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VOLUME XXXL--NUMBER 159, WHEELING, WEST VA? MONDAY MOKN"ING. FEBRUARY 20, 1883, JSHED AUGUST 24,41852, ? 4AR ' ?' .?PO^WJVU- *>/. -K 'ttlXT ?i*! y >4. i >50 ? 4 ~A* ?tvnox-f i ' ik fyttdtijjtmz ^irr ! s?m.M aid ?7 Voari**mih Hlr+*U "Tknator Davis' friends are gracefully jgting him out of the Senate. Thk Legislature made statutory provision for lire escapes. There was a matter of in terest to the "intelligent majority." Prrhai* Judge Hogedid a good deal of letter writing to assure his friends that he wouldn't be a Civil Service Commissioner. I.h West Virginia 110,000 men are avail able for military duty; most of them would have to go in the"awkard equad." About 450 are enrolled in the "milish"?"See the conquering hero comes 1" Certain public-spirited citirens are sug gesting the purchase by the city of Horn brook I'ark. Wheeling ought to have such a resort as that property could be made. The first point to be settled is whether the city is in position to make the purchase. "Braiwtrmt'h" reports 204 failures for the past week in the United States; not one in West Virgia. But there was one just one?the failure of the Legislature to provide for the payment of the money which the 'State owes the school fund and the bank*. Mk. Moiwk, being under arrest, is now in possession to test his right to produce the Passion Play. In the meantime he gets in a drive on the police authorities?"arrested for not giving an immoral performance." Of course this is not true, but it may sting the official conscience to a realization of the notorious fact that immoral perform ancea are of nightly occurrence in New York. Thk evil genius of the composing room was at large in the Pittsburgh leader office, Saturday night, and this is what he made the ty]>es say?"A colored Senator gives au excellent spread." And in conclusion, "The spread is said to have cost in the neighborhood of $10.00." Everybody knows that Tabor, with his millions, is a Colorado Senator, but it won't do to trans late him into a colored Senator, and of courso be thinks too much of his reputa tion to give a $10 spread to the high flyers at the CapitoL Every newspapeer lias its cares; often we wish it were not so. 7UK Intkixiuknckr keeps MWirtillg that II ft aUrilFbllldoes not puss this CoiiKreaa, tho Demo i nil In Congress will bo responsible for it. 1 hat is root, under the known facU. Hut a?ertlon is cheap with the party of great moral idesa. Won't the JNTKi.i.i(iK>cKR give iin Njrao facta for hla assertion. We luil HupjHwed this was a Republican Congrats, with ItepuoncMii committees. dc. Whrn Republi can ujcret! among themselves it will be time enough to luy, Democrat* should keep their mouth shut, and let them do ?s they please. We call for facta? yea, records In proof of luoften repeated assertions. Let us hsve them?let us havo them right away,? Manhnll lltraUL, Our esteemed cotemporary betrays an excited statu of mind. This to a Kepubli can Congress, but not bo strongly Republi can as we would like, for there are enough Democrats in it to defeat any tariff meas ure which is not acceptable to them; a bill which would be acceptable to them would be too near tho "for-revenue only" stan dard for the welfare of the country. This wo say with respectful defference to our es teemed cotemporary, for we are ready to admit that there are two sides of the tariff question, the protection side, taken by the Kepublican party, and the tariff for reve nue-only, or free trade side, taken by the Democratic party. Desiring to be entirely frank, we admit that thereare Re publicans who are not prohibitionists, and Democrats who are not free traders Speak ing of pending tariff .legislation, a few Re publicans have acted witti the Democratic party, and a few Democrats have acted with the Republican party. Individual exceptions do not establish a party policy. Allirmntive action has come from the Re publican party, obstruction from the Dem ocratic party. We cannot oblige our friend with more detailed proof in the shape of records. It will be found in the Congrtu? tonal Jifcordfor the session?a pile of which more than a foot high lies before us, and | tariff forms the bulk of it alL We shall I expect our esteemed cotemporary to give I its readers the benefit of the reply for which i it has led them to look. Tnx people of the this State are net mean; they *re willing, evcu auxious, to maintain tho Bute i>X paying the ueccaNiry chargt * of ita government. or puty which acta In accordance with ihi* tbe-ry will meet with public approval If the Democratic party Ismuch longer to be made to beartheodlunlof the present falwand damnable policy rygardlujc the duaucva. lu true friends will ?pect dUatter to the organisation in the result of the elections. There are "great many of us who V1,*1 the present tollcy is statesmanlike or creditable, and we don't luteod to disguise our hifr ab?ut it auy longer.?Huntingdon Adtrr Here is refreshing frankness. No Re publican has used stronger language to characterize Democratic mismanagement of the State finances. The editor of the Advertiser is a Democrat?the Governor vouched for that when he appointed him to be a regent of the university. The Gov ernor puts none but Democrats on guard. The Democratic Senato vouched for it when it confirmed the appointment. It looks as though the Democratic party will have "to bear the odium of the present false and damnable policy regarding the finances." That party inaugurated the jolicy, and though Republicans urged the Democratic Legislature to a Constitutional policy, Democrats resisted and adjourned the Legislature without providing for the State's liabilities. When the Democrats ! lowered the tax rate to twenty cents on the $100 they thought they had made a shrewd bid for popularity, but tbey have ran up a debt of nearly $300,000, every dollar of which stands against the State to-day in defiance of the Constitution. If the people of West Virginia care anything for the Constitution this "false and damnable pol icy" ought to have some weight with them, and "disastor to the organisation" would naturally follow, showing itself in the earliest opportunity to use the hallot-box. For, if the Constitution be held null and void in one provision, why not in another or all ? It is ? mere question of the forbearance of the majority. This is a government of the majority, but the fundamental law, adopted by the people, is as binding on the major ity as on the minority. The rasjority is a changing clement in our political life, but Ja this State the nmjority has not changed in political complexion since the Con wtutJoe was framed and adopted. The I'emocracyof West Virginia discredits it* Own