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VOLUME XCV
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EDITORIAL SOTES
We have seen nothing in Dr. Felton h
printed speech to shako our belief that,
politically. Dr. Felton is an “orphan poor”
a “poor, wandering one,” if we hear
aright.
An ambitious, well meaning, but short
sighted Missourian in the Legislature has
introduced a bill which regulates the charges
for freight and passengers on railroads and
abolishes the railroad commission. The
bill has an emergency clause.
Tiie stalwart Republican papers are very
indignant over President llaves appoint
ment of Stanley Matthews as a Justice of
the Supreme Conrt. The Democratic press
has very little to say on the subject, as they
can w ell afford to keep silent in bucli a family
quarrel.
The papers again are suffering from an
•epidemic of Mother Shiiton’s prophecy.
After the close of “Eightecn-eighty-one,”
we shall hear no more of the Seeress, whether
the earth still revolves in its orbit or comes
to an end, as in the one case the prediction
will fall through, and in the other, the
world.
'Thebe was considerable opposition inani- j
Vested this year in New Orleans, Memphis j
and Galveston to MardiGras celebrations, j
but the adherents of fun finally carried the j
day. The ladies of Memphis held ajneet- j
mg and denounced the celebration as “hurt- i
fttl to morals and unbecoming a Christian
community."
Ma. Gladstone, in opposition in 1880,
very rightly pointed out that some way
should be found to punish factions repre
sentatives without punishing their constit
uencies which is what suspension of mem
bers from voting and speaking amounts to.
But Mr. Gladstone in power in 1881 has
not been able to meet the difficulty in a
manner either safe, sufficient, or oonstitu
stitutioual.
The Senate Judiciary Committee, espe
cially Messrs. Edmunds, Thurman and Bay
ard, are opposed to Matthews because, in
bis relation to the Thurman act, he gave
evidence of a regard for the corporations
and a disregard for the righls of the Gov
rnment that makes him a dangerous man
to put on a bench where the conflicting in
terests of the corporations and the people
or the Government are constantly coming
for adjudication. _
The proclamation from the President of
the Irish National Land League of the
United States to the members of the Land j
League aud the American people is worthy
of the most serious consideration, in view
of the circumstances now transpiring
in Great Britain, and which are viewed
■with the closest attention, not only by
Irisk-American citizens, but by every lover
Of liberty of thought and speech in this
country. As Mr. Collins truly says : “Ire
land moves fast to her supreme crisis." In
this Lour the sympathy of the people of
America will cheer the heart of every
Irishman, and encourage the Land League
to stand fast in the cause of right.
**A Rich and Beautiful Harlot” is the j
“nice derangement of epitaphs” which the j
St. Paul Pioneer Press applies to the sover- j
eign State of Minnesota, whose refusal to j
pay an honest debt which she is abundant- j
ly able to meet is one of the marvels of j
contemporaneous morals. When Georgia i
declined to recognize bonds, with the issn- j
ance of w hich she had nothing to do, which j
were clearly invalid and tor which she could >
not belbound in law, equity or morals, a cry j
was raised all over the Norsth and it has
not subsided Yet here is a State, Radical
to the backbone, where Democracy is but a
tDUne, which repudiates its honest debts ac
(•rording to the testimony of its papers.
Consistency thou are a jewel, but a jewel
very rarely found in the Republican strong i
bo i ' ’
As to the next Senate, a writer in the i
'Washington Post says the balance of power I
►for tins next two years will be held by j
jlius. of Illinois, and Mahon®, of \ lrginia.
“But,” says the writer, “there is consid
erable chance of the balance being turned
■> by death. If Kellooo, of Louisiana, or
of Nevada, should die or resign, his
■place would be- Ailed by a Democrat. But, ■
Jon the other hand, if Parley, of California, i
or Yoo is bees, of Indiana, or McPherson, of
New Jersey, or Pendleton, of Ohio, should
die or resign, his place would be tilled by
a Republican. So the chances are two to ■
•one in tavor of the Republicans obtaining
|T supremacy by death or resignation. A
vagrant battery might be used to change
p things is suggested, and it may be well for
those in danger to consult reports and at
tend to a little life insurance business. A
wicked world is this.
Judge A. M. Tourgee, the author of “A
Fool's Errand, is demonstrating that the
work <vuld not have been written by a bet
ter qud. The Pennsylvania Club, of Phila
delphia. recently gave him a reception.
How are the common schools managed in
the South ?'' asked a gentleman, to change
a conversation that threatened to drift into
local channels. “ They are managed in
the same way that the darkey hoed the
hills of corn.” “How’s that?” “By
Guees and by God,” retorted the author of
Fool’s Errand.” Judge ToleoEE declared
that there were fewer Northern people in
the South to-day than in 1800. He claimed
that “the only party in the South now u
the great mass of voters, who have for
their creed a ‘solid South.' These men
, are at present affiliated w ith the Democracy
- >y the force of circumstances, hut they
would rather join with the Republicans.
. The two great political parties are nothing
to them.”
These replies showed that Judge Tous
oEE knows as little about the South as a
resident of Tartary. He is simply trying
to curry favor with the Republican, by
ministering to their love of slander
of the South. It is from listening to such
men as Tourgee that the North has imbibed
its opinions about us as a people. If such
men as ho are to be encouraged in thajy
misstatements, the era of a complete under
standing is as far 0# m eye*.
LETTER PROM WASHINGTON.
[Blitorial Cor. Oironicle ami Cmstitulionalist.]
Washington, February 5, 1881.—Gen.
Cook insists most emphatically that he is, in
no sense, to blame for the failure of an ap
propriation to Augusta in the matter of the
public building. The recommendation
unanimously passed his committee and be
came paralyzed in the Committee on Appro
priations, of which Mr. Atkins, of Tennes
see, is nominal Chairman, but Mr. Blount,
of Georgia, the power behind the throne.
It seems, therefore that Mr. Stephens push
ed it as far as he could, and Gen. Cook con
tinued the progress, but Mr. Blount snag
ged it. If Mr. Blount is not the cause of
our discomfiture, let him so avow, and we
shall presently discover the hitch and how
to remedy it. lam doing my best to get at
the “true inwardness,” and that once dis
covered, there may be something like plain
sailing for the fature. lam very happy to
relieve Gen. Cook from the responsibility,
and hope Mr. Blount will give his side of
the story. The Baltimore people complain
that Mr. Blount is also in their way, in a
similar matter, and it may be that when ex
cessive economy shall cease at one end it
will conclude at the other. The “economy”
practiced by the Democrats of this Congress
does not appear to have had auy good re
sults, and possibly a little generosity now
may not hurt them particularly.
If this correspondence should, now and
then, get dull, I pray your readers to remem
ber that Congress is not always thrilling. j
A journalist at Washington depends con- !
siderably upon the .Senate and House for
inspiration, aid I regret to say that the or
dinary routine of assembled wisdom at the
Capitol is of a drowsy nature, especially to
a spectator who has survived hero-worship
and does not, like many gallery gods, attend
the sessions to get out of the cold. How so
many white and colored men can idle away
theirtime, day after day.anr 1 yet keep reason
ably sleek and presentable, is to me a much
vaster mystery than the North Pole, which
Senator Edmunds thinks should be let
severely alone. How theso creatures live
and have their being, God knows. Very
likely, somo poor woman is slaving her life
out at menial employments, in order that
these so-called men shall listen to debates
that have as much significance for them as
the quadrature of the circle has for a ring
tailed monkey. Ido not wonder that crime
is prevalent in Washington at night, when
there is so much unhealthy occupation, or
the want of it, during the day.
The Post here has had some slashing
criticisms npon Mary Anderson. Some
truth was coarsely and almost savagely
enunciated ; but it was an example of how
an ixtreme of denunciation fails of the
effect intended. Mary Anderson has grave
faults ; bnt she should be reasoned with
about them and not knocked down with a
critical or hypercritical bludgeon. I think
this young actress does not progress in her
art more sensibly,because she is entirely
ignorant individually of several muster
passions. To depict love truly one must
have felt it, either in joy or sorrow, and
who cun simulate the gamut of maternity
without a mother’s experience ? In “Ion,”
where her powers are not subtly taxed, she
is, in my opinion, a notable success. The
rest will come, perchance, in time. If not,
she may be far happier as a woman, and
less great as a tragedy-queen. It is related
of Edmund Kean that until he had lost his
daughter, whom ho dearly loved, he did
not adequately portray the despair of Lear
over the dead body of Cordelia, who had
no breath at all though vermin c uld sur
vive.
Senator David Davis cast a solitary vote
with the Democrats the other day, and a
little comfort was taken in consequence.
Dr. Felton succeeded in reporting a bill
declaring Atlanta a port of entry. I un
derstand that the Republicans, as a testi
monial to the Doctor, will offer no objection
to its passage.
