the line of my I good nature at Europe." I glanced at Philippa. Her long curved lashes hid her eyes; but a tell* tale blush was on her cheek. I knew that the day was not so very distant when she would answer my appeal as 1 wished. I knew that, could I but sweep away the record of that one night, all might yet be well with her. Dh that she may never recall what I alone know! As we were nearing Folkestone 1 [ remembered the letter which had been given me at the bank. I drew it from I : my breast, intending to read it; but the | j sight of the Roding post mark on the ! outside made me change my intention, j I remembered Mrs. Wilson's halfpromise to send me some communication. I longed and yet I dreaded to i . . 1 t *..14. l.a | oreaK xne seai. j. icn it better for me to read that letter alone. Whatever might be the tenor of its contents, I was sure it had some bearing on 1'hilippa's relations with Sir Mervyn Ferrand. "We weie soon on board the steamer and under weigh .Although the Arctic rigors of the last three weeks had departed, the air on the sea was too keen to maft the channel passage an enjoyable one. I persuaded my mother and Philippa to take refuge in the saloon; and then I found a quiet spot where I was able to read my letter \ without fear or interruption, or of j betraying myself by the emotion its contents might cause. It was well I i did so, for tne first words blarched my j I cheek. The letter began abruptly, so: 'I know or guess all. I know why Sir Mervyn Ferrantl did not reach my I house that night. I know why she left my home before you came to seek | j her. I know how ho met with the ; death he deserved. iitl.l cl.nlo liMvuplImn r Jim. .Shf> has done what years ago I swore 1 i would do; and yet I had not (he couri ajje. I was base enough to forego re1 venge f??r the sake <?t? the beggarly j maintenance he offered me?for the j sake, perhaps, of my children. "Fearnothing for your sister, if she be your sister. Tell her my lips are j scaled to the death; and for the sake of her brave act tell her this. ! "Sir Mervyn Ferrand's first wife died j on the JSt/i of June, ISli?, three i months before Uio tiny on which he | married your sister. She died at LiverYn s;ilv?r ?t rppfr. Xho was j hurried in the cemetery under the | n;une of Lucy Fcrrand. She has friends alive. It will he easy to prove j that she was the woman whom he ! married. Her maiden name was King. J lie hated her. They paited. lie gave her a sum of money on condition that she never called herself his wife. He lost sight of her. I never did I told him of her death; but I changed the date. I would not tell ; him where she died. Part of his obI ject in coming to Koding that night ! was, to endeavor to wring the infor! mation from me. He would never have it. "Now that he is dead, you can tell your brave sister that she may if she ! likes, take the name, title, and what ! wealth she can claim. Fear nothing from me; I will be silent as death." fro BE CONTINUED.] 11? PROMINENT PEOPLE. * XI I Henry M. Stanley is about to publish a ;wo-volume work on his African labors. Ex-Senator Thurman, it is said, proposes writing a book of political reminis - cnces. J Secretary Manning is the only member I of President Cleveland's cabinet who is not a | lawyer. j General George B. McClellan is to deliver an address ut Antietam on Docoraj tion day. |. Queen Elizabeth of Itouinania has been granted a meial by the Toulouse academy for j literary merit. Mr. Blaine is contemplating a foreign tour of a year or two as soon as the second j volume qi bis political history it finistei . ! NEWS SUMMARY ! Fnniern nnil Middle States The strike of miners in Pennsylvania embraces lo2 mines, employing ovor 10,OIK) i colliers. It is considered tho greatest strike j the miners have ever had. Frank Tousey, a well-known New York j printer mid publisher of chrap books and 1 story papers, lias gone into bankruptcy,ow ing about $1(50,000. The body of Newberry Hills, formerly a prominent 'merchant of Chicago, and well known as a writer, was incinerated at tho I crematorium in Lancaster, 1'enn. General Grant felt so much bettor the j other day that he went riding. I .... ./ 4U? IVISAtll-r-^ ?? . ]J11>|J1JULU1 ?'*. l*lc Buffalo (N. Y.) Courier, and a Democrat of prominence in State politics, died a few days 1 ago. President Cleveland sent a telegram of sympathy to Mri McCune. The Connecticut liouse has passed n bill allowing women to vote at school elections. Attorney-General George Gray has been chosen by the Delawuro legislature as United States'Senator to succeed Mr. Bayard. Mr. George Gray is forty-four years old and is serving his second term as attorney general of Delaware. He was bom at New Castle, Del., and wa? graduated at Princeton in 18551. He is an intimate friend of j Senator Bayard, whom he nominated for tho presidency in the convention of 18S4. JosErH Cohen, ono of the rccent contestants in the six-dav roller-skating race in New York, died from tho effects of tho exertions made in tho match. Charles Briggs, who ended a spree in July, is&'i, by killing his wife, expiated his crime tho other day on tho gallows at Philadelphia. Ex-Governor Cornell and other prominent Republicans have been debarred by the New York Republican county committee from voting at the party's primary elections because they refused to say whether they voted th~ Republican national ticket at tho last electit 1. A v ftrnlrtciAii r\f rrflcnlmo in tlin rollfir ftf a Pittsburg (Penn.) saloon resulted in fatal burns to James McCullough, tho proprietor, serious injuries to nine other persons and tho destruction of property valued at *l(i,OU0. Gordon W. Blbnham, a well known New York millionaire and business man, died in that city a few days since, aged eighty-two years. Mr. Bnrnham was a widower, but at the time of his death was engaged to tie-married to Miss Kate Sanborn, a grand niece of Daniel Webster und an authoress and lecturer of considerable prominence. Miss Sanborn nursed Mr. Bumhain in his last illness. South and Weit, John West (colored) was hanged in Montgomery. Ala, for murdering Claiborne Wilson, a rival in love. Pope & Cole, Baltimore dealers in metalshave failed for $000,000. The Southern Agricultural works, one of tlie largest enterprises. in Atlanta, (ia., has failed, with liabilities reaching #210,000. Woman Suffrage in Dakota lias been defeated by the governor's veto of tho bill giving women the right to vote. A crowd of 1C0 armed men forcibly entered the jail at Independence, Mo., took out Frank Bonham, a young farmer charged with the murder of nis mother, brother and sister and hanged him to a railroad trestle. The great strike of employes of the Missouri Pacific railroad has ended in a victory for the strikers. A St. Louis dispatch says that at a conierfllui: IIL-IU ill tuu?vu; mu IEII.1.1 j.. V, posed by the strikers were practically accepted. A body of miners surrounded a hotel in Highland, 2*. C., wherein a number of revenue officers had taken refuge with two men captured for illicit distilling. The miners demanded the return of their companions, and fired off shotguns. The fire was returned from the windows of the hotel, resulting in the instant death of one miner and the fatal wounding