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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1877.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Cmcio received 58.000 hogs in one day,
this week. _
Jkrk Black masticates 20 cents worth
of tobacco per day.
A good cook will lie In the market when
Sanford returns from Belgium.
The English advise Turkey to sue for
peace. Russia wants piece-a piece of
Turkey.
Senator Eustis, of .Louisiana, gets a
snug little fortune in the shape of back pay
and mileage—something like SIO,OOO at
least. ;
Over a million and a quarter majority
for the Presidential candidate of the De
roocracy in 1880 is predicted by the New
York Express.
Under the heading of “an important re
form,” the lowa Stale HegUler announces
that Mr. Talmagf. will abandon round
dances in the pulpit.
Those editors who invite Roscoe Con k
t ing to come B<>uth and be disarmed of his
bitterness are advised that Hoscok has no
bitterness It is all politics.
“A. folitk man,” said the Due de Mor
ny, “is one who listens with interest to
things he knows all about when they art
told him by a person who knows nothing
about them.”
The Worcester Spa playfully alludes to
Senator David Davis as a “coward and
demagogue.” Lucky for the Spy that it
isn't where Judge Davis can sit down upon
it.— Bouton Poet.
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We are informed that after Sanford
had lost the Belgium appointment, Mr.
Beacchamp, of Indiana, next lost it for
saying in a love letter that he tendered his
fair one his “Hole hart.”
A St. Louis widow has had three hus
bands. She has on hand a lawsuit to break
the will of the first, another to recover the
insurance money on the life of the second,
and a third to obtain alimony from the last.
The Virginia (Ne v.) Enterprise says: “In
the Consolidated Virginia office |yesterday
we saw $600,000 worth of silver bricks, and
outside sat a beggar. Both were types of
Nevada—the latter the more common type.”
A notorious French criminal named
Haas, who had been sentenced to death for
murder, has escaped the guillotine through
a clerical blunder. In making up the ver
dict the foreman wrote that a “margorite”
of the jurors found him guilty.
In the language of the New Orleans
Democrat, “a puritanical wave has recently
passed over Louisiana.” Ahalf dozen towns
in the Slate Imre been carried by the Pro
hibitionists, and a dozen parishes have
ranged themselves under the Sunday law
Banner.
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V. I*. Schenck, a banker of Vevny,
I nil., was delighted by the return of his
prodigal son, who had been away tor many
years. The father expressed extravagant
joy, and gave a dinner and a ball in honor
of the occasion. On the following day an
officer from New Orleans came to arrest the
son for murder. The sudden transition
from happiness to misery made Mr.SOHENCK
a lunatic.
The Baltimore Gazette says: “Osman
Pasha wounded seems to have absorbed all
the glory of the defense of Plevna; and
yet we venture to say that many a Turkish
private soldier suffered more than he with
hunger, cold, fatigue, danger and wounds,
who bore them with equal bravery, or died
of them heroically, who never will be heard
of." The samo may be said of all other
great Generals.
TnK World conjectures that the Sublime
Porte has made up its mind to accept the
services of Germany in the settlement of
this great duel for its life; and if this be
the case, we may expect now to seo the in
terest of the Eastern question shift west
ward very rapidly. It will be worth while
to watch the game which the English Lib
eral* have been playing with Lord Bea
consfield when Prince Bismarck openly
takes a hand in it.
Thf, Missouri Republican reminds those
who prate so much about the sacredness of
the nation’s promise to pay its bonds in
gold that they may get more light by read
ing carefully the various acts passed by
Congress in relation to the public debt.
There is no instance in any of these acts
where the word gold is used without being
coupled with the word silver. Where it is
not coin it is always gold and silver, never
gold alone.
A Chicago newspaper, which ought to
know, is authority for the statement that
ex-Minister E. 11. Washburne is a oandi
dale for the United States Senate, and also
for the Presidency. He expects to succeed
Senator Ogi.esbt in 1879, and then hopes
to make the Presidential nomination the
•following year. He is accused of puffing
the Germans in his lecture with a view to
making political capital, but, of course,
there is nothing in this.
The Boston Globe, remarking how Con
gressman Smalls (colored), of South Car
olina. vibrates between the Penitentiary
and the House of Representatives, adds:
“As soon|a* he gets out long enough on bail
to make U an object, he bolts for the Capi
tol, and sits in his seat with as much inde
pendence as if he never wore striped
clothes. Then he goes back and eats bis
prison mush with as much apparent gust*
as he would discuss a dish of ‘cold tea’ in
the Capitol basement."
Col. ,Ihm S. Mosbv lias contributed to
the Philadelphia Times a paper in defeme
of the deceased Confederate cavalry leader,
Gen. J. E. 11. Stuart, upon whom, in liis
opinion, Col. Taylor and Gen. Heth
have, directly or indirectly, cast the respon
sibility for the Gettysburg discomfiture.
He claims that the charge is untrue, that
Stuart acted under the direction of the
■commanding general, and that his move
ment was entirely successful, whether con
sidered as an independent raid or in its re
-1 tion to the general movements of the
army.
California is preparing to make a splen
did display at the Paris Exposition. The
aggregate space asked for is over 30,000
square feet, and the estimated weight of
the exhibit is five hundred tons. The exhi
bition of minerals will be the finest trie
world has ever seeu. A pyramid, twenty
tivt at the base, and nearly seventy
feet high, will represent the seven millions
of cubic inches of gold which have been
produced on the Pacific coast. This mass
would be equivalent to a solid block of gold
as large a# a room sixteen feet square and
very neariv sixteen feet in height.
Senator Ingalls made this point: He
said the claims of Mr. Ecstis would be in
controvertible. if there were not grave
doubts whether lie had a Senate and doubts
that he had a House of Representatives,
and doubts that he had any credentials -
The fact was simply that in voting to seat
Mr. Eustis, the Republicans attempted to
atone in some measure for the insult heap
ed on Louisiana by letting Kellogg in as
a .Senator from that State. It would not
do exclude all Democratic claimants
from a C ow democratic State, and so Mr.
Eustis was sworn in without any struggle
comparatively. .
One of the most Amur* can
tmrbsque actresses is just u. ow ° an
immense business professionally, eeaUBC
of a scandal case*. And from Europe we
learn that Patti’s domestic troubles appear
to have increased her operatic value in the
capitals of Europe. At Milan scats for
Patti were ten dollars, and the theatre was
a sweet jam. The price made a coldness at
first, but gradually the Milanese melted and
ran over with enthusiasm. The Princess
Marguerite sent a bouquet to the (lira
with the wildest expressions of delight.
At night the street on which Patti's hotel
was situated was illuminated and ablaze in
ber honor, and a •band played all night
undsr her window. This kind of homage
la worth making a scandal for. It is stated
that the Emperor of Germany has forbid
den Patti’s appearance in Berlin, in ctasev
queue? of the high prices proposed to IB;
charged for admission to see and hear
The Emperor seems to regard her popu^B;
ity as public robbery, and he closes the citt
Unites against the robber. 8
HON. J. B. ECSTIS.
Hon. James B. Ecstir, Senator from
Louisiana, and the only true representa
tive of that State in thn upper House of
Congress, is a native of the State he
hails from. By his father’s aide he is
descended from excellent Massachusetts
stock. His mother was a Creole of Lou
isiana. The New Orleans papers assure
us that he has been thoroughly educated
under both the Northern and Southern
educational systems, a distinguished
graduate of Harvard, inheriting the re
markable logical power and acumen and
strong natural sagacity of his distin
guished father, so long the eminent
Chief Justice of the State, always a
student of men and affairs as well as of
books.
He is, we believe, a brother of the
Ecstis who married the only child of
W. W. Corcoran, the Washington mil
lionaire and philanthropist. Mr. Eusns
will ably and faithfully represent Lou
isiana and present a shining contrast to
his colleague, who has been thrust into
the Senate by proceedings among the
most disgraceful in American history.
JIN UNSEEMLY SPECTACLE.
It is matter both of surprise and re
gret that four Democratic Senators
should have seen fit to unite with the
malcontent Republicans in rejecting the
nominations made by President Hates
for the New York Custom House. The
telegraph leaves ns somewhat in donbt
whether different aetion by these Sena
tors wonld have brought about a differ
ent result. One statement of the vote
makes it appear that the votes of these
four gentlemen would not have affected
confirmation ; another shows that they
wonld have changed rejeotion into oon
flrmation. Bnt be this as it may, the
duty of Messrs. Eaton, Dennis, Whyte
and Maxet was perfectly plain. That
they failed to discharge that doty
no right-thinking man oan deny.
