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The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1881-07-31
Sunday, July 81, 1881.


Our worthy Mayor. on Friday last,
addressed . letter Of inquiry to DR.. T.
r. Minor, Territorial Health Officer
for the district Of Puget Sound. for the
purpose OF ascertaining who was to
blame for the introduction Of the last
case Of smallpox to our city. This lett
ter was received yesterday By DR..
Minor. who thereupon telsgraphed the
ssply following:
PoRr TOWNSEND. July 80.
Hon. L p. SMITH.
Mayor Of Seattle:
Your favor reesived. l had no tsle-
gram from victoris informing me Of q
case OF smallpox on board the Dakota.
bat I gave the ship thorough snd care
ful inspection. I mastered ell psssen-
gers upon the upper deck and examined
every stAteroom. the Storage. hold.
aud every nook and corner. II any
sick man was on board. he was slowed
away. cannot believe Capt. Morse
would be privy TO such an Outrage on
your community. Please do me the
favor TO make this public. and rest
assured I win spare 90 pains TO proven.
the occurrences Of snch action.
as - g @A TT. MINOR.
Health Officer.
DIR. Minors explanation may be Lit.
orally tfes and honestly given. but II
sounds TO us like IN evasion. We
don't want to blame him. Capt. Morse
or any one else; without csuse. and II
/ thsy ore sniltsss IN this matter w
hope TO DO among the first to so pro.
claim them. The fact remains that q
man, sick nigh unto death with the
smallpox, was brought upon the pas
serger ship Dakota, was secreted, was
Spssssd by the qualsntins ports Of Vic
toria and Port Townseud. and quietly
l.ndsd here In the most populous town
on the Sound, and allowed. without
warning TO our people. TO 90 on an e.
cursion train 10 Newcastle. the residents
of which place were in the most un-
prepared condition possible 10 properly
receive him. A disregsrd for the health
Of this community was shown in this
affair that is positively shocking, and
tsss justifes the violent indignation &c
which general expression ia given.
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The An.eer's Dessas.

