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COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 17, I860
PRICE FIVE CENT
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Special to Euqntrei>Bnn
Washington, March 16 -Under
the call of stsves the folinwirg mile
arid resolutions were introduced and
referred :
By Oates, of Alabama—Amending
the ru;es so ns to prohibit the speak*
<r fnm leceiving any resolution au
thorizing the appoiniment of a com
mittee to accompany the remains of
any deceased representative or sen
ator beyond the corporate limits of
the ci f y of Washington.
By Rowell, of Illinois—To amend
the act to prohibit the Importation of
contract labor.
By Bynum, of Indiana-Granting
to the widow of Thos A Herdrfcks,
late vice president of the United
Stalls, odc year’s salary of aaio < ffi )e
less the amount paid to Mr Hendricks
in his life lime.
By Henderson, cf North Carolina—
To moderate the horrors and cruelty
of ins punishment imposed lor the
violation of internal revenue laws.
By Reid, of North Carolina—A
preamble reciting the passage of
the Blair tducation bill ot the
senate, and a report that the bouse
committee on education has post
poned its consideration till the third
Monday in April, a time when
the session may be too far advanced
to secure the proper consideration of
the bill, declaring that it is undemo
cratic, uurepubllcan, unjust and uls
fair to prevent aotiou on a bill by un
usual delay in reporting it to tbe
bouse, and directing the committee
on education to report the bill forth
with with such recommendation as
it may see proper
By Skinner, of North Carolina—To
provide an inland water way from
New York to Florida
By Cox, of N»th Carolina—To se
cure au equitable classification of the
government officers and employes in
Washington,
Blanu, under instructions from the
committee on coinage, weights and
measures, moved to suspend the rules
and adopt the following lesolutione:
Tnat nouse bill 5960, for the free
ooinage ol silver be made the speoial
order for Saturdays, tbe 20.h and tbe
27th inst,, and Saturday, April 3J,
and tbe same to be again taken up
Tuesday, April 6ch, after the morn
ing hour for consideration of bills re
ported by committees, and so to con-
tic ue from day to day until disposed
of, provided that unlefS sooner or-j
dered by the hou°e the previous quee- '
lion shall be pending thereon at 3 1
o’clock Thursday, April 8:b, this'
order not to interfere with revenue or
general appropriation bills except on
Thursday, April S.h, fixed for the
final disposition of this order.
Hiscock.of New York, demanded
a second and the motion was second
ed 96 to 28
After some debate the motion to
suspend the rules and adopt the reso
lution was agreed to—yeas 179, nays
87, The announcement of tne result
was greeted with a round of applause
from the silver men. The vote oau-
not, however, be regarded as a test
vote, inasmuch as such well known
opponents of tbe free coinage of sil
ver as Findlay, of Maryland, and
Bayne and Scott, of Pennsylvania,
voted in the affirmative, while
Blount, of Georgia, Curtin, of Penn
sylvania, and Dougherty, of Florida,
wuo at first voted in the negative,
changed their votes at the solicita
tion of friends who desired tnat a
discussion should be held. Had not
this change bt-en made the motion
would lave lacked the necessary
twosthirds in the e ftirmative.
Reagan, from the committee on
ctmmerce, moved to suspend the
rules and short the resolution
making the inter-state commtrce
hill a continuing cider for April 13
Agreed tc— yeas 195, nays 44.
Adjourned.
SENATE
The chair announced as members
of lhe committee on the part of the
senate to escort the remains ot R.-pre- i
sentatlve Hahn to Louisiana Eustis,
Vance ana Butler.
Morrill, irom the committee on
flnacce, reported adversely Senator ;
Mahone’e bills to allow a drawback
on imported materials used in the '
manufacture of tobacco, snuff and
cigars imported from tbe United
States, and to repeal the law requir
ing the appointment of inspectors of
tobaccos and cigars.
On motion ol Mr Van Wyck the
house bill increasing tbe pension of
soldiers’ widows was taken up.
After debate by Butler, Logan,
Cockrell, Van Wyok, Ingalls and
Jackson, the fear being general tbat
the widows’ increase of pensions
woald be indefinitely pcstponed by
sending the bill to the house with so
many amendments that would in
volve debate, a motion was made by
Wilson to reconsider tbe senate’s ao-
tion in amending the bill. The mo
tion wasagteedto. All the amend
ments were then disagreed to, and
the bill was passed as it came from
the house. It now needs only the
president’s signature to become a
law, It increases the pension of
widows and dependent relatives from
18 to (12 a month.
