The Somerset Herald.
EDWARD 8CCLL, Editor and Proprietor.
TEINESlAY
. iUrch If
Mxncn came in a veritable waring
lion.
The public debt was reduced
about 62.500.OW during last moitb.
Boston has advanced the price of
fir-t cla liquor licenses to 6ix hun
dred dollars. This effectually shuts
up all the dives and disreputable
dram shops, and produce a large
revenue lor the citv.
Dlrinc; the month of February,
the Treaf-ury Department issued
warrants for about 811,500.000 on
p.cceunt of pensions, which acceunts
for the small reduction of the public
debt during the month.
( ikn. (Ik a XT has so far recovered
fr.im the i fleets of his fall as to be
able to throw aside his crutches and
dispense with the regular services of
bin physician. This will be pleasant
news for the country to hear.
There i said to be a strong move
ment on foot to make Colonel Dud-
Ifv the nrespnt Commissioner of
Pension", the Republican candidate
for Governor of Indiana. He has
Wn n model Commissioner and
would be a popular candidate.
The extra primaries to be held on
April 5th for electing delegates to
tlio Stale Convention a call for
which will be found in this paper
hmild bo well atteaded. Turn out
and elect good men. and there will
be no ground for after growling.
W'hex the Democratic National
Convention assembles at Chicago in
.Tulv next.it ought to rescind the
resolution which twenty years ago
a similar convention of the party
i.assed. declarinc the war a failure
and demanding peace at any price
HotSphiv;?, Arknn.-as, is in the
hands of a gan? of cut-throats who
are compelling reputable citizens to
leave the town at the point of the
hnvonet. This disgraceful state of
affairs originates from fight and
several murders committed by rival
gangs of gamblers, and is mst dis
graceful. The authorities are thor
oujj'dy cowed, and have taken no
steps to enforce the law.
The self-sufficient boobys who
have been filling the newspapers
witti lamentations, far fear the dear
people would not be accorded the
privilege of selecting their own dele
gates to the State and National Con
ventions, can now safely wipe their
weeping eyes. We have yet to see
or hear of the first county in the
State that has intimated an inten
tion to violate the rule requiring del
egates to be chosen by the people.
Mk. Daxa, editor of the N. Y.
Sun, aud Sammy Tilden's next and
dearest friend, has for months past
solemnly assured the country that
Mr. Tilden would not under any cir
cumstances, again aseent to being
made the Democratic candidate for
President. Cut Mr. Dana has lately
ben spending some time with the
party leaders at Washington, and
has apparently teen new visions
and dreames new dreams. He now
declares in an interview, "Nothing
stems to me more probable than
that the Democratic Convention will
nominate Mr. Tilden and wait for
his reply before proceeding any fur
ther." It is not very hard to predict
what that reply will be, and that the
convention will not have to wait
very long for it Dana is one of
the shrewdest and ablest Dem
ocratic editors in the country,
and Ins resurrection of
Tilden proves the want of an availa
ble candidate in that party who
would be acceptable tj its warring
factions.
It shojrs to what desperate straits
the party is driven, when even for a
moment, it could seriously contem
plate the necessity of taking as a
candidate a poor old paralytic,
whas-e days have dwindled to the
shortest span, and it gives further
assurance that its only hope of suc
cess lies in a divided Republican
party.
The N. Y.JIcrald says that, it is
well understood that General Lo
gan' candidacy is te be a Blaine
combination ; that Mr. Blaine doesn't
like to run any risk before the peo
ple, but will be content to be again
made Secretary of State under Gen
eral Logan. The Herald then noti
fies the business men of the country
that this combination means that
"President Logan would make it hot
for the South," and "Secretarv of
State Blaine, would make a red-hot
foreign policy,5 and that the coun
try for the next four years would be
filled with interna disturbances
lousented by Logan, and external
rumors, quarrels and hostilities
Wilfully nursed by Blaine. Logan
. would want a large army and Blaine
would demand an immense navy,
that taxes would go up, new bonds
le issued, and speculators and gam
blers woulJ thrive.
