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voluptuous in the world, soft carpel*, rich clothes, slaves by thescore, unlimited power, every pleasure that can minister to their physical happiness. Some of them acquire boundless wealth, bug they choose to live in ■Egypt They live a wild life, a life of tierce pleasure, of incessant action when they are in the field, and absolute lethargy when they are at peace. There is nothing but the sharpest contrasts in this life. To-day they are lounging on rich rugs, sipping cotlee and Toying with their women; to-morrow they are sweeping over the desert at the head of a thousand brave men, facing death and enduring all kinds of privations with composure and good humor. They are men who can speak half a dozen languages, and are so polite that I have sat at the mess-table with them a thousand miles away from civilization, and could not have told from their conversation that I was not at a supper-table in Paris. They keep informed on European politics, and know what is happening in the great world from which they are separated. My brother, who was at one time Governor oi' Circassia, and who is now superintending the fortifications about Constantinople—Aii Pasha they call him—-.is.a type of this class of men. The Turkish and Egyptian armies pay better than any in Europe, and they are the best soldiers on the continent. TJIK TON Ol: IN' USfCTK. French Forces Heron noitering Admiral Courbet Euger to March. Pants. Itee. 8. —Admiral Peyon, Minister of Marir.e, received a dispatch from Saigon stating that the French, forces have reconnoitered within two and a half miles of Bacninh. Admiral Courbet recon noi tered the approaches to Soiitav, on the lied river, Nov, 23. The French-captured a junk near Haiphong, lirlen with combustibles, and seven men on board. The Sub-governor of Hneld Zuong,.having been suspected of collusion with the enemy, has been sent to Saigon for trial. Admiral Courbet, in a private letter to the Governor of Cochin China, states operations will shortly begin. He says: “We are eager to march.” Debate in the Clmmbcr. Paris, l>ee. B.—ln the Chamber of Deputies the debate on the Tonquin credits bill was resumed. Do la Fosse said that in his opinion war with Chine, was inevitable with the present government in power. Ho should not vote for the credits as a war credit. Eeon Renault declared the present govern- • nient was not responsible for the situation of affairs. The responsibility rested witli the uncertain policy formerly pursued. He contended stability in the cabinet’s negotiation with China was impossible because the Chinese diplomacy was tlie most shifting in existence. If the ministry were defeated, it would cause China to believe France was drawing back. Camille Felletar made a violent attack upon the policy of the government. Debate was adjourned until Monday. The Situation Apparently Critical. Paris, Dec. B.—La Liberte and Le National publish reservedly a statement to the effect that Marquis Tseng, since sending.his dispatch to Minister Ferry on the sth inst., has called twice at the office of the Minister oft Foreign Affairs for an answer, allowing it to he understood that unless a reply is speedily forthcoming he would be obliged to demand his passport. y

Chinese Troops Routed. Hoot Kong, Dec. 9.—The Chinese night attack on Haiphong has been frustrated Uy the French. The Chinese advanced close to Haiphong and burned a village. French gunboats and troops were dispatched to the scene, and the enemy was routed. An Advance Expected To-Day. Hong Kong, Dec. 9.—lt is expected that the French will advance on Sontay to-mor-row. . Sontay and Its Fortification*. The town is on the right bank on the lied river, the citadel being about a half a mile from the river. The intervening space is occupied by a number of hamlets, containing altogether about 18,000 inhabitants. On leaving the river tfie traveler finds a road which traverse* these villages. He first encounters the ramparts of earthworks. Then the.road ■turns, curving around the fortress until the visitor arrives at the north gate of the citadel The wall of the earthworks is separated from the regular ramparts bv a bank or causeway about 1,400 feet wide, on which other hamlets have been built, between the encircling road and the citadei can be seen eight barracks, where the. Annaniile troops are in garrison. The citadel ha- the form of a quadrilateral, each one of its sides being about 2,000 feet long. It is built of bricks and masonry, with bastions in the middle of each side. It is a fortress on the Corrnontaigne plan, and was erected toward the close of the last century bv French engineers. It has four gates corresponding to tire four points of the'com-; pass, the principal ones being the south! cate, looking to the lied river, and the north gate, facing the interior of the country. In The center of the citadel is a pagoda, at the left is the house governor-general, at the right that of the mandarin who dispenses justice, and at each angle is a military’ post. Between these are the administrative bureaux. the prison and the rice magazines. The