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AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. In a prirkte lei ter, Vice-President 4. fl. wileon. of North Carolina, thus expresses himself: "I hare Just the December Cultivator and glanced over it some. It is as bright and en tertaining as erer. Mr. Tillman, of Hamburg, 8. C., is abontoorrect when he ears the salration of farming with us dbersify and raise different breeds of cattle adapted fbr special uses. The Short Horns are the best fdr beef, and the Devons are the best for work ani mals. and is said that the Holsteios are equally as good as the Jerseys for but ter, also good for beef as well as for work. So If onr cattlemen wonld di versity, some breed Jerseys, some Durhams, some Devons ana some Hoisteins, and by crossing our com mon breeds with the different blooded consists in raising lirestock to improve' varieties we would, no doubt, from la* Jfy plan isio feed up about f^tah crossing raise valuable stock, * our lands* My plan isio ' everyUil%. raised on ‘ __ except flour and cotton, thus making oattls to sell and Improving the land with their manure. And I intend to follow this plan right along regardless of every- thlng. This will make our farms pay and keep ne well Supplied with pro visions at the same time. Nearly al' enlightened formers do this, and the poor Southerner, with his all-cotton and gullied-soil is about the chief ex eeption. Necessity is the only thing which will ever drive him into a bet ter system. Other and good plans for Improving land have been suggestet In the pages of the Cultivator, but -bow few will avail themselves of them Povertv is the cry of the cotton planter and this will continue until he learns to improve his methods. A smal majority arc simply in the hands o: ’ others aud are greater slaves than the negroes were in antebellum days. It won't do to tell your neighbors so thev will fight you; but It is true nev ertbeless.” as Tli i *»4 Book ramlag. It has always been the foshion among n large class of our Canadian farmers to decry “book farming” as being al together the opposite of practical form ing. The former who year after year blunders along in a hap-haxard sort of way, making up in a great measure by plodding industry what he lacks !n intelligence, is pointed to as the prac tical farmer, while the man who goes abont his work like a rational being and Insists on thoroughly understand ing it is called the “book former.” Now it often happens that for the first fow years of the careers of the two formers of these widely differing types the so called “book former” appears to have considerably the worst of it They are on new' forms perhaps, and as the soil is of apparently inexbansti bly fertility the one’s caro in saving mannre is to all appearances thrown away, though of course it tells in the long run. In the meantime the “prac tical man is skinning bis farm and put ting the proceeds Into his pocket in tbe shape of dollars. And in the mat ter of stock “book farmer” is spending his money in laying tiie foundation of a well-bred herd of cattle and valuable flock of sheep, while tbe “practical former” ia contenting himself with “scrubs” that coat him a mere trifle. To all appearances the latter has much the best of it, but any one who visits them ten years after their start in life will see that white the “book former” has been laying deep and sure fonnda- tions of a prosperous career, the so- called “practical” former has been ab sorbing his resources in making a mere show of prosperity. Tbe prceetit season of unexampled agricultural depression in England has shown the value of “brains” to the farmer. Times are so hard that it Is only what we are pleased to call “book formers” who can succeed at all. Everv pound of manure lias to be saved, and every foot of land made the moet of, so that it Is easy to aee how qoickly tbe so-called “practical farm er” would be left out in the cold in the pursuit based on such accurate cal culations as to the canse and effect.