This is the biggest and most un
natural bug-a-boo that has yet been
trotted out, to scare the nation from
iU propriety, and is indicative of the
kind of stuff the country will be
flooded with during the coming cam
paign. The fears of the Democracy
are very palpable, when the mo6t
xtensively read journal of that par
ty, raerU to such inventions to in
timidate the business men and tax-
Is reply to messages of condo- j
lence from the President and Secre- j
tary of State, Mrs. Hunt informs tive, they cannot be suppressed,
them that the remains of Minister ; neither can they be pent up in the
Hunt will be brought home for human heart, they will burst into
burial j activity for the benefit ot Buffering
humanity, and accordingly we find
It apjK-ars to be conceded on all j the cream wf the Rentleuien who em
hands, by both the great political ; body all the virtues, assembling itself
parties, mat ."sew iora is iu we
battle ground in the coming cam
paign. Both parties will nominate
Presidential candidates whom it is
believed can carry this pivotal State,
and the Democrats are admitting
the vitality of this fact, by bringing
to the front Samuel J. Tilden, whom
under no other circumstances would
they think of nominating. Of course,
there are nther close and doubtful
States where bitter struggles will be
carried on, but it seems to be ad
mitted that the party carrying New
York i almost certain ef success,
and this is going to measurably con
trol the nominations of both par
ties. There has never been a time in
the history of the Republican party,
-I,,.., a-na within thrpp. months of
nuvu iii " " .- -
a Presidential nominution-as it ulgera, wno met, auuumcu, u,
aow-that there was so few surface
indications of overpowering interest j
in the coming event. Usually there
has been, at least six months before
the convention, heated discussions
' .
as to the strength, popularity nd,
availability of prominent men, news- j
papers have flaunted the names ol i
i l,.ir favorite candidates at the head j
of their columns, and the people
have been urged to rally to his sup
r.nrt. The din of nrenaration. and
the shout of clansmen filled Jie land j
r
and the noisy vehement advocacy of
lavorites was uncea-ing. Now, there
is an almost preturnaturalcalm, and
save for the occasional little boom-
let, attempted to bestaited for a per
sonal favorite, there are out few
open indications of public interest
in the coming nominations. The
shrewd observer will, however, dis
cover under this apparent calm, an
intensity of feeling never before
known to the masses. But little
thought is given to the candidate, it
is the momentous result of the com
ing content that has given them
pause. All the business interests of
the country are at stake, their weal
or woe are in the balance, and hence
calm thought, not personal prefer
ences is controlling the popular
heart. Measures, not men, is the
watchword, more truly now than it
has ever been, and if the nominee be
a truly representative man, with
clean hands, and pure record, and he
is fairly and honestly nominated,
we believe the people stand willing
to accept and elect him.
It ha? become epidemic with a
certain class of political editors, to
send out cards to a few persons in a
township or county inquiring their
preferences for President, and then
publishing the result as indicative of
the sentiment of the entire precinct.
This is a very cheap and trumpery
way of booming a favorite candidate.
No man can speak for any one ex
cept for himself, and the assump
tion that because A, or B, or C, fa
vors Tom Jones, or Dick Smith, or
Bill Nye, therefore the voters of his
township entertain the same senti
ments, is all bosh. Not even the
names of the respondents are given,
which might indicate whether they
were representative men, or active
politicians likely to know what
public sentiment is, but the an
nouncement is merely made that so
many voters endorse this ca:.diuate,
and so many that, and we are asked
to take this on faith, as popular
sentiment That this method of
ascertaining public opinion is utter
ly unreliable, must be apparent to
the dullest comprehension, that it
can be misused or abu-ed goes with
out saying, and that it is foolish arl
valueless cannot be gainsayed A
case in point will illustrate our posi
tion. An enterprising editor in
Erie published a table, which we
have seen in half a. dozen of our
exchanges, giving the preferences of
the Republicans of Ohio, and of this
State, by counties, for Presidential
candidates, which knowledge was
professedly obtained from the chair
men of the county committees.
How the respective chairmen ob
ttined theirknowledge, is not vouch
safed, but suffice it for our purpose;
we learn, on personal inquiry, that
the chairman of the Republican
Committee of this oi.nty, gave no
information of this kind to the Erie
editor, or to any other person. To
prevent detection of the fraud, the
names of the counties are not given,
but they are lumped as so mmy
counties, give so many votes for one
candidate, and so many for another.
Need we say more to expose this
cheap sham, which is calculated to
impose only on simple people.
There is a class of gentlemen in
this country who apparently believe
that they enjoy a monopoly of the
virtue, honor, honesty and goodness
which is generally thought to be
well distributed throughout the
land. They are just too pure md
good for anything, and hence they
think they have the right, as they
have the disposition, to manage af
fairs for the people. A year since,
they undertook to administer the
business of the Republicans of New
York and of this State, by dictating
to their conventions, and failing of
success, they threw their goodness
into the scale with the Democrats, to
defeat the nominees of both conven
tions. Their success in this instance
brought them no present reward,
and the after-math, neither credit
nor renown. Somehow, the com
mon people took it into their heads
that it was treacherous, not honora
ble, to overthrow from sheer spite,
the party they failed to control in
convention, and therefore these vir
tuous gentlemen have not eince oc-
iuapdbpJrorm p ibp jjojjojejo
political synagogues. But goodness
and virtue and honesty are ever ac-
jQ the dty of Brooklyn last week,
for the purpose rf kindly proyiding
in advance, a suitable candidate to
be nominated by the Republican
party at Chicago, when the oppor
tune moment arrives. We mildly
suggest to these "amiable gentlcnen
that in lbGO, and in 1S63, si.ailar
attempts were made to provide can
didates and principles in advance of
the conventions, and that despite
their doctrine of foreordination, the .
people took the bit in their teeth and
ran away with all the lovely plans
the managers had provided. The
people are not saying much just new,
but they are doing their own think
ing, and there are strong symptoms
to the observant eye, that they in
teut to boss this job themselves.