The President, believing that the
efficiency of the revenue servioe of New
York would be promoted by a change in
the personnel of the officials, attempted
to make such change. There was bat
one thing which was said against the
aien whose names were sent to the Sen
ate: this was that they were not the
personal friends of Senator Conklino,
and that, if confirmed, they wonld dis
place personal friends of Senator Conk
lino. In othor words, Senator Conk
lino claimed the Federal offices of the
State of New York as personal per
quisites, and resented any interference
with his imaginary rights. The ap
pointees were Republicans and confess
edly good men, but they were neither
the admirers nor the henohmen of the
senior Senator from New York. Every
Republican Senator should have sus
tained the aotion of the President; bnt
what shall be said of the Democrats
who made common cause with the
malcontents in thwarting his civil ser
vice policy and defeating hia wishes ?
Above all, what shall be said of South
ern Democratic Senators who made com
mon cause with Senator Conklino in
bis assault upon the Executive ? On
the one hand was a Republican Presi
dent. who has striven to govern the
oonntry by constitutional methods and
who has pursued towards the South a
policy of peace and conciliation. On
the other hand was a Republican Sena
tor who has been the active and unre
lenting enemy of the South and every
thing Southern and whose hatred of the
President is founded solely upon the
latter’s wise and benoficent course in
Southern affairs. And yet there were
found Democrats, and worst of all, South
ern Democrats, who were willing to aid in
striking down the one and holding up
the hands of the other ! Shame upon
them ! They were not true representa
tives in this case of the party with
which they claim affiliation. They were
false to the Democracy, false to their
constituents snd false to themselves.
THE COMING MAN.
The usually well-informed and reli
able Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Sun states that one of the
oldest and most far-sighted of the Dem
ocratic Senators says that every move
made by the Democratic advocates of
unlimited stiver and resumption post
ponement renders more certain the nom
ination of Gen. Grant in 1880. He says
if the Repub icans can only put the
Democratic party as a national organi
zation in the attitude of indorsing the
crack-brained projects whioh are now
exciting the fancy of so many members
of that party, it will be all they can
hope for. At the auspicious time Grant
will be brought forward as the repre
sentative of honest money, and nomi
nated on a platform to that effect. The
Republicans who are now co operating
with the Democrats on the projeot of
financial legislation will fall baok and
raDge themselves under the banner of
Grant and honest money, and the result
■will be thut Grant will have just an
other snob a walk over as he had in
1872. The correspondent adds: “No
man of sound judgment oan doubt that
the words of the Senator are the words
of soberness and truth. That the idea
which he speaks of is uppermost in the
minds of the men who managed the
Grant campaigns in 1868 and in 1872, is
plainly made apparent every day. If
the Democratic members of Congress
persist in the path that so large a num
ber of them are now following, the cry
of repudiation will be raised against the
party with tenfold force, and by none
raised louder than by the Republicans
who are temporarily acting with them
for a purpose. The effect will be that
in 1880, as in 1872, the great body of
the money interest of the whole country
will throw its influence against the Dem
ocratic candidates.”
That some each programme is now
on foot we have no question. General
Grant has been sent to Europe for a
deep purpose, and his movements are
recorded in a way to keep him before the
people. A large amount of the bonded
debt is owned abroad, and the ex-sov
ereign will not want for “ dnoats ” to
keep np his royal state so long as he is
posed as to the coming man for 1880.
Besides this, the “ stalwart Republi
cans ” are disgusted with President
Hates’ return to constitutional methods
and desire a return to the era of bayo
nets and good stealing. We do not '<ss*
derrate the power of money in combi
nation at the next election. It unfortu
nately plays only too conspicuous a
part in all elections, snd reoent revela
tions have shown that the Democracy
have been made the catspaw of foreign
and domestic Shylocks, especially when
Mr. August Belmont, the representative
of Rothschild, was Chairman of the
National Executive Committee, after
having been, dnring the war, Mr. Sew
ard’s chief detective and oounaellor.
That prodigious efforts will be made,
here and in Europa, to prevent a tri
umph of the Democracy, which has be
gan to be considered a victory of the
South and West, we know for certain.
Against these machinations we may as
well prepare in advance. It is impor
tant that onr party should make no
capital mistakes of any kind. We are
no believers in repudiation of honest
debts and are no advocates of dishonest
money; but we do utterly soorn the idea
that Grant, under any circumstances,
- have a “walk over” in 1880, and
share . . , thinkß go maß t love his
the man wtu. -country,
gold more than to ,
" „ T ISTICB.
interesting SW*
The Massachusetts Secretary fitS* 6
publishes some statistics respectiS*
polls, property and taxes of that 8M
for 1877, in which appear some interest
ing comparative statements. Tha re
port shows a decrease of valuation f
more than SIOB,OOO. But property value 5
gives no evidence of decline, as there
are 4,40* more dwelling bouses, 891
[mote hones, and nearly 1,000 mors cows
1 than there were last year. The number
of dwelling houses is 105,980, an increase
of 87.000 since 1860. Sinoe that year l
the number of horeee km increased
from 88,300 to 128,188; that of cows
from 149,090 to 152,046. In 1871 them
were 162,172 cows, so that there has
since been a considerable falling off.
There is also a less number of sheep in
the BUte than in 1860. Taxation reach
ed the highest point in 1874, when it
was over $30,000,000 inclusive of bank,
corporation and insurance taxes. This
year it is about $25,000,000. The savings
banks deposiU November 1, 1877, were
$239,385,956.5gain5t $243,840,643 in 1876,
and $245,735,726 in 1875. The amount,
however, is three times what it was 10
years ago, and five times as large ao in
1860. The report of the labor bureau
shows that there are as many goods
manufactured, though at a small profit,
as there were two years ago, while there
are few skilled workmen unemployed,
exoept in localities here and there.
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THE FALL OF PLEVNA.
The fate of Metz, Sedan, Plevna,
Kars and our own Vicksburg would seem
to prove that an army which is once
cooped-np in an inadequately provision
ed fortress by an outnumbering enemy
has no chance of salvation unless reliev
ed by vastly superior forces operating
externally and in harmony. The Rus
sians calculated at 125,000 men besieged
60,000 Turks. So long as they were
hurled against the entrenchments of
Osman they were repelled with dreadful
slaughter, bnt when Todleben, the
great engineer, came upon the scene,
all was changed, and the Otto
man Pasha was like a scorpion girt
with fire. It was a question of time
and biscuits. The day came when the
last ration was consumed, when the 60,-
000 men had shrunk to 30,000, and then
the desperate sortie ended with surren
der. The Turkish General made a me
morable defense. He did all that mor
tal man could have done, and his name
will pass into history as among the
bravest and most tenacious, as well as
most unfortunate, of heroes. It must
be confessed that the Czar has behaved
handsomely in returning Osman’s
sword, but it appears that the
Pasha did not, like Kosciuszko, decline
to reoeive it on the gronnd that he had
no longer a country to defend. He no
doubt believed that bis country had yet
a part, and a great one, to play in his
tory, and that her doom was not yet
sealed. And yet what fearful odds that
oonntry has had to contend with. Leav
ing out of the calculation the Monte
negrin thorn, the 70,000 Roumanians,
hostile Greece, Crete and Servia, we be
hold a Russian military establishment
of 1,750,000 men. Against this tremen
dous host what has Turkey to show?
Let Dr. John Cotton Smith, who looks
on Russia as engaged in a holy war, as
the vioe-gerent of the Omnipotent, an
swer. He says : “Turkey brings to
bear against this stupendous empire—
comprising one-sixth of the habitable
globe—a valiant, well-trained and ad
mirably appointed army of something
like 300,000 men; but no more. The
statement which has recently appeared
in the papers that she has a force of
half a million men in reserve is perfect
ly absnrd. Turkey, like Russia, is
heavily in debt, but Turkey is bank
rupt and bears sway over provinces
once as fertile and populous and power
ful as the world has ever known, but
now barren, desolate and in ruins. Tur
key has no moral power. Its institu
tions are debasing. Its very religion
makes its people crafty, false and cruel.
It has forced into the army and into the
field all the troops whioh it can advan
tageously use, and it has behind it a
history of more than two hundred years
of persistent decline. It is a huge ob
stacle in the way of God’s purposes on
the earth. Can we question what its
end will be ?”
As to “God’s purposes” we are in
ignoranoe. Unaided and alone, how
ever, with his best commander and army
defeated and prisoners, it would seem
the part of reason for the Sultan to sue
for peace. The probabilities are that
he will do so, but it is equally probable
that the terms will be unendurable. In
ease of refusal, the war will go on, and
the chances are that it will continue un
til the whole of Europe shall be in a
blaze.
THE NEW LEGISLATURE.
We publish a letter from Atlanta this
morning whioh has something to say of
the new Legislature and its organization.
