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wASIiISGTON NOTES,

Z WASHINGTON, July 24.-Thc Democratic
members held caucus this morning and
resolved to insist on n full and free discus.
sion Of ell amendments to the tax bill and
to oppose any attempt TO reach final vote
upon the bill unless such ample oppotuni.
ty is offered. - =, -
The drift Of the discussion was that the
Democrats should oppose the proposed
reduction OF cosmetics, patent medicines,
ETC., aud insist upon substantial reduc.
tion in taxation, which will directly affect
and benefit the masses OF people, and by sa.
during full discussion OF the
subject, to compel the two par.
ties to put themselves squarely
upon record. The caucus also determined
to support Nj. :Beck's amendment "That
all taxes and custom dues imposed by the
United States under the law for the col.
lection Of duties on imports from foreign
countries shall be subject to discount Of
10 per Centum ntter January ], 1888, and
to discount Of an additional 10 per cent
after July !, 1883"
The Senate bill to refund to the estate Of
Hon. John W. Fornev, SaI.6Si, paid by
him when Secretary OF the Senate to cover
defalcation in his office, was passed.
President Barrios, OF Gautcmaia, called
at the White House to-day and took official
leave OF the President.
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A Cpt-Risycd Sca.Fixh.

New ioEK, July "a A nondescrip.
specimen Of fish, which was left on the
sandy shore at Rockaway by the ebb tide
on Friday last, is now being exhibited by
its captos, two fishermen, at Pier %, Eas,
River, opposite Fulton Market. The fish is
shapeless mass OF fish.nesh, four feet long
and as broad as i is long. One fin projects
from its back like the sail OF cat.boat,
while the other fin reaches down from it's
belly like the center board OF yacht. l,
is guiltless OF u tail. Its weight is alleged
to be four hundred and seventy pounds.
A curious throng Of siehtseers gathered
around it, to-day, and, between great ex.
pectorations OF tobacco juice, commented
upon the looks Of the "tlling."
"iou see it has no method OF defense, u
said its captor. "1ts mouth is not two in.
ches in diameter"
81 think" remarked an old fisherman,
shat it is an escaped cross between dog.
fish and skate"
~ have seen the likes OF it once before
said grizled sea captain. "'Twas in the
Mediterranean one Sunday evening, MS we
lay close to the harbor OF Toulon. The
plaguey thing swan up to the side and be-
gan TO eat barnacles off the side Of the YES.
sci. ! fred rifle ut his head and the ball
bounded of and skipped over the water,
while the fish started Oft with a revolving
motion, and the phosphorescence flying
from his back made him look like 4 wheel
OF fire going through the water.
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UNJUST ATTACKS
On Gen. kwaim and Coils. CHrbin and
{, Rockwell from Jenlousy. l}41s

:. Rockwell from jealousy. 9s
WASHINGTON, July "a. The attacks
which are persistently circulated upon
Gen. Swain and Coils Corbin and Rock.
well are not only wholly uncalled for, but
malicious in theextreme. The malice Is not
on the part OF the correspondents who
have printed them, for tho sub. I
stance oil them has been fur.
nished by those who might he properly ex-
pected TO represent facts as they are. The
truth Is that the attacks spring from the
personal spite Of officers who are seeking to
use tho press TO advance interests
Of their own. The relations OF
these three officers TO President Garfield
were well known. lie had close relations
Of friendship with each Of them before he
was President, and he chose to trust them
and advise with them after he became
President. This excited bitter jealou.ies
in certain political, as well as military.
quarters. But since Gen. Gariield's death
these officers have attended closely to their
official duties. They have not attempted
TO direct or control anything outside OF
their legitimate field Of work. They have
been even scrupulously careful in this re.
spect. They have claimed nothing on &C.
count Of their former relations, and have
fully recognized and been loyal to the
new administration OF affairs. The current
attacks npon them are totally uncalled for,
and in every respect unjust.
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CHICAGO, July'2 24.-The officials Of the
Chicago 4 Alton railroad, having investi.
gated the accident near Bloomington, state
the loss by the accident will be inside Of
5000 The engines were no! much in
jured and the chief damage was by fire.
One car OF tallow, one OF wool, two of
wheat and one OF canned salmon were de-
stroyed. Nobody was injured except the
brakeman, Eli Foster, who was found
dead under the caboose, terribly mansled,
CINCINNATI, July GA collision occur.
red yesterday on the Little Miami Railroad.
near Foster crossing, on a dangerous en-
bankment, between the express from the
East and freight train. The account
given by passenger is that the freight
was running wild and was to stop at Eos.
tcr's crossing for the express to pass, but the
engineer understood it that he was to pass
the switch and then back in when the ex-
press came in. The engineers and tiremen
saved themselves by jumping oil. The
engines were wrecked md two freight cars
thrown into the Little Miami river. Among
the passengers slightly injured were 3. II.
McCaleb, New Orleans, Judge Advocate
General OF Louisiana; J. W. Cockridre.
New York; D. Arnheim, Pittsburgh, J. ",
Jones. Columbus, Ohio. Engineer Lyons,
oil the freight, was badly bruised.
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{ COMPENSATION FOR sCUYILLE.
Judges WHO Want the Government IA
Pay Him for Defending Guitcnu

