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OUTRAGEOUS TREATMENT
OF an American Consul by the Hay tien
Government.

PHILADELPHIA, August sc. A.
Van Bokelin of New York, ex United
States Consul General at Port au Prince,
arrived in this city to day as a passenger
on the American steamer Haytien Re-
public, from Port au Prince, He tells a
remarkable story of outrageous treat
ment at the hands of the Haytien gov
ernment while acting as Consul General.
Mr.. Van Bokelen married Haytien
woman, and at the end of his term of
office took up the business of dealing In
the paper money of the native govern
ment At this he made considerable money
and then desired to invest a part of
his gains in real estate, but this was for
hidden by law of Hayti, which denies
that right to any but a native born of
Haytien. He evaded the law, however, and
purchased piece of property in Port
au Prince, which transaction reached the
ears of President Solomon, the chief
magistrate of the republic. He caused
Van Bokelen's arrest and had him
locked UP in wretched dungeon in the
government prison at Port au Prince.
Here his only companions were negroes
of the most debauched type, many
ofwhom were murderers and desperaa.cSass, despcas
and very often the priron, which is a
small and wretched structure, built on
low, swampy ground, was crowded with
nearly 300 prisoners, Mr.. Van Bokelen
being the only white man ameug them.
His dungeon was a narrow stone cell,
which measured eight feet by four,
and the walls were constantly dripping
with water. There the unfortunate ex-
consul was forced to live from March,
1884, until the 9th of June, 1885, the
place being infected with rats and loath-
some vermin. His health, which was
robust when he was first imprisoned. is
now entirely broken down, and he has
become a victim to both consumption
and chronic catarrh, while his face is
pale and hsggard and gives every evi
dence of long suffering. Mr. VanBoke-
len says: No attention was paid by
Pre- s:deat Solomon to letters from
Secretary Frelipghuysen, aud he
was not released until Secretary
BAyard wrote TO the Haytien President,
demanding his instant release, stating at
the same time if he was not released a
United States man-of-war would be dis
patched TO Port au Prince with instruc-
tons TO adopt severe measures it neces-
sary. The truth of the story is vouched
for by the -captain and purser of the
steamer
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powers, freight will be handled for two
tenths of mill per ton. The difference
In speed would be one to two miles on
ship canal to ten miles on a
ship railway. The expense of
transportation by canal is FIVE times
that of railroad. Its strategic adEan-
tages are important and obvious. Seven
million tons of freight are in sight for
transportation over the railway in 1889.
The railway can be built and equipped in
four years time. Fifty million dollars
IN cash will complete everything ready
for business. The estimate in stock and
bonds, allowing for all possible contin-
gencies, is $75,000,0O0 Even with only
100000 tons the net profit would be l4l
per cent. The beneficial results cannot
be overestimated.
The address, printed in full, is illus
trated by plates of plans, and maps of the
world and of the Isthmus.
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THE SCIENTISTS.
Third Days Session Of the Association
for the Advancement Of Science
Interesting Papers
Capt. COrthelFs Lecture on the Inter.
oceanic Problem and Its Scien-
tiflc Selptions
The Ship Railway the Only Method
of Transferring Vessels From
Ocean to Ocean.

ANN ARBoR, Mich, August 2S.-At
9 o'clock the Botanical Society met and
spent an hour in the discussion of special
features of plants.
At the regular hour the general session
met and made several changes in the
constitution of the association, the only
important one being the merging of Sec
ton G-that on Histology and Micro
scopy" with the section on Biology" I"
such action having been recommended
by the section itself
Eleven new members were elected.
Prof. S. p Langley of Allegheny ot-
fered resolutions recognizing the valu-
able work done by the United States
coast survey, and deprecating the judg-
ment Of this work by other than scien-
tihc men.
A general discussion followed, num-
Der OF prominent members participating.
At first some misunderstanding of the
question aroused some opposition to the
motion, but all the speakers united in
praising the accurate and valuable work
already done by the governmet, the re-
port that the work was of no value be-
ing most emphatically denied.
The vote on the resolutions was unani-
mously in the affirmative.
After the general session the sections
met for short meetings, the work being
shortened by the length of the discus
sion IN the large meeting.
This afternoon the sessions of the
scientists were continued at 2 o'clock,
the postponed papers of the morning be-
ing then given.
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The Chicago Tis,ss evidently believes
in telling the truth about its own city at
any rats, as the following ditorial note
from th2t paper will show: "Chicago re-
mains still unapproachable in the matter
steuches, abductions and murders. ST.
Iouis Is pluming herself en- the possession
OF an alleged murderer, and is gojng to
make the most of him if it has to spread
his case over the courts of the next three
years. Here murderers are drug We
have so many OF them that they have be.
come nuisance; the ia is full OF them
the meeting OF one OF them on the street
is almost as common as the existence Of
italian fruit-barrows, and taere is greater
or less quantity Of them lurking around in
the alleys and by-places who have rot
been caught Saturday mig added one
or two t. the already ovaTsupply, and
Sunday night also presented a contrbu.
tion to the sum total. II the hing keeps
on, it will result that the residents VINO
have not lied somebody will be in the
minority, snd thereupon fall into dis
rspute."
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ALABAMA CLAIMS.
Jadge French Says the Court Has Done
Nothing wrong.

