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Farewell TO TIE Amy.
General W. 7. sherman's Retirement
The Correspondence In the Matter.

WARRINGTON, October Sl.-The cores
pondence incident to the retirement Of
General Sherman from the active COM
mand Of the army Is as follows:
HEADQUARTERS Army OF UNITED STATES, |
WASHINGTON, October s. J
Tole Hon. Robert Lincoln, iStctetary Of Rar:
SIR-By act Of Congress, approved July
s, 1882, all army officers are retired on
reaching the age Of u years, II living l
will attain that age the S:h Of February,
1884, but as that period Of the year is not
suited to the changes necessary on my re-
tirement, I have long contemplated
anticipating the event by some months
to enable the President to make
these changes at more con.
yenient season Of the year, and also to en-.
able my successor to be in Office before the
assembling Of the next Congress. l there.
fore request the authority to turn over the
command Of the army to Lieutenant Gem
eral Sheridan on the LIST Of November, 1888,
and that be ordered to my home at St
Louis, there to await the date Of my legal
retirement; and inasmuch as will have
for a long time much correspondence
about war and official matters, also
ask the favor to have with me for
time my two personal aidesde-camp
Colonels John Z. Tourtelette and John NJ.
Bacon. Others OF my personal staff, viz:
Colonels @. NJ. Poe and 7. O. Tiedball,
have already been assigned appropriate du-
ties in their own branches Of the military
service. All should retain their rank and
pay as Aides de. Camp until February 8,
1854. BY or before the lst Of November, l
can complete all the official reports, and |
believe can surrender the army to my
successor in good shape and condition, well
provided in all respects and distributed for
the bast interests OF the country.
lam grateful that my physical and mental
strength remains unimpaired by years, and
I am thankful for the liberal provision
made by @ pgress for my declining years,
which will enable me to respond promptly
to any call the President may make for my
military service or judgment as long as 1
live. have the honor TO beyour obedient
servant. [Sigued.l W. T. SHERMAN,
General.
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coTreN FAILuRls
In Epglaud-So Inect ON the Americas
MnKke ct Rus usnensI0as IN nj LfVeFpooI.


Market Suspensions nj Liverpool.
Nkw YoRE, October Sl.-The failures tf
Morris Ranger and R. H. Formsn { Co., cot
ton brokers, Liverpool, do not cause any
concern in this city. At the New York
Cotton Exchange 1t was said no effect Is
looked for in the American market
NIB. Fielding, President Of the Cotton
Exchange, expressed the opinion that the
New York market will not be effected by
the Liverpool failure. He considers the
absence Of the marginal clause in the con.
tract entered into in the Liverpool market
as making their transactions more risky,
while the American system Of calling mar.
gins tends 70 keep parties up with the
market Of the day, and prevents any mate
rial loes to any individual. The losses In
that way become 90 distributed when they
do occur, that no one % seriopaly effected
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Failures in New York.

New YoRx, October 31,-Holziuger &
Buckmau, dry goods, fix their liabilities at
$4,000; actual assets, $4,000.
The liabilities OF Herman & Leopold
Herzog, suits and cloaks, are SOL, 900; actual
assets, $4,000.
The liabilities OF Samuel Dutschy, rib.
bons and trimmings, are S5O,0Ooi actual
assets, $751;
The firm OF Samuel Adler, ssligmaA
Adler and Goodman Newborn, dry goods
merchants, place their liabilities at $3.50, ,000i
actual AsSets, Sl92, 900.
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I referred TO Charley McCoy's flower
garden awhile back. He and l went down
the San Mateo Valley the other day to look
at the country, including the flowers, and
10 sojourn over Sunday at Belmont" the
house that Ralston built, now owned by
Senator Sharon, and in Ralston's day the
mcst famous house on this coast. While
there we drove down to the grounds owned
by several Of the bonanza kings, amorg
them Flood and Stamford. The San Mateo
Valley in that region Is sort Of an ideal
valley. thought OF R1sselas and his
"Happy Valley"-the valley that he would
get out ot-iust like these bonanza princes
Who have built their fine houses and beau.
titied their grounds at every cost, and yet
are prone 10 90 OF careerlng over the earth
Tor health or happiness, or both. Mackey
and Sanford are in Europe, Mills is In New
York, Flood is preparing to 60 somewhere
and poor Ralslon, he is dead-killed him
sell.
"PoOr B,ny he has gone with his wan and his
He has HSS gone to place where ho no'Gr took do
lHht In"
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ABALLODNIsT's JOURNEY.
An Account orthe Trip Of a French Aer
nnut-fiis Experfence.