of two others. Tho miners then turned and fled. "Leo.m," a tight-rope walker, while giving a performanc e in the open air at Stockton, Cal., fell and broke his neck. John Perky, a farmer of Princeton, AV. Ya., was murdered and robbed by Arthur Jackson, a colored boy of eighteen." Jackson was taken from jail by citizens and hanged to a tree. The losses to miners and their employers through the recent strike in the Hocking Valley, Ohio, is estimated at about $2,000,000. During discussion of a bill in the Texas Senato members became excited, pistols and knives were drawn, and but for tho timely entrance of tho lieutenant governor bloodshed would doubtless have ensued. More than 1W) persons, including several women, a minister, two doctors unci a lawyer, wore indicted at St. Mary's, W. Ya., for playing dominoes in public. The Civil Service Reform association of Maryland, at a meeting in Baltimore,adopted resolutions protecting against the recent appointment of Eugene Higgins us appointment clerk in the treasury department, and re 4UeaillJ? U13 tcitiu?ai. Reports from ! Lexington mid Waverly, Mo., state that an immense amount of damage has been done to property up and down tho river in tho vicinity of the latter placa by the overflow caused by an ice gorge in the river. A family of six near Waverly perished, and it was stated that many other persons had also lost their lives. Alftho cattle of tho country bordering on the river have been drowned. On the first ballot by the Arkansas senate for a United States Senator to succeed Attorney-General Garland, twelve candidates received votes, and there was every pro?pout of. a protracted struggio for the coveted honor. Washington* President Cleveland has issued his firs* proclamation. It is directed against the il" legal occupation of tho Oklahoma lands in uie Indian lerrirory. ana ioroms lueir invnBion without authority under penalty of tho law. Secretary Manning has dismissed forty oflicinJs of the special agents1 division of the treasury department on the score of economy. The Senate in executive session confirmed the nomination of Charles S. Fairchild, of New York, to bo assistant secretary of tho treasury. Further nominations by tho President: Colonel Nelson H. Davis, to bo inspectorgeneral with tho rank of brigadier-general; Lieutenant-Colonel Absalom Baird, to bo inspector-general with tho rank of colonel; Major Robert P. Hughes, to bo inspectorgeneral with tho rank of lieutenant-colonel. Miss Cleveland's second reception at tho White Hous3 was attended by about 2,310 people. Among the visitors were Mrs. and Miss Blaine an?l Mrs. Logan. Miss Cleveland was assisted in receiving bv her sister, Mrs. Hoyt, Mrs. Maiming, Mrs. Endicotu and Miss Bayard. Secretary Lamar has ordered that all the horses and carriages belonging to tho interior departme.it, except those used for trucking pur|x>ses, be sold and tho proceeds turned into tho treasury. The result of this order will be the return to their regular duties of seven employees who have been used as drivers. A similar order has been made by Attorney-General Garland. I Secretary ok the Navy Whitnev ha; | ordered a number of American war vessels, belonging to tho North Atlantic squadron, to proceed to Central American wat -rs, for the purpose of watching General Barrios, presiw mwln-it'nrincr to I make himself ruler of the wiiolo of Central j America. I Secbf.tary Lamar lias ordered that notice be published that the Texas Pacific railroad lands have been restored to the government. and are for suit: at ?2.."0 an acre as provided by the homestead, preemption and other land laws. Senator Evarts and two other gentle men forming a committer called h,>oti oxPresident Arthur and, as the representatives of 2'?0 prominent New York city business men of both political parties, invited hitn to a banquet to be given in his honor at Delnmnim's in \?w York. Mr. Arthur ac cepted tho invitation. The President nominated Mr. Joseph sMiller, of West Virginia, to Ira coininis-iioiicr of internal revenue, in place of Mr. Walter S. Evans, of Kentucky. Representative Thompson, of Kentucky." had Ix-cn strongly pushed for the phve by Speaker Carlisle and tho two Senators from Kentucky, while Mr. Miller's claims had been urged by Congressman Randall. General IIazkn testified before the court j martial trying him that his letters to the I secretary of war were written to clear liimI self of the imputation of being responsible j (or the fate of tho Ureely expedition. The nomination of General John C. Black, of Illinois, to bo commissioner of pensions, has j been confirmed by the Senate. Further confirmations by the Senate: Ed* j ward I). Clarke,of Mississippi, to be assistant recretarv of the interior: Colonel Nelson II. Davis, inspector-general, with rank of a brigadier-general ; Lieutenant-Colonel Absalom Baird to be inspector-general, with I rank of colonel: Sidney D. Jacknian, of I Texas, to be United States marshal for the western district of Texas. I The St. Patrick's day procession in Wash| ington was reviewed from the jiortico of the | White House by Presiden.; Cleveland. Secretary Manmnu, in obedience to an | act of Congress.has issued a warrant for j *:J,!).-)0.7.'S to reimburse ex-1 resident Hayes for I payments made for tho expenses of the commission sent to J.oaisianain April, 1S77. War| rants have also been issued in tho name of : ctuirU'eH. lien 1 for S i.O'.M). and of Ueorne Scovillo for fcJ.CKH) for services rendered as j counsel for Charles J. fJuitoau. I)r. John M. Gbkooiiy, of the civil service ! commission, left Washington the other inorn, ing to hold examinations in the West. The President sent the following nomina| tbns in one batch to the Senate on the 18th: . Ex-Congressman Milton J. Durham, of i Kentucky, to bo first comptroller of the j treasury; William Garrard, of Nevada, to j be superintendant of the mint of the United State* at Carson City, Nevada; Joseph R. ; Ryan, of Nevada, to bo coiner of the mint at Carson Ciiy, Nevada; MalcomHay, of Pennsylvania, to be first assistant postmastcr-genoral; Martin V. Montgomery, of Michigan, to be commissioner of patents; David S. Baker, jr., of Rhode Island, to be attorney of the United States for the district of Rhode j number of other jwrsoiis were injured. Dispatches received from the various ob| servatories indicate that successful observa' tions of the partial eclipse of the sun wore . made. ; The revolt in Cochin China is spreading. I Annamites have attacked and captured the j town of Ocnom, and massacred the European ! residents, burning alivo the native prefect i and his wife. The northern provinces are I held by insurgents, who massacre native adI herents of the French. Two thousand more troops are about to | start frcm Franco for Tonquin to reinforce General Delisle's army. Russia, it is stated, will not advance any further toward the Afghan border except for some extraordinary reason. By an explosion of firo damp in a coal mine at Camphausan, Prussia, 217 miners ! were imprisoned. The explosion occurred at | an early hour, and hite in the afternoon sev- , enteen men had been rescued and ninety! eight bodies recovered. This left 102 men i and boys unaccounted for, and it was