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KSTAlii-iISHKD IN 184,3.
M. DWiNiXL, Proprietor.
Wednesday Morning, Feb. 27,1878
Seventy million Chinese are said to
be starving in the famine-stricken prov
inces of Northern China.
Gen. Whitthorne telegraphs to the
Nashville American that Senator Har
ris, who has been ill, is recovering.
It is stated that Secretary Sherman is
preparing to set the taints in operation to
turn out silver dollars. Let them conn.
LATEST FROM Ell-.ope.
Kentucky is agitated on the question
of reviving the wh'pping-post for the
punishment of petty thieving. The
newspapers generally favor the setting of
it up.
A policeman in California has beet
arrested on a charge of lotting a China
man loose who was charged with mur
der, and taking" another Chinaman a
a substitute.
The reports by telegraph represent a
continuance of anxiety and excitement
in oil Europe upon the question of
peace or war. There has been, as yet,
ltad " no publication of an understanding
between Russia and England as to
questions growing out of the defeat of
Turkey by Russia. While there is a
general feeling of alarm and also a dread
of a war involving all Europe, there is
eti'l a feeling of hope that such a calam
ity will be averted.
A special dispatch dated Constanti
nople, Wednesday, reports that the
Czar has telegraphed that the Russians
will occuDy Constantinople if the Turks
continue to delay signing the terms of
peace, which include the cession of
Armenia and surrender of the Turkish
fleet. Many Turkish Deputies have
been arrested and sent into exile.
The Times’ Vienna special correspon
dent confirms the report that the Czar
has threatened to occupy Constantino
ple. The Porte hesitates to subscribe
the Russian conditions of peace, which
virtually abolish Turkish domination
in Europe, except in the immediate
neighborhood of Constantinople. The
Porte holds constant Cabinet councils
without result.
The latest news from Europe show,
nothing new in regard to the settlement
of the Russo-Turkish question, or as t<
the selection of a successor to the de
ceased Pope.
The Ohio people elected a good Dem
ocrat for Governor. The fact that h,
was a practical business man helped
him amazingly. It is said he signed i
Notary’s commission with the signature
of “R. M. Bishop & Co., Governor,” but
we don’t believe it.
Anderson 1b motion for a new trial ha-
been overruled and a new trial refused b_\
Judge Whitaker. This is one more ste|
towards the penitentiary, Wbat will Mr
Sherman do about it ? A few years ag-
the bayonet would have lifted Judg-
Whitaker out of his seat. Will 6uc!
time ever come again?
Is the Settlement of the question
growing out of the defeat of Turkey h\
Russia, the latter power, it is said, i,
desirous of the United States Govern
inent taking part by sending a com
missioner to tne general congress of na
lions affected by such settlement. Oui
country has no business in such affair*
Europe belongs to Europe, and Amur
ica to Americans. No entangling al
linnees, Mr. Czar.
I
The Silver dollar never was demon
[ etized, as the phrase is, but there han
I been none coined, comparatively speak
I ing, if any at ail, for a number of year-
( The silver half dollars and quarters wen
a legal tend, r for sums of five dollar
and under since 1853. Theact declariiu
the bonds payable in coin was intrepretei
by those whose interest it suited to mem
gold alone, but’ its legal meaning wa-
geld and silver coin.
Dr. Fei.ton is before the peoph
again. The Cartersville Express pub
lishes a statement taken from a Wash
ington City letter, by which t-o.it-
fellow in the lobby is made to sa;
something very nice about Dr Felton
but the papers only give the name n
Dr. Felton and not the name of tie
fellow in the lobby. Come, now, “tote
fair,” the fellow in the lobby may want
to run for Congress too, and you ougi.t
not to withhold his name.
ami
The Knoxville, Tenn., Whi
Chronicle says:
The penitentiary ring is the creator,
of this Democratic State Government.
Well, we always thought that the pen
itentiary ring wa3 a good thing, and thin
it needed enlarging in mostStates. Lou
isiana is tryiDg to do her duty in cnlarg
ing the circumference by putting iu An
dersen and Wells. We pat the.hones'
old party on the back, and say go on
with your penitentiary ring, make it
bigger.
The Southern Argue, Selma. Ala
bama, has the following:
‘•Wherpver Mary went the lamb vr s
sure to go;” and wherever the agent? "t
the Texas Pacific job go, poor old Mr
Stephens’ little piece is certain to ap
pear in the newspaper—printed as read
ing matter and paid for as an adver
tisement.
The Argus, it appears to us, is hard
on Mr. Stephens, or the Texas Pacific,
or both, and we confess we don’t know
which, and desire to turn the matter
oyer to somebody that does know all
about it. You need not all speak at
once.
“The people vs. the rings’’ is the way
the Kuoxvi.le, Tenn., Whig aud Chron
icle commences an attack upon the Dem
ocratic party. This is Brownlow’a old pa-
nerand as bitterly opposed to Democrat
ic suceess as it was when Browulow was
governor of the State just after the war.
The election comes off in that State this
manner, and the Whig and Chronicle is
commencing the old inane cry of the
people against the rings. This same cry
has been heard in every State where the
Democrats have been successful, and
ueans nothing more than that anxious
iflice-seekers are desirous of getting into
iffice, and by this means try to arousf
the honest indignation of good people
•gainst a supposed wrong. These
“tiugs,” like the equator, are simply
magibary lines, existing iu the minds of
tnose who, in order to get into office
themselves, are willing to see the true
tarty of the people disrupted for a while,
and in -order to do this do not hesitate to
work upon the minds of good men and
rv to impress them with th's empty idea
if the existence of rings within the Dem
ocratic party.