Will the pure and truly good mana-
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The New ork Tnbune The
stl.iut of ti't-rv lit- ei'.ite to lliCa20
. ' , . candidate
wl0 c.m I1)0.t surel y poll the largest
vote in the most btates, in iNavetn-
ber
George S. Dodds, one of the Dem
ocratic witnesses before the Senate
Committee investigating the Copiah
oul;agWj boasted that
any man who would undertake to
"organize the negro vote here would
be killed.'' This is the kind of civ
ilization the Deaiocrstic party is
UMng every energy to protect
A committee of sixty Democrats
clothed in full dre:-s suits and white
silk hats wilt attend the Chicago con
vention from Philadelphia to look
af er the interest ot" Mr. Randall as a
candidate for president. Mr. Ran
dall will undoubtedly be well heeled
but somehow we cannot forget the
fact that he was similarly will Reeled
in the speakership contest.
A New York correspondent says
the women of Brooklvn under the
leadership of Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher have begun a fight on the
liquor traffic which threatens to
shake the social foundations of the
city. Ttie girls are taking a solemn
pledge not to wed a man, nor appear
on the ttreets, at church or any place
of amusement with an escort who
is not an advocate of total absti
nence. It is a peculiarity of the present
tariff agitation that it has developed
the overwhelming strength of the
popular devotion to the policy of
protection to home industry and of
fostering and stimulating domestic
production on a grand scale. In
this respect the discussion has shown
very clearly that any party going
into a great national campaign ou
the platform of open and avowed
hostility to that policy is bound to be
defeated.
When any one hear$a Democrat
boasting of the patriotism of the
partv in the dark days of the repub
lic, don't argue, but'jutt get a copy
of the resolutions adopted by the
convention which met in Chicago
twenty years ago, read them aloud,
and let them answer. They will
make the blood tingle in every old
soldier's veins, and make every loyal
lover of the old flag ashamed to
have any part or lot in such an or
gauizatiun.
Matthews, of Copiah County, Mis
sissippi, was a white man and a na
tive and not a carpet-bagger. He
was killed at the ballot-box because
he did not vote a Democratic ticket,
but voted a Republican ticket The
Coroner, Robinson, an intelligent
man, testifies before the committee.
"I did not hold an inquest" This
officer, in explanation, said :
"I asked Wheeler, and he told me
there was no use putting the couniy
to the expense of summoning a jury.
He killed Matthews, and 1 might
put it so in my verdict So I did.
Dodds and Harris (Democrats), law
yers, said there was no need of an
inquiry."
"Don't you generally have homi
cides committed to jail?" was the
next question.
"Well, yes; but there was no con
cealment Wheeler admitted he
did it."
' Well, now," insinuatingly in
quired Mr. Hoar, "what is thegener
al character of the Democracy of the
county ?"'
The witness had his answer ready :
"Quiet and peaceable."
PRESIDENTIAL STRAWS.
The Lewistown (Me.) Journal finds
Edmunds a strong second choice
among Maine Republicans.
Des Moines Oij)iW(Rpp.)- Kd-!
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ticket we should be proud of and
could heartily hurrah For.
Fort Wayne JVVir (Rep.): For
President of the United States, W. T.
Sherman, of Missouri; Vice Pres
ident, Juge Walter Q. Gresham, of
Indiana.
Milwaukee Tdegrijh (Rep.): Gen.
Lucius Fairchild stands as good a
chance to receive the Chicago nomi
nation as any man yet named, and
a better chance than Logan, Senator
Sherman or Mr. Arthur.
New York Tribune (Rep.): Specu
lation as to who will be the Presiden
tial candidate this year is at fever
heat just now in some circles; but
beyond lively calculatiens about the
chancts of possible nominees little
seems to be doing. The people will
be heard from later.
Cincinsati Enquirer (Dem.): It has
lately been shown that Mr. Blaine
has considerable Presidential
strength in the Western Reserve.
He appears to be holding his old
Ohio strength. He is possibly
stronger than he was four years ago,
because be has the addition of the
Garfield sentiment
PitUburg Oommercial-QaztUe (Re
publican) Sherman's fences appear
boning Valley, while the white
plume of Blaine waves proudly at
the head of the procession of presi
dential aspirants. It may yet as
sume the shape of Blaine and Lin
coln. Alton (111.) Telegraph (Rep.); The
safe way to secure a representative
candidate is to let State and section
al booms alone, and when the dele
gates convene, direct from the peo
ple, there will be but one boom, and
that will be spontaneous and suc
cessful, born of the wishes of a ma
jority of the party and representing
their unrestricted preference.