conI sidered certain tlmt they had all perished, as i the main shaft and air apparatus wero do i stroyeu uj tin* uapiumwu, An army of 15,00) Mexican troops has boon j ordered to the Guatemalan frontier,to watch I President Barrios and balk liiin in his 1 scheme of annexing the other states of Cenj tral America. _____ LATER NEWS | The Rhode Island Democratic and th-j Ro- j ! publican State conventions were held on tho same day in Providence, the former nomi- j j nating a full ticket headed byZiba O. Slocum : for governor, and the latter putting a ticket j in the field with George P. Wetmore for gov- | | ernor at the head. Colonel F. E. Whitfield, a prominent . Mississippi lawyer, fell dead the other day on j i tho deck of a steamer in Florida while sing- | iag to his wife and a party of friends. An* epidemic of cholera has carried off i hogs by hundreds in several Virginia counties. Widespread public intorest and excite- ! ment has been created by the discovery of the \ j body of Miss Fannie Lillian Madison, a beau- i | tiful and accomplished young lady, in tho j reservoir at Richmond, Ya. Marks of vio. 1 lence on tho corpse led to the belief that she bad been foully dealt with and then thrown into the water. Miss i Madison had been employed as a governess I at Millboro, Va., and had gsne on a mys| terious visit to Richmond, stopping at a uoieJ, wueresne was vjmicu uy a )uuu6; Oflicers from Richmond went to King nnd j Quei-ns county an:l arrested T. J. Cluverius, a 3*oung lawyer to whom suspicion lad pointed. Mr. Cluverius denied all knowledge of the young lady's movements prior to her death. Treasurer Davis, of the Miners' Union , in the Hocking valley, telegraphs that th9 j long strike of nine months is at an end. The j I miners havo concluded 'hat further resistance i is useless, and have succumbed to the ojx;ra* ; ! tors. At a cabinet meeting the revolutionary trouble in Central America was considered. American vessels having been seized by I Central American insurgents, the United | [States ship of war Alliance has been ordered to the scene of disturbance with instructions ! to the commander to use force in recovering i the property 01 American citizens, i Fifty-one persons were rescued alivo from ' | the coal mine at Campkauson, Prussia, I j where 217 miners were at work when the exj plosion of fire damp occurred. The dead numbered 100. A leading Paris paper says that President Cleveland has requested Mr. Morton to romniu at Paris as United States ministei. The Duke of Richmond, the largest owner i of rented property in London, has reduced all' his rents ten jier cent. A syndicate of Hamburg merchants has | acquired a vast territory on the east and I north of Lagos, a British colony of "West | Africa. ' The Senate Kpcrial SeKBlon?'Twelfth Day. Mrf Saulisbury presented the credentials of I ' Cieorgo Gray, elected to fill the vacancy I . 1 >? ,u. _ L!? ?/ \r.. ! i ruusuu uy iuu resi^iiutiuu ui ?ui. mu. ! Mr. Grny was escortod to tho President's \ 'lesk and the oatli was administered to him j .... Mr. Dolph offered a resolution nuthoriz- i | ing tho committee on coast defences to sit j ' iluring the recess at such p'a?e in tho United j | States as they might see proper to select. Put ! on tho calendar Mr. Van Wyck called ' j lip his resolution relating to the sale of j j lands granted to the State of Florida to I aid in building railroads. It was referred to the committee 011 public lands....Mr. I11Uftll's resolution calling for information re- | | lating to the alleged illegal occupancy of j Oklahoma lands was laid before tho Senate. I Mr. Ingalis said that since tin resolution was I j offered it had bom practically answered by 1 tho President's message. Ho moved that it J he laid on tho table. Agreed to Mr. Manderson oltcreil a resolution providing that a committee* of five Senators be appomto i J to proceed to Ala<ka to make certain in vesti' Rations. Mr. Harrison moved that the rtisoj lution be referred to the committee on Territories. After discussion the resolutions went ! over. ...Mr. EphraimK. Wilson. Senator-elect i from Maryland, upon petition of Mr. Gor! man, was sworn in. I MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. Patti likes San Francisco. The people there pay ?0 to hear her sing. j The National theatre, of Washington, re! cently burned down, is to be rebuilt. i T lino lh l. I r?or*r*ln who tlllHr living l?y appearing in public on tho stage. J Baiitlky Oampbem,, the dramatic author, is bent on opening a new theatre in New V ork. Hkhr Vo.v Astex is tho latest German I tragedian who threatens to do America in j 0. New theatres aro in contemplation in New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Nashville and Baltimore. "Theodora" cost tho Paris manager ?17.V OOObeforo tho curtain roso on Bernlmrdt's latest success. , A house that walks the tight-rope blind" j folded, or with open eyes, is tho wondor of j London just now. I "The King of Gyges'' is the title of tho I new opera now in process of construction by Cainillo Saint-Saens. The name of Gilbert and Sullivan's new /\nnrn -inef. r?r lnrr?/l in T*011flnn. is ' The Mikado:"or the Town of Titipi. William Horace Linoard and Alico ! Dunning Lingard nre the very latest stars I booked for this country for tho next season. During tho season at tho Metropolitan Opera house, Now York, ns many ns <?T>8 people have been simultaneously under pay there. Edwin Booth will go from tho Boston (Mass.) museum to Philadelphia closing his season in the latter city. He will rest until next season. Island; Benjamin H. Hill. jr., of Georgia,to bo j attorney for tho United States for ths northern district of Georgia. The 18th was President Cleveland's forty" | eighth birthday, and ho received many congratulations from visitors. Among the j callers were W. H. Vnnderbilfc, of New York. I Generals Hancock and Howard, and Senators Cameron, of Pennsylvania, McPhorson, 1 Harrison and Voorhoes. The Senate continue 1 tho nomination of ! Joseph S. Miller to be commissioner of internal revenue vico Evans removed Dr. Francis Wharton-, LL. D., of Pennsylvania, has boon appointed examiner of 1 claims in the state department, to succeed Judge Henry O'Connor. Foreign. j In the British house of commons Premier i Gladstone announced that an agreemont had j been arrived at between Russia and England, | by the terms of which neither the Russian nor I Afghan forces would advance any further oil | eitiier side of the frontier. Dueling still prevails to a great extent in Germany. In a duel tho other day between | two ollicers one was killed after twenty-seven j 6hots had been fired. | An immenfo sensation has been aroused in j Paris and in Irish circles everywhere by tho ! French government's arrest and expulsion ! from the country of James Stephens and four j other prominent Fenian*. President Barrios, of Guatemala, has I issued a decree proclaiming himself chief of ] tho republic of Guatemala and the Central American union as a single republic, assuming tho title of "Supreme Military Chief of Central America," taking as such absolute command, and declaring that any one pronouncing himself opposed to the union or embarrassing his movements will be treated as a traitor