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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-16
THE FIRST MRS. sPRAGUE.
Glimpse of the Lady in the Private
Gallery of the Senate.
TVasAin0ton Corr. .yDrin0AeId RenubJico1

Washington Corr. Springfield Republican,
Among the ladies in the private gallery
of the Senate on Friday evening before the
adjournment was Mrs. Sprague, who is
now with her three daughters at Edge
wood, the old country home of her father,
the late Chief Justice Chase. And ex
Senator Sprague was married yesterday.
Mrs. Sprague sat In the gallery with
Representative and Miss Crowley, of
New York, but | think few about
knew her or perhaps had ever seen
her before. They were all new faces,
belonging to the present, but she seemed
to belong to the past, a brilliant past
1t was, when she was an. acknowledged
leader in Washington society and one of
the most beautiful women here. She is
pretty woman even now, and will ALWAYS
retain much of her beauty. Ii is true that
her Iace looks faded and about the lovely
dark eyes there are worn, tired lines. But
the proud pose of the small, finely formed
head is as marked as ever and the mouth
as naughty, but yet beautiful as in the old
days, when the lips We're parted in smiles
that were so fascinating, / saw her soon
after the death Of her father, and then her
face, framed in the little black bonnet.
had touch of Madonna sweetness that
sOftened all the proud bearing. She has
resumed colors, and dresses with the
same exquisite taste for which she was
pltlIe hOIeu III ueT DeSI udyS-LnOSe days
when she entered this gallery by her
right as the wife of Senator, and her
husband sat below, a Senator from
Rhode Island. And now she takes her
seat as stranger, and as much stran-
ger as one of the visitors sitting there.
Among number of notable portraits in
one OF the first Photographic establish
ments on the Avenue is one of Kate Chase.
1t must have been painted nearly twenty
years ago, as the dress is the fashion of
that day, having plain full skirt, with
out ruffie or touch of trimming 1t has
a plain round waist and low neck, show
ing the shoulders and long, slender neck.
Harriet Lanes portrait used to hang by
the side of this one of Kate Chase, and,
though she was a handsome woman, there
could be no comparison, for the pretty
head and eyes of the Ohio girl were too
beautiful to be rivaled by the other. Her
hair was without q crimp or curl and
combed low over the ears, as smooth and
glossy as satin and put up in a small coil
Mt the back of the head. With all this
severe simplicity of dress and hair. it is
beautiful woman looking out from the
canvas.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-16
SEEKING THEIR LEVEL.
The Swollen Streams Almost Held in
Check Again by their Banks


Check Again by their Banks
YAZOO CITY, MISS, March 15.-The
Tallahatchie river at Sharkey on Satur-
day was six feet below the rise of 1882
and yesterday it was but seven inches
below and rises two inches per day. The
swamps of Tallahatchie and Yazoo being
dry will absorb much of the water. There
is serious apprehension Of an overflow.
MEMPHIS, March 15.-The river to-
night shows a decline of five inces for the
past twenty-fOur hours. 1t now marks 81
feet and 10 inches on the gauge, which is
a total decline of twenty-five inches. The
fall will be more rapid now, and two feet
more decline will put the river within IFS
banks. Farming operations are being ac-
lively engaged in, and the outlook for
good planting season is chnering. ---
HELENA, March 15.-The gauge this
morning registers 46 feet, a decline OF
inches during the past fourteen hours. A
negro man is reported drowned on both of
Nei's places opposite here, last night.
There is no decline in the overflow back
i'm the bottoms
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-16
DORsEY,s DISTRESS.
A Pitiful Pen Picture of Great Star
Router.

