Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-21

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laughter at the expense Of the fat men
when the bill was first introduced, ana
a good deal OF good-natured chatting. 1t
did not pass the Forty fifth Congress, but
became a law i'm the course oil the
Congress following. u proved nail IN
the political coffin of each Of the members
engaged in the transaction, and the
prompt death, politically. OF at least one
Of them. KlotZ. He was q gOOd-natured,
jolly old follow. weighing, ! should say, In
the neignbOrhOOd of 800 pounds, and be
had been very eloquent in his support OF
the measure. He was generally liked and
I deserved a better fate. He i still known
as Santa-klotZ, which, take IL, is very
honorable nickname.
At any rate poor Santa-klOtZ, after
having secured the passage Of his pet bill,
/ returning to his home found himself con-
. tronted with quite different name, viz,
that OF Elevator-Elotz. The opposition
paper in his district came out with a large
! cut representing him in the actOf stepping
/ into an elevator. and underneath were the
words: wouldn't it be wiser for tue
I people of this district 10 send some lighter
person TO Congress than the present
! Representative. who requires $1,000 OF
1 the peoples money 10 ascend to the halls
OF the national legislatureY 1t killed
I Santa-klotz and he has not been heard of
since, politically. / saw him the other
day at Willard =. the shadow of his former
self
He seemed TO weigh but 250 pounds.
He looked cross and sour.
/ Poor Santa-K l0tz!
A paymaster in the navy gave the fol-
. lowing account of the difficulties he had
( 10 encounter ia the discharge OF his Off
cial duties while stationed with his vessel
on the Pacific coast:
1t must nave been about twelve or thir-
teen years ago. The Captain had been
ordered to 20 down to Guaymas, Mexico.
Juarez was then President. The uprisines
/ in the provinces and the revolutionary
movements Of disappointed politicians
/ we're as frequent as showers during the
/ rainy season. Arriving at Guaymas the
/ paym8ster found himself short OF cash.
| The funds on hand consisted principally
| of bills Of exchange. How to dispose OF
! them to advantage was the question. At
/ that time the law Of Mexico imposed an
| export duty of 8 per cent. on all coin
above 800 in value taken out of the coun-
( try. To evade the payment of this duty
be called on the Collector of the port and
asked the privilege Of being permitted to
cash his bills of exchange without the
, customary deduction OF per cent.
81 represented il TO the Collector in the
light of an international courtesy" said
]
| tween two friendly nations. But, would
| you believe il, though such privileges had
| been granted to other nations before, this
man tor some unaccOuntable reasOn-l
suppose he waited 10 be offered some in
| would not accede to my re-
! quest. He point blank refused to make
any concessions. That same night had
offers from at least half a dozen mer-
chants in town TO smuggle the money on
] hf.e. va1 fnv I TOD h.,
/ Captain. He thought it would not be eX-
actly right to have "A charge of 3 per cent.
! for such a purpose appear in the ac-
/ counts. especially as he had no authority
| for concluding such a bargain.
But, added he, If ever have an Op-
4 pOTtunity TO pay back that Collector for
/ his scurvy behavior Pll do it, you may
/ rest assured of that To make a long
story short, we had to get away from
Guaymas because we had to have money.
We went down the coast to Manzanila.
/ When we arrived there we found the town
/ in the hands of the insurgents. bad no
! difficulty TO get my bills cashed, because,
I as ycu can imagine, the rebel Collector
was only too glad to do something to spite
the regular government. We remained
at ManZanilla about three weeks, when
one fine day an order arrived for us TO re-
turn TO Guavmas. We did so in hot haste.
'On our arrival we round that since our
departure the place had fallen into the
hands Of the insurgents. 1t was about |
O'Clock in the morning when we cast an
Choir in the bay. The harbor watch had
been set and every body had turned in
when boat containing three men, one
woman and trunk was seen to approach
the ship. Two of the men We're fishermen,
evidently. The other man and the woman
looked like people of means. The man
said he was a refugee. He had been hid
ing in the swamps near the shore three
days and three nights. The insurgents
had set price on his head. He wished
to beg the protection of the United States
flag for himself aud his wife.
"The Captain had retired and was sound
asleep. The Lieutenant of the watch was
unwilling to assume the responsibility OF
taking the couple on board. After much
parleying, however, they were finally
allowed 10 come on deck and messenger
was sent to the Captains cabin. The
Captain got up, sent for me. and together
we went aft to take look at the couple
Who should il turn out to be, when u Ian
| tern was brought, but our friend the
/ Collector and his wife? II didn't take the
/ Captain long 20 make up his mind.
"'You get back to your swamp a.
/ you came he said. III let the woman
/ and the trunk stay on board The mar
! begged long and hard, but to no effect
| The Captain was Obdurate. He insisted
upon the man leaving the ship. and TO ge
into his boat and cut for the swamp befor,
daylight broke did not take the eX-Collec
tor long, assure you. | don't know wha
became of him. His wife remained wifi
us two or three days and then wen
ashore. never heard Of her afterward
There was at that time great difficult,
for foreign ships 30 get their bills of eX
change cashed on account Of the heavl
export duty on coin. One English man
of.war, however, got around it by sendin
the crew on shore in attachments, undo
guard OF marines, so as TO prevent thei
escaping, aud getting their money I'm lot
of 500 each. They were at il Who'll
night. Az soon as a boatload of me
would arrive on shore they would each b
given "A bag containing 500 aud accom-
panied on either side by, marines the
would be marched back. OF course W
would not do anything so undignihed."
MIR. Hendricks Aspirations.
From the IndiaNap0iis J0UyAaL
WASHINGTON, July IA good dea