The question of ealling or refusing to
oall an extra session of the General As
sembly has already been presented to
the consideration of the Governor. Un
der the New Constitution the Legisla
ture will not meet in regular session un
til next November, bnt the Governor is
authorizad to oall it together sooner if
in his judgment the interests of the
State demand such aotion. There are
some who believe that many and mis
chievous complications will arise unless
steps are taken to put the new or
ganic law in working order. There are
others who think that snch a state of
affairs does not exist as warrants the ex
pense of an extra session. It is stated
that the Governor inelines to the latter
opinion; but he is doubtless carefully
considering the matter before arriving
at a decision. As yet there has scarcely
been time sufficient for a thorough in
vestigation of the legal bearings of the
ease. Our correspondent intimates that
the oontest for Speaker of the House of
Representatives has already commenced
and mentions five prospective aspirants
to the honors of the position: Hon. A.
O. Bacon, of Bibb; Hon. B. C. Yancey,
of Clarke; Hon. N. J. Hammond, of
Fulton; Hon. J. D. Stewart, of Spald
ing; and Hon. R. A. Alston, of DeKalb.
It is to be presumed that the field will
grow larger as the day of election ap
proaches. Nothing is said of the Presi
dency of the Senate, but it is safe to
aay that each an important office will
not be allowed to go begging, especially
when so many able men have seats in
that body.
STATE TAXES.
A writer in the New Orleans Democrat
has examined the tax rate in the various
States, and finds that Louisiana stands
at the head of the list. The State tax
there is I4j mills. The other States are
given in the following order : South
Carolina, 10 mills; Arkansas, 10 mills;
Tennessee, 10 mills; Alabama, 7j mills;
California, 7 3 20 mills; Florida, 7 mills,
Kansas, 5} mills; Texas, 5 mills, Oregon,
5 mills; Georgia, 5 mills; Maine, 3f mills;
Ohio, 8-15 mills; New Jersey, 3 mills;
Illinois, 2 4-5 mills; New York, 2J
mills ; Michigan, 2J mills ; New
Hampshire, 2 mills ; Maryland,
1 7-10 mills; Connecticut, 1} mills;
and Massachusetts, 1 mill. There is
no State tax at all in Pennsylvania.
From these figures it will be seen that
the tax levied for account of the State
government of Georgia is less than the tax
levied by any other Southern State except
Texas, and the rate in these two States
is the same.. The rate in the South
ranges from five mills in Georgia and
Texas to fourteen and a half mills in
Louisiana. Taxes are also lower in this
State than in those two thriving West
ern Commonwealths, Kansas and Cali
fornia. The aale of Georgia's railroad
property would reduce taxation to two
or three mills. The people of this State
are certainly a great deal better off than
many of their neighbors.
A bull has been offered in the South
Carolina Legislature, and will doubtless
become s law, which provides that all
execuirr o * i° *bst State shall be in pri
vate, with oniy officers of the law,
tit* -lergy. the family of tile condemned
man, j* tgo or three spectators in *t
tendanoa. < _____
Our Atlanta correspondent paya • de ;
insTfd compliment to the ability
persGArei popularity of Hon. E. P. How-
Saasto* from the Thirty-fifth Dis
trict, and Managing Editor of the At
lanta Constitution. Mr. Howell is also
mentioned aa a candidate for Resident
of the Senate. If be rune be win n
donbt saafce a strong race. (
AFTER TIIE_ BATTLE.
OATS CITY GOSSIP OVER THE
RESULT.
An Extra Session of the Letslature—The
Governor Supposed to Oppose It—The Can
didate* For Speaker—A Fall Field From
Which to Choose—Deserved Compliment#
to Hod. E. P. Hawaii—The Defeat of Hod.
Henry Httljrer How It Was Brought
About.
[Correspondence Chronicle and Constitutionalist.]
Atlanta, Ga., December 14 —The ques
tion of calling an extra session of the
Legislature has already been brought to
Governor Colqnitt’e attention and he
has been requested to move in the mat
ter. It is held by those who desire him
to move in the matter, that if he were to
die the State would be thrown into con
fasion
Over the Successorship,
Some persons holding that President
Lester, of the late Senate, would be
come Governor ex officio, and others
that the newly elected Legislature wonld
come together of its own power and
meet the contingency. It is also
nrged that it is impossible to put
the new Constitution into operation
without a session of the Legislature.
That, for instance, a debtor cannot now
take the homestead, as the homestead
of ’6B is repealed, and there is no pro
cedure by which the homestead of '77
can be taken, Governor Colquitt
has not yet spoken officially upon
the subject, but it is very gene
rally understood that he will not call
the Legislature together. The first
contingency, viz.: that of his death, is
too remote to call for prompt action.
As for the homestead, it is quite proba
ble that the Courts can devise some
method of giving these laws at least an
equitable administration until the Leg
islature can meet and arrange the de
tails.
For the Speaker of the House.
There are a number of gentlemen al
ready prominently mentioned in con
nection with the Speakership of the
House. It is presumed, of course, that
Col. Bacon will make the race. It is
quite probable that Col. Ben Yancey, of
Clarke, will be in the field. He has a
number of personal friends in the Honse,
and would be able to carry his section
pretty solidly. In addition to this, he
would doubtless have a nearly unani
mous support at the hands of the Inde
pendents who were eleoted, he being the
most prominent exponent of that ele
ment. Col. Yancey served as President
of the Alabama Senate and is an accom
plished parliamentarian. Col. “ Bob ”
Alston, of DeKalb, will, in all proba
bility, be a candidate. His friends are
already at work in his interests, and
claim that he will poll a large vote. He
knows nearly every member of the Honse
personally, and if he makes the race will
be a lively candidate. Col. Jno. D.
Stewart, of Spalding, is also prominent
ly discussed in connection with the
Speakership, bnt it is said that he baa
his eyes set on Milt. Candler’s seat and
will not have them diverted. He wonld
be very strong if he went heartily into
the race. Col. N. J. Hammond’s name
has also been suggested, but his best
friends insist that he shall remain npon
the floor. They claim that his splendid
talent will give him greater reputation
from the floor than occupying the
Speaker’s chair coaid possibly do. With
his intricate knowledge of the new Con
stitution, it wonld be a calamity to the
State to have him taken from a leader
ship on the floor. If, however, he con
cludes to run for Speaker, he will get
the hearty and nnanimous support of
this section, and would be very strong
all over the State.
A Wonderful Race.
The most brilliant victory scored on “the
memorable sth” was that won by Hon.
E. P. Howell in his race for the Senate.
With thirteen candidates in the field for
the House, there could not be found a
single man in Fulton county who wonld
run in opposition to Mr. Howell. He
was simply the unaniroons choice of the
people. His record was not only spot
less, but! lustrous. One of the young
est Senators, be had gone direct to the
front rank of leadership, and won the
respect and love of such men as Reese,
McDaniel and Lester. Atlanta was just
literally proud of him. And when she gets
her pride centred on a man she won’t al
low him t.o be fooled with. At length, ex-
Senator Winn, of Cobb, was brought
out against him. Mr. Howell did not
actually give two days’ work to his per
sonal canvass. He was absorbed
head over ears in directing the capital
campaign, and training the big guns of
the Constitution, loaded with his own
heavy balls, and Harris’ deadly grape
and canister. A newspaper published
in Atlanta said: “If Atlanta is beat for
the capital, it will rain Senator Howell
—because his vote made the Convention
possible—it will ruin the Constitntion.
because it might have defeated the call
for a Convention, and did not do
so.” Thus put literally upon his
metal, Mr. Howell gave his whole
time to the campaign. I am cer
tain that he did not sleep four
hours a night for a month. I
happen to know what work he did.
Most of the letters from prominent men
were secured by him—his correspond
ence was quite as large as that of the
Campaign Committee. He was in con
sultation or caucus over half his time,
and it is safe to say that not a single
measure of the campaign was adopted
without his approval having been ob
tained. It may be imagined then that
he had but little time to attend to his
own canvass. He had literally no time.
And yet there were not fifty Democratic
votes against him in his own county. He
got over one-third of the votes in Cobb
county, and a nearly unanimous vote in
Clayton oonnty. There is no man in
Georgia whose political future is bright
er than that of our young Senator.
There is no position in the gift of the
people that he may not aspire to, and he
will never call on his own district with
out finding it literally solid at his back,
The Hon. Henry Uillyer
Made a wonderful race in the legislative
tilt. It is the deliberate opinion of
those who should know that Mr. Hill
yer, though the youngest of the candi
dates, received many more of the white
votes of Atlanta than either candidate.
He was really considered all through the
race the leading candidate, and had his
defeat been anticipated it conld never
have occurred. It was a surprise to
every one, and shocked the sense of jus
tice of tho community. He richly de
served a re-election. The negroes voted
solidly against him, and he was defeat
ed. The State and Fulton county loses
much more than Mr. Hillyer does.
Cabib.
GENERAL BENJAMIN HUGER.
Ilia Death—A Sketch of Hia Life and Ser
vices.