most populous of the villages surrounding the citadel are those situated between it and the river. The French troops now in Tonquin expect an easy conquest of the piace. GERMAN AFFAIRS. The Three Emperor* to Meet Again-Tito Crown Prince’s Visit to Rome. Bear. in. Dec. B. —Humors are current of another meeting of the Emperors of Germany, Enssia and Austra as a result of the recent conference between De Giers, Russian Foreign Minister, and Bismark. The chief object of the jonrnev of the Orowrt Prince to Rome is to reciprocate the cordial attentions paid the German imperial family bv the royal family of Italy. The Prince will visit the Pope. The question of the Crown Prince visiting the Pope will only be considered after the meeting between himself and King Humbert shall have taken place. FOREIGN MISCELLANY. llie Story O’Donnell Intended to Relate to the Court. London, Dec. 9.—O'Donnell's wife has come to London to visit her husband. O'Donnell’s brother writes a letter from Kenney’, Ireland, under date of the 7th inst., stating what O’Donnell had determined to say in court, if permitted to sneak, was that Carey drew a revolver after a discussion had begun by Carey cursing Americana O’Donnell struck the revolver from Carey’s hand, and as the latter was sfooping to regain it O’Donnell fired ibree shots-instantaneously. .Tames Parrish, steward of the Melrose 'astie, who testified, was present when the fatal shot was fired, not present during the Quarrel, but came upon the scene afterward. Marvrood's Bungling Successor. London, Dec. B.—Since tho bungling work done by that hangman at Liverpool .the bie’dind nt the taking off of criminals has re-

eeived much attention. Dr. Richardson states that JBinns’s performance of his duty was much more humane than Marwood’s. The Liverpool culprit was asphyxiated, and there is no reason to suppose that he experienced any suffering during his convulsions, or while liis pulse was still beating. Marwood, on the other hand, killed by a shock to the spinal cord below the medulla, and it is impossible to conceive of anything that could give more exquisite torture, or that would produce more awful sensations in the victim. A Convert from Catholicism. Rome, Dec. 9.—Mgr. Savarese, a doctor of civil and canon law, and until recently the Pope's domestic prelate, has left the Roman Catholic Church. He was to-day received into the communion of the Episcopal Church by Dr. Nevin, in Bt. Paul’s American church on confession of the -Nicene creed and abjuration of the dogmas of the immaculate conception and papal infallibility. He asks for the guidance and protection of the Anglican-Episcopal Church against, the usurpations of ttie bishops of Rome. Tennyson ami the Peerage. London, Dec. B.—Tennyson has been asked to reconsider his refusal to accept a peerage, and the Queen has bad conveyed to him her strong desire to make him a peer. A friend of Tennyson writes that he lias a vivid recollection of hearing him say: “When 1 wa3 a young man a lord was looked uponasasmall God Almighty. .Thank heaven that's fast changing.” if tire pressure from the Queen should succeed, Tennyson would probably take his own name for his title. Ttie Catholic Clergy Censured. Rome, Dec. B.—The Moniteur de Rome, papal organ, strongly censures the Catholic clergy at Ncwry, Ireland, for their attitude during the recent agitation there. It especially condemns Father MoCurten’s sermon in the cathedral atXewry, on Sunday, in which he characterized the action of the government, in prohibiting Nationalist meetings there, as having a tendency to drive the people to rebel and as a direct insult to the Catholic Church. Pleasant and Expensive. Madrid, Dec. B.—The Crown Prince of Germany gave 25.000 pesetas to the servants in the palace and 50.000 pesetas to the military asylums. The Prince reiterated the expressions of great pleasure experienced from his association with the king, court, army and people. Resolutions Relating to New Guinea, Sydney, Dec. 9. —-The inter-colonial conference passed resolutions against landing in New Guinea convicts from other isles and against recognizing purchases of lands in New Guinea before British dominiou aver the island has been established. Will Be Prosecuted. Rome. Dec. 9.—Signor Lovito, who fought Baron Nicotera on Friday, resigned the secretarvshipof Minister of the Interior. Both: duelists will be prosecuted. Cable Notes. It is reported that Rosa Bonheur is again dangerously ill at Fontainebleau. Roustan, French minister to the United States, tias started for Havre on his way to Washington. The Spanish,government has opened negotiations with the United States government, for reciprocal concessions beneficial to tire trade between Cuba and the United States. ' ,r. Wm. 11. Vanderbilt has commissioned ? Meissrinier to paint for him a groat military picture, and the expectation is that the distinguished artist will produce a work tiial will rival if it does not exceed his famous “1507,” for which the late Mr. A. T. Stewart paid £20.000. and which is now the most important picture in Mr. Stewart's gallery in Fiftij avenue. New York.