LoSDox, July 29--In the Commons
Lord Harrington. Secretary Of State for
India, said that since Ayoob klaus
victory over the Ameer's force on We'd
uesday, firing has been heard in the
direction OF Candahar. Gen Anme has
been instructed TO concentrate troops
at Quetta. Marquis Ripon. Viceroy,
would consider what steps were neoes>
sary and oommuaicete -vilh thegr Coy
srumenk Loo on each sideAi& the
battle was from 500 20 400. The nearest
British Outpost IL IS miles from Can
dahar.
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present a. Port Townsend, after hav-
ing selected and occupied thirty one
stations Some 81 these poinfs will
be subsequently coupled for the pur-
pose 81 ascertsini- g the secular or
yearly change in variation Of TIE COM
pass. snd also to deternline the cycle
OF this change. or when the extreme
limit is reached and the retrograd
movement commences. The magnetic
work embraces observations of decliR>
stien. detection, oscina,ion ard dip.
Mr. lawson viii today set bis instru.
meuts and sppsrstuss of which he has
q magnificent set OF standard pattern.
in Wilson's avenue. and viii tomorrow
be engaged in making the necessary
observations. He was. several years
ago. resident Of the Sound country,
but for several years has been stationed
in California until ordered out on the
present trip. He is q gentleman of
fine ability. and one whose general
character and suavity of manner Hill
make him friends wherever he may be.
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TEIEGRAPHIC.
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WASHINGTON, July 29.-3 pm
Prof Bell 10 working hopefully on his
invention for Locating bullets aud has
an ingenious continuance already. The
President was propped up in bed By
his own reqsess. sitting nearly upright
for half an 1our. This eased him and
be soon fell asleep. Very few visitors
today and the Cabinet was not there.
Collector Robertson called together
With the physicians. All are ,sikiDg
hopefully and confidently. The wound
discharges freely. The President Is i'm
patient 70 get out Of bed. No absces-
ses nor fever tonight. The President
breads the painful operation of dressing
the wound every evening.
Captured.
PITTSBURGH. July 29-The men who
last March burned old man VIM Con-
ners and bis Wife until they discovered
the whereabouts Of $40. 900 in cash
and securities. were arrested today
while negotiating the bonds Their
names are Geo w Nelson. d L Smith
aud Miller, with Q pal in Cleveland.
Thos Rolan. Nelson and Smith claim
TO be innocent.
Export and import Ststisties.
NEW YoRK. July 29.-Excess of
merchandise over imports during the
year ending June 80. 1881. was $3.50, :
72s, 254, against $l67. $50 ,s12 during
the previous fiscal year. Excess of i'm
ports of gold for the past fiscal year,
$91, 1853 $50, previous year, $75.S91 1891 /.
During the last year the value OF ex-
ports OF merchandise amounted to
5000, $40, 4.3. being larger than ever
before in the history OF the country.
Value OF rimports OF MERCHANDISE,
46I2. sos, 2l9, which was larger thar
during any prssi0us year. WITH the sx
ception al the year Immediately pre-
ceding. The total value by foreign
commerce OF the United States, i'm
ports, and exports Of merchandise for
fscal years 1.544,942. 696, exceeding
any previous year. Exports OF specie
exceeded imports during each fiscal
year from 1869 to 1879. but. during the
last two fiscal years imports exoes1 sex.
ports. and such excess amounted dur
ing the year ended June 30, 1850, to
SIS. 89i .3sf. and during the year ended
June 80. 1881, to t9l. l6s. $50
The Captive Chief.
FoRr BuroRp. Jsly 29-Sitting Bull
sud TH7 Of his band went by steamer to
Standing Rock today. Bull was silent
and reserved.
wfaudsra 0ase.~
New ORLEANS July 29.-@The Chica
go. st Louis 4 New Orleans railroad
was changed from five feet to standard
gage between the hoursof am. and
pm. today; distance. $50 miles; at q
cost Of $500. 900. Over $4,000 men
were employed Trains have been
running since. -
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Tho Vancouver Ladspsadsnt thinks IL
- much Of . mistake to argue and be-
iisve that great city will NOT grow up
= Portland - 70 think and msiotaia
thst sueh city VIII not also be found
one Of these days on Puget Sound. Il
says .'therc Ass resources suilicient and
commerce rapidly growing. that viii
make two great cities on this north vest
coast TO compete for . share Of the
ptesperity that San Franchise 90 long
alone possessed. TIE Iassns, eaergy
and the ample capitaI 81 Rortland can,
not be snuffsd out By The jealousies Of
San Francisco or Puget Sound; neither
eas the Immense resources Of wssAine.
Con Territory. in grain. Lumbar, iron
and coal. with the dsep still waters Of
Puget Sound As THAR bsst outlet 10 the
wvsls.Ss hid like light uadsr . meas.
ars." Our aeighbor 4 qsits right bus
thai is not as oil consoling 10 Portland
which wants bat cns city on The uppsu
ooast. md shat located on tho banks q
the Willamette. N ake sec
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Carr. LAwsoS.-Of this well known
gentleman Salem correspondent Of
the 0rssoaiss infornAns Aslollows: Jas
6 Lawson. Ksq. soi shs Usitsd States
oosst and geodesio surveys, arrived in
this city this nesuing. wkers he will
remain until Monday nexswish apart
meats q 2sed's hotel. Mr. Lawson
has charge II the magnetic work for
the purpose Of Ascertaining the mag
netsc variation Of various points IN
ufegon cad W4hinetop Tez5iDS and
Western Idaho. TIE lhzgnetit inemen.
AZ each position occupied. together
with the approximate attitude aud lon.
gitade 81 each Stallion. The work OF
the present trip oomuspcei q, jackson.
vile aud Will extend thEpngh n nrt-
land By seven sailors. thekt6 from
Astoria eastward vis Ainsvorth to Lake
Pea d0nlilc, theaee 10 Pjsrte City,
Idaho, via Lewiston. returning via
Wxlls1 WoiM aes1 AvartouSs stations on
tAs Ooluubsa river tsuosr which are
Ths DSlts. Cascades ana 'FoYt Van.
coavss) to KAlAnA. and thence e
pssst Sound. closing his lsbors for the
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DIED OF CONSUMPTION. Died. Jaly
29th. 1881. a bic fathers residsnce
= ascesssviIle .ef cossumptios. Hoe
ard Cock. aged about 2s yeAra How
aff HAs . yeuoe man <of sxceileai
habits. . loving and Aifectionsts son
and brother, hind and ccussscas % Ill.
~ a he'd nj - enemy. and vas loved
and respected By Ill who knsw kim.
He Will Be sincerely msasned By =
large circle Of friends.
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Just received by express from Ham
iltou. Pratt i Co. New York, q few
dozen ladies' and misses shoes, the fin-
est ever brought to the city. Call and
see them. TREEN & RAYMOND,
il 2w Front Street.
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Jewish Prosecutions.