An ACCOUNT OF tne TIP OF u fFeheu AeFu.
nnut-His Experience.
PARIS, October SI.-The following COM
munication was received from one Of the
aeronauts in the balloon that went up from
Courbevoie yesterday:
"Aiter we left Courbevoie yesterday after.
noon at 5 o'clock we plunged into thick
fog, but at an attitude Ct three hundred
yards the aky was fine and bright, and the
setting sun gave us brilliant light. A
sudden expansion oi gas made US ascend
1000 metres without having TO throw out
any ballast. Having reached that altitude
Igaye strong pull to the safety valve, and
almost Immediately the balloon descended
with certain rapidity, which attempted
to control, in order to see whether n.
Brisson's apparatus would offer any resist
ance, or, in other words, remain in the air
'"Unfortunately, however, the cable to
which the apparatus IVES fixed did not
even bend, and consequently the result Of
the experiment. was entirely unsatisfactory.
About six hundred metres altitude l had
to regulate our descent by throwing out
ballast, as was afraid to make the land too
swiftly, but suddenly, although 1t vas but
thirty.five minutes past 5 p. NJ. we were in
Cimmerian darkness. Under these circum-
stances It was difficult to make choice Of a
convenient landing place.
"After trying our luck literally in the
dark, We got caught in some trees in a
small orchard. A few peasants came 10 our
assistance, towing the balloon into neigh
boring meadow, and at about half-psst SP.
N. We made succsesiul landing, and empt-
led the balloon Of its gas. We are all safe
at Ls Maladreide, Poissy. The apparatus Is
now lying in the orchard without a scratch,
the only damage done being to some trees,
and some tiles taken of from the roof OF .
small farm house."
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RAIsroS's REPUTATION.

Judge this Is Ralston's fix from all &C.
counts. He resembled Bonaparte in one
particulsr-in being huge robber. Yet
he is adula.ed out here by the masses as
Napoleon is in France, robber and all that
he was. Some people, however, are 50
careless Of euphony as 10 speak Of the
dead man as the colorsal thief efthe Pacific
coast. Isuppose Ralston Raw his bappiest
days when he ran little ons.horsc steam
boat between Pittsburgh and Wheeling.
But 10 return to the San Mateo Valley.
We drove TO Stanford's grounds and took
an inventory Of the high tsthetis Of his
place during his absence, And certainly
4 / ever saw q place where oil the prodncts
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SENATOR CANpES's letter on system oi
r,,rov gauge railroads, printed in part on
,no,Ler psse, strikes the right key note
The tsroE gauge ia possible where the
t,ndard gauge would be difficult to con-
trpet and perhaps Improbable to operate.
Il the hope Of the interior and must be
tbs basis Of any extended development
S,D,,or Camden writes like one who has
b,.iness in his head and money at his
hpk, and the peopIeto whom he addrcfsef
bimss! will do well to strengthen his
b,uis
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CoLoXEL GEORGE K. LATHAM, in recent
communication TO the ISTELLIGEScER, re-
ietred TO an existing impression that some
body not named ives taking steps to pass
uyer the Republican Convention OF next
year in the inte.est Of general and non
partisan stsaut on Bou,bonism. Tho
movement was not CLEARLY defined, but
something ts vague and, as We thought,
pepoHerous, had previously been brought
tOthe attention OF the INTELLIGEScER. An
impression was abroad that "no conven-
ton was the suggestion OF the State Com.
nitee or Of some members thereof. Hav-
ing made irQliry the ISTELLlGEScER is able
tossuve its readers that the State Commit
lee has not contemplated such action or in
action.
There is too much life in the Rspubli.
can party Of West Virginia for that organi-
ItiOn to lisorganize itself aud though it
may be forever fighting losing battles it
will go on fighting. But by q liberal course
West Virginia Republicans hope to form
aa offensive alliance with all those voters
ShO are disposed to punish the Bourbon
plty ior lis sins and who are willing to
unite for the common good.
From the fearful tone OF some Of our
Democratic cotemporaries We infer that
they appreciate the impending possibility
Otan alliance for that honorable purpose.
They are making piteous appeals to the
G'eenb4CkCrs, for example, to stand by
their old friend the Democratic party. 1t
btus that when there was q Greenback
question the Democratic party rolled itself
ia the dust Of humiliation before the
Greenback shrine, but that was q prostra-
tontoryotes, and the Greenbacker who for-
gets that has q short memory for recent
history.
understand the fe,ling among Re.
puh!icl1s they will invite al citizens to
l'ln with them, not a. Greenbackers or
Labor RetOrmers, or Disgusted Democrats
%anything elss-not as 80 many contin-
gents bearing this name or tbat-but as
citizens having a common interest in good
Eove'nmGnt for West Virginia. To show
taAs they are not seeking the loaves and
h'ae', that they intend to be as liberal in
lacs as in theory, many Republicans think
The ticket should, il possible, be fairly rep
'eaentative Of the general opposition.
Asatpresenl advised the ISTELIIGEScER
endorses this view, and our readers will
recall that this liberal disposition was very
sharply brought out in the discussion of the
ate lamented Conference idea. Some Of
our Democratic friends fear that the Re.
publican party ia aiming a. TOO much. Per-
aaps 50, live go down We shan't ask them
% throw u3a rope. And they fear that the
EsPublicans Of West Virginia will be 80
divided by next year, SO busily engaged in
aslnS up each other, that they wont be
able to make good showing on dress
parade lthappens that in the Republican
party a considerable margin Is allowed for
differences Of opiniOn-a happy provision
which the Fing.ridden Democracy Ct West
Nifsini' neither appreciates nor seems to
aspiretO.
republicans expect their convention to
oas' them ticket worthy OF support, and
.'ser that II fighting is what our Bourbon
lneads wan! We can promise them all the
sport thew can stand nm IN
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SAVANNAH, Ga, OctoberS Sl.-A fire broke
out in Garnet, Stubbs & Co.'s warehouse at
half past twelve this afternoon. In the
building were stored G.0Oo bales Of cotton,
all OF v hich was destroyed. The Ere spread
to the buildings on Joachim, Farmhill, In
dian and River strecls and was only check
cd when it resched West broadway and
Indian street. The electric light works and
Tynan's iron foundry are among the prin-
cipal places burned. The loss may be put
down at about one million dollars.
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thereby. II such system existed in Liy-
erpool the extensive failure yesterday
would not have occurred.
SUSPENSIONS AT LIVERPOOL.

