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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-12-25
SOURCES OF ERIN'S ILLS.
DAVITTS VIEWS ON DISTRESS IN
IRELAND.

What He Thinks of EmigratfOn-Worlz
Should be Given to the PeOple-Pas-
ture Lands Should be Cultivated and
Trade EncOuraged-Influenc of the
Irish in America.
LONDON, Dec. 23.-Dayitt in a speech at
Bermondsey last evening said that emf
grafton was no cure for the discomfort in
Ireland. A system of public works en-
terprises, he said, would be far more
creditable to English statesmen than
forcing thousands into warehouses and
then forcing them to quit the
country. But if, during the winter
and spring, $4,000 families quit Ireland
they would 90 to swell the ranks of the
new Ireland which was growing beyond
the Atlantic, where they would be trained
in republican ideas. From his knOwl-
edge of the new Ireland in America he
could tell Lord Derby that English states
men before long would have to take into
account the Irish element in America in
the settlement of the English question.
Davitt, in his speech at Bermondsey
last night, said he made his recent speech
at Navan because it was necessary to re-
mind the government that it must save
people from famine. He did not preach
violence or crime. He relied solely on the
moral dynamite of ideas, in which there
was sufficient strength to crush land
lOrdsm.
LONDON, Dec. 24.-Mr. Davitt in his
speech at WOlverhamptOn last evening
summed up the present condition of Ire
land as one of famine, discomfort and
coercion. He considered the prevailing dis
tress to be owing to the unjust system of
land laws, rack rent and the discourage
ment in every form of trade revival. The
remedy consisted in the turning of a great
part of the grass lands into cultivation
and the introduction of system of loans
to oppressed tenants, in order to enable
them to tide over the coming winter.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-12-25
COMPLETELY IN CRIME.
The Recent Revelations of Corruption
in the Police Force.

Washington Special to Boston Adoertiser
The late revelations concerning the cor
ruption of the Washington police force
are startling, but not strange. For years
the police and detectives of this district
have been a disgrace. They have been in
league with criminals, giving them the
advantage of police information, sharing
the result of their raids at certain per
cents, and guarding them from prosecution
with unremitting care. Gamblers and
swindlers of every description have
found a paradise here. Monte men
have reveled in the opportunities given
them. The attendants about many of the
public buildings are the worst kind of
thieves. Many Of the guides in the CITY
are of the same description. Gases are
innumerable where strangers have been
decOyed to lonesome spots on the Virginia
shore, under pretense of showing them a
battle monument, and robbed, Even at
the late Garfield Fair, of the forty private
watchmen employed some We're we'll
known three-card monte men, who piled
their game on visitors. 1t has become
the custom of househOlders whose prem
ises have been burglariZed to 90 to the
police and pay large sums for the recovery
of the property. In such cases 1t is very soon
restored. Members of the police force on
$75 month live in excellent style, and
some of them have laid up respectable
fortunes. Time and time again completely
in crime has been traced to them, and oc-
casionally a man discharged, but the
standard of the corps has not materially
improved. The citizens investigating
committee are unearthing the most con-
yincing evidence on these points, proving
in detail almost every sin which police
force can be capable of, and will present
it before the District Commissioners.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-12-25
THE SPANISH CHAMBER.
A Strong Speech by Senior Castelar,.

n SLrOnB speech Dy senior CASTELAR,
MADRID, Dec. 23.-In the Chamber of
Deputies on Friday, the Conservatives
proposed the appointment of committee
to congratulate King Alfonso on the birth
OF the infant Princess, and on the adhe-
sion OF the Democrats to his throne and
person. A warm debate ensued, and a
serious alteration occurred between the
Prefect of Madrid and Senior Robledo.
PRESIDENT of the Chamber, suspending the
sitting, but after explanations had been
exchanged the session was resumed, and
senior CASTELAR, made a speech, in which
ne maintained the superiority of the
democratic system Of government and the
IncOmpatibility of a monarchy with
liberty. Senior Castelar's speech caused a
sensation. He declared that he would
never alter his democratic views, and that
he intended to remain Republican until
death. He said that he believed in the
ultimate triumph of his cause, and de-
plored the desertiOn of Senior Martos and
other eX-Republicans.
In the Chamber of Deputies to-day the
ministerial motion declaring against any
change in the constitution of 1876 was
adopted by vote of 221 to Is. The Cortes
then adjourned to January Sth.
The victory of the minority is much
commented upon in political circles. Only
Republicans voted against the motion,
while the Conservative members of the
Dynastic Left abstained from voting, be-
ing unwilling to show their small numeri-
cal strength. The opinion prevails that,
although the new party obtained a greater
success in political debates in the Cham
Der of Deputies than in the Senate, the
government has not been materially weak
ened, and therefore no Cabinet changes
are expected for the present
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-12-25
FRAUD IN A STATE PRISON.
COnvicts Stealing Costly Furs From TIN
Felt Hat manufacturer.