WASHINGTON, August 28.-Judge Asa
P. French, OF the Court of Al,
Claims, arrived in the e., to dav In
regard 70 the rrssvent decision of Gomp
troller D-nnam, Judge French said that
rre question as to the right Of the court
to employ the necessary assistants was
considered when the old court was or
ganized, and it was decided that they
bad the authority. The new court was
modelled upon the old, with the excep
ton only that there were three judges 10
stead OF five. Secretary Fish, and subse
quenrly Secretary Frelinghuysen, Comp
troller Lawrence and the other officers
having charge Of the accounts, decided
that the court had the right to employ as
sistant counsel, clerks, etc. Judge Cres-
well, the special counsel, says the ques-
ton was thoroughly discussed, and the
authority Of the court conceded. 1t was
impossible, he said, for the court to do
otherwise than to employ assistant coun-
sci to cross examine witnesses in various
parts of the country. He says Secretary
Fish at one time decided that the Unite
States Minister at the Hawaiian Islands
could receive fees from the court fol
services rendered as special counsel.
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THE COLD SNAP.
No Further Frosas RePorted-No serf-
Gus Damage to Crops

CHICAGO, ILL, August 28.-The
Associated Press correspondents
throughout the Northwest were in
structed to-day to wire this evening
whether frosts had been reported, and if
any damage to the crops had resulted.
All the dispatches received indicate that
up to date there has been no general
frost, and that in the scattered localities
where it has been observed the deposit.
as rule, was light, inficting little
or no injury. Oshkosh and. La Crosse,
Wis, mention slight frosts with trihing
damage. Bloomington, Ill, says the
frost in the vicinity yesterday was harm
less. In Iowa, Davenport and Keokuk
report no frost yet, and from Winona,
Mimi, Yankton, OAK, and Omaha, Neb.,
come kilograms, and in tho-e States a
precisely similar condition of ff,irs.
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MR. BLAINE 4 living iietly at Bar
haroor' NE ot the present time. Last
year ne as more closely observed than
ever V.as man in this rlace. Every gody
W. on the watch to see him, and SO often
Uas he in'ruded upon that his relatives
set guard upon him, so that he should
have some moments 70 do the immense
amount of work thrust upon him. Now
it is hardly known that ne IS here, and as
he goes quietly among people receives nc
other attention than the occasional look Of
recognition f;om strangers or the cordial
handshsSEy Of q friend.
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DefOrmed by Fashion.