There was an entertaintnent given
the Fifth. A venue Baptist Church, -New
York, last week, and among the things
of interest exhibited was thd working
of the phonograph. The New Yoik
Herald says “the instrument • records
the human voice on a metallic sheet,
which, 'by a marvelous and simp!
process, reproduces the words spoket
into it in articulated sounds. The
ventor put his mouth down to the bar
rel and turned a handle as he spok
into the instrument in a loud voice,
soldier of the legion lay dying in Al
giera.” In a moment after a click was
heard; he applied a sort of funnel
the barrel and turned thp.handle. Im
mediately he machine recited the line
he had spoken, not very clearly, hut
like a person who. had no pallet would
speak. Other experiments were more
successful. A gentleman from the »n
diencc sang a verse of “The Little Far
Man,” but as he did not know just
how to use his voic-* the experiment
was not very successful. A wonderful
part of this invention is that the voim
can be corked up, so to speak, for year?
and then reprirduced. One could sing
a song with it, the inventor said, repeat
a long message and then send it to hi-
aunt in the country who had never
heard of the phonograph, .merely tell
ing her to put - in the funnel and tun
the handle in a certain way. It ar
rives, she unpacks it carefully and due.-
as directed, when it bursts into song
“Aunty, may I go out to 8 “tint ?” and
then as she keeps turning, “How are
you to-day, Aunt Maria ? We are all
Well; Sallie and Mollie have goue ove,
to Brooklyn,” and a lot more horn-
talk. It is doubtful whether Aun
Maria would have the presence of mirro
to go on turning. She would think tbi
thing bewitched.”
A CORRECTION.
We fo-ind floating around in our Geor
zia exchanges, a few days back some
ines credited to the Augusta Chronicle
md Constitutionalist, over the signature
if J. S. Hook. The first line was
“My lifo is like tlis stunrser roso ’’
We did not see it the Chronicle and
onstiuitionalis-, but took it upon the
aith of some other paper. The word
nd thoughts were so similar to those of
Wilde’s poem, commencing with the
me line, that we thought it was the ol-
roem, and its publication was a joke play
I .off by some one at the expense of
fudge Hook, as it was s.ated that it was
aud d in by “a friend’’ with Judge
(look’s name to it. We havesiuce been
nfurmed that ii was published as “Lines
ggested” by Wilde’s poem. We make
is statement in justice both to Judge
Link aud the Chronicle and Constitu
alist.
The New York D ry Book is hard
tpon Mr. Stephens, and rasps him very
-vi-rely on account of his speech on
hr occasion of the reception of Carpet*
a painting, “The Reading of the
Emancipation Proclamation.” Of Mr.
incoln’d love for the Uiiion the same
apersays: "In the first place, he
Lincoln) never understood the t-rm
r its meaning. His ‘idea’ of the Union
all the people being under >he same
overnment, as in Russia, or, as he ex
messed it, ‘the Union existed before
le Constitution,’ and in the second
Lee, the one sole' principle of his
arty was abolition of white suprema
cy, and just as soon as there was an as
surued victory’ at Antietam, he threw
ide the mask and issued his procla
mation.” w
As yviLi. be seen by tho telegraphic
port from London, the almost abso
lute certainty of thesilvet bill becoming
iw has not had the effect of putting
down United Stites bonds in England
hut on the eontrary they have advanced
And here at home gold, instead of
advancing, ha3 fallen. The premium
on gold has fallen in New York from
ab iiif 2 per cent, to II to II.
The Louisville Courier of the 21st,
which publishes the proceedings of the
Indiana Democratic State Convention,
says: The Indiana Democrats, after
the usual fierce rivalry of eager candi
dates, succeeded in' nominating a very
fair State ticket yesterday, which seems
to possess the blood, bones and brain
to make the big fight with the angered
Republicans and pull under the wire a
good many lengths ahead. The plat
form, it will be perceived, is altogether
a financial one, with a soft tendency,
and full of telling thrusts at the gold
bugs. -Gov. Hendrick’s speech is a ju
dicious and able review of the political
situation, and enunciative of his in
dorsement of silver remonetization.
We are indebted to Senator Bayard,
of Delaware, for a copy of bis speech
on the silver bill, delivered on the 4tb
inst. We are happy to note that the
distinguished and popular Senator does
not declare war against silver altogeth
er, but is willing to see it. come into
use, if properly hedged shout. All the
evils that he and others who oppose
the re-introduction ot silver expect to
flow from the passage of the silver bill,
ive modestly think will never come to
plague us. Let silver coine in, and gold
and silver and greenbacks will go along
as currency, nobody feeling the change,
except that gold, having a legalized
competitor as a standard of value, will
come down from its high position as
tin the money world. _
Pennsylvania wants the Federal
Government to pay one million dollars
toward footing the losses of the Centen
nial Exhibition. That would be pay
ing dear for the whistle. And it was a
Philadelphia man, wasn’t it, that first
talked about paying dear for a whist]t?
The dead lock in the Virginia Legis
lature on tho public debt question is
thus stated by the Richmond Dispatch:
“Those who oppose the “forcible” set
tlement—i. e., making a law without
respecting the rights of the creditors—
have passed Mr. Barbour’s bill in the
House, and those who propose to re-
-pect the creditors’ rights and require
his concurrence to any measure of set
tlement, having a majority in the State
Senate, have passed Mr. Brooke’s . bill,
which has been dismissed by a tri
umphant majority. So here we are, the
two parties of adjusters, “forcible” and
“optional,” firmly standing upon their
different grounds.”