— Canadian Breeder. ■wMt Knaitac*. The production of ensilage is, I find, •till on the Increase, both in this coun try end England. There are estimated to be over one thousand silos in Amer ica and over seven hundred in England and they will continue to increase, there is no help for it. When a man aees hie neighbor nee ensilage aud istde there are so nsany advantages to be gained in its use be will be sure to fix np a silo and try it too. Then there bae been so much found out by praotioal experience, that it has gotten to be aa aafe an investment as any other thing a farmer can do. A man no longer cuts his fodder-corn down half grown and expects it to make good ensilage any sooner than it would make good dry fodder, for both it is worth- lees ; but walta until be can find ears of •oft corn in it fit to eat, and then he ia safo in cutting it into ensilage. I, for two years, ent and hauled my corn directly from tbe field to the pit and cut it up as fast as I oonhl, covered and weighted aa soon as possible, but I found it very acid when I Itegan to foed it, so I concluded it some of the top could be gotten rid of, it would bo baiter, and for the last two years I have cot my corn doyn aud shocked it up, and let it stand for a week, and then hauled it to the pit, cut it up aud put It in, only tramping tt with one man, who stays in the pit to level it. I also took my time in hauling it up, frequently hauling one dav amt cutting up tbe next; in this way it heats slow ly and never gets very hot; llio highest was only 90 degrees 'V. Tiie mam is not wet but only damp, and when opened it bad a smell like good cider and no acidity at all, and my animals ate it ravenousiy; thev are eating nearly as much again this winter as ever before. If the weather is as dry aa U was last fall I think three or four days would be long enough to let it dry, but if seasonable weather one week ia not too long. All this talk about letting it get to 130 or 130 de- greee before closing up is, I think, useless. I put on stone for weight about one foot deep. Last winter 1 fed two mares on ensilage all the win ter—two feeds of half bushel each daily, and let them run in a lot and tet straw during tbe day, and they are kept very fat- They bad no grain at all. Mv beef cattle do better with two foods of eneilage daily and four quarts of hominy, than they did with dry corn foifcr or hay and eight quarts of haerfar. I don’t see now how I could do Without ensilage in winter.—F. la Southern Planter. r.Va. . yuwunknown to tiie country. “Every cross will mark an improve ment, and if all wonld engage in the good work and leave no stragglers in the rear, the whole body of common stock wonld, in a few years, be bronght very close to tbe rough bred standard of merit,” and so with bogs and sheep. My favorite cattle have always been the Devons; they are docile and gen tle, good as milkers, good for beef, and fine work cattle either for the wagon or for plowing, and they will do as much, or more plowing, (ban any horses or mules when put to heavy plow, and they stand more fatigue than any other oxen. They are an animal whose value is not known and appreciated by Sonthern farmers. . Next to the Devons the Holsteins'are highly valued for milk and batter; some rate them full with the Jerseys. We make this error South; we do not keep enough stock on our farms. The Northern farmer keeps as many stock on his farm as he he can possibly maintain, while the Southern fanner keeps as few as Me possibly can get along with, hence di versified forming is so little thought of with us, the old Dutch maxim we entirely ignore, “no grass, no stock, no stockr, no manure, and no manure no crops.” Stock raising and poaltrv raising should constitute a large por tion of our farming income; this all cotton business is like carrying ail our eggs in one basket. A full barn of corn and oats and hay and fodder has ranch to do In developing stock. I have seen onr common range cows bought for $15 and $20 and when properly cared for and well fed make two or three gallon milkers and after a year of good treatment, $40 and $50 was offered for them. Stock and farming must go hand in hand togeth er to arrive at successful forming. Stock must make the manure to keep up the fertility of the farm, and a fer tile form makes good stock; the one most keep np the other. When a farmer now depends on the range for stock, his stock is merelr a phantom. Stock must be the products of the farm and the renovator of the land. I don’t believe in merchants and manu facturers running and supporting the farmers; when done, what profit there is goes to them—the farmer becomes only their laborer. For when farming is no longer self-sustaining, ruin fol lows it—it is inevitably so.—John H. Dent in Southern Cultivator. Care Spring, (ia. WASmiMOTON HOTBS. _ A BIO SCARE IN LONDON. Tli* Clark of th* Admlimlity Blown np with pynnmlt*, and kU one* S*t on Fir*. Lohdon, April 23—11 A. M.