to the great cause of nationality. General Aguero, the Cuban revolutionist most feared by the Spanish authorities, has mot his death in Cuba through treachery. He was betrayed by two negroes, who vioI lently assailed him, and with a machete split I his head open. Jose Morejon, Aguero's sec retary, was also killed in the struggle. At a meeting of the Gordon Memorial committee in London, the Prince of Wales presiding, it was decided that the memorial to the defender of Khartouin should bo a | great hospital and sanitarium, to be erected j at Port Said, Egypt, and to bo open to the people of all nations. A fire has destroyed tho town hall, six ! mills and several other buildings in Hull, , England. One policeman was killed and a i ATTACKED BY ARABS. ! General Graham's Troops Advancing From Suakim. |Un Arab3 Get Within Ten Yards of the British Line, The whole British force started from Sua. | kim at 7 o'clock, a. m., with a day's rations and a hundred rounds of ammunition to each ! man, in the direction of Hasheen. Befor? ! the order was given to march, General Gra I ham inspected all the troops except tho Shropshire, Berkshire and Surrey regiments. Five hundred of tho enemy were seen on tho hills near Hasheen. The cavalry, the mounted infantry and the Indian infantry were sent to reconnoitre, while the guard8 acted as a reserve. The enemy retreated beicre the British advance. j The mounted infantry and scouts, supportj ed by the main body of all tho troops march| ing COO yards behind, advanced to the base of the range of low hills near Hasheen. The Indian contingent and tho cavalry in this movement scouted and skirmished on both sides of the line of march along the entire front. Th9 scouts reached tho summit of the i hills, and discovered that the Arabs had i massed in the valleys. The Arabs at once rej tired into positions of shelter, only fifty remaining in sight. They jemained in this I position until tho British advance j reached the ridge of tho hills. The Hadendowah tribe of hostile Arabs then rushed I from tho ambush in which they had lain and ! made an attack. In this skirmish Captain ! Birch was speared through the shoulder. The j Arabs succeeded in getting within ten yards I of tho British lino before the latter opened a regular fire, which the enemy promptly replied to. Three of the infantry and several of the Hadendowahs were wounded. Four of infantry vvere killed. Am^ng these was Lieutenant O'Connor, whoso horsa had been shot from under him. The object of the reconanissance having been obtained the British retired, the Arabs showing no disposition to follow. The British infantry and the guards were left on the road half way between Suakim and the Hasheen hills, supporting the Indian contingent. In the brief engagement on th6 ridgo tho Bengal cavalry took many prisoners. It was ascertained that the Arabs were in largo bodies along tho entire range of hills, and were evidently massing. As tho British retired, the rebiels rapidly rcoccupied the positions previously evacuated L y them. After tho skirmish, Gentral Graham's right, consisting of British infantry, Indian infantry and tho Guards, began to advance toward Hondoub. The mounted infantry and Bengal cavalry, renewing the roconnoissance, occu pied Hfasheen and found Osman Digna withdrawing his forces toward Tamai. The concentration of the Arabs was effected in unusually good order. fiunnrnl rfrnlimn h.i<j written a lntter tn Osmai Dignu, in which he declares that Eugland respects all religions and desires the friendship of the Arab tribes. Pie advises Sheikhs to submit at once and to rely upon the mercy of England; otherwise he threaten n to destroy the flocks and other property of tlieir followers. The Mahdi's a1 invents declared that before the summer is far advanced General Wolse lpy's army will be cut off from Cairo. SENATE EXTRA SESSION. Eighth Day. The various Senate committees were announced. The Democrats received the chairmanship of seven of the least important committees. The chairmen of the important committees are : Appropriation?Allison ; commerce?Pike ; finance?Morrill; foreign relations?Miller, of California ; judiciaryEdmunds ; . naval affairs- Cameron, of Pennsylvania : military affaire committee? Sewell; postollices and post roads?Conger; railroad?Sawyer. Senator Sherman declined to serve on the committee on finance...... A message was received from the President asking for the return of the Nicaraguan, Spanish and Dominican treaties for re-examination. The treaties wore ordered to be re turned us request/cu. Mnth ray. Sir. Van Wyck's "Backbono" resolution was laid before the Senate again, and Mr. Eustip, of Louisiana, made a speech upon it. Sir. Teller also mado a speech defending Ms action while secretary of the interior. Without doing any other business the Senate went into executivo session. Tenth Day. A resolution introduced by Mr. Edmunds that General Barrios should be prevented from carrying out his schemes in Central America was carried, some members objecting that it amounted to a declaration of war. Only seven votes wero recorded against the mcninfinn Spcrctarv Bavard also sent a letter to the Senate in which he stated that the United States would see that the autonomy of the Central American republics was preserved, and that our government would not countenance any display of force by one or more of those republics to coerce the others. Eleventh Day* The chair laid before the Senate the resolution offered by Senator Miller, authorizing the committee on agriculture and forestry to sit during the recess to consider the best means of preserving the forests upon the public domain and to employ a clerk. After discussion, tho resolution was agreed to? 27 to 25. The division was upon parly lines except in tho case of Mr. Call, who voted in the affirmative, and Messrs. Ridaleberger and Sherman, who voted in the negative. THE OKLAHOMA LANDS. P resident Cleveland's First Proclaillation. Tho following proclamation has been issued by President Lieveianu : Whereas, it is alleged that certain individual associations of persons and corporations are in the unauthorized possession of poitions of the territory* known ns the Oklahoma lands within the Indian Territory, which are designated, described and recognized by the treaties and laws of tho United States and by tlio executive authority thereof as Indian lands: and whereas it is further alleged that certain other persons or associations within tin Terrilory and jurisdiction of the United States have begun and set on foot preparations for an organized and forcible entry and settlement upon the aforesaid lands, and are now threatening such entry and occupation; and whereas the laws of the United States provide for the removal of persons resiling or being found u;>on such Indian lands and territory without permission expresdy and legally obtained of tho interior department Now, therefore, for the purpos9 of protect iug the public interests, as wen us tun iukiests of the Indian nations and tribes and to the end that no person or persons may be induced to enter upon said territory where they will not bo allowed to remuin without the permission of the authority aforesaid, I, (trover Cleveland, President of the United .States, do hereby warn anil admonish all and every person or persons now in the occupation of such lands, and all such person or ]>ersonas are intending, preparing or threatening to enter and settle upon the same that they will neither be permitted to enter upon said territory, nor, if already there, to remain thereon, and that in case a due regard for and voluntary obedience to | the laws and treaties of the "United States, ami if this admonition and warning be not sufficient to effect the purnoses nnd inten tions of the government as "herein declaroil, the military power of the United States will i be invoked to abate all such unauthorized a. ?