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Cfironu'K anti jsjfMinel.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1877.
A WOMAN’S WISH.
Would I were king in a field of clover.
Of clover cool arid oft. and soft and Hweet,
With dusky clonds in deep skies banging over.
And scented silence at mv bead and feet.
Just for one hour to slip the leieh of Worry
In eager baste, from Uioughfs impatient
neck,
And watch it coursing—in its heedless hurry
Disdaining Wisdom’s whistles—Duty's beck!
Ah ! it were sweet, where clover clamps are
meeting
And daisies hiding, so to hide and rest :
No sound except my own heart s sturdy beat
ing,
Booking itself to sleep within my breast.
Just to lie there filled with the deeper breath
ing
That comes of listening to a free bird's
song!
Our souls require at times this full unsheath
ing—
All swords will rust if scabbard kept too
long. •
And I am tired ! so tired of rigid dnty !
80 tired of all my tired hands find to do !
I yearn, I faint, for some of life's free I,canty.
Its loose beads with no straight string run
ning through'.
Ay a, laugh if laugh you will at my crude
speech—
But women sometimes die of such s greed ;
Die for the small joy* held bevond their reach,
And the assurance they have all they need!
[Mrt'y A. Townsend in A’. Y. Eveening Pont.
01.1 l MKMOItIKM.
I.
Sing that sweet melody again.
I heard it once in ha:,pier hours ;
It falls upon my weery brain.
Like breath of Hummer flowers.
n.
It brings before my pensive mind
The hallowed scenes of other years.
When life was one long day of joy,
Bright, unalloyed with tears.
in.
The blooming hawthorn scents the air,
The lark's loud song is in the sky ;
And gath'ring sweets from balmy flowers,
‘The bee hams merry by.
IV.
Again I hear my Mary's voice,
Her matchless form I see once more,
Again her witching glance of love,
Enchants me as of yore.
v.
Her emu,’ white hand is clasped iri mine.
Her fragrant breath is on my cheek,
Wrapt in a trance of thrilling joy,
Our hearts too full to speak !
vt.
Oh ! could such ecstacy but last '
Much scenes of ravishing delight !
Who would exchange this earth of ours,
For other worlds, though bright ?
VII.
The song is hashed, its echoes die,
Like fairy music in the air !
Ont of its spell, so full of joy,
i wake to grief and care.
AT THE I.AMT.
There rnnst be something after all this woe;
A sweet fruition from the harrowed past;
Rest some day for this pacing to and fro ;
A tender sunbeam and dear flowers at last.
There will be something when these days are
done,
Hometiling moro fair by far than starry
nights —
A prospect limitless, as one by one
Embodied castles crown the aiiy heights.
Ho cheer up, heart, and for that morrow wait!
Dream what you will, hut press toward the
dream;
Let fancy guide dull effort through the gate,
And face the current, would she cross the
stream.
Then whu that something lies athwart the
way—
Coming unsought as good things seem to
do—
" Twill prove beneath the Hash of setting day
A nobler meed than now would beckon you.
For lifted up by constant, awkward strife,
Hope will attain so marvelous a height.
There can he nothing found within this life
After this day to form a fltting night.
Ho Heaven alone shall ever satisfy.
And God’s own light be ever light enough
To guide the purified, ennobled eye
Toward the unooth which lies boyond the
rough.
There will lie something when these clouds
stance by—
A bounteous yielding from the fruitful past;
iflereet peso*and test upon the pathway lie,
E'en though but death and flowers at the
last. \ James Berry Ben see.
J.A HEM.A MtfllTE.
. rn ohari.es mackay.
i.
I dreamed a pleasant dream of Death,
Asa lady fair and bright.
Who came to my bedside suddenly
In the stillness of the night.
‘Art thou afraid of me ?' she Haid,
In tones so sweet aud low
That I knew she spoke as a kindly mend,
Aud not as a vengeful foe ;
And I answered eh eriiv, and smiled,
•No, my beloved! no!
H.
•Why should I fear ? Thou canst not come
An hour before thy time.
If 'tin thine hour, 'twill lie thine hour,
Appointed aud sublime.
I should have lived my life in vain.
Nor see* where all things teud.
If I'd not svtre/v known and felt
That thou would’st be my friend,
And that beginning wero but losb
Unless for the blessed end.
hi. •
•Come to me, then, O kindly Death!
I fear thee not at all!
The .immortal mind can never bo
The mortal body's tlirail.
I see rtloo stretch thy radiant hand
To open svide the door
Through wUieli my spirit, glad to pass,
Shall surge, wd spring, and soar,
And leant to learn, aud know to know.
Ever and evermore {
IV.
•Dear mother ! on thy face I look,
And fee.' myself a child.
And know t>u’lt purify my soul
From all itaAt hath defiled.
I’ve no regret* fo leave a world
Whoso doleful paths I’ve trod :
Come when thou wilt; I’m well content
To rest in the quiet sod.
And go with thee to the Spirit-land,
To my Father and my God !
[Belgravia Magazine.
lIK WANTED TIIE DOCTOR.
One night last week u jolly old German
farmer rode to Chestnut llill from White
marsh after a phvsfcian for his wife, who
was very siek. He dismounted from his
horse in front of a saloon just as the boys
inside had begun to make uierrv over the
first keg of lieer. He approached and look
ed cautiously around the screen. The foam
ing glasses were held high above tbe heads
ot the revelers, as otic of the number pro- 1
nounced a toast apppropriate to the oc
lftThe sileut watcher licked his lips and
wished his errand had been ode not requir
ing so much dispatch. He was turning re
luctantly away, when the crowd saw him.
“Hallo!" they Shouted, “there’s Fritz.
Bring him in!" . , , ,
lie was laid hold upon and .hauled up to
the liar, all the while protesting.
“Poys, I was in a quick hurry. Ole too
man sick like der tuvval. 1 vos come mit
der toctor, sooner as lightnin’ 1"
“Well you can tane some beer while
you’re lie re. and kill two birds with one
stone," was die reply. , ,
“Yaas, 1 kill iron chicken nut a couple ot
stones, und der ole vooman die mi tout der
lector.’ I lon’t forget myself of it. eh ?"
“Ob won't die. You don t get liefr
often, and you’ve got the ole woman oil the
time ’ Fill’em up again."
“Yaas l got her all der time, but exposen
she so dade, l dont got her any more some
dimes. It’s better to go mit der toctor, sel
dom right away."
Hut he didn’t go. As one glass after an
otht r was forced upon him by the reckless
*Tonj the object of his errand was floated
further and further from his vision, until it
was ciuvtekl out of his mind altogether an I
his voice. *nliuged with anxiety, joined in
the drinking songs, and arose above all
night. The hoy grasped him by the sleeve,
and said;
“Fader, come home."
Frit* turned, aud Mt tlio oi*£ht ot his txvr a
otv( tear arose in his mind, swept away the
fumes of the beer and brought him to a
sense of the situation, in an awe-struck
toue he asked:
“Yaweub. how you was come here#; *v as
somedings der matter’"
“Yaw," replied the boy.
"Veil, spoke up at suit it. Vas der ole
vnoma n— was Tour nntddet—is shedadef
I can dis'O’d detn Itcst. Don’t keep your
faiter in expense, !*’>'. Shnid it out. Vas
ve a couple M orplianses, 1 awcub .
“Neiii." the boy, \ou \as
anuder. A leedleW'v coom mil ter house.
Fritz was ovcivun. fora moment, but
finally siammeied out:
"Vos dot so* I expose it was w fb soon
already. VeU-*eU,io der nndd.e ta-te.
we don’t know vot sto Wilt next up. Men
exposes Fill up der glassy
The U)v vriiturid o usk tb* a?,u mail
whv he had not seen the Joe;or.
“Vy did she want a toewr ? Petier she
told liu* so. 1 got Liiu Navart
mind, I safe more as ten d*>iUr .nil on
datbabv. Dot vos a child.
glasses. It hoo ray t 1 a d*t little hut k
baby ?Ve von't go icsue tiii yesteejav."
Fritz got home at last, and was iu e best
nut Hill again after a couple of days alter
some medicine. The lev. eoohiiv t gat bun
hack again, though be said lo them
“Ycu I site I ten to tuy peeMiess flour.’’
Who Can Boat This f
t .eLv H’nUmm.|
Vfe are assured hy Mr. James A.
Wright that his uncte.ij.’' P. H. Wright,
of Banka county, raise* A*io present
Mar on tins acre of land, one ifl.gdred
aud fifteen bmi“!s of com ! The tetfd
and corn were inoxii measured; and we
aoderotaud that the <*< was injured by
a freshet daring the .oUh of
Who era beet this for a Urg yield t
Mr. Wright used a* a fertilizer eopa
p®st of stable manure and cotton seed.