—Great excitement was caused in the Admi rality office in Whitehall at 11 o’clock this forenoon, by an explosion in room in the basement of that building The fireman promptly summoned, and all the gates of the Admirality build ing closed. A special guard was at once |K>8ted, and no person was al lowed to enter or depart from the premises until a thorough examination conld be made. It is supi>osed that the explosion was caused by tiie pre nfoture discharge of a projectile which had been sent'to the Adiuirality for examination. London April 23—12 M.—The ex plosion occurred in the Secretary’s de partment. Mr. Edwin N. Swainson, assistant secretary and principal clerk, received a severe scalp wound. It is said that other officials were also in jured, bat none so seriously as Mr. Swainson. It is now believed that the expioaion was not accidental, hat that it was caused by dynamite. A large forcB of detectives under Inspector O’Hagan have been posted around the Adinirality building and no one is al lowed to leave until after identifica tion. London, April 24.—It isunow quite clear that the explosion yesterday was not caused by gas. The'officials are of the opinion that it was caused by the spontaneous igniting of a specimen of torpedo explosive which had been sent to the admiralty for inspection. The fenerai beliol is that the explosive agent was not dynamite. * There should be more diversity in our business affaire. Manufacturing should ho direraiAed; agriculture [ ho dlTursiffod and stock breed- It m wrong Duffaeturiog South tooottou, aad it to oottou tho vastly with us, also Malarial r*la«*. Tiie drouth in Southwest Georgia ast spring dried up the well, aud we were com|>el>cd to use water from the creek on the plantation. The result was that wo were troubled with chills and fever. I carried with me several xittles of Swift’s Specific, and as long as I took it, 1 had perfect health. As soon as I ceased taking it, J, like the rest, was afflicted with chills. When I resumed its use, I was all right again. We have used it in our family as an antidote for malarial poison for two or three years, and have never known it to fail in a single instance. W. U. Furlow. Sumter Co., Ga., Sept. 11, 1884. A ('ripple KentereO. Mat tar* ot letareaf at Ike Xalkmel Capital—Civil It Mar Work. Some two years ago I received a boy (Loua White) into the Orphans’ Home near Macon, from Columbus. He was one of the poorest creatures I have ever seen—nothing but skin and bone- crippled and deformed by Scroftila, which had attended him from his birth. About eighteen months ago I com menced giving him Swift’s Specific. After several Dottles had been taken and no visible results to be seen, I began to despair, but continued the medicine. At last signsof improvement became apparent, and from that date to tbe present there has been constant improvement in both body and mind. He is now about fourteen years old, and is one of the brightest boys 1 have ever known. I honestly believe that he will ultimately outgrow tbe effects of this loathsome disease under tbe in- flue uce of Swift’s Specific. The two cases of erysipelas which were treated some two years ago with 8. 8.8. show no symptoms of return of the disease. L. B. Path*, Sop’t Orphans’ Home, 8o. Ga. Conf. Maooa, Ga., Not. 1, 1884. Treatise on Blood and 8kiu Diseases mailed fires. Tub Swift Specific Co., Drawer 8, Atlanta, Ga. • 8am Fmavcuoo, April 92.—Mrs. Barrios, widow of tbe late President of Guatemala, apd her seven children among the passengers on the aer Grenada, which has Jut ed from Panama. Her sou, Aa- toule Berrioe, arrived yesterday from r': * I ( [ From an Oetaoienal Corrupondent. ] Washington, D. C., April 99.—On Thursday, April 16, the negroes of tbe District celebrated the twenty-third anniversary of the emancipation of tbe •laves. Aa usual, the parade wu quite large. Tbe President stood et the north door of the White House and re viewed tbe procession. He wu greet ed with cheers by many of the organi zations in tbe Hue. An amnaing in cident occurred at the corner of Fif teenth street and Pennsylvania Ave nue. Qnlte a crowd bad gathered to view the approaching procession, and the streets were packed with negroes. Just at that moment a well dressed gentleman, a King’s county Democrat, marched down the street, lighting his path through tbe sea of dnsky foces with a lantern in foil blaze. He never •railed, but when be reached Willard’s Hotel a crowd of his companions mw tiie joke and bnrst out Into a Iiearty roar. Repnblican rate has thoroughly im bued the negro with an overrated idea of his own importauce as a politi cal (factor. This may be seen from tbe speech of Fred Douglass, delivered in Lincoln Memorial Church last Thors- day evening. Touching the policy of the