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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-07-05
DREAD
Alternating With Hope In the Hearts
Of the People,
As the Ntws From Washington Is
Favorable or the Reverse.
The GIOOmIsst Prospect Hanging
Like a HldeOus Nightmare,
A Lowering Storm Cloud Rent With
nays OF LI9nI.
I'VE See not a Step Before US, but
There's Light in the
DaWnlng Sky"
An UnlntsrmIttent Chorus Of Sup
pIlCatlOn Ascending to Him
-
Whose Judgements are Tempered
With Mercy and Whose
Name is Love.
An Unlntsrmlttent Chorus Of Sup
pIICatiOn Ascending to Him
The Presidents Condition at Last
Accounts Hopeful.

WASHINGTON, D, O., July 4,-'rhe ply.
sicians say that there were three stages
through which the President had to pass {;
First, shock next, hemorrhage, and third,
Inflammation. Through the first and Sec
ond the President has safely passed. The
third, or inhammRtory stage, which has
now set in, was, oil course, expected. It
was expected also that when this stage
was reached the Presidents condition
would not be 80 favorable.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-07-05

PreaIItnt GarnSId'a Last OHIeiRI Act
WAsHINGToS. July 4-The ESeninQ Star
tAvs: The last official act Of the President
before he was shot down was the signing
Of an order 10 the Department Of the In'
tetIor to issne a commission 10 Henry J..
Ramsdell, OF this city, 10 be registrar Of
deeds for this District, vice Col Webster,
fealgned.
Owing 10 the confusion at the Executive
Mansion this statement cannot be veh.
fled, bpt II is probably correct. Ramsdell
ia the Washington correspondent Of the
st. Louis Globe Democrat
uAREtElb's LAST LETTER.
By a singular coincidence the last leLtet
written BY President GatGsld before hG
wss sbot was addressed 10 hls opponent
in lhe last Presidential campaign, Major
JIeneral ", Hancock. 1t was dated Friday
and related 10 the appointment recently
ConieTted upon Colonel Mitchell, one o
Zen. HanCoCk's aidea.de camp. II VA
friendly and pleasant 10 tone, and coult
moi hut have pleased the recipient. Tn!
letter informed Gen. Hancock that Col
Mitchell had been appointed AssiSIan
Ad,ntant General Of the stmy, and'ahe
apoloRitInv for depiiving the General
siaH al m excellent Officer, concluded
"Whilo you Rlad, General, loses an otnA
menl, tho atmy gains an Assistant Adju
tsnt General Of whoa u lnaY well lee
proud"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-07-05


| was wounded" The attending physl
clans continue express hopeful opinion
oil the Presidents case. PsrilonitiB has
not s4perysned % yet and there are no
more indlpaLlons Of II than there we're this
morning.
The Secretary Of State has Just sent the
following telegram!
Hon Amos ToWnIend, Cleveland, o.
The Presidents condition has not ma.
terially changed since morning. At this
hour, half past two, he 10 suffering less
pain. He is entirely calm and courageous
His mind is clear and be accepts what.
ever fate God may oTdain for him With
perfect resignation and with sublime
christian iaith. We are profoundly
anxious and yet hopeful % 10 the anal 70.
sult. JAMES g. BLAME
Dr. Woodward, In conversation With
Secretary Hunt, said that there was no
perCeptible change In the President and
lhSt the symptoms continued very favor.
able,
NO CHANGE AT HALE FAST THREa.
WASHINGTON, July 4.-S:3Or. M.-There
is no change In the Presidents condition.
He is cheerful and calm. There has been
no Lullotin since / P. n. While his con.
ditiop is very CRITICAL, the mefe fact that
he grows no worse from hour 10 hour 10
oonBideted favorable.
NOT 90 FAVoRABLR.
7.45 r. N.--The President this evening
is not SO comfortable. He does not suffer
go much from pain In the feet. The
tympanites is again more noticeable
Pulse l26 temperature 10l Q 10, feepifa
lion "a Another bulletin will be Issued
Al 10 p. NJ after which, 10 order not dis
tprb the President unnecessarily, nc
further bulletin will he issued I'LL to.tnot
row morning.
J. K. BARNES.
4. ]. WOODWARD.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-29
Brief News Summary.