CHICAGO, July 2l.-Fol!owing is the com.
municatiou sent to George Scoville, in
Washington, by judges Drummond and
Blodsett, Of the Federal District and Cir.
cult Courts respectively, and by seven
judges OF the State courts in favor Of COM
pensation by the Government 10 Scoville
for defending Guiteau. awe understand
that yon intend to make application TO
Congress for services rendered by you in de-
Tending Guiteau. There is an act Of Con-
gress which provides that when any per-
son is indicted in the court OF the United
States, and has not the means OF paving
for the attendance OF witnesses to testify in
his favor, he may procure their attend.
ance in the manner stated at the expense
OF the Government. There is no similar
act TO pay the counsel OF the person in.
dicted, yet the services OF counsel for defense
may he qniic as important as the testimony
Of witnesses. II is TO the credit OF the pro-
fession that, as general rule, when the
person indicted is unable to pay counsel,
there has been no difficulty IN procuring
professional assistance, but the necessi.
ty Of making provisions for the com
pensation OF counsel, under such circum.
stances, has been so strongly felt in some
OF the States, that they have provided for
the payment OF the defendants counsel bv
the State. Your case seems TO be entirely
exceptional in length OF trial and in the
sacrifice OF your private business, and the
peculiar difficulties and hardships borne by
the counsel who defended Guitcau in con.
sequence OF his bearing toward them are
well-known to the public We all feel
that you, have special claims for some com.
pensation for service rendered by you un-
der circumstances where the iorbearance
OF counsel were taxed TO II greater degree
than in any trial within our knowledge" !"
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Destructive Lumber Fires.

,MlSSEAroLls, July 2i.--About o'clock
an incendiary fro broke out in the lumber
yard Of the Minneapolis mill company Of!
this city. It is estimated that 3, ,OOO, 900,
feet OF lumber, mostly clear, burned. Loss
$4,000; insurance, $4,000. A portion Of
the burned lumber was piled in close prox5:
unity to the gas works, and an explosion
being imminent, the gas was turned into
the river. Loss 10 the gas company, 81, ,0OO.
The city WAS left in darkness. sl;:Si
Chicago, Jnly 24.-Tte Iatr. Oceans
Grand Rapids special, says: "Thes FIRE
here this afternoon destroyed G,OOO 900 feet
Of lumber, owned by the Michigan Barrel
Company, aud burned six dwellings. Loss
estimated ut 100000 fsisyl' "a i5s33
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ever, Of a highly dangerous character, re.
sembling gun. cotton. Each OF the ten
boxes contained q charge Of over two pounds
Of explosive, and one Of the barrels con.
tained In nil nearly sixteen pounds Of this
nitro.lignine compound. No more deadly
implement has ever been conceived BY
man. The withdrawal OF tho Government
sleutl..hounds from the scent accounts for
the freedom with which Ilolgite now talks
Of his dcath.dealing clocks.
LONDON, July 2i.-The Times In an edi.
torial says: "The license that American
criminal law allows TO dynamite projects
Is scandal and shame 10 American leg.
islation. A more enormous scandal Is the
attitude which public opinion in America
assumes toward them. Never was there
body OF national opinion so inquisitiye
and keen which could have shown itself
more feeble and inert in the defense OF
public morality than the opinion In Amer
lea since tho dynamite school became 10.
torious. Americans must determine II they
will continue 10 be subject TO this reproach,
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CORN IN WEST VIRGINIA.
A. Promise OF n Greater Crop TfInn for
Many Years.