ROuter.
WdSRingtoa Special Cincinnati Times Star
The star route trial has entered upon its
fifteenth week. Indications are that it
will occupy from five to ten weeks more.
The Rerdell confession has taken up much
time, and there Is no telling what new fea-
ture may arise at any moment to add to
the length of the trial. The indications
are much more favorable to a conviction
than they were i'll the former trial, though
many predict that there will be no cOnvic-
tiOn this time. The defendants evidently
feel that their condition is very serious,
and they are in no good humOF over it.
Your correspondent had occasion to call
upon ex-senator Dorsey at his home on X
street, recently, and was startled to see
what change had come over him. His
appearance was actually startling.
There was wild, angry, excited look
on his face, the look which reminded one
of hunted animal driven to bay, and his
words were hot and bitter. Liar, per-
Jurer, thief, contemplate sneak, villain
were epithets which flowed freely from
his lips as he referred to those who had
acted against him in his trial. Only once
did he laugh or even smile, and that was
when some reference was made to the
constant demands upon him for money by
a lot of leeches who infest the capital and
It's courts and Hobbies. Then it was
laugh full of discOrd and hatred rather
than pleasure or merriment.
His home is a beautiful one. A fine
large house in a fashionable neighbor-
hood, parlOrs richly furnished, costly
paintings upon the walls, a beautiful wife
of whom everybody speaks with ,hOnOr
and regard, yet that look upon his face
and that spirit of hatred for mankind
which breathed forth in his every word
and movement showed that his surround
ings did not detract from the painful con-
seriousness that his condition is a critical
one. and that the hand of every man is
against him. His wife is a beautiful wO-
man, an ornament to society, but, feeling
keenly the attacks upon her husband, she
seems to have almost entirely withdrawn
from social life, if, indeed, its doors re-
main open to her.
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Rnnninc ion Am thev lYere ,ynrth

NEW ORLEANS, March 15.-The first
race, three-fOurths of a mile, was won by
the favorite, MalvaliO. with Jim Turner
second and Captain Curry third. The
winners time was LIS.
The second race was One-eighth of a
mile. Like the first, it was won by the
favorite AthlOne, with MaritOu second and
Referee third. The best time was :5s.
The third race for beaten horses, dis
tance one mile, was won by Joe Cooper,
with Moses second and Florence d. third.
The time was 1:4T15. Moses was the IA
Vprifp
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Prince Gortschakofrs Death.

BADEN BADEN, March 15.-The funeral
of the late Prince Gortschakoff took place
from the Russian chapel here yesterday.
The physician who attended Prince Gort-
schakOf states that there were enough
grounds for suspecting that the Prince
had been poisoned. The evidence of the
Princes mistress and his valet confirms
the suspicion. In his will, made on his
deathbed, the Prince requests the author
tiles to suppress any inquiry as to whether
hp had bppn noiSOnpd
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Burned and Sunk.

EVANSVILLE, IND, March 15.-At s
O'Clock last night, about mile above
Lewisport, the steamer Enquirer, while
going up the river, collided with the Dory
Cobler coming down, striking the latter
just forward of the fire doors. She sank to
the boiler deck in about four minutes,
when she took fire in the ladies cabin and
her upper works burned to the waters
edge. Everybody on board escaped and
were taken to Lewisport by the Enquirer.
A crossing of signals by the Enquirer
caused the accident.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-16
A MARYLAND EARTHQUAKES.
Houses Shaken, Furniture Ratified and
CrQekeFy Smashed Into Fragments.
RoJffs3oNs C,asaSay J9gI


The people in this State are very much
excited over an earthquake shock of con-
siderable severity, which was felt through
a portion Of the county on Sunday even
ing. The shock seems to have been first
felt in Long Green Valley, in the eastern
part of Baltimore county, and then to
have Travelled Hortheasterly through
Hartford. taking In band about ten
miles in diameter, and passing about five
miles north of Belair, the county seat of
Hartford. There was momentary vibra-
tion of the earth, which was accompanied
by a loud report like that of cannon
or blast, and rumbling noise, as of
thunder, ~" ~ =
SO violent was the shock that the houses
shook, furniture ratified and crockerv
upon shelves was thrown down and
smashed. Women rushed screaming
from the houses, while'people, who were
outside and felt the shock, maae haste to
get indoors. % .. ....'
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The Romance Of a Horse Thief

ST. LOUIS, March 15.-H. f. Croker, a
notorious horse thief, committed suicide a
day or two ago in the Granbury, Texas,
Jail. He left written statement which
related that he was born in Georgia and
was well connected there. In Texas in
1873 he killed three men and one woman.
and he stated in his letter he regretted
that he had not killed two men who had
injured him. Being without money or
friends he preferred death to life in
nriSOn
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A Justlv Indignant PubIic.