The term of “sick man” was origin
ally used with reference to Turkey by
the Emperor Nicholas the predecessor of
with the British minister Sir George
Seymour, in 1844 the Emperor said:
“We have on our hands a sics man.
It will be a great misfortune, I tell you
frankly if one of those davshe should
happen to die before the necessary ar
rangements are all made. But this is
not the time to speak to you gf that.”
The Boston Post says Mrs. Hayes has
abandoned her temperance principles by
wearing a claret silk.
Missouri Republican J Madisrn
Wells says that five successive, grain!
juries failed to agree on an iudicitnei
against him, so that he has finaley be-
brought into court on “an information
and this, he assumes, is proof poeitiv
of his innocence. IT that were the cas>
there are a hoyst of precious rascals i
every city in the country who woul>
t>e speedily whitewashed into acoud
tioD of purity and virtue that woul-
surprise them. Giaml juries don
catch all the rogues by any means, ar
it is fortunate thing that there are way
of getting men into the peuitei tian
even after they have gone safel
through the trial of the grand inquisi
lion.
Chicago Trbune; It is rumored
from St. Petersburg that the Czir
seriously indispo-ed —wear and so thii
that he sits on pillows and soft ctishin
to prevent the hones from comitn
through the skin. He is depressed, too
with a presentiment of his npproachiut.
death. No Romanoff has lived
yond 60, and he will be 60 in April
When his sister died, some two yea
ago, she reminded of this, and tolri
him he must be prepared to go befor<
he was 60. They say her words mad
a great impression upon him then.an’n
now that he is not well they constantly
recur to him.
Courier Journal: A little boy am
girl at Watertown, N. Y., were ifte pres
ident and cashier of a toy savings hank
They were naughty one night not loi
ago, and their mother sent them to beC
without the usual good night kiss, lit
tle dreaming what a S'ir she was then
by creating in the financial world
When she a - oke the next morning sh
found that they had taken the entir.
cash deposits in the bank and fled—
gone off’ in search of a place when
gry mamtna9 are unknown. Will thes
bank failures, frauds and defalcatim
never cease?
The new King of Italy has put hi
sign manual to the virtual abolition o
capital punishment. His first officin
exercise of sovereign authority was tr
sign the commutation of eighty-fiv
deaths sentence. He said he was bap
py to begin his reiga by the commuta
tion of capital pui.isment. He remit
ted the sentences of numerous other
convicted criminals, and granted am
nesty to several hundred of persons
now in durance vile, accused or con
victed of political or press offences com
mitted up to the period of his acces
sion.
Captain Eids addressed the L°ve-
Committees of Congress in the blu<
parlor of Willard Js, Thursday, on hii
plan for the improvement of the Mississ
ippi navigation from St, Louis to th
mouthof the river. Theplan propns*
to givewidlh to the river between tin
points named—over onethusaud miles
The aid necessary is fifty million" in
moneyand six years in time.
On Wednesday, Jan. 29, all Fraud
began drawing on the ballot box for army
service. When the drawing for the Fire-
District of the city of Paris came on, the
name of Bonaparte was called, and
Prince Joachim Murat presented himselt
as a relative in place of the ex-Prioc*
Imperial, who, being the eldest son of a
widow, was, on that account, excused..
Old Mr. Lord, oDNew York, who had
the Itardihood to run away and get
married without the consent of his chil
dren, was so bulldozed by them with
proceedings in lunacy and other liti
gation,. that he has surrendered a id
made a deed of trust for their benefit.
His wife is rich in her own right;
A deaf mute recently died in Flori
da, after gaining the reputation of be
ing a most thorough telegrapher. He
Alexander the present monarch of made use of a sounder of his own con-
Russia. In a conversation of Nicholas struction, and received-by placing his
hand over it in such a manner that he
could feel distinctly every vibration of
the armature.
The English fleet in the Mediterranean
is quite formidable. It consists of 25
ships, carrying 170 guns and mantled by
force of about 6,000 men. Most of the
vesse s are armor-plated, arid several of
them carry 25 ton gans. The fleet will
be reinforced by other war vessela iramt-
diateiy-
the
i!o Penitentiary
for
Columbus, if tve may credit. a corre
spondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The tortures inflicted upon convicts
breaches of prison law are described
of the most terrible aud disgusting na
ture; men are kept for hours and even
days in a dark and narrow dungeon
with their hands fastened to the wall
above tbeir heads, deprived of food and
pure air until reason and lire are
most gone. The gag, the sweat-box.
and, the most dreaded of all, the
hath, are frequently resorted to, with
disease, insanity and death as the fre
quent consequences.
Dr. Linderman, director of the mint,
says if the silver bill becomes a law the
three "mints will probably be able
turn out $1,000,000 in the new coins
during the first month after the pas
sage of the bill; that m the second
mouth the number of dollars coined
will probably be increased to $2,000,-
000, while thereafter a maximum rate
of coinage of $3,000000 a month vAl
probably be reached.
Tbe London Times’ Berlin dispatch
ays Prince Bismarck’s speech is disliked
in South Germany, where tbe popular
wish is to support Austria. Assurances
counteracting the unfavorable effect
he speech aud calculated to persuade the
publicthatGermany will not oppose Aus-
'ris in any war are circulated in more
juarters ittafl one.
When an estate is sold in Ireland the
Irish hoard of -v »rks is empowered to ad
i-arrce a certain sum to bt-lp a person who
has been a tenant on the estate to pur-
i.-ha.-e fits farm, the money being a first
barge on tbe tand sold. Lately, when
an estate waa sold in Tyrone, five-sixtb*
>f it were" bought by former tenants.
