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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-31
Minor Notes.

Lew Morrill, has resurrected the Michigan
City Enterprise.
Sybrant Van Nest of La Porte, an old citizen
has died from stroke of apoplexy.
Hon. will e. Walker. of Scottsburg, has gone
to Kansas to locate for the practice Of law.
Dr. Dobbs preached his farewell sermon to his
Madison Baptist congregation on Sunday night
William Baker, a Jefferson county farmer,
has taken over $500 in cash premiums at the
New Orleans fair.
At Charlottesville yesterday the jury found
William E. Shular guilty of mansiaughter, and
with seventeen years imprisonment in the peni-
tertiary
Ezra Wright. aged seventy-two years, died at
his home in Richview, ILL., He lived for many
years at Logansport and was at one time SEN
ator in the Indiana Legislature from Cass
county
A fire at Anderson yesterday, destroyed
dwelling belonging to H. d. Thompson, and oc.
cupied by w. 3. Walls Loss on dwelling,
81, 200: insured The contents of the house
were also insured.
John Milburn, a farmer, of Brandywine town
Ship Hancock county, was thrown from his
horse. The animal fell upon him Two large
knocked out, beside other injuries. = e will re-
cover.
The revival meetings held at Rushviile. under
direction of L. W. Munhall, closed Sunday night.
Five hundred persons have been converted or
whom 1875 have united with the Christian, l04
with the Methodist and eighty eight with the
Presbyterian Church.
A forest fire has been raging in Brown county,
twenty miles west of Columbus, and the entire
population has been fighting it for two days and
two nights large amount OF property, IN
Guiding fencing two barns, t. house and several
head of stock, have been burned up.
M. & E. Barrett, dry goods dealers, of Xenia
have gone to the wall, with liabilities of So 000
and assets less than half that sum- Both mem
bers of the firm have disappeared, and the i'm
preston prevails as Xenia that they have been
preparing for the crash for several months
Their debts are due chiefly to Chicago, Toledo
and Cincinnati creditors.
AS the special Jeffersonville, Madison e. In
dianapolis train, loaded with railroad employees
returning to indianapolis from the funeral of
Gates Schooler the engineer who was killed by
a switch-engine at Jeffersonville on Friday night
John Gavin, of North Madison, fell from the
rear end of the train against cattle guard and
was seriously If not fatally injured. He was
placed on the train and taken to Seymour. He
is about twenty-five years old and single.
Mrs. Asa Ross, of Wabash, found one of her
fine chickens apparently dying from an affection
of the throat or craw. With sharp knife she
cut the craw or food sack open, removed a large
quantity of dry grass and undigested corn which
had become packed in the craw, and then stitch
up the cut carefully. liberated the chicken
which. entirely recovered from its stupor
capered around, and finally brought up on a nest
laying an egg within two hours of the time Mrs
Ross performed the operation.
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JUBAL EARLY BREAKS LOOSE.
The Capitulation OF Lee and Grants Alleged
Defamation of His Sword.
Richmond Cva. J 5 pecial.