Democratic administration the speaker said: “The President conld adopt a policy of indifference in regard to the negroes in the South, or he might pnraoe a temporizing one—a policy of good Lord and good devil; or he might accept the Mississippi and South Car olina plan and keep by frand and blood 153 electoral votes for a Demo cratic candidate in 1888; or lie might sustain a course of absolute fidelity to the Constitution as it stands, protect ing white man and black man alike. The latter, Mr. Douglas said, he was encouraged to believe that the President had resolved to do. Let tiie Democratic party do justice to the negro and it will again seat itoeli in power Tour years hence. Bat if ill fall into old rnts and forget that slav ery was an anachronism it would be ignominionsly driven from power Unless it applied a corrective to th< negro outrages in the South die Au- E usta speech of James G. Blaine would b the keynote of the next campaign. “In the last campaign the Kepnbli can leaders forget that they repre sented the party moral ideas. They wanted a new issue and made one oi’ pelf instead of honor. They were for the protection of wool, bnt not negro wool. This nation has made us citi zens and promised to protect our rights. It has not done so. It must do it, or reap the consequences. Loy alty will perish when good faith is withheld. Wtio could blame tbe negro if, when driven from the ballot box and the jnrv box and of of rail- root! trains, he should resort to some terrible explosive force 5 ' It would be follv, hut oppression makes wise men mad.” The course, which tiie present Ad ministration seems to have adopted, with regard to appointment to places in the Southern States, now held by colored Republicans, is to substitute for incompetent or dishonest colored Republicans, colored Democrats who arc capable and worthy. It waa in accordance with this policy that Post- master-General Vilas last week ap pointed Tom Hamilton, of Beaufort, route agent from Beaufort to Jacksons villc. Hamilton is a Democrat, and will be remembered for his action in joining the “Wallace House”—the law ful House of Red resen tat ives—in the struggle for the State government. A delegation composed of Robt. H. Gourdin, Francis J. Pelzer, Geo. H. Walter, Frank E. Ty lor, A Sydney Smith, Henry Card, Thaddens Street, David Roberta and W. K. Steedman, representing a number of merchants of Charleston, waited npon tbe Secretarv of the Treasury last Thursday, in the interest of Mr. L. J. Walker, whom they desire to be Collector of tbe port at Charleston. The delegation was accompanied by Senators Hampton and Butler. In presenting Mr. Walk er’s papers tbe delegation stated that the business men wanted to see the position taken ont of tbe hands of pol iticians, and urged Mr. Walker’s ap pointment. Secretary Manning lis tened with marked attention, and said that he wonld careftally consider the case and decide npon its merits. The delegation then visited the President in the same behalf, and asked that he give the matter his attention. He re ceived thefa very courteously, and they afterwards expressed themselves well pleased with tne interview. James M. Morgan, of South Carolina, has been appointed United States Con sul-General for the British Colonies at Melbourne, Australia. His appoint ment, which was madeont last Friday was largely due to the inflaence of hu brother-in-law, Capt. F. W. Dawaon, of the Newt and Courier. Speaking of him the Washington Poet says: “Mr. Morgan sevred at one time on the staff of the Khedive of Ifyrpt, with Stone, Loring and long, m is in the prime of life, is an accomplished lio- gnist, and, having traveled extensively is well fitted, iMs said, to represent, worthily the interests of the United Slates In Australia.” Whatever may be the opinion of the /W, or of Mr. Morgan’s intimate friends, aa to hie qualifications for the office he has ob tained, we cannot hot believe that bis individual merit had venr litile to do with the appointment. If wbatp learn is true, Mr. Morgan Is not a proper person to represent tbe Government, nnder Cleveland at Melbourne or any where else. According to tbe New York Evening Pott, he “was an Active partisan of Mr. Blaine dosrn to the day of tbe Presidential election. His admiration for Mr. Blaine's foreign policy was so greet that he wrote e G mplet of eonewereble bulk, advocet S Mr. Blaine’s election on the groond that it would be e guarantee of pro tection to American citizens Abroad.” I have no meant of ascertaining the correctness of the above statement. If it is true, however, tbe