WouIu NOT nave occurred.
SUSPENSIONS AT LIVERPOOL.
LIvRRrcoL, October 31.-11:30 A. The
suspension Of Dsllar & Fenton, cotton
brokers, is announced this morning.
LONDON, October Sl.-Noon-The cotton
failure in Liverpool has depressed the stock
market here.
LIVERPOOL, October 3l.-Noon-The cot.
ton market is laboripg under the effects Of
the failures, but fair spot business Is do
ing. Business in futures, however, Is con.
fined to small dealings in October and No.
vember deliveries. There Is no business in
distant months.
100 p. M.-Henry Pearce & Go. and 10.
seph Taylor & Co., cotton brokerage firms
have suspended.
2PM.-Excitemen in the cotton trade
continues. The Cotton Ex change is crowd
ed with merchants, brokers and visitors
anxious for the latest developments. The
tension in business circles Is acute.
LIVERPOOL, October 3l.-3P.M-Rumors
regarding the tloaucial embarrassment OF
Hollinshead, Tetley & Co., cotton brokers,
alleged to have suspended yesterday, are
again freely circulated. Their suspension,
however, has not been bulletined at the
Cotton Exchange, nor has any confirmation
thereof been Obtained In any other quarter.
A committee Of the Cotton Association
has fixed the values at which settlements
will be made. Morris Ringers 0ctobeis
were fixed at 5 G3 Gil, Octobers and No
vembers at s 81 Gil, and Noyenbets and
Decembers at 5 IS esd.
The excitement IN the cotton trade is
Much anxiety will be expe.
rienced until November 10th, when the
October contracts must be settled. Many
firms it is thought will suffer severely, but
will not succumb.
$3.50 Il. Mt is reported that Messrs,
Ranger made heavy Losses in New YORK.
These, with the claims Of the creditors on
the continent, will swell the liabilities TO
e750 600. It was announced this afternoon
that Hollinshead, Fetley & Co. haye not
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Tur country responds so well to two
...t n,stage that the Postoftice Depart
~, s,sr, l. said 70 be maturing still better
,Sin, @ 10 lsy before Congress-a one ounce
,.,.,, l. rate and reduction on drop letters
',J newspapers. The break has been
mad. anil it may lead 10 revolution in
= ru.al matters.
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LONDON, October Sl.-lIartington, secre'
tary OF War, delivered speech at Buston
last night. He said he thought Gladstone,
in his speech at the forthcoming banquet
on the occasion Of the installation
OF the Lord Mayor Ct London,
would be able to say that peace
in Europe WAS assured and that the diff
culties OF Epgland with France were
settled, although ttste Of things might
arise with China which might require all
OF England's friendship and torbearance tc
prevent serious complications.
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CINCINNATI, October 3l.-Fourteen per-
sons Of different families living in the
western part Of the city have been attack
ed with symptoms Of poisoning. One child
died to-day and several others are serious.
ly i'll. 1t is thought the poison was admin.
istered in some way through food bought
al grocery,
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DETROIT, MIcH, October 3l.-The Post
and 7rituqe and Free Press, the two morn
ing dailies OF this city, will announce to.
morrow reduction OF price from $40 per
year to 81, and from fve cents per single
copy 10 three cents. No reduction will be
made in sizs or the amount Of reading
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ColllaIon nlhen.