Mr. Covert, of New York, recently bad
some friends to visit him. One of them was
anxious to see and know the Chaplain of the
House. Asa huge joke, a trip was made to
the Hon. Gabriel Bouck’s room at the Ebbitt
House. There was no introduction, but
Bouck, who looks as much like a preacher
as a Kickapoo Indian resembles the Venus
of Okhota, was pointed out as the prayerful
leader of the House. The dream was dis
pelled by the lion. Gabk’s resort to a pro
fanity combining all the dimensions of ex
tension. Rev. Dr. Harrison should catch the
eye of Mr. Covert when next he offers up a
petition ol mercy for errant Congressmen.
It is announced, as if officially, that Hon.
John Sherman has a cold in the head. What
effect this will have on the Funding bill or
American finance generally no one can tell.
I dare say the distinguished Secretary of
the Treasury is simply reminded that he
has no more immunity from the ills of this
terrible weather than the obsequious and
humble porter who answers his bell and
blacks bis boots.
In alluding to the bill establishing At
lanta as a port of entry, it should have been
stated that Mr. Hammond’s bill confining |
the Gate City to Savannah was laid aside,
and Mr. Felton’s substitute, opening all
seaboard cities, without exception, adopted.
The removal, by the Ways aud Means
Committee, of the stamp tax on bank checks,
matches, patent medicines, cosmetics, etc.,
is a move in the right direction. Dr. Fel
ton and the Republican Committeemen fa- j
vored the stampingout process and so voted. |
Some of the Democrats voted negatively,
because, as they said, this concession was a
death-blow to a sweeping tariff reform.
Judging from the quinine experience, my
opinion is that patent medicines aud
matches will be no cheaper in consequence ;
of this action, but anything that removes an !
odious impost is to be commended.
The evil of allowing a member to chatter j
for five minutes and then “print the re- j
mainder of his remarks,” was illustrated in
the case of Mr. Bisbbe, who used the Record
to attack Mr. Davidson, his Democratic col- I
league, who vehemently called him to task j
for it. The upshot on both sides was an. j
airing of soiled linen which did no good to
either gentleman.
In lhe Senate, on Thursday, the Republi- i
cans resorted to a favorite device to mortify j
the Democrats. They exposed the fact that j
there was no Democratic quorum, althongh j
a caucus [had been held to rush through
Senator Morgan’s concurrent resolution as !
tp the power of the Vice-President to count ]
the abactor^ l vote. Subsequent legislation j
demonstrated ifcst there was an almost ab
solute agreement upou i.ctb sides, but it
was a shrewd trick of the minority to expose j
to the country the weakness and want of dis- j
cipliae ot Hjc majority. The Democrat
ic Senators, paired £>r absent, were
Williams, Ransom, Wallace, Bailey, ;
Brown, Grover, Maxey, Randolbh and j
Voorhees. Of these. Brown was in Atlanta, :
attending to his Raiiroad meeting, Maxey in j
Texas, surveying his mended fences, Wa- ]
lack paired with Don Cameron, who is en
gaged in electing a Republican Senator, and
the others •Storing." The speeches of
Conkuxo, Edmund. 4 Thurman, upon
the Moboan resolutions were in litSii ordi
nary vien and not much to brag about-a
pompoms w?ate of words npon what Sena
tor Butler pithiiy cxJJa the failure of the
Constitution to establish or provide for a
Returning Board. The isolated v&to or
Senator Whyte, of Maryland, is explained
in his dee,re t£> be consistent with his past
record, when the gaiL,nt stand he made for
the electoral vote of Georgia, yijfc eight
other Democrats—all there were in the Sen
ate—.as highly appreciated in the South at
that time, ftere f 's another straw to show
the drift ot the wind-
With one possible exception, t undefijand
that the Georgia delegation is opposed to
counting the electoral vote of the State.
They viut to make a precedent for 1884.
At the present ppio of national progress,
precedents will not
years hence.
The Republicans are jubilant at Mr.
Hour’s success in trapping Mr. McLane in
to- a quasi admission that negroes at the
South were disfranchised by the wholesale.
Upon this admission they will base a
“Committee on Smelling” to carry a drag
pet through the South, for the double pur
pose of party capital and the expulsion and
unseating of of some forty Congressman.
Keppleb’s cartoon in Puck representing
Jay Gould swinging by the strangled necks
of Commerce and the Press Has been wide
ly distributed among Congressmen. It has
created a sensation, but that is all. One of
the “results of the war” is that we shall
nave a Master. It is a dangerous and un
pleasant catastrophe, but oor Northern
friends would have it so.- What matters it,
whether Gould or Grant ! For my part, I
have no fear of Gould, and the South need
not fear him, unless indeed she should en
gage in speculating against him commer
[ cially. It is the eternal law that men who
war on humanity shall perish, in God’s
! good time. It is said that Gould is to-day
more powerfal than Alexander the Great or
Napoleon. I doubt that; but the Greek
i conqueror’s empire fell to pieces at his
death, and the French Emperor gnawed
his heart away on a barren isle of the ocean.
Old John Quincy Adams used to say that
negro slavery in the United States would
perish “in God’s good time.” So it did.
The slavery to Jay Gould, if it exist at all,
will not long endure. Public liberty is se
verely threatened, but it is not wholly lost,
It may be throttled and seem to die. but it
will burst its bonds and assert itself, even
in the East.
The battle over Captain Page and his
widow’s claim for $l3O was partially re
sumed yesterday, when Mr. Goode with
drew the bill. Mr. Conger managed to
inject one of his favorite speeches, much to
the discomfiture of Mr. Goode. Distasteful
as the truth is, let our people learn it wisely
and bear it becomingly. They have been
robbed and plundered, it may be, by various
pretexts of war and unfriendly legislation,
but tffijir chances of ever getting a dollar
from the Treasury upon any claim that
hints of the war, are of the dimmest de
scription. The fear of Southern war claims
is what, more than anything else, unites the
Republican party’ in a common cause, -and
keeps the Democrats at a disadvantage. The
Republicans are not naturally harmonious.
They would split up if such men as John
Goode and other Columbian orators would
use at least discretionary valor. It is not
the silent, hard working, prudent Con
gressmen from the South who create havoc,
but the fussy, talkative members who 1
precipitate sectional debate and strengthen
the Republican phalanx, while disorganiz
ing their own columns. A few chatterbox
es—l had almost said fools—have done us
grievous wrong, and it may’ be, irreparable
injury. What the South needs and what
the country at large desires is an end to
sectional disputes. But our fiery, untamed
orators will not permit this, and, to the
utter back-set of industrial problems and
issues, they force an agitation that is the
vital force of Republican consolidation and
the despair of Democratic reform. This
may not.be palatable, in some quarters, but
it is true. If the Republican party is a con
stant menace to the people and their liber
ty, it should be antagonized and a rupture
of it encouraged. We cannot beat it or dis
integrate it by furnishing sectional diet and
sending to Congress men who are clever
only in purveying it. The people at last
have the power to correct this nuisance. If
they fail to do so, woe unto them and their
children ! If they heed not the voice of
Moses and the Prophets, they will not lis
ten to a spirit who came from the dead to
admonish them. J. R. R.
THE ELECTORAL COUNT.
Mr. Morgan's joint resolution for count
ing the electoral votes has now been adopt
ed by the Senate and the House, and the
two bodies will proceed under it next Wed
nesday. The Republicans opposed it stren
ously as long as possible, but some of then
finally made a virtue of necessity and voted
for it when they saw it would pass despite
their opposition. A large number of them,
however, remained stiff nocked to the end.
Why they should have been so obstinate in
the matter, it is difficult to understand.
There is not the re uiotest doubt
about the election of General Gar
field and there is not a Democrat in
Congress who expects or desires to obstruct
the declaration that he is elected. Bnt
it is right and proper that somo definite un
derstanding should bo arrived at in regard
to the manner of counting the vote.
The Republicans demanded that the
President of the Senate should opeD the
certificates from the States and an
nounce the vote of each State to tell
ers ; the tellers to add up the votes and
hand the lists to the President of the Sen
ate, who would declare the result. The
Democrats, on the other hand, insisted that
the tellers shall act under the direction of
the joint session and count only those votes
which the two Houses do not object to;
that the totals alone be handed to the
President of the Senate, and that officer
shall declare the result. The difference be
tween the two plans was that the Republican
authorized the President of the Senate to
decide what votes shall be counted and
what not, and the Democratic gives
this authority to the two Houses.—
The latter is certainly the proper
plan as in the other the members of
the two Houses are mere dummies, who
sit quietly by and witness the President of
the Senate count the votes without a voice
in the matter, no matter how irregular the
return from any State may be. In other
words, the Republicans wished to place in
the hands of the President of the Senate j
the power of declaring w’ho shall be Presi
dent of the United States, without any-ap
peal from his decision. In case of two sets
of returns from any State, he alone would !
have the power to say which was regular j
and which was not, and any trumped up i
return might thus bo admitted, while I
that which was clearly legal would be j
rejected. Such a proposition is prepos- j
terous and foreign to all accepted ideas of \
Republican government. There is no dis- j
pute in the present ease about the regu- j
larity of any vote except that of Georgia, :
which was cast a week after the date pre
scribed by the United States statute. It \
is very probable that the Democrats them- j
selves will vote to reject this return in |
in order to establish a precedent, since it :
will not effect the result one way or the I
other. But the question was who was
to decide whether the Georgia vote is ir- j
regular or not, whether it is to be counted—
the individual who presides oyer the joint
session, or the two Houses of Congress ?