[Baltimore Sun.l
General Benjamin Huger, a native of
Sonth Carolina, and for several years
commandant at the United States arse
nal at Pikesville, near Baltimore, died
in Charleston, S. C., where he was on a
visit, on Friday morning last, and his
remains reached Baltimore yesterday
and were interred in Greenmonnt Ceme
tery. General Huger was born in
Charleston, S. C., and was the eldest
son of Colonel Francis Kinloch Huger,
who, in conjunction with the German,
Dr. Bollman, once rescued Lafayette
from the dungeon at Olmutz, in Austria,
though the great friend of America was
subsequently captured in fleeing on the
horse they had provided, and they them
selves were also made prisoners. He
was born November 22, 1805, and grad
uated at West Point in 1825, when he
was assigned to duty in the artillery
branch of the service. On tbc organi
zation of the ordnanoe corps, in 1831, he
was transferred to it, and served for
many years as commander of the arsenal
at Fortress Monroe, and dnring the
Mexican war was chief of ordnance to
General Scott’s army. He afterwards
served for several years as superinten
dent of the armory at Harper’s Ferry.
General Huger, together with Generals
McClellan and Mordecai, was com
missioner in Europe, during the
Crimean war, to report upon military
operations to onr Government. He was
in command at Pikesville arsenal, near
Baltimore, when the late oivil war broke
out, resigned, and was for a little while
in command of the Maryland Guards, of
this city, and by his cool and judicious
counsel prevented rash movements and
enterprises which were projected by
some of the more indiscreet at that time.
As the crisis approached he went Sonth,
entered the Confederate service, was at
once appointed a brigadier-general and
assigned to the command of the Depart
ment of Norfolk, Virginia, where he or
ganized a division and was soon promot
ed to the rank of major-general, and
took part in the battles of the peninsu
la. Gen. Huger also took part in the
battles around Richmond, and on ac
count of some dissatisfaction expressed
in regard to his failure to intercept Mc-
Clellan in his retreat, he demanded a
court martial, and was wholly exonerat
ed by it. He oontinued in the service
of the Confederacy until the end, when
he was on dnty in the trans-Mississippi
Department. Then he came to Balti
more to reside a while, where his wife (a
South Carolina Pinckney) died, and was
buried in Greenmonnt Cemetery, as was
Benj. Huger, Jr. General
Hager woufduoi 8011111 Caro *
lina, his native Ste# whilst its govern
ment was in alien hands, and, therelore,
purchased an estate in Fauquier county,
Va., where he has resided for years past,
ABWifH in agriculture. About a year
ago he was subjected to an attack of apo
jplexy, since whioh his health has gradu
ally declined. Gent. Huger will be re
membered in Baltimore by many, where
he was esteemed for his kindness and
courtesy, as well as for his character and
skill as an officer.
CONKLING*S TRIUMPH.
Contest Over the New York Costoas House
Nentioutioo*—Spirited Speech by Mr. Bay
ard, Fallowed ky Mr. Cookltoc With an
Artfal Appeal—Very Able (Speech by Gea
eral Garden, or Geeraia, la Favor ol Can
firotation—Hear, Matthew* aad Cbrtatlan
cy, the Prealdeat’a Principal Kepobltcan
Supporters—Roaevelt and Prince Finally
Rejected—Demacrata Who Voted to Sup
port the Groat Corruption!*! aad Unprin
cipled Spoils-Hunter.
[Telegraphic Cor. of the Courier-Journal]
Washington, December 12. The
great event of the day was the contest
in the Senate over the New York Cus
tom House nominations. Nominally it
was a personal oontest between the
President and Mr. Conkling, the latter
seeking to rejeot and the former to con
firm the appointments which were nnder
consideration. Practically the question
was whether the great and innnential
patronage of these offices should be
used to build up the extreme element of
the Republican party, headed by Mr.
Conkling, or be controlled by the more
moderate and liberal wing. The Sen
ate, after bearing an able and scholarly
speech from General Morgan, of Ala
bama, in favor of restoring the old sil
ver dollar, and one on the other side
from Judge Ohristiancy, went into ex
ecutive session at half-past two o’clock.
It was soon reported that the New
York appointments were up, and about
to be voted on. Tbe public interest
was immeliately excited to learn
the result, and this interest was intensi
fied as the hours passed away and the
hour of a final vote seemed to recede.
The first speech was a spirited one from
Mr. Bayard, who referred to his former
investigation of the New York Custom
House. He declared that he knew it to
be corrupt, and for a share of this dete
rioration of the pnblie service he held
the incumbent of the office responsible,
and thought that he was rightly remov
ed. Mr. Conkling replied in an artfnl
speech of more than an hour’s length.
He did not venture on any insolence to
ward Mr. Bayard, for he knows well
whom to kick; bnt he went for Secreta
ry Sherman, of whom he spoke with the
bitterest possible seorn, accusing him
by name of treachery and bad faith.
The burden of his speeoh was, however,
an insincere and groveling appeal to the
magnanimity of the Democratic Senators
whom he had a0 often insulted. He
said that he had met them in debate and
had dealt them hard blows, but that this
nomination was a mere personal war on
himself individually, and he asked
them not to aid the Administration
in striking down a brotfier Senator
in order to gratify a personal re
sentment. General Gordon made a
long and very able speeoh, urging the
confirmation of the appointments.—
Conkling’s principal backer in the de
bate was Edmunds, who spoke for him
several times. Maxey, of Texas (Dem.),
also spoke for rejecting the nomina
tions. Kernan, of New York (Dem.),
followed Gordon and Bayard, in urging
the support of the nominations. The
Republican Senators who stood by the
President’s nominations were Hoar,
Matthews and Christiancy. On the
final vote there were twenty-five Sena
tors who voted to confirm, and thirty
two Senators to reject. Nineteen Demo
crats voted to confirm and five to re
ject. The five for rejection were Messrs.
Eaton, Dennis, Whyte, Maxey and Cock
rpll. Several Democrats were absent.
The Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia,
Georgia, Delaware and North Carolina
Senators voted to confirm, as did also
Lamar, Morgan and Coke. McDonald
was against the nominations, and stood
paired with Voorhees. The great body
of the Republican Senators voted to re
ject the nominations. Those who voted
to confirm were Burnside Conover,
Hoar, Dawes, Christiancy and Matthews.
Judge Davis, of Illinois, voted with
Conkling.
The triumph for Conkling is indeed
great. His mastery over the New York
Republicans and the Senate is now
firmly established. Even Blaine to-day
fought and spoke under his leadership.
The result is that Conkling starts in for
his race next Fall for re-eleotion with
marked advantages. Democrats in the
Senate unwittingly have helped him to
defeat both the President and the De
mocracy of New York, and to pay hie
expenses in tho campaign out of the
public treasury. The result will be an
immense strengthening to the ultra aifd
irreconcilable wing of Radicals, who
demand a perpetual bayonet rule for
tho South, and a falling away of the
more liberal element. It was repre
sented in the Democratic caucus
that the Administration was very
feeble. Senator Lamar replied that
this was very true, but, feeble as it
was, it represented whatever there was
of liberality in the Republican party,
and that this feeble barrier was all that
stood between his prostrate section and
the firm hatred of the party led by
Conkling and Edmunds. He compared
it to the levee on the Mississippi, where
a feeble barrier, which one hand could
sweep away, was all that protected a
vast territory from the ravages of the
flood. He challenged Senators who
were supporting Mr. Conkling to name
a single instance in which, since he first
entered Congress, he had ever failed in
his malice toward the Sonth, or been
wanting in promoting the political engi
neering which had brought desolation
and misery over his section. The Presi
dent’s nominations having been rejeoted,
Arthur remains in office as Collector and
Cornell as Naval Officer. All the Presi
dent can do for the present is to send in
new names.
PEBTS OF THE PACIFIC COAST.
Serious Phase of the Chinese Question—
Earnest Discussion in the Cabinet—Enforc
ing Order in California—How Ah-Siu is Re
ceived in Our Free Country.