At 2 o’clock the Judiciary commit-
teeV itmlutions came up and Cullom
took the floor. He yielded, however,
tn Morrill, who wished to reply to
Iveuua. The latter, in his speech,
bud read a letter by Morrill, as chair
man of the cimmittie on finance,
and had s ated that the letter was the
beginning of 'he pres ut controversy.
Morrill said when the seuate met in
Dtc: in! er, the fl"ance coaimit ee had
pursued its usual rnutlne and had
written to the secretaiy of the treas
ury a letter, identical m terms with
the one read by Ksnna, calling
for !’'formation in -igard to
the Fie ; ersion of art t fflcml under
the treasury, which information had
been given promptly and was so sat
i-facto)y that the senate had no hesi
tation in cor firm'eg the successor to
the suspended i fficial.
Morrill said thepoi oy pursued by
the committee was the same it had
pun ued ever since he (Morrill) hao
been a member of the committee, and
the commit ee bad never had a le
fueal until recently.
In Ids statement Morrill found
great difficulty in avoiding i betrayal
of executive session secrets. He
stalld a Hypothetical case as being
one to which the above circumstances
applied, and there was no diffieulty
in recognizing It as that of a collector
cf Internal revenue In the interior of
the state of New York.
Cullom thtn returned 'he floor. He
said the refusal of the attorney gen
eral to furnish the papers called for
by the senate was a denhd of the
right of the seuate to inquireinto the
management of a public office, He
(Cullen:;) denied that the qutsdon
was a moot quistion, ascharbuteriZid
by Push. No question could be a
moo' question, Cullc m thought, that
was duected to ascertaining whether
au American citizen hail been un
justly treated by having /aise and
slanderous charges and secret assaults
made against him and filed
in a public department to blacken
bis character and injure tig
gotd name. A- this opening para
graph indicates, Cullom’s argument
was based upon like premises with
that of Wilson, of Iowa, and it fol
lowed upon a similar line. The sen
ator from Alabama bad said tbat the
attorney general in refuging papers
bad acteu under orders of the presi
dent and bad seemed to think it
would be a great calamity for an at
torney general to dieobey presiden
tial orders, as it might result in the
loss of his tfflee, The senator was
doubtless right. It might be
ihat a demoorat oould imagine no
grater calamity than the loss ol bis
i fflcc, but lhe law should be obeyed
whether such disaster waa averted or
not, The attorney gei e.-al was an
ifficer of the law. Hs duties were
defined by tbe law, and it wae his
duty to obey the law whether it cost
mm his tfflee or not The senator
stated in his m'oorlty report tba.
from 1789 to 1867 there could not
be iounu a single case like
the one under discussion. The tru'h
was that in the hundred of calls that
had been made, there could be found
very few instances in which the in
formation asked for bad been furn
ished to either house. There might
not be another case exactly like the
present one in all respects, but there
bad been hundreds substantially like
it in principle if not in all
the facte. The prevalent faot was that
when either branch of congress bad
called for aDy Information it had
usually been furnished, and tbat in
the exceptional cases in which it had
not been, the refusal was not based
on the constitutional preregative of
the president. When the president
suspended Duskin, be did it
under the tenure of office act,
so the case stood tbat the president
proposed to obey the law in getting
men out of tfflee, but questioned its
constitutionally when the senate un
der ti at law said it had a right to in
quire luto hie act of suspension, and
to do that intelligently It needed all
the papers on file. The president
used the law in suspending him from
tfflee, and then in a vo)
uniter message intimated thsi
the senate was attempting
to interfere with his high and mighty
prerogative as chief executive. Veri
ly, consistency was not a jewel con
spicuously worn thtse days of “Jef-
ftrsoniau simplicity.”
Following Keunas idea, Cullom
suggested a hypothetical case in
which an office-seeker forwarded
forged documents in the semblance
of bills ol indiotmeut against an in
cumbent. It might perhaps he as
sumed that the president had a right,
as be claimed, to consider such
communication a9 private papers,
but after he forwarded them to me
department and placed them on files,
they eertainly became public papers.