JNIONTQWN, PA, March 10 An indig.
nation meeting was held to-day to express
public sentiment against Dukes and the
jury which acquitted him. The meeting
adjourned with groans for Dukes and the
jury, Steps will be taken to have Dukes
name stricken from the rolls of the Bar
Association. If he attempts to take his
seat in the Legislature he will probably
be promptly expelled, not so much on
account of the murder as on account OF
his letters about the woman to whom he
WIS pnNa Upl-
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-16

In most cases proceeds from torpid liver
and impurities of the stomach 1t can in
yariably be cured by taking Simmons Liver
Regulator. Let all who suffer, remember
that sick and nervous headaches can be
prevented by taking a dose as soon as
their symptoms indicate the coming of an
attack A. l.a n ~. 81 ll.3le u -
Simmons Liver Regulator is a very
valuable remedy for dyspepsia, sick head
ache, torpid liver, constipation, piles and
such Ike. s. w. HoIT
President s. w. r. r. Co., Of Ga.y
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-16
THE TABOR MARRIAGE.
\ Catholic Priest Publicly Declares it
Illicit.

OSWhOSW Wt0.J t>pectQ(. i5tN.
Rev. James O'Malley, pastor of st.
Peters Church, has caused n sensation
by publishing a card declaring the mar
riage of Senator Tabor illicit. The card
is addressed to the public, and reads as
follows:
''ltsbecOmes my painful duty to inform
the public that the late marriage in Wash
ingtOn, d. c., between Senator Tabor, of
Colorado, and Miss Elizabeth B. McCourt,
formerly of this city, Father CappeIle
officiating. is in nowise sanctioned by the
church, and it is declared Illicit, as Miss
McCOurt was married by me in st. PauPs
Church, June q, 1877, to Mr.. VIM. II. Doe,
the latter being still alive. The Catholic
church has always maintained with the
greatest tirmness that the bond of matri-
mony is indissOluble. Jesus Christ himself
gives this all important command when
speaking about marriage in the Gospel Of
st. Matthew, nineteenth chapter and
sixth verse, which says: What, there
fore, God has joined together, let no man
put aSunder.' The same words we find.
also in st. Mark, tenth chapter and ninth
verse. If Father Cappelle were aware of
the impediment to this marriage, and
nevertheless, performed the ceremony, he
would be suspended. He states, however.
that he was innocent of that fact. We
were shocked to learn that even Catholics
were present .at the marriage, and never
informed the officiating priest that Miss
McCOurt had husband living. In this
respect they committed grieYous fault
in remaining silent when they should
have made known the impeachment to the
marriage, something each Catholic is
obliged in conscience to do"
Father O'Malley has also collected a
mass of testimony upon the subject and
will place it before the highest authority
of the church for action.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-16
EngIand's Alabama Claims Funds.

LONDON, March 15.-Lord Edmund
Fitzmaurice, Under Foreign Secretary,
stated in the House of Commons this af-
ternO0n in answer to Caleridge Kennard's
question that the government had done
nothing towards recovering the surplus of
the Alabama awards
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-16

There is no need to suffer with Rheuma-
tism, Lame Back, Neuralgia or sprains
when such remedy as Coqssens' Light
ming Liniment is at hand. It also cures
SPAWN, Ringhone. Calls, Scratches, etc,
ON animals, and is only so cents bottle.
For sale by G. NJ. Heidi & Co., druggists,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-16
Death Under the BROOKLYN Bridge

NEW YORK, March 15.-While. some
at the Brooklyn bridge to-day. the tackle
parted and the iron fell on Jacob Miller
and William Marden. Miller was in
siantly killed, and Marden's nose was cut
from his face and he was otherwise in
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-16

ATLANTA, March 15.-The Republican
State Central Committee met here to-day
and appointed a special committee of ten.
with Colonel A. L. Buck as Chairman to
manage the campaign for Governor.
They will hold no convention.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-16
A Needed Amendment.
TrsatOn, ". d., Dispatch to 8yi6oeport fCtl
Fegsseg.


A rural member of the Assembly intro.
dneed a bill some time ago ssto prevent
tho spread of contagious diseases of ami,
mails" which provided that poultry Diving
OF contagious disease should be buried
within twenty-four hours not less than
Two feet under ground, and imposing a
heavy penalty for violations of the law.
Jha ailf slumbered in q committee until a
day or TWO ago, when some wag managed
to get inserted in it the following seeti5,'
which appeared in the printed Bin On tbe
members desks tQaaigkts
SEC. 2. And pe 1t enacted that there
snail te erected over the grave, tomb or
zspnlchre of such deceased hen. cat.
goose, duck, dog, drake. peacock rat'
polecat, or other fowl, a suitable tomb-
stone, tablet, or monNfaeat. NOS to exceed
ni6y feet in height, or 10 cost more than
Slo Ass g.p9n Which shall be inscribed the
species, sex, and age OF said deceased,
and what shocked him out, with suitable
poetical fniSh."
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-16
A Connie of SiIIv S1rjDIings.