The Republicans claimed this power for
the President of the Senate, bnt there
was a time when they denied it to him.
From 1860 to 1876, under a joint rule of
their own enactment, they gave power to
either Honse to reject the electoral vote of a
State and forbade the votes of any State to
be accepted without the concurrent assent
of both Houses. Why have they changed
their views in this matter ? Is it because 1
they expected tc? make use of the President of
the Senate on some future occasion when
there ujay be two returns from a State
and his decision will be necessary in order
j to elect a Republican President despite the i
equities of the case ? The Democratic doc
trine does not go near so far as the Repub
lican joint rule did from 1866 to 1876. It
: d..es not permit the objection of one House
1 alone to reject the vote of aState; it requires
; the concurrent assent of both Houses to
warrant rejection: but it assumes that when ,
xn objection of insufficiency, irregularity or
liliegsji,.’ is made to the vote of a State,
such qucstioh shah tie qerided by the two
Houses and not by the President of the
| Senate. There could have been no l
j better time than this to adopt
joeh a rule when there is no dispute
1 as to uin ejection of one of the candidates,
and when it' is teriaig that Garfield will be
President, no matter who' c-usta the votes.
The Republicans professed to believe that
there was some trick in the Democratic- reso
lution, bnt this was only a cloak for their de
i lernq nation to give no sort of precedent for
; a fair conn! if any dispute arises hereafter.
The Speaker of the English House of
Commons is supposed not to be a partisan,
present Speaker, the Right Hon. Hen
i ax Bos, vkbzs William Brand, was chosen in
i 1j72 upon ffis predsceesor entering the
peerage as Viscount Ossmoxow. His official
life has, therefore, seen Disraeli succeed
Gladstone, and Gladstone succeed Bea
.-oksiteld. Thiee persons only have held
the oace cf Speaker in the ten Victorian
Parliaments, and only five tiscj the reform
of 1833.
AUGUSTA, GA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 16, 1881.
PAST SCHEDULES.
We are glad to know that the position
taken by the Chronicle against the opera
tion of lightning express or fast mail sched
-1 ules is endorsed by leading railroad men.
j The numerous accidents of the winter, in
which heavy weather and quick time have
brought about incontestably the proof of
the saying that “haste makes waste,” are
stronger arguments than any we can use,
and appeal alike to traveler and to railroad
official. The effect of every accident, no
matter how trifling, is damaging to a rail
road ; and the delays and repairing necessi
tated by a mid-winter smash-up will take
away popularity and tone down dividends.
The road beds in the South are few of them
in first class order. Southern roads are,
many of them, new, some worn out and
most of them poor. “It is a fact that near
ly every railroad has been put into opera
tion," says an eminent authority, “before
!it is perfectly built and equipped. The
main object with us is, necessarily, to get
1 the road open and trains moving over it; so
j that our rails are iron, our track single and
unballasted, our grades numerous and
steep, the curves many and sharp, bridges
weak and rolling stock scanty and cheap.”
It would be absurd, then, were not
the plan so frightful, to maintain
fast trains on Southern lines. Unless
oar railroad men adopt some method of
reform in this particular, a law regulating
the speed of trains on new, or partly equip
ped roads, would not be out of place. We
' do not believe in the principle of legislating
| against railroad authorities in managing
their own business, but bodies which are
endangered and lives which are threatened
demand protection. We trust railroad man
| agers of the South will anticipate any such
legislation, by taking the matter, where all
j that affects life as well as property, should
[ properly rest—with the managers of travel
and the masters of transportation.
GEORGIA'S ELECTORAL VOTE.
The unfortunate error which called to
gether the Electoral College of Georgia on
the first Monday in December, instead of on
j the Monday preceding the first Wednesday
in December, has been fully exposed in
Congress. It was a matter which the voters
of the State regretted, but in which all were
equally interested, so that no person may
charge especial blame upon another. Asa
representative to the National Congress, and
one supposed to be interested in securing
the vote of Georgia for the Democratic can
didate for President, Dr. Felton cannot
shift the responsibility upon other parties.
The Record, now before us, however, furnish
es the following extract from the speech of the
gentleman from the Seventh Congressional
District:
The people of Georgia are, and have been,
since the late civil war ended, perfectly loyal
to the Government. And I assert most posi
tively that where there are Federal and State
laws conflicting in regard to Federal elections,
the Federal law is supreme. [Applause.] The
great mass of our people desire full and perfect
conformity to all the laws of this Federal Union.
This failure to cast their vote on the day re
quired by the Federal law is not the act or wish
of the people of Georgia. They are prepared
to announce to all the world that the old idea of
“State sovereignty” overriding Federal laws
touching Federal elections is an exploded doc
trine. [Applause.] lam opposed to counting
the vote of Georgia, and at the same time I
protest against the ignorance or perversity by
which the people of my State have been de
prived of their vote. [ Renewed applause.]
Dr. Felton is entirely right when he
avers that the people of Georgia are loyal to
the Government. There is no disposition
to make State laws conflict with Federal
laws in regard to Federal elections. Dr.
Felton is as safe in making that state
ment as he is startling in announcing that
“the old idea of State soyereignty overriding
Federal laws touching Federal elections is
an exploded doctrine.” When, since the
civil war, may we ask the Doctor, was this
“old idea" maintained? In every State
Constitution adopted since the war tho
same idea has been embodied which is now
found in paragraph I, section I, article XII
of the present Constitution, viz: “The laws
of general operation in this State are, first,
as the supreme law: the Constitution of the
United States, the laws of the United States
in pursuance thereof, and all treaties made
under authority of the United States.”
This fact was brought oat very clearly by
Mr. Hammond, in the course of the debate
upon the Morgan-Bicknell resolutions. He
showed, too, that the present defective law
was put into our Code of 1862 under the
Confederate Government,and crept into the
present Code by carelessness of compila
tion. This is the history of the whole mat
ter; and the effort to link the error with
want of loyalty of the people of Georgia—if
there was any such effort—was as sickly as
the innuendoes in Dr. Felton’s high flown
defense were unnecessary. For so doubt
ful was this defense that after its delivery a
member of the House found it necessary to
get up and ask Dr. Felton “whether he
meant to convey to the House the idea that
it was the intention of the Legislature of
Georgia, by the passage of the law under
which this electoral vote wa3 ca3t, to defy
the authority of the General Government,
or whether it was a mere mistake or over
sight ?”
And even when Dr. Felton had proceed
ed further to explain, his interlocutor, Mr.
Carlisle, of Kentucky, was compelled to
acknowledge that “if that ba the gentle
man’s understanding as to the motives
which actuated the State of Georgia, I fail
to see the relevancy of the remarks which
he has made this morning.”
The people ol Georgia, and no part of
them, have shown any disobedience to
Federal election laws since the war. If Dr.
Felton means to say that they are yet in
favor of bayonets at the polls, or of the in
terference of partisan deputy marshals on
election day, he is mistaken. These laws
have always been obnoxious to them, and
always will be. Still, no clashing of civil
and military authority was ever a]lowed,
aud the custom of employing such election
auxiliaries by the Government was abated
before the ideas which opposed them be
came “exploded.”
The point which Dr. Felton seems anx
ious to convey was that the great mass of
the people of Georgia, of wkoiq he is the
sole representative, desired full apd per
fect conformity to all laws of the Federal
Union.” And that the “ignorance or per
versity” of some officials—he mentions the
Governor—who appear to maintain “State
Sovereignty,” at tlie expense of Federal
election laws, was repudiated by all
of his highly righteous and truly
loyal. If Dr. Felton had have con
sulted Mr. Stephens, he might have
learned that there is no clash of composite
functions of this government upon Federal
1 election laws. That when State regulations
are inconsistent with Federal statutes, the
mistake can be easily corrected, as it has
always been: apd Dr. Felton ought to have
known, of his awn mind, no such in
tense States Rights faction is trying or has
ever tiied since the war to dominate this
State. If a violation of Federal election
laws is one of the “methods” which Dr.
Felton is seeking to fasten upon the Geor
gia “Bourbons,” he should reconstruct bis
- indictment. This count is defective.