wisdom of Mr. Morgan’s anpolntaaeut might well be doubled. If I remember correctly, the foreign policy of Mr. Blaine while Sec retary of State was need against him by the Demoeratk party to the late campaign. Ia view of this foot, it would appear strangely iBoonatoteaL to my the leant to appoint the vindica tors of that potiey to important foreign positions.' At tho beginning wf the administra tion, there wan a greet deal of anxiety shown In the Deportments as to what coarse wonld bepweaed on CtvtT Ser vice Reform. Ae mat m^nritj ot the dorks regarded Cleveland's ex* prearioM to hb taimr toOarl 86hm aa wa ptotitedas. /Every net of the President aad kb Cahinet, dwiag the •even weeks of Demoeratic rale, has tended to assure those guverniteut JBeials who are competent aad have not rendered themslves politically ob noxious. the seonrity of their posi tions. In fact so few changes nave been made in the Departments nnder Cleveland, that many officials are set tling themselves into sccoritv, who under the circnmMances have no right to feel secure. These persons are only retained in position because, owing to tbs vast machinery of the K vernment, their cases have not yet en reached. The persons of whom I ■peak are not few in number—they comprise many classes, each class large in numbers. For instance, aa a rale, more than one member of tbe same fomily are not allowed to enter tbe government service. The justice of tbe rale is apparent, and even under the Spoils system lit was occasioniy made tbe ground for discharge. Yet there are hundreds in tbe government employ in violation of this law. Two notable instances suggests themselves— one in which six ond another in which •even members of the same family are employed in the service of Uncle Sam. Another way In which this law is violated is by secret marriages bet ween clerks. Husband and wife cannot both bold office. Yet this law is avoid ed frequently. The clerks are married •ecrectly, tbe wife retains her maiden name, and both retain their respective C ltious. These persons have noth- _ to expect from the new Administra tion. They must go. There is another class, who have for years drawn pay withont giving any service in return- in many instances, without even pre tending to work. Tbeir names are on the pay-rolls, and they drant pay, •imply because nnder the o!d regime some influential politician retained them in position. The Departments, also, are by no means free of drunkards and gamblers. These vices are in dulged in to a great extent by clerks. Many of them are unfitted by constant dissipation, from the proper discharge of tbeir duties.. These barnacles upon tbe ship of state will surely be cleaned off, and although many of them are feeling secure in their places now, it is but fair to presume that as soon as tiie new Secretaries can get the working of their respective Department satis factorily arranged tbe unworthy will be removed and tbeir places will be filled by competent persons. s. B. L. THK MELBOURNE CONSULSHIP. Wh*t » Democratic N*w*pap*r Saj* on th* SalU*ct. THE HALF-BREED REBELLION. [ Washington Star, April i0 ] Tbe revelations in the New York Evening Pod concerning James M. Morgan, of South Carolina, who was appointed consul-general at British Australia on Saturday, were a surprise to administration circles. The Pott says that Morgan was an ardent Blaine man and published a pamphlet in New York daring the campaign, advocating Blaine on account of bis foreign policy. Nothing was known of this when tbe appointment was made. Tiie appoint ment was made at the instance of Mr. Dawson, proprietor of the Charleston Newt and Courier, who asked it as a special (favor, and said it was the only thing he had to ask of the administra tion. Besides this, Mr. Morgan’s papers were signed by Senators Butler and Hampton, of South Carolina, and Gorman, of Maryland, Hon. R. T Merrick and other prominent Demo crats. Senator Butler said to a Star reporter that ho had always known Morgan as a Democrat and was greatly surprised to find that he had written in favor of Blaine. It is not likely that the discovery that he supported Blaine will occasion his recall, his appointment having been made, as it was, to please tho Democrats of ins State. Tk* C*s* Explained. [Special to the Saeaunah Nctet. ] Washington, April 22.