FORTY-FIFTIHMGRESS.
DISCUSSING OUR DELICATE RE
LATIONS WITH MEXICO.
Tbe qmtlra Can Up la the Ueaee— Hew
lii Wishes to Tie the PreeMeat’s Bloody
linage—Mr. Stepheas’ Teles far Peace—Oe
frods the Prreideat-The Texas Here la far
Wnh.
Washington, December 10. The
question of our delicate relations with
Mexico, and the imminent danger of war
between the two countries, came up to
day in the* Honse, in connection with
tbe distribution of the President’s Mes
sage to the varions appropriate commit
tees. In the resolutions reported for
that purpose from the Committee of
Ways and Means, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs had referred to (among
other subjects) the troubles on the Rio
Grande and the recognition of the Diaz
Government.
Mr. Hewitt, of New York, in order
(as he said) to give emphasis to the
question, offered an amendment look
ing, in the interests of peace, to an
improvement of tbe commercial rela
tions between the two countries and on
that text he made a speech intimating
his apprehensions that the Administra
tion might allow war to be drifted into
and that when Congress met, after tbe
holidays, it would be called upon to
sustain the Administration in that war.
He declared that the people of the
United States did not desire war, bat
did earnestly desire peace, and an op
portunity of recovering their former
prosperity,
Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, took the
same views of the importance and ne
cessity of preserving peaceful relations
with Mexico, bat did not agree with
Hewitt in supposing that the Adminis
tration favored war.
Mr. Reagan, of Texas, intimated that
the existence of the “free zone” of
Mexico was an encouragement to smug
glers on both sides of the line and was
an obstacle to friendly and commercial
relation.
Mr. Mills, of Texas, declared it ab
surd to be siDging paeans to peace in the
halls of Congress while the border
counties of Texas were a prey to depre
elutions of Mexican raiders. The great
trouble was that that country was in a
chronic anarchy, without any stable or
permanent Government. After a long
and important discussion Hewitt’s
amendment was adopted. The follow
ing bills were introduced and referred :
By Mr. Turner, of Kentucky, for a tax
on incomes; also, reducing the salaries
of all publie officers which exceed 81,-
800.
By Mr. Willis, of Kentucky, amenda
tory of the Texas Pacific act.
By Mr. Rea, of Missouri, proposing
an amendment to the Constitution, pro
viding for the election of Senators by
tbo direct vote of the people.
S|i*c*ial Hevemie 'l'ftinnirFrep Duty oq
Articles,
Mr. Eiohoff has introduced a bill in
the Honso to repeal seotion 8243 of the
revised|statntes, which provides that the
payment of special tax by internal rev
enue law does not authorize a violation
of State laws in regard to such special
business, nor prohibit State taxation of
the same. Sent to Ways and Means
Committee.
In order to seonre tbe importation,
free of duty, of all description of raw
wool, cooper and copper ore, Mr. Willis,
of New York, introduced a bill that no
duty shall be levied or oolleoted on these
articles after July, 1878. Referred tp
Committee on Ways and Means,
I’rf-liminnry Discussion Upon Admitting; Eus
tis—Dorse? Opposes It—Formlsa a Govcrn
„i..nt for the District of Columbia.
Washington, December 10.—In the
Senate.during the morning hour, a reso
lution was reported by Dorsey, from the
Committee on the Diatriot of Columbia,
instructing that committee to inquire
and report by bill or otherwise a proper
form of government for the District of
Columbia—agreed to.
At the expiration of the morning hour
Wadleigh, of New Hampshire, Chair
man of the Commitlee on Privileges and
Elections, called up a resolution report
ed from that committee last week de
claring J. B. Eustis eutitled to his seat
as Senator from Louisiana, from Jauua
ry 12th, 1876, for the term endiDgMareb
31, 1879, and Ingalls, of Kansas, who
signed the minority report, spoke in op
position to tbe resolution, claiming that
the papers promoted by Mr. Eustis
were defective.
The I’neine Hoad Committeso-N* duffrjraan
Yet— Mr. Hieplicnt’ Texas l’upiflc Bill,
Judge Calberton, of Texas, will de
cliue the Chairmanship of the Pacific
licrnmittee on account of having been
Dircctur of and counsel for the Texas
Pacific Road. Jlr. Morrison, third on
the list, will probably JjeoomeChairman.
The Committee consider iffitt Speaker
iUudall exhausted his control oyep the
Chairmanship when he designated the
Committee, *ud that Potter declining
Throckmorton sugened#, and he deolin
ing, Morrison succeeds, and that all
designations by Randall to make tbe
Committee full, take their places at the
tail of the Committee. There will be
three bills introduced in the Senate.
Geueral Ransom’s will champion the
bill of Mr. Stephens.
Mr. Johnson, of Virginia, will intro
duce an oto&ihus bill, covering all the
branches, and the o.ojjse bill will aho
be presented. The friends of tfee road
hope to gel the affair in such a condition
as to encourage hope in prompt legisla
tion after the recess.
The statement that Senator Ransom
would champion Mr. Stephens’ railroad
bill iu the Se#*te js premature. He is
in favor of the road, b#t 93 a member of
the Senate Committee 00 Pk ß P aoi . fic
Railroad Committee he disavows egfipjal
preference at this time for either as
against any of the different bill*,
Johnson, ot Virginia, on the Texao Paelfle
.4 fen flee Closes Up Freight Discrimina
tions.
The Texas Pacific Railroad bill was
introduced in the Senate fo-day by Mr.
JohnsoD, of Virginia, and prootdeff for a
Government guarantee of interest on
fifty year five per oent. bonds to be
issued' for the benefit of the main trunk
line from Fort North to San Diege to
the extent of seventeen thousand dollars
per mile, except for diffioglt and moun
tainous portions (estimated at ihO jjjilesj,
for which interest will be guaranteed
ou bonds to the amount of 835,000 per
mile. The issue of all bouds for the
main line, i.npluding $5,000 per mile to
be retained In ibfl United States Treas
ury, is limited to a tuial of 835,300,000.
The bill also provides to* jj simibr
guarantee of interest on bonds io i£e
amount of 864,000,000 to be issued by
the Memphis and international Railroad
Compauy. of Arkansas, and the Lake
City Katlroad Comps**, of Texas,
to ' secure the construoteo* pf a
connecting railroad from Jefferson,
Texas, to Memphis, Tenn. The Texas
Pacific corporation is required by this
bill, under penalty of forfeiture of the
foregoing privileges, to build vttbiu the
next three years a railroad from Shreve
port to Monroe, Louisians, s distance
of abont ninety-four miles, there to con
neet with a completed road to a point
on the Mississippi river opposite Vieks
bora, but no government is proposed
for "this branch. The bill in all its other
esseutial feato*ey ;n an agreement with
the Honse bill intro*utei> last Friday.
Senator Chaffee’s (of Colorado' bill
amendatory of the aot of June 15, listiti,
propoa** to require that all railroads in
the United Di*te? shall prorate with
each other ; that they - SriiJ l be prohibit
ed from making any .ijiAcrifljjnatiqn
agaiust individuals or sagopiatipns in
respect to freight charges, etc., and
that they shall not change their pub
lished schedule of cbtugo* without giv
tug thirty days publie notice.
t'hlnrse Is Be Barred Oat—Kaatla Heated
Train I anisiaaa—Eulagiea ua !eaaiar Mar
ian.
Mr. Sargent introduced a bill to re
strict Chinese immigration.
Eustte was seated by a vote of 49 to 8.
Negative votes-.-Allison, Cameron, Ham
lin, Howe, Ingalls, M|lillan, Morrill
and Saunders. Among those voting in
the affirmative was Bruoe, of Mississip
pi.
Maxey presented a petition of the :
Choektew and Chick**#* Indians,
against the passage of the bill te enable
Indians to become citizens.
Eulogies ot the fate Senator Morton
are to be pronounced on January 17th.
Mr. Cockrell, from the solant aommit-
I tee on Mississippi Levees, reported,
with amendments, the Honse joint reso
; lution relating to reservoirs to promote
• the navigation of the Mississippi river.
Placed on the calendar.
Mr. Matthews called np his resolution
declaring the* fyia Government could
1 pay its bonped debt ajfye?, jpd spoke
at crest length.
Mr. Morrill, of Maine, spoke in oppo
sition, and *ioved a reference to the
Committe on Judiciary. Pending the
the Senate adjourned—2o to
28.