offspring. WASHINGTON NEWS. THE PRESIDENT'S PREROGATIVE la Vefolair Objtctloaabla Mtaaarta-A Propoatd CoaaUtatloail AMtadmaat-Waat Vlrjlala Sfkool StaUatlea?Xrw Bl??r luprova *?aU-St?tl0Bfry HlllaorCoaffreaauaa. From an Ocaurloaal Correapowlent. Wash i so ton, February 24.?Tbero are two propositions now pending before Con gress, one in the shape of a constitutional amendment, the other a simple bill, which are attracting considerable attention from the Congressional mind, and both have been discussed frequently in the news papers of the country. Since the time of (}rant each President has urged upon Con gress the necessity for an amendment to the Constitution permitting the Chief Mag istrate to veto any particular item in an ap propriation bill to which serious objection may occur in his mind, and at the same time approve of the balance of the bill. Senator McPhenon, bf New Jersey, has a joint resolution, now before the Judiciary Committee, to earry out this idea by an amendments the Constitution. At pres ent the President must either accept and affix his signature to unwise and objec tionable sections in an appropriation bill, thereby often incurring censure, .or he must veto the whole bill and run the risk of giving embarrassment to the Government by its failure, for, as you well know, the principal bills making provision for the support of the government, are all com* pleted in the last days of a session when every moment is precious. They are fre quently presented to the President for ap proval within-A few minutes of the final ad journment, and he mustswallow the whole dose or none at all. Grant urged upon Congress the necessity and wisdom of giv ing to the Executive some discretionary power over those items which he deems against the public interest, without putting in jeopardy an entire money bill, and his example has been followed by his succes sors. It is doubtful if such a measure can be passed in the limited time remaining, but its wisdom and justice is forcing itself upon the minds of more than one Senator and itepresentative. CHANGE OK TIME KOR CONVENING CONGRESS. The other measure, to which I referred, is that changing the time for the meeting of Congress from the first Monday in De cember to the fifth day of March, the act not to take effect until the Forty-ninth Congress in 1885. The increase of legisla tive business, expanding with the growth of the co-inlry, has been so great that the limited time now afforded in the second Bession, ending on the fourth of March, does not suffice to more than complete the appropriation bills. A glance at the condi tion of legislative business at the present time will show the necefsity for a lengthier se88ion. There are now awaiting action in the neighborhood of ten thousand bills, of this number over a thousand have received favorable consideration in committee, aud now encumber the calendars of both Houses of Congress. It may besaid that the majority of these bills are of a private nature, but it must be admitted that thev have a direct and immediate interest to somebody, and should receive considera tion. Hut there are many measures now in shape for final consideration, hundreds of them, which have a special application to whole communities, and States, and sec tions. Many of them are of local interest to West Virginia, and without material objection to their favorable passage, will be lost simply for lack of time in which they can be considered. As just stated, many members feel the necessity of making provision for a longer session. The convention of educational men now in session in this city have petitioned Con gress to pass the bill appropriating ten mil lion dollars annually for the education of the people. In this connection the Census Bureau furnishes some interesting statis tics. From these tables I take the follow ing relative to West Virginia: WIST VI HO [MA SCHOOL STATISTICS. The total number ol umlea of twenty-one years of age and upwards, in West Vir ginia, who cannot write la 22,865. Of this number 10,055 are white, and 3,830 are colored. The total population who cannot read, ten years or upwards, ia 52,011. The total population who cannot write, ten years of sge and over, is 85,376: divided as follows: white, 75,237, colored, 10,139. If Congress should pass the bill the share of West Virginia, upon the basis c.f illiteracy, would be$130,821.42. The Adjutant General of tbe Army in his recent report to Congress gives the follow ing aa the militia force of West Virginia: General staff officers, eight; regimental field and staff officers, eight; company offi cers, thirty. The non commissioned offi cers and privates number 410. This is the strength of the organized militia. Tbe number of men available for military duty, unorganixed, is 110,(XXL In the regular poet route bill of tbe ses sion the only new poet routo directed'to be established in West Virginia is that from Bunner's via Lake Ilidge and Wil son's Bun to Floating Rock. Tbe Committee on War Claims have prepared the bill for tbe payment of claims arising uqder the act of Jnly 4,1864. for tiie quartermaster's supplies furnished the army during the war. The total amount allowed to citizens of West Vir ginia is $18,812 97. The largest single claim allowed is that of John L. Charles, of Mason county, for $2,282 50. NEW RIVKK tUmoVKJIKNT. In theBiverand Harbor bill, as reported by the House Committee on Commerce, is an appropriation of $8,000 for'New River, West Virginia. It is the only river in the 8t*te, besides the Great Kanawha, deemed worthy o( improvement The engineer says about this improvement, that "tbe new work coven a river space, with a channel fifty feet wide and two feet deep, of nine miles. The wing dams and train ing walls built this season, if united would make a wall 11 miles long, 9 feet wide and 3 feet high. Batteaux navigated the stream throughout the summer, carrying their usual load of six tons, which would have been impossible without the improve ment The work will be essentially for the benefit ol Welt Virginia, as the coun tlea of Monroe and Mercer will supply all the freigbta, until the improvement reaches the narrows, forty miles above Ilinton. "The amount required for tbe comple tion ol tbe existing project on the Ohio river ia $160,000." Your West Virginia members muat do a fearful sight of writing to their constitu ents. Under the law each member' is en titled to a stationery account to the value of $125. If they only use a few dollars worth of pens and paper, the members are entitled to or?w the balance in money. The mean men'generally beg their atation ery, or crib it from the committee room, and secure the cash at tbe end of the aes sion. Colonel Ben. Wilson used