Bismarck, it is 9aid, is all alarm--d
the English cry of war against Rossi*,
and has the generally continental disdain
fora m-re maritime power. In regaid
to the menace of the English fleet, he oh
served: “When have fish ever been seen
to make war on horses ?"’
Our exhibit at the Paris Exposition
promises to be full and interesting.
The Constitution, one of the naval
vessels placed tit the disposal of exhih
itors, sails this week with a full cargo.
The Hon. Alex. H. Stephens says h
wants to die in harness, and that if bii
h-alth continues reasonably good he
■vill be i CJindidate-for election to tin-
Forty-sixth Congress.
GEO Ifilt GLIMPSES
Six illicit distillers made their es
-ape from tbe Gainesville jail recently
Mr. W J. R. Hyatt, of. El'jtv, was
robbed on the Georgia road of $296 the
ither day.
The Macon police force has present-
d the city physician, DlX Mason, wi
i fine saddle.
There are only^lorty^five prisoners in
tne Savannah jail. Talbotton jail
tccupied by one.
The cyclone of last Friday touched
portion of Tnomas county, doing con-
iderable damage.
A writer alludes to Col. H. H. Jones,
f the Mucon Telegraph, as “the Wash
ington Irwin of the Georgia press.”
The dwelling house of Mr. Bas3 Til
nan, of Haralson county, was acciden
tally destroyed by fire the other day.
It now requires eighteen months to
t.tiui a divorce iu Georgia. The suit
as to pass through three terms of the
,’ourt.
The Central Railroad has contracted
r another elegant steamship for their
ceau lin«. It is to be calltd the City
f Columbus.
The young people of Milledgevilli
will “celebrate the advent of spring’
-ty the usual masquerade ball on the
st of March.
Governor Colquitt has gone to Wash-
ngtoh City to investigate some claim
-f the State of Georgia against tbe
United States.
The city sexton of Milledgeville didn
bury a “living soul"’ last week—indi
cating the remarkable healthfulness of
he city and its surroundings.
Tbe Fort Valley public library is in
most thriving condition. The Mirror
prints a long list of books upon its
helves, many of them very valuable.
The police of Savannah arrested in
tne day recently, a sufficient number
f unlicensed drs.ys to pay into the city
treasury the handsome sum of $2,000.
There are at present only two mines
worked in Paulding county, one gold
he other copper, but it is expected
ithers will be set in motion at an early
-lay.
The Memorial Association of Macon
held a meeting on the 224, and resolved
commence the erection of ’ a monu
ment to the Confederate dead at an
early day.
Swainsboro is troubled with ghosts.
Tbe Herald says people hear groans in
hou*e over the spot where a deadly
encounter took place some years ago.
The people are excited.
Two little children of Mr. W. J.
Humphries, of Rockdale county, died
last week of diptheria. They died
within two hours of each other, and
were both buried in the same grave.
Savannah had another small cotton
fire on Monday in front of the store of
Mess's. Davant & Waples. About six
teen bales only were slightly burned
before the flames could be extinguished.
Mr. S. G. McLendon, of Thomas-
ville, the worthy and efficient secretary
-f the Thomas County Fair Association,
has been appointed by Gov. Colquitt
honorary commissioner to the Paris
Exposition.
There wa« a large number of people
Buchanan, Haralson county, on last
sale day. About'50 or 60 lots of wild
land were sold. 'The prices which
they brought ranged from nine to fifty-
six dollars per lot.
The interest manifested by tbe citi
zens of Athens in the Tri-Weekly Ban
ner not having been sufficient to jpstffy
its continuance, it has been discontin
ued, and the Banner, as formerly, will
be published weekly.
"The 22d of February was celebrated
by tbe several military companies of
Savannah by a general turn out, prize
shooting, etc. Tbe News says the oc
casion was celebrated with possibly
more than the usual enthusiasm.
According to the annual report of
Chief Robbe, of the Augusta Fire De
partment, made at tbe annual meeting
on Friday night last, the losses by fire
amounted to about thirty thousand dol
lars, one-half of which was covered by
insurance.
The Chronicle and Constitutionalist
told of a Wilkes county girl being bit
ten by a rattlesnake about" two weeks
ago. The Gazette comes back at the
Chronicle and says: “No such acci
dent has happened to any of our girls,
and Stovall need not try to palm off
any of his original snake stories on us.”
The recent visit to Milledgeville of
Gov. Colquitt and Mr. Baird, Superin
tendent of Public Works, has resulted
in a determination to have some repairs
made at the Executive Mansion. The
fencing enclosing the mansion is de
cayed and unsightly. This will be re
placed under the direction-of the Mayor
of the city.
Dr. Munhall, who has for some time
been lahoring among the people of Au
gusta in the work of a revival going on
in that community, bade farewell to the
people last night at the First Presbyte
rian Church. Dr. Munhall leaves for
Columbia, S. C., and will doubtless
carry with him the kindly remem
brances of the Christian community of
Augusta.
Green Clayton killed John Bucka-
lew in Atlanta SatU'day night. Bucka-
lew went into a store where several
parties were playing cards, and by his
desperate conduct ran them all out.
Clayton was one of the parties, and in
a fracas in the street, Clayton stabbed
Buckalew in the throat, causing death
in about twenty minutes. After Buck-
aletv was stabbed, aud thinking he was
killed, he attacked an old matt who
was sitting in the store, and who had
■fit-red him no provocation.
Four prisoners in the jail at Dalton
tttempted to escape last week. The
Enterprise says they cut their way out
through the iron bars, and succeeded
in escaping out of the iron cage into
the room in which it Is contained.