Uoiontown Press: 1t is hardly worth
while to tell our fair friends that men do
not admire the revival of hong skirts and
the hitching gestures which they entail
upon women. Nature has given but one
animal train, and that one is the pea
cock. The bird is not compelled to kick
its appendaee into shape behind, and,
therefore, wears itgracetully. We begin
to notice that the girls STOPPING to pick
up their skirts is making them lopsided.
Women whose bones and muscles are
matured are not much affected by the
unnatural aud almost constant use of the
right arm downward and the consequent
bending of the whole body; but girls are
affected in a way that will bring partial
deformity. In not few cases lopsided-
ness is quite apparent to eyes that meas
ure with accuracy any deviation from the
line of symmetry and perpendicularity.
Worth and his worthless man milliners
have worked much harm to the forms
and health of women.
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THE duty oi tbs city government toward
street railway comps es il very plain
The law should frst b, fully understood
and then csIried out. If the mlnds of
the ccp MN ssioners are such as to retard the
work 4 constructing new lines III they are
without color of law and therefore UT.
just and oppressive, the commissioners
are plainly violating their duty to the
public and a halt should be called. Prop
erly understood, the lave provides that
when tracks are lsid the company doina
the work shall restore the street 10 the
condition in which they found it., and
maintain it there fter Not ing will &c
more to develop the city than street rail.
roa ls, properly put down aud well man.
ag~d, and il is partly through them that
Memphis can hore to reach that degree o
wealth ard Population which will enable
1t to derive revenue from such corpora.
tions by taxi, z them for the building OF
streets, not only in proportion to the cash
value of their property, but for the exer
else OF a fran hise.
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JAPAN possesses at this moment 1000
newspapers. Considering that not a single
journal of any kind existed, or was
thought OF, in the country twenty-five
years ago, this rapid rise and spread OF the
newspaper press there is one of the most
remarkable facts in the history of jouinsl-
ism. japan now boasts OF greater num-
ber of rews spers than either Italy or
Austria, of more than Spain and Russia,
taken together, and Of twice as many as
the whole ortjnent of Asia. The appetite
of the Chinese for news is suffi GENTLY fed
by the Pekin Gasette-whicb is, in fact, not
a newspaper at ail-and tw- small sheets
published at Shanghai. CoIea possesses
an official zette since 1854, and nothing
else reese milling a newspaper exists. The
French have already started a paper in
their new colony-L' Avenir de Toug-kiDg
but as it is purely French sheet. il can
hardly contribute much to the eniighten-
ment Of the natives. The Persians sre
comparatively insensible 10 the flscina-
tions Of q daily pSpsr. The SIX papers
which they possess owe their existence TO
the reigning hah, who is a man of letters
himself, and composes postry in his spare
hours The natives OF India have 1000
newspapers.
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masked men stormsd the Jail ,overpowered
the sheriff, and carried Locke TO q
neighboring grove. When asked
whether he had ruined his daughter, as
was rumored. Locke replied that he had
daughter % ter was s dead cad or pS not, and wa. under
the impression that he had killed six
persons outright, instead of FIVE,
for he said he had intended kill
ing six more, and had not done
50 only because his ammunition gave out
At this point the mob, not caring to hear
more of his blood thirsty recitals, strung
his body hanging. The driver also stated
that the body was still hanging to the
tree when he passed the spot at II o'clock
Thursday morning
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AN interesting point in connection with
the naturalization laws has just been set
tied by tbs Secretary Of the Interior in
disposing of the case Of Ross vs. Poole.
Ross made pre- emption filing while an
alien, supposing that the declaration of
the intention Of his father, who had not
been naturelEed, was sufficient to qualify
s.~s----.-a
majority. Before he discovered his error
and filed again for the tract Poole made a
homestead entry upon it. The Secretary
held that the removal Of the disqualified
ton came too late to iuvAlidste the inter.
Vening rights of Poole.
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SHERIDAN AND LINCOLN.
A Controversy Between the General
and Ex-Secretary
WASHINGTON, August 2S.-Some time

WASHINGTON, August 29.-Some time
ago statement was telegraphed from
s9s city theta conflict s.y GF 9Eg5aasti 9Eghacot and and
Lieut.. -GeEeraI Sheridan; also, that a
similar conflict had occurred between
ex-Secretary Lincoln and the lieutenant
general of the army. Itwas also stated
that the ex-Seeretary wrote a letter to
Gen. Sheridan defining the authority of
both. All these assertions are denied by
army officers That Ex-Secretary Lin
coin did communicate with Gen. Sheri-
dan upon the subject is shown by a COM
munication, dated January 7th last, which
will be published to morrow by the Army
and Nary Journal, giving history of
the affair, which is substantially the
same as that published at the time in the
DaDprS
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-08-29

MONTREAL, August 2S-A meeting
composed of the ablest medical prac-
titioners of the Dominion, and of the
States contiguous, was held to day at the
Office of the Consul General of the
United States to discuss the adoption of
further measures for the prevention of
the spread of smallpox. Representatives
of the Grand Trunk, Canadian Pacific,
Central Vermont, and Boston and Mon
treal air line, were present. 1t was de-
cided to adopt every safeguard to con-
fine the eontagion to Montreal limits
Public reports show that the epidemic is
rapidly abating. Fifty cases were re-
ported yesterday, but only nineteen were
varifiad
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UNPREcEDENTED departmental action was
taken recently in the susps nsion for one
month of ] F Canfeld of Indiana, clerk
in the stamp division of the Postoffice De-
partment. Through sickness ne had c,n-
sumed all the leave of absence to which he
was entitled, and, being unable to r.furu to
his desk, it was deci ed to take t.nis mesr,e
of granting him thirty days -6iJnout paw.
1t was feared that any othC,r course wonld
have placed him ont Of me service.
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Saratoga Races.

