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1 Oontiaaei jftaa Ffzxt Tng wests ltive ts be eared for. AtTJtlea, 12 mile above here, TU families of lime born are still huddled together In one chorea ed ere sadly la msed of relief. Tbe town nerksvllle, 1 almost washed away. Tbe Kentucky Elver at Frankfort 1 re Mtttd rising vgals, en aoooairt ol yeater aiej's heavy reins. Oen.8axton, wbo la to charge of tbe Qor ernruent relief tnnd, is getting: ready to wtart rem the rfvce with a relief boat.

He ss wftlttaf speoae orders from Washington, nd nill not start before nttSralng. Tee river continues rising an lneh an keur, and baa, at 6 P. aC reached 46 foet.br She canal range. A veryoold wind la blow aatgend the wares are tnmbling down the snwndeted houses. The aoatheaatern part wf the cite Is' flooded from water from Bear "Grass Creek, bat not "badly.

Men have been employed building a eement wall around She tanks and vurinere ot the gas. works ii day, ead'there la not much ear 5a the warka shutting down. Aboct Mbo peepts are oat et their horses the local relief committees tare things well In bead, and there la not each aJTTlng. By transferring across the rivee, all of the railroada cm a till Tanning except the t.Xoala Airline. Inch by ind the water 'has cone np at Jefferson vflJe till nearly erery street haa disappeared.

If the water continues to rise at the present rate, by noon on Friday there will not be a dry spot la the town. The eight te moat appalling and dlatraaaing. Houses' aewe caved in, and handreda of people are huddled together in some building. Many remain in the aeeond stories, ehi verier; and Buffering from dampness and cold, cfec in many easea banger. The Penitentiary la still oat of water, bat If a lirC 3 more water eomea toe convicts will become flood sufferers with no where to go.

Vties, 1a almost ost or sight. The inhabitant hare fled to the hilla for safety. Clarksvllle la almoet depopulated. Kellef la coming in slowly. The local emmittee ia doing its beat under the cir nmstaneee.

Provisions and aabaoriptloas mrm coming in to day from Indiana, bat not enough for actual wants. All oommaoiea stea ia cut off except by boat and telegraph. The situation at Kew Albany is practically nneffan god. Oen. aaxton" will atart a Government re lief boat down the river at daylight on Fri day morning, with Major Kirk in charge.

OoL Kelgwlth lain charge of the dlstnbu tien. The boat will contain fall neoeaaltles, ud will go down as far as' Bhawneetown, ILL, supplying people on both aides of the river. AtEvaasvUle. KvAHSvrtLK, Feb. 14.

River rising stead fly; at 11 o'clock 40 feet 7 Inches 14 inehea below the hlgheat atage reached last year. JTo farther damage in this section reported. JSvanavlIle Is still several feet above the flood and in no danger. At Bhawneetown, nnding escape from the flood Impossible. 5 the levee was cat and water gradually ed mltted.

The town la now in three or four leet of water, and the citizens are either oc eupylng second storlea or leaving. Kvans vlUe and Cairo packets are a till running regularly, doing great good rescuing people, stock and perishable property. Unlontown is completely submerged and all business suspended people all living in wpper stories of buildings. Boats find great diineulty to load there, and citizens are opposed to any attempts. Weather clear and err The Wabash River is falling rapidly.

Fadncaa Is entirely surrounded by water, but there la no fear that the town will be submerged. BmlthXand and Caseyvllle are both in wa ter, and all eommunloation between the Aoases is carried on In skin's. The last reports from Bhawneetown show that no disasters have followed the over. flow. There was some suffering last night from the cold, it being difficult and in some eases impossible to procure fuel.

The same la true of other submerged towns. The weather this evening Is milder. Ia the Kaiawha Valley. Chabxestoi, W.Va., 14. The Gov ajrnment boat Bee.

which left here with provisions for the flood sufferers, yesterday, along the Kanawha Klver, returned late thia evening. The boat diatrlbated her eargo of provisions. At Leon and Point Pleasant the waters have reoded about six i xeet. The Kanawha at Point Pleasant leaves many houses upturned and twisted from aeir iounaationa. There were two heavy storms of wind and rain at Point Pleasant last night, which resulted In throwing several houses from their base.

Many families along the lower as well as at Point Pleasant, are left destitute and will have to be helped daring some time. The relief boats, four in number, from this city, have left enough provisions along the river, aed also at Point Pleasant, to feed the sufferers for five days. A relief boat will leave here for Maaon City and Hartford, on the Ohio, torn time to morrow with food and clothing for those places. The citizens of. Charleston have responded Aft WneeUsaT.

'Whxeliho, Feb. 14. The weather has teen cold here all day, adding to tne discomfort of the homeless victims of the flood. The worst of the suffering haa been relieved. Several car loads of coal, which da much needed, waa received to day from the Baltimore and Ohio Road.

Handsome donations were received from Cal ago to day. Employees of the Parkers burg and eston Boad contributed a day'a wages to the Daily Intelligencer relief fund. Twelve hundred persons are fed by the Be tematlo fraud, on the Belief Can, StWts of clothes, and ahoeaheT seventeen pairs of aaoes. "ij Sied assumed names. JMtlm Reck, Ark.

Little Bock, Feb. 14. The Arkansas has risen here one inch since 10 o'clock last might. The weather Is freezing, which will atop the flow of surface water lathe streams and cause a fall In a few days. Argenta, opposite this city, Is all under water, except a few high spots.

AU of the people living on the river front have moved. Mfe damage baa been done to mills or rail road property. Trains on the Little Bck aad For Bmlth Road will DO running through on Banday. Many plantatlona above and below the city are Inundated, and the people are mo lag to the hills. An Immense amount of and stock was destroyed on the bot tOHl Si At Ileleaa, Ark.