BERLIS.. July INSTRUMENTATION
oocar every night against the Jaws
Il Hanmerstein. West Prpssie. end fur
Their excessss are feared. sThe gen d.
armes are powerless. There were SIM
liar riots st BaffwAld. Pomeraeia,
Tuesday, when quantity, Of. jewish
property vas destroyed.
ST. PErERspvsa. July 2s.-Thirty
honses belonging 70 Jews in the BOTS
prol and Biersan. IN tho 6oproeaeni
OF HoltAvA were destroyed. noops
arsd upon ~ rioters. killing four.
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METEOROLOGICAL.

Annazl summary Of neteorolcgy At SeAh Bay
cl1llAn county, " T., for the year ending June
sab, ISL. By Jenss @ Swan. voianteer observer
for Q. s. Signal service:
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Don't feed your children impure can
dies when you can get the pure stuff at
Piper's. If
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Best lot Of Stoves. Ranges. &c. north
OF San Francisco. at j Schrsm & Co.'s
Give them o call.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-28

features, Congress virtually declared its belief
that three DER cent bonds without such meas
urea would fail, and later events have demon
strated that, with such coercive measures
sale of bonds is impossible. The new Con,
gress can be quickly convened anu !: "ou'a
have mo difBcuIty in framing sensible and
practicable refunding bill.
vi. It is now generally regarded as certain
that the President, if the bill ever comes 70
him with the coercive features, will refuse to
sign it. This belief has not been caused oy
any quoted statement from Nun, iUr ne mas
not vet thought it proper to make his opinion
known while the bill was within control OF
Congress c But the course Of his political and
personal friends, aud his known fidelity to
ALLEGATIONS of public good faith, render the
belief natural. 1t is net possible that he
would be willing that his administration
'..a--,;.o most bopored for it's financial tri-
umnbs. should close by producing terrible
commercial and financial crash
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-28
REBELLION IN TIE REAR.

We publish on another page the first OF a
series of letters written by the Rebel Commits
si0ners sent to Canada in the summer OF 1864
10 make show of proposing peace negota-
tons, and at the same time to aid the
Democratic party In the PRESIDENTIAL
campaign then in progress, and to stlmu-
late with money and advice the secret
reasonable organizations in different parts OF
the North. These letters have never before
been made public, and are a curious and in
structive cont ibution to the history of the
war. They are addressed to Judah =. Ben
jamin, the Confederate Secretary of State, and
give an account of the plans. conversations
and operations of the Commissioners. They
show that even as late as the summer
and autumn of 1864, when the Rebellion APP
reared to be on its last legs and staggering
from exhaustion, there WAS no sincere desire
for peace on the part of the Confederate
authorities save on the basis OF separation
from the Union and complete independence
Tbompsoh Clay and HolcOmbe, the Commits
sioneIs in Canada, were playing game when
they gave out that they wanted to treat Tor
pcace, and induced Horace Greeley to meet
them at the famous Niagara Falls Conference.
They wanted TO make the North believe that
tbav were holding out the olive branch, and
that Mr. Lincoln was repulslng them. The
,aal nractical business they had in hand, aS
will be shown Ivy the letters to follow the
one printed to-day, was to conspire with the
Democratic leaders, to send agents through
the North to organize and arm THO Sons of
Liberty and other traitOrOus societies, to sub
sdize Democratic newspapers, and to hire
miscreants to burn Northern cities. For this
nurpose they were supplied with n large
amount of gold-a part of the proceeds of the
English loan.
The first letter is of much less interest than
those to follow. 1t deals mainly with the
neace negotiations with Mr.. Greeley, and fully
confesses the iesuitical character of those
negotiations on the side of the rebels Mr..
Greeley got much unjust blame at the time
for his part in this performance. His wisdom
and sincerity were fully vindicated snbse-
ouentlv A clear account of the conference
will he found in the second volume of his
" American Conflict Mr.. Greeley acted
nv the direct advice of President Lincoln.
His proposlton was to end the war on q basis
of n restored Union, emancipation, and COM
nensotion to the South for the loss of slaves
70 the extent of OO,O00,000. If the South
had accepted this generous offer it would have
soved itself from much of the humiliation,
snffering and poverty which afterward came
upon it. But it relied upon the Democratic
marty of the North ultimately to give it the
victory, Just as it has since relied upon the
same party to nullify the Constitutional
Amendments and destroy the results Of the
war. The bane of the South, from rirst to
last, has been the ignorant, unpatriotic, re-
dictionary Democracy of the Northern States.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-28
PERSONAL.