SARATOGA, n. Y, August 23.-The
race meeting was continued here to-day
FIRST Rdce.-Three quarters of a mile,
for three year olds and upwards, with
penalties aud allowances. The starters
were Conkling, Florence E., Nora NJ,
Vesta, Violin, Sir Garnet and Maggie
May. Conkling won; Nora NJ. second,
Vesta third. Time-1:17.
Second Race.-One mile aud fur
long. The starters were Nettle, Giroha
and Blanton. Giroha won; Nettle Sec
ond Time-2:04.
Third Race.-One mile and one-quar-
ter. The starters were Monogram,
Leman and Aunt Alice. Leman won;
Monogram second. Time-2:15.
Fourth Race One mile. Starters:
| Lady of the Lake, Monocrat, Minnie
| Meteor, Una B., Young Duke. Bald
| Hornet, Huron and Salvador. Una B.
won, with Huron second and Lady of the
| Lake third. Time-1:47.
Fifth Rdce-Three-fourt of mile.
Starters: Tabitha. Pat Dennis, Carrie
Stewart, Amber, Beechenbrook, Mock
ingbird, Sir Garnet, Inspector and Vas
cillator. The race was won by Tabltha,
with Amber second, and Carrie Stewart
third. Time-1:173.
The Chicago Fall Running Meeting.
| CHICAGO. Ill, August 2S.-The
prospects for fall meeting at this place
are more than fattering, notwithstand
ing the fact that many owners were dis
appointed by the railroads In the supply
of cars at Saratoga. A few of the stables
that were coming arrived here during
the afternoon. With those that were al
ready here and those that will arrive to
night there will be over 200 horses of +;
very equal luality, almost all fit to race
The track ds never in better condition
and if the fine weather continues will b.
very fast tomorrow. The Paine
House Handicap will have twelve start
ers and a first class race is ex
pected The stake is worth about $1,000
The purses have filed we'll, aud tn
days sport will end with hurdle race
one aud quarter miles, over five hur
dies, to replace the steeple chase, whicl
was on the programme, and which tn
officers did not think safe to run in con
sequence of the heavy condition of tn
ground after the recent rains. The fol
lowing are the entries, weights aud pool
ings on to-morrow's events:
First Raee-Jim Douglass, ,120 pound
$50; Tartar, 81 pounds, SIS; Mona, II
pounds, so; field, including Hermin'
lis pounds; Irish Lass, 102 pounds
Tipsey, 81 pounds, SIS.
Second Race. - Pearl Jennings, II
pounds, $50; Thistle, 103 pounds, S4i
froubadour, LOG pounds, $40; Buchanan
10 0pounds, SO; Matinee, 112 pound
! $40: field, including Ida Hope, II
pounds; Bootblack, l01 pounds; Bidd
Bowling, 95 pounds; Idle Pat, 80 pound
Mission Belle, SO pounds: Mira,
J. pouads, and Glendelia. l03 pounds, 81
7aird Racs.-Gold Ban, l07 pound
!. so; Vaultsr, 107 pounds, s35; Doubl
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BIRMINGHAM, ALA.
The GeOrgia Pacific SuhscrtDtien ON
pleted-BOit and Nut Factory.

ESPECIAL TO THE APPEAL.l
BIRMINGHAM, ALA, August 29.-Pre-
iminaries are under way for the organi-
zatfon of company with 100000 capital
to plant bolt, nut and lock factory here.
The stock is to be made up here and At
lanta, St. Louis and elsewhere. The
company will take the name of one of the
st. Louis stockholders, a Mr.. Dodson.
The 100000 subscription of stock in
behalf of the extension of the Georgia
Pacific railroad to Columbus, Miss, has
been virtually completed
A small soal mine at Stockton,
five. miles from Birmingham, recently
changed hands and the new operators
who commenced work only few days
ago, put in non-union men. The dis
placed union miners have been con-
tly threatening the new men, who
ar@sagroos u1diulY. aud the piece Of in-
cendiarlsm at the mines last night is at
tributed to the former. The chute
trestle and scale-house were destroyed
Some OF the. union men few nights agC
beat another of their class badly, think
ing he was one of the new men. 1t is
thought the old force is encouraged il
its course by miners organizers here
abouts.
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The GreeIy Relics Tor st. Louis.

