The National tribune., 1883-08-09

I'rimes and Casnaliies---Pers0Ral and
Pglilical--CaPital Topics.

r3aet1fuirg 10 She felsa> Uf ~ lsi4ugtHn has
eu submitted 70 tla Chief OF Engineers. Fort
Washington. BE satye, Is fast colug TO rgla- lie
tasnks there can re no question Be Che para
mount necessity Is pntJiile this work tn -hoE-
oaeh con ion. rte recommends aR appropii-
ation 0i s518a Tor theueNt fiscal year, a. " III
ont H. there Is nothing to stop hostile heet
from approaching within easy range OF the
Capitol
There are fourteen serviceabie guns nc Fort
Washington. solne of tllem, however, with no
carriages, thirteen ~ erticaa1,e apd three un-
serYireable maTtars.
Forq Faa5c aa earthworz commanding the
water approach 10 AleSanlria and Washington
bv lg.t, 81 the Potomac River. WAS commenced
81 1852. IL was never c3:apleted. aad. as vita
Port Washington, evrrTti ing IS r9inE 10 rum
Ana5 -ify9-iation of 100 rs KID fer and
the recommendation IS strongly r.eae that i he
finished. There are six guns al tins fort, al Of
thsm without carr RACES. and nine m3rtars
Daring The month Of July. usually the dull
cs s.oalh IN the yea- tbe report Of tAe mail
division I the Peu.ion 0.ice shows that there
Slave been received 2925 origina! invalid pen
sion tiasals ana 8.5al ol all Others, including
widows miners. incr tase ciains. old wir
bounty, land, g.; 2Jl53 pieces Of additional
eyiGeHue; I5.2i9 reports from tie adjutlnt-
genera and 1861 from the surge0R-GcHeral:
5.a1s letters of inquiry and miscellaneous;
I5.4g3 orders for medical examinations return
ed 6-l3 reports from special examiners; ESQ
Ccuaress. onai letters OF inqaiIy- The tetai Of
letters seat 0ut for the month WAS lis, l0o, or
an average Of 4.657 per day.
An epidemic Of Duplicating their pay ac-
c0nAts seems to have sprung u1 among some Of
the officers OF the army. Among the latest IS
the court martial which has heea ordered for
the rial 0f 5. c. Robertson, second Lieutenant,
First cavalry, on th!s charge. Several months
aEa Joseph W. Pinaar Eighth cavalry, was
granted six months leave, 2Ad his res gn4tion
To take effect ri its expiration IT has been as
cerraiDel th2t he has duplicated his accounts
81 several posts and his pay Tor the last month
he was in service was withheld.
There has recently been transferred from the
War Department TO the " abandoned property"
division of the Treasury Department a large
quantity IF Con tolerate script bonds. represent
ing several millions az doiiars which. il is said,
is now TO Tie mae rated and converted into pulp
on the order Of Secretary Foiger
Reports received at the PostoGioe Depart
Tneni from twenty-five Of the larger post-ofiices
show an increase IL the sale ol postags stamps,
postal earls. &c. for the quarter ended June
80, i-55, over the corr spending period OF the
previous year Of S252357, or abont per cent.
CRIMES AID CASUALTIES.
Thirty buildings on Post street. San Fran
cisco, were burned % the Eroand August 9Th.
among them the Winter Garden The2ire and
Druids Hall. The Gre was the greatest in ex-
tent Of AREA thar has occurred in the city since
1s76. Over twO-thirds Of fhc entire block j. in
ashes. Harry Moran, ar actor. was burned 10
death. and several other persons were fatally
injured By jumping from windows The lire-
men behaved adm rahiv, saving many lives
thai WGHld otherwise have been lost. The
LOSES il l. believed. do not exceed $4,000;
insurance $4,000.
a large meeting of the citizens Of Banks and
CARLSON counties Ga. was held al MaysviHe,
on tie 3Ist ult, N take action In regard 20 the
late raids 0f ku-EIux gangs who have been
going ta negroes hga5e5 and whipping and
shooting the occupants Resolutions strongly
c0ndemniDg such violence were passed. A
Negro Ct bad character. named Bob Ransom,
was called on a few nights ego by . party Of
fry masked men, in Jackson comfy, and
whipped severely. The negro vas shot through
the mouth, he bah coming cut al the back Of
his aeck, and is not expected 70 i've.
Mace Jones and Richard Liasey attempted
20 drive man naaied Wilson out Of Brooklyn
H. Oh the 3Ist nit Marshal Green. in pro-
tecting Wilson, had quarrel with Jones and
Green and Jones subsequently, met, each being
ARMED with shat-euns and reviewers Five
saets were fred, one Of which entered Greens
groin and killed hi.a. Jones received two
wounds IN the arln, one il the head, another
through the LETT breast, which is pronounced
faaal
Drr. hot weather confines at Victoria. g. G
Ehnre has been no rain for two months. F0res
Efas are raging. and The air Is filed with smoke
O. Wednesday. tie LIST insT., the heat from rhf
forrest fires tented the powder in 0rGerionki
mll near 2e, waieh hlew up. Every pans
8t glass in tae torn ef Yale was broken. n
asie was killed, but several were badly hurt
Ehese were 800 cases Of giant powder and ter
eases u black powder exploded.
On the night Of the I'd inst. while ma,
naine3 Besey was on his way 70 4 train witt
his three children. a-ed, respectively. ten
twelve, and sixteen years, the horses beeam
frighteRed and plunged into the river ut th
Polk-iFaet bridge Chirsee the draw bein
Ofen. The hackman and Besey escaped, ba
tie Children. being cooped Up in the vehicle
were drowned.
By the neglect of the telegraph operator &
stop q freight train on the fr0v and Bast0
Railroad. august Isl. TWO freight trains col
lide8. The eBaineeFs OF h0th trains and scv
oTsi train hands were killed. FiItv cars wrr
piled On top OF one another and al soon tool
Gre.
Fred Waisser, nearly sixty years old. wa
found wing alongside The road. near his hons
al i'oHlar Grove XIV. August lst. beateu nearl
10 death Tie had drawn 500 back pension
and was alterWar3 seen drinking with CON
pari0as. Not cent WAS ahoat Aim whs
found.
Two c0lsned girls. twelve and eight years olt
respectively, were lefl alone br lheir m0tht
or saturday. August 4th, in a cabin on vi
James Beams farIn, near Lexington. Ky. Whe
she reHuF1sea she found her cabin in ashes aa
The remains Of The youngest child in them; a
Older girl cannot be found.
G. Noraen, who is alleged TO be the illegit
mate s0l Of King Oscar Of Sweden. c0mmitte
suicide IN the Swedish Lutheran Church
LngleWood, near Chicago III. on the ID ms
Ca O portable board back Of the pulpit he ha
written in Swedish: " The dead cry never"
Joseph Diaz negro who had been supporte
by a Cna4n family ia New York. named Ma
thene during the winter and spring on the
inst. shot and inflicted probably fatal wount
upon Nrs. Marth0ne, because she would u
leave her husband and live wi5h him.
Fifteen or more persons we're injured in
accident on the Southeastern Railroad, ne
Newport, Vt, on the LIST ult. The accide
occurred az q slight curve IN the road, and VI
caused by the spreading Of the rails.
The steamer Butte was burned on the vi
souri, hi yer, above Fort Peck, on The Both u
The boat and cargo are total loss The But
WAS new boat and WAS valued st $4,000. T.
Passengers were landed safely.
POLITICAL
The Kentucky State election took place 4
gust 9Th with the usual Democratic spcce
The vote vas light, and The probability is Oh