COnvicts Stealing Costly Furs From the
Felt Hat Manufacturer.
\ special dispatch from Boston, Mass,
says; 4 unique system of fraud, by which
a gang of cOnyicts in the State Prison at
Concord have for many months been en-
riching themselves, will be exposed by
the Journal. Waring Brothers, felt hat
manufacturers of New York, are the vic
tins. and their losses by a long series of
systematic rObberies cannot be definitely
estimated, although amounting to several
thousand dollars. The firm has for several
years employed over three hundred men
at the prison in the manufacture of hats.
Among other material there is used annu-
ally about $250.000 worth Of high-priced
imported rabbits fur, which is sent to the
prison in three-pOund packages.
The firm has for some time been unable
to account for the inferior quality of the
best lines of goods sent from the prison to
the warehouse. The stipulated amount of
high grade furs has been regularly used
in the mixing room, and the books detail
ing the operations in this department, as
kept 10y convict, eX-trcasurer of a big
corporation, showed that all the stock was
being used to the best advantage. Suspi-
ciOn was first awakened not long ago by
the receipt of this note by member of the
firm from a recently discharged convict:
BY communicating with the writer YOU
can receive information which will enable
YOU to stop a leak in your business. Com
municate in person. as no business will be
transacted with outside parties. Answer
by mail. and state when and where in
Boston YOU desire an interview. Yours.
respectfully, I. l.. b.
NO. 1 seventh Street Court, South BOs-
ton"
An interview was had, but, on Mr.. War
ing's declining to pay large sum, the
negotiations were broken of; but Il close
watch Of the men in the room where Bren-
nan had been employed resulted in the
detection of cOnvicts in the act of slipping
one or two packages of the most valuable
furs into a sack of waste paper that was
about TO be sent to the junk dealer. kig-
gle. the detected convict, was sent to APP
pear i'm the guard room. He suspected
that the game was up, and as he left the
shop he slipped into the hands of another
convict a note addressed to Brennan
containing the simple message: ''It's a
tumble" The note was in the same
handwriting as that received by Mr..
Waring from Brennan. The cOmmunica-
tiOu was intercepted, and no warning
reached the outside cOnspiratOrs until
this afternoon. when two of them, Bren-
nan and X. G.. killerhan, of Aver. Mass,
were arrested. 4 search Of the waste pa
per bags ready to be taken from the prison
brought out about $500 worth of the best
fur. Brennan's fellow cOnvicts say that
ne bOasted while i'm prison that he was
making more there than he could outside
at his regular prOfessiOn-that of bur-
glar. The method of dispOsing of the
booty and the number concerned in the
plot are not yet known.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-12-25
THREATENED WITH LYNCHING
A Bloody Affair in Covington.

ATLANTA, Dec. .24.-Saturday afternoon,
about O'Clock, Will Smith, of Jasper, and
James Banks, of this county, met in a
bar-rOOm in CovingtOn, Ga. A quar-
rel arose over cards and
scuffle ensued, which Smith pressed,
while Banks declined. Smith, with
large navy six shooter, shot Banks
through the body. He staggered, fell in
the next door and expired. The murderer
fled. He was pursued by white and col
Ored men, and when Overtaken, Alexander
Hendricks, cOlOred, with a rock in his
hand ordered him to stop. He was turned
upon by the murderer and shot through
the body and fell. Then another pursuer
fired at Smith, putting ball through his
hat. Sheriff Anderson, with a posse,
came up. When about one mile distant
Smith was seen to hide himself behind a
pile of brush. Anderson was told of his
position. Riding up, he demanded Smiths
surrender at the peril of his life. He was
taken by the Sheriff, and when the officer
with him arrived in town the scene was
indescribable.
A yell was raised and the crowd ran to
meet them, crying out skill him." Lets
hang him. There was large crowd in
town, and it was with great difficulty that
Smith could pass through the street to
Jail. The excitement is still high. A
strong guard is on duty, and the law will
be executed.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-12-25