—James M. Morgan, of South Carolina, appointed consul-general for Australia, has made to tbe President and tbs Secretary of State, at tbeir request, an explanation of the charge that he published a poiit ical pamphlet advocating Blaine’s elec tion last summer. The explanation is regarded as satisfactory, aud Mr. Mor gan will be allowed to go to his post Mr. Morgan was appointed at the request of his brother-iu-law, F. W. Dawson, of tbe Charleston Newt and Courier. He was eudorsed by tbe principal Democrats ot tbo State. His endorsers vouched for his general character. It was assumed that he wss a Democrat. When the charge was made that be was a Blaine man who bad written a pamphlet favoring Blaine’s election, Secretary Bayard asked him to explain. He said to the Secretary and after wards to tbe President that he was a Democrat and had aiwas voted the Democratic ticket. He had never written a political pamphlet favoring Blaine’s election. Last spring, before either party bad nominated Its candi- * ites, be was in Mexico promoting mining and railway projects, and in the flmherance of this business wrote for private circulation a pamphlet about tbe commercial relations of tbe United States, Mexico and tbe Central American States, in which he referred approvingly to some phases of Blaine’s foreign policy as applied to Mexico and Central America. It was a non partisan statement in a non-partisan pamphlet, and had and conld have had no political effect whatever. •f tk* Rlmk. New York, April 28.—Great excite ment was caused in certain circles in Brooklyn torday by tbe announcement that Maud McAllister, aged fifteen, had been married to Wm. E. Darling, S ljed nineteen years of age, and Ella ones, seventeen years of age, to Charles L. Peek ham, aged nineteen. Tbe girts, who were married withont their parents’ consent, gave fletitions r i to the clergyman who performed eeremony. Tbe two young fellows frequented skating rinks where the girls met them. The parents of the girls are going to institute divorce proceedings. Are any members of your family thus afflicted? Have they scrofulous swellings of the glands? Have they any ■crofolons o. ulcers? If so, and ft should be w ited, the peculiar taint, or potaou, may deposit Itself in the substance of the lungs, producing consumption. Look wefftis ms condition of ysur family, and if thus afflicted, give the proper remedy Buy that which makes In the shortest spam of The unerring Anger of pabue optn- Isa potato to B. B. B. as tbs most wonder ful remedy for scrofula ever known. You used net take our word yen need not know our ■—n merit to all yen seek. •**■»• of th* Opposing Ftticr* Excbang* fhota—Naked? Hurt. 8t. Pall, Minn., April 28.-A dis patch from Q’Appelle says: A skir mish occurred to-day (tbe 22d) between Gen.. Middleton's fconta and a small number of insurgents. The scouts were down tbe river nnder the com mand of Lord Mctgnnd, when they came across two half-breeds, whom they followed some sixteen miles, and then found a larger party. The latter fired-and the scouts replied, but no in jury was done on either side. The half-breeds found shelter in the woods. This is tho first occasion upon which Middleton’s men have come in direct contact with Riel’s forces. mm Tk* Frog Lak* HNbaacr* Confirmed. Winnipeg, April 23. A Battleford dispatch says: “No signs of troops yet, and the delay to the imprisoned people here seems inexplicable. Tiie town is quiet and all are in good spirits considering the anxiety which necessarily prevails and the shortness of food. The report of tiie Frog Lake massacre is con firmed by the Fort Pitt garrison, who have arrived. They state that Mrs. Gowanlock was hot killed. The priests were beaten to death and burn ed. The Indians burned all the build ings at Frog Lake and compelled the people to attend church, the victims and murderers going togethter. After service tiie Indians shot ten e>f the helplqgs whites,” Tk* lodUa* on the Warpath Battleford, N. W. T., April 24.— Another Hudson bay warehouse was burned to-day. A scoot just in says another party is in camp on tbe south side of the Battle River to-night, and will cross to-morrow. The scout has returned to report tbe situation there. Mounted Indians are riding excitedly above tbe hills south of here; signal fires are. seen in all directions. The garrison have been kept under arms all night and tbe situation is consid ered critical. Judge Roland's house has jnst been fired. A CYCLONE IN TEXAS. Serlou* Ratnsg* to Life nud Properl?-- A Scho IhooM Blown Dow* - One Child Killed and SeTtrml Children Injured. “ write to them whs “’’•"SafSi sir give . . ______ MAE KB. is um bmk penoci xnooa run- Galveston, April 25.