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jf -. fr. v ' & " f The YOL. XXI. ISTO. 119. WASKEaTOK, D. C, FEIDAY MOBOTSTG, APBEL 15, 1881. THKEE CEKTS. National REPUBLiclSr VIRGINIA POLITICS. INTERVIEWING READJUSTEE. i a j.T.StOTal on the Political Situation in the O'.il Ilomiuloa "o Solid South The Char acter of the Gamins' Campaign Xalione Discussed. In view of the fact that the BourbonsJ -nhe'-eimtc arc said to oe preparing " w"j w.w , L. of the present deadlock in the campaign m VJa nest summer, Hon. J. T. Stoval, of the v-fth Virginia District, who is contesting the :o;,fCabellinthe Forty-seventh Congress, was t! -lav asked bv a representative of The Re- .. , VN what would be the effect of such a dem ...,".' ration, and replied as follows : - I think Virginians have always been opposed centralization of power in such degree as to U( - the rights of a State. I think they will more ,'.vm...u-lv oppose the centralization of power in , n,n.,iml political party, for if a strong ccntral v 4 irm or government is to bo feared, with all its fj. mi" care of the people who form and defend then "how much more may the people fear the re,..Tilirfd domination by a party of heated and ,1,-Wcd iolitician5, whose actions and words . arH indicate that order of madness of a minority that plunged the Nation into a bloody. frattuid'ulwariulSGU' liut will not Virginians, from force of senti ment and local attachment, adhere to the Solid Aawh in their union with the Northern Democracy , .i neccs-ary protective alliance?"' ' l tru-t not. You must-remember Virginia once r,i.mi-d the fire-eaters in the delusive hope that .". ,.rtheni Democracy was to prove a succoring a'U ' and instead of helping hands they welcomed U;"HU bloodvones to hospitable graves, while ur tields and our manhood interposed a barrier to -. e the fire-eaters lrom invasion." '-Do Virginians feel embittered on this account tuuardliersNter Southern States and the North- e-a Democracy?" . .. r- they harbor no ill feeling. Their South-(.-n'attachment is warm, and their respect for the Northern Democracy is fully equal to its deserts; but their politics now is tending more toward the irartical. and lessening the sentimental character hat once gave it shape. Sentimental pontics flourished when pillared up by the labor of four millions of slaves, bnt is rather maudlin for the present conditiou of Virginia." Do you mean that this i the killing of A lrgm ian generally V" When cool it is, but when excited en Mahone i,ai perhaps fifty thousand Virginia voters would Kan into the yawning chasm of Democracy in order that the Ben Hill senatorial dceeinvirate shall MUuit will be the character of the campaign n-Mfall?' . , . , ' 1 he strain of the Bourbons v. ill take color from P.. -poet-lies recently and now being made in the Senate bv Hill, Johnston, Vest, and others of the bitvrc-t Bourbons. On the side of the Readjusters v ill be in favorof free thought and independent a' t,n the full and equal rights of ail citizens li di i the law, the taking of Virginia from among , ,ud and placing her in line with the governing vit- s to the end that she may be prosperous, l,",Wful. and happy. We will demonstrate thnt , ,i. petition t- Congress in 18C9 for restoration to tW liuoii me.int pcaceitu sisieruoou ui owiw, " not sectional nor party strife, and that the former v. ill h-ad to the dcvelopemcnt of our resources and the promotion of our best interests, while the latter v. ill perpetuate our poverty and finally reduce us U absolute dependence." -To v.hat extend will the debt question be uedr Uv the Readjusters, to the maintenance of State sovereignly, the necessary wants of civilized gov trnment, the support of institutions of charity, the u'hnncement of education, nnd equity as found in a i-i.urt of conscience between payer and payee." " To what extent by the Flinders 7" "Heavens only knows! Recent writers to the Tuuder iwpcrs of Virginia saj-they will advocate total repudiation a complete wipe out.' if need be. to defeat the Readjusters since the Republicans have manifested a favorable disposition toward Virginia through Senator Mahone. The hypocriti cal en- of the Fundcrs will be, ' Let us readjust the debt, but let us do it inside the Democratic party.' " " What effect have the recent debates in the Sen ate had upon the minds of intelligent Virginians?" ' Of course, the inappcasable leaders of Funder-i-m, from the regular subalterns to their aristo cratic masters, are intensified in hatred and spleen bj the support given to General Mahone, who is the objective of all Bourbon dislike, and the same fiigiomcrate class revel in apparent delight over ee:i the most brutal of attacks on Mahone; but the whole Rcadjuster party are greatly encouraged b the cordial relations between General Ma hone and the ruling men of the Senate. The chagrin of the Bourbons at the support given General Mahonc in the Senate is a strong element of depression, and must prove ruinous to Bourbon hopes in Virginia if the administration join the Senators now indorsing Mahonc in the encourage ment thus far given." Do you think the masses of Virginia desire anxiously the practical support of the President?" " I know the people of Virginia, except those who would ruin the country in order to defeat .cncral Mahone, anxiously wish, and reasonably hope, to gain the confidence and recognition of the President, that they may feel equal to auy other State." XOTES. Every avowal made by the Readjustcr party, lither during the canvass last fall or since that time, in regard to their Democracy, goes to show that no reference whatever was had to the so called Democratic party as it then and now exists Readjusters do not look upon that party as holding the true principles of Democracy and of being in faor of framing and administering the laws of the country in the interests of the people. True, the party retains the name, but it has abandoned the principles; it holds to the shadow, but it has lrM the substance; it claims to be a democracy, bat is nothing more, practically, than au aristoc rae). Portmouth Times. The Readjusters of Rockingham County met in convention at nanisonburg last Saturday, and nominated their county ticket for the May elec tion Hon. John Paul, Congressman-elect for this district, iudorscd United States Senator Mahone's coarse fully. Resolutions were then passed in dorsing and commending Mr. Mahone's action and totes in the United States Senate. At the convention of Readjusters of Henry County hist week to nominate a county ticket, stirring speeches were made, and the following, among other resolutions, was adopted: .v"iv,r, That the course of our Senator, General V. illiom Mahone, in the Senate of the llnlted States, m refusing to submit himself to the dictation of a Party caucus, meets our unqualified approbation and approval. " STorlii Carolina Giinnls FiKiilin. s-'iiuilotte, X. C, April 13. A meeting of the North Carolina giants was held here to-day iua bar-room in the western part of the city. Among the big men were Preston nollowayand Andj Walker. The latter is seyen feet nine and a half inches in height, and weighs over 500 pounds. Hollow ay is half an inch shorter, and weighs a quarter of a hundred more. He is known as ,: Big Elephant " by the people of both Carolinas. A dis cussion arose to-day about the relative strength of these two giants. " Big Elephant " was seated ci a Leer keg smoking & cigar, and Walker stepped up to him and dcsii cd to know upon what he based his claim of superior strength. A fight ensued, in which Walker was twice knocked down. As soon as he could get on his feet again the crestfallen Burnt ran out of the building. He went to the major's office and claimed his protection. Floods, at Ruclc Xalnucl. Kocic Island, III., April 14. This city ad the lower lands adjacent are again under water, with the river still rising. The river has been tilled with running ice duringtbe day, and ""is afternoon the ice forced an outlet through a narrow slough, -which filled up and caused the in itiation of the city. The water commenced rising at six o'clock and soon submerged the railroad tracks aud the lower pari of the city. It continued " rise, and soon First avenue and the cross streets ere completely covered to the depth of twelve inches. People residing in the low lands immedi ate.y south of the city moved out of their houses, trisecting a break in the embankment which pro tects the land. A train on the Rock Island and i eona Railroad was abandoned at Milan, the pas sengers being conveyed to this city by carriages. 