Robert F. Fairlie, of London, England,
has filed complaint against the Manhattan
Elevated Railway Company for infringe
ment of his patent for rounded platforms
and traction cars, laying his damages at
$3.50 900.
A resident of Nicholas county, KY, who
had an eye put out by an overhanging thorn
while riding at night on turnpike, has sued
the turnpike company for $25, 900 damages,
on the ground that it had not exercised rea-
sonable diligence in not having the thorn
tree removed or trimmed.
The Chace Mill, in Fall River, Massachu-
setts, has resumed operations with a full
force, all the old spinners having returned
except Marland, on account of whose dis.
charge the strike took place. The strike
lasted five weeks, during which the opera
tives lost $50, 900 In wages.
The Mobile Neoos having reproduced.
though with disclaiming comments, the
attack in a New York journal on Post
master D. NJ. Wyckersham, writs were
issued yesterday for the arrest of the
editor and publisher, and of L. Champion,
the alleged instigator of the publication.
The secret official inquiry into the death
OF the late Sultan Abdul Az'z is being ac-
lively carried on. Suleiman Pasha, the de-
fender of the Shipka Pass, who participated
IN the deposition of Abdul Az'z, and who
has been living In Bagdad In exile, has been
summoned to Constantinople to give evi-
dence in the case.
meeting of the National Committee of
the National Greenback Labor party has
been called by Secretary Crandall to assem-.
BILE at st. Louis on Tuesday, June7 next,
for the purpose of electing a Chairman to
fill the vacancy occasioned by the resigna-
tion of Hon. T. H. Murch, and to transact
such other business as may properly come
before the meeting.
Bishop Borgess., of the Catholic diocese
of Detroit, has issued pastoral, forbidding
all Catholics to originate or participate in
public picnics or excursions on Sundays or
holy days. He also forbids the holding of
fairs for the benefit Of churches, schools or
charitable institutions, without first sub
mitting the reasons therefor in writing for
Episcopal approval.
Mrs. Sarah E. Howe, the manager of the
notorious "Ladies' Deposit" bank OF Bos-
ton, has been found guilty on four counts
of the Indictment, the fifth count being
waived. Exceptions were raised, SO that
the case is to go to the Supreme Court.
The maximum possible sentence on this
conviction Is term Of ten years at hard
labor on each cOunt
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-29
A Mystery of the Sea.

AT o'clock on the evening of the 24th
March the steamer Tirreno sighted an
elegant two-oared boat about sixty five
miles off Venice. The Captain stopped
the steamer and sent some sailors to ex
anime the boat, when it was found that
in it lay three persons apparently asleep,
one at the PROV and two at the stern.
They were three corpses in an incipient
state of putrefaction. No traces of VIC
lence were found, but at the bottom of
the boat, which was carpeted, was a
small quantity of blood-stained water.
The bodies were all those of young men,
one dressed in the uniform of the Aus.
trian navy, the others in elegant civil
costume. Nothing whatever was found
in their pockets, but on the fingers
of one were some rather valuable rings,
and two elegant sticks were found in the
bottom of the boat The two oars were
in their place in the row-loeks. After
wards news came from Pola that on the
18th of March four officers left that pert
for a pleasure trip in rowing boat.
One was the agent of the Imperial Com
missariat of the Navy, two of them his
pupils, and the fourth a cadet of in.
fantry The boat not returning the
same day, the Admiral sent steamer
and two steam launches in search, but
they all returned unsuccessful. a The
initials of the linen found on the three
bodies correspond with the names of
these officers. How they died and how
the fourth has disappeared remains a
mystery.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-29

Henry Clay took fancy to Fernando
Wood, aud never lost an opportunity OF
paying him personal attention One day
while Clay was walking with him they
passed a shop where men were manufac-
turing cigars. Clay expressed surprise
at the dexterity of the workmen, and
said that it must require years of expert
ence to do the work with such apparent
ease. "Oh, no." Mr.. Wood replied,
"they merely cut off piece of the to-
bacco, roll some of the dry part in their
hands, then wrap il up, and the whole
thing is done Any person can make a
cigar. "lf you think so" said
Clay, perhaps you had better try"
The young Congressman sat down, took
a knife and leaf of tobacco, and with
dexterous cut prepared his wrapper He
then broke the filling to the proper size,
rolled it all up together, twisted the
small, symmetrical pigtail at the end, cut
off the top, and handed the well made
cigar 10 the Kentucky Senator. Clay
was amazed. Wood had become skill
full cigar maker during the cholera sea
son, while in the tobacco trade. The
shOpkeeper stared with wonder at this
new Congressional accomplishment. The
joke ran the rounds of Congress, and
was frequently told at Clay's expense.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-29
THE UNITED KINGDOM.
THE IRISH PRELATEy AND THE
LAND BILL.
what the Catholic Clergy Recon-
mend-Debate on the Measure In
the HOuse-Views of the Ministry
and the Opposition Upon the Meas
ure of Relief to be Afforded.