|
CHARLESTON, W. Va, July PA cor
respondent engaged, during the pas. week,
in looking mp crop prospects, finds that in
kanawha, this county, there are fine
chances for a good yield OF corn, provided
the rains do not continue as they have dur
ing the past month. The farmers have
been quite busy in harvesting wheat. and
in consequence thereof, they could not pay
that attention to working their. corn crop
which it demanded. As general thing,
the corn is clean and the stocks are large,
which gives promise Of iull yield, proba-
bly, much better than has been for years,
or at least that is the hope Of the farmers.
1t is feared that the wheat will not yield
rs expected, us upon examination it is
found that the heads are not so well filled,
owing to the fact that many OF the pods
have turned out with blighted grains in
them. - ~
The hay crop was never better, in the
memory OF the "oldest," than this year.
Where the former yield averaged about
two tons per acre, it is believed that the
came land will now give two and half
to three tons per acre. In this immediate.
neighborhood there is more mining and
less farming than in any other section OF
the State. On the whole, the various crops
throughout the counties OF the Third dis
trict promise to yield more abundantly than
any year since the great crop OF 1876. Ny
information was derived from farmers
whom l have met in the city during the
past week. 1.4 ~
HuSTlSGDoS, W. Va, July 224.-The
prospect OF a large yield OF corn in this
locality is good. Rains prevented early
planting, and consequently the crop is not rs
far advanced as usual at this season, butt tits
growing finely, looks healthy, and farmers
take cheerial view Of their fall prospects.
The continuous rains two or three weeks
ago, caused some alarm among farmers
for the safety OF the crop, but the weather
improved, the ground is in good workable
condition, and generally the crop looks
well. According to the best information
that can be obtained the acreage is esti-
mated to be ut least one-third larger than
it was last year, and considerably larger
than in 10 and 80. The high price OF corn
prevailing last year and during the winter
months induce farmers to prepare for
large planting. The wet weather. however,
curtailed their expectation somewhat, and
yet the helds are more numerous and eX-
tenslre than for the past three years.
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ATTORNEY GENERAL BREWSTER.
The Englinh MlssIon-PossibiiltieS Of the
ktRr Houte Prosecutions.

LONG BRAScIr, July 24.-Attorney Gen.
eral Brewster came on from Washington
Saturday for few days OF rest at tho How.
land House, where his family has been for
several weeks. He was asked what truth
there was in the report that he has been or
Is to be rendered the English mission I.
"There Is no foundation for It," he said.
Indeed, I have no reason to believe that
any change in the mission is contempla.
ted." SKI y
To question rs 10 the Star route cases
Mr.. Brewster said: ~ would cay it has
been impossible for me to take more
active part in the conduct Of these cases.
When appointed Attorney General I
hoped and expected 10 bc able to give
them M close and undivided attention Ms
when I was OF the special counsel. 1t was
the wish ofthc President that the Attorney
General should personally be present at
the trial, but the exigencies OF nv new
duties soon made me know that this was
out Of the question. The Attorney General
can no longer be the mere forensic adyo.
cate oil the government. lie is ut the head
Of department which has so many and
such important obligations, connected
with almost every question OF law that
affects the government, that Il Is i'm.
possible for him 10 devote himself 10 any
one question without neglecting Others
that demand his careful thought aud ex.
animation. Each day brings calls from
some department calling for an opinion on
the questions sent to him by the President
and Cabinet. When the first Chinese emf.
grafton bill was before the President 1r,es.
lions were referred to the Department Of
Justice which required tho most earnest
study and consideration. So. with the
Fitz John Porter case. So with the twelve
hour law and the application TO respite
Guiteau in the week preceding his execu.
ton. In that case all the petitions and
papers were referred to me. Ii Was n
serious and an unpleasant Obligation, but
any neglect or evasion Of it was Of necessi-
ty out OF the question. The Cabinet duties
are OF themselves most exacting, and they
are numerous and various. When the ap.
pointment OF the tariff commissioners was
discussed in the Cabinet there were ses.
sions Of five hours each for five successive
days during near three weeks. l have,
however, endeavorcd to lose no detail Of
the star route. prosecutions. To appear in
court every day is impracticable, but
have every day syllabus OF the tcstimo-
ny submitted to me, and go over every
material point with the. counsel. l an
present in court whenever possible, and at
first was there often. was the other day
compelled to apologize to Judge Wylie
for the necessity Of leaving during the
session to attend special meeting OF the
Cabinet. 1t is necessary for counsel 10 be
in the atmosphere OF the case, so to speak,
to sum up questions OF fact, but l shall
speak to the case at some stage before the
final summing up"
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BRIEr TELEGnAaIS:
RoME, July a.-George z. Marsh, Ameri
can Minister, died suddenly ut Vsllam