stationery last year to the value of $10058, only draw ing $28 42 in cash. Mr. Hoge beat even this, in using stationery costing $112 40. His cssh onlv camo to $12 60. Senator elect Kenna was not so extravagant, and being in need of a little small change, draw on hia stationery account in advano* for (40. Hia stationery bill was$75 65. It should be added that many Congressmen buy curiota articles with this stationery money, extending even to fluids, and they ain't either ink or mucilage. THIS FATE OPTHKTAMIKP BILL. It Depends on ibe Adoption of m Bole w bleb la Not Llkely.lo Prevail. From Our Spedtl CorrwpoodenL Washington, February 25.?The new rulo agreed on by the House Committee on Rules yesterday is not by any means cer tain to be carried to morrow, although on its success partially depends the fate of the Tariff bill It may pass if -it is recon structed by a conference committee; it cannot unless it is. The Democrats under the lead of Randall and Blackburn will oppose its adoption probably with a solid front It is not certain that all tho Re publicans will vote for iL At present there is no intention of the Democrats to resort to filibustering tactics to defeat jt There is not a quorum of Republicans in tho city to force it through if they do. If thin rule is adopted the same vote that car ries it can carry the bill to a conference. It is the intention of the committee to Ask for a conference committee of five members of each House, and it! will take tills com mittee at least two or three days to make up a bill and report, and by this time it will be comparatively easy for a few men to defeat it in either House. The chances are against any bill passing. Toonllng Senator Henry. From Our Special Correipoudcat Washington,D. C.,February 25.-Ex-Sec retarv Blaine gave amagnificient dinner lust night in honor of Senator and Mrs. II. G. Davis, of West Virginia. Among these present were Senator Camden, Senator and Mrs. Windom, 8enator and Mrs. Harrison, Senator and Mrs. Bayard, and others of Mr, Davis' personal friends Senator Win dom has issued invitations for a dinner to Senator Davis on the 28th inst Among those invited are Mr. Davis' Senatorial sasocistes. No man retiring from the Senate next Sunday will leave a larger circle of sincere friends in that body thau does the present senior Senator from West Virginia, and as a careful business legisla tor his place will be difficult to fill both on the Appropriation Committee and in the Senate. _ SENA rOK PKKKYV4 Trouble* nnd limine** Misfortune* Mitke Mini herlounly 111. Washington, February 24.?It is re ported here that Senator Ferry is lying very ill at his hotel, his condition being criticaL His troubles, it is said, have told on him very much. His sister has been telegraphed to come, and only two or three of his most intimate friends in the Michi gan delegation are permitted to see him. Ex-Governor Baldwin, an old friend, who called last night, was denied admission. The Michigan Senatorial squabble among Republican candidates has shown some interesting facta which are being freely talked about at the Capitol to day. Con gressman Burrows has had his eye on Ferry's place for a long time and when the contest began, sent ono of his strikers named Shepard to Michigan to represent his interests. The man, by the way is Clerk of the Committeo on Territories, of which Burrows is Chairman, and is drawing pay from the Government His effort increased Burrow'8 vote until the latter stood a ?ood chance of being elected, when suddenly the whole column went over to Palmer. Burrows was thunderstruck, and could not understand how it happened. Ho knows knows now that Shepard sold him out to Palmer, without a shadow of authority, and is consequently using some vigorous Eng lish to-day, while referring to the matter in talks to his friends. An Oblo H. C. flnlKH n Witty Remark. Washington, D. C., February 24.?The House had under consideration this after* ?noon the bill providing an appropriation of ten million dollars to be divided in the states in proportion to illiteracy, for educa tional purposes. Georgia, under the bill will get more than any other state, her ahare beiug over $800,000, Pennsylvania will get about $365,000. Iowa will get the least of any state in proportion to her population, haying the least percentage ol illiteracy. By the way, speaking of the fact that Iowa will receive the least pro poriion, reminds me of a conversation which occurred a few days ago between Judge Taylor, of Ohio, and Mr. McCord, of Iowa, which is worth reproduction. Judge Taylor, who is Gar field's successor, is a strong protectionist. He is very severe on free trade Republi cans. Unfortunately Iowa sends a dele gation composed of free traders, except ing Governor Carpenter, who is a thorough protectionist, and Kasson, who is a diplo mat, and therefore on both sides of the question. The other day while Taylor and McCord were discussing in a friendly way the relative illiteracy of the States. McCord, with evident pride, referred to Iowa as having the least percentage of illiteracy of any of the States. "Only two per cent/'* said McCord. "Yes," replied Taylo^ "and the unfortunate aspect of the matter is that she sends that two per cent to Congress." Tb? NcrKoauf-nt-AriiiM After .Senator*. Washington, February 24;?In reference to a report made by Sergeant-at-Arms Bright to the Senate last night, a statement of which appears in to-day's Record, to the effect that his messenger had been refused admission to Secretary Chandler's house to notify Senators there dining that their presence whs required, Secretary Chandler was interviewed to-day. He says that while he did not invite the messenger into his dining-room, he himself conveyed the message, and that no discourtesy to the officer of the Senate was intended or com mitted. The following is the passage in the Record referred to: "A number of Senators are reported to be at d inner at Secretary Chandler's, where the host refused admission to the officers sent to notify them. Senators Groome, Kellogg, and Saulsbury could not be found. Officers are in search of the remainder. "Very respectfully, R. J. Brio jit, "Sergeant-at-Arms." Afltatueof Martin Lather. Washington, February 24.?The move ment for erecting a bronze atatuo of Martin Luther in Washington has progressed so far as a decision upon the model. After considerable correspondence and confer ence, the Committee of Churchmen have recommended the duplicating of the cen tial figure of the worlu renowned Worms group. In it Luther appears in colossal bronzs, about eleven and a half feet in height, and standing upon a pedestal of I about equal height. He is clad in the min isterial robes ofhis time. This