If we have done Dr. Felton an injustice,
we regret it; bnt we respectfully submit
that it is his own fault. His remarks seem
.to have been ill-timed and scattering. His
position was a doubtful one. since his own
colleagues were at a loss to know wuat he j
diil mean, aud since he himself could not
establish the relevancy of his own words to
the subject under discussion. We regret
that Ins should fcgve £-one ont of his way to
arraign the Governor of Georgia ana his :
friends with perversity in disobedience to
Federal statutes, instead of confining him
self to clear, business-like explanation, as
• did Gen. 6 no* and air. §nch a
i statement wonld have been satisfactory to
; Congress and gratifying to bis constintu
: ent3.
A prominent railroad manager says that
Providence discriminated agamst Augusta
when be gave Savannah, Charleston and
Port Royal harbors. True; but Providence
also put Augusta nearer to these three har
bors than some other inland towns, which
also get cheaper rates.
COUNTED IN.
GARFIELD AND ARTHUR FORMALLY
DECLARED
President and Vice-President of These
United States—The Pause When Geor
gia's Vote Was Reached— Action— Other
Business Transacted By Congress.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle. 1
HOUSE.
Washington, February 9. —By 10o’clock,
one hour before the meeting of the Honse
and two hours before the time appointed
for the counting of the electoral votes for
President and Vice-President of the United
States, the galleries of the House were
filled with spectators, a large majority of
whom were ladies, desirous of witnessing
that ceremony. On the floor a few wooden
chairs were sandwiched in between the
seats of members for the accommodation of
Senators, bnt otherwise there was no indi
cation that any save the usual routine busi
ness of the House was to be transacted.
The difference shown by members, who
seemed only anxious to obtain seats for
their friends in the galleries, was in marked
contrast with the excitement which pre
vailed during the electoral count of four
years ago. After the reading of yesterday’s
journal, the morning hour was dispensed
with, and the House, at 11:15, went into a
committee of the whole. Mr. Carlisle, of
Kentucky, in the Chair, on the Legislative,
Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill,
and at 11:50 the committee rose, after hav
ing concluded consideration of 70 to 82
pages of the bill.
Placing the Fair Ones in Position.
Mr. Singleton, of Mississippi, then offer
ed a resolution, according the floor of the
House to ladies who had not been able to
obtain seats in the gallery, which resolu
tion being adopted, a large number of
ladies entered the chamber to obtain seats.
At a few minutes past 12 o’clock the Door
keeper announced the arrival of the Vice-
President and Senate of the United States,
who then filed into the chamber. Vice-
President Wheeler took his seat on the
right hand of Speaker Randall, and the
Senators were accommodated with chairs
in front of the rows of desks. The Vice-
President called the Assembly to order, and
said: “The two Houses being assembled, in
pursuance of the Constitution, that the
votes may be counted and declared for
President and Vice-President, on the 4th
day of March, 1881, it becomes my duty,
1 under the Constitution, as President of the
Senate, to open the csrtificates of the elec
tion of the several States of the Union, in
the presence of the’two Houses, and I now
proceed to discharge that duty.”
The Solemn Services Now Commence.
The tellors—Messrs. Thurman and Ham
lin, on the part of the Senate and House,
and Mr. Crowley, on the part of the House
—having taken their places at the Clerk’s
desk, the Vice-President said: “I open a
package purporting to contain the certifi
cates of election of the State of Alabama,
to be reported.” The certificate having been
read very slowly by Senator Hamlin, and
having shown that the electors of the State
of Alabama had cast the votes of that State
for Winfield S. Hancock for President and
ten votes for Wm. H. English for Vice-Pres
ident, the Vice-President said: “The vote
of the State of Alabama having been re
corded by the tellers, I open and hand to
them the certificate of election of the St,ate
of Arkansas.” The six votes of the State of
Arkansas having been recorded for W. S.
Hancock for President and W. 11. English,
for Vice-President, on motion of Mr.
Reagan, of Texas, the reading of merely
the formal portions of the certificates was
dispensed with. The certificate from Cali
fornia showed that five of the six votes of
that State had been cast for Hancock and
English and one for Garfield and Arthur.
The three votes of Colorado were recorded
for Garfield and Arthur; the three votes of
the State of Delaware for Hancock and
English; the four votes of the State of
Florida were recorded for Hancock and
English.
Something Causes This Pause.
The next certificate handed to the tellers
was that from the State of Georgia, and it
was read by Mr. Crowley, of New York, a
reading in full being demanded by Mr.
Springer of Illinois. The certificate"shows
that on the Bth of December, 1880, the
eleven votes of Georgia were cast for Han
ooek and English. The Vice-President then
said : “It appearing from the certificate
the vote of the State of Georgia was cast on
a day other than that fixed tor the casting
of such votes by an act of Congress in pur
suance of the Constitution; of the United
States, the result of this certificate will
not bo recorded until, in the language of
the concurrent resolution, under which this
count proceeds, it will appear whether the
counting or omitting to count such votes
will change the result of the election.” The
twenty-one votes of the State of Illinois was
then recorded for Garfield and Arthur; the
fifteen votes of Indiana was for Garfield arql
Arthur; the eleven votes of lowa was for
Garfield and Arthur; the five votes
of Kansas was for Garfield and
Arthur; the twelve votes of Kentucky
was lor Hancock and English ; the
eight votes of Louisiana, for Hancock and
English ; the seven votes of Maine, for
Garfield and Arthur; the eight votes of Ma
ryland, for Hancock and English; the thir
teo votes of Massachusetts, for Garfield and
Arthur; the eleven votes of Michigan, for
Garfield and Arthur; the five votes of Min
nesota, for Garfield and Arthur; the eight
votes of Mississippi, for Haneock and Eng
lish ; the fifteen votes of Missouri, for Han
cock and English; the three votes of Ne
braska. for Garfield and Arthur; the three
votes of Nevada, for Hancock and English;
the five votes of New Hampshire, for Gar
field and Arthur.
The Hole in the Solid North*
The nine votes of the State of New Jersey
were then recorded for Hancock and Eng
lish; the thirty-five votes of New York .for
Garfield and Arthur; the ten votes of North
Carolina, for Hancock and English; the
twenty-two votes of Ohio, for Garfield and
Arthur; the three votes of Oregon, for Gar
field and Arthur; the twenty-nine votes of
Pennsylvania, for Garfield and Arthur;
the four votes of Rhode Island, for Garfield
and Arthur; the seven votes of South Caro
lina, for Hancock and English; the twelve
-’otes of Tennessee, for Hancock and Eng
lish; the eight votes of Texas, for Hancock
and English; the five votes of Vermont, for
Garfield and Arthur; the eleven votes of
Virginia, for Hancock and English; the five
votes of West Virginia, for Hancock and
Eenglish; the ten votes of Wisconsin, for
Garfield and Arthur. The Vice-President
then announced that the certificate of the
State of Wisconsin was the last of the cer
tificates. The tellers then proceeded to foot
np the votes oast for President and Vice-
President.
About As Broad As It Is Long.
Senator Thurman then said : “The tell
ers report that the whole number of elec
tors appointed to vote for President of the
United States was 369, of which a majority
is 185. Were the votes of the electors for
the State of Georgia cast on the second
Wednesday of December, 188 Q, being the
Bth day of said month, tp be counted, the
result would be : For James A. Garfield, of
Ohio, for President of the United States,
214 votes, and for Winfield S. Hancock, of
Pennsylvania, for President of the United
States, 155 votes. If not counted, the re
sult wonld be : For James A. Garfield, 214
votes, and for Winfield S. Hancock, 144
votes. In either event James A. Garfield
has recived a majonty of the votes of the
whole number of electors appointed.”—
Senator Thurman made a similar state
ment relative to the vote for Viee-
President. '‘Wherefore,” said the Vice-Presi
dent, “I do that James A. Garfield,
of the State of Ohio, having received a ma
jority of the votes of the whole number of
electors appointed, is duly elected Presi
dent of the United States for four years,
commencing on the 4th day of March,
1881; and I do further declare" that Chester
A. Arthur, of the State of New York, having
received a majority of the votes of the whole
number of electors, is duly elected Vice-
President of the United States for four |
years, commencing on the 4th day of j
March, 1881.” fLoud kpplausk]
The Senate then retired to their Cham- |
ber. After the Senate had left the House, ,
Mr. Crowley offered a resolution reciting
thnt the Hfiuse tad met the Senate; that the
electoral votes had been opened by the ;
President of the Senate in the presence of
the two Houses of Congress, and counted
by tellers on the part of the two Houses ;
that it appeared that James A. Garfield had
received a majority of the votes cast for
President, and Chester A. Arthur a maj irity
of the votes cast for Vice-President, and
that the same had been duly declared by
the President of the Senate, and declaring
that the two Houses ate ot the opinion "that
the Constitution and laws have been duly;
executed, and that no further declaration
of facts is necessary.