Richmond (Va. pecial
The recent action of Lee Camp, Confederate
Veterans, of this city, in adopting resolutions of
sympathy with General Grant, in which they
spoke Of his magnanimous treatment of Lee at
Appomattox in declining his sword, brings Gen
erai Jubal Early out in a card in which he says:
THE fact is that General Lees sword was
never rendered to General Grant, and the latter
therefore, had no opportunity to decline to re-
ceive it or return it after it had been surren-
dered, but by the express terms OF the capitu-
lation, all the officers of General Lees army
were to be allowed horses and other private prop
erty and all couriers and mounted men of the
artillery and cavalry whose horses were their
private property were to be allowed to retain
them. In DR.. Joness Personal "reminiscences
of General R. E. Lee will be found in the cor
respondence between General Grant and Gen
eral Lee Immediately preceding the sur
render. and the same correspondence is to be
found in appendix NJ to General Humphrey s
Virginia Campaign of 1864 1861 That
correspondence fully refutes the idea that Gen
eral Lee ever contemplated making an uncondi-
tional surrender of his army or that he was
indebted to the magnanimity of Grant for the
terms of the surrender. DIR. JONES' whose
book was written with the sanction of Mrs.
Lee and other members of the family
who gave him access to General Lees CORE
spondence of private as well as official char
acter says on pages 302 and 303 that in con-
versatiOn with a number OF friends, OF whom
he was one, General Lee said that before going
TO meet Genordl UrdnC no iclt OrucrS Wltu
Longstreet and Gordon to hold their commands
in readiness, as he was determined to cut his
way through or perish in the attempt if such
terms were not granted as he thought his army
entitled to demand.
In the last and only interview had with
General Lee-after the war, which was in the
spring of 1869, when he talked very freely to
me in regard to the circumstances attending
his surrender, he reiterated in the most en-
phatie manner the statement which Doctor
Jones gives. 1t was not, therefore, to Grants
magnanimity that General Lee was indebted for
the privilege of retaining his sword for the
terms granted to his army but to his own reso-
lutte will and the anxiety of Grant to obtain the
surrender of an adversary who had thwarted
him so long There is, then as little truth in
this story about General Lees sword as there is
in the famous apple tree fiction. 1t would seem
that the time for Grant TO display his magnanim-
ity toward the defeated confederates was when
he occupied the presidency of the United States
for eight years. How he then displayed it let
impartial history tell"
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A Denial from MIR. Phelps.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. March 30-Protessor
Phelps, the recently appointed minister to the
court of St. James said tonight, in reference to
the article first printed in the New York Times
in 1880 and reproduced in to days Sunday New
York Tribune, purporting to be report of a
speech delivered by him in 1864, in which he is
qnoted as calling Lincoln "a twentieth-rate.
back-county attorney. without single qualifca-
tion for statesman" and as characterizing the
Abolitionists as ''long-haired, miserable, dirty
creatures, who went about the country TO stick
up their dirty hand bills and have meeting,
deny, altogether, having used in any speech in
my life any such gross, offensive and undgnifed
language as is contained in the article men,
toned.
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GRAHAM'S CAMPAIGN.
Rumor that Osman Digna Has Been Deserted
by Almost His Entire Force.

Rumor that Osman Digna Has Been Deserted
by Almost His Entire Force.
SUAKIM, March 30.-The convoy which left
here at an early hour this morning has arrived
1T .McNeil's zeraba It is reported that the
whole of Osman Digna's force has been with
drawn from the surrounding country, and is now
concentrated at Tamanieb, where they propose
giving battle to General Graham. Ell Mahdi has
sent large reinforcements to the Arab garrison
at Berber. Mount Hamund. to the north Of
Berber, has been strongly fortified by the enemy.
A special from Tamai reports that Osman
Digna has been deserted by almost his entire
force, only about 100 followers remaining with
him.
A large convoy which arrived at the zeraba
On the Tamai road, was not motested en- route.
1t is not expected that there will be any severe
fght in the attack on Tamai. Each man will
carry seventy rounds Of ammunition, and 40
rounds will be carried for each gun. The force
will advance in three brigades.
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The Unpopularity of Barrios.