New York Times (Rep.): To Mr.
Edmunds thousands of Republicans
are looking hopefully, but with so
little information as to hi3 attitude
toward the honor that possibly
awaits him that it cannot yet be said
that there is more than a feeling in
favor of his nomination, though it is
a feeling that might easily be trans
formed into a movement to that
end,
Pursiiit of Murderer.
Columbia, February 24. W. Bo-
gan Cash," who yesterday fatally shot
the town marshal of Cheraw, Mr. C
Richards, and Mr. James Coward,
an innocent bystander, mounted his
horse and fled from the town as
60on as he had dene the bloody
work. A party of citizens immedi
ately organized and went in hot pur
suit Telegrams were sent out in
all directions to intercept the fugi
tive murderer. To-night a special
dispateh from Cheraw states that
Sheriff Spo fiord traced Cash to the
housed his father. Colonel E. B. C.
Cash, about thirty-eight miles from
the scene of the shooting. Colonel
Cash refused to surrender his son
because of the great excitement ex
istinp in the county. He feared the
infuriated citizens might lynch the
murderer before he could have a
hearing. It was agreed, however,
that be should be given up in a few
days. The two wounded men can
not live till morning. There is a bit
ter feeling toward the Cash family,
and loud threats are made against
them. The Sheriff deprecates vio
lent measures, but the young men
in the posse declare that they will
take Cash dead or alive. At eleven
o'clock to-night everything is quiet
i bout Cash's house. No further steps
will be taken till to-morrow morn
ing. The Blizzard.
St. Pai'I., February 27. Dispatch
es from all parts of the northwest
indicate that the present storm is
the worst of the season. On the
Manitoba line high winds prevail,
but the snow has not drifted much,
and the main line was not obliged
to run snow plows to-day. The
branches were not open for business
and the trains on the main line were
generally late. At St. Vincet the
mercury was ZU degrees neiow zero
and at Wilmar, on the Breckenridge
division, it was 10 degrees below.
These extremes cover the range on
all of the lines. On the Northern
Pacific the trains are running, but
there was a detention of twenty-four
hours, causea by washouts. Ihe
mercury is 17 degrees below zero in
Dakota, and 35 degrees above in
Manitoba. The storm continued
nearly all of last night west of Dako
ta, with the mercury ranging from
20 degrees below to zero, but it is
over now. The weather was cloudy
and cold, with snow all along the
Omaha line.
The Color Ijinc in Ohio.
Toledo, February 27. The case
of Robert Bailey, colored, on trial
for marrying a white girl contrary
to the law of 1840, which imposes a
fine of $100 and three months' im
prisonment for a white person mar
rying one of negro blood or vice
versa, was tried here to-day. A
demurrer was filed by the defence
that the law was unconstitutional
under the Fourteenth amendments.
The Judge overuled the demurer,
holding that the law did not legis
late in favorofthe white race impos
ing the 6ame penalty on the perspn
of either race marrying a woman of
the oDiosite race. Bailey was found
guilty, and given the full penalty of
the law. 1 he only other case under
this law was tried in Cleveland and
dismissed, the Judge holding that
the law was unconstitutional.
Uniontown Post Offloe.
Washington', February 27. Ma
jor A. M. Brown, of Pittsburg, coun
sel for James Nutt in his trial for
the murder of Dukes, has sent a let
ter to the Post Office Department
asking for the appointment of Miss
Lizzie Nutt, as postmistress at Un
iontown. The fight for the vacant
position there has been continued
almost as long as the struggle for
the Philadelphia Penion Office, and
the belief is growing that it could
not be settled amicably by giving it
to either of the contestants. Majr
Brown takes this view of the affair
and suggests Miss Nutt as the com
promise candidate, adding that she
is in every way competent for the
position, and that her appointment
would meet with the approval of the
community.
Temperance Crusade.
II zleton, February 27. Ihe
temperance movement is beginning
!to be felt here. The Law and Order
Society, formed sometime since, has
been resurrected and at its instance
three saloon keepers, Michael Mc
Garretty, W. Rittenhouse and Mor
ris Ferry, were yesterday arrested
for selling on Sunday and to mi
nors, and taken before the Burgess,
by whom they vere heavily lined
and held in bail for appearance at
court Petitions and remonstrances
against the granting of licenses have
already been started, and a strong
effort will be made at the License
Court held in Wilkesbarre in April,
to prevent the granting of licenses
in the place.
Exorbitant Foneral Bill.
Washington, Ff braary 29. The
house Committee on Accounts yes
terday determined to reduce the
undertaker's bill of 8370 for the fu
neral of the late D. C. Haskell some
ine committee win -nx a
scale of expenses for funerals in the
tuture, beyond which amount the
SergeanUat-Arms will not be allowed
to pay. It is also proposed to pay
bills shortly after thev are made.