Held for Kinbe/^leinent. Philadkdi’Hla. Dec. B.—Judge Finletter, in a long opinion, sustained the warrants of arrest against William C. Barrett and Edward .1. Cattell, brokers, accused of emoezzlemetrt by August Boyd, and ordered each defendant to furnish security in $20,000 to answer atcourt. Mr. Boyd purchased through the firm of which defendants are members Reading railroad scrip to the amount of $234,000, winch he left in custody of the firm with the understanding that it was not to be sold, but Wit- to be kept until called in by the railroad company. Defendants claim the scrip was brought to be sold again, and the differences only to be settled between them and lloyd. The sefipwas subsequently hypothecated by tire firm, and the money obtained therefrom lost in speculation. The defendants’ answer to the charge of embezzlement was, first, all transactions were stock gambling, and illegal; second, they had the right to appropriate money to, their own use, and therefore the debt was not; fraudulently contracted; third, that usages and practices of brokers warranted all they did. Sadden Death Os a Medium. St. Louts, Dec. 9.—Quite a startling event occurred at Mercantile Library Hall to-night, James F. Gein and wife, of New York, were giving a spiritualist performance, toward the close of which Gein stepped into an anteroom, in the rear of the stage ‘to rest after an exhaustive cabinet exhibition, and when followed, two or three minutes later, by bis wife was found dead on the floor. An examination by a physician present showed that death was caused by heart disease. Gien was u Mason in good standing, and belonged to the Pacific Lodge of New York. The remains will be taken to Chicago for burial, after an inquest, to-mor-row. Date Fixed for the Nutt Trial. Pittsburg, Dec. B.— : A. M. Brown and Marshall Swartzweldc-r, attorneys for James Nutt, and D. F. Patterson, of the eqpnsel for the prosecution, appeared before Judge Stowe this afternoon, asking that a date be fixed at which the trial can proceed. The court, without hesitation, fixed Monday, the 7th of January next, as the day upon which the trial will begin. The understanding is that ,1 udge Stowe will hear the case, and. unless something interferes. lie has expressed a willingness to do so. The opinion prevails that Nutt will be acquitted. A Railway in Yellowstone Park. Cheyenne, W. TANARUS., Dec. 7.—Articles of incorporation were filed to-day by tiie Wyoming, Yellowstone Park & Pacific railway. Among the incorporators are L. Dupont, the famous powder manufacturer; A. B. Converse, president of tbe I*irstNational Bank, of Cheyenne, W. TANARUS., and the Governor of Wyoming. The road runs through the coal, iron, soda and petroleum regions of western Wyoming, tbe National Park and Montana. Construction will begin in the spring. Anna Dickiuaon’s Future Arrangement*. Chicago, Dec. B. —Anna Dickinson, who is in the city, denies the statement that she has signed with the Knights of Labor for a series of speeches. She states that she has received propositions for work from the Knights and various otiier sources, among them more than one offer to continue on the stage, but what she will probably do in the immediate future is todeliver a speech touching upon tbe matters now being widely discussed relating to church and state. VVHYpake those immense doses of nausesMug mixtures sold as “cough syrups" when a few small doses of Dr, Bull’s Cough Syrup will cure your coliM

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1883.

| STATE NEWS AND GOSSIP. Great Success of a Temperance Orator in Tipton County. Anotlier Attempt to Unravel the Zora Burns Mystery—Kx-Übv. Hoffman’s Independent Church—Gleanings. INDIANA. J nines Dunn’s Successful Temperance Work in Tipton County. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Tipton, Dec. B.—There is a general temperance revival now in progress here under the management of James M. Dunn, the noted temperance revivalist. Merchants, lawyers, | doctors, in fact, the town is really captured by the move, and it bids lair to scoop every- ' thing before it. Never in the history of Tinton has there been such a universal sentiment worked up as is now on. More than 500 have already donned the blue ribbon, and they are coming at the rate of from fifty to one hundred every night. Minor Notes. The name of the umbrella vender killed at Counersviilo on Fnd3 r was Frank McHenry. The Adams Chilled Plow Works, at Plymouth, burned on Friday. Loss. $7,000; insured in the Northwestern, of Milwaukee, for-$3,500. Tim commissioners of Parke county have declined tojrrant applications for saloon licenses, and the dealers have appealed to the Circuit Court. Nelly Burton, a young lady seventeen years of age, flroped dead on the etreet*i the little town of Rei on Friday. Cause supposed to be heart disease. A coal war is rnging In New Albany, and Pittsburg coal is down to ten cents. It is said the purpose of the Pittsburg coal kings is to run Airline coal out of the market. Michael Ragan, of Richmond, left home on Thursday evening, and said to his wife tit the time that he was going to the lodge. Ho has nor beeu seen or hoard of since. The residence of Peirson Conklimr, of North Vernon, was partially destroyed by lire on Saturday. Considerable dam ige was done by the lire and water, ninny things being ruined by water. No insurance. A simple young ra:in named Levi West, living six miles west of Kokomo, has been missing for several