NEW YORK, March 15.-TwO Columbia
College students have created a sensation
by quarreling about a lady and sending
and accepting challenge to fight duel.
The seconds of both and one Of the princi-
pals are under arrest. Both are residents
of Na1v York CITY
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-16

PARIS, March 15.-On a motion being
announced in the Chamber of Deputies
to-day to authorize the prosecution of NJ.
Sayary, a member of the Chamber and
Director of the Rhone-et-LOire Bank, for
malversatiOn in connection with the
affairs of the bank. M. Sayary prevented
the necessity of debating the motion by
resignine his seat.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-16
At the Scene of a Horrible Accident

BRAIDwOoD, ILL, March 15.-Only
six and half feet of water remain to be
pumped out of the Diamond mine. The
water now coming out must come di-
rectly from the spot where the bodies of
the i'll fated miners lie, as il bears an in
suflerabIe stencil. and the men at the
pumps are obliged occasionally to move
AWAY from its influence to get fresh air.
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England DENOUNCED by Papacv

DUBLIN, March 15.-The Catholic clergy
of the diocese of Swineford county Mayo,
have passed a resolution in which they
charge the government with negIecting
the distressed people and condemn the
remedies offered, namely, the workhouse
Or mi0r0t tiOn
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An Admirars Resignation Not Accepte.

LONDON. March 15.-A dispatch to the
Post from Berlin says that Emperor VIII
liam has declined to accept the resigna-
tion Of Admiral Won Stosch as Chief OF
The Ministry of Marine.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-16
Reirinm,s wicked Cannn.

BRUSSELS, March 15.-The Court of
Appeals has decided the case of eX-BishOp
Dumont VS.. Monsignor Du RousseauX,
Bishop of Tournay. The decision acknowL
edges the fact that the BishOpOf Tournay
ceases all opposition to the surrender to
the delegate of the Belgian Government
of the money and papers deposited by
Canon Bernard i'm America.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-16
America,s Osfracised Hnrs

BERLIN, March 15.-The decree against
the importation of American hog products
goes into force month after its prOmul-
CATION. The assent of the Reichstag to
the measure is not requisite. The semi
official press represents the measure as a
purely sanitary one. The Liberals de-
nOnnce il as protective in its character.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-16

OFFICE CHIEF SIGNAL OBSERVER,
WASHINGTON, ID. c., March 15.-Indica-
tions for Friday:
In the South Atlantic and Gulf states,
colder, partly cloudy weather, with local
rains. variable winds, shifting to norther-
lv. and higher pressure.
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The Alarms of a Day.

HARTFORD, CONN, March 15.-The
house of two maiden ladies named Jud-
son, in East Hartford, was burned this
morning, and both the ladies perished in
the flames.
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Tennassne,s nehf

NASHVILLE March 15.-The bill to set
tie the State debt at fifty cents on the dol
lar, with 3 per cent. interest, as it came
from the House, to day passed the Senate,
and awaits the Governors signature.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-16
A JUST DEBT BEGRUDGED
REVOLUTIONARY WAR CLAIM
OF GEORGIA UNDER FIRE.