The resolution was adopted, and at 1:55
i the House went intoeopiciittce of the
i Mr. Carlisle, bf Kentucky, in ttib Ohqir. on
the Legislative Appropriation bill. The ■
committee, at 2:35, rose and reported the .
bill to the Honse, when it was passed, only
one vote (Mr. Tamer) being cast in the neg
ative. A controversy then arose as to the
priority ot business —Coi. of New York, j
desiring 4o call up the Apportionment bill? |
Mr. Reagan, of Texas, the River and Harbor
bill, and Mr. Sparks, of I linois, the Fitz-
John Porter ease, while Mr. Gunter of
Arkaftess, wishe4 [<> &Q iy feusigeas 04- ii)e
Speaker’s tabic.
Mr. F'rye, of Maine, however, ent out all
these propositions by calling up the reeolu- I
tion reported yesterday from the Commit
tee on Rules, providing thet hsyoaftei, when- i
ever ths morning hour Ej‘ dispensed with,
that tbe hour- shall be set apart as a time
during whigh’ members -ffigjf'- a§k tfi pass
bills by cnnseivi—five objections to be fatal
to the consideration of any bill. After a
somewhat acrimonious colloquy between
Messrs. Frye and Blackburn, the resolution
was agreed to and the Boose adjourned.
SENATE.
The Senate met at 11 o’clock.
Mr. Wallace submitted ir resolution,
which was adopted, calling on the Presi
dent, if not incompatible with public inter
est, for the correspondence which recently
passed between Spain and • the United States
in regard to the agreement of February 12th,
1871, and more particularly- with reference
to the question of naturalization by tbe
United States of natives of Spain.
Mr. Withers stated that he would to-mor
row ask that the Pension bills favorably re
ported be taken up.
The vote on the passage of the bill for
Circuit Courts at Danville, Va., was recon
sidered, amended to be made operative
from its passage, and the bill passed.
Mr. Windom introduced a bill authoriz
ing the Mexican National Railway Com
pany to construct a bridge to the centre of
the Rio Grande river, or to the boundary
line between Mexico and the United States.
Referred.
At 12 o’clock the Y’ice-President announc
ed that the time appointed for the counting
of the electoral vote had arrived. The
Senate, with the Vice-President at its head,
then proceeded to the hall of the House of
Representatives. Upon its return, at 1:40
o’clock, the Senate received from Mr. Ham
lin the report of the tellers of the two
Houses, accompanied by a preamble reciting
the result, with a resolution that the two
Houses are of opinion that the Constitution
and laws have been duly executed, and that
no further declaration of the facto set forth
is necessary. Adopted.
The Pension Appropriation bill was then
taken up and, after consideraolediscussioD,
Mr. Plumb’s amendment increasing the
pensions of officials was tabled. The bill
was then read the third time and passed.
On motion of Mr. Wallace, the Senate then
took up the Post Office Appropriation bill,
but, without beginning its consideration, ad
journed.
Tlie Brooklyn “Kncrlt Anton,”
[-Veio lorfc World. ]
An amicable arrangement as to the estate
left by Mrs. Elizabeth Wiggins, of Brooklyn,
who died intestate about a year ago, has
been arrived at. Henry Phillips and Hen
ry Wiggins, her first and second husbands,
made an application to Surrogate Livings
ton yesterday- for the appointment of
Joseph Thomson to be administrator of the
estate, and it is probable that the appoint
ment will be made, as it is understood that
the applicants desire to stand aside and al
low their children to inherit the estate
jointly. Mrs. Wiggins, who inherited a
large amount of real estate in East New
York from her father, Whitehead Howard,
was married about forty years ago to Henry
Phillips, who a few years afterward disap
peared, leaving his wife and children in ig
norance of his whereabouts. About twen
ty-five years ago she married. On Mrs-
Wiggins’ death a man claiming to be Henry
Phillips appeared in Brooklyn, and claim
ed to administer on her estate as her lawful
husband. He was at first supposed to be
an imposter, but soon proved his identity,
aud was recognized by Dr. Howard
Phillips, his son. Mr. Phillips said that
he had been intercepted by her mother;
that on his return, twenty years ago, find
ing his wife married a second time, he had
resolved to keep his existence secret dur
ing her lifetime. . Mr. Phillips during
his absence amassed a considerable for
tune, and now lives with his son, Dr. How
ard Phillips, in Brooffiyn.
Improvements.
Work on the Sibley Mills will be resumed
as soon as brick can be procured.
The work of improving the city wharves
is progressing. They need it badly.
Work on St. Patrick’s Church was de
layed several months on account of the in
clement weather.
It is a certainty that the Masonic Hall
will be pulled down and anew and very
handsome building erected.
Since the sun began to dry the surface of
the ground, a force has been at work re
pairing the streets, on which nothing could
be done for two months on account of the
weather.
The crossings on Washington street
should bo attended to while the weather is
dry. We understand that the city, under
the recent opinion of the City Attorney, in
tends to insist that this work shall be done
by the railroads.
The work of demolishing the building re
cently owned by Mr. E. H. Rogers, on
Broad street, but which was lately pur
chased by Mr. Caleb Stetson, has been com
menced. The Citizens’ Bank will be erected
on the site. The new building will be a
very handsome affair, of two stories, but as
high as ordinary three-story structures.
The front will be of iron and plate glass,
and will present a very ornate appearance.
At the entrance will be a stone step some
thing like that at the Jas. A. Gray building.
A Drunken Bear.
A half-dozen prospectors oamped one
night recently in the Sierra Nevada, El
Dorado county, California, The ground
was covered with snow, and when, about
midnight, a grizzly bear approached, the
crunching of his feet aroused the whole
camp. The bear trotted boldly up to with
in a few feet of the fire and seized the
nearest thing that could be reached—a bag
containing a tew such articles as bread and
sugar and a demijohn of the hottest whisky
manufactured on the Pacific coast. The
prospectors fired several shots at the griz
zly, which caused him to seize the bag in
his teeth and scamper off. Relieved of the
unwelcome visitor's presence the party
dropped oft' to sleep again, to be aroused
about dawn by loud and long roars in a
neighboring ravine. The men approached
the ravine cautiously and were delighted to
see the grizzly uproariously drunk and
rolling in the snow. The bear had broken
the demijohn and lapped up the whisky
with an appreciative tongue. His antics were
very funny —“as good as a circus,” one of
the prospectors says—and they were kept
up until long after sunrise. IJe tried hard
to climb up the side of the ravine, and
made ferocious dashes at the men, but
every time he rolled down. At last the
spectators shot him and moved on.
How Women Vote in Wyoming.
A correspondent writing from Cheyenne,
Wyoming Territory, says : “In Wyoming
elections, as is well known, the women are
a power which cannot be ignored. When
occasion seems to require it the better sort
of ladies go to the polls, as well as the ig
norant and vicious, from my own obser
vation I should say that the woman voter,
while less familiar with character and par
ty principles, is more conscientious, inde
pendent and instinctively right than the
male voter. They scratch their tickets a
good deal. At the pulls there is nothing
objectionable to the lady voter. The law
requires a cleared space of fifteen feet
square in front of the ballott box. The ut
most quiet prevails, and when a lady walks
up to deposit her ballot she meets nothing
but difference and politeness from officials
and spectators. Usually they rjde up tq
the polling places in carriages provided by
the party The lady, with her
vote already prepared, alight? from the car
riage, tfe crowd, if any, quietly falls bask
to open the passageway, while she walks to
the window or opening behind which sits
the clerk and election judges, gives her
name, drops her vote on the box and re
turns. Her age is not inquired into. No
body challenges a woman’s vote. The man
with the hardihood and fool courage to do |
that thing is not known to this race of
people.”
A Conscientious Girl’s Sacrifice.
[Hanlon Traveller.]
The following story ig told of a two-story
brick house, in the suburbs of Boston,
whose doors and windows are nailed up
and which has never been occupied :
“Nearly thirty years ago a young man built
it for his bride, intending to mortgage it
and pay for it gradually, as his wordly
goods increased, to all of which she agreed.
When the wedding day was appointed, the
trousseau, ready and the house hnfshed, he |
took the lady out from Boston to inspect it. f
After going over the house he presented her !
with a deed of it, for" a wedding gift.
Knowing his circumstances, she’ was as
tonished that fe’had actually .paid for it.
He explained that, buying a ticket fa a
lottery, he had drawn the fijfst prize, which
just cqvefed tiie past of the house. The
ruritan maiden protested she would not
take a home obtained by gambling, and re
fused the deed. His arguments were of no
avail; she remained obdurate. When they
left the house he locked the door and threw
the key into the brook near by. The next
day he boarded up the windows, and only
the spiders and mice have ever occupied ;t.
The man never married, he beeamerioh,
but is a wanderer on the face of the earth.
The woman never married—she is still liv
ing, poor and an invalid.”
A kittle Girl’s Hijr arkaUfe Hplr } '.