The luckiest young man in California IN
noint of wealth is Mr.. James V. Coleman,
ofAIenlo Park. A few years ago he was
clerk at a mine in Nevada at 800 month.
But he didn't expect to be always, for
Wm. T. O'Brien. one of the bonanza kings,
was his uncle. and Mr.. O'Brien was
bachelor. One day Mr.. OBrien got SICK
and spnt for Jimmie" as he was always
called. 10 Be with him and care for him.
In the last days Of his illness the nurses
sail .ITnele Billy and ''Jimmie" were
clOsete6 together a great deal, and one
evening sJimmie" came out of Uncle
RiIIvss room with big tin box, which his
Uncle Billy had given him. 1t contained
S5OO O00 in 1 per cents. A week later
I-ncle Billy died. and by his viii all the
neDhewS and nieces were left $300,OOO
e,cL including "Jimmie," who got that
in addition 70 the ante-mortem gltt OF
$500 600. But. not content with that,
Uncle Billy made Jimmie an executor,
without bonds. and his fees It's such
amounted to S464,000. The whole value
~ Uncle Billv's estate was a little over
80 O00 600 After the legacies were paid,
tbe residue was turned over TO Mr..
O'Brien's two sisters, Mrs. Coleman
f..Jimmie's'' m0ther) and Mrs. Joseph
NcDonough. The two ladies inherited
e 800 600 each. The lucky young man
referred to is about thirty-two, graduate
of Georgetown College. ID, C., and has just
been elected TO the Assembly of Cantor
mis-. Jimmie has gone into training fof
Congress. and will get there IN 1854.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-12-25
TO DROWN HIMSELF.
The Young German who FeIOniOusly
Jumped from Harlem Bridge.
No,n York Gam


A broad-shouldered young man leaned on
the rail of the draw of Harlem Bridge
early yesterday morning so long that Al
fred Viedetto, the bridge tender, thought
it was odd and walked toward him. The
Young man sprang upon the rail and flung
himself into the river. When he rose he
made no effort to save himself. Viedetto
got a boat out as soon as he could, and
rowing to him laid hold of him. The
young man struggled and struck at Yiedet-
to and got away and diyed under the boat
and thrust himself down by pushing
against it. Yiedetto reached arms length
into the water and caught his hair. The
man came up choking and lost conscious
ness in Viedetto's hands. Viedetto hauled
him into the boat and rowed ashore. An
ambulance took the half-drOwned man to
the Ninety-ninth street hospital, where he
revived. Then he was taken to the Har-
lem Police Court He said he was George
Retzel, a German baker, 26 years old.
Where he had lived or worked he would
not tell. He said he was tired and hungry
and had no money, and had had for four
nights no place to sleep and no sleep. p
SsYou ought to have pluck enough to
face trouble like a man, and not try to
kill Yourself" Judge Gardner told him,
and held him in 81, 600 bail to be tried for
feloniously attempting suicide.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-12-25
MEXICAN NEWS.
The Concession to the Tehuantepec For
feited-A New Banking Law.

The Concession to the Tehuantepec For
feited-A New Banking Law.
CITY OF MEXICO, Dec. 23.-GeOrge
Tying, representing the Tehuantepec Rail-
road Company in New York, has formally
agreed to the forfeiture of the concession
by the Mexican Government. The gov
ernment pays the company $1,625, 900 for
the road constructed, rolling stock, mate
rial, etc, of which $125,000 in Mexican
silver is already paid, and of the balance
$1,O00,000 will be paid in April and $4,000
per month thereafter until the completion
of the payment. The future payments will
be made in American gold. Tying leaves
tomorrow for 1ehuantepec to deliver the
property.
The banking law prepared by the Presi-
dent, by authority of Congress, is copied
from an American law, with the excep-
tion that, instead of government bonds
being deposited in the National Treasury
as security, bonds of railroads being con-
structed in Mexico which have paid in
terest for the last year will be used. The
banks conforming to this law will only
pay a stamp tax, the other taxes to be
levied on the bank not conforming thereto.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-12-25
Teresa SturIa Sentenced.