A l ayollte Wltfcoat a Head.
The House Committee *£ Pacific
Railroad, at their meeting lagt Satur
day, adopted a resolution declaring that
the business xxf the committee was ob
structed for the want of aCh&irmAn,
and asking Representative Potter to
procure action by the Honse upon his
declination to serve as Chairman. Mr.
Potter, on receipt of this resolution, has
replied that on the day the committee
was announced he eommoninatod his
.declination to the Speaker of the Honse,
to vhcu; alone (and not to the oommit
teej it coavf properly be sent ; that
subsequently, in answer to private in
anities, he had informed tee jsnmbers
of the committee of his fixed determi
nation to adhere to his declination, and
in conclusion that the Speaker’s delay
in announcing his action was not bv bis
(Mr. Potter’s) request or desire. .
Hauoe Election Caamltteea—Small*’ Caae.
The sab-Committee of tbe Election
Committee of the Honse concluded tbe
hearing of the Lenisians, Colorado and
Massachusetts contests, bat will not re
port to a fall committee until after the
holiday reoeas.
Harlan took his seat on the Supreme
Bench this morning. There were no
formalities beyond the declaration of the
Chief Justice that he held a commis
sion, and the administration of the oath.
The Judiciary Committee of the
House will probably report to morrow
on Smalls’ case. It is thought the com
mittee will report against any interfer
ence with the course of the law in Sooth
Carolina.
ROUTINE BUSINESS IN BOTH
HOUSES YESTERDAY.
YYomaa’s Rlgkn la the Senate—Alcobalic
Llnaor Tramc—Pretest Against Resision of
the Tariff.
Washington, December 11.—In the
Senate tbe whole of the morning honr
was occupied in presentation of petitions
from all parts of the conntry in favor of
an amendment of the Constititntion so as
to prohibit the States from disfranchis
ing citizens on account of sex; asking
the appointment of a commission to in
quire into alcoholic liquor traffic, and
urging Congress not to take any action
concerning the revision of the tariff un
til it shall have ascertained by inqniry
the condition of the business of the
oonntry, and legislation shall be such as,
in the opinion of practical business men,
will promote the business prosperity of
the country. All of which were refer
red to appropriate committees.
<tieting tbe Mexican Frontier—Conklin*’*
Bill Upon the Subject—^Throwing Up Defen
sive Works.
Washington, December 11.—Conk
ling, in the Senate, offered a resolution
for a committee of seven Senators to in
quire and report measures to promote
commercial intercourse with Mexico and
establish a quiet and peaceful condition
of affairs on the border, with power to
send for persons and papers—adopted.
Kellogg offered a bill for the establif la
ment of a steamship service between
New Orleans and various ports. A vast
number of petitions were presented al
lowing women to vote.
Maxey, of Texas, from the Committee
on Military Affairs, to whom was refer
red the resolution of the 14th of No
vember, instructing that committee to
inquire and report upon a system of
defensive works for the Ifio Grande
frontier, reported a bill making ap
propriation for the erection of suitable
posts for the protection of the Rio
Grande frontier. Placed on the calendar.
Mr. Conover, of Florida, from the
select C >mmittee on Transportation
routes to the seaboard,reported favorably
on the Senate bill to provide for the
survey of inland water route and oanal
from the Mississippi river to the At
lantic Ocean. Calendared.
Mr. Eustis, of Louisiana ; Appropria
ting money to open and keep unob
structed navigation of the Red river and
to oare for property of the United States.
Referred to the Committee on Com
merce.
Matthews silver resolution resumed.
Nominations : Henry L. Dodge, Su
perintendent of the Mint of San Fran
cisco ; Cyrus H. Baldwin, Collector of
Customs of Charleston, S. C. ; Des
londe, Postmaster, Plaquimine, La. ;
Leland, Waco, Texas ; Commodore
Daniel Amman, Rear Admir'd-
Smalls Out On Ball—Mall Deliulency.
Congressman Smalls, of South Caro
lina, is out on bail, under a motion for
anew trial, and is in his seat.
The session was occupied in voting od
tl;e Senate amendments to tbe deficiency
bill. Tbn most important one was that
appropriating ftfiOO.CKW for inland mail
transportation on the Star Route by
steamboats, and all other than railroad
routes. The Committee on Appropria
tion reoommended non-oonenrrenoe, but
the House decided otherwise, and con
curred in the amendment by a vote of
143 to 107. The bill goes back to the
Senate on minor amendments.
Hewitt, of New York, is appointed on
the Pacific Railroad Committee, in place
of Potter, of New York.
Hedistricting Alabama** Judicial Circuits—
Text of Conkling’s Bill.
Mr. Spencer, of Alabama, introduced
a bill to amend section 532 of the Re
vised Statutes of the United States, re
latjpg fp the division of the State of
Alabama tala Judipmf Districts. Refer
red to the Judiciary Committee. Also,
a bill to establish a port of entry and
delivery at the town of West Point,
Virginia. Referred to the Committee
on Committee.
Mr. Oonkling, of New York, submit
t(d the following :
ffeaplved, That a committee of seven
Senators be appointed by the Chair to
inquire apd report jphetbey any, and, if
so, 1 what measpres can bg4 ev 'e e 4 to P ro
mote commercial intercourse Mexi
co and to establish a just and peaceful
condition of affairs on the borders of
this country and Mexico; and, also, to
ascertain and report the facts touching
the present Govornment of Mexico, and
that said committee have power to send
for persons and papers, to confer with
executive branch of the Government of
the United States, to sit during the re
oes£ of the Senate and to proceed to any
point'deemed BSfiessary in tho prosecu
tion of its inquiries, ' Agreed tq.
Consultation of Democratic Senators—The
President to be Supported in His New
York Appointments.
The Democratic Senators held a
caucus, or rather consultation, this
ey.epjng, over the New York nomina-
option was taken, but
the tone of the argqmppf jpdjoafetj that
tbe President would be unanimously
sustained. Tbe Senate Commerce
Committee reported unfavorably ou
Rosevelt, as Oolleotor, and Prince, as
Naval Officer, of New York, but favor
ably in the case of Merrill, as Surveyor
of tbe Port.
Tbs t-'oi*v/U|ec Konms—The Finance Report
-lttDoiai'iiiiil qf Officers.
Washington, December 11. Thu
Finance Committee agreed to report fa
vorably on renomination of Gen. Bradley
as Coileetor of Reveuue in Virginia.
This is significant as declarative of the
President's right to rgnpmipafe. In
oase of the Toledo postmaster, the Presi
dent has amended his nomination so that
the nominee, instead of succeeding him
self, succeeds his predeoessorjand mean
while the predecessor resumes.
The confirmed postmasters include
Mrs. Johnson, at Shelbyville, Tennes
see, four end some twenty
minor Northern postal nominations. —
The Cabinet considered some minor ap
pointments to-day. The Secretary bf
Wfz had nothing new from the Rio
Grande bolder. JJaves subscribed one
hundred (Joljayg tf) a gjopjjfljent to
Mortop.
THE KBW YOB* GRANDEE
ROUSED FROM HIS BAIR.
Conklins Snathes the New York Appoint
ment.—Lengthy and Animated Debate-
Bayard, Gordon and Keretn Haalaia
the Prraldenl—How tbe New York Hen
otor Was Kiled—The One Man Power.
Washington, December 12--In the
Senate, tfio consideration of Matthews’
silver resoTqtiOn Was resumed-
Chaffee, 'of Colorado, Mibmitted the
following as a substitute for tlie resolu
tion, leaving the preamble of Mr. Mat
thj}?s flip aape as subpitted by that
Senator]
Besolyeq, That &tl the hPhds of the
United States, issued or authorized to
be issued under the said acts of Con
gress, heretofore recited, are payable,
principal and interest, at the option of
the Government, in coin of gold or sil
ver of the standard valne, when such
bonds were issued ; and to restore to its
coinage such silver com as a legal ten
der, co equal with gold coin, is not in
violation of tbe public faith nor in de
■ rogation of the rights of the publie
crediior.
Qrdered printed by a vofe of *4 to 20.
Exfcitive Session.
The struggle over the New York ap
pointments resulted 8 Victory for Mr.
Conkliug. 4-11 detaiij objuunapu am as
folleys: Tbe executive session* lasted
nearly six hQurs, adjourning at eight
o'clock. The entire session was devoted
to the New York Custom Honse nomi
nations, two of whioh, namely; Those of
Theo. Roosevelt, to be Collector in place
of Arthur, to be removed, and L. Brad
ford Prince, as Naval Officer, vice Cor
nell to be removed, were reported from
tbe Committee ou Commerce unfavor
able. The third, namely: That of E.