Helewa. Feb. 14. The river here at 4 P. M.

has stood at 42 feet on the gauge and i rising. The backwater from tha Mis oisslppl has reached the Iron Mountain Bailroad bridge at Longvllle. The river is rising at the rate of 3 Inches an honr. There la no doubt but what the Iron Mountain track will be overflowed and daily i railway ermmnjucatlon with Memphis will i be aaspeaded. The bottom Is only two miles wide and transfers may be made dur Mug uio wuLti) iijiido ui ifiia nigu water.

Kadlaoa, lad. Madisow, Feb. 14. The flood In the Ohie iciver attua point will probably reoh lta height to morrow mornlne. It is 2 feet bighaz than the.

flood of last year. The damace to property la thia city will be grealer than last year on acooont or the ad height ox tne water. Fa'aca. Kyi CArKfli, JH Feb. 14 The steamer Fowler (reports Us water oa the first floor ot the on Front street at Paducah aad jail lanaiB0a on the Kentucky side are nnder water, one there is no eanenng as iac peo jple have gooe to the nuis.

At Tetre sXurb. TJVRRE Bxvts. Feb. 14. At the citl ena' meetlnr S1I42 was inunediateiy a no aertbed or flood sufferers, aad eomBatttees wdpointed to canvass the city lor monty sndaaDDllea.

The American xDress ana Vandalia Road offer to carry ail on trio a Mmacsee. Grewth af the Belief Fsad. 5ooa, of Few York, has tiled a 01 repreaentatives of the laer ebaages for consultation regard Jt tMtye th "offerers mm tho sreTOr 1300 ad Travelers' Insuranoe er the relief of the flood tjfTrA or the Mrs. Lacretia Oaroald has coutrtbated The conunlttee Is forwardlns iiq! plies to various poln.e The Philadelphia committee of elttzens. which la raising funds for tha relief or the sufferers In the overflowtt district, has de c.izd to make Gallipolla te district centre of sappUes.

The annoonoed i at tie contribatlons to dat9 amounted to 4S. Jre Co mrn 2 t3 Cliief of the JPflaua'yl Vn. LBAiwtdA araald has ennfSTxS van la Department. Grand Army of the Be publlo, has telegraphed tha Department of Kentucky and the Department et Ohio to draw on kiss or tM each. KaUer Uavaaaeatta CrairanxxK, Feb.

At a public, tneet tng of the citizens at 11 o'otoek th'a mora lng a relief committee waa organized aad committees appointed wad eoatributloaa made. Tha steamer Isabella hfte been chartered, and. will leave with pv vis ions, clothing, at I P. M. for poln'cs below.

At other boat will be chartered, to visit points above, Tha Water Aramad Dallas. GSXVKSTOir, Texas, Feb. 14. A News Tal laa special says taat tha Trinity Rrver haa cvtrflowed lta bevnka. The only dryapot in Cfeie bottom Is ffiie pike leading west from Ue city to the bill.

lm Fork, between Dallas and Denton, has inundated the country for miles around. Five miles at trestllng on the Missouri Pacific Railway were washed away. Ail trains on the road nave been abandoned. There have been no malls from St. Louis and the ast since Banday.

A Vlralal Cactea Factory Dafti. Pbteksbuso, Vat Feb. 14. The wind atorm to day badly damaged the Battersea Cotton Manufacturing Company 'a building. Mnoh other damage waa done In this and adjoining counties.

The Rleo la the Saaqaehaaaa. Wilkebbarrk. Feb. 14. The Saeqne hanna haa risen 10 feet since last night.

It ia a till rising an Inch an honr. WASHINGTON. The Matter of Oompulaorj Pilotage. Tha LoalaUsa Ropreaeatatlves of the Sasar lataresta rsraoiAi. to thb Pia.TTma.l Washihgtoit, Feb.

14. The proposition to repeal the compulsory pilot law is under consideration by the House Committee on Snipping, and the committee has given hearinxa to persons interested in taat suo lect. mr. J. R.

Beckwlth, representing the ins pilots, and Mr. J. B. Blohard New Orleans eon, counsel lor tne new ungiaua amp Owners' Association, addressed the committee in relation to the proposed repeal. Mr.

Beckwlth opposed it, and Mr. Richardson made a long argument for it. Dt legatlons from other cities are to be heard. An Important conference was held to day In the room of the House Committee on Levees between the Louisiana members of the House and the delegations representing the sugar Interest. Besides the members or Congress, there were present Messrs.

Minor and Seattle, and also the Pinohbaok delegation, consisting of Gov. Pinohback.Dumont, Jim Lewis and Llggins. Mr. J. H.

Sypher was present by Invitation. Speeches were made by Mr. Ellis and others. The important question of course was the practicability of defeating the 2U per cent, reduction of duty contained in the Morrison tariff bill. The effect of the Interview 1 not very encouraging to some of the delegates present, and one of them said tonight that he had never till now realized the danger to the sugar Interest.

It Is now evident to all observing persons that the sugar interest is in Imminent danger of a heavy reduction; that it will be exposed if the tariff is to be revised at all this season, and some of the friends of LouUiaua say that the only practicable means of defense is to substitute for tariff revision a proposition to repeal the internal revenue duties In whole or part. LBy Associated Press. I The Investlsatlan of the Daavllle Election. Washington. Feb.

14. The Investigation of tiie Danville election riots was begun this morning, Congressmen Cabell and John 8. Wiser present. Walter B. Withers, colored, a policeman of Danville, testified that on Nov.

a a white man and a colored man got to fighting, and when they were separated the crowd remained. The whites were ranged in line along the curb and the colored were in the street. The whites had pistols In their hand a and eaid that tne colored men could get a fuss If they wanted, and if they did not leave some of them would get hurt. The negroes objected to lea vin say lng that the whites were trying to over ride them. The firing then began, the first ahots being fired on the colored people, who began to run, and the white men fired at them wherever they could see them.