LONDON, October Sl.-The steamer Holy.
head came in collision with the German
ship Alhambra, bound from Liverpool to
New York, when 25 miles of Holyhead.
Both vessels sank. Thirteen Of the Alham.
bras crow and two Of the Holy heads were
drowned. The remainder were picked up
and landed at Holyhead. Much relief was
felt in Dublin when the news OF the safety
Of the Holyhead's passengers was received.
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At the Capitalize win Take Charge ol
the A rmY Tn.nnK.

Al the Cnpitnl-he Will thke CnAfke Oh
the Army To-day.
WASHINGTON, October Sl,-Lieut. Gen.
Sheridan, accompanied by Col. NJ. N.
Sheridan, his Military Secretary, and Lieut..
Col. ]. F. Gregory, aide de camp, arrived in
Washington this morning from Chicago.
Lieut.. Col. W. ]. Volkman, aide de camp,
arrived last evening. Gen. Sheridan and
party visited the War Department about
noon, and paid their respects to Secretary
Lincoln, General Sherman and Adjutsnt
General Drum.
The transfer OF the command Of the
army from Gen. Sherman to Lieut.. Gen.
Sheridan will be made tomorrow morn
ing. There will be no formal ceremonies
on the occasion Of the change. General
Sheridan is at present the guest Of Major
Lydecker, us. A., Engineer Commissioner
OF the District, and will remain with him
until his new residence Is ready for oc.
cupancy. Col. Mike Sheridan Is the guest
Of Gen. McFeely, US. A.
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ur<owIyo one" says that John G.
r'onn,ou will carry the mace in the next
u,..a. a,s The lover Of his country who has
~, "sI .sep Jopgee in the actual performance
", .S,Ss, serio.comic duty has something left
" Iiye lor A sullivan.slade slugging
-,,ch ia tame beside It.
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o,pono,aa Ro..a,s Wow % the sabieel.

Nxw YoRK, October Sl.-o'DOnovan
Rosa states that the explosions yesterday
in the Underground Railway OF Lon.
don were the work Of the Fe.
nian Brotherhood, OF whose movements
he is, apprised. He said that Lon.
don would be in ashes before long unless
England gave up Ireland. New develop
meTts, he said, might be expected OF any
moment, for Il was now the purpose Of the
brotherhood to reduce England to sub
mission,
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NEW ORLEANS NAIIoNAL nANK.
The President Decides TO sustain a..
Postmaster Generals Action.