LONDON, April 28-The Morning Post
says: "Sir Stafford Northcote will succeed
Lord Beaconsfeld as leader of the Conser-
valves, and the Duke of Richmond will
probably lead that party in the House of
Lords"
At a banquet given to the Ministers by
one Of the city companies last night, Lord
Harrington, replying to a toast, said the
present trouble In Ireland could be perma-
nently relieved only by increasing the num-
ber of property owners in that country, and
that to the clauses of the land bill which
had that end in view the Ministry looked
for an Improvement in the condition of
Irish affairs.
Right Hon. John Bright said the object
Of the land bill was to give as much securi-
ty to the tenant as to the landlord, and to
stimulate the former to the greatest possible
industry.
Nearly every Conservative member OF the
House of Commons in town attended the
meeting of the Carlton Club to-day. Sir
Stafford Nortbcote presided. The principal
subject considered was the land bill. 1t
was arranged that Lord John Manners shall
give notice of an amendment in the House
of Commons tonight, not with the view of
defeating the measure, but to secure certain
important alterations.
In the House of Commons this afternoon
Lord John Manners Conservative gave
notice of an amendment to the Land Bill
setting forth that the House, while anxious
to maintain the Ulster customs, and other
analogous customs, and to remedy and
improve the difficulties in the land act of
1870, is disposed to find such remedy in the
development of the industrial resources OF
the country rather than in bill which con-
fuses without settling on permanent
basis the relation of landlord and tenant.l
Sir Charles w. Dixie, replying to ques
tion, said the government had not partici-
pated in the communications exchanged
among the other governments relative to
the right of asylum and extradition Of po-
litical offenders.
In the House of Commons tonight the
debate on the land bill was resumed. The
discussion was uneventful.
Mr.. Stuart withdrew his motion, that nc
measure would be complete which ignored
farm laborers. The debate was then ad-
journed.
DUBLIN, April 28.-The Catholic Arch
bishop aud Bishops of Ireland have sent to
Mr.. Gladstone series of resolutions con-
veying their views as to the amendment
to the land bill. They recommend
perpetuity of tenure to future
tenants, deprecate exclusion from the bene'
fits of the bill of lease holders and tenants
In arrears, recommend further Limitation OF
the landlords power to object to an intend
ing tenant, to resume possession and
to raise rent; strongly condemn emigra
tiOn propositions and the omission of labor
ers from the benefits of the bill, and recon-
mend a comprehensive scheme for the pur
chase and reclamation of waste lands, arte-
rial drainage and liberal advances to tenant:
for improvements.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-29
TRuE sTORY OF ArHE SPOONS. !.
How General Butler Acquired the
Unhappy Fame OF PurlofnIng EEse
silver what He Did with the
Plate.