6- XV.nl Koj roc in a Peruvian Prison. 1 nrsuuBo, Pa.? April 14. A telegram i-ecicved by Major retcrson, of Allegheny, asks uiat the certified naturalization papers of Terence fylon,who resided here from 1S3S to 1SGS, be yarded to Secretary Blaine at once, in order to establish the claiin nfPnni -Rfvwnr. i,- c ... , - iWJ tuv Uk) dVUy W from Srti-1 ???.ited St?tes-aud hae him released TteiESSffii1? wberehe is a prisoner of war i-e papers will bo forwarded as sonn - fhiind SCHAEFER AHEAD. Bcanltorihe Billiard Match Imst Silent Grand Totals. Xew York, April 14. To-niglit was the fourth night of the great billiard match, of 4,000 points between Jacob Schaefer and George F. Slosson, for a purse of SJ.C00, at the Academy of Music, and there was a large audience. The game was lesumed atS:07, Schaefer finishing his ninety second inning. The balls were in excellent posi tion, and by two masse shots he gained the long rail and raised his incomplete run of 68 points from the previous night by a run of 65, fhu3 scorjj ing, on the ninety-second inning, 133. OnamasM strong 'he failed to count, when Slosson took the table, making 9 shots, total score now standing Schaefer, 2,465; Slosson, 1,669. Schaefer again re sumed the table, playing at times in a marvelous manner, many of his shots eliciting applause, naving brought the balls together he held the rail until he had made a score of 202, missing on a dif ficult shot. Slosson then went to the table and be gan playingwith the utmost coolness. After a few shots on the open table he finally railed the balls, and continued playing with great espertness until he had scored 260 points. The audience, as each 50 points were raised, gave him great applause. He missed on a masse shot, aud left the balls in a splendid position for Shaefer, who took advantage of his good luck and scored on his third inning of the evening 03 points. Slosson brought the balls to the rail again, and started off on another apparently heavy run, when claim was made that the balls were frozen. On this inning Slosson scored 60 points. On the fourth and fifth innings Schaefer only made 6 points, and nothing in the sixth and seventh. Slosson scored 4 in the fourth inning, missing in the fifth, and scoring but 2 in the sixth inning. In the seventh Inning, by railing the balls, and by a number of splendid open table shots, he made a run of 20S. He missed on a diffi cult shot, leaving the balls, as in the previous run, in a fine position for his antagonist, who went to the table and before leaving it made a run, in his eighth inning, of 158 points. Slosson followed with a run of 19, and Schaefer, again catch ing the balls in good position, made a run of 94. Slosson then added 27 more to his count, and Schaefer made two more masses in succession. Schaefer in his thirteenth inning made a run of 123. Slosson made a miss shot Jn the fourteenth inning, his opponent scor ing in the same inning 15. Schaefer having the table, was again lucky in finding the balls to his mind, and he scored 40, thus making his 800 points for the night's game. Score--Schaefer, S00; grand total, 3,200. Slosson, total, 1.02S; grand total from start, 2,68S. The game will be finished to-morrow-night. SCENES IN DAKOTA, Devastation Iy the Floods Inundations Every wlicre. Yaxktox, D. T., April 14. The river is at a stand to-day. Ice is running in the channel. Refugees from tho flooded districts are flocking Into Yankton. The War Department has ordered the issneof rations to Captain Wheeler, post quar termaster. The district to be supplied from Yank ton includes Vermillion, twenty-five miles below here, and the intervening bottom. In this region there arc twenty-five hundred people who need aid. Below Vermillion, to dhc Big Sioux River, there are five thousand more destitute onc3 who will be supplied by the Government with food from centres of distribution. A committee is to leave Vermillion inthe morning in a yawl to ar range for distribution, of food. The gorge is still deep all over the bottoms. From records in the surveyor-general's office it is ascertained that the flood on the Dakota side covers an aggregate of 227,000 acres in the counties, viz., Yankton County, 55,000; Clay County. 75,000; Union County, 97,000. All this region is thickly settled, the head of this bottom, chalk-stone' bluff, and is bj the flood, except on Yankton is at on a high not damaged the levee, where there has been great destruction among steamboats and warehouses. Qayville, 200 people; Mecking, 100 people; Burbank, 50 peo ple; Vermillion, S00 people; Elk Point, 1,000 peo ple; Jefferson, 300 people, are all on low bottoms and arc inundated. The balance of the bottom is thickly covered with farm houses, stock raising being the chief industry. Captain Lavender and Captain Noble returned last night from a sixteen days' cruise over the bot toms. They saved 410 people, taking them from Iiouscs to the bluff. As far as can be ascertained not more than half a dozen lives have been lest by the flood. One man arrived from Meeplinton, and says there are 130 people entirely out of provisions aud unable to get over the ice-field intervening. An expedition will leave here in tho morning to attempt to reach them. THE LOST CHARLEY ROSS. A Possible Clew to t!ic Mliins Boy Sent to Colonel Forney from Loudon. Philadelphia, April 14. Another clue to the lost Charley Ross has been discovered, and it comes to light through Colonel John W. Forney. Helios received a letter from Robert Benjamin Hugmau, dated "36 Greenwood road, Dalston, London, K.E., March 31, 1SS1." In this letter Mr. Hugmau says ho was under the impression that the boy had been restored to his parents, until he saw a paragraph in a paper to the contrary a short time ago. He writes to Colonel Forney : TJp to the 25th of this month I lived in Loughton, Essex, twelve miles northeast of London. My two youngest children attended a school there, to which place also a Charley Ross came. He was a pretty child, and though a woman with whom he lived there passed him off as her son George, he often talked with my children, the girl especially, and said that his name ws not George, but Charley Boss, and that the woman was not his mother; that he was brought from America In a big ship, and my girl has frequontly spoken to her mother of how hard It must be for him to be stolen from his home. He has frequently told my children that his mother was n lady. I have often seen him with this questionable person, and have of late lost sight of her, thoagh I have been told where she is now to be found. The boy left our village some time ago, as I understood, to be sent home, and from what I have since beard I think this boy is the one who was stolen away from home, and answers to the description given of Charley Ross. This letter is accompanied by one from W. G. Kingsbury, who Is a well-known business man in London, and a personal friend of Colonel Forney's. He indorses Mr. Hugman's statement. To He JIanced To-Bay. St. Petersburg, April 14. All the Nihil ists, except Hcssy Helfmann, who is encicnic, and whose execution will be delayed until after her confinement, will be hanged at nine o'clock Fri day morning in Somenoff Square. The SlandarcCs Berlin dispatch says news has been received