WAsaiNGTON, December 14.—The Chi
nese question was a leading topie of at
tention to-day at a full meeting of the
Cabinet. The recent reports to the
President from San Francisco, in addi
tion to several papers on the subject,
brought to his attention at various
times, were laid before the council and
made a matter of very earnest consid
eration. It was expected at the meeting
that the report of yesterday from the
“six companies” was an exaggerated
statement of the disorder that had oc
curred, but the President has been ad
vised from several sources of a condi
tion of affairs which may eventuate in
serious trouble. The feeling is, there
fore, entertained by the President and
members of the Cabinet that necessity
exists for taking a careful view of the
subject, and hence a rather prolonged
discussion of the problem to-day. There
was no result, and the matter will
be continued at a future meeting
of the Cabinet. It can be said
that members of the Government are
not unmindful of the ability of the prop
er civil authority in San Francisco to
prevent outrages of this kind, bnt it
may be required to give assistance if de
manded, in which case the naval force in
the Pacific would, in all probability, be
directed to strengthen the local authori
ties so as to prevent a recurrence of any
severe trouble that might happen. The
question of the treaty relations between
the two countries was discussed. The
views of some of the members of the
Cabinet seem to be that some modifi
cation might be made in order to limit
the importation of the Chinese. It is
not unlikely that the President will, st
some time, make the Chinese question
the subject of a special message to Con
gress. The Cabinet also gave attention
to onr
3lexican Relations,
Though there was nothing particularly
new with regard thereto for considera
tion. The question of recognizing the
Diaz Government will, however, very
soon be formally acted upon> as the Ad
ministration inclines to the opinion that
it is necessary and proper to approach
this question with but little further
delay and reach some decision concern
ing it. No important nominations were
decided upon, and the New York Cus
tom House appointments were not the
subjects of any discussion.
Wknt tke Cklnese Pass Is Ab.ut.
San Francisco, December 14. —The
statement telegraphed to-day by the
“six companies” to President Hay os,
that one hundred and fifty of their eoun
trymen, on landing from a river steam
er, were attacked by roughs and mal
treated and robbed, tnd that no
interference was made by tike po
lice for their protection, lacks con
firmation. Careful inquiry at Cen
tral and Harbor police stations and from
persons frequenting the vicinity of the
steamboat landing, fail to show that anj
such incident occurred. City Point is
infested by crowds of vagrant boys, whs
take advantage of every opportunity to
throw stones at Chinamen landing at the
wharves. Snch an occurrence took
place last Saturday night, when the po
licemen in attendance at the dock chased
the boys away and administered a flog
ging to two or three of them. It is pro
bable that this circumstance has been
magnified into the story telegraphed to
the President.
It has been repeatedly shown that one
gets better results from less than two
thirds of Dooley’s Yeast Powder than
from full amount of any other baking
powder in the world. Housekeepers
have found out this fact, and the books
of grocers all through the country
prove this immense popular preference
absolutely.
FORTY-FIFTH_CONGRESS.
DANIEL TUCKER CORBIN TOO
LATE FOR SUPPER.
( nrlinn's Outcast Kicks Up a Chuuk In
the Senate—Will Contest Butler’s Seat at
All Odds—Programme nf the Cheeky Pro
cedure-Tabled for the Present.
Washington, Deoember 13.—1n the
Senate Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, pre
sented a petition of D. T. Corbin,
of Sonth Carolina, asking that his claim
to a seat in the Senate from that State
may be inquired into and decided by
the Senate upon its merits. He moved
that the petition lie upon the table for
the present, and gave notice that he
would call it up hereafter and move its
reference to the Committee on Priv
ileges and Elections. So ordered.
Voorhees Protecting National Credit.
Mr. Voorhees, of Indiana, submitted
the following resolution, and gave no
tice that he would call it up on Tuesday,
January 15th, 1878, for the purpose of
submitting some remarks thereon:
Resolved, That it is of the highest im
portance that the financial ciedit of the
Government be maintained, and in or
der to do so the Government itself, in
all its departments, should, in good
faith, keep all its contracts and obliga
tions entered into with its own citizens.
Matthews’ Silver Bill—Conflrmatluns.
The discussion of Matthews’ silver
resolution continued to the executive
session, which lasted nearly four hours,
and resulted in the confirmation of
Brady as Collector of Petersburg Dis
trict; Baxter, Judge of the Sixth Ju
dicial Circuit, vice Emmons, deceased;
Lurty, Attorney for the Western Dis
trict of Virginia; Hoyt, Commissioner
of Indian Affairs; Murray, Attorney for
the Western District of Tennessee. Tne
President sent a dozen minor nomina
tions to the Senate to-day, of no general
or Southern interest.
Lively Fight Upon Geo. Brady—Brady’s
nod Baxter’s Confirmation by a Large
Majority.
A considerable portion of the ex
-1 eoutive session of the Senate to-day was
devoted to a discussion of the nomina
tion of Gen. James D. Brady, as Col
lector of Internal Bevenue for the
Petersburg, Va., Distriot, in plaoe of
Geo. S. Biohards, who was suspended
under the Tenure of Office act last Sum
, mer, but recently re-instated by reason
of the failure of the Senate to take
aotioa upon the oase at the last session.
The Finance Committee yesterday sub
mitted an unanimous recommendation
that Brady’s nomination be confirmed,
although as made, it explicitly involved
the removal of Biohards, regardless
of the faot that no charges were pre
sented against the latter and that he
was conceded to have been a faithful
officer. Biohards, after holding the
office eight years, had entered upon a
third term under the appointment of
President Grant, when he was suspend
ed by President Hayes in order to give
the position to General Brady, in pursu
ance of his announced policy of filling
Federal offices in the Southern States
by native born residents. Brady was a
; native of Virginia, a Republican in poli
tics and a volunteer officer in the Union
army during the war of the rebellion.
His policy was strongly recommended
by tbe Virginia Senators and other
I prominent Democrats, and bis confirma
tion has been earnestly opposed by
many Bepublicans, who are personal
and politioal friends of Bichards. The
committee’s favorable report and the
discussion which ensued to-day resulted
iu Brady’s confirmation by a viva voce
vote, with only six or seven Senators in
the negative.
The nomination of John Baxter, of
Tennessee, to be Circuit Judge for the
Fifth Circuit, was reported from the Ju
dioiary Committee,with favorable recom
mendation and discussed at consider
' able length and confirmed without a
roll call. The nomination of E. A.
Hoyt, to be Commissioner of Indian
Affairs, was also a subject of some de
bate, but was confirmed without much
opposition. Tbe Indian Affairs Com
mittee were unanimous in reporting it
favorably.
The resolution for a removal of the in
junction of secrecy from the votes on
the New York Custom House nomina
tions was not reached, it being at the end
of the calendar. No motion to recon
sider yesterday’s action in regard to
these cases lias been entered, nor was
the controversy opened in auy other
manner to-day.
There was no report in executive ses
sion to-day on the nominations of Wick
ersham as Postmaster, or Smith as Col
lector of Customs at Mobile. They will
doubtless hang in the committee until
after the recess. Postmasters: Little,
Piedmont, Va.; Liesingring, Charles
town, Va.; Leland, Waco, Texas; Mrs.
Farrell, Covington, Ky.; Deslond, Pla
quemine, La.
Bills in the House—Money’s Pacific Bill—
Patterson, Democrat, Heated from Colo
rado.
Political circles have not recovered
from the shock of yesterday’s battle.
The President and his Secretaiy of
State are reported as utterly indignant,
but their future course has not yet been
indicated.
The bill introduced by Mr. Money, of
Mississippi, und referred to the Pacifio
Railroad Committee, allows the South
ern Pacific Company to continue its
road from Fort Yuma along the route
selected for the Texas Pacific Road until
its track meets that of the latter road.
The bill grants the lands before allotted
to tbe Texas Pacific, which that com
pany haß forfeited by not complying
with the law requiring the building of
the road within a certain time. The
bill contemplates tbe two companies
working from opposite ends towards a
meeting point.
The Colorade Case.
The contest over the Colorado case
closed with “nip and tuck.” The first
vote was to seat Belford (Bepublican).
This resulted—ayes, 110; nays, 128; a
strict party vote. The second was on a
motion that there was no valid election
—yeas, 116; nays, 117. Democrats
voting ayes, Cutler, Stenger, Williams,
Potter and Willis. The vote then re
curred on the majority report of seating
Patterson (Demooract)—ayes, 116; nays,
110.
The Committees at Work.
Washington, December 13. The
Military Committee of the House visited
the Department of State to examine
some documents on file, and afterwards
heard General Miles, the Indian fighter.
The Senate Pacific Railroad Commit
tee referred tbe Texas Pacifio Railroad
bill to a sub-committee, consisting of
Matthews, Lamar, Dorsey, Saunders
and Barnum.
The Post Office Committee agreed to
report Wickersham again favorably.
THE SOLONS GETTING READY
FOB THE HOLIDAYS.
Hchurz Raises Another Howl—Perfecting
Mississippi Navigation—Matthews’ Silver
Bill Resumed—Nominations aud Confirma
tions.
Washington, December 14. The
Vice-President laid before the Senate
a communication from the Secretary of
the Interior, calling attention to the law
in regard to compensation. He suggests
that the law be so amended to allow tbe
department to pay the same rate for ad
vertising as papers receive from private
individuals. Referred to the Commit
tee ou Civil Service and Retrenchment.
Cameron, of Wisconsin, called up the
House joint resolution relating to reser
voirs to promote navigation of the Mis
sissippi river, which passed.