None of the colored men had pistols. One man was shot dead and several were wounded. In consequence of the riot the oolered people did not vote at the election three daya later, fearing violence. The affidavit of the witness before the Committee of Forty was Incorrect In so far as it stated that the colored men had nsed firearms. It seemed that something had Deen added to the affidavit after ho had signed It.

Jack Budd, colored, chairman of the Republican Committee, testified that he was at Danville on the day of the riot. When the firing began be left hastily, afterwards returning to see what the result was. He was met by Col. Cabell, who asked where ho was going, CoL Cabell said, "This Is lust what I nave been telling you would happen." Ned Hatcher came along with another man and asked Cabell who he (the witness) was. Being informed, ii atone said.

Let me blow his brain sonUyTCi Cabell said "No.V ttS5oundrel leave here. HatChexSTTbnk wltniua. anl wit. Sc oees saw his white neighbors ffoln lnto Danville that night and returning with guns which they had procured in Danville. He saw them going to the polls on election day with the same guns.

Th colored people were thereby Intimidated and concluded not to vote. L. Livy, colored, saw white men drawn np along the curb with pistols aimed. He atarted away. The firing began and the colored men ran.

One was shot dead. Jack Budd came along and asked the oolered men: "What are you all running for! Dem white people's only bunin' powdah." Witness replied Wats de meaning of dat dead man ovah dah, if day don't mean harm 1" The witness described the maltreatment of Jack Budd by Hatcher and others, and the threats made to himself on the same day by the white people. Witness did not Tote because of fear inspired by the riot. W. white, testified that a row occurrnd on Nov.

3 between a white man and a negro, which led to a riot. When the fight began there were but three white man and some fifteen negroes on the street in sight. At the climax there were between two and three hundred negroes and about fifteen white men. In witness's opinion had the white men shown fear they would all have been murdered there. Witness saw two or three pistols among the negroes.

Witness emptied five chambers ot his pistol at tha crowd of negroes, and would most assuredly de so again under like He did not know whether he hit anybody or not. A. H. Blunt thought that the whole trouble between the races arose from the Insolence of the negroes. He thought that If Senator Sherman and Congressman Wise had seen their daughters slapped along the sidewalk as witness had seen those of respectable men in Danville they would want to leave Virginia.

He had seen a white man escorting a white lady to church or the opera and a negro man burst right through their arms." Dr. W. B. Temple testified that he was in the Opera Hone when the trouble boan. When be got out in the street he saw fifteen or twenty.white men confronting an infa nated moo or negroes.

The latter were violent, threatening and shouting oat mat they could shoot aa well as the whites. Tne white men fired a volley which the negroes returned and on the firing of a second vol ley Dy tne wmtes tne negroes ran, urtng as they ran. Witness was armed and fired with the rest. He fired four ahots into the crowd of negroes. He said he was obliged to do it.

Ha did not make any inquiries as to the cause of the trouble. He only saw ten or fifteen of fellow citleensxontendlng against a mob ncurroes. and ho took sides with his own wonle. Witness had bought a sUtol mmth before this thing occurred. It was.

he said, a notorious Xaoc that the aagroea were, armed, ana tney itns wbimw uu taken: measures for their own preservation. When witness fired his pistol ho fired right into the prowd. He did not kno whoa ho hit. witness A aa taren pin in tao uucunma vhtnii nrMaded this riot. Like every otasr good citizen, be said that he wanted to get rid of tha terrible miserable government they bad.

He said that every white mn. woman and child had been enlisted In the fljrht vt rid of the government they. complained of, and bad promised Implicitly wooer US oraera oi tawir leaaan. had been warned by every mania authority to avoid any collision if theycoald. Secretary lAaealaCs Relief Plans.

WimvflTn.tH 14. Tm ftaemtarr of War explained the IJonso Com Tilt tee on I Vol slievtna the sufferers by the floods alane Ha Aik Wwie Hw said that one boat with provisions and elotbJng had been sent from Pittsburg. Two boats, one up stream and the, other down, will be sent out to night from. Clncin ti One boat will be sent from Louisville to day to aid sufferers between that city and vansvllle and a fifth "boat to run towards Cairo will be ordered, from vans vine aa soon as poswoie. tta exnected also to have two additional mtkt.

fretm different taolnta alonr the Ol io as sods aa ha could arranre for them. The committee will repsrt in favor of an appropriation of at least 9500,000 to morrow. The Fattfltlea af tha 2avernaneat IleUeY Fawd. WasnTNGTOK, Feb. 14.

Secretary Lincoln Mtimiwi that the nurehaae of auoDlles by the Mayors of the various to wna along tha Ohio River, and the expeditions to the auf erera from nneoura; ana ijouiavuie, wiu aggregate $180,000, leaving 120,000 of the appropriation to be expended by Gen. Rnrkwith. who is in charge at Cincinnati. The Secretary has requested Gen. Beckwlth to send him an estimate of what he will be able to accomplish with that amount, and has suggested his conferring with Hon.

Kicnara emitn, or lanotnnati, as to the best course to pursue. Barceoa General HaaallteVa Answer to the Charaee of the Natiaaal Board af Health. Washington. Feb. 14.

Surgeon General Hamilton, of the Marine Hospital Service, appeared before the House Committee oa Public Health to day. to answer the charges made againat him by Waring, Secretary of the National noara or tieaitn. One of the charges was that the Surgeon General waa unskillful. To this Dr. Hamilton replied by reading a letter rom the National Board of Health, written ahortly after their organization, ashing him to glre them the benefit of his experience in quarantine matters.