days, and it is rumored that he has been murdered and his bodv thrown in Wildcat. Search is being made for him. The bodj' of an infant was discovered oue flay last week at Logausporr. half buried beneath the roots of a stump. Decomposition had already set in, and it is supposed that several days had elapsed siuce the mother had committed the murder. For months past a number of the manufacturing establishments of Richmond have beeu reducing their force of employes and their hours of labor, many running on half time, and now ir is said that there are nearly 500 artisans in that city out of employment. William Mclntyre, of Vincennes, who lost an arm in a wreck on the E. &T. FI. railroad, near Purcell, several monthaago, sued the company for the loss sustained and was awarded $1,500. The company secured anew trial and it terminated in the Knox Circuit Court hr the jury returning a verdict in Mclntyre’s favor for #2,000. Nathan Morris, of Parke county, who, in a drunken spree, a few days ago, burned ids fine residence, store and stock of goods, has sobered ui>, ami is now getting ready lo act as defendant in a suit for divorce, applied for by his wife, who is said to be an exemplary woman. The Circuit Court has also granted a restraining order to prevent him disposing of his property in the meantime. Anna Prescott, a ladj r over eighty rears of age, while on an oasi-bouud express on the Fort Wayne road, went out on the platform for some unknown reason while the train was running at a high rato of speed, throe miles e;ist of Valparaiso, and fell from the train, which was stopped as soon as possible, but she could not be found, although search was kept up by watchmen ail night. On Saturday morning her bodv was found iu creek. The remains were sent to Salem, O. During.the late high water in the Wabash river many thousand acres of Land in Parke county were overflowed, and nearly all the corn raised tHereon was loai thereby. During the late term of court arrangements have been fully effected whereby a srip of bottom land ten miles long and from one to three miles wide wili be thoroughly leveled at a cost of about. $17,000 Aquiia Lovert\ , J. J. Daniels, and other wealthy citizens of Parke couuty are at the head of tins movement. At ConnersviUe, oy Saturday, an old man named Patrick Keenan and a young fellow from north of town named Ed. MeCium, both of them thoroughly under the influence of whisky, had a quarrel which ended in MeClain’s whipping out a knife and giving Keenan some terrible slashes across file (rami and arm and one over the head. The flow of blooil was dangerous, for a time, but was finally checked, and the wounded man found to be only temporarily injured, McClain was arrested. At an early hour on Saturday morning a man who gave the name of John McElligoot was found lying in the yard of the Ohio & Mississippi railway at. Vmcennes. He says lie was on bis way home, having been at work on rlie Missouri Pacific, and was held up in the yards by an unknown man, who cut him. The doctor pronounces the wound fatal. Three men have been arrested and'taken before McEliigooT, but. he fails to identify either as his assailant, though he says he would know the person.

ILLINOIS. A Decatur Man Arrested for tire Murder of /.ora Burns. Special to tiie Indianapolis Journal. Bi.oominoton, Dec. 9. —The deputy sheriff of Logan county arrived to-night from Peoria, having in custody a man named Russell, charged with the murder of Zara Burns, at Lincoln, 111., which mystery lias been the sensation in central Illinois for some weeks. Rnssoll was arrested to-day, at Sand Prairie, a small town between Pekin and Lincoln, on a freight train. His home is in Decatur, and he was found on the ifront platform of a car. He was brought here In great secrecy, and his captor refuses to give any facts relative to tiie case. That he is from Decatur renders It quite certain that lie is connected with tiie murder through tho Mrs. Carpenter gang of that place, who were prominent witnesses for the prosecution in tiie examination of Carpenter, charged with killing Zora Burns. Russell is aged fortv, and is a tough-looking customer. Hoffman'* Independent Church. Special to.the iDiUanapolts Jonrnat Bloomington, Dec. 9. —To-niglit, H. O. Hoffman, formerly pastor of the First M. E. Church, of this city, whose expulsion from the ministry and church by the conference on charges of immorality is remembered, began a series of sermons at tbe operahouse, It being understood that an endeavor will be made to organize an independent church, the basis of which will be the coterie of friends in tbe Methodist Church who have stuck to him through thick and thin, and are determined to create a division in the First Church. There was an immense attendance, hundreds being turned away. The audience was curious in make-up, a great many young people being present, and representatives of nearly every denomination and hundreds that are never seen within tho doors of a church. Hoffman, after singing by the choir, stated a sort of platform or basis of a doctrine tending to a liberal line of thought, and said that he declined to