When the outer door was opened to
give them their^dinner, they simulta
neously made a rush, pushing down
Mrs. Jolly, the jailer’s wife, and some
of them escaping. Likenjrue heroine,
Mrs. Jolly seized on to one.of the pris
oners and held fast until ^knocked
down by him—long enough, ^however,
be given, Mr. Jolly
then coTningln, and getting assistance
from citizens, they were secured. In
their ettempts to get away the priooners
knocked out some qf Mr. Jolly’s teethi
Washington Correspondence.
Washington, Feb. IS, 1S7S.
Gen. Butler throws a brick at the
Administration, through the columns
of the National Republican, this morn
ing. It is ex parte of course, but cer-
t -inly has the effect to confirm the gen
eral feeling of distrust entertained rel
ative to the sincerity or ability brought
to the work of reforming the civil ser
vice. The instance cited by the Gener
al adds another to the long list of ap
pointments that are regarded as grossly
inconsistent with all that ha3 been said
and professed by the Administration
in the premises. Bailer charges in ad
dition that the law has been couspicu
ously di regarded and positively vio
lated in the case in question. Senator
Hoar is made to sustain a very discred
itable part in the matter in Butler’s ar-
raignmunt; and he says: “I will make
his name historical.” After the Sena
tor’s cordial endorsement of the civil
service order that shook his party or-
gaoizitioti from center to circumfer
ence, his unreserved support of Mr,
Hayes against the protests of his fel
low-Republicans in the Senate and all
over the country, on the ground of his
great solicitude for the success of civil
service regeneration, the part he is made
to play in securing the appointment of
$1,000 postmaster, is in ridiculous
contrast with the general notion enter
tained of his great dignity, and of his
refusal to bother himself with any but
the mest weighty matters of State; cer-
taiuly not with anything that could be
comprehended and adjusted by an or
dinary mind, as in this case. Unless
indisposed to accept the challenge of
the “Essex Statesman” we may expect
lively tilt between the two. Under
any circumstances the General’s omin
ous notification that he “will make his
name historical,” is not regarded here
as a meaningless threat.
When Secretary Evarts publicly talks
about his great sacrifice of $40,000 per
year, made because of the country’s
imperative demand for his services, and
may be to prepare the public for his
reappearance as advocate in court for
some monopoly, a good many here are
disposed to question his diagnosis as to
the country’s needs. They are bo at
fault in their estimate of what consti
tutes a great statesman, as to openly
assert that we could 611 the place occu
pied by Mr. Evarts without going out
the countcy; and they are so captious
and hypercritical as to insist that such
talk ou Mi Evarts’ part marks him as
insufferable egotist. Certainly his
management of Mexican affairs, about
the only internat onal matter he has
yet had to deal with of any importance,
has not insured tbe immortality of his
great name.
The manner of Murphy’s treatment
here has suggested that even great moral
reformers may at times be in danger of
harboring the same little petty jeal
ousies that distinguish them from the
fest of mankind; bnt the Apostle hat-
been recalled from Philadelphia here
again, all differences having, been ad
justed it is said. Murphy yesteruav
addressed from 6,000 to 8,000 hearers
from the east steps of the Capit d, a'-d
enthusiasm has never been at a higher
flood. Knox.
Washington, Feb. 22,1878.
The Bland silver bill as modified
and passed by the Senate last Saturday
at 5 A. si., after an all-nigbt struggle, b>
a vote af 48 to 21, was reached yest r-
day in the House, after a rno-t de
termined opposition on the part o'
those favoring the exclusive gold stand
ard, reinforced by the inflationists
proper, who as a rule would about »s
readily submit to demonetization ss to
vote for tbe bill with the features most
favorable to tbeir.purnoses, emasculated
by the Senate. But the moderate men
of both sides fazored . the hill in it*
present shape, particularly the silver
Republicans. Some, too, heretofore
identified with the extreme silver men,
also voted for the bill, preferriog it a*
the most liberal concession they were
likely to get, to nothing at alL I pre
sume that some wholly opposed to re
monetization, voted to concur, lest by
defeatiog the measure they might aid
the passage of one much more objec
tionable. A large number of briel
speeches was made during the hour
permitted for debate, the disposition to
stand square on the record manifrstinii
itself precisely as it did iu the Senatt
during the lew hours after the close of
the morning hour, Friday up to th*
supreme moment Saturday mornina
that brought victory and defeat to tit*
opposing sides which had battl'd fin
months over the matter. HewittV
motion to table the bill was rejected hj
204 to 72, separate votes on each Senate
amendment were insisted on. Trial
striking out the free coinage teaiur-
was concurred in by a vote of 203 in
71; that providing for an ipternarion 1
convention was accepted by 19-5 to 71
There was no division ou the vote con
curring in the issue of cut ficates ti>
coin, and after its adoption the fi.mt
vote was had, the nays being comp are
tively few. At £he expense of repeti
tion I have recapitulated some of th-
more prominent poiuts of the bill,.an
restated some of the more iuterestinf
features of the discussion and vote,
taken since the beginning of the billV
lastday in the Senate up to its final
passage by the House yesterday, that
your readers may have a connected
idea of the phases assumed by th.
question during the last week in Con
gress.
