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WALL Street To-day.
GREAT ACTIVITY on THE STREET-A SHARP DECLINE

STOCKS.
NEW YORK. Oct. 1.-THE Posts financial article
says: The stock market was more active and the
general decline in prices was greater than on any
previous day for many months, though the reaction
after IL O'Clock made the net decline up TO l2 80
O'Clock very much less than at the extreme
declines at ii and l2 o'clock. The general net de-
the latter on Oregon and Transcontinental with
AN exceptional net decline OF per cent on Oregon
Railway and Navigation Nhe extreme decline in
tniS Suock 1rom the opening price TO the lowest
price at 12 O'Clock being thirteen points, The mar.
ket opened generally from 4 TO iss per cent lower
the latter on Northern Pacific preferred 70 59I,,
with z to Y on Michigan Central Western Tnion''
Jersey Central and several others In the hour 10 II
1ciocH to es,,on .nere was decline OF one-half
Railway and Navigation with on Oregon and
ITanScontinental. Al on Canadian Pacific 24 on
Missouri Pacific, 2 on Lackawanna and from y toI
per cent on other stocks. In the neNt fifteen min
uteS there was an upward reaction OF Il to 2 per
cent, the latter on Canadian Pacific and Canada
southern In the next fifteen minutes a decline OF
Is TO ga per cent, the latter on Oregon Railway
ana Navigation TO 96, with 81 on Northern Pacihc
preferred, 3k on Canada Southern, 81 on Lake
Snore ana eStern Union and smaller declines on
other stocks. After I2 o'clock the market had an
other spasm Of firmness, and there was an upward
Pacific preferred to 5sK oregon Railway and Nav.
igation opened this morning at 1O9 sold at los l07
bs5or 1o res os IG leo g up to about ten minutes
two minutes afterward lo2 was bid and In ten min
utes afterward sold at l02I. This sudden reaction
made IL look as though the stock had been damned
down by short selling and suddenly reacted. n Y
Centrol, Union Pacific and st. Paul loaned fiat this
morning, and per cent per day premium 81 per
snare. pes tdeS fntereSt) paid for both Jersey
central and Northern Pacific preferred The total
sales up TO 1230 O'Clock Were 42l 600 shares prob.
ably the largest total for any half day in the his
tory OF the exchange. The rates for sterling con-
tfnue unchanged. Money continues abundant at
and 21, and though temporary fluctuations may
be caused In the figures, as last evening, they are
not due to any change OF the general condition.
The general market for railroad bonds was lower,
IN sympathy with the decline in the stock market
government bonds were II higher for the IS and Z
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The New York Sun advocates the election OF the
Hon Allen g. Thurman to the United States Senate
from Ohio,
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The Fence war i'm Texas.

FENCE CUTTING AND KANCHE BURNING DEPRECIATING
PROPERTY.
FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. IA report is current
that the FENCES around eight ranches I'm this county
have been cut within few days. real estate
agency received instructions from Limestone county
yesterday to reduce the price on some valuable
property for sale In the vicinity. Fence cutting and
rancho burning are so prevalent that property has
deprecated in value.
THE GOVERNOR CALLS SPECIAL SESSION OF THE
LEGISLATURE
AUSTIN, TEX, Oct. 1.-THE governors proclama-
tfon calling special session OF the legislature to
meet on the second Tuesday i'm January, was pro-
mulgated yesterday. 1t sets forth that an eXtraor-
binary occasion exists for the session. which proba-
Dy relates to the fence war, the public land QueS
uon, and the investment of school funds under the
recently adopted constitutional amendments.
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RETIRED.-Rear Admiral j. NJ B. Clitz was yester-
day placed On the retired list of the navy. under
the forty years service provision, at his own re-
quest
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British Gold Coming.

NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-THE steamship Fulda, which
will sail from Europe for this country tomorrow,
viii bring el00 600 gold coin, consigned to the bank
OF British North America. This is an exchange
operation, and Will be followed by other shipments
in the early future
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from Las Vegas, N. NJ, says: 'A bad state OF az
fairs exists along the advance line of the Mexican
railroad. Six men have been murdered during the
past Two weeks, and life is at great discount, A
party OF railroad men yesterday found une skeie-
tons OF three Texas cattle thieves, murdered near
Giorleta four years ago. The exact fate of the
thieves was unknown until noWn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-10-17

. THE CoREAN EMBAssY.-Three members OF the
Corean embassy, including Hong Yong Six, the
vice minister, left Washington yesterday for San
Francisco, where they Will take the steamer of the
2ith instant for COrea. The four other members of
the embassy, including Min Yong TX, the head
minister, and Sok Kyong Bonn, the secretary, wiz
remain In Washington for brief period In COM
the Secretary OF the Treasury has ordered the
printing of specimen copies OF United States notes
use OF the COrean government. Samples of our
national currency and bonds have been printed for
the Russian government at the request Of the Rus
sian minister
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TelegraDhic RriPfS.