Parties claim that their high charges
in the past have been due to the
fact that they have been compelled
to wait for months and sometimes
years before payments for services
rendered tre made. The undertaker
who furnished the casket for the re
mains of President Garfield recent
ly informed the Sergeant-at-Arms of
the House that be bad not yet beea
VICTORY OFl'HE BIUTI9HTROOP8 j
IX EGYPT. I
The Itcbbela Bravely Retire AHer
Dentate R.-s.K.ance-One Thon-
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1,ospo.v, March l. lne eritisn
troops met the rebels under Osman
Digtna. near 1 nnkat yesterday and
gained, a complete victory. The
War Offices is in receipt f a tele
grnm stating that the losses of the
Britirh were twenty four killed and
one hand red and forty two wounded.
Ihe British fjrees captured lour
Krupp guns, two howitzers and ono
machine gun. The rebels were re
pulsed, after a desperate resistance
with the loss of a thousand men.
On thursday night General Gra
ham's expedition encamped near
Fort Baker. The infantry bivouacked
in front, the cavalry in the rear.
The troops were all assembled before
sunset, except the Sixty-fifth Regi
ment, which arrived it 8. Yesterday
morning fires were quickly kindled
and coffee made. Breakfast over,
the forces were formed in an oblong
square, the front and rear of which
were longer than the sides, owing
to the different strength of the rigi
ments. Gordon highbinders in line
formed the advance, with two Gat
tling guns and one Gardiner in the
right corner and two Gardeners and
one Gattling gun in the left corner.
The Eighty ninth Regiment inline
formed the right-hami side of the
square, the Black Watch Regiment
the rear.
ADVANCING TO 1IATTLE.
The whole strength of the British
forces was something k-rs than4,0W)
men. The length of the Iront was
:"0 yards. The Hussars acted as
scouts, and advanced in semi circles
a thousand yards ahead, covering
the front and flanks of the main
force. The troops advanced over
sand knolls and scrub for a mile
from Fort Baker along trie Teh
road, when the rebels opened fire
with their Remington rides, out
the range was too loug and their
shots proved ineffective. The reb
els in swarms occupied the high
ground in front and on the flanks
of the British army. They returned
lowly as the English advanced,
keeping within about 1,200 yards of
the main body of the E iglish forces.
The British cavalry followed, cover
ing the rear upon the left, formed in
three lines and distant some D'HJ
yards from the main army. At
'.);'i'J the gunboats Sphynx fired four
rounds from Tridkitat harbor, but
the range was Uo great The shells
burst a mile short of the enemy's
position. The firing was stepped,
as the shells were dangerous to the
English. The cavalry and mounted
infantry advanced on the lett to
touch the rebels, who moved obsti
nately, though they were not indis
posed to fiht The infantry con
tinued to advance steadily. Two or
three times a halt was made, in or
der to allow the sailors aud artilery
who were dragging the guns to re.-t
The square was well maintained,
butwbeiethe ground was difficult
the men marched by fours right in
columns of companions. The road
towards Teb was studded with hun
dreds ol corpses of Baker Pasha's
ill starred fuuitivfrs, which filled the
air with pwlntion and around which
swarms of carrion Hies lazily hov
ered. THE FIR.IXriRF.GlX3.
After an advance of three miles
had been accomplished the earth
works of the rebels ome in sight.
Guns were mounted and standards
were flying io the sultry air. The
rebel fire had now almost ceased,
except on the extreme right and left
where it still continued to be direc
ted the scouts. The British step
ped forth as'if on a holiday parade
the bagpipes playing and highlan
dcrs footing cheerily. They advan
ced until they were within SOU yards
of the rebels' position, where an old
sugar mill was standing surrounded
by a -number of native huts, and
where als stood a fort with two
guns, Here a halt was ordered
and the soouts rejoined the caval-
Neither force seemed disposed to
open fire. At last "attention" was
called, whereupon the rebels, peeing
the British move, began the battle
with a shell from a Krupp gun cap
tured fnm the Egyptians. The shell
nassed wide over the square. The
next two shot were aimed with
greater accuracy and the shells burst
close to the British, wounding sev
eral. At this point a piece of shell
wounded Baker Pasha in the face
and 20 men were hit.
slaughtered bv the iJRirisri.
Then the British opened fire with
guns and Martini rifles, causing the
rebel fire rapidly ti slacken and al
most to cease. At this the bugles
sounded a fre?h advance. The
troops rose, wheeled round in the
centre of the square and approached
the rehel works. The rebels were in
no military orrier, but were scattered
here and there, so as to take advant
age of the abundant cover which the
ground afforded. They clung to
their position with desperate tenaci
ty. There were 2,0 H) rebels directly
in front, while many hundreds hung
around the two sidas of the square.