figure will be cast in Europe, at a cost of $4,500, to which must be added about |2,600 for transportation, granite pedestal and inci dentals. The site selected is in the trian Silar ppace in front of the Memorial Lu eran Church, on the north side of the Thomas Circle. Haaen to b? Tried by a Court Martini. Wasuikotok, D. 0., February 24.?It waa nnthoritiveiy eald at the war depart ment thla afternoon that Secretary Lincoln had determined to order* military court ol Inquiry In the Haien caae aome time next week. The board will coinprlae a number of prominent army officers of high rank. Tkatllo.twtid or mil. [, th^Uuea tha man he wan before he be an MFg "Weill' Health Bentwer." tl. UruggltU. INSULT TO OUR FLAG. THE FIRING UPON THE VALENCIA At C?rieo>?Tha iffldiTlta of lb. UtlWra tid Fiuii|tn Ducrlblif lb. Oee?rrUM-*ir row to rape from M Solid Shot at Short Bur*?Actio* to be Toke?. Washington, D. C., February 24.?The Secretary of State to-day received the official statement in regard to the steam ship Valencia, lired upon at Curacoa on February 12, which statement was taken at sea on board of the Valencia by Mr. Horatio Peach, United States Consul at Puerto Cabello, who was a passenger on the ship, bound for New York* The Sec retary of State to-day directed instruction to be sent to Consul Barnes at Curacoa to make the proper representations under the circumstanced and report immediately the result of bis action. As there is no cable communication with Curacoa the corres pondence will have to be carried on by mail. It is probable that Consul Barnes has plready acted in this matter and that the next steamship from that port will bring his statement and the result of his communication to the propor authorities. Following are the affidavits of the mas ter and officers and passengers on the Val encia filed at the State department: AyynMVJT ok tuk mastkb. Samuel Hess, of Brooklyn, N. Y., master of the United States mail steamship Valencia, being sworn deposes and says that the ship uuder his charge entered the harbor of Curacpa on tho morning of Feb ruary 0, from Puerto Cabello, and remained until the evening of the 12th. During the stay of the ship cargo was taken on board for New York. Iu all respects my pajttrs were perfected as ufcual, and there were no irregularities whatever. About half an hour before the departure of the ship an officer, representing the authority of tho port, came on board and stated that the ship was all right and to proceed to sea. The mails were on board; the agents of the ships had left their papers. Consul Barnes and the pilot were present to go out with the ship, and after the customary signalling by blowing the^steam whistle, the ship, in charge of the pilot, proceeded out of the harbor. While the ship was pafsiug through the narrow channel between the forts. I observed the soldiers stationed there loading a gun. wheu the pilot informed me that they were going to fire into us. I told him to tell them not to fire, as the papers were all right and that the fort pass had been de livered. The pilot raised his hand, called them, and said all was right The ship was going at half speed, the wind was blowing strong, and the channel beiug narrow the ship could not be stopped, as stopping would have endangered her safety, the rocks being on both sides of the cbaunel. Ah soon as we got clear of the entrance the ship was stopped. While laying in this condition and saluting the fort with the United States ensign a solid shot was tired at tho ship from the foru The ship was then from six to eight hundred yards from the fort. The hall was fired directly at the ship and struck the water a few feet from the 8bip in a lino about forty te<^ forward of the propeller on the port side. Having discharged all my duties in the customary maimer, and having no knowl edge or intimation of anything wrong lam at a loss to account for the extraordinary course pursued iu firing upon the ship. (Signed) Samubl Hers. Subscribed and sworn to before me, Feb ruary 14 1883, at sea.?Horatio N. Beach, United States Consul at Puerto Cabello. AFFIDAVIT OF FIIUJT OFFICER AND DOATSWAIN. William Woodrick. of Philadelphia, first officer, and George Smith, of New York', boatswain, being sworn depose and say: That they are employed on the steamship Valencia; that on the afternoon of Februa ry 12,1863, about 5 o'clock, an oflicer from the fort came on board, inquired for the chief oflicer and informed that oflicer that the ship was ''all right to go," the notice being given in the customary manner. About half an hour after the notification was received the ship started out of the harbor. William Woodrick. George Smith. Subscribed and Bworn to before me at flea, February 14,1883.?Horatio N. Beach, United States Consul at Puerto Cabello. AFFIDAVIT OF PASSENGERS. Alexander G. Donnelly, of New York, a passenger, and Alfred Brotberton, British shipmaster, residing in Baltimore, a pas senger, being sworn, depose and say that tbey were passengers from Puerto Cabello to the United States by the United States steamship Valencia. Said ship entered the harbor of Curacoa on the morning of Feb ruary U. When the ship had passed out of the harbor and was about eight hundred yards from tho fort we were standing at the after part of the smoking room near the bulwark on the port side. The engines had been stopped and the ship was ht*aded for the south. A solid shot was fired from the fort, which had not been proceeded by a blank shot, and which struck the water about sixteen feet from the side of the ship and in a direct line with the place where we stood. The water displaced by the shot or the shot struck the ship, causing a sensible vibration. A lexander G: Donnei.lt. Alfred Bkotiierton. Subscribed and sworn to before me at sea, February 14,18S3.?