The pulp mill of the Jackson Mills Co. at Paris
Me-, was destroyed by fire last night. The carse Is
unknown The loss is $4,000: insurance $1,000
A fire last night on Tric0n and North Peters
streets, New Orleans, destroyed six dwellings and
their contents Loss, S15,0 ,0U0: insurance, sl290.
The Grand Trunk Railway report issued ia Lon
don last night, shows net revenue balance for the
half year OF 20l 900 pounds sterling.
REMOVAL OF THE JECUEiIIAs.-Indian Agent
Llewellyn, at the Mescalcro agency in New Mexico,
reports to the commissioner OF Indian affairs the
rival OF the Jcurlas at the agency. Their removal
began on the Goth or August. and at san Jose the
smallpox broke out among the Indians and dur
ing the march 10 Fort sumner six deaths occurred
The total distance Travelled by the tribe from
Amar9o TO their present location was 5G2 miles, and
forty-seyen days were required. The agent reports
that the majority OF the Indians are pleased with
the change. They are, however, OF a wandering,
restless disposition. and trouble is apprehended In
keeping Them within the bounds OF the reservation
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NAVAL ORDERs-CO -COmmodores E. T. McCauley
and T. S. F1llebrown, Capt. VIM. P. McCann, Com
mander II. ii. RObeson and Medical Director W.
T. Hood ordered to duty On board the Hartford at
Panama, per steamer OF Goth inst from New York
Passed Assistant Engineer L. w. Robinson to ex-
animation for promotion; Capt. JAS. A. Greer from
the washington navy yard, 10th inst, and ordered
berger detached from the League Island navy yard
and ordered to the Yantic; Lieut. Henry McCrea,
from the colorado and ordered to the Yant1c;
UeUts. +. E. Greene and E. s. Prime from the YAM
tic and placed on waiting orders; Medical Inspec-
tor e. y. Clayborn from the navy laboratory, New
Southerland from photographic Office and ordered
70 take charge OF the branch photographic Office at
Philadelphia.
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THE NAVAL ACADEMY BoARD.-The following
heads OF departments compose the academic board
OF the Naval academy for the term of 1884: Capt
r NJ Ramsay, superintendent; Commander n H.
FaTqullar cOnmandant of cadets; Commander c.
L. Huntington, head OF department ordnance and
gunnery; Lieut. Commander S. II. Baker, astronomy,
Farmer, steam engineering; Prof. j. NJ. Rice, me-
cnanlcS and applied mathematics; Prof H. d. Todd,
physics and chemistry; Prof. w. w. HendricksOn,
mathematics; Lieut.. Commander j. f. Craig Eng
llsh studies, history and law; Lieut.. Commander 5.
SchOuler, modern languages; Lieut.. Commander
Horace Elmer, Seananshp, naval tactics and naval
construction, uemp0rarily;) Commander Charles
u. SlgSbee, drawing Lieut.. VIM I. Burwell is as
sistant to the superintendent and in charge Of
buildings and grounds at the academy.
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NAVAL MEDICAL INSPECTOR TO BE CotRr-
MARTIALED.-Rear Admiral Hughes, commanding
the Pacific station, will order court-martial for
the trial OF Medical Inspector stephen D. Kennedy
on charges OF drunkenness. COmnl0dores McCauley
ana fliieDrOWn, Captain McCann, Commander
RobeSon, and Medical Director Hood have been
ordered to proceed to Panama and join the Hart
1ord Tor the purpose OF trying Medical Inspector
Kennedy. There were not enough superior officers
at hand to compose the court, and many OF the
brother officers OF the accused viii be witnesses in
the trial. so that 1t was necessary to have num-
Der OF officers sent there In order that the court
might be organized
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THE EUROPEAN SQUADRoN.-Rear Admiral Bald
win, commanding the European station, reports to
the Navy department, under date of Cadiz, Spain
october 2d. that the Lancaster sailed from Port
Mahon On the 21St OF September and arrived at
CadH ON the 25th. The usual official visits courte-
sleS and saluteS We're exchanged with the authOri-
port The Quinnebaug was at Port Mahon on the
3oth september, but expected to sail the
next day for LeghOrn, where she would be
repaired. The Kearsarge arrived at Lisbon on
the sOth september, and left on the 29th, reaching
Cadz ON the 30th. The Supernumerary assistant
kearsarge were transferred to the Lancaster. The
Lancaster and kearSarge would sail on the Sd OctO-
and the latter for Casa Blanca and MOgadOr on the
coast OF Morocco, afterwards joining the flagship
at Gibraltar or Malaga The health Of officers and
crews is reported good.
National Republican., 1883-10-29
Face the Democratic Record.