A, kprrift, fa tffl Purveyor of Customs
in place of Bifarp,'ffhaba uommisßion
has expired, was reported with 1 # favor
able recommendation. No opposition
was manifested to the latter, bnt the
contest in regard to the two proposed
removals was extremely animated and
took a very wide range, oovering a dis
cussion of the rights, powers and duties
of the President js regard to removals
from office and the subject of cifil ser
vice poller in general. ’
Mr. Gouging. Chairman of the Com
mittee lin Gomujariw, opened tfie debate
with a brief statement or tie reason
why, in the opinion of the majority of
ttiat committee, the two first named
nominations should not be confirmed.
These were, in brief, that no chargee,
either of corruption or of inefficiency,
had been made against the present in
cumbents, bnt that on the contrary, they
were conceded to be faithful, honest,
experienced and able officers.
Mr. Bayard, of Delaware, followed in
an extended argument, maintaining the
right of the Executive to make changes
which in his opinion would be for the
benefit of the public service, he being
responsible for the execution of the laws
and entitled to select his'agents, subject
to the confirmation of tbe Senate, bnt
witbont being obliged to furnish to
the Senate a statement of his reasons.
Mr. Kernan, of New York, then de
livered a speech of considerable length
on the same side of the question,defend
ing the action of the President. His
remarks were mostly read from manu
script.
General Gordon, of Georgia, was the
next speaker. He warmly commended
the civil service policy of President
Haves, and in regard to the pending
ntAnations, asserted emphatically that
thw removals which they contemplated
were demanded by a proper regard for
the parity of the service. He charged
that Messrs. Cornell and Arthur had
disgracefully made nse of the powers of
their officers for merely partisan and
selfish purposes, SDd he intimated that
it was time for tbe one man power in
New York State to be broken. The de
bate then became quite general.
Messrs. Hoar, ot Massachusetts, and
Matthews, ef Ohio, spoke in favor of
sustaining the action of the President in
the exercise of his constitutional power,
and of what they believed to be his
sofhid public policy in removing the civil
service from the domain of partisan
oontrol.
Mr. Teller, of Colorado, and others,
spoke briefly in reply, argning that in
the present instances, at least, tbe Presi
dent had departed from the principles
of civil service which he himself had
announced: namely : that faithful and
efficient servioe should prevail.
Senator Conkling closed the debate in
a speech of considerable length and
great vigor aDd earnestness. He replied
in detail to the varions arguments ad
vanced by the supporters of the nomi
nations, and repelled with the utmost
emphasis the charges that had beeD
made against the official character and
conduct of the officers whom the Presi
dent proposed to remove. Heinsisted that
they bad been faithful, honest and effi
cient in every particular, and challeng
ed the proof that a single charge had
ever been made against them, either by
the mercantile community or the Secre
tary of the Treasury, or the President
himself. He also defied any one to
show, or to assert, that his (Conkling’s)
action in the whole matter had been
otherwise than fair, open, oonrteous and
above board. In conclusion, he claimed
tbat tbe Senate would be alike unjust to
faithful officers, careless of its own pre
rogative and duties and unmindful of
the dictates of true civil service polioy
if it failed to vote I bat these nomina
tions should be rejected. A vote by
ayes and nays was then taken upon the
nomination of Mr. Roosevelt, and it
was rejected by a majority of seven; the
ayes being twenty-five and the nays
thirty-five. The nomination of Mr.
Prince was rejected upon another roll
call by the same vote. Iu each case
Senators Eatou, Dennis, Whyte and
Maxey, Democrats, united with the great
body of the Republicans against the
oonfirmatiun, aDd Senators Burnside,
Ohristianoy, Conover, Dawes, Hoar and
Matthews, Republicans, sided with the
mass of the Democrats in favor of the
confirmation. The nomination of Mer
ritt was confirmed without a division. A
motion was made to remove the injunc
tion of secresy from the vote, but under
the rule a single objection carried it
over until to-morrow, when it will
undoubtedly be adopted.
Htvpbeqs Want* life Iron (!l*d Qatli He,
pealed— folgraflo t'ontestpil Eleptlon—
imiuenNe Pressure for Female Suffrage—
Tlie Pacific Hnllroad.
In the House, Stephens, of Georgia,
introduced a bill repealing the iron
clad oath.
The House has under consideration
the Colorado contented eleotion.
The great portion of the morning
honr wan again taken up in the presenta
tion of petitions for the appointment of
a commission to inquire into the alco
hol liquor traffic and favoring the Six
teenth Amendment to the Constitution
of the United States to secure female
suffrage, and against army legislation;
concerning the revision of the tariff
duties until after official inquiry as to
the business industries of the country.
All referred to appropriate committees.
Mr. Morley introduced a bill au
thorizing the Southern Pacific Railroad
to extend its road and telegraph from
its present terminus in Arizona to a
point on the Rio Grande near El Pass.
The discussion of the Colorado con
test occupied the day. A vote will be
taken to-morrow.
Washington',' December J 2. The
House Committee on Pacific Railroad,
by vote of six to four, refused to excuse
Mr. Thockmorton, of Texas, from serv
ing as chairman, vice Potter, resigued.
Hewitt taken his place at the foot of
the committee.
The Committee on Foreign Affairs
agrees to a bill for the distribution of
Mexican awards for all claims allowed
except the Abra olaims, which are held
for investigation.
Jones, of Florida, from the Committee
on Naval Affairs, reported, with amend
ments, the Senate bill to authorize the
Secretary of the Navy to transfer to the
Secretary of the Interior, for entry and
sale, all lands in Florida not needed for
naval purposes. Placed on the calen
dar.
Also, from the same committee, with
out amendment, the Senate bill to retro
cede to Florida jurisdiction over lands
reserved for a dock yard in the county
of Esoambia, Florida. Placed on the
calendar.
Commencing January Ist next a fort
nightly mail will be sent from Savan
nah, Georgia, to Havanna via Nassau.
This line will be kept up all the Winter.
Wfant USenerni Sheridan Thinks of the Fron
tier Troubles.
General Sfieridap was before tj;e Mili
tary Committee of the Rouse to day on
Rio Grande affairs. The most signifi
cant remark that Sheridan made was
that there was no danger of war unless
from an accidental collision between
the American and Mexican foroes. He
also testified that within the last year
there had been one raid of marauders
into Mexico from the Texas side of the
Rio Grancfe, and in reply to a question,
stated that he had not ad vised'the issu
ance of tho order for our forces to pur
sue the Mexicans across the river into
Mejicq. ft was tfepitfed to-4ay that the
sub committee, uansiqting of M o3Brs -
Banning, Debrill, Bragg, White and
Marsh, shall continue the investigation
during the recess of Congress.
BOWING OUT TIIE HEATHEN CHINEE.
California Legislature Recommend* Pro
scription ol Farther Immigration.
San Yhanoisco, December 12. — The
House unaniifiorisly ‘aijqpteij tire Sen
ate’s concurrent resolution endorsing
Shelly’s Chfnese bill. AR * s 8t
Sqnoraj newspapers exaggerated the re
cent troubles theta.
Hpw gaflersofl Was E|epte<) Hfpnlor,
( Washington Cor. Pittsburgh Telegraph ]
He tells the story of his election to
the Senate in a very agreeable style,
with all allusion to the bribery and cor
ruptions of members, of course, left
ont. Ho says that Governor Scott was
very confident of an election, and El
liott, too, thought his chances good. On
the night pefore the election -he, how
ever, 9u'Cce6u6d'in ghtting'nekrl'y all the
members of the dark-hued legislature
together at liis house, and provided
them with a banquet.’ The ejarffies, he
said,' muaf fiaye ! muste. and paq a
soiig vfftteo spociklly far their edifica
tion op the op.casiqn. the cjipruf of
which rap thus;
And we ll voce tor Honest dopn.
And wa it vote (or honest John,
And we’ll send him to “de Sinit,”
For six years long.
Tbe night was spent in eatifig, drink
ing, singing this song, and getting ready
for the next day’s business. Just before
tbe time for tho convening of the f,Bgis-
Ufpva the block comma moved toward
the btalte House with Patterson at the
head*. "T didn’t like to do it,” lie said,
“bnt a man gets hardened in war, and
we marched np the Capitol steps like a
conquering army. KUiott and Scott
stood hy- Thh' 'nigger' tamed white,
and §oott.s knees smote together like
Belshazzar's.!’