In referenoe'to the charge against him that he had sought to control public oplniefn, he denied the Imputation and asserted that the President of the National Board of Health, Dr. Cabell, had attempted to pack this oommlttee so that no person adverse to the board could be heard. Dr. Cabell admitted that he had written a letter to the Speaker on the subject of the committee, but disclaimed any attempt to pack it. At this point there was considerable excitement and commotion, not unmixed with amusement.

Several members of the committee spoke upon this new turn of art' ilrs, and Mr. Davla, the chairman, said that Dr. Cabell had asked him if he would serve upon the oommlttee, but that if there was any implication that he bad been placed on it through any improper lnrlaenoe, he would Dr. Hamilton said that he did not believe the oommlttee had been packed, bus hi wanted to show that the attempt had been made. He said further that the appropriation for the local boards of health was a oorrup tlon fund, and it was understood that these boards were to support the hands that fed them.

He stated that the responsibility for the introduction of yellow fever into Fatt sacola in 1882 rested on tae local oard of Health, a protege of the National Board. He showed, lu relation to Waring, the Secretary of the National Board, that the board employed him to write essays on tha prevention of the introduction of sewer gas into houses, knowing that Warning held Beveral patents on that very subj dot. Dr. Hamilton further said that when the yellow fever prevailed at Brownsville, and Dr. Murray, of the Marine Hospital Service, was workin niiht and day to relieve tne sufferings of the sick and lng.

Dr. Smart, Secretary of the National Bjord, was writing letters trytDg to get evidence to weaken the quarantine service. He called oa Dr. Smart, who sat near by, to deny this, but he was silent. The Sessien af the Edacatlenal Cenven tlea.

Washington, Feb. 14. The final session of the Convention opened this morning. After the discussion of several papers the association took a recess to oall upon the President and the Secretary of the Interior. At the Weite House a special reception was accorded the membera by the President.

Gen. Baton, Commissioner of the Bureau of Education, introduced Hou. B. L. Butcher, who in turn introduced the delegates to the President.

Gen. Katon spoke of the delegates as representing 6,000,000 of children, aud of the President's experience as a teaoher. The President responded, saying that among the pleasanteat recollections of his life were the remembrances connected with the time of bis school teaching. He felt that the greatest help to the administrative fnnotions of the Government came from the educators of the people. He also said that the permanence of our institutions depended upon the education of the youth of the nation.

At the close of the address the Convention returned to the church" and resumed tbeir session. Col. Bogers, of New Orleans, addressed the association on.theleduoatlonal depart ment of the eamlni Exposition in that ultv A number of papers wererd uiTdTa cuesea, ana tne onjjn7V'Tiadtonrned. An informalatherlng ef the Saperin tendents Tner frlenda took Diane at the tnis evening. Haw Gaoas la Beaded Waraaaasea Are Affected by the Tariff" Resalntlan.

Washington. Feb. 14. The Attorney Gen eral haa decided that sugars which remained in bonded warehouses at tne time tQ9 new tariff went into effect, but which had beea in bonded warehouses beyond three years from the date of importation, are not enti tled under the new tariff act to reduction of duty, nor are they entitled to the privileges of exportation. He also holds' that goods remaining in bonded warehouse beyond three years from the date of importation, whether the duties have been paid or not, are to be regarded aa abandoned to the Government, and should be sold at publlo auction.

Ooafirmattaaa. Washington, Feb. 14. The Senate has confirmed the following nominations Robert J. Stevens, Consul at Victoria Albert Scbunemann, Receiver of Public Moneys at Preecotr, Arizona.

Postmasters John B. Budd, Houma, La Llent. Khoaes's Preaaetiea. Washington, Feb. 14.

The President has directed the promotion of Lieut. Rhodes, of the revenue cutter Dexter, for his gallant conoact on tne occasion or tne wrecic oi tne City of Columbus. TRADE AND TRAVEL. The Mississippi to be Brlased at Reck Ialaad, 111. i DesMoineb, Feb.

14. A company hat been organized, with a capital of $100,000, to construct a railway bridge over the Mississippi Biver, from Bock It 1 And to Daven poit. The Lease af the Lehlsa Valley Dead Denied. Philadelphia, Feb. 14.

The officials ot both the Lehiga Valley and Pennsylvania Railroad Companies deny the report that the former road has been or Is to be leased by the latter. AUD CASUALTIES. The Bailor af the Hot Springs Horse Bboa Attacked by two Gamblers whei He Had Written Up. hot cpkings. Ark Feb.

14. A shooting uojurwu iai luac Between M. Harris and Charles and Tom Shannon. growing out ol the assassination or last Baiuraay. uirni is eaitor or the Morning avmcuwf wiu uibnri uBBoanoea tno assassination and all connected witn it.

Watson was especially denounced yesterday, the Horse Shoe charging him with being fugitive frem Carlisle, where he Is nnder indictment for murder, arson and burglary, under his right name, Charles Faulk. Last night while Harris was In a saloon Watson, aoeompanied by Shannon, entered through the back door. The instant they appeared, Harris drew a revolver an ordered them to throw np their hands, aad at the same tUue backing toward the door passed out. He started for bia office and had gone hnt a few steps when Watson rushed to tne m'd aie or tne street ana opened fira on htm. At the same time Snannoa ran.

and aUorirl. Harris began firing at Shannon, who re treated into the saloon. Harris went to his office and procured a Winchester ria. hit Derore aa eouia ase it tne omosrs interfered afid plaoed him nnder arrest. At the examination of the two Prnltts.