Our morning contemporary recently went
so far as to adopt Senator Voorhees's singular
mistake concerning the record of democratic
national conventions on the tariff. Under
the caption of "A Mistake of Four Letters"
it iloundered around in a long editorial, from
which we copy the following words:
About all the political capital there is left for the
republicans resides in four letters of the demo-
cratic platform OF 1880 The little word "only"
at the end Of tho tariff clause in that document
made possible the purchase the presidency for
Gen. Garfield. In IL letter written Oct 20, 1881,
Senator Voorhees, said. and said truiy'
"The platform Of 1880 IA tariff for revenue only
was Il violent departure on the subject of the
| tariff, and has no precedent in the history of
| democratic platforms adopted in national conven-
| tions. l have examined them all. The declara-
ton for n tariff for revenue only was never be-
| fore made In democratic national convention,
and is n 'burlesquc Oh common sense We lost
| Indiana In the last three weeks of the campaign
| of 1880 on the absurd issue made by our plat
form OH this subject"
Here we have Senator Yoorheos's assurance
that the national democratic platforms were
all violently departed from in 1880 in the
declaration for tariff for revenue only. He
has examined them ALL" he tells us, and his
vehement assertion that the tariff for revonue
only was now thing and burlesque on
common sense is Endorsed as true by the
Washington revenue tariff organ. That jour
nal says that Mr. Voorhees, said truly" what
we have above quoted.
We assert that tho national democratic con-
vention of 1876, which nominated Samuel j..
Tilden, did declare in favor of this same bur-
lesque on common sense. The words are as
follows: "IPc demand that all CUSTOM HOUSE
TAXATION shall be ONLY FOR REVENUE"
That is plain. Mr.. Tilden's platform. Tilden
and Hendricks platform. A tariff "only for
revenue" And Senator Voorhees, had exam
ined all the platforms and did not discover
the above. The Post knows all the domo,
cratic platforms by heart, and swears by
tho erroneous statement of tho In
diana senator. "only for revenue" says
the platform of 1876 with Tilden
as the candidate. "For revenue only" says
the platform of $780, with Hancock as the
candidate. "If 20 said come out of me
house, Mccarthy the coort can not touch yo
but If ye said Mccarthy come out of mt
house there's pint in the la may go hairt
with ye." So spake tho Milesian coun
selor to his frightened client. 1t will
require such an intellect as his t,
draw the fine distinction between that bur
lesque on common sense in 1880, a tariff 70
revenue only, and that solid chunk of Til
} denian wisdom in 1876, tariff only for ROY
} enue. The Post cannot rail the words ou
from the platform of 1870, which it says wer
never heard of until 1880, "The declarato
' for tariff for revenue only was nevC
: before 1880 made in democratic nations
r convention" quoth Dan Voorhees,. "Trul
t said' quoth the Post. Custom hout
: taxation-i. g., q tariff "only for revc
nue"-had been the shibbOleth of 1876, an
National Republican., 1883-10-29
THAT $SOO,OOO JOB.
Assistant Postmaster General Elmer Corr
reefs Some NIisstatemen's or the PhiIa-
deIphia Editor.