Jg' % WB
“Got Him Thor..**
[/>* the Boston Globe.]
A hater of tobacco asked an old negro
woman, tbe fames of whose pipe were
annoying him, if she thought she was a
Christian.
“Yes, brndder, I’spects I is.”
‘Do yon believe in the Bible ?”
“Yes, brndder,”
“t>o Von jnaw thaj there is a passage
in tfae’Scriptares which says' that noth
ing andean shall inherit the kingdom of
heaven ?”
“Yes, I’ve heard it.”
“Well, Chloe, yon smoke; and yon
cannot enter the Kingdom of JHeaven,
because there is nothing so andean
there as the breath of a smoker. What
do yon say to tbat 9”
“Why, I specie to leave wy breff be
hind when I go dai 1”
ll is Akjeft Folly
To let the teeth perish for want of prop
er oare. Yet how many totally neglect
them. Bnch people are properly pun
ished by the toothache. Why don t they
nse Sozodont and insure one of the
greatest boons conferred on mankind—a*
good set of teeth. t
YANDERBILT AKD MEW.
HOW THEY REWARDED FRIENDS.
Goo* Intention*. That Paved the Devil’.
Abode—The Kee.lt. of Plea. Fraud.
[Aetc York Letter.]
It is said that before he was confined to
his honse by illness it was thought best by
some of hiß family for someone to fol
low him in his swift and solitary drive
every day to see that be came to no
harm. He was still vigorous, bnt he
was very old, and something might hap
pen to him, so Richard Schell, the ex-
CoDgressman, and Osgood, tbe Commo
dore’s eon-in-law, used to drive ont after
him every day without his knowledge
and keep him' in Bight. Bnt one day be
fonnd it ont and was in a towering rage.
He said: “Those young men had better
look ont for themselves. ” No one knew
just what he meant until “those two
yonng men” fonnd that a sadden twist
given to the stock market had mined
them both. A nice, sensible old gentle
men this Commodore was. This daily
drive was almost always taken
alone; and he was also known, when for
some reason his rale of driving alone
had not been observed, to get ont and
take a drink without asking his com
panion to join him.
Like a good many rich men, he liked
to win tangible money at cards, and
would have hid no enjoyment if ihe
money he raked in from liis nightly
game of wbist was really his own, small
as the amount may have been. He ac
tually once made a man rich so that be
might have money to lose to his bene
factor at cards. The Commodore fonnd
him a whist player after own heart,
sent him down into tbe stock market,
gave the market a favorable twist, and
so brought him home a rich man with no
bnsiness but to play whist !
Daniel Drew’. Way With tbe Brethren.
The story of the way he treated Schell
and Osgood has recalled the favorite
method of Uncle Daniel Drew in clear
ing out congregations in years gone by.
When “Uncle Dan” had given the
money to found the Drew Seminary in
New Jersey, he was frequently ap
proached by some clergymen with an
itching for speculation who had saved
81,000 or so, and would like to put it in
stocks, and knew Brother Drew was
well acquainted with such matters,
and wonld Brother Drew be so good
as he had been in other instances and
guarantee him against losing his little
store, if the venture should turn out
badly ? Yes, on reflection Brother Drew
wonld, though he did it with some re
luctance. The reverend speculator
wonld depart with a beaming face, and
Uncle Dan’s last injunction wonld be
that he musn't tell anybody, Uncle Dan
knowing well in his old sly hearr. that a
clergyman who would so far forget his
cloth as to go into stock gambling could
not keep such a secret. So in due time
Uncle Dan would whisper the “point”
to the clergyman, and the clergyman
would communicate it in the strictest
confidence to the deacons, and from the
deacons it would go to the wealthiest
brethren in the congregation, until in
time pretty much the whole church
would be loaded up with this stock, and
everybody was quietly chuckling in ad
vance over the fortune he saw already
in his grasp. Then when the old man
knew he hail allowed the usual time for
the congregation to load up, lo ! the
stock would go just the wrong way, aud
the congregation would be cleaned out.
Uncle Dan’s pookets would be full, and
ont of his earnings he would pay back
to the crestfallen clergyman his original
store, and still have a big profit left.
That is the way things are sometimes
done in the stock market in this wioked
city. a
llll.LS, THE FIGHTER.
The raptor of Chief Joseph Looks IJke Any
thing but a Barbarian—Ami He Gives a
‘ t Tilnes ,, Reporter Some Valuable Infor
mation ns to Ills Campaign—He Certifies to
tlie Ciood Moral Character of His Van
quished Foe.
[ Chicago Times, November It ft ]
The soldier who, next to Crook, is, by
common consent, the greatest Indian
fighter living was in the city on yester
day, camped on the parlor floor of the
Palmer Honse. His name is General
Nelson A. Miles. He it was who, some
years sgo, repulsed the Cheyenne na
tion in Southwestern Kansas ; who put
Lone Doer’s band of bioux to rout, kill
ing many and capturing their provisions
and ponies ; who, still later, chased sun
dry renegade bands of redskins to their
agencies ; and who, more recently still,
by a foroed march across Howard’s and
Sturgis’ front, came up wit}) Chief
Joseph, attacked him, thrashed him,
took him and his warrioss and women
prisoners, and thus put a period to a
chase that, but for his daring and dash,
might be going on still. General Miles
looks to be abont thirty-five years of
age. He has the free and courteous
manner ot Custer, but lacks Custer’s
distinguishing characteristic—namely,
that something that made him stand
apart from others jp tl}P public view,
There were no traces ot the late cam
paign in his dress or personal appear
ance. He did not affect the buckskin
patch ; the blanket overcoat; the blue
woolen shirt; or the slouch hat; neither
did he wear a belt strung full of reeking
scalps or other hideous trophies. But,
on the whole, thete was nothing about
him, unless it was his stature and a cer
tain regularity in stop that denoted dis
cipline in tramping, to distinguish him
froip a genteel commercial traveler with
a good line oi samples.
Ou one point, at least, daring his
conversation with a limes reporter,
General Miles gave more explicit in
formation than has been derived hither
to, from the thousand and one unoflioial
sources. That was as to
The Number ot Available Men
He took into the engagement with the
Nez Pg'rcep. Re gays pe ptlapjtpd the
eneiuy with tlizee hundred and nineteen
soldiers. They had marched two hun
dred and sixty-seven miles in ten days.
A portion oi the command, consisting
of a battalion of the 2d cavalry, bad
been scouting all the Hammer, having
traveled twenty five hundred miles. Tbe
battalion of the 6th infantry had been
trampiog around after Sitting Bull and
other hostiles ever since the Cnstar
massacre. Tiue, tlie lucjians were
nearly'fatigued'and jagged fjuf/said he,
but the'ij- condition vyas pot piore piti
able than that of (he soldiers. Joseph,
he thinks, did not rely on Bitting Bull
for suecor; on the contrary, he (Joseph),
after escaping across the Missouri, felt
that the pursuit was practically at anlend,
and that he could slacken his pace with
impunity. The old chief, since his sur
render, lias said that he had decided,
before the battle, to rest his force a few
days and then try and
Work His Way Back to .the Reservation
Sticking close to the 'pg'o'Mh T'oe, but
being ehrefal not to Cfoag' it.' The' bat
tle and the disaster that U brought uppn
him changed big plaps spipewhat.
Qeneraf MUes says that he Started on
the rptq.n j.p pja oantensognt with be
tween fifty and sixty wounded Indians.
Of this number several were mortally
injured. They had to be cpnveyed
across the mountains on travios, and
the discomforts they suffered were ne
cessarily very great. Four of the wound
ed died duriDg the trip, and the fifth
pegged ont soon after reaol)iug the
ToDgne river £Qat, The soldiers who
reeeived wounds werd 1 sent down the
Missouri riVfer to Fort Bufort. They
are all doibg well, only one having
died. ; t ‘ S
The six hundred Domes SZpiwfeq prom
the Nez Uerqes, toxbtfi#'wi!|i’(he'sever
al hundiT.d Othvr!.'captured from
Deer's hand' of 'Hionx," are hejd at the
mouth of'Tppgqe riyep' (jeneraj
has Gaptpreii, git tiqte during tfie past
year, about twelve hundred ponies.
•Quiet a number have been shot; those
that were hopelessly lamed, with son--
of the vicious ones th* were a i wa^B
Ine herds into stampedes, and
some colts. Some of the infantry will
be mounted on a portion of thee animals.