Edmunds, of Vermont, by request,
introduced a bill to extend operations of
the aet of February 27tb, 1875, to pro
vide for a settlement with certain rail
way companies for, one year. Referred
to the Committee on Railroads.
At the expiration of the morning hour
the Senate resumed the consideration of
Matthews’ resolution declaring the right
of the Government to pay bonds in sil
ver, and Hereford, of West Virginia,
spoke in favor thereof,
Cnfrnatliiiia,
Lee, Consul-General at Frankfort;
McLean, Consul-General at Nassau ;
Baldwin, Collector of Customs at Char-
C.; Pronty, Collector of Cus
toms at Selaria, Texas; Fisher, Surveyor
of Customs at Cairo, 111,; Davis, Judge
of Court of Claims; Wade, Collector
Third Georgia District.
N.mlaatiaa*.
S. Wiley Wells, of Mississippi, Con
sul at Hong Kong; L. L. Lewis, Dis
trict Attorney Eastern District of Vir
ginia; E. Pratt Stratton, of New York,
Supervising Inspector of Steamboats for
the Second District; David Porter, Sur
veyor of Customs at Savannah; Jas. Gil
christ, Surveyor of Customs at Wheel
jag; Jno. Oglesby, Assistant Appraiser
at New Orleans; Wm. F. Lee, Postmas
ter at Pensacola.
N. Action an tke Silver Bill—Tke Me. Wka
Are t. Keep Peace With Mexico.
Matthews’ silver resolution was dis
cussed without action. The Vice-Presi
dent announced as the special commit
tee anthorized by the resolution of Mr.
Conkling, submitted on the 11th inst.,
to inquire into the practicability of pro
moting commercial intercourse with
Mexico, and to establish a just and
peaceful condition of affairs on the bor
ders of this country and Mexico, and
also to ascertain and report facts touch
ing the present government of Mexico—
Messrs. Conkling, Hamlin, Howe, Jones
of Nevada, Cameron of Pennsylvania,
Eaton and Maxey.
It has transpired that Blaine would
have been made chairman of the com
mittee had his health not demanded
recreation during recess. Tbe 12 years
sore between Blaine and Conkling, it is
said, has been healed. Blaine gave
Conkling vigorous support iu his con
test against the President over the New
York Custom House.
The Senate adjournß to-morrow im
mediately after the reading of the Jour
nal, and business lies over until the
10th of January.
Concluding and Pausing the Deficiency Bill-
Republicans Kick at Investigation Innova
tions.
Iu the House the conference report
on the Defioieuoy bill was, after much
discussion, agreed to, the item of*ssoo,-
000 for inland transportation of the
mails (the star service) is retained in
the bill. The Senate amendments to
the bill for the Paris Exposition were
also taken up and concurred in. These
two bills now go to the President for
his signature. A resolution reported
from the Committee of Ways and Means
for a wholesale investigation of all the
Government departments was resisted
by the Republicans, who resorted to
filibustering motions. Adjourned with
out action.
Government Departments to be Re-Inventl
gated—The Senate’s Sheriff.
Washingtion, December 14.—The
Ways and Means Committee adopted re
solutions that the committee pursue in
vestigations similar to last sessiou.
The Republican Senators oauenssed
in regard to Sergeant-at-Arms French,
and will meet again to-morrow. The
general impression is favorable to
French. More full inquiries verify the
Associated Press report of the struggle
over the New York nominations. Mr.
Beck, of Kentucky, is surprised and in
dignant that some papers placed him as
voting with the majority.
The I’acltic Committee.
The House Committee on Pacific Rail
road appointed Ithe following snboom
mittee on Texas Pacific : Morrison,
Chalmers, Luttrell, O'Neil, Blair and
Cole. Messrs. Hoar, Chalmers and
O’Neil are favorable to the Texas Pacifio.
The position of Cole is not clearly de
fined.
Opposition to Wade’s Appointment.
In executive session to-day consider
able time was devoted to the nomina
tion of Edward F. Wade, to be Collector
of Internal Bevenue for the Third Dis
trict of Georgia. Senators Gordon and
Hill opposed his confirmation on the
ground that Wade wonld not be accept
able to the people of Georgia; they
thought that a Bepublican acceptable
to the people should have been ap
pointed. The nomination, after some
disonssion was confirmed by a strict
party vote. There was also some oppo
sition to the confirmation of C. H. Bald
win to be Collector of Customs at
Charleston, vice Worthington, aud of
Messrs. Lee aud McLain, both of Ohio,
nominated respectively for the Consul
Generalship at Frankfort and Consul
ship of Nassau, but they were all three
confirmed by large majorities.
No Overt timers Wanted.
The nomination of Samuel B. MoLen,
formerly a member of the Florida Re
turning Board, to be Associate Justice
of the Supremo Court of New Mexico,
was reported unfavorably upon from
the Judiciary Committee, and was re
jected in exeentive session without di
vision. Senator Conover is reported as
most earnest in opposition to this ap
pointment as one unfit to be made.
GORDON AND CONKLING HAVE A
MISUNDERSTANDING.
llow Two Senators Became Too Severe to
“Be Parliamentary—Trouble Originates in
Executive Session—Conkling Interferes
With a Nomination, and Gets Bounced—
The Affair Finally Amicably Arranged,
Washington, December 15. The
town was full of conflicting statements
last night of sharp words between Sen
tors Gordon and Conkling in executive
session. Accounts published this morn
ing are equally conflicting. There is no
doubt that, the situation is difficult, aud
it is still thought best to await an au
thorized statement of the affair.
Up to eleven o’clock no communica
tions had passed in the Gordon-Conk
ling affair, but it was thought almost
certain by tbe friends of both parties
that the affair would be amicably ar
ranged.
How Ibe A ll'alr Was Set I led.
In the Senate to-day, Mr. Thurman,
of Ohio, said there was a mattor which
he was authorized to stato would be
brought to tbe attention of tho Senate.
Ho, therefore, moved that the doors be
closed, under the 64th rule! and the mo
tion was unanimously agreed to. (Buie
64 provides that ou a motion made and
seconded to close the doors of the Sen
ate on the discussion of any business
which may, in the opinion of a Senator,
require secresy, the presiding officer
shall direct the galleries to be cleared,
and during the discussion .of suoh mo
tion the doors shall remain closed.) The
motion was submitted for the purpose
of considering the difficulty between
Messrs. Conkling and Gordon in the
executive session of yesterday, and after
the doors were reopened, the following
paper was made public. During the
secret sessiou, Mr. HamliD, of Maine,
offered the following, which was unani
mously agreed to:
Whereas, A misunderstanding having
arisen between the Hon. Roscoe Conk
ling. of New York, and the Hon. John
B. Gordon, of Georgia, in the course of
the exeoutive proceedings of the Senate
yesterday, and mutual understandings
thereon having been arrived at as set out
in the following paper, it is ordered
that said paper be entered at large on
the legislative journal of the Senate.
During an executive session of the
Senate held yesterday words were ut
tered both by Seuator Gordon, of Geor
gia, and by Senator Conkling, of New
York, which were mutually felt to be
unkind and offensive, reports of the in
cident appearing in the papers of this
morning which are inaccurate and un
just to both speakers. Upon a careful
inquiry as to what was said by each
speaker, and what was understood to be
said by the other, it is certain that the
first offensive words were inspired by
an honest misunderstanding of what
had been innocently said by the other
speaker. One harsh remark provoked
another, as too often happens, but all
that was offensive was the out
growth of misapprehension. Since
such was the faot, we, who are mutual
friends of both Senators, are of the
opinion that it is due alike to the Sen
ate and the speakers that whatever was
felt to be unkind or offensive in the re
marks of either should be treated as if
neither had uttered them, and we are
now authorized to state are mutually
and simultaneously withdrawn.
[Signed] H. Hamlin.
M. W. Ransom.
„ Timothy O. Howe.
J. E. McDonald.
Deoember 15tb, 1877. r
One Aceount of the Adair—The Cause of the
Difficulty—Thurinau Falla aa a Peacemak
er—Conkliuji’a Insolence to Be stopped.
Washington, December 14.—Mr.
Conkling’s strutt and insolence in the
Senate has increased siuce his recent
victory on the New York nominations.
A sharp altercation occurred in exeentive
session this afternoon between him and
General Gordon, of Georgia, which may
lead to grave personal oonsequences.
The latter Senator was on the Committee
on Commerce, and had directed Spen
cer, of Alabama, to take np the nomi
nation of Smith, as Collector of Mo
bile, and which that worthy has been
endeavoring to suppress in order to
prevent the case from coming to a vote.
Conkling came to the rescue of his
henclimen, by calling out in loud aud
peremptory tones, “go on with tbe cal
endar.” General Gordon rebuked this
rude interruption by remarking that he
was conducting the public business, and
that the Senator from New York had no
right to give orders to the Vice-Presi
dent.