The late Senator Carpenter is said to have left to
his family an estate of nearly $780, 600, exclusive Of
$4,000 life insurance.
Lord Beaconsfsld is reported to be engaged upon
a continuation of Endymion.0 but he is buster
with an autobiography and journal which are to
have posthumous publication.
Mr.. Thurlow Weed 10 writing his memoirs
undertaken at an earnest appeal of General Winfield
Scott. Mr.. Weed says that he has q rich mine Of
material in letters covering period OF more than
half century. But age and its n6rmities seriously
embarrass his progress, and the twelve or thirteen
hundred pages now written only bring the work
down TO 1888.
Mr. Longfellow the other day. sent this little verse
TO the Columbus school children who celebrated bis
birthday:
If any thought Of mine, e'er sung or told,
Has ever given delight or consolation,
Ye have repaid me back thousand-fold
By every friendly sign and salutation.
II. w. LoNGFELLow.
Mrs. Hayes is to receive from the Ladies' Tenn
perance League Of Ottawa Ill.," gift Of q pair Of
curtains for her Fremont house. They are made OF
ivory silk sheeting, embroidered with sunfowers
and pomegrapates. band OF brown plush crosses
each and they are lined with pale blue silk. They
are said to be worth $lsZOO.
recent portrait of Nine. Adam Juliette Lambert
shows the face of elderly lady beautiful with the
beauty of retirement and intellect. Tho soft hais
parted at tho side is tinged with gray. as though
slightly powdered. and the dress is Of red velvet.
high to the throat and trimmed with dark fur. IL Is
q portrait, the beholding Of which makes one long
to know the original.
Along with the English colonists who founded
Sierrs Leone, were two Swedish savants, one pro-
fessor of botany in Upssla and the other minerao-
gist of the name of August Nordenskjoid 10 1892.
this Nordenskjold went up the Sierra Leone River.
and the Searches and meant to return by land, but
he fell Ill at Porto Logo eighty miles above Sierra
not been able to give an account OF his travels 1t
is interesting to learn from inquiries by Dr. Borius,
that this African explorer was great uncle OF the
Nordenskjold whose name has lately become 20 III
mona.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-28
BUSINESs AND THE FUNDING BILL.

Business In all It's branches has turned so
largely upon the Funding bill that there is
little to be said about it, except in connection
with that subject. The bank statement OF
Saturday, as everybody knew, resembled some
newspapers in that it contained nothing true
that was not ancient history. Whether it
truly represents the condition of the banks on
Tuesday or Wednesday last, it certainly did
not represent their condition ON Saturday.
The money market became comparatively
easy on that day, not so much because
the actual supply had greatly increased
as because the demand had diminished.
Prices Of merchandise were affected during
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-28
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

EoREIaH.-The Beers have driven the BRUSH
from Majela Mountain with heavy loss; General
Colley is among the killed. - There was grand
demonstration In Paris yesterday in honor OF victor
Hugo. - The religious ceremony of themarriage
of Prince William and the Princess Augusta took
place in Berlin yesterday.
DoMRyrIc-General Garfeld's last Sunday ut
Mentor was passed quietly. - The Catholic
Orphanage, ut Scranton. PENN was destroyed oy
Ere last night and fifteen children were burned OF
sufiocated to death. - The receipts at the Ohm
cinnati Opera Festival amounted to 100000. -
The programme of the inaugural procession was
made public. - Burglars Saturday evening
robbed the houses Of the members OF the New
Lebanon Shaker community, near Albany.
CITY AND SUBuRBAN.-Tbe third contest for the
OLeary belt began at 1905 this morning.
- Mr.. Beecher and Mr.. TalmaRe yesterday
upoke of revivals that are soon to begin in their
churches. - A new Baptist church was dedcat-
ed in Harlem. - The Rev. j. Hyatt Smith
preached on the relations Of politics to religion.
The wKATnER.-TRIBuNE local observations IN
dictate cloudy and rainy weather. followed by partly
cloudy or fair and colder weather. Thermometer
yesterday: Highest. 400; lowest, 27oj average,
f89axo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-28
DISHONEST ACCUSE TONS.