+ )ir>on fnrtml ontrv pos-essioil, UJ jircttiii sw.li ? J and occupation and to remove all such intruders from the said Indian lands. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set ! my hand and causo.l the seal of tho United [ States to bo afllxeJ. grover Cl.evei.and. Ry the President, T. f. "ayard, Secro: tary of State. I BLAINE AND CLEVELAND, . Ihc Former Call* I'pou Ihc la ter a* tho White liouic. Mr. Blaine made a formal call on President I Cleveland at the White Housj in the afterI noon at "?o'clock. lie was received l y the i ! ('resident in the library. No one else was I present (hiring the interview. They were to! gothers o:ne twenty-live minutes or lmlf in hour. Rut little detail of the conversation is known savo that it was upon genera! and not lending topic s. On parting Mr. Blaiuo .said: "Mr. It* sident , I sincerely hope that tlie rou 11 try in iv h? prosperous im 1 contented ; under your administration, and I trust you j will find your life in Washington one of personal happiness." Mr. Cleveland thanked Mr. BInino for his . cordial expressions, and assured him that between thein personally there could only bo ! kindly feeling. | A correspondent called at Mr. Blaine's housj in the evening to get an account from j liicn of the interview. Mr. BInino said ihero was nothing whitever to tell; that ho had simply paid hi-; resjiectsas a private citizen to tho | chief magistrate of the nation; and had lieen I very courteously and kindly received by him. ! Beyond that thero was really nothing to say. ; JSir. uiaino canon uirougn an nrrnngemens j made on t ho previous day. Ho sent word I that he would like to call and pay his respects, and the President sent word that he would I bo pleased to seo him at 5 o'clock the following afternoon, and Mr. Blaine arrived at the ! \V nite House prompt to the minute. Mr. Maine's entrance at tlio White House made something of a sensation among the at| tendants about the door, as only the Presij dent and Col. Laniont knew of his c oming. The I correspondent called at the White House in ! the evening to learn from the President his i impressions of his caller, as the two men met j in the afternoon for the first time, but the President did not caro to say anything beyond I the fact that the call was a Dieasant one. ' TIE FIRST RECEPTION. President Cleveland Formally Re" ceives at the White House. Ex-President Arthur and Other No- ; table People Present. President Cleveland's first reception to Congress and the high official circles of the national capital was given on the evening of the 17th from 9 to 11. The executive man* sion was prepared for the event with all the brilliancy incident to similar receptions by President Arthur, and several new effects in floral decoration were introduced in tho blue rarlor, where the reception was hold. The President wore plain evening dress, without gloves, the army and navy officers their fill* uniforms, with swords, and the diplomatic corps their court costumes. Mis3 Cleveland and the ladies of the cabinet stood in line with the President, the former wearing a cream white Ottoman silk, exquisitely made, with apron front of point lace, and the moderately low corsage finished with a width of the same confined by a narrow satin ribbon. A black velvi-t band encircled her nock and long, light gloves reached nearly to the end of the short sleeve. She carried a bouauet of Cornelia Cook ros?s and a white ostricli feather fan. Miss Bayard stood next, representing the social sidt of the state department, ana wearing a delicate pink satin veiled with pink tulle. Mrs. Manning, a bride, wore her dainty bridal dress of rich white satin, with front of point lace, and superb diamonds. Mrs. Endkott, wife of the secretary of war, was attired in ruby satin, with front cloth of gold, and carried an immense bouquet: of jacqueminots and lilies of the valley. Mrs. Whitney, whose first appearance it was in Washington official life, wore black silk overlaid with black tulle. She carried a large cluster of English violets. Mrs. Vilas wore dark red satin. The attorney-generalship and tho secretaryship of the interior had uo feminine representatives, but Secretary Lamar and Attorney-General Garland were in tho group of cabinet officers at the rear. Tue Vice-President and Mrs. Hoy t, Colonel and Mrs. Lamont, and Miss Nannie Bayard were also among the representatives of the new administration circle jn the blue parlor, the ladies all ele gantly attired. The diplomatic corps came first, preceded by the Portuguese minister, who is dean in the absence of the Haytien envoy. Ail those presented stopped to chat a few minutes with the President, and consequently the column was somewhat delayed. The judges of the supreme court, headed by Chief-Justice Waite, came next,and were succeeded by the army And navy officials, at the head of whom were Admiral Worden, of Monitor fame, and General Schofleld. Senators and Representatives and ex-Representatives and neads of bureaus were the last received. Ex-President Arthur and Mrs. John Davis callod about 10 o'clock, and after being presented were asked to join the prominent group in the rear of the receiving party. All present availed themselves of the opportunity thus presented, and soon the crowd was surging in two lines to be able to grasp the * hands of the President and his predecessor. Secretary Bayard and Mr. Arthur drew away from tho party in a few minutes and engaged in conversation, which appeared very animated. Tho leading diplomats were all present, a number going first to the dinner given by the German minister. General and Mrs. Sheridan, General) Schofleld, Terry, Wright, Meigs, Holabird, and Rochester were eminent amcng army officers present, and Admirals ,<f 1.,._ ??,i M.in,.Iron. v? orueil, rraiiJiiin, iciupic, uuu bush, with many of the grades next these, represented tha navy. Senators Warner Miller and J. F. Miller, Blackburn, Cockrell, Jones, of Florida; Teller, Secretary of the Senate McCook, ex-Sen ator Pendleton, Representative j Belmont, Curtin, Butterwortb, Randall, Cox, Spriggs, Hopkins, Lefevre, Seney, and Ennentrout wore a few of the large congressional cirelj ! present. Nearly all tho abovo were ] accompanied by their wive3 and daughters in handsome evening dress. It was as brilliant a scene as tho White House has known in years. The marine band played a fine selection of music throughout the reception. Ths east room nt 10:>U o'clock was 1 a picture of gorgeous color and movement, j The corridors tuid conservatory alsj were ' thronged. NEWSY GLEANING! " Russia bos 15,231 doctors. There are 39,011 Indians in British Co- j lumbia. There will be three Quakers in the next ! Congress. G'ocoanut planting is ono of Florida's I booming industries. j The manufacture of orange wine has befjq j begun at Sanford, Fla. Vanadium, a white metal discovered tn 1830, costs $10,000 a pound. Counterfeit cents are in exten sive circu- j lation in New York and vicinity. Haverstraw, N. Y., is the greatest brick i manufacturing place in America. * Boxwood, since the roller skating craze, ; has gone up from $30 to $120 a After June 30 a two-cent stamp vs SU carry _ -A.? j - I?I# an ounce insteau-w. a uanvjuw ivim. The manufacture of artificial ivory l.