Conkling affected not to hear this re
mark, and asked the Senator from Geor
gia what he said ? Whereupon General
Gordon repeated his remark. Conkling
replied, that if the Senator from Geor
gia stated that he was giving orders to
the Vice-President, he stated what was
not true. Gordon at once restated what
he had said. Whereupon Conkling re
peated it again, speaking bypotbetioally
“that if the Senator stated that he had
given orders to the Vice President, he
stated what was not true.” Very well,
said Gordon, we will settle that. “Yes,”
said Conkling, "we will settle it here.”
“No,” retorted Gordon with emphasis,
“we will not settle it here.” This scene
was, of coarse, highly exciting. At a
later hour of the day Judge Thurman
undertook to play the part of peace
maker, and made some remarks, assum
ing that the two Senators had misun
derstood one another, and that no per
sonal reflection was intended by Mr.
Conkling, but it would seem that his
pacific explanation &l the affair had
not been authorized by either party, for
both Senators were profoundly silent.
It is reported to night that Mr. Conk
ling has privately stated that he intend
ed no reflection upon General Gordon’s
veracity, but np to this time the affair
is unsettled. General Gordon has re
fused to see reporters who have called
on him to furnish any statement on the
sabject, but the above is derived from
authentic sources. It is pretty certain
that Mr. Conkling’s insulting tone to
ward Democratic Senators will not be
permitted to go on in this case without
a check General Gordon is by nature
pacific but is as resolute as he is uni
formly courteous to all persons who are
gentlemen.
No Seoate Evecutlve Ncmlo> Ye.ierday-
W ffm ! ■
Cjeneral Bailer Demands an Investigation
IntO.HU Cnee—The Motion Postponed.
In the Senate, Mr. Paddock, of Ne
braska, inquired if it would be any vio
lation of the agreement made yesterday
for the Senate to proceed to the con
sideration of executive business.
The Chair (Mr. Ferry) ruled that it
would be a violation. The motion for
au executive session, therefore, was not
made.
After some unimportant preliminary
business, Mr. Butler, of South Carolina,
submitted the following:
Resolved, That tho Committee on
Privileges and Elections bo and hereby
is instructed to inquire forthwith, and
report as soon as may be, any threats,
promises or arrangements respecting
existing or contemplated aoensations or
criminal prosecutions against any Sena
tor, whether any other corrupt or other
wise unlawful means or influences have
been in auy manner used or put in ope
ration, directly or indirectly, by M. C.
Butler, one of the Senators from the
State of South Carolina, or by any
other Senator or other person for
the purpose of influencing the vote
of Senators on the question of discharg
ing said oommittee from the considera
tion of said M. C. Butler’s credentials
or any other question at the late session
of the Senate, and that said oommittee
have power to send for persons and pa
pers and to sit during the sittings of
the Senate. Mr. Butler said he submit
ted the resolution iu pursuance of a
notice which had been previously given,
when his credentials were under con
sideration in the Senate. The resolu
tion was substantially that offered by
the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Ed
munds) at that time. So far as he
(Mr. Butler) was concerned he desired,
be might say he demanded, that the
fullest investigation be made touching
his oonduot in connection with his ad
mission to the Senate. When the Sen
ator from Vermont (Mr. EdnmmA sub
mitted his resolution to the
charges he read au the
New York Tribune. He
that tne extract would go before the
oommittee and that they wonld examine
the charges contained therein. He asked
for the present consideration of the re
solution.
Mr. Cameron (Wisconsin), objected,
and the resolution went over.
The post route bill went over.
The Investigation Project Smothered in the
House—Committees Investigating During
the Recess.
Washington, Deoember 15.—1n the
House, the effort of the Democrats to
secure action on the resolution for a
wholesale investigation of the Depart
ments was stubbornly resisted on tbe
side of the Republicans, until half-past
three o’deok, when, on motion of Mr.
Mills, of Texas, the motion was post
poned till the 10th of January next.
Leave was given to the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, and refused to the Com
mittee on Military Affairs, to continue
the investigation of the Mexican border
troubles during the recess. Adjourned
till 10th January.
Court Whisper* lu General—Paris Exhibition
Bill Examined—Cottou Tax Refunding Bill
—A Fight on the Mexiean Frontier.
Washington, December 15.—The
President approved the Paris Exposition
bill. Commissioner General McCormick
will sail in March, speuding his time
meanwhile partly here and in New York
in the transaction of duties connected
with the exhibition.
The bill to refund the cotton tax.
which was referred to the Committee on
Ways and Means, was referred to a sub
committee, of which Hon. H. B. Harris,
of Georgia, is Chairman. There are
twelve millions of this tax due the State
of Georgia. This question will be thor
oughly examined by the committee.
Representative Mills, of Texas, is in
receipt of a telegram from the Governor
of that State conveying the information
that a company composed of about
twenty State and United States troops,
had been surrounded on the Texas side
of the Rio Grande by some 300 Mexi
ean desperadoes, and that at tho time
of writing six of the State troops and
one of the United States troops had
fallen, and fighting was still in progress.
The Governor appeals to the President,
through Mr. Mills as Secretary of the
Texas delegation, for immediate assist
ance.
The Adjustment Satisfactory and Honor
able.
The settlement of the Gordon Conk
ling difficulty, as made in executive ses
sion to-day, was tbe unanimous conclu
sion of the gentlemen who signed it,
and was approved by the friends of both
Senators, It was read in the Senate in
the presence of all the witnesses of the
transaction, and met so completely the
approbation of all the Senators that it
was ordered unanimously to bo entered
on the records of the Senate. This is
the first entry of tho kind siuce like ac
tion was taken iu respect to the cele
brated i.ffair between Senators Poin
dexter und Forsyth, which was
arranged iu the same way through
the good offices of Henry Clay, over
forty years ago. Senators Conkling and
Gordon, ever siuce the difficulty oc
curred, have declined to converse on
the subject. No communication either
verbally or iu writing passed between
the parties, certain Senators having
immediately after the event commenced
the business of adjustment, among
them prominently were Senators Ham
lin and Ransom, who were especially
judicious and effective iu arranging the
matter satisfactorily to both sides. Sena
tors Gordon and Conkling were not in
the Senate Chamber when the settle
ment was reported.
THE GALLANT GORDON.
South Carolina’s Testimonial to tlie Ueorgia
Senator.
Columbia, S. C., October 31, 1877.
To General J. B. Gordon :
Dear Sir—l am requested by "Colum
bia women" to ask your acceptance of
this silver salver, as a token of their
gratitude and regard. It was intended
for your little “Carolina,” and we deeply
deplore the disappointment that has
fallen upon our design of giving into
her keeping a record of Carolina being
free, through the help of Gordon.
3ir, words would not express the
thoughts that move our hearts at the
sound of your name. Gordon and
Hampton ! So closely entwined, that
to think of the one is to think of tbe
other; to think of either is to think of
our State; and to think of our State is
to combine in thought what is highest
and noblest in the history of tbe past,
and to ask God’s blessing for the future.
We send our offering, a representative
of all grades of sooiety, far too small to
bold the words of praise and gratitude
that fall from the lips of all, even tbe
poorest enriching her mite with “God
bless Gordon.” We all say, “God bless
yon;’’ the man who came to us in our
need; who worked, watched for and
hailed with joy the hour we were set
free. Yours, Graue Elmore.
Washington, December 3, 1877.
To Miss Grace Elmore:
Dear Madam —l have received the
silver salver presented by the women of
Columbia, and with it the letter from
yourself as their representative. It
wonld be unavailing to attempt an ex
pression of my appreciation of the gift
or my sense of gratefulness for the hon
or done me. lam not insensible, how
ever, of the faot that you plaoe too high
an estimate upon my services, for my
nature must have been callous indeed if
I had not responded to Carolina’s call
with every energy of my mind and every
throb of my heart. Whatever of assist
ance I h ive been able to contribute to
the relief of your State from the evils of
misgovernmeut, was rendered to a peo
ple hound to those who sent me here by
every tie of kindred, of interest, of
deathless memories and enduring sym
pathies.
I shall treasure this beautiful gift
through life as a memorial of South
Carolina’s new birth, and of the too
generous tribute paid to me, by her
daughters, for the [aid it was my privi
lege to render in the time of her distress
and humiliation.
With sincere thanks to you aud to
those whom you represent, I am most
respectfully and trnly yours,
* J. B. Gordon.
THE FRENCH BUDGET.
The Chamber of Depaliea at Work on the
Appropriation*.
Paris, December 16.—The Chamber
of Deputies will to-day vote four direct
taxes and two months of the Budget.
Fire In Chieaa*.
Chicago, December 15.—The Presby
terian University building at Lake
Forest, on the suburb of Chicago, was
burned; cost, SBO,OOO. The library was
saved.