! accept tlie stated salnry offered by his friends, but would accept a collection to be taken up at eacli meeting. The basket-of-fering was quite large. Hoffman took for a lex-t, “Our Father,” and his discourse was more a lecture than a sermon, and avoided all doctrinal discussion, and made no allusion to the Hoffman trouble. It was quite an able effort. Meetings are to be held regularly each Sunday evening. The effect on the attendance at the Methodist churches was not perceptible, the congregations at those churches being very large. Safe-liliwers at Work. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Bloomington, Dec. 9. —A gang of safeblowers are plying their work in this section. On Friday night they invaded the office of Pike Bros., lumber dealers, at Cuenoa and blew open the safe with powder. They got only sls. Last night some unknown parties, probably professionals, entered the office of I. R. Krum, grain and lumber merchant, this city, and blew open his safe. Luckily the explosion was heard and the burglars were frightened away ere they succeeded in getting the inner door open. Mr. Krum had alibis valuable papers and a large amount of money in his safe. Brief Mention. Diphtheria prevals at Pekin. The famous Emma Bond case beginß to-day at Hillsboro. One night last, wfvdt iP-200 worth of sheep belonging to J. H. Clark, of Ford couuty, ware Killed by does. Miss Katie Thompson, a very estimable young Indy of .Mason City, died ((title suddenly, on Friday, of diphtheria. An old lady named Pomfret, of Honedalc, is cutting her third set of teeth, having cuv six within the past year. Marshal Phillips, who put two bullet* Into his side and oue into hia head, at Mackinaw, recently, is in a dangerous condition. The surgeons succeeded iu extracting the bullet that bad lodged in liis skull. His recovery Is quite doubtful. Farmers in Sangamon county are complaining greatly about the corn crop. They gay that it is very soft, and if cribbed soonepoils. Mr. Mitchell, near Woodside, cribbed 300 bushels, and uow ten bushels of good corn cannot, lie picked out. At Sullivan, Moultrie ennnty. Robert Coultn was convicted on the charge of rruaiiy whipping a child and was Hard SIOO, The fluo and costs amounted to tjdtaO. Attorneys’ fees added to this wilt make the child-whipping an expensive one. Last week a prisoner in the Font eonnry Jail set lire to a pillow belonging to his bunk and threw it our into tlie corridor of tire building. The smoke sotni tilled tire upper apartments, and but for prompt action in putliugout the, lire and ventilating tile building the inmates would have been suffiueared. Patrick O’Brien, a workman on the new gasworks Inßloomington, while aseendiug a ladder ■missed liis fooling and fell a distance of eighteen .feet, striking 0:1 tiro pack of ids head on the brick pavement. After a few bourse of intense suffering lie died. He was forty years of age, and leavas a wife and one child. Alov Blakie, a six-year-old girl, died in Clinton or strangulation. About rhree works ago, while playing with a handful of beans, she. attempted loswallow several, and io so doing one lodged in tier windpipe. Nothing could be done to secure its removal, ami alter vain efforts iu attempting such sire died in great agony. DESTRUCTIVE CO.YFLi A G RATION. Rolling-Mill at Erie, Pit., Burued —Questionable Action -of the Fire Department. Erie, Dec., B.—At 2 o’clock this morning the Mount Hickory rolling-mill, of this city, was discovered on lire in tlie engine-room, and, despite the efforts made, was totally destroyed. The mills were erected in 1870, and were the property of the Moun t Hickory I Iron Company, the principal member of which firm is Hon. William. L. Scott. In connection with other mills in western Pennsylvania, owned by tbe same company, they manufactured mercantile iron of every grade. For some time they have been shut down, but started up again early this fall. In the company there were originally a number of Erie capitalists. The latter interests were in the main-disposed.of three years ago to Mr. Scott. The machinery cost $125,000 and the stock on hand was valued at SBO,OOO. When the alarm was sounded the city fire department failed to respond, owing to the works being located just outside of the corporation limits. Tire chief was appealed to, but declined to order out the engines, claiming that an ordinance forbade liis going to millsbevond the city limits. After considerable delay permission was obtained from the mayor, but it was so late the department was of very little use when it finally readied the fire. Two hundred and fifty men are thrown out of employment just at tbe beginning of winter, and few of them are in a condition to either go.elsewhere or support their families. Mr. Scott is absent from the city, but the loss is placed by bis business manager here ■at $200,000, with an insurance 0f590,000, distributed in the following companies: Tlie following is the insurance: On building—Fire Association, of Philadelphia, $5,000; Phflenix, of New York, $5.000; Commercial Union, of London, $6,000; Connecticut, of Hartford. $2,500; North British and Mercantile, $5,000; Phcenix, of England, $5,000; Guardians’, of London, .$5,000; Hartford. Conn., $5,000; Union, of Philadelphia, $2,500; Royal, of London, $5,000; Phoenix, of Hartford, $5,000; London and Lancashire, $5,000; Fire Association, of London, $2,500; American, of Philadelphia. $2,500; Queens, of London, $2,500; Mechanics’, of Brooklyn, $5,000; Western, of Toronto, $2,500. On stock—. Union, of California; National, ot Hartford, $5,000; Citizens’, of New York, $5,000; Girard, of Philadelphia, $5,000. The mills had recently taken large coni'tracts and were preparing to increase their force. Mr. Scott being out of the city, it is impossible to tell whether tlie mills will be rebnilt ot not, but certainly not .before soring. The matter of the fire department of tire city attending mills just beyond the city limits in case of need is to be looked into by the city council immediately. Loss of 8400,000 at Kockport-. Gloucester, Mass., Dec. 9.