Üblci Joseph’* Manliness,
Sagacity, uprightness, and nobility of
nature, as contrasted with the average
redskin, are enthusiastically acknowl
edged by Gen. Miles. He says the
conquered chief is really a eompiandipg
figure. Re has as hpndipmp a pair of
black SJes as eyer shone from a human
sknil. He doesn't essay mooh English
in his conversation, but what little he
does speak is quite intelligibly spoken.
He can utter “good morning” and
“good by” as faultlessly as any educat
ed American. The whole band are an
intelligent lot of semi-savages. Joseph
says he was not fighting, as Sitting Ball
was, from sheer hostility to the whites,
bnt he was battling for a principle. He
had been grossly wronged, he thinks.
The Indians are much cast down and
disheartened by the order consigning
them to Fort Biley.
The N4s Fefbes captives number four
hundred and twenty-four. The majori
ty of these were marched across the
country from the cantonment on
Tongue river to Bismarck. The balanoe
descended the Yellowstone and Missouri
rivers in Mackinaw boats, which were
built at the military post expressly for
their use. The wounded were brought
down jn hosts. ‘ Seventeen Cheyenne
Indians, part of a band of three hun
dred and nineteen, which surrendered
to Gen. Milee last February, were
brought to Bismarck oloDg with the Nez
Perces. The remaining three handled
Cheyennes will arrive at Bismarck in a
few days, and be transported thence to
the Indian Territory. Seven companies
of troops gnarded these captives daring
the march from Tongue river to the end
of the Northern Pacific Railroad.
PICKING TUB COTTON.
Report* From Georgia, Florida, North Caro
lina and Virginia—Unfavorable Weather
and Poor Yield*— Harvesting Not Yet Over.
Galveston, December 10.—The Cot
ton Exchange crop report is as based
npon 86 replies received from 46 coun
ties. The average date of the replies is
Decomber 2d. The; show weather less
favorable daring November than the
same time last year; 23 oonnties report'
ootton all picked; 7 report 4 picked; 16
report f picked and all will be gathered
by the 15th of December. The increase
reported in 5 counties will be an average
of 20 per cent.; decrease in 38 counties
will average 37J per ecu'-. Three
counties report ttie same as last year,
g counties roport 50 per cent, and 37
counties report 62£ per cent, of crop
marketed. Excessive rains during
November interfered with picking and
in consequence ootton in the fields could
not be saved.
Geergiß’s Report.
Savannah, Ga., December 10.—Re
port of Savannah Ootton Exchange for
November : Weather for a part of the
month has been less favorable for gath
ering the crop than same month last
year. In the lower counties of the State
picking will be finished by the 15th in
stant, and in middle and upper Georgia
from the 25th instant to January Ist
proximo; from three-fourths to seven
eighths of the crop has already been
gathered, and of this five-eighths to
three quarters has been marketed.
A killing frost appeared a month
later than last year, bnt much of
the good results to be expected from an
unusually late Winter have been over
come by the crop having been, during
the whole season, two weeks behind in
growth and so little sunshine npon it
during the Fall months. Taken as a
whole, the crop of this State will be 5 to
7 per cent, less than last year, with a
muoh greater percentage of very poor
ootton.
Florida.
The weather during the month of No
vember was less favorable for gathering
the crop than the snme month last year.
The crop of the State is nearly gathered,
and by the 10th it *is expected that all
pioking would oease. Five-eighths to
i has been marketed. The decrease, as
compared with last year’s crop, will be
Bto 10 per oent. But for the inorease
in aoreage iu this State, the deorease of
production would have been heavy.
North C'nrolina nod Virginia.
Norfolk, Va., December 10.—The re
port of condition of the cotton crop by
the Ootton Exohange is based upon 34
replies from 20 counties iu North Caro
lina and Virginia. Nine say that the
weather for gathering was more favor
able; 7 about the same; 15 less favorable.
Piokiug will be finished by December
20th. Twenty-six report a decrease of
about 10 to 15 per cent.; 5 report an in
orease of about 5 per oent.; 20 report
} of the crop marketed; 6 reports f of
the crop marketed; five reports £ the
marketed.
LouisiaDa.
New Orleans, December 10.—The
National Cotton Exohange of New Or
leans, Department of Crop, report for
November : From twenty-eight parishes,
fifty answers of the average dates of De
cember Ist, state that the weather was
much less favorable than the same month
last year. Picking has been slow ; two
thirds of the crop is reported gathered.
In the river parishes the yield will be
25 to 35 per cent, greater than last year,
while in other portions of the State the
decrease will be 10 to 35 per cent. The
estimated deorease for the State is 7 per
cent. ; about 46 per cent of the crop
marketed. All correspondents complain
of tco much rain.
MidfiiNfiippi.
The report is compiled from fifty an
swers received from twenty six counties,
dates ranging from November 30th to
December 4th: Weather much less fa
vorable than for the same month last
year ; picking has been retarded; not
more than two-thirds of the crop is
gathered ; estimated picking not to be
completed before the 15th of January.
The yield in Mississippi aud the Yazoo
river oounties will be 10 to 20 per cent,
greater than last year, while in other
portions of the State a corresponding
decrease is reported. The estimated
average for the State is 5 per cent, de
crease. Correspondents report about
40 per cent, of the crop marketed.
ArknoNßN.
Thirty-six replies from 21 oounties,
average date of December Ist: Weather
less favorable than for same period last
year; two-thirds of the crop picked;
picking will be finished by 15th to 20th
of January. Nine of the correspondents
report the yield the same as last year;
14 report an increase of 10 to 8 per
cent.; 11 report a decrease of 10 to 25
per cent. The average indicates the
crop as 5 to 10 per cent, greater than
that of last year; 37 per cent, of the
crop has been marketed. Estimates
from all States are based upon the
same acreage as last ypar. We
have not included the increase
of acreage in onr estimates.
Tennessee.
Memphis, December 10. —Tue crop
report of the Memphis Cotton Ex
change, from 107 responses, of average
date of December Ist: 91 report the
weather for November as greatly less
favorable than during November, 1876,
16 less favorable, all on account of the
frequency of rains ; 75 make special
mention of disastrous efieots of rains
immediately following a hard freeze,
14 designate the weather as the worst
over known for saving the crops. It is
variously estimated that from 33 to 90
per cent, of the orop is gathered, aver
aging 63 per cent. ; 19 estimate that
picking will be completed in December,
162 in January and 24 by February Ist,
and 2 by March Ist ; the average dated
January Ijjjth ; 2§ estirpqte a greater
yield than in IS7& ; 20 about the same ,
59 less, averaging per cent, less than
1876. This is a reduction from the
October ettimate of about 8( per cent.
The proportion of the ootton orop mar
keted is variously estimated at from 33
to 85 per oent., the average of the esti
mate.boing 46 per cent.
South Carolina,
Charleston, December,}!), —The cot
ton report for IJoyember, oh
replies; from 2§ counties. Weather dur
ing NoVerubev reported more favorable
than last year by 15, same as last year
by 10, less favorable by 47. From 85
per CBut. to 98 per oent. of the orop is
reported picked in all counties heard
from except 3, which report 72 to 78
per ceDt. gathered—average of the State,
87 per oent. Picking will be finished
generally, with fine weather, about the
15th to 20th. The yield is reported
more than last year in 3 counties aqd
less is 25. The average'o|'^c‘State
shows a ddcroadb o ( f v }s} per cent! The
propoyli(,p‘ufop marketed to first of De
'cernber, 63 to §6, per cent.; average of
State, 70 per cent,
fHE IN THK senate.
(Washington Sunday Herald.]
In noting the sharp antithesis be
tween the brutal bearing of the Repub
lican leaders in the Senate, and the dig
nity and suflh-ienev of tVV (southern
leaders during tbs straggle of the past
week, the Country will be snre to award
a great advantage to the South. These
Sonthern Senators are simply types of
race, which, with all its faults, was never
mean—whose great mo*. teply
great beear.ai iWg auperaddf.4 coflifage
anq the I 'love 0} ■yrtit'ii to ability and
leafnibg. Sheers ttye of
the'Soiuh, at its “.t);om(l prqtwy," and
its loyc pf ’.fyeutimental politics I 'will
ceasj, if, no fashionable some of these
days. The country is rapidly learning
that a strong infusion ofSouthern
qualities into t-b'counting-room states
"’“fisLip and hard materialism of New
England and New York will give a
broader and better civilisation."
3oa* may congratulate him
self that the stricken Senator from
North Carolina was prevented by illness
from administering the punishment ad
equate to his own pedagogical imperti
nence. Bnt while he may see in Ran
som a knightly gentleman, ;ho never
gave an insqlt gpd 5# shbmitted tc
one, he may profitably study the bear
ing and character of a man in whom the
aspiring American Senator may always
find a model
The Radioal “small fry’’ Senators of
the pattern of Wadleigh and McMillan
served to point a moral for the benefit
of Edmunds and Conkling, by giving to
Ben Hill some slight provocation for the
display of the power in debate which
Georgia well understood when she
placed him in the Senate.