NetD York Commercial advertiser.
The Philadelphia Press day or two ago
contained an editorial from the pen of Charles
Emory Smith, charging that some of tho
officials of the postofiice department at Wash
ington were seeking to suppress the evidence
and papers relating to the fraud connected
with the putting on Of the fast mail train be-
tween Philadelphia and Pittsburg at the in
stance of Mr.. Smith The Commercial Aduer-
tiser on Thursday contained a dispatch
from its Washington correspondent en-
bodying a statement from First Assistant
Postmaster General Hatton, who exposed the
inwardness of the Press editorial, A reporter
of the Commercial AdrertiSer called upon Gen.
Elmer, second assistant postmaster general, at
the Hoffman house to-day, and asked him
about Mr.. Smiths allegations regarding the
suppression of evidence touching the roweigh-
ling of mails, in which Mr. Smith is mixed up.
Gen. Elmer was the officer of the department.
who did the work under the orders of Post
master General James, and therefore knows
the inside of the transaction.
In reply to tho inquiry Gen. Elmer said he
had seen the article in the Press of Wednes-
day, and it was now proper that he should say
something, In his Office all business rolat-
ing to the railway mail service is transacted,
/ and he is also the custodian of all papers re-
| lating to such service. A few days ago n rep
lresentative OF Mr.. Smith called upon him
in Washington, and asked for document
bearing date of December, 1S77--a document
which had no relation whatever to tho case in
Ilquostion, and neither by law nor precedent
touching it. He declined, as was his duty, to
furnish this paper or any other, but made the
general proposition that if the representative
of Mr. Smith would bring letter from him
agreeing to pulish the facts as no (Mr. Elmer)
would state them verified under oath ifneces-
sary he would give the exact facts and full
data. He would dictate this story to two
stenographers-one his own and the other to
be furnished by Mr.. Smith-so that no mis-
takes could be made, one stenographer being
a check upon tho other. This Offer" said
Gen. Elmer, "has not been accepted up to the
present time. If MIR, Smith is sincere in
wanting all the facts SO that tho public eau
Judge whether or not his (Smiths) connection
with the transaction is straight, he can have
them by accepting this ofier'
National Republican., 1883-10-29
LITERARY NOTES.

The Art Amdteur for November gives a seriest
SIX admirable drawings by Walter Crane of tn
superb frieze, illustrating Longiellow's "skeeton
in Armor," recently painted by Mr.. Crane for the
Newport residence of Miss Catherine Wolfe
There Is a profusion of hints and directions for
art work, and the department of home dec
oration and furnishing is abundantly illustra ed
and filed with practical suggestions.
Capt. Mayne Reid, whose last story, Tho Land
of Fire." Is to appear in 81. Nicholas during the
coming year, wrote as follows TO the editor Of thL
magazine few weeks before his death:
al have heard that you intend honoring mo b.
q biographical sketch and, furthermore, that
am to receive this honor at the hands of one of
Americas most celebrated, and justly celebrated,
writers, Mr.. Trowbridge. VIII you kindly notify
this gentleman that tho only thing about mysofI
specially care to have recorded is my great love
and reverence for the American people, and
above all, for the American youth, whom regard
with an affection warm and strong almost as q
man would feel for his own children. am told
| 1t is reciprocated; and this knowledge is much
should say full-compensation for life of toll
which has been otherwise i'll rewarded. There
fore, trust he will tell my youthful clientele of
| America how much they are in my heart and,
moreover, how much long to instruct them in
| higher way than have hitherto done by my
| carelessly written romances. l am now seeking
such opportunity; ana II life be spared me long
enough to find 1t, promise 1t shall be taken ad
vantag off,:
Mr.. Trowbridge's biographical sketch appears
| in the November 81. Nicholas with portrait oi
| Mayne Reid.
The following new books have been received by
| A. Brentano e Co.:
"Auti- Tobacco" by A. A. Livcrmore. with n lee
ture on tobacco by Rev. II. l.. Carpenter, and OIL
the use Of tobacco by G. +. Wtter, NJ. d.
"Banned and Blessed" q novel after the Ger
man of L. Werner There Is about this story an
| indascrihahle charm.
National Republican., 1883-10-29
Gen. Roscorans's Absurd Denial.

"The writer came to me-" said he, "when
was unwell, and would not submit TO an inter
view, but told him, in reference to my campaigns,
that II he should read my official reports he would
find there oil had to say or could soy on the
subject" Cincinnati tnterUtct0 nth Gen. Rosecrans.
For sick man Con. Rosecrans managed to
say great deal on the occasions he would not
submit to an interview, and it took him
seven or eight hours, altogether, to say his
little say. 1t is absurd for him to
claim that he was not interviewed,
reported. He has been exhibiting his sore toe
for years, and everybody who knows him per-
sonally is familiar with the appearance of the
diseased member. The reporter who could
build such a story as that published on Wednes-
day morning in THE NATIONAL REPUB-
LIcAN out Of his inner consciousness is pos
pay than he can got on o daily newspaper,
and such talents would have been discovered
and coined into cash long ago.
The general takes pains to disavow speoif-
cally that portion OF the interview relating to
Gen. Wood. Now, it isa fact that he has made
practice of denouncing Gen. Wood whenever
he could get anybody to listen to him, and
there is direct testimony that he has expressed
tho opinion within three or four weeks that
Gen. Wood ought to have been shot. Inas.
much as he wrote Gen. Wood letter over his
own signature giving the lie direct to such
charges it is little wonder that he
tries to wrigglo out of the predicament into
which his reckless tongue has placed him.
He may wriggle all he pleasos, the interview
will stand as genuine. The old-man-who.
eats-his-own-words has involved himself in
maze of contradiction from which there is
no escape.
National Republican., 1883-10-29