The United States Treasurer Trying to
wriggle Out of Paying the Claim
Allowed by Congress-No Chance that
the Insult WIN be Perpetrated-Waif
from Washington.
| WASHINGTON, March l5.-Tbe Treasury
! Department is trying TO hold back the
$35,555 appropriated for Georgia at the
last session of Congress to repay her for
money spent at Savannah in the
revolutionary war for the common de-
fenses. The First Comptroller decides that
Georgia cannot receive that money,as she
is indebted to the government on account
of the direct tax levied upon all States in
1861. He says that the $35,000 should be
placed to the credit of the State as part of
the offset to which she owes under the
direct tax. On the same grounds the
Treasury has withheld $4,000 of the $72,-
600 appropriated at the last session to re-
imburse Oregon for the expenses of the
MOdoc Indian war. 1t will be remembered
that when Congress, several years ago,
appropriated money to pay the old Chero-
kee claim of Georgia the same point was
raised agaiest the payment of the money.
1t was set aside, however, and the money
was paid to the State. 1t is very likely
that there will be similar result this
time.
SMALL PoX AMONG THE INDIANS.
General Crook, commanding the de-
partmet of Arizona, telegraphs to the In
dian Bureau to-day that fifteen Indians
are sick with small pox at Rock Springs,
on the HualSpai reservation, near the
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. He adj
yises that they be cared for at once as
they are likely to spread the disease over
the entire northern part of the Territory.
Commissioner Price has therefore direct
ed the physician at the San Carlos agency
to proceed at once to the Hualspai reser-
vation with medicines and good supply
of vaccine virus.
THE COTTON ALREADY MARKETED.
The returns TO the Department Of Agri-
culture of cotton sent to market from
plantations make an aggregate of $780,
900 bales gone forward up to March I.
This is about S615 per cent. of the crop as
indicated by the last returns of the pro-
duct. The proportions of the States are
as follows: North Carolina and Texas SO
per cent; South Carolina 50; Georgia and
Tennessee So; Arkansas 81; Louisiana s.;
Mississippi 80; Florida %.
THE FRANCo-AMERICAN CLAIMS.
The French and American Claims
Commission to-day made the following
awards: In favor of Aline Boulin against
the United States for $500, with interest
at 5 per cent. from January /, 1865: in
favor Of Pierre Maille against the United
States for $500, with interest at per cent.
from April l, 1864. The claim of Etenne
Derbec against the United States was dis
allowed.
WEYMAN MADE GILFII.LAN'S SUCCESSOR.
Assistant Treasurer Weyman was to-
day appointed Treasurer of the United
States vice Mr.. Gilfllan. resigned. His
appointment takes effect April !.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-16

are productive of Throat Diseases, Coughs,
Colds, etc. There is no more etfectuai re-
lief In these diseases TO be found than in
the use Of Browns Bronchial Troches.
Price % cents.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-16

ROME, March 15.-At a consistory held
to-day the Pope appointed several Bishops,
including Bishops of Halifax, Charleston,
5, c., and Grand Rapids, Mich.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-16

Holland Seeking Loan

PRoYIDENCE, X. l., March 15.-The
Republican State Convention to-day nomi-
mated Augustus .. BGurn to be Governor.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-16

MADRID, March 15.-The Dynastic left
have appointed 4 committee to manage
the party, as Marshal Serrano desires TO
resign the leadership.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-16
HRouph ou "a

"ROugh on COrns."
Ask for Wells ''Rough ON Corns." 15c.
Quick, complete, permanent cure. Corns,
warts, bunions.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-16

From Paris correspondent We learn
that costumes Of all periods in The classic.
middle age, Renaissance. Restoration
ana Directory styles are still worn. ami
viii continue to be worn in Europe for at
least two seasons more.
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\ very singular case of spiritualism, if
such it may be called, was reported to us
by a neighbOr of the family in which the
case is located. The family in question
reside about five miles north of this city,
the name of the family being House. Some
time ago a daughter of Mr.. House, young
lady about seventeen years of age, was
i'll with diphtheria, three or four other
children of the family having previously
died with the same disease. After Miss
House had been sick four or five weeks
she summoned different ones to her bed
side and told them she was going away,
but would return in a few days. She
then instructed them to leave her entirely
alOae. aad not touch her again until she
returned. Then, for 4 period Of three
davs. Miss House lay immOYeable, to all
appearance being dead. At the eXpira-
tiOn of three days she returned to con-
sciOusness, and has since been in perfect
health. getting up from her bed almost i'm
mediately at the end OF the three days. The
sfFangest part of the story, however, is
the fact that when she returned to herself
she was somebody else. Previous to her
sickness a daughter of an old friend of Mr..
House died Of diphtheria at Ensley,
NewaygO county, being total stranger
to Miss House, vet on her retern TO con-
sciOusaess Miss House appeared TO be the
girl VINO aiGd at Ensley, claiming the de-
ceased girls parents as her parents, and
failing to recognize her own. She speaks
familiarly Of things she never saw, and
calls by name people of whom she never
heard. She also speaks of her visit to
Eeayen, of the people and friends she saw
there, and SAYS she VIII have to return
there about the 4th OF next July. At
times she seems 70 be her own self, also
somebody else besides the person above
mentioned. having lately appeared as the
dsaa9sed wife of a man living several
miles away. Her present health is said
10 be perfect.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-16

The HAGUE, March 15.-The Chamber
has authorized the government TO nego-
tiate loan of 60. 600. 900 flOrins.