Alllsoa. Luoaa. Lanntng. Hvail and Dale, progress! before Circuit Jal fo Woods, flva wit nesses were Tae I Vproprlatlona thia afternoon nla plans for testimony is very damaging to tke. prisoners.

Murphy A Kt oior rv present the defense, while the State's Attoney. Henderson, and Davies Latta act fbr the people. A general feeling ef eonudeB.ee exists that the lamination will be Impartially and honestly carried out. A Haw Tark Central Frelsht Train Tela scaped. HtrDSOw.

N. 14. A freight train on the New York Central, while taking water this morning, was telescoped by an extra freight train. The engine was damaged and a caboose destroyed. Two ors were burned.

No one injured. Loss, $13,000. Theft af a HaaaUaaatle CaUocttaa. Cleveland, Feb. 14.

A skilled cracksman last night stole from the office of Dr. H. Bralnerd the finest numiamatto collection in Ohio, embracing every coin Issued by the united states except seven pieces. MISCELLANEOUS. The Crushed Manager.

new york, feo. 14. Mr. Abbey will re tire from the management of the Metrooitil tan Opera House next May, and Gye, the Metropolitan lmpressarlo, will probably take the lease. The statement Is made that the Metro politan Opera House shows a defioitof 478, ana tne directors nave oraerea an as sessment of sssoo apiece on the stookhold ers.

It is stated that Mr. Abbey has lost steadi ly this season, and that tue largest receipts have not exceeded tao.000 in one week, whereas the expenses have been estimated at not less than 330.000 a week. Floods In the West have proved especially disastrous to his enterprise, and It is doubtful if he can pay expenses where last year uapieson made a clear profit or neetlag af tha National rjalen Leasee. New "Yohk, Feb. 14.

Gen. James. 8. Negly, President of the National Union League, has called a National Council to meet at Washington, March 6. Aaron Bernstein.

London, Feb. 14. Aaron Bernstein, the German publicist, is dead; aged 72. FOREIGN NEWS. GREAT BRITAIN.

The St. ajtephea's Club Dinner. London, Feb. 14. At a banquet given at St.

Stephen's Club oa Wednesday night, in connection with the unveiling of the but of the late JEarl of BeaconsHeid, the Marquis of Salisbury, Sir Stafford Northoote, Viscount Cranbrooke and Edward Gibson were the principal speakers. The Marquis of Salisbury said that in spite of the Radical threats of abolishing the House ol Lords, the country would always appreciate that body while It continued to give sincere, impartial and Independent opinions and did not remain content slmoly to register the decrees of the caucus ridden Commons. He paid an eloquent tribute to the garrison of Slnkat, declaring that after having eaten the last bit of garbage, those men were massacred because they had trusted England too much. Sir Stafford Northoote satd lhat it ap peared that Great Britain waq on the eve of a second Bgyptiau war. He hoped the voice of the country would support th outspoken verdict of the House of Lords.

The aim of the Government seemed to be to think tbat responsibility to its constituents demand their verdict. Ceaanrea ef the Press. London, Feb. 14. The Times article blames the Marquis of Salisbury and ttlr Stafford Northoote for not boldly declaring their policy.

After referring to the unveiling of the bust of BeaconsHeid, last evening, at the St. Stephen's Club, it concludes by saying The nation is left to lo for the policy of the Conservative party in the speeches of the Marquis of Salisbury and Sir Stafford Northoote, and to look in vain. The Parnelllte View of the Demtnitra. Ilea Against Davltu London, Feb. 14 The Post says that the Parnellltea are much gratified at the demonstration against Michael Davitt in New castle on Tyne, because Davitt disclosed the fact tbat the signature of his name to the "no rent" manifesto was forgery, and because he has always condemned the man ifesto.

Aa Assault en the Premier la a Leaden Street. London, Feb. 14. Mr. Gladstone was the subject of an unpleasant experience this afternoon.

He was walking lu Bond street, unattended, on his way to the House of Commons, when suddenly a man seized him by the collar and brought him to a stand still. Mr. Gladstone, with some difficulty, shook off his assailant and continued on foot to his destination It is asserted that the mrrrda the at laca oil a wgcf. London Lit era tare. London.

Feb. 14. Ten thousand copies of the ill st edition of the Queen's diary were sold en the first day. A second edition will be ready by the end of the month Matthew Arnold will publish his Impres sions or America," aiong wna tne lectures he delivered while in the nlted States The Dennaclatlen ef the Geverameats Ksyptlan Policy, London, Feb. 14.

A meeting, attended 6y 1 5,000 people, was neid at Hhenieid last night. The Mayor presided. A resolution was adopted denouncing the Egyptian policy of tne Government as a sacrifice ot the national honor and prestige The Geverament'e Strength la the Hease ef Commons. London, Feo. 14.

It is expected that a division in the Commons on Northcote's motion censuring the Government for its Kgyptian policy will be taken on Monday, The Government anticipates a majority of nity. Braalaash'a Oppeasnt. London, Feb. 14. Fail, Dissenter, will become a candidate In Northampton against Bradlaugb.

He appeals to the Dissenters having casting votes for support. THE WAR IN EGYPT. The Rebela Becoming Demoralized Suakim, Feb. 14. News of the dispatch of British forces is spreading rapidly aud the rebels are cispersiug.

The Ceuacll of State Baepreaaed. Caiuo, Feb. 14. An official decree has been promulgated suppressing the Council of State. Gen.

Wood declares that if the Khedive's troops are thought unfit to flht alongside of the British they had better be ait binded. British Treeps for Bervlce in Soudan. London, Feb. 14. A battery of the First Brigade of Artillery at Chatham has been placed on lull footing for foreign service.