-Horatio N. Beach, United States Consul at Puerto Cabello. statement of consul DEACn. To the Slate Department The undersigned, of Brockport, N.Y., United States Consul at Puerto Cabello, a passenger by the steamship Valencia, re spectfully states that on tho afternoon ofj February 12 there occurred at Curacoa the! usual signal of departure by the steamship Valencia: that tho agents of the steamship line made a parting visit; that Consul Barnes came on board to accompany me out of the harbor; that the ship, in charge of a local pilot, proceeded on its way; that in passing the forts there was some appar ent excitement on them: that on the ship fears were entertained tnat the ship was to be fired into. I witnessed the firing of the solid shot toward the ship, which was the only shot fired. The firing upon a mer chant ship carrying passengers is assuredly a grave affair; and to throw somo light upon it I have taken the accompanying affidavits, which I have the honor respect fully to submit. Horatio N. Beach, United States Consul at Puerto Cabello. On Steamship Valencia, at sea, Feb. 14, '83. The Cbaudl?r>UorrlD|{e Letter*. Washington, February 24.?Comment on tho Chandler-Gorringe correspondence has been general to-day and in the main very severe upon the Secretary of tho Navy. His right to question the views of an officer upon the question of free ships is denied on all sides, and the matter receives the moro unfavorable comment from the fact that Mr. Chandler previous to entering tho Navy Department, made no secret of the fact that he was one of the representatives of John Roach. While this relation ceased when he became Secretary of the Navy, the fact that it formerly existed is regarded by many as a good reason why, as a matter of good taste, the first letter o( the Secretary should never have been addressed to Com mander Gorrlnge. ' * Plai* Wave Bandaux, reined and elegant, Mine. I* Vaunt, artistic Hair Woik?Mo* hm* THIS 1MMNION FLAY. Haliul .none Arreted I>nrlutf a Dretw Hrliriirniil ?r the Flay. New York, February 24.?A large num ber of peoule assembled to-night at 8almi Morse's "residence" to witness a dress re hearsal of the "Passion Play." All theseals were occupied, and a large crowd had gath ered in the street. .While the scenes w^re being fixed the actors, in costume, discuss ed tbo probabilities. Later Morse and his counsel appeared, followed by Police Cap tain WilliiunBt Tho Captain announced that as soon as the curtain was raised he would arrest Morse, and if the performere persisted in going on, he would arrest them. Morse stattd that it was his intention to proceed with the performance and abide the consequences. "This is my residence," he said. "I live here, cook, eat and sleep here. It is not a theater. I have no theat rical license. I have as much right to in vite my friends to enrne here and witness this rehearsal as Vanderbilt would have to invite guests to witness a dramatic performance in his private residence, and you have no more right to interfere in the one case that you would have \il the other." Morse's counsel also denounced the proposed arrest as an outrage on the liberty of a citizon. The pretty girl to represent tho Virgin Mary bantered Cap tain Williams to take her to prison as a substitute for Morse. When the scene was set, the stage was cleared of all but tbose who were to take part in the rehearsal. Simeon, Caiaphas, John, Anna, the prophetess, Joseph, Mary, the Assyrians, the Levites and the "multitude" took their places, and everything was pronounced ready, and the curtain went up, disclosing the presentation of the temple. The orches tra began a solemn chant, the strain was taken tip by the leading singers soon following, and the houBe was hushed. As the tirst song died away Caiaphas advanced, holding aloft the scrolls upon which tho law was written and de livering a recitation. The chorus had be gun to sing tbo replv when Captain Wil liams issued from behind a pillar of the "Temple" and arrested Morse, who stood near him. The performance at once stop ped. Morse's counsel was loud in denun ciation of the "putrage," and cries of "shame" caine from tho people, lie called on them to witness that the performance had been stopped in the middle of a sacred song. Morse said that ho had been arrest ed because he was not giving an immoral performance. THK AdGUHTINl iN MM1ETY Falls on Account or ill? ?Jro** .11 Intuitu* ngetueiit or IIn Affair*. Lawrence, Mass , February 24.?Seven suits,have been instituted against the Au gustinian Society, a Roman Catholic or ganization iormed here in 1870 to receive deposits of parishioners of the church. At tachments have been issued for $27,000, and more are likely to follow. The So ciety was formed by priests, and subse quently chartered by the Legislature, with authority to hold property nut exceeding $200,000. Large amounts of real estate, in cluding church property, have been con veyed to tho Society. Since 1881, when Father Reagan took charge of its aflaire, depositors have had diUiculty in securing deposits, and several claims have been entered against it. It has been selling real estate for some time past, aud has been a large borrower of money from banks. At a meeting of depositors the latter was notified that no money was left, but the Society would endeavor to pay them at the rate of $24,000 yearly, The indebtedness is placed at $.500,000 to depositors and $200,000 to mortgage holders. Tho deposi tors number seven hundred, a majority being poor female mill operatives. It is generally believed this is the culmination of several years of gradual depreciation of the affairs of tho Society. Father O'Djn* nell, ono of the first controllers, invested largely in railroad stock, resulting in heavy losses. In addition to the poorer deposit ors there bre several heavy deposits, from ?lll twin ilfitvn fn 00(1. Much excitement exists, and the state ment of the Society's condition will proba bly be made at a meeting of prominent Catholics Sunday. Anxious depositors continue to pour in attachments. Lawjikncb; Maw, February 23.?'The Roman Catholic Churches under the con trol of the Augustinian Fathers were crowded at each service to-day. It was expected that the priests would refer to the collapse of their pavings institution. At St. Mary's Church, C. E. McEnery, Superior of the American Augustinian Order, said be pro)>osed Boon to give a detailed statement of the church finances. The society would leave nothing undone to meet its obligations, lie considered the mortgages on the church property comparatively slight. The only matter for serious consideration was the interests of the depositors, lie said the society's indebtedness was between four and five hundred thousand dollar*, but with the receipts from the orders in throe churches and two chapels in Lawrence with extraordinary efforts they could meet heir financial obligations in a few years. A PLAYEK UOKN TO LUCK. A Few Vxtracfn from I he Diary of a CelebrHfatl Unmbler. Utica, N. Y., February 24.?William, alias "Dink" Davip, who made SCO,000 playing faro in New York a few days ago, resembles Pennsylvania's present Govern or, inasmuch that he was distinguished in youth as a ball player. lie is a native of Utica, and his father formerly kept the Central Hotel. "Dink" early dropped ball playing and has followed gambling as a pursuit for about fifteen years, usually away from home. Five years ago he had amassed $25,000, but ho lost it all in Bos ton. When out of funds he draws on his father, who honors the drafts, confident that the loan will be repaid. "My son," said his father recently, "is a very careful player, cool' and sure to win. lie lias bad wonderful success lately. I wrote him for a loan of $100. He sent me $500, and a few days later $1,000. He never loses his head though his last dollar may l>e at stake." "Dink" is entirely tem perate. While he prefere faro, he is an expert at poker and other games. In a gambling room hero a stranger once chal lenged anybodv to match pennies for a dollar. "Dink" produced $1,000 and of fered to chance tne entire sum on a single toes. The offer, wis declined. ? 