There is living at the house of Captain I
Means, of Millbridge, Maine, a girl about 1
nine years of age, whose history is remark
able. Sometime within the present year an
American vessel called at a small filad m 1
the pacific CfceauKi procure wAter. This is i
and was inhabited by cannibals They
brought this little girl to sell for the cap
tain’s dinner, offering to prepare her for
cooking if they would bay. espidifi |
told them .hat jw wnnjd r -bfty hey bat
these ia til) his own meat. She Was Wuht. I
and the captain afterward meeting Captain !
Means, gave her to him. Her comnlhrirm
is not unlike the Norih American Indian
; *’" th- or her face is different, being
I qdite round, forehead broad, eyes laws
| te f th somewhat <*dwaf.i
1 Whph has a tendency to panes her lips to
i thick; chin very small and retreat
ing. She is of good form, with very small
hands and feet. She still believes she will
be killed and eaten, and whan strangers
enter the hogse she clings to Mrs. Means
and begs of her not to let them have her ’
THE BRITISH LION
j LASHES HIS TAIL WITH FURY IN THE
TRANSAVAL.
i But Seeks His Lair Under IKe Auspices of
Dutek Valor, Skill and Judgment—The
t oercion Bill Passed Its Second Reading
In the Honse of Commons—Hl cel lane
uus News from the Uld World.
(By Cable to the Chronielo.)
Durban, February 9. Gen. Sir George
P. Colley’s forces yesterday attacked and
defeated the Boers, between Newcastle and
the frontier, at Ingogo river. The British
loss was one hundred and fifty killed and
wounded. The officers killed were: Mr.
MacGregor, of the engineers; Mr. Grier, of
the artillery, aud Messrs. O’Connell and
Garrett, both ot the Sixtieth Regiment. The
Boers lost heavily.
London, February 9.—General Sir G. P.
Colley’s telegram to the War Office, giving
an account of his fight with the Boers yes
terday, is as follows : “I marched to Patrol
by the Newcastle Road, with five compa
nies of the Sixtieth Regiment, two field and
two mounted guns and a detachment of
horse. Leaving one company and two guns
to command the crossing of the Ingogo
river, I seized the plateau beyond with
the rest of my force. The Boers attacked
me from all sides, but were completely re
pulsed and withdrew at sunset, when I re
turned to camp. The Boer loss nj” it have
been very heavy; ours was four officers
killed and four wounded, and about 150
men killed and wounded.
Durban, February 9.— Much anxiety is
manifested here as to the action of "the
Orange Free State, Volksraada, which will
meet on the 17th inst. A large party is
likely to propose to give active help to tho
Boers.
The seeond edition of the Times contains
the following dispatch from Durban to-day;
“Tho repulse of the Boers is a questionable
success. Sir G. P. Colley’s object was to
meet and escort the mails over the Ingogo,
and to meet a convoy from Newcastle. The
Boers opposition was so strong that Sir G.
P. Colley had to send for three more compa
nies to reinforce his original force of five
companies. He thus left only three hun
dred men in camp. The Boers got in the
rear of his force, and captured the mule
train and ambulances and goods. He was
for some time unable to advance or retreat,
being assailed on all sides. The Boers,
strongly reinforced from Laingsneck, get
ting between the supports and column, the
convoy did not start from Nowcastle. The
ambulance train, which had been deprived
of mules, had not boen brought in up to
last night. The Boers, though repulsed,
are still threatening. Military critics fail
to see what has been gained by so costly an
operation.”
The correspondent adds : “I believe
that there are a number of Orange- Free
.States Boers with Jaubert, the Boer com
mander. More reinforcements are needed,
as the Boers may invest all the roads. The
Hussars are expected to arrive at New
castle to-morrow.”
Gen. Sir Evlyne Wood is expected to
reach Natal next Sunday. He is much
needed. The transport steamer Palmyra,
with reinforcements from England, has ar
rived at Cape Town.
The correspondent of the Standard sum
merizes the situation as follows : “Sir G.
P. Colley has suffered great defeat. His
position is critical. Officer MacGregor, re
ported among the killed, was Gen. Colley’s
Private Secretary.”
London, February 9. —The Times, in an
editorial article this morning, says : “The
publication of the Russo-Afghan corres
pondence, found in Cabul after the massa
cre of the British Embassy, makes it clear,
beyond doubt, that the invasion of Afghan
istsn in 1878 was the inevitable conse
quence of real pressing and growing danger
upon the frontier of our Indian empire.”
London, February 9.—The Russian doc
uments found by the British in Cabul after
the massacre, which are now published,
show that Russia, through her officers in
Central Asia, bound herself to perpetual
friendship with Afghanistan, and advised
the Afghan Foreign Minister to mako peace
with England openly, but prepare secretly
for war, and that a plot was on foot, with
Russian encouragement, to incite rebellion
among the Mohammedans in India.
London, February 9. —ln the House of
Commons, to-day, the Speaker presented
the rules, which ho said he hoped, while
promoting busiuess before the House,
would not unduly limit freedom of debate.
Madbid, February 9.—A royal decree,
dissolving the Cortes, was read at to-day's
sitting.
London, February 9.—The bill for the
Protection of Life aud Property in Ireland
passed to its second reading in tlie House
of Commons, to. day, by a vote of 359 to
50.
Paris, February 9.—The Senate has
adopted, without dismission, the hill passed
by the Chamber of Deputies removing al
most all the restrictions hitherto hampering
the right of public meetings.
London, February 9, —The damage by
fire in Victoria Docks last night is estimat
ed at T 440,000.
London, February 9.—The Norwegian
steamer St. Olof, from New Orleans, hus ar
rived at Liverpool. The British bark Dili
gentia, from Savannah, before reported
ashore in King Road, has floated.
DECATUR, ALA.
The Lute Greenback Candidate For Gov
ernor Killed—Another Mun Mortally
Wounded.
Decatur, February 4-—Rev. James M.
Pickens, of the Christian Church, and late
Greenback candidate for Governor of Ala
bama, was shot and killed at Mountain
Home, by Robert Letson,' yesterday. At
the same time Letson mortally wounded
William Davidson, and thon surrendered.
Piokens and Davidson were walking
through a lane to the woods where chop
ping was to be done, when they were ac
costed by Letson, who charged Davidson
with slandering his daughter and demand
ed a retraction, which was not made. Let
son fired upon Davidson, and was in the
act of shooting the second, time, when
Pickens knocked the pistol from his hand
with an ax helve. Then they clinched, and
during the scuffle Letson regained his pis
tol and shot Pickens twice. Pickens turned
to run and was shot twice more, and died
instantly. Thc-re had been previous trou
ble between them, and, while Pickens in
terfered to prevent the killing of Davidson,
he doubtless supposed his own life was in
danger. The deceased was a ripe scholar
and able debater, and since his defeat for
Governor had been admitted to the bar.
Letson will have a preliminary investiga
tion before Justice Shakelford to-morrow.
Messrs. Clark and Rather will appear for
the prosecutio'ii.
Diving Him a Chance,
[Aew York Tribune. 1
Qovemoj Colquitt, of Georgia, who on
Friday registered at the St. James Hotel,
said in conversation with a Tribune re
porter :
“The people in my State have all settled
down quietly after the election, having
nothing of a local nature to cause any ex
citement. In National matters, they are
ready to give General Garfield a chance.
What I mean to say by that is they do not
condemn him because he differs in ideas
from theiys. They accept the position that
he is legally elected President, and they
want to give him a chance, believing that
he is liberal minded enough to be a Presi
dent for the whole country, and not one
for a party alone. As to the Cabinet, there
are some who think that Georgia may be
represented. I hardly think myself that
she will be, although I believe, with the
rest of my people, that General Garfield’s
policy will be a conciliating one towc.yd the i
South. If he does decide upon having any j
State r(-prevented <n his Cabinet, we shall
consider it an honor instead of a disgrace, !
as some woiild have had the North believe i
was the case when President Hayes decid- j
ed upon having the South represented in
his Cabinet.” ' 1 1
Frenyk Hyejff.
[Oliicago Inkr Ocean.]
One of the most senseless and vicious
fashions now popular is “the French heel,”
located along toward the center of the foot.
It is neither beautiful nor useful, and posi
tively injurious to health. It is the unani
mous expression of the wisest medical men
that it has caused serious and vompticated j
diseases. The weight df ifie body presses j
diyeUly wpoa nerves that are but little pro- I
tested, and the whole system suffers. A 1
lady a short time since called upon an emi- j
nent oculist of this city for a nervous
trouble afflicting her eyes. Awe; a careful j
examination tse physician toid the lady it was |
caused by her French heels, and he would ;
make no attempt at cure until she changed i
the character of her shoes. He informed th.e
lady that she would stand a goad chance ;
for total blindness unless <me obeyed. She
left, remarking she “tfauid think about it,” j
Perhaps few would be so unwise, and yet :
fashioil holds people with a good deal of
power. It is but just, also, W- say that !
very few who indulge ,u the use of shoes
after this feed, ay fashion are aware of the j
dunge j incurred. .