GER3IANT. The Meetiag ef the Reichstag. Bermn, Feb. 14. The Reichstag meets March 3.

Bismarck returns to town before the end of February. Comments of the German Freas Upon the American Reprisal Leslalati Berlin, Feb. 14. The Nord Deutsch Zeitnss says, editorially, that the bill in regard to hog products now before the American Congress is calculated to pain lujuy aneot uermans wno nave tne national interests at heart. The sting of the bill Is palpably directed against Germany alone, Germany has always maintained a friend ly disposition toward America and does everything possible to show her friendship, Tbis sudden anti German attidude on the part of America excrtes in us regret and astonishment.

We do. not assama that American statesmen are disposed to enter. tain the opinion that Ger.nany oan be in duced, by reprisals or threats to rescind the measures enioroea in me interest or puouo health. An independent Government can only reply to any attempt at intimidation by counter reprisals, consisting in increased customs and duties affecting the intercourse between the two conn tries. HBXXCO.

Fight srltb Saaaaglere near Matanaere Mexico. Feb. 14. A dispatoh from Mata moroa. Mexico, says that a desperate flnt occurred oa Tuesday, about ao mties rrom here, between customs orBsers and guards and a gang of smugglers, ia which.

Mj Pabeios and one of his iusa were badly wounctort. Two smugglers were killed and several wounded. The remainder of the amugglej'S fled, leariog behind giOOJ of dry goods and a number of harass and moles. 0FAL3T. The Treaty Vita the Halted States MAPKiD, Feb.

3U. The Co tTeapand'm'ile says The commercial convention with tha 3 nlted States was signed last evening. It akes effect Mreh l.wxeept certain clauses which sue rel erred to the meeting of the Cortes, The Relief ef taw Workmen aa tneTeer. Paris. Feb.

14. The Municipal Council roted 50,000 francs for the relief of homeless workmen, and requested Parliament to grant 1,000,000 francs for the relief of the poor. Club Seaeamle la Pails. Pabis. Feb.

14. Tne name of the club In which gambling scandals occurred is the Petit Cerele. The lives as well as the court cards were marked. The amount of eecurl ties found nnder the valet's bed Is bow said to have been 1,000,000 francs. Leea Say for the SHalatry.

Pabis, Feb. 14. M. Leon Say had an Interview with Prime Minister Ferry. It is believed M.

Say will become Minister of Finance. M. Leon Say denies the report that netts to enter the Ministry. AUSTRIA. The Government Decides te Reeert te Milder Measares la lta War TJpea Socialism.

Vienna, Feb. 14. In the lower house of' the Austrian Beichsrath, the Minister of the Interior said that the exceptional law would be applied solely to stop the plottlngs of Anarchists, and to proteet oitizens from assassination. Socialism, he thought, could be cured In some other way than by the suspension of literty, and the Government was considering plans to bring this about. RUSSIA.

The Oath ef Sabmlsslea. St. Petersburg, Feb. 14. The tribes of Merv have taken the oath of submission and fidelity to Bossla.

Uafertaaate Fishermen. London, Feb. 14. it is reported that a mass of lee near the Caspian Sea, upon which some fishermen were working, was carried out to sea. All the fishermen are believed to have been drowned.

TOMQtJIlf. The Hal PhaeagSalgea Cable Completes. London, Feb. 14. It is announced tht the cable between HalPhaong and Saigon has been completed.

THB RIVER. Natchez, Feb. 14. Special to the Picayune Biver 38 feet 3 inches and rising. Departed np: Richardson at 8 A.M.

Arrived np: Patrol. None down. St. Louis, Feb. 14.

Arrived Montana from the Tennessee Biver, City of St. Louis from New Orleans. Departed: Belle ot Memphis for Vicksburg. The river has risen 3 feet a Inches, and is now 14 feet 4 inches by the gauge. Weather clear and cold.

Memfhis, Feb. 14. The river rose 4 Inches. Departed Annie P. Silver for St Louis at 5 P.

Kn te Adams for Arkansas Cir.y At P. lla Klmbrough for Cairo at 8 P. M. Weather clear and freezing cold. THE PASSES.

Port Bads. Feb 14, Noon. Wind narth west and strong. er Arrived: Steamship Algiers, Percy, mister, from New York, to Morgaa's LouUi and Texas Railroad and Steamship Cjji pany. Sailed Steamship Morgan City for New York.

Port Bads. Feb. 14, 6 P. M. Wind northeast and fresh.

No arrivals. Bailed: Steamship Federlco, for Liverpool. METEOROLOGICAL LOCAL ELBOOiKO SIGNAL 8KKVIOE, V. S. A.

BiJUW UH.UCA.INei, Feb. 14, 1854. Time of Ther DiTttotnon State ot observation. mometer. of wind.

N. N. weather. Cloudf. Cloudy.

Fair. A. a p. 48.0 46.9 43 5 10 P. N.

WTlnm 62 lInHimm 48. The following order has been received at this station: The Ohio has risen 14 inches at Cincinnati, where it is 71 feet inch 19 Inches at Louisville, 15 inches at Evansvllle, and 9 inches at Cairo, where it is 48 feet 4 Inches. The Mississippi has risen 26 lnohea at St. Louis. 4 inches at Memphis and 13 inshes at Vicksburg, where it Is 46 leet 7 Inches.

At cnattanoora the river has fallen 3 feet: the Arkansas has rlsln 5 Inches at Little Bock, and the Bed 31 inches at Shreveport. xne unio win continue to rise at points below Cincinnati. The rivers are generally higher than they were last year when the water reached Its maximum height at Cincinnati. The indications are that tha floods In tfha MAUPP! pf0ve very destructive within the next three weeks. Property should be removed to points of safety.