The convention of the export trad,
interest met in this city Tuesday, and
adjourned Wednesday sine die to wai
on the President in a body. Twentt
States aud Territories were represent
ed, including this District. The dis
cussions were earnest and very inter
esting, many of them displaying a per
feet familiarity with the commercial
aud industrial history of the countn
running away back in colonial times
The sentiment was proven overwhelm
ingly in favor of protection, subsidy tn
American ships, and such legislation
as is necessary to exclude foreign built
bottoms from participating in our coast
wise and foreign carrying trade hi
separate votes taken after full discus
sion. It was a meeting of wide-awake
men. representing millions of capital
ard vitally interested in the revival ot
bu-iness; and legislation can hardly fail
to be more or less influenced hv their
presence here in their respective capac
ity. ’
The National Agricultural Conven
tion of the Grangers met here the same
day, and after a day and evening ses
sion, adjourned without date. The at
tendance was large and the discussim
spirited, taking a wide range. Tbe
resolutions adopted the first day, favor-
ing the ownership of the principal rail
way lines by the Government; aiidi
tional endowment funds for the colleges
of agriculture and mechanic arts ait
thorized by congressional acts of 1862;
favoring the establishment ot other
“experiment stations” in the States,
and condemning further distributio-. ol
public lands to railroads, seemed ex-
pressive of the seutiineut of niue-lentlit-
of the delegates present. Knox.
"pjech of Boll, ffaoct A. Hen*
drifcks.
The Silver Bill in he H use
Washington, Feb. 21.
The Senate amendments to the silvi-t
bill came up for action. Mr. Stepb-ti.-
of Georgia, was recognized as bavin,
charge ol the matter, and be iimve<l t
concurin all the amend mmts. A poit:
of order that the Senate amendment?
appropriated money and must t-e con
sidered in the committee of the whol-
was discussed fur two hours, and »n-
finally overruled by the Speaker, whe
the previous question was seconded
and Mr. Stephens had, under the rule.-
an hour to close the discussion. Ttin
ti me (reserving but three minutes
himself) he parceled out among tbi
members an allowance of from half ;•
minute to eight minutes, and when th
discussion was over a motion to lay the
bill on the table was made by Hewitt,
of New York, and rejected—-yeas 74,
nays 202. Then the Senate ane-nd
meats were severally concurred in h\
about a like vots, and thus the hiil
finally passed, and now goes to th'
President for his approval.
Both Houses adj turned ti Monday.
The vote to lay the silver bill on th
table, in the House was: Yeas, 72;
nays, 204.
Indiana Democratic State Con
vention.
Indianapolis, Feb. 20.—rThe Demo
cratic State Convention mjet to-day.
Ex-Governor Hendricks was elected
President. The resolutions strongly fa
vor the retirement of the National Bank
notes, and bitterly denounce what they
allege as the actual fraud by which a free
teople were cheated out of their choice
: or President and Vice-President.
Harrisburg, Pa, Feb. 23. —Thu fcov-
ornorthis morning granted thirty days’
respite in the case of P. Fish-r, senten
ced to be hanged on the 26th instant.
He also issued warrants for the execu
tion of Patrick Hester, Peter McHugh
and Fatrick Tolly, to take place March
25, and for the execution of John Keim
and Dennis Donnally, to take place
April 15,
The Indiana Democratic State Con
vention, which met at Indianapolis las'
week made eX-G-tv. Thus. A. Hendrick*
chairman. Hi delivered a speech* a
telegraphic report nr summary of which
We giv.; as we think it will prove en-
ertaii-iug to our readers, being the ut
terances of the mao that received the
.-.ties of the Democrats for Vise-Presi
lent, and whir received a clear major
ity of tbe popular vote, and also in the
■piuion of perhaps a majority of-the
voters of the country, was entitled to
nave a majority of the electoral voter
minted for him.
Indianapolis, Feb. 21.—Gov. Hen-
tricks, in Ilia speech at tile convention
yesterday, said one of the Louisiana
criminals has been tried and Convicted
t'he Presid -nr and John Sherman sav
be should not have been tried. Why
nut ? Hts guilt aud that of others is-
ihown by the verdict It is a high
crime against the nation,' and threaten
ing the stability of free instttu ions.
What are the relations between the
President and Mr. Sherman and the ac
eased, that authorize or permit aa . ef
fort ou their part to influence judicial
proceedings in a State cuUit? After a
long and terrible contest, it is settled
that the State elections and Suite Leg-
i-l tures must be free from military in
fluence and control. So also it must
ne understood that the President aud
his Cabinet cannot directly or indirect
ly interfere with judicial proceeding*
under the State authority. State court*
must be wholly free and independent
-f Federal CoUiroI, except where thr
ti institution aud the laws give to th*
Federal judiciary an appellate super
vision. Ills to he regretted that th*
facts developed upon trial are of such
cnaraci- r as to create anxiety on tin
part of th* President aud any of lii*
.,'at>inrL, but they cannot avoid tbe ef
fect uuon the putdic mind of an exhi
onion of that anxiety and o' unseemly
(enunciation of State authorities
While it is true that the title of Mr.
II *yea tn the office of President and Mr
•V ireler to the office of Vice-Ptesidein
r.a* heen settled uml. r the solemn form-
if law, and while tt is our duty, in m\
judgment, ’ii recognize the title becaus*
t i- in ihe interest of the public statu!
tv and tranquility lo do So, it is stll
i-iite Hi* I*** uu- that an imperative
duty d- mand.1 ttiat fining puutsnmeii
-mould he visited upon the public vrim
-itals through whose crime that judg
-itettt was obtained. Because a judg-
llent is final and conclusive forms In
reason why immunity should be se
cured to the criminal through whost
p-rjury it was obtained. If this i*
irue of a simple property judgiuen
rendered in a c <urt of law, much tuitr-
i* it true of the monstrous crime again*'
He elective sowrcigrty of a Iiatnti-
fni very fact that it was SucceSsfu
urniehes the strongest reason why th
condign punishment of its pernetratnr.-
.tioulii, cover it with perpetual infamy
nid uiamfert to all future conspirator*
igainst the Ithetties of a nation tbe dan
<er of nth tup ing its repetition.
