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VOLUME XCV
KOITUHML, NOTES.
Luck is a better heritage than genius.—
Deaoon R. Smith.
Dray os RirHißD Smith's paper palls him
“Bidulksabokb.''
BbaOstbeet thinks the Spring boom in
bmnuM is just lovely.
Voobheks {mired with Mahone when the
latter was siok. Sic Semper.
Gobham, who wants to be Secretary of the
Senate, wus a Kearneyite in California.
Si-ass was in favor of an extra session,
bat Mr. Oxßrir.U) had a different inspira
tion.
Hon. Emoby Creek can come home now.
There will b no extra session, as he
thoaght.
Gin. Lonostbiet is booked to do for
Georgia what it is hoped Mahone. will do
for Virginia.
The business men of the country con- I
gratulate the President upon deciding
against au extra session.
It .is Don (Jameson h torn next. The j
"skunk-cabbage" will be held np to the |
CamsboN nose in Pennsylvania.
Ssanatok Garland is opposed to the j
Democratic filibuster, and has filed his pro
test With the National Republican.
It is true that Barn cm read Mabone out j
of the party. But "Billt" ought to have :
been satisfied with reading Bas.num oat.
\ shlewd Washington correspondent re- j
minds Mr. Conklino that Garfiiu.ii and
Blaine, in combination, are too much for
him.
Senatob Dawes enacts the part of Lady
Macbeth, when he tries to wash Mahone’h
dirty bargains from *his hitherto white
bands.
Attornev-GE.NF.RAi, McVeaoh does not
like Wm. h. Chandler's appointment as
Polioitor-Ueneral, but Mr. Blaine is more 1
than satisfied. Chandler is a mighty smart
manager.
Col. Tom Scott deserves thanks for de- i
noting #50,000 to Washington and Lee
University. Perhaps he would do some
thing for our Library if properly up- |
proacbed.
The Missouri Republican says the country 1
owes Senator Brown a debt of gratitude for
completely crushing Pecksniff Hoab. Our j
Uncle Joseph is a pulverizer, when be gets |
.his hand in.
Attention is drawn to the fact that when, '
tho other (fay, us Senator Dawks was speak
ing, he said : "We must complete," and
then hesitated ; Mr. Beck quickly added, !
" the bargain."
Wattebson says the proseut attitude of
the Democrats of the Senate is foolish. If
Mr. Wattebson, Sr., had been eleoted Sec
retary of the Senate, he could play the part
of a "itouiau father" and rebuke his son.
Thn Republicans of the Senate propose
.to swallow an ex-Confederate Colonel, a j
ilkaNcocK doctor and a repudiator. Luckily
Jar them their digestion is good, and Dr.
.MaM,ine will furnish the Btomach bitters.
It is definitely ascertained that only two
of Ocstab'b party were not mutilated by
the Indians -the “yellow-haired ohief ” and
a correspondent of the New York Ilerahi.
Even the savage respects valor and talent.
Senator Brown and other Democratic
Senators cleverly nailed to the Republican
flagstaff the party hypocrisy on the subject
of the public credit and Rebel Brigadiers.
That is the sore spot and it will not heal
soon.
John Kelly says the Senate Democrats
.should not hesitate to Bupport Garfield in
i\\e fight against Conklin.i. Would it not
4m funny if Conkuno should turn Demo
crat Gud readjust Mahone and the "Consti
tutiouv l majority !"
Some waj suggests that the only way to
"stamp out’ ’ polygamy in Utah is to have
that territory tud exclusively by the Inter
nal Revenue I* >partment. If polygamy
aould stand that and the Pacific Railroad,
it could stand anything.
ITke people of Baltimore have had another
dAinftil reminder that many of the graves of
{whir i datives arc tonantiess. One ceme-
Mfjk vis now patrolled by armed men, and
MB. Legislature is called upon to take action
st resurrectionists.
IIK Now York IT'ortii wittily observes that
tor Oonxlino’s dilemma seems to be
iher V'.e shall swallow Mr. Blaine's ap
tuieuU'. which he knows will disagree
lam, or shall be swallowed by Mr.
ne, with whom he hopes that he will
it impression prevails that Congress i
be convened in October, “when two j
tks can be spent in the proposed inves- j
ion of contested seats in the Southern
ft‘atee, with a view to having reports ready
fcr the regular sesaion in December.” There j
liH be some startling snrprißes before that
JviX u ow the census report of the marvel
us mcra 1135 °f the colored population is 1
using ma sh comment. It is thought that j
u *°f 1870 must have been incor
bt, as the xtatural growth of the negro
papulation vosk t not have been thirty-five j
jer cent., while that of the white, aug
mented by iuWk-ration, was only thirty-
Jthreo per cent.
The colored popula'G*® °I Connecticut is
11,000; of Illinois, -*'0,000; of Indiana. |
38,000; of Ohio, 79,000; of Pennsylvania,
8,500; of Massachusetts, 18)tM0; of Miehi
gan, 15,000; of New Jersey. 38,000; of j
New York. 64.000. It is not to
say that some of these States are close polit- j
ioal States. Neither is it necessary to say
that the negro is an industrious voter.
Gw. Grant desired Mias Van Lew’s nom
ination to the Richmond poet office. Gen.
ftnioNi pushed his man, Dr. Giunt. It
|s unnecessary to state that Gen. Grant had
jko rettire, dis*wmfited, before the ‘Qonled
feimte Brigadier.” Perhaps, if the New
fiork folks were to offer Mahon* the man
f agemeat of the International Exhibition, it
might go through prosperously.