new York Special.
Ex-Presldent Marco Aurels Soto, of the re-
public of Honduras, lives in an elegant home at
No. East Eighty fourth street, this city. He
IS still young, having been Minister of Foreign
Affairs Of Guatemala when he was twenty five,
and President of Honduras at twenty eight
years of age. Apparently he is not over forty
now, and his only desire, outside of his own
large and interesting family. seems to lie in the
advancement of the happiness and civilization of
his native country He received the CONNER
cial Gazette correspondent very cordially this
evening, and when shown, in Washington dis
patch, the allegation that he was engaged in a
movement to overthrow the government of
Honduras, and to form an alliance of the people
OF that country with Nicaragua, Costa Rica and
San Salvador against General Barrios, Mr. Soto
said:
No, tits not true that am in any way con-
nected with the revolution which General Bar
rios has instituted in Central America New
YORK Is rather distant point from which to CON
duet q movement of that kind In Central
America. ] have received kilograms from my
friends, however, who, knowing my sympathies
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with the people of my native land, have asked
me to go there and assistthem. 1t is impossible
to say now what will do / am waiting for
fuller adyices by mail, and it will depend upon
inaccuracies in the dispatch you have shown me
to warrant something of statement of the case
from myself
General Barrios, as you know, has issued a
decree declaring himself the head of the united
republics, abut Nicaragua Costa Rica aud San
Salvador have declared against the Decree and
drawn up an alliance to oppose him. The only
government which has accepted it Is Honduras,
but the feeling of the people, even there, is
against him; their heart is with their sister re-
publcs His strength with the government of
that republic rests in his influence over General
Lewis -Bogran."
twill General Barricss revolution be a sue
cess7p
"sNo he will ruin Guatemala in his foolish en-
terprise, and probably finish up by being over
thrown himself. He is said to have an army of
fifteen to twenty thousand but San Salvador, of
which Dr. Zaidiyar is President can raise that
many men itself. Ultimately the countries of
Central America will undoubtedly be united but
1t cannot be done by the sword and General
Barrios will discover when 1t is too late how
great a mistake he has made
"Doyou expect to take the field If you go to
Central American
'Icannot say Ofcourse. it ismy own coun-
try, and i feel very warmly toward the people
who are suffering for the sake of the ambition
of this one soldier Barrios was never a popular
man, however even with the army. He aided
general Garcia 'Granados tooverthrow the con
sentative government in Guatemala in 1871, and
this has been remembered against him ever
since"
rs it true that you were chosen President of
Honduras through the influence of BarriosW
mo; was Minister of Foreign Affairs at the
age of twenty-five before Barrios came to the
presidency Of Gautehaula. and when he was
elected he confirmed my nomination. There
Honduras, where j had been educated. asking
me to go back there and assume control of the
government. AT the joint request of the gov
eminent and Of the other republics, all of whom
had confidence in my ability to preserve the gen
eral peace among them. accepted this Office.
That was all Barros had TO do with it. Ofcourse
am anxious to see these young republics as
sisted, and believe that the government of the
United States has an equal interest in defending
her weaker sisters against the ambition of the
present usurper."
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CENTRAL AMERICAN AFFAIRS.
N Attack Upon San Saivador-Arms Seized
a at AspinwalI.

IN Attack Upon San Saivador-Arms Seized
at AspinwalI.
LA LIBERTAA March 30.-The invading forces
rom Guatemala to-day made an attack upon the
army Of San Salvador. No particulars received.
A Panama dispatch says: '"rhe Star and
Herald bulletins, published to-day, say the
steamer Colon was seized to-day at Aspinwall by
the revolutionists, who demanded delivery of
the shipments oferms on board for the revolu-
tionary troops. The agents refused to deliver
the arms. Mr.. Conner, local superintendent
of the Pacific Mail Company. was
first arrested, and later the captain and purser
OF the steamer were placed under arrest on
board the vessel Subsequently Captain Dow,
the agent of the Pacific Mail Company, Mr..
Wright, the United States consul and a lieuten-
ant of the American man-ofwar Galena, were
arrested and marched off to the Guar
tel They were released at o'clock,
on consideration that the arms should be deliv-
cred and delivery is now going American
and English war ships did nothing to pro-
teet foreign interests, because the revolu-
tionary chief declared he would resist
their interference by force The Americans are
indignant at the insult to their flag and the out
rage to their persons and property. Troops will
lists, who. however, are in strong force, and with
the arms from the Colon will probably be able
TO control events in their own way, and in-their
own interests
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THE EAST AND THE WEST.
President Cleveland Breaking Up the Demo-
cratic Party-An Old Prophecy by Seward