Probably a Faf’r*.
February 4.—The scheme
for establishing a system of postal telegraphy
seems very likely to prove q failure so far as j
this Congress la concerned. Its advocates j
hqws not been able to get any very great ■
number of Congressmen interested in the
matter, probably because this Congress is
so nearly dead that no one wants to take the
responsibility of the adoption of such an
important addition to our existing postal
system at the heel of a session of Congress,
when -there is no time for a thorough dia
eussivu. t
Ski A YEAB—POSTAGE PAID.
WHAT A WEDDING COSTS.
Items of Interest to the Parents of Mar
rioga ble Daughters.
[-V. F. 'Times.]
Inquiries are constantly reaching newspa
per offices as to the expenses of a wedding
party or dinner party conducted according
to the most approved citrons of fashion,
bnt still not intended to overwhelm the
imagination of the guest —a quiet, unosten
tatious, elegant affair, bnt complete in all
its appointments. The inquiries come also
as to the best manner of conducting such
affairs, with proper regard to artistic ar
rangement and the comfort of the guests,
while at the same time respecting one’s
bank account ; combining, in a word, ele
gance of detail with economy of expendi
ture. On a wedding occasion’it is the hap
py bride’s father, or, to transpose the terms
a trifle, the bride’s unhappy father, who is
called upon to settle the bills, aud to him
it is interesting to know how he may avoid
the pitfalls into which Mr. Millions drifted
when his only daughter Seraphina was led
to the altar. A quiet wedding at the house,
followed by a reception with from one to
hundred to five hundred guests, is particu
larly affected in good society this Winter.
The public pageant, with bride and groom
pacing measuredly up the aisle, preoeded
by six ushers, two by two, and as many
bridesmaids in military order, is not e
reejle this season, abd the sexton protests in
vain that his occupation is departing from
him, while the organist has ceased practic
ing Mendelssohn’s hackneyed strain until
a more remunerative period.
This year the tendency has been to sim
plicity and unostentatious elegance, which,
although involving liberal expenditure, are
vastly grateful to the pockets of the parties.
For a quiet wedding at home there are,
first, the invitations, which involve, as a
rule, two card plates and a note sheet
printed on the finest of heavy white paper.
Monograms an 1 special designs have been
nearly discarded, ana the fasuionable text
is a plain, simple, legible scrip, beautifully
engraved. The cost depends upon the num
ber of letters, but, on the average, for 100
invitations the cost will be #2O, with an ad
ditional #5 for each additional 100, unless
tho order exceeds 500, when a moderate
discount is given. For 500 guests the sta
tioner sends in his bill for from S4O to S6O.
This Winter the madness is for flloral deco
rations; and although nature scatters her
blossoms and verdure with a lavish hand
and never sends in her bill, the florist is by
no means so liberal. A plain, unpretentious
display of smilax and flowers, suitable for
a New York residence, may be procured for
SIOO, and that is about the lowest sum for
which a fashionable florist would think of
sending in his bill, Exotics, Oriontal palms,
and ferns are aot included in such a deco
ration; nor are bridal bells, and hearts, and
canopies, beneath which the happy pair re
ceive the congratulations of their friends.
Single pieces of this description-and very
ungraceful ones at that, though woven of
rare exotics—often cost from $75 to $l5O,
and, where several are required, tlie florist
thinks nothing of sending his bill for SSOO,
$750, or even SI,OOO. Good taste and fer
tility of suggestion can, however, accomplish
wonderful results with SIOO, particularly
where elegance is preferred to dumb show
of magnificent profusion.
Then comes the collation-say, for 150
guests served quietly in the aining room.
It is a moot point whether it pays to employ
a caterer and commit the whole" item of col
lation, wines and attendance to his hands,
or to undertake the work one’s self,
with the training of servants, and the
illimitable possibilities of broken pro
celain and mislaid silver. Those who
have had most experience in wed
ding and dinner parties aver, as a rule,
that is costs less money and gives better
satisfaction, independent of personal trou
ble and the vexation arising from the blun
ders of .hired attendants, to take the former
course. For a simple collation for 150
guests, about the lowest figures given by
caterers are $2 per capita, and from that to
sl2, which is regarded as embracing all the
requirements that could possibly be asked
for in a Fifth avenue residence. For a wed
ding breakfast, served in a quiet way, $1 50
per capita represents the lowest "limit of
caterers’ prioes; and this is probably loss
than it would cost the bride’s father to buy
tho materials and make provision for their
preparation and service. It is not unusual
this Winter, however, ou very quiet occa
sions, to be content with a service of cake
and wine only. Wedding cake for 100 per
sons, done up in pretty boxes, stamped with
monogram, is furnished at from S3O to SSO,
according to the style of the box, for one of
these dainty little trifles, with painting by
hand on the lid, aH satin and guilding,
may be rendered as expensive as a casket of
gold, or, in the extreme of simplicity, fur
nished for next to nothing,
The trousseau, which, after all, is the
largest item, rests altogether with the meax,s
of the parties; but when the oost of a baby’s
baptismal trousseau runs up to $5,000, as
has occurred on occasions this Winter, it
may be concluded that, even with the great
est economy, a fashionable trousseau re
quires the expenditure of not less than
$2,500, and ten times that sum is not an
unusual figure. The attire for the oere
ingny— the white satin, brooaded or not,
with bridal veil, orange blossoms, and toilet
accessories - may, exclusive of laces and
jewels, be procured for SSOO. It is thus,
with the most exact and rigid supervision
of items in every direction, a question of
expending from SI,OOO to $20,000 to give
one’s daughter in marriage according to the
canons of good society.
The 'Weather,
The long cold Winter will bring some
benefit to farmers, inasmuch as the larva;
of cotton worms, the eggs of the grass
hopper, and other pests of the agriculturist
will be destroyed.
Word comes from various sections of in
jury to the growing Winter whoat from the
long protraoted cold. In regions where the
ground has been covered with snow the
wheat will doubtless turn out all right.
The excessive cold of the Winter, to
gether with the small amount of moisture
with which the ground was supplied before
it became frozen, has in many parts of the
country caused a water famine. Cisterns
and wells have “gone dry," and a great deal
of inconvenience has been caused.
We have had many strange things in the
meteorological line this Winter, but all the
marvels of a thermometer marking minus
points along the Gulf coast pale into utter
insignificance in comparison with the fact
that it is regarded as a matter of so much
note to find the thermometer 21. degrees on
the bottom side of the aero point in New
Brunswick, that this wonderful incident is
telegraphed all over the United States.
When they had had sleighing in Alabama
and Georgia, and have picked frozen
oranges in the Florida plantations, New
Brunswick people ought to, bs quite con
tent with cold no worse than 21 degrees
below zero,
A Care for Sick Headache:
This oomplaiut is the result of eating
too much and 6xeroising too little. Often
the cause is that the stomach is not able
to digest the foodlast introduced into it,
either from its having been unsuitable or
excessive in quantity. It is said r. diet of
bread and butter, with rfpe fruits or berries,
with moderate, ooatinuous exercise in the
open t,ir, sufficient to keep up a gentle per
spiration, would cure almost eveyy ease in a
short time. To drink two ieaspoonfuls of
powdered charcoal in half a glass of water
generally gives instant relief. TU*> above
sovereign remedies mqy do in some, but
not in all cases. A sovereign remedy for
this ailrueqt- js pot easily found. Bick
headache i3 periodical, and is the signal of
distress which the stomach raises to inform
us that there is an over-alkaline condition
of its fluids; that it needs a natural acid to
restore the battery to its normal wording
condition. When the first symptoms of a
headache appear, take r>, tepoonful of clear
lemon juice fifteen minutes before each
meal aad ihe same dose at bed-time; fallow j
this up until all symptoms are passed, tak- j
ing no other remedies, apcl you. will soon be !
able to go free frcmi your unwelcome nuis
ance, Many will object to this because
the remedy is too simple, but many cures
have been effected ip this way,
—■..
Ur Sears' Sucveuar.
IMemphis Appeal .]
Rev. Dr. Jabez L. M. Curry, formerly of
Alabama, but for some years past a resident
of Richmond, has been elected ta fill the
place on the Peabody fund Commission
made vacant by the death of Rev. Dr. Sears.
Di. Curry is one of the most eminent of the
djvines and scholars of the Sonth, and will,
we feel sure, most creditably fill a place
which Dr. Sears elevated to the b o tght of a
generous and broad philanthropy, adminis
tering the educational fund in a spirit quite
in wUh that of the benevolent
founder of the fund.
Dead.
f Aiki:*a Banner, j.
We Tear 01 to hear of the death of Dr.
Joseph B. Carlton, of Athens. He was a
good citizen, and an excellent physician.