The Sonth, not lees than the Demo
cratic party, ie immensely the gainer
from snch game displays of prowess as
Senator Qordon gave in his assanlt upon
the inconsistencies, the quibbles, sub
terfuges, sneers, and bad manners of
Conkling and Edmnnds. The supercili
ous Senator from New York invited the
“palpable hit” which Gordon gave him
when be said in Tuesday’s debate that
“rhetoric did not require truth and ac
curacy of statement to produce its finest
effects.” “That is a fact,” quickly re
sponded the Georgian, “of which the
speeches of the Senator from New York
always famish illustration.” The brave
ry and dignity of the Sonth, in contrast
with the cruelty of her persecutors and
maligners, were never better asserted
than in the impassioned ontbnrst of in
dignation with which Gordon answered
Edmnnds on Monday. The saturnine
Senator from Vermont had no reply to
make to the fervid eloqqenoe into which
Gordon depicted the crime of employing
the judiciary of the district to make good
thejla t of a Radioal Senatorial oanona.
For once it is reasonable to suppose Ed
mnnds experienced the sensation of
shame. Ordinarily, he has about as
mnoh capacity for emotion as a Yermont
pumpkin. Somebody said the other
day that Edmunds was “the only man
living who eonld enohre the Mikado of
Japan. For if he were opened he would
be found to have neither blood nor bow
els. ” It may not have been blood that
; rnshed to Edmnnds’ steel trap face; bnt
Gordon’s oat-o’-nine-tails visibly me
naced his saturnine imperturbability.
Senate and galleries were thrilled by the
fervor and splendor of Gordon’s dash,
and there was good reason for the ex
pression of satisfied State pride with
which Senator Hill noted the success of
bis colleague. A Sonthern Senator onoe
said; “Gordon carries a good deal of
plumage, bnt whoever attempts to pluck
him will find a bird full of gamo and
strength.”
Radical slang whangers will find noth
ing to comfort them in the speeches of
these Sonthern Senators. The South
has no more Wigfalls, and has bnt one
Toombs. The country will see neither
bluster nor timidity in the dealing with
great questions of the representative
Sonthern men in Congress, whose pres
ence gives good assnranoe for the future
of the Democratic party.
AT FIFTY.
The passions, tears, the hopes and fears,
And all the dreams of earl; ;ears,
Forever gone;
Clouds are upon the sky; the light
Has gone before the starless night
That knows no dawn.
Two score and ten ! a decade more,
And on the sluggish river’s shore,
I, shivering, stand,
To plunge within its wave; the beach
Shelves steeply off—when shall I reaoh
she thither land ? ‘
No matter, I have drunk the draft
Which others in their turn have quaffed,
And more will drink;
If thinking give such pangs as these,
They stand the better chance for ease
Who never think.
The passions of my early youth,
My trust in woman and her truth—
All these have fled;
The ardent hope I had to be
The maker of my destiny—
All thiß is dead.
Instead, a sense of utter loss.
No crown succeeding to the cross;
Lonely and old;
Hopeless to get, yet all to gain;
Past all desire and wish and pain,
The heart aoold.
This then is death, for that is life
Which carries with it wish for strife,
And power to strive.
And I, who suffer all to go
With a dull, nameless, aimless woe,
Am not alive.
A Political Alniauac ut tbe Senate.
[Albany Evening Journal.]
Now that the struggle for the political
control of the Senate is conclude! for
the present, it is time to make up the
official returns and see how the Senate
stands. The Republicans have gained
Kellogg, the Democrats Butler, and
Enstis is still knocking at the door.
Counting Conover and Patterson, the
Republicans have 39 Senators, and the
Democrats, including Davis, of Illinois,
36. But oue of the Republicans, Sha
ron, is habitually absent without a pair,
so that the Republican side is pra'otioal
ly reduced to 38. It is probable, also,
that Enstis will soon be admitted, in
creasing the Democratic side to 37. Or,
to put the whole in tabular form;
Republicans with Sharon 39
Republicans without Sharon 38
Democrats with Daviß and without
Eustis 36
Democrats when Eustis gets in and
Davis stays in 37
Democrats when Eustis gets in and
Davis gets out 36
Republican majority (without Sharon)
when Davis is a Demoorat 1
Republican majority when Davis is a
Republican 3
Republican majority when Davis is an
Independent and artful dodger 2
Democratic majority, if Patterson
should do so again, with Davis as a
Democrat I
Republican majority, if Patterson
should do so again, with Davis as a
Republican 1
Republican majority, if Patterson
should do so again, with Davis as an
Independent dodger, making a tie,
to be decided by the Vioe Presi
dent’s casting vote 1
Democratic majority, if Patterson aud
Conover should both do so again,
with Davis as a Demoorat, but his
position in that ease not obanging
the result no matter what he might
ELEGANT
HOLIDAY PRIM!
Pianosl Organs
Wholesale Prices (0 Retail Buyers,
TO 1100
B(WED BY PURCHASING FROM
6. 0. ROBINSON k 00.
TWELVE OF THE MOST
Celebrated Makers, Comprising
THE LARGEST AND REST ASSORT*
MRNT SOUTH OF BALTIMORE.
I OWKST PRICKS !
AMD
EASIEST TERMS EVER OFFERED.
Monthly Installments
RANGING EROM $4 TO $25,
Assures the Best
PIANO OR ORGAN
MADE IN AMERICA.
Every JnstrumenT Fully Warranted.
LD A Q
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Nninl
Avfi evsiytWag pertaining to a
MUST CUSS MUSIC HOUSE.
TUNING AMI REPAIRING.
PI ANOS, CHURCH, PIPE arc! REED OR
GAN'S, and all kinds or Musical
Tuued and Repaired by Mr. C it. tbe
only authorized Tunjj ’id* the AUGUSTA
MUSIC HOUfilt ‘
(*. O. Roaissoa, Lodden A Bates.
G. 0. ROBINSON & CO.
dec4-tf 265 Broad Street.
Inr-lupv tout wav
void any ftadw
VA Of tikU Laptsr fur 26
i-BQWk tbU. Til roe aeta for
KMMMV Mu* 50 cent* imitation
Icobal sleeve
BUTTONS to
match 26 cent* per
miflw set. or tbnw aeta fur
T 60 cent*. Kl*gaot
Charm., 1 •!>.
JKW. A W Currency or PottM.
KHE 1 I SOunpa. Kltr.
# * U dacaumnt* tuARenU
KJ/ BRIDE A CO.,
Was fwKKsKV n ciintcnku,
wHHBr I I New York City
novlß-3m _
Small Farm far Sale.
TTTILL I>g sold, at tbe Market Boose, on
YY tbe First 1 nesday in JANUARY next,
“Forest Hill,” containing 262) acres, more or
less, situated in Richmond county, about 12
miles from Augusta aud 3 from Allen’s sta
tion, on Augusta and Savannah Railroad. Hay
be treated for at private- sale.
JOHN T. SHEWMAWBy
decS -d2Aw3 Agent Sarah W. Karris.
/ mptw £ msk
V** Mriy up*etd from all m
M O** b*Tia* fmllad.and Dr. ELJunen was exprlaßt>
Ming, fa accidentally made a preparation or Indian M
w hemp which eared hi* only child, t£d now give* thlM
recipe free on receipt of two stampa to pay expan wt, J
Hemp alto cure* night iwmU, ptp—g k * tbo etouitnh, W
tnd will break a fresh cold in twenty-four bourn, m
Address, CRADDOCK A CO., M
1 0S2 Race: bt., Phlla., naming thin paper, w
fP'IPVv. 1 ’" p IATED WATC|W?CM|MI
Nh.V? t * le known world. Sfttaw* Watch Fru to
MSt fiaeult. Andrew. A, fioTfyr** 4 Go., Ghjcsgo,
oct4-wly
iW <i STTtvWeek to Agent.. ‘*lo Outfit F
W* 1 O. WJKKBY, Augusta, Ma*u*
New Advertisements,
SANTA CLAUS!
' For the Little Folks and Holi
dry Presents for all. Full lines
selected from full stocks. The
largest and handsomest assort
ment ever shown in Augusta.
Shaker and Indian Baskets,
Japanese Ware, French and Ger
man Fancy Goods, and all the
Novelties, at
J. H. TRUMP’S,
dec 9 220 Broad Street.