It the president has removed no of
ficer except for cause, some such
papers must have been filed. Borne
such documents bad been invited by
the present adminis ration, in evi
dence of which Cullom read
tbe celebrated confidential let
ter of Postmaster General
Vilas, showing that documentary
evidence would be required in mak
ing removals, in which circular the
postmaster general stated that he
spoke for the president. If such pa
pers were now on file the senate was
entitled to them and the president
ought, in good faith, to produce
them. If there were no such papers
on file let him say so and the coun
try couid judge how well he
had redeemed every pleige
he bad made to the people. Cullom
disclaimed any intention to keep his
friends in office, but protested against
secret or * star chamber” proceedings
that rt fleeted on the personal charac
ter of honest men. Men should not
be allowed to tome sueakingly to the
post'fflee depar'ment at the invita
tion of the poetuisster general and
lodge secret complaints agaii s: hon
est men The refusal to produce the
papers would be an admission that
they couid not bear the light,
Muxey followed Culiurn. He op
posed the resolutions reported irom
the majority of lhe c ru not tee The
real question at is-ue, lie t-aid, was
one oi graveimportai.ee Tne bus*
kin euee had been n.cieiy «i :zeu on
as au occasion to raise an issue with
the president as ti the puK t in
volved. Muxey it.qu reu w wre the
senate touud authority to condemn
mo head of i» department under the
circumstances of ibis case Who so
woil as that nicer could know tne
facs on wtvcu uis aotiou ri-sud? R i*
ferrmg to 43 'moods’ likening of tne
president's recent message »o s com
munication of Kmg Charles I,
Muxey said the similitude did not t x-
1st. Che fatal imbecility tnat brougni
the king to the bh cK by the sem
blance ofacurt—a court organized to
convict —would not be found in this
case. He who would attempt to
play ihe role of Ctr in well here
would find that this was not the
country for it, nor bis ocorslon the
occasion for it. Tne Cromwell had
not yet been borti who in 'he name
of the senate cm u'd grasp the cousti
lutional poweis vested in the txte-
utlve of this republic
After ootnniimeotirg the speeches
ot Pugh aud Keuna, Muxey proceeded
witu his own argument. However
much the 1st ue might be disguised,
ho said, the real ot jeot was to ascer
tain the president’s reason 0 for sus
pensions cr removals ot t fficers. It
was an attempt to do indirto.iy what
confessedly oould not be done direct
ly. The rc-port of the majority of the
committee Maxey characterized t-s
simply a stump speech, digmfiid
with the name of a committee's
report. Crmpiaint was made iu that
majority report that 643 suspeurions
hud been made under this adminis
tration. The complaint made by tbe
people, Mrxey said, was that ’here
ought to have been ten times 643 ie-
movals. Tbe significance of theelec-
ti n of 1884 as he construed it, was
that the people wanted a change from
republican o democratic met hods,
principles and policy. What was
wauieiiand t xpeted was a democratic
administration, root, stem and branch.
Genuine civil service reform de
munded that the executive who was
required by the constitution to take
care that tne laws were faith fully i x-
ecuttdshould have the selection of
honest and competent agents iu ac
cord with the policy indicated by bis
elec i:>n. Any attempt to cond uct an
administration through officers 1.os-
tile to its policy would necessarily
proves failure Tne object of the
majority of the Judiciary
committee was to stop ihe
removal ol republicans from
office. Stripped oi all unnecessary
verbiage, the simple issue, Mi.x-y
said, w< s where aud iu wh im was
the power of removal lodged by tbe
constitution? Th6 minority of tbe
senate stood not only on the letter i f
the cots ltution, but upon thedecis
ion of tbe fathers recognized by tbe
first congress, by all succeeding em
presses, by tbe courts and by the
c immentalors of tne constitution.