Since the inauguration of President
H ayes, I have regarded the repeal
ne resumption act as hopeless. Hi
was pledged to resumption. Ever
vbie tor hint was for resumption.
J >h’n Sherman, at the bead of the ireas
try, holds the position, he will e force
tne strictest and hardest execution ol
the law, and it is understood that any
mil to repeal the clause will now be
vetoed. 1 have heretufure said that iu
my belief tile resumption law has been
i be source of the greatest calamity ti
•tie business interests and prosperity ol
the country. It hits had the effect ol
causing nteii to hoard greenbacks and
die banks to withhold and withdraw
circulation in the fear of beiug crushed
hy forced redemption in gold. A fa
vorable foreign trade promotes
iurn to specie payment, and if the bal
infes shall continue in our favor, I ex
p ettosee your paper-money at par
.vtlh g-dd at an early day. Will th-
irsiuratHm of silver money mitigate
'heevils uf coutructiuu caused bv the
resumption act ? That is now tbe hopi
of tile business men of Indiana. It it
•mt a cheap money, that me people de
naitd its r- Sinraliott, hut a legal-tender
tod coin contemplated by the Cn'ieti
lUliun. When restored, it will hecume
•gain .a standard and measure of value.
R-t'We its deinoiietizillou, silver was at
oar value with gold, and when restored
I think tl will rt e again to the same
level. I need hardly say to you that
he value uf any class or description ot
•roperty greatly depends on the im
porlant use, amt now say it ia worth
ight ;ier cent, less tnaii beiore, and
ner* fore it cannot he good money. I
hat fair argument ? As a material fi
the mat uficlureuf ware, silver wi
live the only value 'whieh that use cat
•ive it. But when stamped with ti
piatilv uf tuuiiey. and mail* a legal
e.iler for tile payment of all classes •
•lent* dr less, it becomes the activ
igeni of trade and commerce, raeasuri
vaiue and di-charges debt, and in such
L.-e b comes Correspondingly itupnrtan'
o society and more valuable. Wef
old stripped of the quality of money
that would be tin effect upon its val
e? 1 do not believe the pennyweight
gold in the beautiful Winn cup is as
.sctul to society nor as valuable as the
■time weight of gold ill tuu stamped
•'•tn, which does its busy work in the
ha oriels of trade, and the demunetiza-
n m of gold would demonstrate that
act.
I have heretofore said that silver has
become an important product uf the
country, and inasmuch as the world
recognizes it as a money medium ot
xchange, I cannot see why we should
not utilize ou' large product of that
metal to the greatest extent that may
tie found practicaoie. Its value as
noney to this country is too great to be
thrown away. Should experience prove
hat because of the increased produc
tion of sil ver there will be a permanent
it d impoHant difference between silver
tnd. gold. Congress is clothed with pow
er to provide the proper remedy. It is
.ejected to the restoration of silver
motley that it will he in bad faith to
ward the public creditors. If I thought
that possible, I would not favor its
restoration, however important to*our
interests I might esteem it. M v. judg
ment is so entirely satisfied that 1 have
uo anxiety on that question.
The question is settled by the fair
reading of the public credit act of 1869
refunding act of 1870. At the date of
the former act it was lawful to pay the
5:20 builds in treasury notes, but it was
Cont-nded that because of the circum
stances attending the creation of tbe
leht, it would not he proprr so to con
strue tne law* and that payment ought
not to be made in paper. To Temove
doubt and settle the controversy, theact
was passed. It pledged faith of the
Unite.’ States to payment iu coin. I
pposed the measure in the Senate, aud
Slid that its eff-ct would be to make the
law to read that the debt shall he paid
in coin The hill parsed and became a
law. _ Thereupon the debt became pay
able only in coin—not in gold coin
alone, but in silver coin as well, for the
silver tioll >r was tneu a part of th* coin
of the country, and as honored in law
and CuiiitUetCe as g.-i.i.
•Min* the law of July 14 Tsi-n t
farid the national dent, -yi, ‘ ■ l ” *•
!
amount of fil oOOOOUOoo b^ril'Vj!
•out •> per Cent t, trr-si. The '
Ut be l-Hiieri. w»*iv i<> ‘
He i*8ued. w**iv io n r *
ou »vii.dii.g o 20 bondi., p-tr i„ r y , r
sold for emu; aud the proceeds Crl'*
be Used in redeeming p,* *.)".
bonds, in the first section of the i w
it was provided that the new ’
should be made “redeemable i„ C(>lu
the present standard of value ” Tt ,
law, gentlemen, had r„, ut.ce,u“*
meaning. The new bonds were to k.
substituted for all the outstanding
bonds. They were to be sold tor coin
aud it was to be made a part ot ttietr’
language that tirej shall be ‘’redeemable
to com of the present standard value"
My views Ou this subject Were reeei.t.
Iv considered of sufficient ttnotirtanc*
by a distinguished citizen of New Y„ r ^
to call for a review aud answer by him
self. He had unquestionably gjveu the
phraseology of the laws relating the
bonds a close study than I had, f„ r j t
was in the line of his hu=in t - 8 a ’,„j uf
his profits. I had examined these laws
with uo professional or bu.ine-s purple
out-..lily as a citizen iniereeteu i,, tn e
financial policy of the country. y e
round it useful Lo his argument tn *huw
ir possible, that the law under which thj
pubiic debt was being refunded required
the bonds to be paid in gold He n^d
this language: “Yet, I am supported far
the opinions of i'Jusirii.us lawyer, that
gold payments of the debts are required
aud assured by therefuudiiigactut JS70
itself, which indeed taeuiiuus generally
coin, ,n its first section, but th, t, j„
fifth section, V. carry out the a t, neludes
• tlver and specifically commands the s-c-
rota.y of the -trea-ury to receive ouly
‘gold coin’ as the coiu or deposit and p a j.