Washington Special to New York Mail and Express.
William IL. Seward predicted that q great
struggle between the East and the West would
be the next conflict of the country, He did not
mean an armed conflict, but one scarcely less in
tense, nevertheless. President Cleveland has
thrown his influence in the scale of the East
and the singular gravitation of Republicans to-
ward him is thus somewhat explained. 1t is not
to be forgotten that Cleveland owes his election
to Republicans Heswas elected mayor on anon
partisan basis; and .Governor the same
ground; and again President by men who wanted
a non partisan adminiStration-and Cleveland
knows it. This is displeasng to the Democrats,
especially those who have borne the heat and
burden of the day, and, Cleveland is I'M
doubtedly astute politician, it is not enough
to call his course that of sensible but pig
headed man. He sees the great division i'm
pending in the Democratic ranks on the tariff,
the formation of q third party and the proba-
bility that this party will choose Grover Cleveland
for its standard bearer.
To turn for moment to Mr.. Blaine. He,
too, seems to indicate that fusion is imminent
He cannot coaiesce with the stalwarts. He
knows that he can never again command the
support of more than section of the Repub
lican party. He is q man so bold so fertile in
resources, that it would be strange if some de-
vice did not occur to him by which he could
force the fighting and make his adyersaries show
their hand. Mr.. Blaine is the most powerful
disorganizer In the country when he chooses to
be. There will not be for years a presidential
electlOn In WHICH MT. bld1neS nanQ Will not Do
felt In marked contrast to his hostility to Mr..
Arthur is his friendship for Mr.. Cleveland. Not
only has Mr. Blaine expressed publicly his wish
that the admin stration may be a success--a
conventional civility-but he has said pointedly
that he believed it would be-a belief
never shared, and certainly never ex-
pressed by any other presidential candidate
upon the defeat of his party. Mr.. Blaine sees
that there is to be Cleveland and an anti
Cleveland party in the Democratic ranks short
ly, just as among the Republicans there is a
Blaine and anti-Blaine section. He sees that
this drifting will end in the East being divided
against the West, and he inevitably belongs to
the East.
Mr.. Cleveland will, within year, directly an
tagonize what is known the Carlisle wing of
the Democracy, and he will offend both parties
in the far West by his action on the silver ques-
ton. All Kentucky is for free trade, and all
the far West is for silver coinage; while all tho
East is for protection in some form and for stop
ping the coinage of silver. 1t is remarkable that
Mr.. Clevelands chief adviser and closest ALLY
since he bacame President is Dir. Randall the
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A Large Estate.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
RICHMOND, March 30.-The division of the
joint real estate belonging to the late Andrew F.
Vaughan and his brother, Edward G. Vaughan,
was made matter of record this morning The
atters part is valued at ST., $50, and the heirs of
the former, widow and three children, about
equally share $74, 500. In making this division
the widow and two sons are vested with certain
real estate valued at more than their share and
are obligated to pay to the daughter Thy former
wifel about $4,000, and to g. g. Vaughan about
S. 900 in money
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Brief Mention.

W. ID. Gallett, ex-county treasurer and an old
settler, died at his residence in Walkerville aged
fifty 1.-TWO years.
]. Duncan, merchant from Bluff City. STEP
ped off the train and was run over and killed by
a switching engine at Beardstown
Seven prisoners, at Charleston broke Jail by
burning hole through the pine ceiling with
piece of scrap iron taken from water sink
Thieves entered the restaurant and bakery of
James L. Huff, at Cerro Gordo, and succeeded in
getting away with $25 in silver, and goods sup
posed to be worth SIS.
In the Hope murder trial Merritt Fletcher has
been found guilty of murder, with the death
penalty, and Ozias Fletcher of manslaughter
three years in the penitentiary.
At Rock Island. John Gallagher and his wife
engaged In drunken rev at their home which
resulted n the woman being nearly killed.
Gallagher bears a bad reputation. having killed
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policy Of the government and demanded its