ATJGUSTA SIIOE HOUSE,
333 BROAD STREET,
Opposite Masonic Hall,
AND NEARLY OPPOSITE CEN TRAL AND GLOBE HOTELS.
Received last week, Gent’s fine hand made Gaiter’s. Ladies fine Pebble
BHtton at $2 50; Children’s fine Pebble Laced Boots—7 to IQ 1-2 at $1 25
Child’s Bronze and Black Button Boots; Child’s Spring Heel Button and
Laced Boots. Also a large lot of goods at all prices-all qualities sold
low down for cash.
W. 8. ROYAL
nov2s-tf
MILLEE & BUSSEY,
Wholesale and Retail Grocers,
No. 283 Broad Street, Corner Campbell (store formerly occupied by M.
O’Dowd), offer to dealers and the public at unusually low prices for the
FISH!
40,000 Pouhda 0. R. D.S. Sides. 50 Barrels Sugar Syrups.
20,000 Pounds O. R. Bides. 300 Solis Baggiug.
10,000 Pounds D. S. Shoulders. 500 Bundies Ties,
-j / Boxes Tobacoo all Q /"A / \
grades. O Barrels Flour-all grades.
plO B _ Qf lfA I,&oka B Maokerel, in ba
Bags Bio Coffee. OV / , / barrels and kits.
t~T 8 Barrels reflned Sugar— p*
• G all grades. f) U Barrels Liquors—all kinds.
-f ( A Barrels Reboiled Molas-
Together with Mrices, Candles, Soaps, Teas, &c. &c.
All Goads and Weights guaranteed.
MILLER & BUSSEY.
oc9 tf
HOLIDAY COOPS.
Before Purchasing Your Holiday Goods Examine this Efsf ol
Prices and inspect the Goods!
o
•
KAfV Beto Cuffs and Ooilars, embroidered, extra fine, put up iu handsome ohromo boxes,
tjyjKJ worth 60c. to be sold at 25c 100 Dozen Ladies’ Silk Ties, latest uovelties, at 10o.’
15c , 20c., 25c., 85c., 50c , 760. and ft, worth nearly twioe these prices. 60 Dozen Lace Ties
White, Black and Colors, at 25c., 36c., 400., 60c.. 76c., 01, $1 26 and $1 50, half the regulir
prices. 5D Dozen Silk Bows, worth 26c. to 50c., to be sold at 100. each. 100 Dozen Embroider
ed Hemstiched Handkerchief* at 12)o. and 15c., worth 25c. aud 60c. eaoh. 160 Dozen Hcm
btiched Handkerchief*, at Eo., 7(c., 100., 12J0., 15c., 2Cc., and 250. 100 Dozen Children’s Linen
Cambric Handkerchiefs, at 6c. worth 1< o. eaoh. 100 Do*en New Style Printed Bordered Lineu
Cambric Handkerchiefs, worth $3 per dozen, to be sold at 100. each. A large lot of Silk Hand
kerchiefs to bo Hold at half price.
100 Dozen Ladies’ and Children’s Winter G’oves at 10c. per pair. 125 Dozen Childrna'k,
Coronet and Round Comb*, at 10c , 15c , 200 , 25c., 35c. and 6(c each, latest novelties. >o(i>
Dozen Children’e New Stylo Embridered Sailor Collarets at 25c,, 8?o , 35c., 400. and 50a. hair
price. A large assortment of Children’s Linen Collars, all sizen.from 10 to 13 inches. 50 Dozen,
i nildren’s Wool Jackels, all sizes and Colors, fr.-.m 50c. to the finest. 10 ) Dozen Corsets, re
duced from sfc. to 25n. per pair. 600 Dozen Children’s Colored Hoso, Solid, Striped, Plain andt
Silk Clacked, from sc. to 500. per pair. 200 Dozen Ladieß’ Balbriggan Hose at 26c., 35c., 40c.
and 500. per pair, worth at least #3 per dozen over these {rices. A large lot of Croohet amll
Kuit Wool Shawls, Jackets, Clouds, Nubias. Rifts, Faciuations, Ac., Ac., to be sold at reduced
prices. 5 Cases Boys’ Hats, all the latest stylos and makes, from 600. to $1 50 eeoh, half the.
regular prioes.
We will place on our counters a large lot of useful and ornamental artioleß at prioes which
we will reduce specially for the Holidays, such as Hair Brushes, Dressing Combs, Tucking;
Combs, Fancy Soaps, Toilet Soaps, Perfumery, Toilet Aaticbs, Belts, Gloves, Ribbons, Ao., 4c
We take pleasure in showing the goods and giving all the information we can to purchasers.
AUSTIN MULLARKY & CO.,
deed tf 862 Broad St., Augusta, Ga.
NEW PROCESS FLOUR.
CRESCENT MILLS,
AUGUNTA, GA.
J. F. & L. J. MILLER, Proprietors.
OUR FANCY FAMILY FLOUR MADE BY NEW PROCESS HAS N.tt
EQUAL. mh4—d&wly
NEW GOODS!
NEW GOODS, NEW GOODS .
JUST RECEIVED AT
L. RICHARDS
A GREAT VARIETY OF NEW GOODB, Dress Goods, New Shades and Styles, Black Cash
meres and Alpaoas, Best Makes and Superior Blaoks. A SPECIALTY IN GENTS’ SHIRTS.
Wamsutta Shirts finished in the best style at 76a and Is.
Gents’, Ladies’, and Children’s Undervest and Drawers—a large assortment Just recpjvof,.
Gents' All Wool Scarlet Shirts and Drawors.
A superior artiole—Ladies' Undsrvest—at 50c., worth sl.
New Cloaks, Shawls. A great variety Net Goods for Children.
The best stock of Hosiery in tbe market. Blankets, Flannels, Waterproofs, New Shades fun
Suits, Casafiamiee, Jeans, Ac., Ac.—at tbe lowest prices. Domestic Goods at Factory pricec,
The best is the oheapest. Salter A Cntler’s Sewing Silk—all Sizes and Colors.
100 Dozen Ladies’ Hose at 12jc., worth 25c. Will sell them by the dozen at #1 26.
Kid Gloves at 50c., 750., sl.
Notions, Fancy Goods, Neck Ties, Lace Bibbs, Ao.
Samples sent as usual. Express paid on orders at retail amounting to $lO and. over-.
L. RICHARDS,
209 BROAD STUEXT. AUGUaTA, GA., NEARLY OPPOSITE CENTRAL HOTEL.
novlß-tf
JAS. A. GRAY & CO*
H e direct special attention t onr various departments, Meh are;
new BRIM FULL of the most decided NOVELTIES for tbe, Holiday trade.
3MOQ yards Colored Silks and Dress Goods, embracing everything
nobby and stylish, frem 10 cents to the finest Damasse Silks, at $i per
yard.
30 pieces Black Silks, Ihhb 85c. to Bonnet’s best at $3 25-bartnre
and color gnarantoed.
ROSIERV —1 complete stock of Ladies’, Gents’ and Children's, iu.
both plain abd fancy.
Ladies’ and Gents’ IJndervests, all prices.
Ladles’ and Gents’ Kid Gloves, all sizes and colors,
Ladies’ and Ties and Scarfs—exclusive styles.
Ladles 1 and Gents’ Handkerehlefs-every kind.
Ladles’ and Children’s Cloaks.
Towels, Napkins, Table Linens, &c.—all. grades*.
For GENUINE BARGAINS in all of ( he above Goods, can at
dec9-tf JAS. A* GRAY <fe CO S.
AUGUSTA
BOOK il STATIONERY JOBBING HOUSE
OF
D. QUINN,
19§ BROAD STREET,
Between Messrs. James A. Gray & Go’s, and Christopher Gray & Go's. Dry Goods
Honses.
on hand all the Principal SCHOOL BOOKS in use and aU the most popular works
of tbe Leading Honses as issued.
A large stock of BLANK BOOKS on hand, including DAY BOOKS, LEDGERS, JOUB
NALB, INVOICE BOOKB, LETTER COPYING BOOKS, NOTES, DBAFTB, RECEIPT
BOOKS, etc., which will be sold cheaper than ever to make room for all kinds of HOLIDAY
GOODS, to arrive by every steamer.
Strict attention is given to our NEWS AND PERIODICAL DEPARTMENT. AU the prin
cipal PAPERS and MAGAZINES received at soon as published, and subscriptions taken for the*
aame at pnbliehers’ prices. Remember the Old and Popular House of
deeU-tuthsalm • BtOtf Stre%