What purports to be trustworthy ex-
PLANTATION of the manner in which Beu-
jamin f. Butler acquired the unhappy
fame of a purloiner of silver spoons is
given by the Washington correspondent
of Western newspaper. A lady went
to General Garfield some months ago and
introduced herself as the daughter of
Gen. David E. Twiggs, who left our
army, where he had gained the rank OF
Major General, to join the secessionists
at the opening OF the rebellion. She
stated her object to be the recovery Of
her fathers two swords captured by But
Ter when he entered New Orleans in the
spring of 1862. One sword bad been
voted to Twiggs by Congress in recogni
ton of his services during the Mexi-
can war; the other was the weapon
he had drawn in behalf of the Con
federacy." She was particularly anxi-
Gus to secure the latter, because her
ather had priced it far above its follow.
Garfield referred her to Butler, whom she
feared 10 meet on account Of the terri
BILE reputation he had gained in the
South. Having been assured that he
was not nearly so black as he had been
painted, she sought him out, and, to her
surprise, was very politely received. He
informed her that he had sent the swords
to Washington, with the request that one
be given to the Annapolis Academy and
the other to West Point as trophies Of
the civil war. His request was not COM
piled with. They were, instead, locked
up in the vaults of the Treasury for safe
keeping and one of the duplicate keys
was delivered to kim de then added:
"You have not, my dear Madam, asked
me about your family plate.
which | have so often been accused
of stealing to decorate my own
table with. You, no doubt, in
common with many Southerners, think
the charge true | will enlighten you
on the subject AS soon as l had occu-
pied your fathers deserted house one of
your colored servants came TO me with
load of silver, saying that your father
had buried it in the garden to keep it
from the hated Yankee; but that as now
he had gone, the servant having seen the
act, dug 1t up and was desirous to hand
it over to the proper authorities. / used
the silver while had my headquarters
at your fathers place, but afterward /
turned every piece-spoons, forks, sal
vers and disheS-over TO the Quarter
masters department. Here, Madam, are
the vouchers for every article brought
me by your colored servant" And But
Ter opened his desk and took out neatly
arranged packet 9E papers. each of which
was regularly and formally signed and
credited, relieving Butler from all re-
spoDslbllity q The much vexed matter
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-29
DEATH IN THE. RIVER.
A FERRY BOAT CAPSIZED IN
ILLINOIS.
An Appalling Accident-ThTrty-
Three Children and other Pasaen-
gers Swept Down Stream-A Num-
ber Rescued But Many Missing.

CHICAGO, April 2S.-A special from Elgin,
ILL.,, says: Gas ferry boat was crossing the
Fox river this morning, when in the middle
of the stream, 1t suddenly capsized. The
passengers, of whom thirtY-three were
little girls, were swept down stream
with the current, uttering heartrending
cries for assistance. Several of them were
rescued by boats. The body of John
Brighton's daughter, girl twelve years of
age, was recovered, and she is said to have
been resuscitated. Twenty persons are said
to have been saved. Later dispatches say
about fifty persons were drowned, but it is
impossible as yet to gain trustworthy in
formation as to the number of lives lost
Later reports indicate that the accident
was not so disastrous as at first supposed.
A large number Of passengers were rescued
with ropes by the people on shore who wit
messed the catastrophe, and it is thought
the lives lost will not exceed IL or 13. Six
teen persons are known to have been res
cued. Ten are missing and are known to
be drowned. The river is being dragged
for the bodies
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-29
FROM AUGUSTA.
Proposed Plans of the B. and o.
Railroad = The Stock Market -
Holders of Central Firm and Com
fidents

AUGUSTA, April 2S-President Barbour,
of the Virginia Midland Road, will be here
tomorrow or next day, it is surmised, In the
interest of the Virginia Midland extension.
1t is proposed to extend the Baltimore and
Ohio branches to Spartanburg, South
Carolina, thence connecting through
Laurens and Greenwood with Augusta from
Spartanburg to a road to be built to Atlanta
via Athens. All these roads are to be bond
ed at the rate of twelve thousand dollars
per mile, the Baltimore and Ohio engaging
to take four million dollars of the bonds.
At the annual meeting of the Augusta and
Knoxville Road on Wednesday, the fourth
proximo, it is thought that some such prop
osition will be developed.
Stocks are quiet to-day, with little doing.
Holders of Central are firm and confident,
believing that the stock will go to $50 in a
few daVs,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-29
THE NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Strong Purchasing Movement I'm
the Aftern nOOn-EleVated Shares
Unsettled.

NEW YORK, Arril 2S.--The stock market
opened firm, and the general list advanced
from d to 19s per cent, the latter in Lake
Shore, but it subsequently, declined frac-
tion. At the first board speculation was
irregular, but during the afternoon strong
buying movement was inaugurated, under
the influence of which prices advanced from
d to 2S per cent, Mobile and Ohio and
trunk lines shares leading the upward move
ment.
In the late dealings the market became
weak, a decline of from d to / a per cent.
ing sold off AZ per Ecent. In Elevated
Railroad shares Manhattan declined 1IS,
recovered and reacted d per cent. Metro
politan fell off %, and recovered 1 per
cent. New York dropped 5. and rallied 2
per cent. Sales aggregated 333, ,76S shares.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-29
ST. LOUIS QUIET.
The Cars Run without Opposition
Extraordinary Preparations Made
TO Quell Disorder.