Publish generally. A PICK.POCK.Er. At 10 o'clock last night. Detectives Gaster and Fruthaler arrested one W. D.

Town send at the Louisville and Nashville Ball road depot, for attempting to pick pockets. Townsend was lodged la the Harbor Station as a suspicious character. If you want to spend a pleasant evening, enjoy yourself and assist a good cause, attend tbe Continental Guards Bazaar, now being held at Washington Artillery Hall. Doran's Record The Hot Springs correspondent of the 8t. Louis Republican says: From what your correspondent tan learn.

Major Doran has had a bad career. He is a native of Kentucky, and was a brave and daring maior lathe Confederate army nnder Gen. Breckinridge. His career put In the form of a novel would surpass the most improbable of d. Wheeler's fictions.

In 1869 he was in Mem Shis, where he killed Eugene AVhlt eld, a young man of good family and mach promise. Whitfield had the management of some property, and in tbe course of his business rented some rooms to Djran. He had trouble with Daran about the rent, and the latter wrote a card and published It In tne Avalanche, calling Whitfield a liar. Whitfield sought hi in his room the next morning, burst open the door aad found him lying in bad with a prostitute. When the door was thrown open, Doran jerked out a pistol from uider bis pillow and shot Whitfield, kUling him Instantly.

For this homicide he was acquitted. He next stationed himself at Malvern, where he and a gang of desperate men, among whom were the notorious 8herman and fleeced the vistt trs to Hot Springs and held the town in ear They continued to commit their robberies until their crimes became notorious throughout the country. Gov. Garland was finally cotnpeUe.l to take decisive steps to suppress these rnf beries, and sent Gen. B.

C. Newton to Malvern, with authority to use the militia and stop it at any cost. He aoconipli mcd bis mission by driving them out. He ha 1 an Interview with Doran and emphatically ld him that he would mate no concessions and that he must leave the town immwdlatefy. Doran, recognizing the state of affairs, departed with the rest of the gang.

next figured before the public at Sherman. Tens. where he killed a policeman. ine umcago Tribune says: A. B.

ioran. the gambler wbo was itnglieared la the wholesale shooting affray In Hot Spring. tbe particulars of whion were detailed in the Tribune's dispatches yesterday, was a resident of Chicago about a year ago. While here he bad an altercation with a barber at the Palmer House aud npanlr proclaimed himself to bea very bal" to. Upon this proclamation the Chloago barber sailed into him and whtppsd him bvltr; giving him a black eye remarkable for it size and coloring.

Doran was not hoard from here after that. The new Italian Penal Cola abolishes capital punishment, Fro.n i ut to 1874, when the application of the dtatit sentence In fact ceased, the folio wing number of capital sentences wera pronounced: In 1866. 81 persons were eondemond tnilaith butnone were executed. In 1837. persona Were executed out Of 75 nnmlrunnAil im 73 condemned, and only 7 executed; nn fewer than 111 sentences ef death were passed, but Pnly 4 persona worn ernnf.i 1870, ioa cemdemned, exeoetsd; 1871, uj condemned, 3 executed.

1872. 41 condeoisad, executed 1873. 73 condemns. 1 1874a 87 condemned, ttxAtttitl. following years the capital snten'tos wer not less in number, bnt no on a euted.

Berlin artists procure their mo.leia tbrai rh an agent Wbo Is known hanrianmA AdOlph." Of lata Berlin hia bAnoain nnice an artistic centre, and medaia demand. A model exchanea ta fir nriM la held periodically; Orleans Trip 2Inj7lAfldV too All the arrangements of thetth Regiment tm. N. are made for the New Orleans xrip. The regiment will leave Baltimore from Union Station on the morning of Feb.

M. Immediately after midnight. They will pass through Washington and Alexandria, and arrive at Lynchburg for breakfast at 8 o'clock. Danville will be reached at 1 o'clock P. when lunch will be served on the cars.

Late dinner, will be served for the regiment at the Central Hotel. Charlotte, jr. O. Atlanta, Oa, will be breakfasting place on the morning of Feb. 33.

At Atlanta the regiment will hare four hours, during which It wttl parade. At Montgomery. Ala late dinner will be served, and there will be a stoppage ot two hours. Breakfast on Feb. 34 will be taken at Bay Rt Tnia uul t.hA MimmiDd will arrive at ICo nr A.lA.na hAtVMn 9 and 10 O'olOOk On thO same morning.

The train wiu eonaiaa ox sleepers, two ouar ear hw vm hurnm KAAb I SSDST hSS twelve OOm partmenta and accommodates forty eight eleepera. In New Orleans the members will take their meals at the St. Charles Hotel and sleep at tbe St. Louis Hotel. The trip Includes six working days, a Sunday aud a holiday.

So far 170 are enrolled to go, but It is thought 200 will be oa the lists before the start is made. The companies have been ordered to assemble ia full dress uniform for Inspection at armory on drill nlghtu from Feb. 11 to Feb it. New helmets will then be Issued. Company leads off to night.

A number of tight blue, dark blue and red badges with appropriate gold orna mentation and inscriptions have been pre pared for the members to give to their New Orleans rrienns. on tnem is a orescent ana the date of tbe Mardl Gras. Feb. 26. 1884.

Seven new members were proposed Satur day nlgnt. Jiaatmore nun, jreo. 11. Details ef the Murder of Cl. R.

D. Boykin. The following are gathered as the details of the murder alluded to in yesterday's paper as taxing place last Tuesday even ing Col. Boj kin went to the porch in front of his home a while after dark. As he turned back he was shot.