-om I bones and scraps of sheepskin is a now i ndi s- I try* i Sacramento county, California, claims td j have tbe only licorice plantation in the Unitec 1 States. Norwalk, Conn., has a wonder in the shape of a yoar-old baby weighing eighty pounds. In Germany 6team is often used to ex- ; tinguish flames. It causes much Jess damage : than water. At a public sale of imported Alderney cows j in Baltimore the prices received ranged from I up to $135. There are over thirty Mormon churches in Colorado. In Idaho there are over sixty; | in Arizona about seventy. The building of the pedestal for Barthol- : di's Statue of Liberty, to stand in New York i harbor, has been suspended for lack of funds. ! E. J. Baldwin has imported a lot 01 negroes from the South to take the place of Chinamen on his ranch in Southorn Cali- 1 fornia. According to conservative estimates,there are 5,000,000 colonies of bees in the United ! States, which annually yield 120,000,00J pounds of honey. A patent in Mexico costs from ?10 to $300, i according to the idi as of the office there as to i the importance ot the invention covered. The j usual rate is $25, and it seldom exceeds $">U. j At the great Nijni Novgorod fair the sales ! last year amounted to $105,000,000. The goods came from the manufacturing couu- j tries of Europe, from China, India, Persia, , Bokhara and Khiva. The British Medical Journal denies tho j possibility of smoking having caused the can- I cer with which General Grant is atllicted The ! Journal says that the risk of cancer in the : throat incurred by smokers is very small. FIGHTING AT PANAMA, A Rcvolufi?n In ProjrrcM?Colon Pil- j lagx-d by a .Hob. Advices from Panama state that a revolu. J tion was in progress there. Aizparu declared himself president, and with .'5<)U men attacked I the barracks of the Colombian guard, the j only force which opposed him. The garrison, consisting of 100 men, resisted all the day | and night, an indiscriminate fusillad-3 being j maintained until the next morning, when I General Gonima. commander of the Colum- j Lian guard arrived with reinforcements. A I city guard was formed and patrolled the j streets. The revolutionists withdrew to the | outside of the city, and awaited help from I Barranquilla and Colon to renew the attack. | Colon was in the hands of rebols com j manded by a notorious criminal. Th- 1 stores there were pillaged by the mob, and j the leader declared he would reduce the city ! to ashes if the government troops attempted , to recapture it. Marines from the United | States steamer Galena were ready to land, j English forces from the ship Heroine guard- | ed the Panama railroad property. From t the interior news favorable to the Nunez government was received, and it was believed the backbone of the rebellion had been broken. United States Consul-General Adamson, at ' Panama, has reported to the stato depart i o | ment. at ?v asningioii, mu m ? . which or-curred in that city twelve men were killed. Tho commander of tho Wacliusett, in | a dispatch to the navy department reports the j arrival of that vessel at Panama. A DE&DLY_AFFRAY, Dc*pcriu?> I'lffhi wllli OuiliiiTi in ! !>civ .Tic*lew?Three Shot Dead. A Springer (New Mexico) special says: A i desj>enite encounter between ofiicers and outlaws has occurre I here. Last Sunday a note 1 desperado, Hill Todd, was arrestc I here and lodged in jail. He immediately telegraphed the fact of his arrest to Dick Rogers, the leader of one of tho mo*t desperate gang of outlaws in tho Southwest This ninrnincr Rotr.jrs anneared with a num. : ber of followers, went to tho county jai', J where Todd was confined, anl attempted his j rescue. The officers opened fire from within the jail, to which the outlaws replied. A desporate battle ensued. Theattacking party ; finally withdrew, leaving three of their ' narty?"Liick"' Rogers, "Kd'' King and "Red I River Tom''?dead in lite street. The re- ! mainder of the party hastily left town to 1 summon re-enforcements. Tiicy were hourly I expected to reappear, and the greatest excite- | ment prevailed. The citizens of Springer appealed for protection to tho dislrict commander and he promptly ordered tho troops stationed at Fort Union Co move quickly to the scene of action. Tho arrival of troop3 prevented further trouble. w A fflUKM LKAliUK I Three Marked Men Assassinated | in Texas. # fi 1 Victims of Crimes Growing Oat of1 Cattle Stealing. A dispatch from Vernon, Wilbarger county, Texas, nays there is a terrible state of affairs oxisting between tho officers and citizens of that county over the kiiling of three citizens there since the 1st of January, two of whom?W. R. Morrison anl Hillis Jones ?were assassinated, an 1 Hick Garrison was kille l by John Davidson while in a difficulty. Immediately after the killing of Morrison the following notice, signed ' Citizen," was posted up in the court-house : "No man wanted to investigate this case; the man who does will go, too; no law wanted in this case." Since that time the rangers and other parties have boen working on the awe and endeavoring to find out who did the killing. Alter obtaining what information they could Ret, Captain Schmitt, of the State Hanger force, and prominent citizens called on Governor Ireland, at Austin, and informed him of what bad been done. Captain Schmitt says the governor ordered him to Vernon with his company of rangers to enforce the law. The result was, twentythree citizens were put under arrest. Fivo or six of tho number are charged with the lr; 11iv*rr r\t \frtrpionti onH fchfl rftirmindftr AS he ing accomplices to the murder. Captain Schmitt says the State expects to prove that there was a regular organization formed by the defendants for the purpose of killing certain partios. He furnished a correspondent with the following,saying they were exact copies of the originals furnished him by one of the witnesses who has turned State's evidence and claim* to have belonged to tho organization: ' We, the members of this committee, bind ourselves to kill all bad men whose names may be given by anv of our members without some cause can be given, and then it shall be left to the majority. We furthermore pledge ourselves to assist any of our brother members in all undertakings and regardless of the case, even to the extent of our lives, and if any one of the members who give any of our transactions away by sign or action we bind ourselves to take his life. Tho following men were condemned to death by the board: C. M. Ryan, George Mills, Dr. Johnson, Judge