from St Petersburg that a number of Nihilists have at tacked the prison in which the condemned Nihilists are detained, and that twenty have been captured with bombs in their hands. A dispatch to the Xcws from St. Petersburg re ports that the question of convoking delegates to consider how representatives of the nation can participate in the representation of state affairs will be deferred until after Easter. The Times cor respondent at St. Petersburg says : It is stated that Russakoff and Michacloff alone have sued for mercy. Tnc Ioyal Jdeeion. Philadelphia, Pa., April 14. At the meeting of the Loyal Legion to-day, at which General Hancock presided, an amendment to the constitution was adopted to admit as hereditary members of the order the sons of officers killed in battle. The question of admitting Wast Point ca dets as members.vas discussed, and a resolution to effect that object was defeated. There was no election held for officers, and the present offi cers will hold over until the fifth quadrennial congress of the legion, which will meet in Chicago in 1SS5. After transacting other business of a pri vate character in connection with the order, the congress adjourned. This evening a banquet was served at the St. George Hotel. 9 TIio Connecticut legislature. Hartford, Coxx., April 14. The Con necticut Legislature adjourned ie die to-day, after a session of three months and one week. The appropriations for educational and benevolent in stitutions during the session have amounted to 172,800. There have also been appropriations of S3.000 for the expenses of the militia at the York town Centennial celebration, 510,009 for a perma nent military camp ground at Niantic, 55,000 for fish propagation, and other appropriations, amount ing to about S22S,000 Tle Broltcn Banlr. Atlanta, Ga., April i4. The excite ment caused by the failure of the Citizens Bank still continues." Very little can be learned conS corning the assets and liabilities. Business circles arc no"t affected by the failure. The Attorney General claims that the Stateisapreferred creditor andean move without formality. This has had the effect of closing the Bank of Rome, and now the Citizens' Bank and other failures of State de positories are anticipated. A State deposit is now an Injury to a bank. STARS AND STRIPES. THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE FLAG. What the Records Say About tho National Emblem Early Colonial Standards Scraps of Inter- cstincr Information The Jfavyaml the Flag A Sad Incident. Colonel I. S. Tichenor, of this city, calls attention to a slight error in the article on the flag in Tun Revuulican of tho 13th instant. He says: " In referring to the first time the flag was hoisted ou the flagstaff of the House of Represent atives, April 13, 1818, you say : Previous to this time there was no settled form of the Hag, which then consisted of eighteen stripes.with no fixed number af stars, and by addiiiK a stripe for every new State admitted into the Union, the flag was becoming disproportionate and unwieldy. The facts, as therappcarfrom the record, seem to be as follows: The flag was first established by a resolution of Congress, June 14, 1777. and provided for thirteen stripes, alternate red and white, and thirteen stars, white, in a blue field. The resolu tion was not published officially until the follow ing September, but was made public through the press. This was the legally authorized flag until the passage of the act of Congress approved Jan uary 13, 1794, entitled "An act making an altera tion" in the flag of the United States, and is in the following words: That from and after the first day of May, Anno Domini 1733, the flag of the United States be fifteen stripes, alternate red and white, that the Union be fif teen stars, white, In a blue field. This act made no provision for subsequent alter ations, and none were made until the year ISIS, although several States nad been added to the Union, and this was the flag under which the war of 1812-14 was carried on, representing by the num ber of stripes, as well as stars, the number of States of the Union at that time. This, then, was the legal form of the flag until the passage of the act of Congress approved April 4, 181S, which, pro vided That from and after (he 4th day of July next the flag of theXTnited States be thl. teen horizontal stripes alternate red and white; that the union be twenty stars, white. In a blue field. Section 2 of the same act provides That on the admission of every new State into the Union one star be added to the u nion of the flag; and that such addition shall take effect on the 4th day of July then next succeeding such admission. This act is still in force, aud Is the authority for our present emblem of nationality, now recog nized by the civilized world as the Stars and Stripes, the flag of our glorious Union. Thus it will be observed there has been an es tablished flag, duly authorized by acts of Congress from June 14, 1777 (less than a year after the Dete laration of Independence) down to the present time, and a legally-authorized United States flag never consisted of eighteen stripes. The history of the first attempts to establish a flag which should represent the young Republic is a curious and exceedingly interesting one. On the first outbreak which began the memorable struggle for Independence, and in tho absence of any authorized emblem, a great variety of flags and devices were displayed in the Colonies, gener ally having some patriotic word or sentiment in scribed upon them, the most usual being the word "Liberty." A representation of a coiled rattlesnake, with the motto, " Don't tread on me," was one of the most significant, and a flag of this description may now be seen at Independence Hall, in Philadel phia, in a good state of preservation. The first armed vessel carried the "pine-tree flag," and it Is recorded that the flag called the " Great Union," raised by Washington at Cam bridge, January 2, 1776, consisted of thirteen alter nate red nnd white stripes of the present flag of the United States, with the crosses of St. George and St. Andrew emblazoned on the blue canton in place of the stars. As an incident worthy of note in connection with the unfurling of the flag over the House of Representatives April 13, ISIS, it maybe stated that the flag then hoisted, consisted of thirteen stripes and twenty stars, anil was not at the time the legal flag of the United States, and did not become so until the 4th day of July following, that being the time provided in the act when it should go into effect, and the act of January 13, 1794, which provides for fifteen stripes and fifteen stars, remained in force until that date, a period of nearly three months after the new flag was hoisted. A very interesting work, entitled " The Flags of the United States of America, Lc.," by Rear-Admiral George Henry Treble, U. S. N., published by A. Williams & Co., Boston, 1SS0, gives much valua ble information upon this subject, and from this it appears that Hon. Peter Wendover, M. C, of New Y'ork, offered a resolution that a committee be ap pointed to inquire into the expediency of altering the flag of the United States. This resolution was probably offered In Decem ber, 1S16, as tiie committee reported a bill on the 2d of January, 1817, which, however, was not acted upon. The admission of the States of Tennessee, Ohio, Louisiana, and Indiana made a change in the flag desirable. The next December, when Congress assembled. Mr. Wendover renewed his resolution, and on the 6th of January, 1818, the committee having the bill in charge reported substantially the bill as Intro duced by Mr. Wendover, who was chairman of tho committee. Captain S. C. Reid, the gallant commander of the brig General Armstrong, and a personal friend of Mr. Wendover, at the request of tho latter, aud while the committee had the matter in considera tion, made a