For the first time iu the History
of the oountry the act of congress of
1867, kDown as the tenure of cilice
act, set at i aught all the principles
es'ablished since the foundation of
the government. Maxey reviewed at
some length the features of the tenute
of < ffice act and cited a large oumbei
of authorities toebow,«s he main
tained, its uncoustiluuonaiiiy
That aoc, he said, in
tbe calm iight of sober
reflection was amusing. The cousti
tutiou invested the president with all
the executive powers, except so far as
it qualified that power in the matter
of treaties and appointments. Tne
responsibility ftr the execution of
ihe laws rested with him, aud tba
responsibility was to the people anu
not to the senate, li ihe president
did not faithfully pertorm bi-
duties, he was liable to impeachment
by the house of representauves atm
to be tried before the set.ale—not
then, however, us a legislative, bu
as a judicial body. The power ol
removal from i ffice was essentially a
matter ot extcuiive powtr Tbe
constitution nowhere lestnc.ed me
txeicise ol that power. Those who
insisted that the power of removal
was a joint power to be exercised by
the president and the seiiat e both
would find no ground for their con
tention. decisions of the courts or
practice of tne government. Such
contention was, to Maxey’s mind, u
transparent fallacy. He did not ctass
the power of removal us an incident
of the power of appointment, u> has
been done by the stma'.i r from Ver
mont. The power of removal was a
substantive power, given to thb
president by the constitution to the
end that he might comply with the
provision of the constitution which
required him to take care that the
laws should be faithfully executed.
Maxey referred to the debates in
the first congress on what he regarded
aa this very question, which debates,
he snid, had never been surpassed in
ability by any of the debates of con
gress. He quoted at some length
from prominent participants in
the debates referred to, aud argued
that the weakness of the republican
position in the present debate was
abundantly shown by the extrac s
which he had read, which extracts
clearly showed that the power of re
moval was held in the president
alone. Yet in violation of unbroken
precedents of more than seventy
years, in which various politi
cal parties had controlled the
government, the republican majority
n congress in 1887 took a dangerous
step by the passage of tbe tenure of
i ffice laws. Was there any man, he
asked, so blind as not to see the ob
jiot of the republican rmjirity of the
senate in this siruggu? and was there
any man m blind as not to see tbat
the obiect wae to keep prt sent repub
lican office-holders in possession
of their places even sgaiust
the will of its : dministrution and
of the whole people tbat put the ad
ministration in power.’ If the senate
had the power to insist upon the pro
duction of papers which went to
show reasons lor removals or sus
pensions, it budjust 88 good aright
to insist on knowing w hut parole
evidence had oontnbnled to the re
movals or suspensions. Such astute-
ment of tne qu'st'ou only show
ed the absurdity of the whole
claim It the president we:«
guiby of an impeaohab.e i flense, be
was responsible to the people’s rep
resentatives and would be Impeached
by them, but the seuate should not
attempt by its action to invade the
constitutional right of the president
by insisiiDg that he should continue
to leave men iu government
cffiooB while the people
held the pre-ident responsible
fora faithful administration of the
(aw. Max<-y quoted from the recent
•pec-eh of Sherman Id 'he senate in
which it whs s ated that “nobody
proposed to conim) the discie'ion of
the president,” ami Insisted that the
action of the seriate in the matter
under consideration was an attempt
to control the discretion cf the presi
dent—an attempt, however, iu which
the senate would find that it would
fail.
Dolph followed Maxey and spoke
In support of the majority report. He
would not discuss, he said, the ques
tion as to the right of congress to he
informed how laws had been exer-u ed
or as to ’he state of the union. Upon
that branch of tire question he would
ooutent himself by suymg mat he
concurred wholly with what had
been so ably sF.id by the senator from
Vermont (Edmunds) Dolph ad
dressed himself to the last clause of
the majority resolution That clause
related to the discharge from the gov
ernment service of ex-union soldiers
and the filling of their pluces by men
who had not rendered similar service
to the country. Dolph contended
that the provisions of the law Intend
ed for tbe protection of union veter
ans had been disregarded by the
present administration. He said the
disci imination rgainst ve'erans in
removals aud appointments amount
ed to the practical nullification of the
law.
The senate adourned with Dolph
still holding the floor.
Washington. March 16 —Tie
house comumue on foreign afliiin
to-day, by a very close vote, (seven
to e x) Doslpoued the consideration of
the Morrison Cninese bill, and will
instead take up the president's mes
sage, recommending the payment f
an indemnity tn the Chinese for out
rages perpetra'sd on Chinee 0 subjects
in tbiscounliy. CuanoiaL, Bsimout,
who cast the deciding vote, declared
himself opposed to the Morrison bill,
on the grout'd of its being a violation
ot treaty obligations.