•ueut.” I am cure it will aatouish you
after hearing this pa-sage read to Ura
that the firm section ha* nothing what
ever to do with the provisions and sa| a
of the new bonds. It provides fi.r this
anu no more, that tne riecre.ary of ,h 3
Treasury might, for two yea's, rectite
gold on deposit and l.-sne gold Certificate,,
bearing a low rete of iuiere*t, aim that
the deposit might be wtihdrawtt at any
time afie; thirty dais, upon tin tiate’u,.
lice, and that twenty bve |ier<-eut. ,-huuiri
be retained in the trea-ury to pay tire c , r -
ulicateB. and the reeidu* us-d to tidom
-.lie 5.20 bonds. 1 wae cii-i.i-ed h> thi,
getilb man fur using the wonts ‘ g. Id”
tod “Colli” a* *j Hunt i-- a public
-peecn ; yet, to maintain Iti* arguuo-ut
•e’uefes that it he helievtd that coin and
.old coin are loosely u,ed iu the ,aroe
.ru.-e in different section* of the min-t im
portant laws uf the Uuiitd'ibais. Gold
•eruficates were to i-*u*
bats.
ly upon gold
-lepueit!*, but in the Second section die
'he bonds were loseii for coiu,and in the
Sis: section they were to be redeemable
u “co’D of -the present slat datd value.”
The solemn assurance given by that law
o the public cr ditor was that the bunds
<a*u* d under it .-hnuld be redeemable iu
gold and eilver of the weight and tine-
•ess then fixer] hy law. Upon thi* sub
ject 1 have no new opinion.- to express.
Iu my letter accepting the Si. Louis
a--minuribn far Vice-President I t-atd:
'Gold and silver are the real standard,
of value.” Indeed, I would rejoice if
our supply of the precious metals were
-ulfiuieut for our trade cutr.inerce; but
■re all know that it is insufficient, aud
that we must also lave, a paper currency,
and tbeietnre I have opposed the policy
of a forced resumption of sptcie pay
ments, based upun contraction, by with
drawing. the treasury notes from circula
tion. The treasury note has been a safe
currency, and the people have bad con
fidence in it and have not a*ked for its
redemption. Whllxl itis aeafccurtmcj,
it it also’a cheap currency, in the sense
that it does not represent an imereti bear
ing obligation of tbe government. Itis
in that respect, and in the respect that it
is a legal tender, it is a better currency
than the natioual bank rote. Became uf
these views, I have urged the repeal, uot
inly of the resumption clause, but also of
the provision* that sought to eub.*titit:e
bank notes for the out*>aiding treasury
notes. No higher duty rests on thelegi,-
atures of this country than 'lie prompt
and final settlement of the financial ques
tions upon a right and |termaueut basis.
From the farm, aud the shop, and the
market place, there ciiim-e th* earnest an-
|teal for a final det-ie ou that ss far a* war
be the finances may be taken front poli-
ttics, so that under a’stable adjirenctiit,
confidence and prosperity may return to
very interest.
Apples of G. ldin liclures of
fci.ver.
“A word fitly sunken i* like apples
of gold ill pictures uf eilver.” When
the body heroines di-ea-ed, tne mind
is thereby neces.-arily influenced. Ns-
tionnl wars, State die* lielot s. neighbor-
.ood hill!Is. and fain'lv difference*, are
norefrequently than otherwise th* re
sult of disetisetl and disordered cnneli-
tations. When the nodv is eufl ring
tne mi.itl, acting .n sympathy, “ill he
nne irritated and perplexed. W hi
the physical system ts in .health, th?
niud perc-ives things in their tru-
ligtit, ai d the disposition as-umes
wry diff-rent phase. Nothing utore
lirec’ly tends to destroy the hagg
cheerful disposition of a woman, ami
render her peevish, nervou* and frtiful
ban a constant endurance of ut tine
disorders. The diseases peculiar to
woman take away the elasticity and
buoyancy of healthy and reduce h*r
body anil mind to a mere wreck. Dr.
Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is a ri-sl
peace-maker in a family. No woman
suffering from uterine disorders c.-tn
afford to be without tbi* remedy. Tbe
Favorite Prescription saves unnecessa
ry doctor bills, prevents riiv. roes, wares
off suicides, brings back buoyant, joy
ous feelings, restores the womau to
health and her family to happiness. It
is sold by all druggists.
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Savannah, Feb, 18 —A fire occured
in t te large brick ware bouse belonging
to tbe Savannah banking trust com pan?
leased by H. M. Comer & Co., and 4.000
bales of cotton, covered by $220,000 in
surance in various companies, were
burned. The building was lotiliy des
troyed. It was burning at noon to day
but is under control. Five hundred
oales of cotton will probably be saved
in a damaged condition. Tbe in-inance
on the warehouse is about $120,000.
It was the work of an incendiary.
Queenstown, F*b 19.—The steam
ship City of N*w Yoik has arrived-
Cardinal McClueky en route to Rome w
attend the Conclave is a passenger.
Wheeling, Va., F- h, 19— Marno
Coyle, John O’Brien, and a third map
whose name is unknown, while impli
cated, attemtped lo cross the river and
were drowned.
GheSTER, Pa.. Feb. 10.—Daniel Lee*
COttniuand woolen will* were destroy td
by fire to-day. Loss. 835,000:
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dence, and right there will he the a»
of belter days. There will ,
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