design of the flag which was adopted and is now the flag of tho country. March 24,1818, the first call on the docket was the " Star-Spangled Banner," which, after an animated debate in Committee of the Whole, was leported without amendment, and ordered to be engrossed for a third reading the next day, (March 25.) It appears that on the previous Saturday the wind blew almost a hurricane iu Washington, and the old flag of fifteen stripes and fifteen stars was, as Mr. Wendover wrote Captain Reid, " completely ragged bunting," and he feared Congress would have to sit a part of the session without the Star Spangled Banner over their heads. March 25, the bill had its third reading a little before twelve o'clock, and passed with perhaps only two or three noes. A motion was made to amend the title of the bill, and the word alter which appeared in the original title was stricken out, and the word estab lish, substituted, so that, a3 before stated, the title was, "An act to establish the flag of the United States." Immediately after the passage of the bill by the House of Representatives (March 25, ISIS), Mr. Wendover had the old flag measured up and down the stnff, and found it fourteen feet four inches, but thought the new flag should be eighteen feet hoist. "Now, Jack," writes Mr. Wendover to Captain Reid, who was in New York city, " I ask as a fa vor that you will be pleased to inform mo what a flag of that size will cost in New Y'ork, made for the purpose, with thirteen stripes and twenty stars forming one great luminary, as per pasteboard plan you handed me, and if the bill passes the Senate soon it is probable I shall request the captain of the late General Armstrong to have a flag made for Congress Hall under his direction. Please inquire as to the cost of materials, tc, aud write me soon, that Congress, for their firm sup port of the bill, may, before they adjourn, see the banner raised." Under date of April 8, ISIS, 2 p.m., Mr. Wendover wrote Captain Reid as follows :" This morning a message was received from the President that on the 4th instant, among the other bills, he ap proved and signed the bill to 'establish the flag of the United States.' " On the 13th of April, ISIS, Mr. Wendover wrote Captain Reid as follows r "I have just time to in form you that the new flag for Congress arrived here per mail this day, and wa3 hoisted to replace the old one at two o'clock, and has given much satisfaction to all who have seen it as far as f have heard." A bill was forwarded to Mr. Wendover from New York, and was probably for the material of which it was constructed, as tho flag was unques tionably made by Mrs. Reid, with, possibly the as sistance of other patriotic ladies whom she en listed iu the good cause. It will be seen that the law does not prescribe the form in which the stars shall be placed inthe Captain Reid suggested that for the halls of Couores?, and-for public buildings, and on land, the stars should be arranged to lorrn one large star, aud they were so arranged on the flag made by Mrs. Reid. Iu 1859 Congress voted its thanks to Captain-Reid, the designer of tiie S- Oae sad incident connected with the history of the flag is recorded in the work of Admiral Pfeble, that the son of Captain Reid proved recreant to the flag which hii gallant father designed and de fended and his patriotic mother made with her Captain Reid died In 1801, amaster in the United Strtcs navy, aged seveuty-scven years. A FLORIDA ZEPHYR. TVIint Oar Special Correspondent Saw on .., the lVnyKaero. Special to TheMepuUican: Jacksonville, Fla., April 1Q. Accord ing to the promise I made to send you occasionally a few notes while on my travels, I avail myself of a short stop at the commercial capital of iloridato' fulfill my coutract. -The route from Washington to Savannah via Wilmington and Charleston, your readers all know, is probably ono of 'tho most un interesting in the United States. The coun try is poor, sparsely populated, and en tirely destitute of flno scenery. Savannah is a beautiful citv, and fchows sigiu of considerable activity; but to one who is familiar with our Northern cities and the cities of the co lossal West she-appears tamo and but half awake. Through Savannah flows and cbb3 the vast htream of travel to and from Florida, and one is struck with the poor accommodations furnished by the hotels to Uicse travelers. I suppose the landlords think that the people must stop anyhow, but they forget that those people would stop much longer in their beautiful city if they could obtain the ac-cominodations-wbich are furnished at first-class hotels in other cities. At Savannnh we took a small but comfortable steamer, and made tho iiilaud trip to Fernnndina, at which point we took the newly-completed rail road to Jacksonville, distant thirty miles, making ' the trip from Savannah in les3 than twenty-ibur hours. Jacksonville gives the first decided cvideneo of Northern enterprise and capital. 'Hie hotels aio large, comfortable, and well furnished, and the tables are provided with good, wholesome, well cooked and well-served -viands.' -The St, James Hotel is splendidly managed, and ias not it3 su perior In the South. A now railroad is now being built between Jacksonville li'nd Savannah, which will decrease the distance one hundred miles between those two cities. It will be opcneil by the 20th instant. The party leaves to-morrow morning to go up the St. John's. The first stopping place will be Green Cove Springs, said by the pro prietor to be the veritable springs. which Ponce de Leon searched for in early days. Many persons speak in the highest terms of the curative properties of the sulphur waters of thcEsTsprings, provided a person bathes in them frequently, drink of them abundantly, say a gallon a day, and eschews whisky. These are simple and easy fules for a Washingtonian to follow. When we reach there I will give you the result of tho experiment on one of the members of our party. " HUFF. A WISCONSIN SENSATION, Tho Antl-Trenlins luiiv How It Is Be- eelved In Jlllivnalcec. Special Correspondence qf TUJiepullican. Milwaukee, Wis., April 14. Milwaukee-has had 'a sensation in the last three days. It was the first trial under the famous "anti treating to," as it is called, Jupt passed by the Wisconsin Legislature. By this law any person is forbidden, under penalty of a fiae, from giving to or procuring for auy other person whatsoever, di- j-eclly or indirectly, in any saloon or other public i piace, any intoxicating liquor as a oeverage. in order to make a test case, Mr. Charles B. Harger, of the editorial staff of the -Ermine Wisconsin, one of the leading city papers here, was informed upon by another of the staff; and duly tried iu the muni cipal court before Judge Mallory. The sympathies of the district attorney were clearly with the de fendant, and the prosecution was (probably de signedly) a rather lame effort, which produced little impression save the general one that ho would not regret being defeated. The defense was ably conducted by Mr. Adolf Herdegcn, who moved to DISMISS THE COMPLAINT, holding that the law was invalid and void, for several reasons, such as that it was unconstitu tional, because it exceeded the police powers the State, under which it was ostensibly enacted; also that it was unreasonable aud absurd; and adapted to create great hardship and injustice-, (instancing how it rendered unlawful such acts as a man purchasing a glass of beer for his wife, or his brother, sou, or daughter, ,r for a friend ; and also the glvins of banquets md public dinners, unless each guest pald-for '.fmAirvtrhc drnuk, &c.r mentioning the recent dinner given by the Cham ber of Commerce here as a shining example). Tho balance of his argument was that the alleged law was not properly enacted, purporting as it did to amend a certain revised statute, which was entirely obliterated by a new statute passed a year ago. ne also