Doan, Tom Clay, R C. Spencer, H. S. Hayes, Bob Sanmen, Hillis Jones, killed: Ray Morrison, killed; Heck Garrison, killed. All of the persons whose names appear to the oath have been arrested except one. Among the number arrested are the sheriff of Wilibarger county and seven of his deputies, ' and the editor and proprietor of tho Vernon Guard newspaper. The Guard, came out on Saturday denouncing in strong terms the Rangers, and accusing them of being the tool in the hands of the roughest and moot disreputable class, to crush good citizens and the civil authorities in their efforts to rid the country of cow thieves, horse thieves and incendiaries. W. H Ney, a detective, came to Vernon about the time of the killing of Morrison. He joined the citizens' organization and took- the oath, when be ob tained all the documents and the names ol all the parties connected with this so-called law and order party. The terrible affray all grew out of cattle stealing, in which there were two factions, the officers of the county being at the head of one, and the victims be ing xne ieuaers ui tuu uiuci. A MM LYNCHED. Summary Execution of a Brother and Sister, I The Victims Left Dangling All j Dav From a Bridsre. I ?/ - w Following are details of vtlie lynching of Elisa Taylor and her brother Thomas Jonea, in Clay county, Neb., a region remote from* telegraphic or railroad communication: The lynching occurred on Sunday morning, just before daylight, at Spring Ranch, near Fairfield. Early in January Robert Roberts, a npighboring homesteadier, was shot and killed by Mrs. Taylor's sons, who are now in jail. The woman and Jones were suspected of inducing tlie boys to commit the murder, and they were notified to leave the country, which notification they seemed to have ignored. As a result a crowd of probably two hundred i>eop!e on Sunday morning surrounded the house of Jones, where there were seven persons?Mr. Jones, Mrs. Taylor and her daughter, a bright looking girl of five veai-s; Nelson C'ely, John Foster, alias Texas Bill, and auother person named and a boy whoso name is unknown. As Clark soon as the mob reached the house they de- ! manded that Mrs. Taylor and Tom J ones should come out, but instead of complying with the request the door of the house was barricaded and ot ner means were taken to prevent a forcible entrance. Those inside were well provided witu nrearms, ana jusi wny iney i were not used by them is a mystery, as they had been purchased tor just such an occasion. After parleying for sjme time the men in the mob who were determined to have them out threatened to throw a bomb pf dynamite j into the window. At this juncture Tom Jones asked Texas Bill if he thought it wou'd be safe to go out, and was answered that it would. Thereupon Tom Jones said that he would come out, and was told by the mob to crawl out of the window, as he , would not be allowed to go out of the door, and he was also told to leave all firearms be hind and crawl out with his hand up. This he did, and upon his appearance was Immediately covered with revolvers and guns and was taken to one side and his hands tied with a piece of rope, which was procured from some mulo harness belonging to Mrs. Taylor. Mrs. Taylor was then ordered to come out, and she camo out of the window the same way, and had her hands tied also. The men f then took them into an open spot near the | house, anil, leaving tnem unaer a guaru, i drew off a little way and held a consultation, | which ended in Mrs. Tiylor and Tom I Jones being taken in one direction and the other four men who wero in the house in another. Jones and Mrs. Taylor were hanged to a bridge. The bodies were left swinging there until three o'clock Sunday afternoon. An inquest was held and a verdict of death at the hands of parties unknown was rendered. SELECT SIFT1N0S. Succotash is an Indian name for green i com and beans boiled together. The first Italian opera ever performed in England, was produced January 5th, , 1G74. Kosewood is so called because when sawed or cut, it has a sweet smell like that of roses. Fifty-e'ght million dollars is the esti- ; mated value of the finger rings of this , country actually worn. The word gooseberry is a corruption of gorscbcrry, a::d is so called because it has prickles like the shrub called gorse. The young men of Formosa are trained , to dream of valiant deeds by sleeping in dormitories festooned with the skulls of their enemies. Smallpox was not known in Europe till after the year 040. It is supposed to ! have made its appearance in the world i about the same time with Mahomet, and i the first who mentions it is a priest and 1 physician of Alexandria in Egypt, who lived about the year 22. It was a common belief, in days gone by, that during the days the halcyon, or ^ kingfisher, was engaged in hatching her j eggs, the sea remained so calm that the sailor might venture upon it without incurring risk of storm or tempest; hence this period was called by Pliny and Aristotle the halcyon days. Mr. Ualiam observes that, though the English law never recognizes the use of torture, yet there were many instances of its employment in the reigns of Elizabeth and James; and amoug others, in j the case of the Gunpowder Plot. He . further adds, in the latter part of the reign of Elizabeth the rack seldom stood idle in the tower. The chrysanthemum?the national I 11 * T *" Atrnctr voir ! HOWCT Ol lilJKlU ?13 UUMVSIU14 J wm I by u special imperial chrysanthemum g-irden party in the palace grounds at ! Akusaka, which has recently been given j by the mikado. The chrysanthemums | theic are unequaled throughout the i world, and some of the plants display j from ;J75 to 430 fully developed blossoms \ at a time. There is a chess school in India with j its salaried professors, and success in the came is held iu very high regard. Had Paul Morphy gone to Calcutta in his travels twenty years ago he would have met an antagonist well worthy of his ' powers in his Mohesh Gnutuck, who, it I was said, could play a fabulous number of games when lying on the ground with his eyes closed. One complication of the game called the Indian problem, is known all over the Occident as one of the most difficult ever devised. j IN A TROPICAL REGION. ODD PACTS ABOUT THS FOX.XTZ PEOPLE OF VBNEZTJSTiA. . : rX. The Splendor* of a ? oath American City's Parke?The Remarkable Career of Cinzman?Blanco. The Venezuelans are the most courteous people that can be imagined, asserts a Caracas letter to the New York Sun. Impoliteness is unpardonable here. The clerk, with whom you deal over his counter, expresses his wish that you may live long and prosper, and thanks you gratefully for giving him the pleasure of showing his goods, whether you purchaae anything or not. When a gentlfaian meets a lady, be she his sweetheart or his grandmother, he always says he "is lying at her feet," and he would rather b? shot than be guilty of passing before her. They are not the semi-barbarians which some people in the northern continent ounnneo TUnn Vt o tra nnnnm nliflh m^n fe* aufjpi/av* JL uwj ua?w which ought to make the rest of America ashamed. Usually they are able to speak three or four languages, have renned taste in art and music, and, while they lack ingenuity, and usually do things in - > the hardest way, they are nevertheless possessed of the keenest perceptive faculties, and almost seem to read your thoughts. It i9 not difficult to make known your wants, even if you. cannot understand a word of their language. They do not allow smoking in the street cars and public places, as in Mexico and Havana, and, although it is the privilege of the manculine gender to stare at the feminine with all the eyes they have, the men are never rude, and beg the pardon of a beggar when they refuse to give him alms. They always put the locks upon the wrong door, and wrong side up. When Ci they build a house, it seems as if they studied the most difficult raodo of con- *. struction. Tbey erect solid walls first, and then chisel out places for the tim- '%j bers to rest upon. There are no stoves /lUi'mnaitfl on/1 l't Afllv Ui VUAUiUCJOf UUVt VMHiVWHi ? ? ?. 