ST.. LOUIS, April 2S.-The street cars be-
gan running at $50 this morning without
opposition from the strikers. The entire
police force of the city was on duty, with a
large number of special men, and strong
squads Of mounted police patrolled
the streets along which the cars
ran. At the -Four Courts building
there were stationed four companies of
police, a reserve regiment, company of
Light Cavalry and Winters Battery of four
guns ready for any emergency. Crowds as
sembled at several points but they were dis
persed by the police without difficulty. No
violent demonstrations were made and very
little disposition was shown to be unruly.
The strike is at an end, and from the way
things look now all the roads will be run
ming tomorrow. The troops at the Four
Courts were not needed.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-29


WHAT DID MIR. HAYES Do?-"What
did he do? For his foreign policy he
succeeded in letting the country be
cheated out of five and one-half millions
in the fishery question. He came into
office with no commercial marine. Did
he leave any when he retired? He found
tariff that all parties and thinking men
agreed needed alteration. Did he i'm
prove it? There is no need to refer to
the failure of his civil service policy, and
as to his Southern policy, what was itg
At first one plan, later, another, and last
of all, nothing. Show me one thing he
did for the country. He reduced the
debt enormously. But he did it with a
surplus revenue. 1t is very easy to pay
your debts when you have the money.
The thing to do is to settle them when
you have not. "-BenjGnaiqa r. Butler.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-29
DIVIDED DEMOCRACY.
A Movement in Arkansas to Have
the So Fishback" Amendment Re-
submitted.

LITTLE Rock, ARK, April 2S.-An i'm
portant political meeting was held by ap-
pointment here to-day looking to the re-
organization of the Democratic party on the
basis of a resubmission Of the Fishback
amendment, its friends claiming to be a ma
jority of the party. Influential representatives
from all sections of the State are present
The late opponents of the amendment have
submitted proposition for a compromise
on the basis of calling a constitutional con-
vention and allowing a reorganiz alton Of
the State Central Committee satisfactory to
the amendment faction. A meeting will
be held tonight to consider the proposition.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-29
weather ImdIcat1ong.

OFFICE CHIEF SIGNAL OBSERVER, WASH
INGToN, April 2S.-Indications for Fri
day..
In the South Atlantic States, slightly warm
er, fair weather, southerly winds, and sta
tionsry barometer.
In the Middle Atlantic States, fair wealth
er, followed by increasing cloudiness and
occasional rain, variable winds, stationary
or lower barometer and temperature.
In the East Gulf States, fair weather,
south to west winds, stationary or higher
barometer and temperature.
In the West Gulf States. fair weather,
southerly veering In the northern portion to
northerly winds, higher barometer, station
arv or lower Temperature.
In the Ohio valley and Tennessee, partly
cloudy weather, and occasional rain in the
northern portion, variable winds, falling
followed by rising barometer and higher
temperature.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-29
The Invasion of TunIs.

BONA, April 28.-It is expected here that
General Forgemol, after garrisoning Beja,
will march upon Tunis.
PARIS, April 28.-The Porte has tele
graphed its representatives abroad to insist
upon the observance of existing treaties
between the powers and Turkey relative to
Tunis.
LONDON, April 2S.-The Times CONSTANT.
nople dispatch says: "The Porte regards the
invasion of Tunis as an infraction of inter-
national law, but refrains from taking de-
cided action because 1t cannot hope for the
support of the European powers"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-29

A STEAMSHIP FLEET PROPOSED. The
Philadelphia North AmeTican urges a
bold, determined movement there to
raise the means for building and equip
ping whole new feet of four or six
American iron or steel steamships, to be
owned either by the American Steam
ship Company or by the Pennsylvania
Railroad. 1t argues that the direct in.
terest in furnishing cargoes would be
greatly in favor of a feet of vessels own
ed there,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-29
THE MADISON MURDERERS.
Their Trial Postponed It'll a Special
Term, Ordered for June I3.

JASPER, Fla, April 2S.-This morning
counsel for Savage and james presented an
affidavit to the effect that they could safely
go to trial in consequence Of the absence Of
General jenkins, material witness.
The court ruled that sufficient time would
be allowed to procure his attendance, and
ordered the trial to proceed.
Counsel for the State moved continuance
on the ground that there was not sufficient
time to complete the trial at this term, and
asked that special term be held.
The motion was granted. and q special
term was ordered for June 18th.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-29

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their curative effects are marvellous. Ahey
are truly the afEllcted's friend.