CHICAGO, Dec. 23.-The motion for
new trial of the murder case of Teresa
Sturla was not pressed this morning, and
the prisoner received her sentence of one
yearin the penitentiary,w with self-pOssess-
ed air. She made a short speech explain
ing why she accepted the sentence and ar
raigning the character of the jurors who
stood out for conviction. She cOmpli-
mented her counsel, and showed no evil
dence of insanity. She talked gaily after
the sentence was pronounced, and prom
ises to 90 on the stage when it expires:
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-12-25
1T is TOO LATE.
The Chastised Republicans Trying to
Regain Lost Ground

Washington Correspondence Boston Past Dee 10
There is an air of business about Con-
gresS which astoniShes the veteran han0-
erS-On at the capitol. The earnestness Of
men who have received the chastisement
of defeat is so intense and so unusual that
it is almost comic. There is Robeson.
for example, who has always been in the
habit of treating the peoples time as he
has treated their money, in a large and
generous way, to himself; now he is the
most niggardly miser of il, and with
an air of enthusiastic virtue that
was laughable, moved yesterday to
fine every one fifty dollars for every
absence from roll call during the hOli-
days. At the other end of the capitol
Cameron, who used to squander not only
Saturdays but even Fridays in the most
reckless fashion, and who was only last
summer always ready to move an adjourn
ment for horse race or a O'Clock tea.
now tremblingly declines to move TO adj
jOurn over the first Saturday of the ses-
sion. All the bluff old stalwarts are meek
and good; they are like a bad boy who has
something to ask of the parent who has
punished him, and therefore parades be-
fore hlm all the virtuous acts that he
can think of that will discom-
mode him as little as possible. One
could not help thinking of Falstaff
while Robson was expressing his yirtu0us
sentiments about the necessity of work. for
he looked like the fat knight, and talked
like him when he announced: ''Well, I'll
repent. and that suddenly, while | am in
some liking; | shall be out of heart short
ly, and then | shall have no strength to re-
pent. An l have not forgotten what the
inside of church is made of. / am
peppercOrn, brewers horse: the inside
of church! Company, villainous COM
pany, hath been the spoil of me-" Poor
RObesOn! What perfect picture of him
Shakespeare made. The great poet might
have been freely drawn on by yesterdays
OratOrs.s They "wet their own graves
with their repentent tears" and the sum
and substance of the whole days farce
was declaration to the country that
"Under your good correction have seen.
When, after execution, judgment hath
Repented DER his DOOM"
There is old philosophy that is ex-
emplified in the remarkable penitential
scene of yesterday, a philosophy which
the learned Robson undoubtedly holds.
and 1t is nowhere better expressed than
by Herrick, who said:
''Who after his transgression doth repent.
Is half, or altogether, innocent"
There is no doubt that the Congress, as
President Arthur loves to call it. firmly
believes that it is fOOling the people, and
that its present squirt Of industry is COW
ering up the awful multitude of their
sins. Mr.. Robson and his fellows will
have to repent good long time before the
country will believe that industry will
make up for all his violations of the moral
law. In fact, it is undoubtedly true that
a good many people voted to retire him
from public life because he has been too
industrious. Certainly, mischievous in
dustry is the cause of the downfall of the
Republican majority, for the party's
rOgues are all industrious.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-12-25
England and EgYnt.

LONDON, Dec. pa dispatch to the
Times from Paris says England proposes
France, explaining what she intends do
ing for the organization of government
in Egypt, England decided to send the
note because it was evident that NJ. Du-
clerc, President of the French Councils,
influenced by considerations connected
with the maintenance of his position,
would not otherwise either come to an
agreement with England or break off ne
gotiations. The correspondent adds that
the great majority of the powers would
be willing to assent to a British protec-
tOrate over Egypt.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-12-25