RoME, July 24.-George p. Marsh, Amerii::
can Minister. died suddenly at Vallam.
brosa to-day. s5lFs' g.i}j
MONMOUTH, ILL.,, Jnly o4.-Johnnie
Cope, the celebrated Clydesdale stallion,
died here yesterday.
BAY Cry. MlcII. July 24.-Tire de-
lroyed se0,GG0 worth Of property in tic
heart Of the city yesterday half insured. Z
4 HAVANA, July ga careful compilation
Of the sugar crop fixes it at col $50 tons.
being an excess OF III per ce.lrover the
last croP. 5s
: Paris, July oo4.-Lilian Norton, the
American prima donna, made very sue.
cessfnl debn. at the Grand Opera as Mar.
guerila in Faust. e. 3.
Il CIxciSSArI, gs July q -Arrangetnents
have been completed 4 for sending about
fifty Of the Russian refugees recently mr..
rived here to form n farming colony Il, tho
State OF Kansas. There are twelve families
in the colony and twelve young men. ;5'SS
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BoRDrSTowS, MI, July a.-The funeral
Of Miss Fannie Parnell took place this
morning. a large number OF residents OF
this city and vicinity were present, and
trains from New York and Philadelphia
brought members from different Land
League organizations. ~. ,55i5.,-
2 A harp at the head Of the casket bore
the following inscription: "Cede Dec" a
white satin pillow, with harp attached,
had on it "a quotation from her last poem
.'The utterance Of the Irish heart" Rev.
n. Petit rector Of Christ Episcopal
Church. this city, read the burial service
Of the Episcopal Church at the mansion.
h The remains will lie in the receiving
vault, Trenton, until such; time as final
arrangements can !. be made. It is not
known. whether the body will be inferred
in Boston or taken to Ireland, where her
fathers remains lie. 3 John Heath, sculp-
tor Of Philadelphia, took plaster cast Of
the deceased. 5gsss ia!sS ls.:lS
John Parnell arrived from Georgia this
morning In time to attend the funeral ser
Ntrnp
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YELLOW PEvER.
New York Officers Preparing Against its
- ~ lnnoPtntIOu. 4-Ntg 81 9

NEw YoRH, July 24.-The city OF lIav.
ana Inns been unusually frcs from yellow
fever until recently, but now the disease d
said to be prevalent there and the mortality
is large. On account Of this fact tho Health
Officer Of this port, DR.. Smith, has given
orders that all vessels hereafter arriving
from Havana shall not DO permitted
to come TO the city until after their
cargoes have been thoroughly cleansed and
fumigated. He said to-day that while he
did not want to be loo stringent In regard
TO the rules OF health concerning the pori.
he thought II necessary TO take measures OF
precaution. Up 10 the present time the
cases OF yellow fever arriving at this mort
have been isolated, and only one patient
now remains In the hospital nj
Quarantine, Charles Nelson, . a sen.
man Of the Havana steamship CITY OF
Alexandria, which arrived on Thursday
last. The order to discharge cargoes irom
Havana vessels at Upper Quarantine be.
foree. coming to the city was given ten days
earlier than last year, but not so suon as In
1850. The first case Of yellow fever this
year was on the Havana steamship CITY Of
Washington, which came here on july ~
A Sister Of one Of the Roman Catholic Or.
deIs, who had gone TO Havana in Nav 10
do service in the hospitals, fell sick.
She died twenty.iour hours after
her arrival. The next case was that Of
Captain Albian +. Stahl, Of the brigantine
Stacy Clark, who recovered at the Quaran.
tine hospital. The bark MARY L. Leighton.
arrived from Havana on July 10, and had
left the mate in the hospital there, sicl
with yellow fever. Hans Tetlecker, a sea.
man, was stricken with the fever when the
vessel was four days at sea. Arriving here
he was removed to the hospital in Il
precarious state, ana died the following
day. When the steamship City Of
Alexandria arrived, Charles Nelson
and Judge S. Lawton, Of Chicago, were
found 10 be suffering from yellow fever, and
were removed TO the hospital. Judge
Lawton was In IN almost unconscious stale
for six hours after being transferred, and
he died. lie had been to Mexico on BE-
half Of some English capitalists on bust.
ness trip. During the last National cam.
paign he worked for the Republican party
in the South. His body was buried at ST..
gums Point, and having no relatives
word was sent by DR.. Smith to his friends
in Chicago. They sent for his effects and
will have his body taken there in cold
weather. When the steamship HALEY ar-
rived here on Wednesday from Rio de
Janeiro, one OF the passengers was found
to be suffering from smallpox. lie
was sent to the hospital On Hoffman
Island; The other passengers were in.
spected and the vessel fumigated when she
came 10 the city. =. ?. = =
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AMERICANS AT ALEXANDRIA.
Report OF Admiral SlchOlson Oh tn
n Riot and Subs 60 ueuf Eyenrss