1 .. .?? 1 Hitcli Water In Ibe South. Caibo, III., February 24 ?The river to night measures 52 feet, a rise of half inch since last night and io now stationary. Everything is very quiet to day, and as the Ohio has commenced falling at Paducah it is expected to be on the decline to-morrow. A slide of the levee embankment occurred lasl night but was promptly repaired. The heavy winds of last night seemed not to ef fect tne levees in the least. It is clear and cool, to-night. ____ Deadly Dynamite. Bbussbls, Febrtiiry 24.?The explosion of dynamite yosterduy occurred in the open air in the village of Ganshorten. One of the men wounded, named Metzyer, has ginco died. The prisoners belonged' to a Committee of Anarchists. They wore ex perimenting with the new kind of fire works when the explosion accidentally oc curred. TUB BUSINESS WORLD, THE GENERAL CONDITION OF TRADE, H<porta from tb. CoM?d?l CoUn ?f ttl Co.dllloa of tt. Wo.1 ?.rk.l-?.- . iml 8U|utlo> !? 1?* 'r^' New Yomc, February 24?The telegraph ic reports to SndHnrf, from the le?din8 trade centers of the country show a wld* spread improvement as regards the outlook for the spring trade. AbetterfeelingU noted in New York dry 8?^ir<^'bu' the past week fremlito -c V* ^ ^ o| ^^Teath" thriughou] the westand partly aB the result of the depr^arng iaflu * ?# . Vv failures at the wear, ?&ss^ssssss tiva demand for that grain the corrteponding week of 188- anuw more than the same week of 1?1. IKON. The iron market presenta much the same features this week that itdidlaat. Business generally is alack. The market is dull and quiet, and the situation U best explained by reference to the fact that Congress is soon to adjourn. Consumers and manu facturers of iron are waiting until the mem bers shall get away from Washington, in the hopo that a certainty respecting the tariff, whether it means higher, lower, or the Bame rates as now exist, will infuse am ?B3BS!ErEsi bawW* full prices, and ia.UU?io cession . .y small, and n? attempt is made to iocrea^them hevorid present wants. * araaose con K5V keep cl?e to orders. Scotch SHncrtitted animation noticed last week, but there are no signs of improvement be J^ttVh^rr'liSwr^to^Wgher '^^ra'X/d'uriTthetf wi{. (inr> ftn(i goo tone, of various brands, at tB^^-SSSS Wall Street Iron ii Metal Exchange bulle 'SrK^re^pi^rto i^^nTl^'Ku SIZ arts" onto tariff-or, failing to, adjourns. WOOL. Boston,February24,-TUe Aiurtiurh its report of the wool market Bays: The active demand which has been so marked I during the past two weeks has become more quiet, although the advance in prices lis fully sustained. The demand has been almost entirely for legitimate use, there being little disposition shown to speculate, S I strong views of holder.I mak? it of less object to buy wools to nold foi an advance than was the case m Hince when every one seemed anxious to Bell without regard to There seems to be a scarcity lelt in we stocks held by dealeia, and unany houses TZ an inquiry that they have sold ou so completely during the past boom that now they are obliged to remain idle until they can replenish their stores. The Sc? that there , is only . mode ate Bupplv of wool on nan causeB greater confidence among dealers, andhotwes that were rrfta**?? 5S El "SflZZW/ ? that if will be a long time yet before the new clip will be available, and that reports from the country show that there 1b only a small amount of desirable wools to corns forward, while even the common grata held throughout Ohio, Michigan ana New York are very high, even compared with Uie present prices litre. Holders of wools in the country have got their imaginations up and, as one dealer facetiously remark eJ "it coats more to buy wools from the farm ere today than the same grade could bo ught lor here." Mann acturers ?e looking about quite anxiously. but bar gains are hard to pick up, and holders o| fine lots sre awaiting the issue with ex treme indifference, astheysMmconfident that all desirable wools will be needed be fore the close of the season. A BIG IKON WORKN. A Kew Eutcrprln* (o Be N tar ted at Beaver Falls, Pa. PiTTSDL'Koii, February 24.?In spite of the dullness in the general iron trade, and the npparent unfavorable outlook for that industry for the coming season, several eral gentlemen who are of great promin ence in tl& manufacturing world, have sufficient coutldence in a future restoration of activity to invest a large amount of capi tal in a new enterprise. For years past the firm of Oliver Bros. <fc Phillips and the Cambria Iron Company have made money when other large firms have simply been able t6 hold their own. This was largely owing to the fact that these firms had complete control of the material used in its various stages, from ore to manufactured specialties covered by patents. In order to obtain somewhat similar ad vantages a new firm has been formed, composed of Andrew Carnegie and Henry Phipps, of the Edgar Thomson-Steel Works; H. \V. Hartman, formerly of the Gautier Wiro Works of Johnstown; J. L. Ell wood, wire fence manufacturer of New York; Mr. Stiles, of Chicago, and Mr. Seaw, of Wis consin. These gentlemen have purchased about twenty acres of land in Beaver Falls, where they will erect works on a large scale for the manufacture of nail rods, wire, barbed fence wire, &c. The various articles manufactured by the company will be made from Bessemer ingoui obtained from the Edgar Thomson steel works. Carnegie Bros & Co. are not members of the new firm, as Mr. Andrew Carnegie and Mr. Phipps are tho only members of that concern which httvs gone into the Beaver Falls works. Neither T. M. Carnegie nor D. A. Stewart, of the ?dgar Thompson Company are interested.' It is understood that some works nowrjtanding on the prop erty at Beaver Falls will be left standing, anu will be used. The other buildings will be put up as soon as possible, and work men are already on the grotosd, getting il ready for the new works. At least $500,000 will be invested in the enterprise, besides the valuable patents on barbed wire fencing controlled by some ol the members of the firm. Mr. Ellwood ii well known to the trade as haviog made l large fortune la wire fencing. AN mH?MTHHI FXPHKM PABCEl. A tilrl hrnt, C. U. U., to Nfw Tork In CtmrKe ?r?n Anxlou? *ew??