—Annisquan Mil! at, Roekport, burned this morning. Loss, $100,000; insured for $300,000. The estimated loss will not exceed $200,000. The Roekport fire dejiartmont was unable to cope with such an extensive conflagration, but with the assistance rendered from Gloucester and Salem the picker room and store-house, containing 400 bales of cotton, were saved. Fire at Cleveland. Cleveland, Dec. 10.—The Union Tollingmill was mostly destroyed early this morning by fiTe, originating in the pumpingroom, supposed to be from a stove. Loss on building. $20,000; machinery, probably $50,000 to $60,000. Insurance not ascertainable to-day. Much of the machinery is thought to be left in.fair condition. Distribution to Rote-Holders. Nashville, Tenn., Den. 8. —A final decree was entered in the chancery court, to-day, by which $300,000 assets of the bank of tbe Htato of Tennessee are to he distributed to noteholders. Half a million dollars outstanding notes of this bank, issued during the war, are to be funded ..and made receivable lor taxes.

THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. fConclucied from First Page.) | of a fall no danger would ensue to the workmen. These tumbles are not dreaded, and are said to be frequent. A week since j a Baltimore beauty so dazed a workman I that in lifting his cap and stepping | back to let her pass he fell over, and in the ■ hammock, 400 feet above terra firrnn, conj tinued his admiringgaze with his cap still in j hand. The superintendent says that in five years the most serious accident has not been j more than a mashed tingeramongbis masons j and laborers. The height now to go is 145 feet. The base of tlie upper platform wilt commence when 500 is reached. This will be as high as the visitor can go. The interior of tlie monument is twenty-five feet-square, which continues to a height of 150 feet. Its dimensions are tlren increased 31 5-12 feet by the-width of the walls being reduced; from that point to the top the inner walls are perpendicular. The outer face of the walls has a batter or slope of one-fourth inch to tbo foot until they reach 500 feet. As before said, the ascent is made by an elevator, one of tbe Otis patent. It Iras a carrying strength of seventy-live tons, arid ttve wire cables would break only at a test of 150 tons. Even witli a break the safeguards are such as would prevent a fall of over ten incties. Yetthe superintendent says he has frequently had to stop, return and put men off, whose fears weresuch as to compel relief. He added that he never knew a lady to be unnerved in that direction. MINOR MATTERS. Rumor of General Gresham's Withdrawal from the Cabinet. Special to Pittsburg Commercial Gazette. Some Sharp politicians see in tlie proposed withdrawal of General Gresham from the cabinet, mentioned several days ago in the Commercial Gazette, an attempt to (relieve General Arthur’s candidacy from embarrassment. Judge Gresham has made rapid advancement as a possible presidential candidate, and is frequently mentioned as the only man who can carry Indiana. Ts he retires to the bench, as he proposes .to do, he will drop quietly out of the canvass. He might serve Arthur by retiring from the cabinet, but it is equally apparent, from his conversation on the subject, that be would also be pleasing himself. General Gresham has never found that satisfaction in Washington life and politics that he expected. Tbe worry and care and constant shouts of the office-seekers which attend his official life here are very unpleasant to him. “I can never get used to it,” he says, “and really don’t wish to. I was very foolish to leave the bench.” Washington's Leading Lady* .better in St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Mrs. Carlisle isa woman whocan fill any position. She isa Kentuckian, having been born in the city of Covington, ffiere their home now is. Her father was a prominent man in Kentucky, and was mayor of Covington for many years. Mrs. Carlisle inherits the splendid physique of the typical Kentuckian. She is five feet, nine inches in height, and straight.as an arrow. Her figure is as lithe as a young girl’s. She is blonde in complexion, with blue-grey eyes, set -rather deep under strongly-marked eyebrows. Her blonde hair is banged and worn slightly waved in the prevailing fashion. It is hard to realize that Mrs. Carlisle is tiie mother of two grown sons. Tlie eldest one was married last spring to a Covington young lady. Mrs, Carlisle is very croud of her “two boys.” as she always calls them. She has great faith in her hushand's political success, and has herself done a great deal to insure it. She has been as cool as her husband during the speakership struggle, and has not doubted for one moment that he would be the next Speaker. Mrs. Carlisle is perfectly straightforward and unassuming in manner. She is loyal to her friends and kind to every one. On the opening day of Congress, when her husband took the ehair as Speaker, 'Mrs. Carlisle sat in the front sent of the members’ gallery, tlie seat which is always reserved for the Speaker's family. She wore a brown cloth suit, trimmed with ostrich trimming, with mantel of tiie same. A small brown bonnet completed her costume.