As the British moved forward,
firing as they advanced, the rebels
armed with spears and hue cross
hilted swords, rose within 200 yards
of the advancing lines and rushed
against the British at breakneck
speed, heedless and fearless of death.
The rebels fell right and left, though
some of the brave feilows reached
within five pace3 of the square. None
of them bolted ; they only fell back
sullenly when they were forced.
Having cleared the ground in
front with their Martini rifles the
British attacked the fort. Colonel
Burnaby was the first to mount the
parapet, firing a double-barreled
shot-gun into the enemv. Around
the works the rebels fought with fu
rious energy and a frightful melee of
bayonets and spears took place. At
last the British gained possession of
the fort. . They captured two Krupp
guns aud at once turned. them
against the enemy, but the Arabs
still contested every inch. They
would not submit to be driveu off
they could wnly be killed.
The British next directed their
attention to the old sugar mill, a
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rrtn i-i 1 in ti .i jm'j ill' w 1 1 1 ri 1 11 1 rui i
1 1 . ?: 1 .1 .: . 1 i 1 I
. . . . , Zf.i 1 ilthe Court ;i Claims, and unani-j
rebels, who leaped forth and cnargedlinous Clnlirmetl , tne Senattf.
from every opening. , Wjen-GarfldJ wai iJnaucaraUfd a4 '
PUKsriNG the rebels. president, Mr. Hunt was appointed s
At one o'clock, after an hour of . Secretary of the Navy, in which p3-j
inte se lighting, the rebels gave sition he served from March 8, 1881,'
way and bolted outright Ihe Gat-;
ling guns and Martini rifles had !
cauj-eu great navoc there. Ihe lint-j
ish pursued them as they fell back
and advanced rs far as the fresh
water weils of Teb, where the rebels
made their last stand. Sheikhs, who
advanced empty handed ta show
that they bore charmed lives, were
stricken down with bayouet thrusts.
The Highlanders carried the next!
earth work, capturing three guns, j
At the end ol tour hours of arduous j
j fighting the British gained posses-j
!"V ? thtt r.ebcl camP8. of the huts !
, I haps the most couviuctng evidence
. the right flankl f rucy lo !uuriler Repudi
ating rebels, who, . .. .... .,. ..., h.-
The cavalry on
icl anred the retreati
! did not bolt, but struck the troops
who rodti anionir them, giving blow
for blow. A splendid display of
heroism was made by three mounted
rebels.' Thev resolutelv maintained
their ground against the shock of
two cavalry regiments before being
cut down. They continued to fight
after the third charge, killing several
soldiers and wounding Colonel Bar
row with their spears. 1 he enemy
retired slowly and in consequence of
this the Britisn kept up their firing
for a long time alter the fortunes of
the day had been decided.
General Graham decided to re
main at the wells of Teb Friday
night. 1 he intention was to con
tinue the advance to Tokar this
morning. More fighting is anticipa
ted. Ihe spoils taken lrouo Baker
Pasha were in a large measure re
covered.
telegram received at the War
Office stales that four officers of the
English forces were killed. A later
dispatch from General Graham says
that nineteen officers received
wounds, including Baker Pasha and
Colonel Burnaby, both of whom
were severely wounded. Nine hun
dred of the enemy's dead were
counted in the captured positions.
UVXAM I TE EXPLOSION,
Seven Men Severely Injured at Lon
don. T, , ... ,
x, I ebruary 2G.-bhortly
o clock this morning a ter -
London"
alter one
rible explosion occurred iu a cloak
.t,.. -:...,..:.. r !
tion, in London. The explosive
agent was undoubtedly dynamite.
A large portion of the loof was blown
off aud nearly all the glass work in
the station was destroyed. Seven
men were sent to the hospital with
seven; injuries. Extensive damage
was done to the surrounding proper-
Two reports accompanied the ex
plosion, tiie noise being like that of
the discharge from a cannon, and
was followed 03' an imuiedi ite rush
ing of flames.
The boosing office, cloak room
and waiting room were completely
shattered and are a confu?ed mass
of ilubris. Luckily, all trains had
ceased running, and only a lew per
sons were ahout the station.
London, February 20. The ex
plosion at the Victoria Uai'way Sta
tion this morning shattered the win
dows of the Mttrouulitan I'nder-
ground Railway Depwt, sixty yards
distant, and the irouts ol housrs tor
the sain dintance in other directions
were badly damaged. The Victoria
refreshment mom was wrecked, and
a clock eij,Lt feet high was blown
from the wall and thrown six yards
away. The streets in the neighbor
hood were completely strewn with
broken glass. A large force of po
lice and ix fire brigade quickly ieach
ed the spot and quenched the fire,
thus saving the dtpnt.
Colonel Majetdie has critically
examined the ruins. Ik his opinion
the explosion was due, not to gas,
but to some powerful compound.