made various technical objections relating to the way in which the complaint was drawn. His Honor seemed to be, by his casual remarks, in full sympathy with the defendant, and a decision fa vorable to the latter is looked for by every one. Thu3 will probably pass away ono of the most un reasonable enactments of a Legislature made nota ble by its blunders. H. G. U. JIoic Xomluations. Tho following nominations were sent to the Senate yesterday: Postmasters Henry C. Russoll, at Eufaula, Ala.; Whitley F. Ewing, at Gadsden, Ala.; John Grant, at Bracketville, Tex.; Isaac T. Brown, at Columbus, Ind.; Edwin W. Phelps, at Oak Park, 111.; C. N.Clark, at Ida Grove, Iowa. James C. Ftillerton, to be receiver of public moneys at Roseburg, Oregon. William Letcher, of Ohio, to be register of land offlce at Mitchell, Da kota, and Cortez Fessenden, of Michigan, to be surveyor-general of the United States, district of Dakota. Mary Murray" Verdict. Baltimore, April 14. :In. the case of Miss Mary A. Murray vs. General E. B. Tyler, post-j master of this city, for 820,000 damages fbr aUeged indecent assault while the plaintiff was an employee in tile-post-office, and which has been on trial in Howard County Circuit Court for a week, the jury to-day rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, assessing the damages at 55,000. Suicide in'Baltlmore. Baltimore, Md., April 14. Julius Dougherty, aged fifty-eight, bachelor, committed suicide this morning by cutting his throat. He -was formerly a bank clerk, and was in easy cir cumstances, but had been unwell forseveral weeks, which made him despondent ARMY AND NAVY NEWS. The Minnesota arrived at Newport, R. L, Tuesday morning from New York. The extension of leave of absence granted to First Lieutenant Russell H. Day, Sixth Infantry, March 2,18Sl,Is still further extended seven day, Colonel A. J. Brodhead, paymaster of the United States army, who has just returned from the White River agency, says he thinks a Ute war is almost certain. The leave of absence granted First Lieutenant C. G. Penney, regimental quartermaster Sixth Infantry, March 8, 1S31, Department of the Missouri, is extended two mouths. Rear-Admiral Bryson, commanding the South American squadron, has requested of the Navy Department that he be relieved of that com mand, and his request will be granted. The "War Department yesterday after noon received a dispatch announcing the death at Presidio, San Francisco, of Lieutenant-Colonel George E. Cooper, assistant medical purveyor. He had been ill for a longtime. Lieutenant Samuel "W. Very, from the Hydrographic Office, has been ordered to duty on the coast survey. Midshipmen G.- B, Clark, J. J. Knapp, and P. T. Bibb to the, Wachusett. Mid shipmen J. H. Shipley aud T. W. Ryan to the Sara toga. First Lieutenant Stanton A. Mason, Fourth Cavalry, now at St. Louis, Mo., will report in Ttorsmi to the superintendent of the mounted recruiting servlco, to conduct a detachment of re cruits to Fort Reno, Indian Territory, and upon completion of this duty will join his troop. The United States steamer "Wachusett has been ordered to relieve the Jamestown at Sitka, Alaska. Commander Gloss, of the latter vessel, reports to the Navy Department that he is preparing his vessel forher trip to San Francisco, whence she has been ordered, and would be ready to sail by the 10th instant. First Lieutenant "W. "V. Wotherepoon, regimental quartermaster Twelfth Infantry, now in this city, will report in person to the Superin tendent General Recruiting Sen-ice to accompany a detachment of recruits for tho Twelfth Infantry, in the Department of Arizona. On completion of this duty he will Join his regiment. The superintendent of the general re cruiting service will prepare and forward to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, all selected recruits at tho depots at David's Island. New York Harbor, and Columbus barracks, Ohio, for regiments servlns In the Department of the Missouri, under charge of Captain Samuel Munson, Ninth Infantry, who, on the completion of this duty, will joinhis company. The term of service of Rear-Admiral Balch as superintendent of the United States Naval Academy will expire shortly. Ho will be sent to command the Atlantic station, vice Rear-Admiral Stevens, who will be eligible for retirement soon. It is thought that Rear-Admiral C. R. P. Rogers will be made superintendent of the Naval Acad emy, and continue in that capacity until he is re tired, which will not be many months. A COLORADO CITY. PIKE'S PE&C IN THE BACKGROUND. A Look Around Paeblo An Enterprising Town Steel Works The Moxicsn Portion Kail road Lines now a War Was Set tledInteresting Facts. Special Correspondence qf The Eejniblican. Pueblo, Col,, April 10. On arriving in Pueblo one of the first things that the stranger does is to ascend a mesa, or table-land, which risos near one of the principal business streets. From it he looks northand sees Pike's Peak, which towera above Its surrounding peaks like a giant above pygmies: to tho wcsMho Greenhorn Range to the south, the Spanish Peaks, called by early French explorers "La Mamale," on account of their resemblance to a woman's breast; to the cast, a boundless desert, and nowhere signs of the growth of anything that is food for man or beast. The Spanish Peaks appear farther off than the; other mountains ho thinks them about thirty miles distant. On inquiry, he learns that they arc over seventy, Piko's Peak forty-Ave, and the Greenhorn Range twenty-fivejnlles from the spot upon which he stands. If he has A TA3T2 FOU TIIE SC3LI3IE, he will look long at theso grand mountains, and marvel that they seem so near and are " yet so far;" if, as is more likely, he is a practical man, and has a mind which i3 confined to questions of profit and los3,he will turn witn disgust from the grand mountains and barren plains to the busy town below him, and wonder whence it draws the nourishment which supports its ac tive life and rapid growth. But before in- I quiring he win notice that three railroads terminate thcro; that nearly a mile south of the town, upon an extensive mesa, are going up immense manufacturing buildings of some kind, around which arc new dwelling houses of number and size sufficient to accommo date over one thousand people. He learns that they are the Pueblo Steel Works, which, it is said, will be, when completed, the largest in the United States, and that the surrounding buildings are for the employees. He will observe on the southeast edge of the town other extensive manufacturing buildings. They are the smelter works of those in Colorado second in size and first in excellency of work. - TTIEEE Ann TWO TOWXS, North and South Pueblo, on corresponding sides of the Arkansas River, a slow, shallow stream, whose ample bed, like a man's coat on a small boy, looks ridiculously large. The north town is the larger and prettier, but as yet neither can boast of archi tecture, the bui!ding3 having been too hurriedly constructed for beauty of form or nicety of pro portion. The number of houses newly build ing and newly built is noticeable. A long street-car line traverses the principal streets of both towns. In the southeast part of the town, on the side of a hill, is what is caHed the Mexican town. It i3 a collection of adobe hovels and dug-outs, inhabited by about two hunditd Mexicans, who Hve in primitive style, and who, contrary to general opinion, are industrious and well behaved. The men dress like Americans, but the womcn'still wear THE OLD-TIHE COSTUMES bright colored dresses, and a shawl orcloth thrown over the head and tied arohnd the neck, often par tially concealing the face. But the stranger asks what makes and supports" this lively town? and whathas brought to it those two great manufac turing establishments? He is told that it is the great distributing depot to the mining regions and cattle ranges of Southern Colorado, and that the last year's development of railroad Hne3 has made it such. There is not enough food raised iu Colorado to support one-tenth of its population. The mines and cattle ranges are scattered. Theymust draw their supplies from some point which, is a centre to them. Denver and Pueblo are the north and south centres to the mines and cattle ranges of Colorado. The last two require prompt supplies, and their population is so fluctuating that there must be some stationary place from which these supplies are distributed. In that place must be largo wholesale stores, which supply ranches and stores in camps and small towns. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BAILROAD LINES, suddenly giving these distributing facilities to Pueblo, has sent real estate up and caused a rush of new corners. Rents aro fabulously high. A medium-sized, fairly-furnished room is rented simply as a lodging for $12 per month. Pueblo says to the Western-going emigrants: "Come one! Come all!" but her hospitality is greater than her accommodations. There is scarcely a private house but has its lodgers. Boarding-houses and hotels are overcrowded. The latter are deplorably bad, and a good one would pay richly. The towns have long been at swords' points, but mutual interests are drawing them to gothei, and there is no doubt of their ultimate union. A few years ago the quarrel assumed a warlike aspect. The towns aro naturally con trolled by two antagonistic railroads. At the time to which I refer each road wanted to go from Pueblo to Canyon City, but did not want the other to go there. each hecrutted a small army nnd one built a fort, which commanded the canyon leading to Canyon City. Artillery was placed in the fort, and now and then a ball was thrown on the ground where the opposition road was trying to grade. The Avorkmen very naturally struck, skirmishes took place, and some lives were lost. A legal decision put an end to hostilities, which have since been renewed only In the more harm less form of threats and witticisms. The popula tion of Pueblo, North and South, is somewhat more than five thousand, nnd it Ig increasing at such a rate that it bids fair to double by next year. Lynching-bees and street fights are to be spoken of in the past tense, and now in few American towns are lives and property so secure as in Pueblo. BUTTONS. Cnae-Sall Gainei. April 14. Bostons,, 15 ; BOSTON, Bea- cons. 0. Pkovidekce, R. I., April W. An exhibition game of base-ball between the Providence League team and the Brown University mine, this afternoon, resulted as follows: Providence, 18; Browns, 0. New York, April 14. The second game of base ball between the Metropolitan and Worcester clubs came off to-day at the polo grounds. Score Worcesters, 10; Metropolitans, 2. Time of game, two hours and ten minutes. Base hits Worces ters, 15; Metropolitans, 7. Errors Worcesters, 5; Metropolitans, -1. A game of. base-ball was played this afternoon between the Princeton and Manhattan College nines at Manhattan College grounds, and was won by the Princeton Club. Score Princetons, 9; Manhattans, 1. Time of game, two hours and ten minutes. Murdered His Dabj-. New York, April 14. This evening John Beck, a German milkman, who resides in a small cottage on Jacob street, near Evergreen ave nue, Brooklyn, returned home drunk. He ap peared to be confused, but his wife did not pay much attention to him, supposing that he would lay down and fall asleep. Their little eight-months-old son was lying in a cradle in the room, and she went out, leaving Beck in the same room, but presently she heard a pistol shot, and when she rushed into the room she fouud that Beck had shot the child in the left breast, while it was lying in the cradle, killing it instantly. He was arrested, and claimed that the shooting was accidental; that he was taking the pistol down from a nail when it was accidently discharged. Beck was locked up on a charge of murder. A Mlcsisdnni Hurricane. Memphis, April 14. A hurricane on Tuesday in Mississippi crossed the Mississippi river at Commerce and proceeded eastwardly to Hernando. It made a path 200 yards wide, laying W03te houses, forest, bridges, and fences. A large number of negro cabins, full of their occupants, were blown down without a single case of injury to the inmates. The storm is known to havo killed four persons. Four others are missing and are supposed to have been killed or disabled by the tornado. Some persons were picked up and whirled several hundred yards through the air by it and then set upon the ground uninjured. How Jones TVnv Mistaken. AVatertowx, Oxt., April 14. To-day a farmer named Alexander Jones took an old gun to a blacksmith for repairs. He assured the black smith that the gun was not loaded. The barrel was placed in the forge, whereupon the gun exploded, the charge lodging in the bowels of Jones, killing him instantly. t Death, of a Journalist. Philadelphia, Pa., April 14. John Hasson, a journalist who organized a news agency of his own during the war, died to-day. FINANCIAL MATTERS. The FlTsofl88I ThePhrnJieoIoerorthe Six Per Cent. Call. The bonds embraced in the one hun dred and first call issued by ex-Secretary of the Treasury Sherman, namely, the fives of 18S1, are evidently being forwarded for redemption very slowly. There has'been but a small amount of these bonds received at the Treasury Department since the Cth Instant, when thelotal amount which had been redeemed was less than S5,000,000, while the call was for 25,000,000. After the circulars embodying the ona hundred and second call for bonds were mailed from the Treasury Department on Tuesday last it was deter mined to change the phraseology of the form of request for the continuance of the six per cent, bonds at three and a half, and in order to avoid confusion or misunderstanding the assistant treas urer at New York was informed of this decision and directed to withhold the circulars sent him, which order was complied with ; hence none of the original circulars have been distributed ex cepting to representatives of the press. The call for bonds-has not been altered in any particular, and was correctly published ou the morning of tho 12th instant. Since that time, however, the "form of request for continuanca of bonds" has been revised, which necessitated a reprint of tho circulars. The form of request, according to the modification, reads as follows: Date ,1SSL 3b A Secretary of the Trearury; Under the terms of the circular No. 42, issued by the Secretary of the Treasury, April 11,1331, the under sljned, owner of the belowrdescribed United States six per cent, bond, hereby request that payment ba d 'ferredand that be continued during the pleasure of the Government to bear Interest at the rate of three and one-half per cent, per annum from July 1, 1SS1, as provldedln said circular, and In consideration of the premises hereby waive and release all right to, or claim for. any interest on said bond In excess, of three and one-Iialf per cent, per annum on and after said date of July 1, 1831, and in witness thereof, have here unto set hand and seal this day. Note. The seal should be of wafer or wax if not executed by a corporation. Iu case the above request Issignedbyanofflcerofabanfcor other corporation1 it should be accompanied by the usual resolution au thorizing such cfllser to act for the Institution. This form of request will be furnished upon application to the Secretary of the Treasury. Interest on Government Sonds. A question regarding the payment of interest on Government bonds was referred to First Comptroller Lawrence, of the Treasury De partment, yesterday, substantially as follows: If J. W. N. should purchase Government bonds and register them J. W. N., trustee for A. N., his daughter, to whom he desired to leave them upon his death. should Uie interest be psid directly to A. N. on the death of J. "W. N.witboutrequlringanyfurther papers or proceedings save