Report OF Admiral Nicholson OH the
RiOt and Subsequent Events:
WASHINGTON, July 24.-Rear Admiral
Nicholson, Commanding the European
stations, makes the following report TO the
Navy Department upon the State OF affairs
at Alexandria under date Of July 5, 1852;
lie says: "The riot OF the llth OF June
was certainly accidental. It progressed
for nearly two hours before becoming
alarming. After that time, as the news
spread among the populace, it became
fanatical and all foreigners met with in the
streets were assaulted. The original dispute
was between a Greek or Maltese
and Arab. The rioters were augmented
by Bedouins residing outside OF the walls,
who rushed in town for plunder and pill
lage. This the authorities stopped rs soon
as possible by closing the city gates. Since
the day OF the riot q panic has existed
among foreigners, and their exodus has
been very great. On the lst inst, called
upon Governor Omar Pasha and stated
that rs America was at peace with his
country, did no: consider it proper that
American naval officers lin order to pre-.
vent insult or attack should be obliged
to visit on shore without their
uniforms, and asked whether it
would be safe for them to go there in their
uniforms. He replied he thought it was
safe, provided they came ashore in the day
and did not visit the outskirts. But to
make sure Of il, he would detail IN officer
OF his guard to accompany any and all
officers from the fleet who might wish to
land, which offer accepted and according.
ly issued n special order for officers to
visit Alexandra only between tho houB
Of 10 q. nj. and 4 p. M, and then only
in uniform and in company with On officer
Of the Egyptian army. The only Ameri.
cans ] can learn Of ut present are two mis-.
sionaries, on board ship; one man from
New Orleans on board ship; Judge Forman
Of the Mixed Court, on shore Mt Alexandria;
G. Long, acting consular agent, on shore at
Alexandria; General Stone and family, in
the service OF the khedive, on shore at
Carlo; Vice Consul General Camonos, on
shore at Cairo. The Consul General OF
Sweden called on board to return
thanks f6r the offer Of refuge, which offer
he viii! avail himself in case of necessity,
Sweden not having q vessel in port. The
admiral states he has given refuge to all
persons Of any nationality asking protec-
ton whose country has no vessel Of war in
port. Il
!; Commander tBatchelder, Of sthe United
States steamer Galena, says that seven Of
his officers were on shore at; the timsio
the riot, but all escaped without insult or
serious molestation. t=fSS} " (. "a ~
The Galena received on board all who
claimed American citizenship. men,
women land children, to the number Of
titty, and also received on, board certain
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LONDON, July 94.-Captain Terwilliger,l
Of the Hillsdale Grew has written the Cap.
tain Of the Thames Rowing CLUB, asfollows:!
"The Thames Grew being the winner in
the race for the senior four.oared shell, at
the Metropolitan regatta, | hereby challenge.
the same to row an international race be-
tween Putney and Mortlake, on the
Thames, and would sugges, the 4tll ofAu.S
gus; as the day OF the race Z, lSi;s
The Secretary Of the Amateur Rowing
Association has requested his correspond!
ents in the United States TO send their an
swels in regard to the status OF the Hills:
dale Crew By cable. 2 95al g,y;Ss5s5ll lli,3
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A Horrible Find.

MrmDES, Miss, July 24.-This morning,
two miles south Of De Soto, on the Mobile
& Ohio railroad, the mangled remains Of
six negroes were found on the track having
been run over by train. They had Just
been paid and were bound home. One
negro has been arrested and another is be-
ing hunted up on a strong suspicion OF
having murdered and robbed the men and
then placed the bodies OH the track.