—A special to tbe News from Mexia, Texas, says: Prairie Grove, a neighborhood eight miles Sou Hi of Mexia, was visitedabont two o’clock on Thursday by a severe cyclone, causing serious damage to life and properly. A two-stpry school- house, in which were about fifty chil dren, was blown down and torn to pieces, killing one child and wounding several children. The casualties were as follows: Fourteen-year-old daughter of J. P. Swing, killed; Estelle Cook, leg broken; two children of E. Her ring, leg and arm broken; two chil dren of Mr. O’Hara, leg broken and Injured internally. The house of S. McKinnon was blown down, seriously injuring-the owner. The storehouse and post office, owned by S. D. Hughes, was demolished and the goods promis cuously scattered. The residences of M. B. Cox, H. J. Thompsoii and T. J. Williams were demolished. Larkin Gentry’s house, sonic distance from the village, is also reported demolished and himself, wife and child killed. Other serious results are probable, as the country is thickly settled in the direction of the cyclone. A K <1 Y<*ar fnr Itxllroad* Chicago, April 23.—The Ilniltcay Aye publishes to-day a list of twenty railroads that have been placed in the hands of receivers from January 1 to March 31, 1885. The total capital stock and bonds of those corporations aggregate $275,280,000. The Age says: “Our records for 1884 gave the total number of roads placed in receivers’ hands as 37, embracing 11,038 miles of line and $715,000,000 of capital and debt. The firai quarter of this year already shows more than onc-half as many roads, more than 37 per cent, of mileage and about 40 per cent, of the total amount of capital stock involved bv the reciverships of the entire pre vious year. Should the ratio for the remaining nine mouths he the same the record of the year will probably indicate a greater aggregate of railway insolvencies than in any previons year in the history of the country.” Gen. Grant Drive* Ont. New York, April 24.—Gen. Grant did not go to his room from the libra ry where the family and Ex-Governor Stanford were, until 11 o’clock last night, being somewhat fatigued with the exercise during the dav, and his mind being still occupied with the subjects of family chat. During the evening the General was wakeful until about 1 o’clock, when lie fell asleep and slept until 5 o’clock this morning, less than the usual amount. Morphia was administered during the night. It is probable that the General and his family will spend July at or near Sar atoga, and August will be passed on the Catskills. Gen. Grant took his daily drive fit noon to day accotnpanied this time bv one of bis sons and two ladies of hfs fomily. No physician was in the party to-dav. Th* Enr*p«*n Situation. At last accounts matters between England and Russia remained about as they were a week before—except, per haps, that the active preparations for war, making by both nations, seem to indicate s war in reality, and some what tend to embarrass - negotiations. The English government lias asked Parliament for authority for a war loan of £11,000,000, and there is great activity in the departments. Russia is equally active. The general impres sion is that withont the intervention of soioe arbiter, war must come. And tbe chief apprehension now hi that no such arbiter will he forthcoming. A Bis Railroad Balt. Galveston, Texas, April 23.—A special to the Newt from Waco says: In the United States Circuit Court last night Judge Pardee issued a decree in favor of the Central Trust Company of New York'..against the Texas aud St. LqgiD Railway Company, ordering tbe foreclosure of several mortgages stand ing against the company, aggregating $6,000,000. Tho decree only affects that portion ot tbe road in Texas. , Da* W**» Want* a Railroad. Due West, 8.C.. April 23.—Due West voted to-day on the question whether tbe township should subscribe a five per ceqt. tax to tb^ Carolina, Cumber land Gap and Chicago Railroad. The •nbecripton wm carried by a majority of 43* tbe vote in favor of it being 108 and igmioet it 65, total vote east 178. result excites greet enthoetoea the friends of the enterprise. Dr. Woodrow’* Cat*. Augusta, April 23.—At a meeting of a special committee of the Angusta Presbytery to-night, appointed for the purpose of considering a letter of Dr. James W^drow asking that the charges of heresy axainst him in con nection with his views on evolution be investigated and acted upon, the com mittee decided that there was nothing to warrant a trial for heresy, and as no one appeared to prefer charges no process conld be institnted. There was considerable discussion on the resolutions, but they were adopted. 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