Some years since he represented Clnrk9
county several terms in the Legislature, and
in a manner which reflected credit on his
county, as well as himself. He was Chair
man of the Democr&tfo Committee of
Clarke county during the days of recon
struction, and rendered every aid in re
moving Radicalism from his county. Dr.'
Carlton was about €>Q years of age, and
was the oldest practicing physician in
Athens.
Piddling.
[Atlanta Constitution* J
In his Augusta lecture, General Evans
went deep into, the hosom of human nature
for a subject, it was “Riddling.” This
has been ljh,e chief drawback to the success
of a xast majority of the citizens of the
world since Adam and Rye began to do .odd
jobs for a livelihood outside the garden of
Eden. Atlanta ought to insist'upon hear
ing this lecture. It will do os all good.
PRESS COMJlrsts,
The Sooth’s Resources.
[lndianapolis Sentinel.]
The time is coming when the mineral re
sources of the South will attract capitM and
population, and that time is not distant
Northern Immigration.
[Borne Sentinel.]
We have nothing to hope from Radioal
own W u- IChhve . npon the stench of their
own making, and until Northern people are
made to see the South and its pZVe to
South”™ 6 bght ‘ the ’ V wiU " not come
Private Kxecutfoim.
[Nashville American.]
. ? punishment ever exerts a moral
influence it will be when sociotv can see in
executions, not the horrid details, but only
that a guilty being has gone out of
by ills own crimes and their
retribution.
Randall’s Ruling.
rNew York Tribune.]
The conduct of Speaker Randall is extra
ordinary. No especial learning in parlia*
mentary law is needed to justify tho strong
est censure of his ruling last Wednesday.
It is stated that Mr. Stephens, of Georgia,
pronounced that ruling “atrocious.”
Hshone’i Course.
[Missouri Republican.]
Mahone is, no doubt, quite prepared to
oppose some features of the recognized
Democratic policy, but it is unreasonable to
suppose that he intends to join the Repub
licans in a renewal of the bitter warfare on
the South which was kept up so long as
they controlled Congress.
Postal Telegraph.
[National Bepublican.]
, fbe very fact that the telegraph compa
nies have established a monopoly in tbs
transmission of words and thoughts, and
that the people are compelled to pay any
price theße eorpoKlons "lav demand, is
the best possible excuse for the establish
ment of the postal telegraph system.
Patriotism and Ships.
[Detroit Free Press.]
It is vastly moro economical jto buy our
tea in China and our olive oil in Italy thftt
it would be to pay soma millions of dollars
annually to induce Americans to grow tea
and olives. And there is no more opnnec
tion between patriotism and ships than
there is between patriotism and olives.
The South.
[A r eu> York Tribune. ]
The South cannot be coaxed, and there is
no disposition anywhere to drive it. The
present Administration carried conciliation
to the verge of surrender, and wo saw the
effect of it. There will be repetitions of
that blunder. The Republican party and
the people of the North stand upon the
record. '
A Southern Man in the Cabinet.
[Greenville New*.]
Really we do not understand the utility
of a Southern man in the Cabinet. Kb
Cabinets are now constructed it is certainly
no honor to be eagerly sought to be repre
sented in that select organization. Only a
Republican will, under any oironmstanoes.
be chosen, nnd no Republican is a true rep
resentative of the feelings or interests of the
real people of the South.
Government Telegraphs.
[Fort Wayne Gazette.]
If it is right and proper for the Govern
ment to own and control the telegraph lines,
it has a similar right to own and control the
railroads of the country for the protection
of the business interests of the same. A
certain amount of protection is due to the
general public, and such protection can bo
aft’ordod in regulating the tariff rates. The
least interference possible, so that this ob
ject is attained, is what ia wanted.
Party Loyal Ity.
[Nashville American.]
’I he majority represent the prevailing
sentiment of the people in a Democratic-
Republican government, and from that
simple principle the proper action for the
Representative who belongs to either the
majority or the minority, may be easily re
duced. A child may understand and one
who errs does so willingly. Applying the
principle reduced the majority may never
go to the minority; the minority may 11 It
will go to the majority.
The Pulpit and the Stage.
[N. Y. Star.] .
It seems to be inevitable that almost every
one of our distinguished pnlpit orators
should, at some time or other, take occasion
to assail the drama; and were the treatment
which it receives at their hands a criterion
of the popular estimate of the mission of
the stage, the drama would long sinoe have
ceaßed to exist. They overlook its high aim
and purpose and attack it with a vindic
tiveness which is born of the bitterest preju
dice and the narrowest views.
Grant’s Trip.
[Louisville Gourier-JoumhL ]
Grant’s proposed trip to Mexico is easily
understood as to his object. He finds that
people are getting used to him and that he
is cheapening in public estimation by his
unfortunate position as a public beggar
Ho will go away for some months and then
come back for a fresh “progress" through
the country and more dinners and speocu
making. Grant knows that it not do for
people to see too much of him’. The trip to
Mexico is a shrewd dodge to keep himself
“fresh."
Work at Home.
[People's Vindicator, Natchitoches, La. J
It is not necessary for the idlers and
drones of society to follow Horace Greeley’s
advice of old: “Young man, go West.”
There is plenty of work to be performed
here at their own thresholds. There is a
broad area ready for the immediate display
of activity, energy and determined effort.
They should at once assert their manhood,
cease being drones in the great hive of hu
manity; bend every muscle and thought to
the attainment of positions of honor, trust
and independence.
Th# Least Day*.
[ Chicago 7 ribune. 1
Those who have watched, even with the
most friendly disposition, the closing acts
ot the present Administration, ean scarcely
fail to feel an apprehension that President
Hayes may yet go out of office under a
cloud. If there were no doubt as to the
wisdom of his selections for the numerous
offices he is filling, it would still be felt
that it is an indelicate and questionable use
of Executive power for the outgoing Presi
dent in the closing days of his term to ap
point so. many of the men who are to serve
under the next Administration, and thus,
perhaps, embarrass his successor.
THE E„ T. AND A It. R.
What General Gary Sap* About It.
A Chronicle representative met General
M. W. Gary, of Edgefield, 8. C.. yesterday,
and asked him if the Edgefield, Trenton
and Aiken Railroad was likely to be a suc
cess. The General replied that there was
no doubt about it. Of the twenty-three
miles of road, seventeen have already been
graded and the remainder will soon be
finished. The iron will, he is satisfied, be
laid and the road in operation by the open
ing of the next Fall season. It is expected
that the South Carolina Railroad will fur
nish the iron. General Gary stated that
it had been said that the new road would
divert trade away from Augusta and carry
it to Charleston. This was a mistake. It
would help both Augusta and Charleston.
Railroads were always a benefit. People
who have been accustomed to trading at
Augusta will continue to do so when the
road is built, and they will oome oftener,
because their facilities for getting here will
be better. They can either come from
Trenton on the Charlotte, Columbia and
and Augusta Railroad, or go to Aiken and
then come to Angusta via the South Caro
lina Railroad.
Sale of Real Estate,
Yesterday the property the southwest
corner of Broad ar.i Kollock streets, extend
ing throngh jo Ellis, belonging to the
Harrison estate, was sold at public auction
by W jf. Parks fc Cos., C. V. Walker, auc
tioneer. The prices realized were as fol
lows ;
Lot A, 42 by 135 feet 9 inches, to P.
Hansberger, at $4,800.
Lot B, in rear of the above, same dimen
sions, to Bume buyer, at $1,850.
Lot O, 47 by 1215 feet 9 inches, to M. Col
clough, at $2,650.
Lot D, same dimensions as above, in rear
of it, to same buyer, at $1,150.
Lot E, 42 by 135 feet 9 inches, to W. H
Howard, at $2,400.
Lot F, same dimensions, in rear of E, to
same buyer, at $1,375.
Lot G, H, I and J, to Barnes & Cumming,
at $1,900, SBSO, $1,675 and $1,135 re
spectively.
Meeting of Georgia Railroad Director*.
The bi-manthly meeting of the Direotors
of the Georgia Railroad was held yester
day. There was a full Board, with tl)e ex
ception of Messrs. Hutchins, Stovall and
E. P. Alexander. The usual reports were
read and other routine business transacted.
Mr. C. G. Goodrich was elected Assistant
Cashier, and Mr. Frank E. Fleming, Teller.
Interviewing Bernliardt.
The Cincinnati Gazette man found Sarah
“ painting,” in a large arm ohair be
hind the scenes at Pike's, and thus de
scribes the ecstatic scene that followed
“She was delighted to find that she was to
be interviewed in her own graoeful Gallic
tongue. And rising with incredible alacri
ty, extended her lissome fingers, of which
action the Gazette man showed his apprecia
tion by respectfully saluting them with a
chaste kiss, meanwhile bowing low, ala
mode Pranoaise. This little bit of savott
tain placed the interviewer and interviewed
upon desirable terms of intimacy.”