The cloak room was filled wiln lug
gage, but the officials did not notice
any suspicious package. The report
is current that the parcel left in the
cloak room was intended for ue
against the House of Parliament to
night, and that it exploded acci
dentally. An oflicer who is acquainted with
dynamite was passing about the time
of the explosion. He hastened to
the spot, and on entering the book
ing office detected the smell of dyn
amite. Tne theory that the explo
sion was caused by dynamite gains
further confirmation from the fact
that the greatest damage was done
laterally.
The iron railing guarding the
stairs near the cloak room w snap
ped assunder and twisted into gro
tesque shapes. It is believed that
ten pounds of dynamite would have
been sufficient to cause the damage.
Oily two persons were injured, and
they slightly.
Th officials of the railway dis
credit the idea that the exp!osion
was the result of private malice, as
the cost of the material would deter
a discharged servant from thus re
taliating. It is generally attributed
to the persons who xsaused the ex
plosion in the Praed .Street Station
of the Underground Railway some
months ago. While clearing away
the debris of the Cloak room a tin
box was found The damage caused
by the explosion is estimated at !.-
Miiiieter Hunt D;al.
Washington, February 17. The
Secretary of State has received a ca-
! blegratn from St. Petersburg; an
nouncing the datn, at this
morning, of United States Minister
William H. Hunt, from dropsy, su
perinduced by chronic inllaniation
of the liver. Soon afterwards M.
Dis Struve, the Russian- Minister,
eailed on Secretary Frelinghuysen
and read to him the following tele
gram from the Minister of Foreign
Affairs of Russia:
To the Russian Minister, Wash
ingtou : The E nperor instructs you
to express to the President and the
Government of the United States the
oincere regret which tiie death of Mr.
HunleiUfes His Maje-ty.
1 have no need to add that the
Government and Russian society
are much affected by this loss.
Gieus.
M. De Struve then conveyed the
message to the President, who re
turned thanks to the Emperor of
Russia. By order of Secretary
Chandler, the Navy Department was
draped in mourning and closed, and
a general ord--r issued to the Navy
announcing the death oftheex-Sricre-tary.
William II. Hunt was born in
South Carolina, but emigrated at an
early age to Louisiana,' and has for
ten years pat been a prominent fig
ure in the politics of that State. Af
ter graduating from Yale College he j
was admitted to the bar and became
one of a family group of well-known
and successful lawyers.
. . . J
In 1878 he was appointed Judgeof
. . - .
until April 17, 1882. He was then
appointed Minister to Russia by
1 resident Arthur, and uischarged
the duties of the post w'lth credit to
himself and his country.
Ex-President Hayes has given
So,0U0 toward the erection of a,
Methodist Church in Fremont,
Ohio.
THE SHOT GUX POMCYi
Democratic Confession or Crimes in
MiasiMHippi-
New Orleans. February 27. Per-
i . . , , ,.,,....,.
witness. Meade, editor and chair-'
man of the Democratic Convention j
who led the mob, after alluding,
to the mob as made up of taxpayers j
und l'oucl men at Cooiah could boast i
said that, at his request, it was
agreed not to molest Matthews' fam
ily. Ware, a reputable merchant,
testified a lew days ago that a can
non was fired to announce to neigh
boring voting places the mudrer of
Matthews. Meade denies this.
"How could I," he innocently asked
"when I had no knowledge that
Matthews was tw be shot?" He ad
mitted that it was done by a prt
arringed signal to summon the
armed Democrats from all the sur
rounding country.
Meade presided at the meeting
when the resolutions upon tha mur
der of Matthews were adopted. He
started that he approved them all
and iaid it down as a part of his
poiiticial ethics that when a large
majority of the people do not know
what officers it is best for them to
elect it is preferable to use force
rather than allow the majority to
rule. Disgusted at this witness'
statements, a member of the com
mittee thought to recall him
to himself by asking. "Did yeu ap
prove of the action of the mobs?"
Meade quietly made answer, "Well
that depends entirely upon cirru in
stances," At this Mr. Hoar, who
had been doing the cross questioning
I ,id he faad nothi more to a,k
! -rom
WHAT the SHERIFF did not do.
Hargraves, the sheriff, first told
Mr. Saulsbury that he had done his
whole duty to keep the peace. Then
Senator Frye took him in hand. Mr.
Frye has done very little cross ques
tioning, but whenever he has the
atrocity of these murders has been
fully set forth. Hargraves said be
had heard nothing of mob's marau
ding until the Saturday night be
fore election, though its work was a
matter of common talk in other
counties.
The shooting and beating of the
negroes had not reached this vigil
ant sheriff's ears although some of
the cases had been carried to the
grand jury in vain. Saturday night
Hargraves was givea warrants for
about twenty-five ring leaders in the
mob and commanded to serve them.