*e*. Nkw York, February. 24.-Memeng? Hesse, ol tbe Adams Express Company recently brought over his division of tbe route from Washington an express pack, age which it would have been supeiiluom to mark "handle with care." The package weighed about 130 pounds avoirdupoiB, and it was consigned to a preacher of this city living in Greene street, with a "0. 0. B." of $35. The package had come all the way from Ballon, Ga., and was nothing more nor less than a young lady of .18 tender years, whose parents had sent her to New York by express in order to preclude all possibility of losing her on the ??, ? to be able to collect damages if Bhe should be mislaid. Messenger Hesse was in some thing of a qoaudr.v how to pack his precious freight when he received a receipt for her at Washington. He thought the only Bale plan would be to put ber in the corner of a car and pile a lot of trunks on top of ber, or to get a crockery crate and cage her iu that, but he flnally. dea cided to ship hor through in a passenger car, and get the brake man to watch her. One of the necessities of thiB uniquo freight package was an oc casional meal, and the brakeman waB anx ious to bring tbe young lady s provender on these occasions. MesacnKer Hesse, however, sternly bade him to stick to his stove and his brake-wheel, and not to try to usurp other peoples duties. The ex pense of the fair express package s meals were put on a tag and added to the 0.0. B. After a great deal of mental Buffering, lest his charge should fall out of a window or be spirited away at intermediate stations. Messenger Hesse finally got h? safely to Jersey City, There she was loaded into an express wagon and brought oyer tbe Cort landt street ferry to New York and taken to tbe office oftha Adams Express Compa ny, at No. 08 Broadway, where another agent signed a paper acknowledging l er receipt, and Messenger llw breathed a sigh of relief and weut forth and drank a whisky cocktail to drown his sorrow at parting. 'J'heexpress package waB again put in an Adams Express wagon and driv en to its consignee, on Greene street, who naid all charges, and received it with open arms. Messenger Hesse is anxious to have this branch of the business developed. HAHTKK ANI> MIMH fcLATEtf. Two Bnble* Who *he Allanlle to flndflwlr Pnrent*. Nkw Yokk, February 2-1.?Miss Louise Slater, aged three years, and Master Willie Slater, aged five, came all alone across tbe broad Atlantic as steerage passongers on the steamer Lake Michigan, which arrived from Liverpool yesterday. They enjoy the distinction of being the very youngest children who ever landed at Castle Garden unaccompanied by their parents. They areas rosy cheeked and healthy a pair of infants as one wonld wish to Bee, and aa they trotted about the rotunda yesterday, hand in band, they looked altogether com fortable and happy. They were and neatly dressed, and it was plain to be seen that some one had cared for them during the long and storray voyage. Tho reporter had his mis picions concerning a motherly look looking women who witched the <?ildren ilih smiling eyes. "Lord, sir" she slid, "the babbies was well looked alter. X didn't do more nor the rest. Every man and woman in the ship felt kind y towards ?em and tbey couldn't hive bad better aire if their own mother was with em. They re dear little ones and I hive grown as fond ?! When*Slater and his wife, the parents of the little travelers, came to tills city from England six months ago, hey we poor and left the children in a charitable insti tution in Liverpool, until they had made a borne for them and had saved enough money to pay their passage. The mother was sent for by Superintendent Jackson and was overjoyed to meet her little ones yesterday afternoon. Master Willie, dur ing bis short stay in the rotunda, develop ed astounding industry and ingenuity in Betting into mischief. He turned a water faucet and nearly flooded Castle Garden, burned his fingers with a hot poker, pulled the yellow hair of a big German boy, pinched a Swedish biby until it howled, upset an inkstand over some official records and tripped up an Irisnman wiUi a booked caue. CLEVKLAND'S CEHhDS. Retnnrknble (Jrowtti of t!i? Oily In ttic Liul Tblrlern Mout tin. Cleveland, 0., February 24.?It has been tho yearly custom of the police de partment to take a ceusus in January. It was so taken this year, but bungling work rendered it valueless. Orders were issued to retake it, and this evening it was com pleted. It shows that Cleveland has a pop ulation of 11)4,300?an increase during the last thirteen months of 8,458. There are 30,851 houses, 002 wholesale stores, 959 large and email manufactories, and 2,SS0 stores in the city. In the iron trade there are 5 blast furnaces, 15 rolling mills, 45 foundries. 12 boiler works, and 57 machine works. Forty-seven lumber yards and 22 planing mills indicate the extend of the lumber trade?a growing industry here. There are also 137 churches, 48 public buildings, 42 public schools, 40 public halls, and 0 theatres. Oil works number 30, passenger depots 12, and freight depots 11. Among the miscellaneous buildings are 0 shipyards, 5 orphan asylums, 3 medi cal colleges, 1 college, and 33 hotels. At the docks 182 vessels lay. Atl ARK ANNAN THAUEDY. Seventeen ConvJeta Kill a Contractor anil Make Good Their Europe. Helena, Abe., February 24.?A deplor able tragedy was enacted three miles below Helena this morning. D. tL Gant had seventy-five penitentiary convicts employ ed at work on the levee, below tho city, and it seems they had made arrangement to capture the guards and escape. One of the convicts, woo was spading dirt near a guard, knocked the guard down, when the other convicts rushed upon the other guards. At this time Gant came upon the scene, riding a horse. He fired at the con victs, but, seeing them armed, turned to retreat, when one of the convicts flred, the load passing through his body, killing him instantly. Seventeen convicts then made their escape. They came across a lot of negroes working near, and compelled them to change clothes. A pout of citizens have gone in pursuit, but up to the present writing none of the convicts have been captured. Gant was an energetic citizen, and people mostly depended on him to keep the levee from Helena to Oldtown from breaking. An I'ncle 'Miat In an Uncle. New Yohe, February 24.?Daniel Mapes, 8r.j a wealthy bachelor of West Farms, celebrated his eighty-third birthday by en tertaining at dinner all his nephews and nieces, who number seventeen. As each of bis guests departed Mr. Mapes handed to him or her an envelope containing a check for $1,000. This has become a habit with Mr. Mapes, for be has done