evidence of the death of J. W.N.? Judge Lawrence, after examining the law and ascertaining the legal points involved, decided that in the case stated J. W. N. would become a trustee for A. N.; that upon the death of J. W. N. there would be a vacancy in the office of trustee, and no payment of interest shonld be made until the court having jurisdiction appointed a new trustee or by decree terminated the trust this, of course, on the assumption that there was no written declaration of the purpose of the trust beyond that stated in the question That it would be competent for J. W. N. to declare in the bond, or in a separate written declaration of trust, duly executed and acknowledged, that, upon his death, the absolute title in the bonds, with the right to tho interest thereon, should vest in A. N. "If, however," the decision concludes, "A. N. was then a minor, interest could be paid only to a. guar dian until the age of majority. The donor, J.W. N., could iu his declaration of trust name a trustee to succeed to his rights, and act as such, in the event of his death, until A. N. should reach ma jority, and the absolute title should then vest in her. Tiie Immijrxation I.jst Month. The Chief of the Bureau of Statistics furnishes the following information In regard to immigration into tho United States : There ar rivecUn the customs districts of Baltimore, Boston, Detroit, Huron, Key West, Minnesota, New Bed- I ford, New Orleans, New York, Passamaquoddy, j uiiiiuuiijuju, uiiu s7uix x iuuciscu, uuwig uie muiuu ended March ol, 1SS1, -18,234 passengers, of whom 44,125 were immigrants, 285 citizens of the United States returned from abroad, and 1,824 aliens not intending to remain in the United States. Of this total number of immigrants there arrived from England and Wales, S.4S9; Scotland, 913; Ireland, 3,173; Germany, 19,397; Austria, 1,050; Swcdcn,2S5: iorway,379; Denmark, 415; Belgium, 05; France, 371; Switzerland, 1,365; Netherlands, CIS; Italy, 1,010; Russia, 435; Poland, 164; Hungary,S57; Do minion of Canada, 8,612; China, 998, and from all other countries, 174. The number of immigrants arrived at the above-uamed ports during the nine months ended March 31, 1831, was as follows: From Germany, 102.09S; Dominion of Canada, 86,887; England and Wales, 39,772; Ireland, 33,331 ; Scotland, 8,991; China, 4,515; all other countrisa, 75,825. o The Will or Mr. 2Indo. CnicAGO, April 14. The will of Mrs. Maria Magie, widow of the late Haines H. Magi?, who died at Washington, April 9, was admitted to probate before Judge Knickerbocker to-day, and letters testamentary issued to the executor, Judge Lambert Tree. The will bequeaths all the testa tor's property of "every description to her daughter, Anna J. Tree, wife of Judge Tree, who, as execu trix, gave an individual bond of 2,000,000. The real estate devised at 650,000, and the personal property at 5250,000. Before his death Haines Ma gie deeded one-half of his estate to Judgo Tree, and the other half to Mrs. Magie, and her will now consolidates the fortunes in the family of Judge Tree, which is now estimated to be between three and four million dollars. O'Brien Sentenced to Eight Years. New Yoek, April 14. Assistant District Attorney Bell, in the General Sessions Court to day, called to the bar James O'Brien, alias Robert or "Bob" Lindsay, who during tho last political campaign deposed that he knew H. L. Morey, the individual to whom it was alleged President Gar field wrote what is known as the "Morey Chinese" letter, and who subsequently confessed that he had perjured himself. He pleaded guilty to theindict ment forperjury presented against him, and Judge Cowing sent him to State prison for eight years. Eca co us field's Condition. London, April 14. The ten p. m. bul letin reports that Lord Bcaconsfield passed a. favor able day and regained some strength. CAPITAL JOTTINGS. The national hank notes received for redemption yesterday amounted to S276.0C0. The President has appointed Albert Harper a notary public for the District of Colum bia. General Sherman and Colonels Mor row and Bacon have returned to the city from Chicago. The internal revenue receipts yester day were from internal revenue, $370,065.72; cus toms, 81,082,514.78. William J. Tignor has been appointed postmaster at Heathsville, Va and Samuel W. Gary at Deep Creek, Ya. The Secret Service agent in Phila delphia reports the arrest there of Richard Brady and James Kane for passing counterfeit money. An order has been issued by the Post-Office Department declaring that all publica tions that violate the international copyright laws shall be regarded as uiimailable matter. This de cision was called out by certain Canadian publica tions. Messrs. Clarke and Johnson, with two or three others, made up a Maryland delegation which was at the White House yesterday. They came to urge upon the President the appointment of Mr. Clarke as steamboat Inspector for the Balti more district. Senators Teller, Blair, Butler, Saw yer, Conger, and Jackson, Representatives McCook, Dunnell, Dezendorf, Monroe, and Townsend, Com missioner Eaum, Attorricy-Gqneral MacVeagh, Postmaster-General James, ex-Representatives White (Pennsylvania) and Robinson (Illinois) called at the White House yesterday. The following internal revenue ap pointments were made yesterday: E. H.Abraham and C. E. Patterson, storekeepers and-gaugers, twenty-second district of Pennsylvania; Joseph M. Young, storekeeper and gauger, second district of Tennessee; John F. Goddard, storekeeper nnd "auger, eighth district of Kentucky; Llewellyn Yau Pelt, storekeeper and gauger, seventh district of Kentucky ; JamesE. McGuire, storekeeper, sixth district of Indiana. Mr. G. "W. Manypenny, chairman of the Ute Commission, who tendered his resignation some day3 since to Secretary Kirkwood, has con sented to serve as a member of the commission until relieved by his successor. Mr. Manypenny. who is now at his home in- Columbus, Ohio, will proceed at onco to tho Southern Ute Agency to superintend the surveys of lands, which are to be commenced there earlythis spring. JEFF DAVIS W PBffiT. ADVANCE SHEETS OF HIS NEW BOOK. What He Says About the S'scred Right of Secession The Confederate Cabinet Description or Its Members The Investment or Fort Sumter Recollections. Jefferson Davis' book, whigh has been hinted at for tho post two years, Is,at: last in press, and tho Memphis Appeal gives copious extracts from advance sheets. It win be seen that he is the same bitterrebelaswb.cn in 1S31 lie left his scat in the Senate to attcmnt to destroy the life of that Government which had been all too generous toward him and the fire-eaters from his section. Although sixteen years haverpassed since the majesty of the General Government was estab lished by the surrender of Lee,'thls unrepentant old man seems to have learned nothing from the logic of events, but clings to dead lues of Stato sovereignty, and his disloyal convictions have ap parently been strengthened and rendered more firm. the r.icirr OF secession. He gives- an extended, exposition of the theory of secession, of which he was the chief exponent, during which ho says : The right of secession that subject which, beyond aU others, ignorance, prejudice, and political rancor have combined to cloud with misstatements and mis apprehensions Is a qucsUon easily to be determined In the light of what has already been established wf regard to the history and principles of the Constitu tion. It Is not something standing apart by itself a factious creation, outsldo of and antagonistic to the Constitution as might be Imagined by one deriving his ideaafrom the political literature most current of late years. So far. from betas against the Constitu tion or Incompatible with It, we contend that, if the right to secede Is not prohibited to the States. anu"no power to prevent It expressly delegated to the Cn-'t3d States, It remains as referred to the