Matthews als. appealed to him for
protection. Hargraves waited un
til Monday and then sent a deputy
to arrest these rioters. The deputy
served the warrants on about twen
ty of the mob, and from each one,
by Hargraves' instructions, he took
personal recognizance to appear
after election and then set them free.
This was done without taking them
before a magistrate or divesting
them of their arms. Hargraves met
two of them in the street acd per
formed the same farce. "That's
a uretty
Frve.
way," exclaimed Senator
HOW WHEELER W AS TREATED.
Monday, as the mob came march
ing into Hazlehurst, Hargraves met
it. In the ranks were a score of
men under bonds to keep ttie peace.
He merely asked them not to injure
any women or child and then went
away, lie knew of their having pos
session of the town and of his death
warning to Matthews, but did noth
ing. "Does not the law give you the
power to call out a posse comitatus?"
inquired Mr. Frye. Hargraves admit
ted that it did. "Well, after Mat
thews had been murdered what did
you do?" he was was asked. He
replied that aftpr the murder,
Wheeler came to him saying that he
had shot Matthews. He did not
put Wheeler in jail, but kept him
in the street until a justice of te
peace could be found to bail him.
He did not take the gun away from
the murderer, because the latter said
he wanted to keep it, so the sheriff
allowed him to do so aud after half-
an-hour's nominal detention let him
go-
"Did you let him keep his gun to
murder some one else?" asked Sen-
a.orfrye. Jhebhenu nodded as
sent. That's pll I want to know
ahout you," was the impulsive re
ply. 1 he warrants issued for the
arrest of the mob have never been
returned, nor has any one of them
for whom he held a warrant been
brought before a magistrate. In
answer to Mr. Frye's hot question
this unique sheriff swore that out
rage which be had thus allowt d to
goon had helped swell his majority
for re-election, though he expected
;to win any way. Scathing
was Mr. Frye in his ques
tions to Ilargrave.
Wage Reduced.
Readings, February 21. Notices
are posted in nine hat factories here,
employing fully 800 hands, an
nouncing a reduction of 12 per cent,
in wages alter March 1. The reasons
given for the reduction are stronj
competition and the exorbitant duty
on wool. The hatters will hold a
meeting to determine whether thev
will accept the reduction or not.
There are over l,o(X) people employ
ed in this industry in this section."
The proprietors of the Wimer
Machine Works at Ijebanon, em
ploying several hundred hands, have
made a reduction in wages of from
eight to twelve and one-half per
cent.
A Trick of Jowelers Oiscorrrcd.
Boston, February 27. Major Mc
Elrath, chief of the secret service for
New England, ha made a discovery
of the gilding of the fire cent nick
els by manufacturers of cheap jewel
ry, by which the coin is made to
resemble a So gold piece. The man
ufacturers expressed surprise when
informed they were violating the
law against counterfeiting and ngreed
to surrender to the officers all the
samples of jewelry they had made.
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A Farmer Killed.
St. Louis, February 27. Richard
Craighead, a rich farmer, living near 1
F
night,
h0U:
thev
to
give them a lift out. He dressed
and went out doors, when the assas
sins tired at him and then beat him
over the head with clubs until life
was extinct. Mr. Craighead was a
Republican and at one time A9ses- j
sor ol rayette county. Some think
he was murdered by his political
opponents.
Samsoii'H Licks and IjOCHm.
hen Delilah clipped oil Samson s !
locks that mighty athlete .'t once
became "as other men." If it could
be proved that the josessi"n of lux
uriant hair would enaole men to
tear open lion's jaws, Hiscock it Co.
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supply enough of 1'arker's II air Bal
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Three Infernal Machines.
Loxnov, February 2S. In the
House f Commons to-day Sir Wil
liam Vernon Harcuurt. Home Secre
tary, stated that a third infernal
machine had been discovered at the
Paddington railway station. Tiie
machine was of American manufac
ture and contained dvnamite.
Horsewhipped by Women.
San Francisco, February 27.
Two women horsewhipped 1). L.
Regenherger, a prominent attorney,
this morning. The cause of the
assault is said to be expressions of
the attorney resenting the intrusion
of the women into hi society at the
Maidi Gras ball last night.
Blown to Atom.
Omaha, February 27. Four boys,
10 to 17 years obi, while hunting
south of this city this afternoon, ex
ploded a powder house containing
over six tons of powder. All four
were blown to atoms.
Gen. Ord's, Hotly.
New York, February 2S.
Tl..
body of General Ord arrived
to-day on the steamer from Havana.
It will betaken to Washington to-
Here
ht.
Iiondon Oynamiters.
London, February 28. The po
lice have discovered a large, quanti
ty 01 explosives under the tharu.g
Cross railway station.
Taken from Jail and Hanged.
Tin nivnm TTV1...., . OT n
niton, Mo., was murdered last ' i If;! 'I
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a mud hole and wanted him to 1 1,7 T'i 1 ! 14 I
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