the same thing once every two years for the past de cade. He is still a well-preserved man, seldom ill, and on every clear day is out attending to his business, which is solely the care of his Urge property, NEWS BY THE CABLE. MR. FORSTER'S REPLY TO PARNELL. A Dratrartlre AtUek on the Laid I.eanue-Fortti r Armies P?n?U of Sjnpathjr, If .lot Conarc tlon With the Iriih Oatraiee?The L?nd Lugae Leader Effictiallr Klleiced. London, February 24.?Mr. Forster'a destructive attack upon the Land League and Mr. Parnell has put everything elte in the shade. Ever since James Carey's testimony, incriminating the Land League, was mado public, the House has looked to Mr. Parnell to refute the daily growiig suspicion of the Irish leader's complicity in the crime. Appealed to and challenged repeatedly fiom both sides of Ihe House, he sat for a whole week silent Mr* For ster sent him word that he intendea to accuse. The House was thronged. Btr. Forster spoke with an energy and directness that carried everything before him. He began his speech by charging that Mr. Parncli still remained the leader of an agitation which had organised aud promoted outrage and murder, and tba( from outrage and murder lie had derived advantage and power. If he disapproved of this campaign in crime, why hail he never denounced 11? What was done with the,unaudited fundstof the Land League? When did Mr. Parnell disown Sheridan. Boyton and Kedpath, all accredited agents of the Land League, and all publicly advocating murder? When did Mr. Breu nau cease discharging the double duty ol paid Secretary of the Land league and Irish correspondent of the Jrith WotiiL which was the paymaster ol the:Land League aud the open advocate not only of murder, but of the wholesale destruction of English lives and property? Would Mr. l'arnell disavow United Ireland,* news* paper owned partly by hiui and by Mr. McCarthy, which systematically treated murder, urson and robbery as incidents of the League campaign? Summing up these, and many other grave matters, and admitting himself that prob ably no more serious charge had ever been made by one member of the House against another, Mr. Forster de clared that Mr. Parnell had either con nived at the outrages and crimes, or had remained in willful ignorance of them, de termined not to inquire about them, ac cepting the authority and influence that were due to them, and never condemning them. Wnen Mr. Forster sat down the whole House turned to Mr. Parnell, who still re fused to rise?the first time in history that a member of the British Parliament ever declined such a challenge, t ?. UiiHrriliiiE UlndNtone. London, February 25.--Gladstone will arrive in London Thursday. The police on Saturday renewed their precautions for his safety. Several additional suspected persons arrived in this city last week. Im portant information regarding their move ments has been received. rominnulMlc Noolvtlen IHnrovcretl. Madrid, February 25.?Societies to de stroy thejrights,of property and exterminate the bourgoise land owners, has been dis covered in Andalusia. The Government has resolved to suppress the societies. They number a thousand members and include persons of social standing. Keller for Kantian Jens. St. PrrsnsnuRG, February 25.?A ukase has been published Appointing a commis Bion to examine and amend lawa relating to Jews, which will afterwards be sub mitted to the Legislative Department for examination. Important Plot Kevealed. Bbuhskls, February 25. ? The police seized documents revealing a plot affecting Belgium and other countries. Cipher tele grams were sent to Paris, Berlin and St. Petersburg. Arrests are expected. AN VNMMIOM r IIONOK Conrerrnl on lion. Jotin W. Foafer. Nominated HlnlNter to NpnlB, Washington, February 25.?The nomi nation of J. W. Foster to be Envoy Extra-. ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to Spain, was received here as pre-eminently a good appointment It was entire unsolicited by Mr. Foster or his Indiana friends. The llret intimation he bad of it was on Wednesday last when he met the President in obedience to a pri vate note from tho latter. The President then stated that both Secretary Freling huyeen and himself desired his acceptance of the position. Mr. Foster asked two or three days in which to decide the matter, and subsequently suggested to Secretary Frelinghuysen that he desired some one,or all of the Indiana delegation ia Congress might be consulted in reference to the appointment. The Secretary informed him he had already spoken to Seaator Harrison of the matter and that the Senator replied that while he had been pressing others for a sim ilar position, yet under the cir cumstances he could only endorse such an appointment most heartily, regarding it as a very flattering compliment not only to Mr. Foster but to Indiana. On learning this Mr. Foster accepted the position, asking sixty days to arrange his affairs. It is well known to Mr. Foster's friends that financially he is a loser by the change, but coming to him as itidid he felt he could not in honor decline the ap pointment. Mr. Foster was for bix yen's Minister to Mexico, for two years Minister td St Petersburg. In 1872 he was Chairman of the Indiana Republi can State Committee, and for many years prior to that had been editor and proprietor of the Evansville Journal, one of the leading papers in his State. Since his return from St. Petersburg a little over a year ago, he has resided iix this city, representing certain claims in the interest of the Mexican government. BR1EP TELEGRAMS. The New England divorce reform league is arranging for a series of public meetings. The old Malley cotton mills at North Adams, Mass., burned yesterday. Loss, $75,000. SU Louis is to have an Exposition build ing, nearly $500,000 having been subscribed for that purpose. A dwelling at Quarantine, Long Island, burned last night. Mrs ' Hennessey and two children were burned to death. Formal suit for $20,000 was brought Sat urday against C.D. Nash and John F.An tisdel, of the late Newball House, Milwau kee, by John Gilbert, the actor. The de fendants up till yesterday denied suit, but then admitted that papers had been served. The leading creditors of the Fox River Iron Company, which made an assignment to J. H. Booth, of Milwaukee held a secret meeting Saturday. The Company's assets are placed at $00,000. and the liabilities at $100,000, with a contingent liability of $30,? 000. No definite action was determined on, DIED. OULUEETBOK?On Sunday night, February ttl 1883, at I'J o'clock. Maatba 1/1(xky, wifo of Tbo?| Q. Culbertton, in the 75th rear of her age. Funeral from tho realdenco of Mr. Samuel I McCoUoob, Hcaunt Valley, on TnettUjr alU>mool| at two o'clo.k.