It is charged that the banks have conspired
"to dictate the financial policy Of the Gov
eminent or "to defeat the declared will Of
"a twO-thirds majority of Congress-" or "to
squeeze borrowers and cause fall of pricesn
These charges are not merely erroneous. They
are known TO be false by every intelligent
man in the country. Newspapers which make
such charges simply disgrace themselves, and
business men who repeat them, when they
escape from the excitement of the time far
enough to think calmly, will feel infinitely
ashamed of themselves. The directors of banks
are also mainly men in active business. 1t is
indecent to charge them with cOnspiring TO
plumber their neighbOrs, when there is nothing
to support the charge, and when the directors
themselves have enormous interests at stake,
both as individuals and as bankers, which can
be served only by the general prosperity
Instead of trying to dictate the financial
policy of the Government the bankers
throughout the country, and particularly in
this city, remained culpably Indifferent while
that policy was under discussion in Congress.
THE TRIBUNE and other newspapers tried in
vain to arouse them to an appreciation of the
dangerous legislation contemplated. One
hundredth part of the legitimate and proper
influence which they have since sought to use
with members of Congress, if exerted at the
right time, would have prevented all mis-
chief. The fifth section passed the Sem
ate by vote of 80 to 20, and there
were at least half dozen members
of the majority who would have acted
differently, if what they now know had been
pointed out in time by bankers aud business
men who are their constituents. 'As often
happens, business men neglected public affairs
and public duties until it was too late. They
thought Mr.. Sherman or Mr.. Knox would do
all that was necessary. They were busy
making money, and left it to somebody else
to expend time and effort in the public in
terest. These are the plain facts, and the
bankers know that they deserve, for their
neglect of public duty, greater losses than
they are likely to meet. After the bill had
passed. and when they found that their banks
were threatened with loss, then for the first
time they began trying to escape, each for
himself.
OF course, it is fragrant falsehood that the
coercivc policy was adopted by q two-thirds
majority A change of two votes in the
Senate would have cast out the fifth section
entirely. In the House the vote on the final
passage of the bill was-yeas, 1876, nays, 126.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-28
INDIRECT PENSIONS TO REBELS

Nobody will be deceived by the efforts of
the Democrats in Congress to obtain gratui-
ties from the public treasury for the families
of dead Rebel generals. The pretence OF buy.
ing important private papers is shallow
one. 1t ia highly improbable that either Gen.
eral Bragg or General Polk left documents
worth to the Government $4,000 for histori-
cal purposes. They held commands of consid-
cradle Importance, but their private papers
are doubtless nothing of more consequence
than orders from the Confederate War Office
and comics of their own dispatches. There is
no obscure point in the history OF the rebellion
which such documents are likely to clear up.
We know all about BraGg's raid into Kentucky
already, and his dashing and partly successful
assault on Rosecrans's lines at Chickamauga
has been freely described from Rebel as well
nc Union points of view, and has prob
ahlv given rise to as much literature, official
and unofficial as any other important event
Of the var. Polk, the other Rebel general to
whose eamily the Democrats want to present
SIC. 900, was less conspicuous figure among
the Southern military leaders. He rose to be
a lieutenant general and corps commander,
hut was not successful when holding indie
pendent commands. He was killed IN 1854,
and the papers he left with his family are
not likely to possess much interest to the flu
ture historian.
Perhaps the families of these men are poor
and entitled to sympathy but so are the
families of many dead Union generals who
receive but slender pension from the Gov
eminent and 80, too, are the families OF
hundreds of ex-Confederate officers who
cannot make up bundle OF old pa
pers and go to Washington to button
hole the members of the Appropriations
Committee. Why should two families OF the
many in the South who suffered by the war
be selected to be the recipients of handsome
gratuities from the public purse 7 Why should
not the Democrats be fair and honest, and,
abandoning this transparent sham about
"valuable private papers," bring in bill to
pay $4,000 to every Confederate Generals
widow Why try to do the thing by piecerneal
and by indirectioni The people are not blind
and can see through milestone when there Is
as big hole in it as there Is In this historical
papers dodge.