TO-DAY comes up the notable suit Of Hal
let Kilbourn vs. John G. Thompson, SER
geant at arms of the house of representatives,
for damages for imprisonment as o contuma-
cous witness in 1876. Mr.. Kilbourn has
waged long and plucky contest against the
arbitrary power Of the house Of representa-
tives to imprison citizen for refusing to dis.
close his business transactions with other
citizens unie5S n basis is first laid there
for by showing that such transactions
had somo relation to the interests of
the government or the vindication Of
violated law. He has secured decision, of
tho United States supreme court as to the
question of rights, and tho only question left
is the measure of damages. On previous
trial he obtained verdict for 100000. This
was set aside as being excessive. Whatever
may be the amount awarded him, none will
deny that he has made manly and resolute
stand for the rights of the citizen against the
mailed hand of arbitrary power.
National Republican., 1883-10-29

just twonty years before that the democratic
national convention resolved that "the time
has como for the people of tho United States
to declare themselves in favor of free seas
and progressive FREQ trado throughout tho
world" We venture to suggest ro-oxami-
nation of the national democratic platforms
by democratic statesmen and editors. "Rev-
enuc only" and "only for revenue" seem to
us very much the same sort of tariff. If
one is burlosque on common sense, so is the
other Will the Post kindly correct its state.
mont of the democratic record? Or is it
ashamed of Mr.. Tilden's tariff platform of
1876 reiterated by his FREUD Watterson in
1gSOo
National Republican., 1883-10-29
No Democratic Guardianship Required.


No Democratic Guardianship Required.
Tho New York SW, in an editorial on
"Mahonoism," exhibits some of that tender
solicitude for tho welfare of the republican
party which, as We have recently remarked,
has long been u prominent feature in demo-
cratic newspapers Tho Sun is ono Of those
cheerful, or, as wo might say, chirrupy
papers, which appear to imagine that they
arc always addressing large au-
dionco of republican fools. For
every vote gained in Virginia." says
our solar contemporary, "tho republicans
have lost at least ten in the north" How bad
the SIN must feel. 1t is good democratic
paper, and yet 1t gets up n long article full of
mourning, because the republicans are pursu-
ing course so harmful to them. Is IL not rather
cheeky in tho Su, to ask republicans to be-
lieve that it sorrows over their misfortunes? :?
Isn't it plain to everybody who is not a
natural born fool that If the republicans
were really hurting themselves by defeating
perfectly dolighted2 And isn't it equally
plain that it cannot possibly hurt the repub-
licans to beat the democrats anywhereH Be
assured, Mr.. Dana, that tho republicans will
go right on defeating your Virginia friends,
without any fear of wounding the feelings of
good northern republicans. We are going to
take good deal of pains to lose every ropub-
lcan vote which can only be saved by betray-
ing Virginia to tho old bourbon democracy.
We will beat your friends in Virginia, and
that will enable us to beat your friends in
other southern states. If we cannot make
any headway in the south we shall not need
any votes in the north. Tho northern re-
publicans who are in earnest in their desire
to prevent bourbon restoration will not
fraterni2e with those northern republicans
who make the support of bourbonism in Vir-
gnia and the south generally the price of
their allegiance to our party. If by their
treachery the brave and patriotic Malone,
with his readjuster followers aud republican
allies, could be delivered over to tho pro-
scriptive and reactionary bourbons, and if,
thereby, the southern electoral vote should
be made solid for the democracy, true north
ern republicans would laugh at the calamity
and mock when the fear came of the false
republicans who had so stultified themselves
and betrayed their cause. But never shall
Sun that morrow SEQ. Tho bourbon
Jockeys arc cheating their north
ern friends and themselves alike. They
hope against hope The Old Dominion will
not go backward. Three times has she
beaten tho blatant, boasting, Dragging hour
bons. Next Tuesday wiz show them fourth
defeat, and all in despite of the democratic
SUMS fears that such a result will hurt the
republican party. The republican party will
not go. 1t is on the witness stand while the
democratic party is in the prisoners dock
The SufS stale and stereotyped stupidities
about bosses and machines" and "rcpudia-
tion" in Virginia are not worth answering
because every reader knows they are mere
claptrap and very threadbare at that.