Spencer’s Case in Court. Washington, Dec. B.—ln tlie Criminal Court tlie easeof ex-Senntor Spencer, emerged with contempt of court for -failing to appear as a witness in the star-route case, came up for hearing. Tire government interrogatories and Spencer’s answers wan read. Merrick said the government was preparing to present tile affidavitsof ex-Postmaster-general James, Van Vliirmer, late chief clerk of the Postoffice Department, and others, to the effect that Spencer told them Be had seen Dorsey pay money to Brady. judge Wylie said as this is not an examination before a jury, counter affidavits would he inadmissible. He regarded one point as settled —that was. Spencer was en- | deavoring to avoiil attendance at the starroute trial. In reference to the alleged understanding Spencer had with Garfield, the Judge said he could not recognize the right of the President to interfere witli tlie administration of justice. Tlie decision was reserved till Monday. Arrival of Senator Anthony. Washington. Dec. 9.—The venerable Sena- ■ tor Anthony arrived last evening in a private car. tendered by the Pennsylvania company. He is reported by bis near friends quite well, but still weak, though he walked unassisted from tiie car to his carriage. He was accompanied from New York by Commander Bartlett and another friend, and by Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate Christy. lie was received at the depot by Sergeant-at-Arms Bright, Senator Aldricii and Ben: Perley Poor. It is said by those near to hint that the Senator is willingand anxious to accept the presidency pro tem. of tlie Senate, of which he was deprived by the resignations of Senators Cockling and Platt, though his retention of the office would depend upon his health. His physicians prescribe rest for a few days, but it is thought lie will go to the Senate early next week. President Arthur called on Mr. Anthony to-day. Superintendent, of Foreign Mails. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Dec. 9.—Charles M. Walker, chief clerk of the Postoftice Department, it is said, will succeed to the office of superintendent of foreign malls, made vacant by the death of Mr. Blackfan. Mr. Blackfan was appointed superintendent of foreign mails on July 28, 1868, and hold the office nntil his death. In the department the office tnkes rank immediately after the Assistant Postmaster-general. The salary is $3,000 per annum. Senate Reorganization. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington. Dec. 6. —Whether the Senate will change the present subordinate officers is still an open question, but a decision may be reached at the caucus of Republican senators to be held to-morrow. Mr. McPherson, late Clerk of (the House, is named for secretary. which office is now vacant, and exRepresentative McCook is also mentioned in this connection. Gorham's friends claim

that a majority of the Republican senators are pledged to him. Canady, of North Care line, i3 strongly urged for Sergeant-at-arros, but it is reported that Mr. Edmunds and other Republicans are so.well pleased witli the conduct of this office by Mr. Bright that They are opposed to a change. Accidental Congressmen. j National Republican. J "Yes, they’re a very ordinary-looking lot j of congressmen,” said the Missouri statesman. “It don’t seem possible, to look at .their faces, that they represent the best brains of this country. I don’t believe they do. A good many of these ordinary, common-look-ing men on-the Democratic side are nothing; but accidents. They never expected to get here, and their constituents never expected to send them. They come from districts where a Democrat never was elected to any- | thing before and never will be again. These ] men were nominated because they had a lit- ! tie money which they were willing to spend for the privilege of running for Congress, so that they could tell their grandchildren about it. They were more surprised than anybody else to find themselves elected, and now, as you can see, they don't know what to do with themselves.” An Indignant Letter from Fitzgerald. Washington, Dec. 8. —N. W. Fitzgerald, one of the suspended pension attorneys, asked the Secretary of the Interior to disbar from practice, for unprofessional conduct, another pension firm, because they sent out circulars advising applicants for pensions to employ them in place of the suspended firm. In his letter Fitzgerald says: “They ought to be made to know how it is themselves on the subject of ‘suspended.’ The suspension of niv firm has already swept away a business, tiie resnlt of fifteen years’—the best years of my life—honest, faithful toil. It's bad enough to have been assassinated, but worse to have these carrion crows flapping their wings in exultation before the burial -of the corpse,” The Veterans Visit the President. Washington, Dec. B.