The murderer was under the house, and rising up, had his gun so near Col. Boykln's body that the wadding went Into tbe wound and his skin was powder burnt. He lived alone, there being at the time oniy.a little negro Doy in the house with him. The boy was frightened naii out 01 nis wits, out later summoned nerve enough to run to his mother's hut near by and tell her of tbe deed. CoL Boy kin was found dead by her wheu she reached the nouse.

The next morning the search for the fiend began, and in Bobbias's quarter one negro acted very suspiciously ana ran on. tie was tracked up by his shoe mark, and once before the crowd a Mr. Aid ridge took him aside ana oiuntiy etartiea aim witu way did you kill Col. Boykin 1" He acknowl edged it: said he did not know It waa suou a crime, and said ho was hired to do so by a wnite man named snaver. ine negro fur ther confessed that aoaver naa orterea mm and another negro 835 to commit the mur der; tbat they tried to do it the night be fore, but failed to get a good cuauoe.

It appears that Shaver even gave him tha powder necessary to load the gun. Botti negroes and Shaver were promptly arrested ana are now in jail in oamaen. 'mere was a tendency manifested to lynch them, but better counsel ed. As to the motives for the aot, they appaar to be as follows Col. Boykin had a great deal or open lana ana little timoer.

tie was protected from the depredations of others' stock by a stock law. This law was very disagreeable to 8haver, who lived near by, and there bad been some litigation and misunderstanding between them. Shaver Is reported to be a very low man, aud he conceived an intense hatred for his inurdored neighbor. The negro whom he selected to do the killing had been convicted of stealing corn from Col. Boykin, and was engaged in working out his fine and costs for the aot.

He was, therefore, an easier tool In tbe hands of the whiter faced, but blacker hearted devil. Thus was deprived of lire a good man, and it Is expected that the majesty of tbe law lu Wilcox will be vindicated by due punishment for such an unprovoked, deliberate murder. Sclma CAla.) Times. A Young Man Shot by a Companion. A dispatch from Norwich, Feb.

10. says: This afternoon F.V. Conant, Alfred McClellan, and a friend named Button took a drive through tbe city. Returning to Co nant's home, on Elizabeth street, Button drove the horse to the tables while Conant asked McClellan to go to a shed near by to see a pony. A few minutes later two snots were heard, and McClellan ran from the 6bed, crying "Murder!" Conant appeared, pursuing him, and fired a.

third shot. McClellan ran across the street and fell dead in the gutter. One ball hit him In. the leg, another passed through his hat, and the third through the heart. Conant examined the" body to make sura of death, put up the revolver, walked to the First Baptist Church, of which his wife is a member, and entered tbe conference room.

His wife was speaking as he entered. He took a seat and sent a boy to oall her, and when she followed him to the vestibule he eaid 1 have killed Al McClellan." She is reported to have exclaimed, "My God I I never thought it would come to this." They then returned home together, where Conant was arrested. He gave the officers the revolver and accompanied them peaceably to the station house. It Is rumored that a second woman some weeks ago told Conant that his wife and McClellan had been intimate before Conant married her. It is also rumored that Conant bad been seeking oppor.

tunities to meet McClellan ever since. ur lng the drive this afternoon, Button says' both men were exceedingly friendly. Co, nant had been a salesman in the dry goods house of Hislop, Portens Mitchell, and is 85 years old. He has a boy 5 years old. McClellan was a professional athlete.

He has traveled with Edmund Rice, of New York, nnder the name of Bice Brothers." He has been with Tonr Pastor and Iori. He bad an engagement with Barnum. He was 27 years oia. ine corean Prince Mln ZongTin is un able, according to the Paris correspondent or tne uaiiy to snow nimseir la ail the splendor of bis state robes in the Paris lan salons. Having lost his fine clothes on his Journey, he Is obliged to dress, when he pays visits, in a European suit, fitting htm uncomfortably.

He thought tbe Madeleine cnuron a tneatre, ana tne piay mere auu. He Is thankful to have been born in the far thest Bast and reared according to its philosophy and customs. Western civilization appears to him to entail heavier sacrifices than it is worth, and not to conduce to general happiness. He does not desire to go ahead like the Japanese, but to. advance with slow and stead pace.

Lord Walter Campbell, eon of the Duke Argyll, enjoys the distinction of being the first lord to become a London broker. Tbe Ken Absolutely Pure. Wholesale by 1 i VlTa etc JCdaiJla? tfc ZIKGUEJsV Orleans. Eoma Items. "All your own faisY Tf yen remain sick when yoa can' vet aop bitters toac aever au.

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Paralytic nervona. tiwmnlAn. ladies are made rwrfmrlr nni.t sprightly by rising hop bitters. Je24 8 Sn2tawW A REAl. SKIN CURE.

There la only one. and that with alair name. "My tkrin, which hat ben covered Italy tore, hat become clean, ttnooth and toIt iay i. juy nantuwere covered oUK UttU stab. 7 hey have disamaeareA.

ami ftm. lr than I have been for twenty yeart, tut no St. Xe tbn't Skin Cure." A. M. Noble.

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Si, at druggists. had Bait Jtheum for 19 yeart. Four vac' aaet of Dr. Benton' Skin Cure entirely eared mm jt. y.

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El at drugs lata, Dr. Benton't Skin Cure eradicated my pit. plet. They utect to break out continually. Btet T.

Harrison, Kocbtster, it. y. $1 at druggist Dr. Benson's Skin Cure Consists ot Intent: and external treatment at same time, and i makes the skin white, aoft and smooth, contains no poisonous drugs, si at druggist, For four yeart I suffered agony frtf a tlci dUeate. Dr.

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A. Andrews. Att'y at Law, Ash to 111. $1 at druggists. Dr.

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Dr. Benton' Skin Cure hat driven away a eruption and I'm nearly well." Ida C. Youn Hamilton, UL C. 17. Crittenton.

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