NOMINATIONS
The pieiideut sent the following
nominations to the senate to-day :
Wiliiam L Treuholm. of 8 iuth Caro
lina, dow civil servn e com mis doner,
to be comptroller of currenoy, io
place of Henry W Cannon, resigned;
John H Oterly, of Illinois, to be civil
service commii sioner. iD place of
William J Trenbolm; CharleB 8y-
mon, of Connecticut, low chief ex
aminer of the civil service commis
sion, to be civil service commissioner
in place of Dorman B Eaton, re
signed; John N McDonnell, collector
Of customs for the district of Ht
MarkB, Fla
LABOR AGITATIONS.
Tbe I3lrlker« » • octree
Texas - flic fllaatlun
l-o»di) t
of T«rrot* In
tin ill-3 RaII*
Spool*! to EirqnlrfreRup
Marshall, Texas, March 10 - A
train from New Orleans yesterday
mi rmng, brought thirty men in,
some of whom were mechanics, to go
tc w„rk in me shops. They were
marched to the superintendent ’a rffi .e
and eworn >o protect therm-elves and
the company’s property. They were
then marched to the shops. The oc
cupation of each wae ascertained and
they were enrolled and num
ber* assigned them. They then
dined at the company’s expense. The
men were toid before leaving New
Orleans tbat everything was quiet,
tnat no strike existed and that they
were wanted to ’ake the places of
men who had quit work. They
claim that they were deceived and
that tbe situation was misrepresented
to them, and »s soon as they saw the
condition of efiairs, they refused to
work and are now quartered among
the strikers, ThestriKers, of course,
were jubilant over the walk-out of
the new men
THE RAILROAD STRIKERS,
8t Louis, March 16.—inere is no
change in me situation this morning
at tfae Missouri Pacific yards. Num
bers of strikers coi gregated just out
side the yards, hut maintain perfect
quiet. An at'tmpt to send out the
Kirkwood accommodation this
morning failed, the fi r eman desert
ing the engine before it was attached
to the train and the engineer re
turned It to the round nuuse. No
attempt has been made to
ristmie freight traffic as }et, Tbe
situation in East 8t Louis is uo*
chPtgFd, no ttrike .-v:c a us j-.
occurred among the dissatisfied
switchmen. Considerable anxiety is
felt as to tbe outcome of this new
complication, but tbe railway 'fflolal*
generally t xpresa confidence in their
ability to aojuet matters before their
employes determine to stiike.
CREATING TERRORISM IN TEXAS.
Fort Worth Texas, Mama 10 —
The Knights of labor nave the upper
hand here The boarding houst 1 ami
hotels which aceoimnodu e the men
who take the plr.etsof the strikers
are boycotted. Even the butchers
refuse to tell them meat, AU this is
true, yet the sentiment of the people
is against the strikers, but the busi
ness men are afraid of the boycott
John Tagart, boarding br ine keeper,
was boycotted yesterday. The water
man from whnui lie has been pur
chasing Ins supply of drinking
water refused to stil to him and
he lias tn go two miles to secure
water. His' landlord, one of the
richest oilfzsna of Fort Worth, has
ordered him to vacate his house.
Yesterday poison wan thrown iuto
Togurt’s water barrel aud one mar
ried woman ami two little girls were
poisoned anil now lie in a critical
condition, The case cited above is
the woret report, but there are other*
nearly as disgraceful The people
here ere afraid to call thtir souls their
own.
TAILORS ON A STRIKE
Danville, Va, Mmon 18 — All of
the employes of the tailor shops heie
are on a strike for higher wages. The
employers decline to accede to the
demands, and all business in thatiine
is suspended
THE COAL STRIKE
Baltimore, Mu, March 18 —The
inconvenience caus d by the strike
of the miners in the Cumberland re
gion is beginning to be felt, in Balti
more A large number of coasting
vtssels are employtd in the trans
portation of o->b! from this tn eastern
ports, but now few can obtain car
goes, and many are oompelled to go
to Newport News, where there is said
to he a large supply on hand. Two
vessels left for tbat place this even
ing ana more will follow to take in
coal.