The Pope.
Rome, Deoember 15.—The Pope is
much better to-day, and is sitting up in
his bed. _
“One touch of nature makes the
whole world akin,” writes the immortal
bard of Avon. That’s the reason why
the ladies sink all their dissensions in
common admiration of “Andrews’ Ba
zar,” which meets their wants so fully.
Bright general reading, stories, essays,
criticism, racy ehit-chat, sparkling para
graphs are here; bnt, best of all, the
most perfect fashion department in any
magazine. All the most novel things
from abroad, supplemented by the taste
of the finest American modistes, are
profusely given aud illustrated. Send
to Cincinnati for it.
SOOTH CAROLINA AFFAIRS.
WHAT WAS DONE IN COLUMBIA
WEDNESDAY.
The Keresii—lnvestigating Corbin—Puller
on’n Cane—Action of the Nrnnte—The
Greenwood and Auguntn Rond—The Presi
dential Election.
f Charleston News and Courier.]
Columbia, Thursday, December 13.
The legislative recess is now fixed from
December 20 to January 16. The boud
commission say that they have hopes of
finishing their work before the adjourn
ment for the holidays, but this is uncer
tain. I am informed that resolutions
will be introduced to-morrow appointing
a special committee to investigate the
means used by D. T. Corbin to procure
his election to the United States Senate,
the charge beiDg that he fraudulently
applied $28,000 of the phosphate royal
ty, in the shape of bribes, to procure an
election. A telegram has been received
here from Corbin stating that he still
has the matter of accepting the District
Attorneyship under consideration.
Patterson’* fuse.
In the House, Mr. Dibble, of Orange
burg, presented the report of the joint
committee on public frauds on the Pat
terson matter. It briefly relates the
circumstances of the proseoution, arrest
and release of Patterson, sets forth with
several “whereases” that it is disgrace
ful that he should bo allowed to repre
sent this State under snch circum
stances, and asks that tbe committeo be
authorized to forward a copy of the evi
dence to the Senate. The oommittee
presented the following resolution:
Resolved by the House of Represen
tatives, the Senate concurring, That the
joint investigating committee on public
frauds, Ac., do forthwith report the evi
dence in their possession, upon which
indiotmenta have been found against the
said John J. Patterson, to the end that
the said testimony may be forwarded
with this resolution to tbe honorable
the Senate of the United States. Laid
over for consideration to morrow.
In the Senate, Mr. Ooohran, in behalf
of the joint investigating committee,
submitted a report and resolution rela
tive to John J. Patterson (see House
proceedings), wbieh was ordered for con
sideration to-morrow.
The report of the Committee on Fed
eral Relations on concurrent resolution
of the House of Representatives relating
to the election of the Hon. J. J. Patter
son to the Senate of the United States
was adopted and the resolution tabled.
[The committee recommended inaction
on the ground that the matter was iu
the Courts, where it properly belonged,
and that the General Assembly had no
right to interfere with tbe duty of a co
ordinate department of tho Govern
ment.]
The Augusta and Greenwood Rond.
In the House, the bill to allow the
Greenwood and Augusta Railroad Com
pany to pay their indebtedness to the
State for the hire of conviots in the stock
of said oompauy at par, thon came up.
Andrews, of Sumter, opposed it, ou the
ground that the Stato could not afford
to take for her pay stook which may be
worthless. Ho moved to strike out the
enaoting clause. Palmer, of Richland,
also opposed it. He thought that, it wbb
bad enough to bring oonviot labor in
competition with that of honest men,
but it was worse when the State did not
derive from it even the small pecuniary
benefit to whioh she was entitled. Mr.
Aldrich favored the bill. He thought
the State should enoonrage railroads by
all possible means. Mr. Haskell said
that if this bill was merely to relieve the
Greenwood and Augusta Railroad of
past indebtedness, be would vote for it.
He thought, however, it was a bad pre
cedent,' aud if he thought the bill con
templated anything further he wonld
oppose it. He did not think the State
could afford it.
Mr. Miller, of Beaufort, did not like
the idea of hiring conviots to railroads
for nothing. It was bad enough for her
to discriminate against honest labor by
exacting suoh low rates for convict hire.
She should certainly receive her pay in
cash. Mr. Vernor thoiißht it to the in
terest of the State to encourage rail
roads by all possible moans. Mr. Saw
yer was opposed to the State giving her
convict labor gratuitously, and wanted
to know the value of the stock. Mr.
Baist was unalterably opposed to bring
ing convict labor into competition with
the honest workingman. There were
hundreds of men in Charleston now who
would be glad to got work at almost any
price, and ho would oppose the State’s
hiring convicts for worthless stock. If
this bill was merely to relievo this rail
road temporarily, he wonld not object,
however, if the State was exempted
from paying assessments on the stock.
Mr. J. J. Hemphill thought it would
be to the State’s interest to assist rail
roads with her convict labor, even if
she got nothing for it but relief from
the support aud care of the prisoners.
It would be to the ultimate benefit of.
the workingman, as it would increase
the producing capacity of the country.
Mr. Oallison argued, favoring the bill
on tbe samo grounds. Amendments,
calls, points of order, motions to post
pone and motions t,o adjourn thon fol
lowed thick and fast, both the oppo
nents aud supporters of the bill engag
ing in the struggle, whioh was the most
animated one of the session, and tho
roughly awoke members from the lethar
gy induced by tfcp reading of incorpo
rating and bills. In the
midst of the fight three o’clock arrived,
and the House adjourned.
Tlie Presidential Election.
In tho Senate, Mr. Lipscomb intro
duced the following :
Resolved, That it is tho sense of the
General Assembly of South Carolina, as
expressed by this joint resolution, thnt
Samuel J. Tilden and Thomns A. Hen
dricks were fairly and legally elected
President and Vice-President of the
United States.
2d. That the delegation of the right
to count and determine the electoral
vote to a committee composed of mout
hers of the Supreme Court, of the Uni
ted States Senate and of the United
States House of Representatives was in
violation of the Constitution of tho
United States and the spirit of American
liberty.
3d. That the action of the majority of
the members of the Electoral Committee
in refusing to hear evidence in regard to
the alleged irregularities and frauds in
the election for President and Vice-
President was the resnlt of a premedita
ted and well developed scheme of fraud.
4th. That the manner in which they
obtained possession of these offices un
der a color of law made them still tha
guilty recipients of the usurped and vio
lated liberties of the people of this groat
and glorious republic, and eqttally as
culpable as the base conspirators who
conceived and exeented Ibis gigantic
fraud.
sth. That the action of Rutherford B.
Hayes since his pretended inauguration
has been one of treachery to tbe party
who placed him in power, and biß open
attempt to influence leaders of the
Democratic party by the use of Execu
tive patronage, that his efforts to inau
gurate anew party by a dismemberment
of the National Democracy and espe
cially the solid Democracy of the Sonth,
is a gross insult to the members of this
great and growing party.
The resolutions went over under tbe
rules.
SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE.
Greenwood and Auguata Road—Tenure ol
OMee.
In the House Friday, the bill to per
mit the Greenwood and Augusta Rail
road to pay the hire of convicts in its
own stock at par passed to a third read
ing, with an amendment providing that
the State should never be liable for as
sessments.
The joint resolution, proposing an
amendment to the Constitution of the
State relative to the offioe and tenure of
the Justices of the Supreme Court and
of the Judges of the Court of General
Sessions, then came up. It makes the
tenure of office of the Justices and
Judges last during good behavior. It
was strenuously opposed by Mr. Wells,
of Richland, who moved to strike out
the enacting clause.
A discossion ensued, which was par
ticipated in by Messrs. Aldrioh and J.
J. Hemphill favoring tbe bill, and An
drews, of Sumter, against it. The mo
tion to strike out the resolving words
was lost on a division by a vote of 64 to
36. The resolution was then passed.
THE SCORCHING KCAVANGER.
A lacking Flame Eaves Through Helena,
Arkansas.
Memphis, December 13.—A fire at
Helena, Arkansas, last night, burned a
block. The following are the principal
sufferers : J. K. Wooten, queensware,
$13,000; Mulkey & Burke, books and sta
tionery, $12,500; office of the Daily
World, $8,000; J. K. Coolidge, commis
sion merchant, $8,000; post office in
same building was destroyed, bnt mails
was saved.
New Castle, Ont., December 13.—The
Royal Hotel and blook of buildings
comprising tbe principal business por
tion of the town was burned last night.
Loss, $40,000.
Npootaneou. Comba.tlan.
Toledo, 0., Deoember 13.—Sponta
neous combustion in a drying room
burned the Millburn Wagon Company
buildings; loss, $4,500.
We understand that there will be a
large number of candidates for posi
tions on the police force, at the election
to be held next month.