States or the peo ple, from whom all the power of the General Govern ment were derived. The compact between the States which formed tha Union was in the nature of a partnership between in dividuals without limitation of time. With regard to the right of secession and the wrons of coercion : Down to the formation of the confeder ate government, the one was distinctly admitted, the other still more distinctly disavowed and repudiated by many ofthe leaders of public opinion in the North, of both parties indeed, any purpose or direct coercion was disclaimed by nearly all. II presented at all, it was In the delusive and ambiguous guise of " the exe cution of the laws'' and "protection of the public property." At the same meeting ex-Governor Horatio Seymour asked the question on which subseiuent events have cast their own commentary whether "successml coercion by the North Is less revolutionary than suc cessful secession by the South? Shall we prevent revolution he addedj by being foremost In over throwing the principles of onr Government, and all that makeslt valuable to ourpeople.and distinguishes it among the nations of the earth?" The venerable ex-Chaniellor Walworth thus ex pressed himself: "It would be as brutal, in my opinion, to sendmen to butcher our own brothers of the Southern States as It would be to massacre them In the Northern States. We are told, however, that it is our duty to, and we must, enforce the Laws. But whji and what laws are to be enforced? There were law3 that were to be enforced at the time of the American Revolu tion. Did Lord Chatham go for enforcin-f those laws ? No ; he gloried In defense of the liberties of America. He made that memorable declaration hi the British Parliament, 'If I were an American citizen, instead of being as I am, an Englishman,! would never submit to such laws never, never, never ! " Prolonged applause.) Other distinguished speakers expressed themselves In similar terms vary ing somewhat In their estimate of the propriety of the secession of the Southern States, but all agreeing in emphatic and unqualified reprobation of the idea of coercion. A series of con ciliatory resolutions wa3 adopted, one of which de clares that " civil war will not restore the Uuion. but will defeat forever its reconstruction." TIIE CONFEDERATE CABDCET. Ho speaks briefly of the members of his Cabinet, as follows: I had Intended to offer the Treasury Department to Mr. Toombs, of Georgia, whose knowledge on subJecU of finance had particularly-attracted my notice when we served together in the United States Senate, Mr. Barnwell having declined the State Department, and a colleague of his, said to be peculiarly qualified forthe Treasury Department, having been recommended fbr it, Mr. Toombs was otTered the State Department, for which others believed him to be well qualified. 3Ir. Mallory. of Florida, had been chairman of the Committee on Xavol Allaire In the United States Sen-. ate. was extensivelyacquaintedwith the ofllcersof tha " navy, and, for a landsman, had much knowledge of nautical affairs; therefore, he was selected for Secre aryof theKavy. Mr. Benjamin, of LonMina, hnd a very high reputa tion as a lawyer, and my acquaintance with him In the Senate lmd impressed me with the lucidity of Ids Intellect, his systematic habits, aud capacity for labor. He was, therefore, invited to the post of Attorney General. Mr. Reagan, of Texas, I had known for a sturdy, honest Representative in the United States Congress, and his acquaintance with the territory-Included la the Confederate States was both extensive and accu rate. These, together with his industry and ability to labor, indicated him a3 peculiarly fit for tho otllce of Postmaster-General. Mr. Memminger, of South Carolina, had a high rep utation for knowledge of finance. He bore au unim peachable character for integrity and close attention to duties, and, on the recommendation of the delega tion from South Carolina, he was appointed Secretary of the Treasury, and proved himself entirely worthy of the trust. Mr. Walker, of Alabama, was a distinguished mem ber of tho bar of Korth Alabama, and was eminent among the political leaders of the Mtatel. He refers to the ingenuity of his resources at tho commencement of the so-called government la" sending Captain Scmmes North to purchase arms ud munitions of war of the people they were de termined to kill. He seems to think that the North should have shared the ships ofthe navy with the outgoing States, and regrets that the naval officers were sufficiently honorable to take their ships into Northern ports, instead of going over to the young confederacy. FOHT S03ITER. In regard to Fort Sumter he speaks, briefly, as follows: According to thq notice given by General .Beaure gard, iirew-as opened upon Fort Sumter lrnm the va rious batteries which had been erected around th harbor at half-past four o'clock on the morning of Friday, tho 12th day of April, 1S6L The fort soon re sponded. It is not the purpose of this work to glvt minute details ofthe military operations, as the events of the bombardment have been often related and are genendly well known, with no material discrepancy in matters of fact among the statements of the vari ous participants. It Is enough, therefore, to add that the bombardment continued for about thirty-three or thirty-four hours. The fort was eventually set ou firo by shells, after.having been partly destroyed by shot, and Major Anderson, after a resolute defense, finally surrendered on the 13th the same terms being ac corded to him which had been otTered two day3 before. It Is a remarkable fact proba bly without precedent In the annals of war that, notwithstanding the extent and. magnitude ofthe engagement, the nnmberand calibre ofthe guns, and the amount of damage done to Inani mate material on both sides, especially to Fort Sum ter, nobody was injured on either side by the bombard ment. Tha only casualty attendant upon the affair was the death of one man and the wounding of several others by the explosion of a gun in tha firing of a salute to the flag by the garrison on evacuating the fort the day after the surrender. A striking iucident marked the close of the bombardment. Kx-Senator Louis T. Wlgfall, of Texas a man as generous as he was reck lessly brave when he saw the fort on fire, supposing the garrison to be hopelessly struggling for tha honor of Its flag, voluntarily and without authority went under fire in an open boat to the fort, and, climbing tnrough one of its embrasures, asked for Major Ander son, and insisted that he should surrender a fort which it was palpably impossible that he could hold. Major Anderson agreed to surrender on the same terms and conditions that had been offered him be fore his works were battered duwn. RECOLLECTIOXS. In his recollections of Lee, Sidney Johnston, Stonewall Jackson, and other Southern generals, Mr. Davis gives simply facts that are already known, and these are coldly and dryly presented The conclusion of the last extract, which is evi dently his peroration, is as follows: Sad as have been the consequences ofthe war whlca followed secession disastrous In 113 moral, material and political relations still we have good cause to feel proud that the course ofthe Southern States bus left no blot nor stain upon the faonorand chivalry ot their people. "And if onr children must obey, Theymust; bat thinking on our day Twill less debase them to obey." A 3Xnrdei- in Georgia. Augusta, Ga., April 14. Michael Quin lan, keeper of a grocery store, was shot with a pistol and instantly killed here to-day by Jacob Fain. There had been no difficulty between them, and the murder was without provocation. Fain fled. Destroyed by Fire. Axdover, Mass., April 14. The ilax mill In Frye village, owned by John Smith and leased by the Smith fc Dove Manufacturing Com pany, was burned to-day. Loss, tC,000. Fifty hands arc thrown out of woii. M i s