stopped a train,
Omaha, Neb, March 16.—Tbe
Kuighte of Labor employed on tbe
Missouri Pacific at this poiut are on a
strike. No freight trains are moving
qn tbe Nebraska division. An a -
tempt to move a train yesterday was
prevented by five m*'n, who captured
tbe engine, returned it to tbe round
bouse and obstructed the track with
several empty box cars.
men at work
St Louis, Match 16—Receiver
Brown, of the Texas and p iciflc rail-
run!, telegraph- * Viet President
Roxie that he has 67 men at work lu
the Marshall shops, 24 of them old
emqbyes who struck, and tba' he
expects many up rs it)-morrow. Tbe
shops »t B'g Springs, Baird and
Fort Worth, lie says, nave men
enough at work for pre e-t wants.
AN OFFICIAL WARNING.
Marshall, Texas Marcn 16 —
Ulubj ri.tn.ee Maieoui R‘agaii last
evening issued a circular «s follows :
“Ail parties not in the employ of the
Texas and Pacific railroad company
are hereby notified to keep off the
ground ccoupled by the yard aDd
shops of said company at Marshall,
unless thev have business with the
U.iUed riiutea marshal or officers of
the railway
A BRIBE REPLY.
Chicago, March 16 —The Times
prints ills following special :
Denver, Col Marco 16 Vice
President Potter, of the Burlington
and Missouri railway, was telegraph
ed by the striking Knights of Labor
that the knights on the Burlington
would strike if his road did not stop
doing business with the Missouri Pa-
cifl Pottei V- uply to the telegram
wae chort nui pointed, it being
“strike ”
Tbe Evening Journal’s CllDton,
Iowa, tpeciai says : Word n»s just
reuehed here from Havannali, Iowa,
that about 860 track builders on
the new Chicago, Burlington
and N)rih>ru .ailwsy have
struck They compelled the
engineers and firemer of construc
tion trains to leave their cabs. Tne
company Is payit g off the striker*
and they are diinking heavily No
information lias been received as to
the cause of the strike.
■> * » >»
FOREIGN FLASHES
plau, i* £150 000,000. Tbe proposi
tion to Increase the pablio dent of
Great Britain that much In order to
purchase peace in Ireland is claimed
by tbe radical leaders in the cabinet
to be asking for too much for what
will be obtained There was to haver
been a special meeting of the oablnet
to-day It lias, however, been post
poned for the purpose of giving thei
resign; ii g mluiBicrti time for u flection
lu the hope that both will change
their minds. Their personal frieudsi
declare that, neither Chamberlain nor
Trevelyan will alter his purpose of
refusing to participate iu a govern
ment which is to be respoumble for
Mr Gladstone's Irish land scheme.
Both Chamberlain and Trevelyan
were in their ususl places in the
house of commons to day and chatted
with Gladstone.
Parnell is in poor health, and it Ip
probable that lie will iiave to give up
ids idea of speaking at the national,
festival lu London to-morrow.
on 'ciruuat.
^peot*U to Euonlror-Hnn
New York, March 16 — The
stock market to-day has been,
ex.r^mely dull, and at moat
without a fea'ure. The total
sales wer° 293 S00 shares, of * hioh.
8t Paul, Reading. Lacknwanu, Wes
tern Union, Lake Shore aud Omaha,
contributed 210,000 sharen. Prices in
the momiug r worii irregular, butafter
the opening there was a weak tone,
which was recovered before 11 o'clock,
at which time the highest prices of the
day were generally reaohed. From
11 to 12 o’clock the market wan
steady to heavy with only very-
slight changes. After midday it was
firm as a rule to the oh se, but late in
tlie afternoon transactions were no
limited as to make quotations little
more than nominal, except for the
stock mentioned. Ht Paul dosed J
higher, Rsadiug is down 1J. although
other couierHure a shade higher. The
remainder of'he list divided betweeu
gains and loss of J to J
"Th* Hl«| Boei.”