7 fuel. Gas is produced at $4.50 per 1,000 feet from American coal which costs $20 a ton. Thcro is no glass in the windows, but a grating of iron bars keeps out in- ) truders, and heavy wooden shutters keep out the air and light. Such blinds as are common in North Amcrica would be the most admirable protection in this country: but no one has ever introduced them, and the" people will con* tinue to swelter behind solid shutters until the end nf time. The rooms of houses are not plast'ercd, but the joists are all exposed. The floors are of tile, and gaudy paper is pasted upon the walls of cement and stone. In the court of every house are the most . beautiful flowers. Tube roses grow in '.1^ great trees, and the oleander is as com- ]/<, mon as the lilac in New England. The .) parks look like the botanical gardens of the North, and in the evening are always ^ ' ; thronged with gentlemen apa ladies until * 1 a late hour. The police regulations are very strict. r1 The other day a child was kidnapped by a man in a hack. Every coach driver in the city was thrown into prison, and not a wheel waa turned until the child was recovered. Drunken men are never seen in the streets. To become intoxicated is to invite yourself to work ten or twenty days in the chain gang; and to see the way In which prisoners are treated is an inducement to be temperate. The president of Venezuela, General Crespo, is a mulatto of fine stature and commanding presence. He wears Louis . . Napoleon mustache and imperial, and is rather sluggish in his disposition. According to common understanding he ii simply the mask of Guzman-Bianco, who is prevented from being perpetual president by a constitutional provision which prohibits the re-election of a chief magistrate without an intervening term. So, they say, Guzman serves as Preaident every other two years in his own name, and puts up a dummy every alternate term. Guzman-Bianco was born in the midst , of revolution, and lived in revolution until he obtained the mastery of the country himself. For some time during Buchanan's administration he wps secretary of the Venezuelan legation at Washington, and has made several visits to ' # " * ??-'? TV. 1???. ine inueu OlllCS. uic jaico** too maw summer, when on his way to Europe, r' and there was a scandal in New York, because a Fifth avenue dentist chargcd him $10,000 for tinkering the teeth of his family. After serving in various military capacities, Guzman finally, by his ability, . >c^5l courage, and force of character, became commander of the army, from which post, in 1871, he easily stepped into the ^ presidency. His authority was disputed for several years, but bo kept strengthening himself until he bccame. and still * is, as absolute a dictator as exercises "VJ? power anywhere on the globe. There / has hot been a law or decree, not even the slightest official act performed in Venezuela during the last, ten or twelve years without his sanction,and, ^whether he sits in the chair of the president or enjoys life at his hotel in London or Paris, he is the acknowledged bead and ruler of the republic. The debt of Venezuela amounts to about $25,000,000 of principal and Accumulated interest. When Guzman-Bianco became president the bonds were worthlees. His first endeavor after securing ' peace was to establish the credit othis . country. He went to London himself and secured the funding of the loan at a lower rate of interest, which has since been paid promptly in advance every thirty days. The bonds are now worth from forty to ofty per cent, of par, and their security is guaranteed by the fact that Guzman himself has several millions of dollars invested in them. Bolivar is known here as the Liberator, while Guzman takes the grandiose title of Pacificator and Regenerator of the republic?and he has earned it. From tne time the Spanish viceroy was driven out. after a struggle of sixteen years, until 1874, Venezuela knew no peace, and was rapidly retrograding into barbarism. Guzman first pacifiea and then regenerated the peoole. They re- -Sj quired rigid discipline, ana Guzman was the man to enforce it; they required to be driven with a stiff rein, and he had the strength of character and the ability to guide tnem. J?ext he commenced an extensive system of public improvement, giving idle men employment and laborers good wages. He built government offices, palaces, laid out parks, erected statues, paved streets, erccted an aqueduct twenty-seven miles long to bring pure water from the mountain* to the city, bridged streams, repaired churched which bad been hacked and torn in revolutions, tilled the plazas with beautiful flowers, and crowned his free school system with a university, bringing learned men from Germany to till the chairs. Finally he established an exposition, where were exhibited the products of the country and where its resources were . illustrated by object lessons. He had the unknown territory 01 me ic^uum, u*plored, and then offered a large bounty to steamship compauies for every immigrant brought into the country. He gives free land aud free passages to every settler, and two dollars per capita for cacb member of the family for five years after their arrival. Guzman does not propose that posterity shall forget that Venezuela owes a'l this progress and improvement to him, and has therefore not oulv erected three statues in his own honor, but has placed marble tablets all over the town as thick as lampposts,announcing that this building was put up, or this bridge built, or this place repaired, or this park laid out by "that illustrious American, Antonio Guzman-Bianco, the Pacificator and Regenerator of Venezuela." You can find one of these in almost everv block. IHc expresiaeni nvcs iu iuc 11 u VOW house, hns the most beautiful wife and the handsomest horses in Venezuela, beside nine children all under fifteen years of age. ''Tea as in Takio," served up in the little Japanese village in London, is, it seems, neither remarkable in point of quantity nor quality. It is weak, and about a thimbleful of the decoction is served in a sorrof an egg cup cradled 10 a wicker saucer. The teapot ia kept warm in a box full of live coals, which glowing brazier is placed on the floor in the middle of the apartment. Vv'omen are becoming oramercitj travelers in England. -A