policy of the government and demanded its
overthrow.
Duval and Ribot declared they would be ready
80 vote any sacrifices when the Ministry was
Overthrown. They reproached the Cabinet for
eoneealing the truth. The result of the vote on
Ferrys motion was received with loud applause.
Laisant and De la Fesse demanded impeach-
ment of the Ministry, and De La Fosse demand
ed urgency for a motion TO that effect, which
was rejected-304 to lei.
Brisson extolled the bravery Of the French
soldiers and sailors in Tonquin and said they
knew how TO repair the effects OF
the recent 'reverses. His remarks
were received with general applause. The
Chamber then adjourned. to allow the bureaus to
appoint committee on the new credits. ALI
the members of the committee it is understood,
favor voting the credits, reserving, however,
ghe right Of demanding an explanation from
the new Ministry. Several members favor a
moderate colonial policy after France has taken
revenge upon China
Crowds continue to gather about the Chamber.
AS the deputies were leaving, cries were raised,
"Down with Ferry" Down with Ferryn The
boulevards are crowded with excited throngs,
but no acts of violence have been committed
De Freycinet is considered to be likely to be
called upon to form Cabinet, which will include
General Camperon as Minister of War. No
change is expected in the French policy in re-
gard to Egypt.
In the Senate lie Roger expressed the Senate's
admiration for, and s ympathy with, the forces
in Tonquin. LIE Roger added that it was the duty
Of the House to vote the necessary subsidies for
carrying on the war.
Leon Say declared it WAS necessary to know,
first the effects He therefore proposed an
amendment to the credits bill. The Senate
finally adjourned, upon hearing of the resignation
of the Ministry
It is generally expected that De Freycinet,
at present a senator, or Ribort the French
jurist, and now member of the Chamber
of Deputies. will be called upon to form new
Ministry. It is also believed that Wad-
dingtnn, the present French ambassador
TO London, will be rendered the Office of Minister
Of Foreign Affairs in place of Ferry, and that
Leon Say, the great political economist, will be
asked to accept the post Of Minister of Finance
in the new Cabinet.
A Cabinet Minister'S fall was never more ig-
luminous than that of Ferry. He was .hooted and
,randed as a liar and traitor. The President
made no attempt to stop the use Of these cpl
thets Frequent cries of Turn him out!' were
directed against the Prime Minister, and the
greatest uproar prevailed throughout the sitting.
After the resignation of the Ferry Ministry,
President Grevy asked Henri Brisson presi-
dent of the Chamber of Deputies, to form new
Cabinet but Brisson declined The president
then asked De Freycinet to form Cabinet and
he asked twenty-four hours to reply.
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Grants Connection With Ward.

New York Graphic.
Ward used Grants name for all it was worth,
if not in influencing the government with res
pect yto contracts, in making others
believe that he had done so. 1t is impossible to
consider with patience the impudence Of
this man in thus debasing to I'M
worthy purposes a name which the
people honored and the possessor of which was
the very soul of honor; but what can be said of
the men who accepted his vilany, and appar-
emily believed that the influence in question
could be dishonesty used at Washington!
The faith of Grant was extraordinary but the
villainy Of Ward and his friends was amazing.
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-Atheistic Mockery.

LONDON, March 30.-The Anti.clerical League,
of Paris, has organized bali which is intended
as mockery of all sorts of religion 1t is to be
held on the evening of Good Friday, the Sd of
April, and is TO be accompanied by supper
from which all fish will be excluded, and at
which all sorts of meat, including pork, will be
served The invitations state that at midnight
an authentic miracle" will give the signal for a
people are greatly scandalized at this proposed
parading of blasphemy, and are urging the police
to suppress the performance.
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Ex-Governor Fletcher Heard From.

ST. LOUIS, March 30-Mrs. Fletcher. of this
city, has received dispatch from ex-Attorney-
general Sampson, of Colorado stating that Gov
ernor Fletcher who has been missing since
Saturday week, has been stopping at the Wind
sor Hotel, at Denver, Col, and left there on
Saturday, in response to a business telegram.
The family believe they will establish communi
cation with the missing gentleman by to morrow.
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General Hazen's Frieidity.

UIdhah kky.1 ETH.
Those who know General Bill Hazen are not
astonished at the mercury standing within six
degrees of zero to-day. Hazen is huffish sort
of fellow. and on slight provocation make
it extremely frigid in his neighborhood. We wit
messed little game of draw poker at Ready
vile, Tenn, in 1863, in which Hazen and DR..
f. IT, Long of Henry county, were playing
The Doctor gathered in $i06 of the Generals
salary on trays and mines, Hazen bulling the
market on a bobtaiIed flush. Although it was
July, the temperature fell as though Manitoba
blizzard had settled on the camp
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Hope for the Nasbys.


In Rome, New York, the editor of the Demo-
cratic paper to whom the Postofice has been
promised by the Democratic representative, was
passed by and the proprietor of a canal grocery
and liquor store appointed to take the place of q
Republican, who is removed year before thu
expiration of the term for which he was COM
missioned. The people of that city are aston
ished. The Nasbvs should take courage.