—The Mexican veterans called at the White House this afternoon in a body, and paid their respects to the President. They were received in the East Boom and presented individually to the President by General Denver. The President said he was glad to see them, and felt it an honor to shake each by the hand. The veterans were escorted to and -from the White House by several posts of the Grand Army and Union Veteran corps. The veterans hold their next annual meeting at Br. Louis in October next. Four hundred persons sat down to the banquet given by the Mexican veterans to-night. Senator Logan responded to tlie toast, “The President of the United States.” Gar'.iugton's Romance. Washington, Dee. 8. Lieutenant Garlington, it is said, made his voyage to the arctic regions at the bidding of a lady, who, it is alleged, promised him her hand if he braved the terrors of tbe frozen North and brought back Greely from that sea by the pole. He was lately severely injured by being thrown from his horse near the old Soldiers’ Home, and was taken to the residence of the lady’s father to be nursed. It is intimated that this was another effort in the same direction. JHnwgate’s Washington Property. Special to tlie Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Dec. 9. —Tlie fact ha3 been made public here to-day that Captain Howgate is regularly paying taxes on real estate in this city assessed at $77,000. This would seem to indicate that be has recognized agents in the city, known, at least, to the collector’s office. Increased Duty on Tin Plates. Washington, Dec. B.—John Jarrett, president of the United .States Steel-plate Association, arrived here, to-day. Hia mission is to reopen the tariff question in order to secure an increase of the duty on tin plates, and will have tiie support of the Pennsylvania congressman. Tlie Rank of General. Washington, Dec. 9—Congressman Davis, of Illinois, will introduce a bill to-morrow providing for the promotion of General Sheridan to the rank of general of the army. General Hancock to rank as lieutenant-gen-eral. . Noted and Personalities. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Dec. 9.—Numerous petitions will be presented in Congress to-morrow from distillers in leading cities for the passage of a bill to extend the period for holding distilled spirits ill bond. John Bailey, for many years chief clerk of the House of Representatives, will soon be succeeded by Major Thomas 0. Towles, present printing and bill clerk of the House. Charles E. Lackor, oi New York, is appointed newspaper clerk of the House, and Peter K. Permit, of Indiana, superintendent of tbo House folding-room. The Prince of Wales and members of tlio executive committee of tlie. late international fisheries exhibition of London have conveyed to tlie American government a special expression of gratitude for the admirable manner in which the United States effectively responded to tlie appeal for co-operation and exhibition. Among the •postmasters commissioned dn Saturday was Price Odell, at Dego. Ind. Ex-Senator Yulee. who is building a hand • some and commodious residence in this city is accounted tlie wealthiest citizen of Florida, liis fortune being estimated at 53,000,000 Announcement is made of the engagement of Miss Helen riloan, of Oswego, and Lieutenant Dannenhower, of the Jeannette expedition. The Everglades Explorers. New Orleans, Dec. 9. —Tlie Times-Demo-rrat’s Puhta Rosa special says: The TlmesDemocrat’s Everglades expedition reached the gulf on tlie night of the sth of December, through Shark's river, and has just landed at this place from a schooner, which they chartered in Whitewater bay to convey them to this point. They liecame separated from the boat containing their provisions, which was manned by two of their men, on the night of the 6th. A large boat sent from Fort Myers to convey the party to this place on their exit from the everglades, remains behind to bring on the missing boat and men. Tbe expedition carried out the programme in every particular, under difficulties almost insurmountable. Everyman shows marks of the rough life endured, but all are in good health and spirits. They leave for Cedar Keys on the 13th. Steamship News. New York, Dec. 9.—Arrived: Celtic, Scbeidam, Nederland, Tire Queen. Queenstown. Dec. 9. —Arrived: Hnmmonia, City of Montreal, Britannic, Sarmatian. New York, Dec. 8. —Arrived: Do Stein man, from Antwerp; State of Pennsylvania, from Glasgow. _______ Horsford’B Acid Phosphatewell "pleased. Dr. C. Roberts. Winchester, 111., says: "I have naert It with entire sailsfaotion in eases ot debility from age nr overwork, and in Inebriate* and dyspeptics, and uui well pleased with itfc effects."