4 letter from the Collector of Customs
Of Sitka. Alaska. has been submitted TO
the House i'm reply to the resolution con-
cerning the shelling Of Alaskan Indians
bv fie revenue cutter COrwin. 1t lustlnes
the action Of officers Healy, Merriam ana
Adams. The Collector explains that the
HOOchenOO Indians are rich and Warlike,
and can be dealt with in no way but by
force. Ii is an old custom with them
when any Indian is killed either by a
white man or an Indian to demand pol
latch (pay) on behalf of the relatives, gen.
orally ia blankets, and the terms are
..potlatch or die" The United states
authorities, in view of the barbarlsm OF
the practice, have tried IN vain to breaklt
IN. In this case an Indian was killed by
the falling of tree, which he himself cut
down for a company of whites, and the
attempt TO get ''pOtlatch" was not sue
eessfll. and from il the hOstilities grew.
The bursting of a bomb while the whaling
company was trying to protect the whites
further complicated matters by the killing
of another Indian, and the shelling of the
village is justified on the ground that it
was the only means Of subpuing the
HOOChenoOs.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-12-25
WRECK ON THE RAIL.
Serious Collision in Missouri.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 24.-An east-bound pas
senger train on the Wabash Railroad last
night cOllided with an engine and cabOose
on a curve near Carpenter. Both engines
were knocked off the track. George Sils-
bee, the engineer of the passenger train,
and Hackdresser, conductor on the engine
and cabOOse, were killed. Captain Hule
and Ed Bramble were dashed against the
postal boxes in the mail car, receiving
severe injuries, and several passengers
are reported as somewhat injured. The
cause of the accident was confusion or
loss of orders,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-12-25
THE FRENCH BUDGET.

\ Stirring Appeal to Rescue the FL
nances from Embarrassment.
PARIS, Dec. 23.-During the discussion
of the budget in the Senate to-day, NJ.
Buffet appealed to the Senators in the
name of patriotism, to rescue the finances
of the government from embarrassment.
He said they should bear in mind that the
country might in day be summoned to
make asupreme effort either for the preser-
walton of order at home, or safety abroad.
His speech was loudly cheered.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-12-25
The Western Union and the Associated
Press.

NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-The negotiations
which have been in progress for some
months between the Western Union Tele-
graph Company and the Associated Press,
represented by the New York and West
ern Associations, have finally resulted in
an agreement satisfactory to all parties.
A contract for ten years was executed
to-day. The telegraph company was rep
resented by its officers and the Associated
Press by joint committee consisting of
Chas. A. Dana, Whitelaw Reid, Chas.
NordhOff, Richard Smith and W. n. Hal
daman
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-12-25
JUMPED THE TRACK.
A Brakeman Taken Out Dead.

ATLANTA, Dec. 23.-This morning a
freight train, consisting of fifteen cars,
ran off a trestle on the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia Railway at Seney,
near ROckmart. Conductor Ahers had a
leg broken, and one train man is missing.
Further details of the accident cannot
be obtained yet, owing to the lack of tele-
graph facilities, but it is thought to have
been very serious one, attended, per-
LATER.-Reports from the accident on
the East Tennessee, Virginia and Geor-
gia Railway state that six cars ran off the
track. A brakeman, j. n. Bishop, was
taken from under the cars dead.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-12-25
A Batch of Failures.

NEW YORK, Dec. 3.-Assignments to-
day were filed as follows: Theodore Wes-
ton, architect, 120 Broadway, to Henry j.
Davis; liabilities $170,S22 81; nominal as
sets $63, ,925; actual assets $S,125. Jos. H.
Adams & Co., SO Pearl, to A. ID. Fisk; liza
bilities $l05,643 %; nominal assets $751;
327 24;; actual assets $21, $40 II. The
assignments are property, hardware and
claims in Central America, Africa, and
the Southern States, all of little value.
A special from Greenville, Miss, says:
u. S. Skaller, dry goods merchant, sus-
pended to-day under an attachment of his
creditors. His assets are $780, 900; liabili-
ties $4,000.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 23.-Jas. Smythe
& Co., yarn manufacturers, have failed.
Their liabilities are believed to be heavy.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-12-25
The Tonnuin Exnedition

PARIS, Dec. 23-At a meeting of the
Council to-day, President Grevy presid-
ing, the expedition to TOnquin was dis
cussed, and it was decided that the de-
tails should be brought forward in the
Chamber on the opening of the session in
January, when they will be definitely set
tied. In the meantime reinforcements
will be sent to strengthen the position of
the commander at Hanoi,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-12-25
Raid on Illicit DistiIlers.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23:-The Acting
Commissioners of Internal Revenue re-
ceived a telegram from Collector Hughes
at Nashville to-day, announcing the re-
suits of the raid on illicit distilleries in
Cumberland county, where an illicit dis
tillery was found in full blast. One cop
per still was DESTROYED, together with 10
tubs beers and 125 gallons singlings. Two
moonshiners were arrested and brought
to Nashville.