New YORK, August 28.-Congress-
man O'Neill of St. Louis, secured atthe
navy-yard to-day, for the St. Louis Ex-
position, the relics of the Greely expedi-
ton, embracing everything lately at the
New Orleans Exposition, and, in addi-
ton, had taken from the masthead of the
Thelis the crows nest from which the
survivors were discovered, which, to-
gether with the steam launch used in
their rescue, will be sent to St. Louis.
The collection-some three carloads
will he sent Monday.
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THE CHARLESTON CYCLONE.
Revised Estimate of the Losses by the
Great storm.

CHARLESTON, s. c., August 2s.-The
revised estimate of the losses by the storm
is 81 500 600, including 500, 600 along the
wharves and $500 of private prop
erB. The remainder includes losses on
shipping, 100000; on Sullivan's Island,
100000; cotton presses, $50, 900, and
city property, churches, railroads and
phosphate mills, S155,000. The work of
reparation is so active that all business
is fully accommodated, and in the next
ten days the facilities will be as good as
ever.
Fourteen lives were lost by the wreck
of the three Beaufort pilot boats, the f
W. Schafer, Walter Smith and Johr
Stoddard, in the storm of Tuesday
Their bodies have not yet been recovered
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SIXTH AUDITOR MeCosEELL has rem.
dered an opinion in regard to the letter
carriers leaves Of absence. He decides
that they are entitled to fifteen days leave
IN each year, 5ut that the term of leave is
IN the discretion of the postmaster at the
Office where they serve.
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CAPITAL AND LABOR.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, August 2e.-The re-
suit of the conference 10 New York be-
tween General Manager Talmadge of the
Wabash railroad aud the National Ex-
ecutive Committee of the KNIGHTS of
Labor is received with satisfaction by
the local members of the organization.
1t is stated that at the conference to be
held here next Thursday the Knights
will demand the reinstatement of all
members of their order who were sus-
pended or discharged June 10th last, and
will require a pledge from Mr.. Tai
madge, approved by the United States
Court, that the terms of the agreement
will be kent inyiolate
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Run Through an Open switch.

CHATTANOOGA, TENN, August Is
A train on the Georgia division of the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
railroad was wrecked by running through
an open switch near Rome to-day. Will
liams, section man, was instantly killed.
Engineer Powers, Fireman Bellows and
Porter John Thomas were seriously,
and perhaps fatally, hurt. No passen-
oars were iniured
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IRISH agricultural statistics show that
there are 5,00e,00O acres OF land under
cultivation in Ireland, an increase of ST.
600 over the acreage of 1854 that there are
1,025,O00 acres of grass land, decrease of
100000 acres, and that bog, barren and
mountain land has increased $1,000 acres.
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CUBAN FIlIBU sTERS.
But Little known of the Party at Key
West.

KEY WBsr, FLA. August 28.-Very
little is known here of the filibustering
expedition which is said to have sailed
from this port last night. 1t was report
ed that a few men were seen by some
night watchmen going toward a small
pier in the upper harbor, accessible only
to small boats, carrying packages looking
as if they contained carbines. The Spanish
consul says the schooner Emma M. Fox,
which was reported as having sailed for
Laguma, Mexico, took perhaps fifteen or
twenty Cubans from small boats in the
harbor, and that they have probably
gone to Cuba. The revenue cutter Dix
was at Cedar Keys, and there was nc
vessel here 10 send in pursuit.
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MEMPHIS TENN, SATURDAY. AUGUST g. 1855

1O7 pounds, $50; Slipalong, 100 pounds,
$40; field, including Effie e., lis pounds;
Littlefellow, 102 pounds, and The Ute,
103 pounds, S25.
Furth Race.-Red Girl, 107 pounds,
$50; Cuban Queen, 102 pounds, SO,
. Fifth Race-Ascoli, 155 pounds; Lord
George, 145 pounds; Carter Harrison, las
pounds; Secret, 133 pounds; Foxhound,
l3S pounds; .Athelstane, 145 pounds
There was no betting against Ascoli this
evening.