Washington, March 14 —A good
story is told on Flcyd King, the
Louisiana member of congresp. L»st
year the agricultural department in
troduced ,a new kind of beet which
was labled “TkeK'ng Bset,” because/
It was believed to be tbe monarch
of that branch of the vegetable king
dom Gen King was quite grattflsd
ut the selection of this name, and at
once saw a way to turn it to political
profit. He went through the bouse
of representatives and traded off all
his other seeds and documents for
the seed of “The King Beet,” and
sent a package to every farmer in hid
district. Th y all "caught on,” and
now live under Ihe impression tbat
their congressman Is a great man in
the eyes of the agricultural depart
ment.
I)«u>!i Ot C) ]> itlo Wad*-II.
f/iteliii lo E qu;r«r»rtu'i.
Annapolis Mu, March 16. -Cap-
tniti J .met J Wadofell, commander of
tt e Maryland fishery forces, died lust
digit at his home In this city of con
gestion of the brain. He was a native
of North Carolina and was aged
sixty two years. Ciptalu Waddell
graduated at tbe naval academy lu
1849, having previously served at
Vera Cruz against the Mexicans. Ha
served in the United Htatr-s navy
until the rebellion broke < ut, when
he resigned and entered the Confed
erate navy, being placed lu command
of the famou< Hhenandosh, with
which he waged war against veesela
in tbe Arctic aeas, destroying much
valuable commerce.
Tbe flealgaatloisH cf Two n nibcn of
Uladstont's Cablael-UI* ktbine For
Fedco In Ireland.
By Ansrlo-Anr/erlcan tab'es,
London, March 16.—A heavy
slow storm is prevailing throughout
England.
THEY HAVE RESIGNED.
Despite all stories to the contrary,
it is learned to-day authoritatively
that both Mr Joseph Chamberlain,
president of the looal government
hoard, and Mr Trevelyan, secretary
for Scotland, have placed their resig
nations in the hands of Mr Glad
stone. The premier has, however,
declined to accept the resignations.
His unswer to the lender of them
was a most conciliatory one.
Gladstone suggested to both gentle
men that they defer a final decision
on their resignutl ms until after u per
sonal discussion of the question at
issue between them and him. To this
both Chamberlain and Trevelyan
have assented. It ib now known tnat
ttie subjeot of dispute is Gladstone’s
Irish expropriation scheme. The
exact sum which will he required to
buy out all tbe land owners of the
country, accord'-g 'n° ’remier’s 1
Tbff < buiMp««he v.nd ObUt
Special o Buunii«r*Bun.
New York Match 16-The *‘.ate«
mem ol tne Chesapeake and Oaio
system for January showes grog*
earnings, 1437 713; operating ex
penses, (836 648; ^.et earnings, (187,-
065 These figures show a decrease
aa compared wh tbe same period
lust year of (26.367 in the gross earn-/
lugs, (16,035 iu '.tie operating ex«
pc-nstu aijii (11 322 i” the net earn
ings. Ttie grossearnlncs were oju j
triouteci as j olio w-t Bv Chesapeake
and Onio railroad, (261.169; E.•/.*■»
! he.blown, Lexington and B.g Baudy.
(ot).278 an ) Chesapeake, O do aud
Houth western. (117 266
A Vk !■» hl« CarKO.
ffpecift) to KruiDirer«Huu.
New York, March 16 —The mas*
ter and purser of U e steamer Fulda
to-day filed a libel in the United
Hiates district court agamst the
o\ tiers, at present unknown, of seven,
cates and one package of diamond*,,
which were taken off the steamec
Oregon when she Bank oft F;re
island. The libel states the value of
the diamonds at (200,000. The purser
of the Origin brought them ashore,
having taken them from the steaui-i.
er’s sare. D.vera report the Oregon
broken in two amidships.
Tbe Balilmere Confcrenee.
Speolel to Enqulrer-Hun.
Staunton, Va, March 1C -The
Baltimore M E Conference complet
ed its labors to-uight. The statisti
cal reports show tbe number of local
preachers to be 107, membership 35,*
297, value of church property, in
cluding parsonages, (1,026,000; paid
foreign and domestic missions, (12,t
660; paid preachers and presiding
eideis. (1S8,000 The next confer
ence will he held at Lieshurg.
Lriitbrri Dlirhnrffed.
Danville, Va, March 18 —The
parties indicted in Patrick county,
charged with lynching J C Wilson,
for Uoree theft, have been discharged
for lack of evidence. This is the first
case on record where persons have
been indb’edfvr lynehiDg.