Postmaster Generals Action.
WASHINGTON, D. G., October Sl.-The
Republican Of this morning says: 1t is
stated by an authoritative party that the
President has decided to sustain the action
Of Postmaster General Gresham in the
New Orleans National Bank case. This de.
cision Of the President is in answer to the
petition Of q large number Of merchants,
bankers and others from New Orleans,
who protested against the recent decree Of
the Postoffice Department In the lottery
case. which decided that so long as the
National Bank in question acted as agent
for the lottery company, Just so long
should its mall be regarded and treated aS
that Of the lottery company which II repre-.
sented, ttrs
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ALBANY, N. Y, October sl.-Thos. Hoas,
who mysteriously disappeared from his
jewelry store, Broadway, New. York, Sep.
tember 4th, passed through here this morn.
ing on bis way home. He has been 10
London and returned byway Of Halifax,
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VIRGINIA, NV, October Sl.-Two marked
men robbed the vault OF the county treas
ury OF ofSS.OO0 las. night late. They then
sized the Treasurer and locked him in the
vault. The atTIir is considered mysterious,
az four thousand dollars OF the amount was
silver. too heavy to pack of.
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STAMFORD, October 3l-An American
confidence operator pleaded guilty to forg.
ing check on the Bank Of Toronto. Forged
American bonds were found with him. lie
tried to shoot the officer who searched him.
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LONDON, October 81 Ironclad, who
beat sachem, formerly P. Lorilliards, in q
run & Fat Brighton yesterday, hfs been dis.
qualified and the race awarded 70 Saehem.
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Well, he put 1t to the touch and he didn't
win it either. On the contrary, he wss
dead broke in six months and had to COM
mence at the bottom Of the ladder once
more. Robert is not at the bottom Of the
ladder to. day, however, by a large major.
ity. He has what the bonanza men would
call a modest fortune Of about million oi
dollars, and is a king among the street
railroad people here, especially in the mat
ter Of that patent cable grip by which
horses and steam motors are dispensed
with. And speaking Of the cable and grip,
| looked into It to sec how It would do in
Wheeling, but found the plant entirely to
expensive (some 100000 peEmile) for a
CITY like Wheeling.
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SrEUBEN WILLIE.
Retrenchment nj the Pan Handle Shops.
A HE Damage Case Settled.

Special Di.pa.ch 10 he Iateltgaesr.
STEuBESyILLE, o, October Sl.-0fders for
the reduction Of the force at the Pan Han
die shops here were received to-day, and
this evening thirty-two workmen, carpen-
tens, cabinet makers, painters, blacksmiths,
ETC., had to step out. It is pretty rough, as
winter Is approaching and the discharged
men are mostly poor and have
families. The cause Of the dis
charge is a wish to reduce expenses.
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Ghe 1ntellige'lrer.
a.. ,o.. "a nnd "a Fourteenth street.
c,x Mr., Tilden have it? Well, who is
,.II;ns Tn il up by the tail If Mr.. Tilden isn't2

,.1oe.n't seem to have occurred to Cam
!. !. ~ Name her sheep "scab" on the Uni.
~ ~ states. Germany would take whack,
w ,hoy dom, make sausage OF sheep.
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3N,IO %
July !, 1855, amount ayRllabIe.......
TIE ELK RIVER.

THE ELK RIVER.
OF the Elk river the Chief Engineer says:
There was small balance available from
former appropriations, to which was added
the sum Of $1,000 in the act Of August 2,
1882. As the season for operations on the
river had nearly pasled at that date, as
well ss because the remains Of the lock
and dam built near its mouth under char
ter from the State form hurtful and
serious obstruction TO navigation, the Su-
perintending Engineer recommended a sus-
pension OF work in the hope that the COM
pany OF individuals owning the lock and
dam would give relief to navigation by re-
moving the debris. Nothing has been done
by those owners, and work on the river has
not been resumed.
July l. 1882, amount 973 90
Amount appropriated by act passed August
2, 2CVo W
2,97s %
July ], 1883, amount expanded during hs?al
year. exclusive Of outstanding liabilities
July 10 90
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THE EXPENDITURES.

July !, 1888, amount expend.
Cd du.lng hsc: Il year, exelu-
live Of outstanding liablli' .--..
ties, July ], ISs!.........-....... sl07,i el
bilities.............~............'... ~ l7,4o3 IS
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MITcIrELL's STATEMENT.

|H
Mitchell stated before Bland that he had
never been asleep dozen times; that Da.
Wis, outside night. watch, started round the
building at $50, and that he, starts through
the halls at 10 o'clock, and that tore Of them
were going through or around The bnilding,
all the tims; that he had never failed 10
make his regular round but once; that he
had once been late In making bis rounds:
that he had no recollection oil pushing,
Tharp against Archer; that Feagan's state,
ment was correct; that he had never know
ingly made false report on his record
book; that he had done nothing to injure
any attendant the hospital; that he had
never knowingly neglected his duty, ex.
cepting as to sleeping as sisted. ~. :
Mr.. Mitchell also desired me to state for
him that Dr. Bland had never favored him
more than others, and that he has always
tried 70 properly perform the duties for
which he Is paid. : +