On the whole, the Democrats retired from
power in the Senate with dignity, and they
en afford to maintain an attitude of pluck
for the future. There may be some won
drous transformation scenes between this
tin* e and next December. As Gambetta u
never' weary of repeating *T can wait,” an
oeeasio ns! hint should be given that “the
future ox futurity is mighty onaaitin."
The New t*’rk Herald says: “Before the ;
**Wr UEaverv oleeCvl the gates of the South to
foreign im’tnigw***- I* is question wheth- ;
er her blacks, now numbering nearly six
millions and rapidly mnWjiiyinß. will not
have the same effect, at least to the near fu
ture.” When the East and W*tget too
crowded, population will swarm down j
South. Nothing will stop it. It will be a
mightier flood than the Mississippi.
John Kelli takes an astonishing new of 1
the fight now being made upon Co nkiixo
in *be Senate. He says
Ths' State-of New York, always Democratic
-whan it “ free to express its preferences, ia now
restored !° the Democracy, if they know how to
kindle id nreoious a prise. Before his term
has expired, .Gabfikll will restore the whole
country to the i'emocratic party by his treach-
M 7, and his blanker*; sad so intense will be
the’public feeling agsla'st him, that the election
of a Democratic Pisaid*‘®t in 1884 will be al
unajoimoo*.
. This is very rose-colored. i?ut we should
like to be certain that Mr. Sxuff would be
in harmony with his party, and not revolt
against it It is yet to be seen bow fsr Mr.
.fliwrai has blundered, if at all.
••SOW YOU SHF. IT AND NOW TOC
DON’T.”
The Hon. Soeoos Coxkling, at the begin-
J n “>K of last week, stalked into the Senate
Chamber with more than his accustomed
. hauteur. He reclined in his chair with an
ditional imperiousness. His smile, often
wintry and repellant, had a touch of Spring
in it when he gazed up at the ladies' gal
lery and sought a sympathetic glance there
from a pair of memorable eyes. Triumph,
satisfaction, gratified revenge, all of these
emotions possessed him, for was he not,
with "champagne and satisfaction," Chair
man of the Commerce Committee, by the
grace of Billt Mahone and the discom
fltnre of Matt Ransom ? On his desk there
were brilliant and costly flowers like unto
those sent to Mr. Mahone, and they also
bore a label that signified their source—the
White House. With Mr. Hayes Mr. Conk
lino had no relations whatever of an ami
cable character, and "the ladies of the
White House" would have scorned to
propitiate him with flowers or invite
him to dinner. He, in tnrn, would have
crushed any poor buds that might have
strayed from that conservatory, and his legs
would have refused to bear him to any gas- ;
tronomic mission in that direction. But all j
was changed. He had helped elect Mr. I
Gabeield, and Mr. Garfield was grateful. >
He had called upon the President, and i
everybody there paid him homage. The
Chief Magistrate had sent in a batch of nom- j
inations, and all of them were his friends, :
and all of them stalwarts. With these nom
inations came a splendid nosegay, as we !
have said, and it came to him with the same
surroundings as that of Mahone. By due
course of mail, the New York papers arrived
and he cut the red tape that bound his pack
age with elegant eagerness. He read
in the Sun, for example, that the power be
hind the throne bears the magic Dame of
"Conklino," and that he “owns, by solemn
compact, the whole of the New York patron
age.” If ever man was transcendently,
supremely happy Lord Roscoe was at that
moment. How he swelled in glory and ;
strutted in pride across the Chamber, when j
he bent lovingly over Arthur and Platt, :
and, with elevated nostrils, scornfully di- !
vided his disdain between John Sherman ;
and the Democratic "constitutional minor- j
ity.” But the future—the instant future
had in store .for Mr. Conklino what it had
for the slumbering Turk when Marco Boz
zaris made the celebrated foray upon the
Ottoman camp. Mr. Blaine had devised a
trick worth two of that. He had lifted Mr.
Conklino, his old enemy, into a heaven of
delight only to drop him the next day into
a most ridiculous abyss. We say Mr. Biainf.
did this, for everybody sees and knows
now, if he never did before, that the ge
nius of the administration is the man from
Maine.
We are told that the second batch of New
York nominations came to the Henate while
Mr. Vcobhees was speaking. When the
Vice-Fresident opened the list the first
name that he saw was that of Judge Robert
son. He at once turned the paper so as to
leave the name exposed, and sent the list
to Mr. Conklino. No other indication of
surprise was shown by Mr. Conklino than
hastily to go over to Senator Platt’s seat
and show him the nomination. Both gen
tlemen conversed quietly but earnestly for
some moments. Meanwhile word spread
rapidly through the Senate, and the nomi
nation at once became the topic of conver
sation.
The nomination of Judge Robertson took
all the Btutting out of Mr. Conklinu’s exul
tation of the day before, and Mr. Blaine is
the man who did it. Again the New York
Sun came to hand, and again tho New York
Senator read that “the nosegay has been
removed from Senator Conklino's desk, and
the skunk-cabbago which has been thrust
in its place does not smell as sweet." It
may he that Mr. Conkuno will swallow
this leek, and then again he may re
turn it with interest. The committee of
which he is chairman sits upon the nomi
nation, and it may sit down upon it squelch
ingly. In that case, Mr. GabfihlpwUl have
to seek Democratic aid and comfort, and it
is just there that onr party needs the wisest
kind of leadership. Not only has the gap
been made betwoen Conklino and the ad
ministration, bat it must finally come be
tween Mr. Garfield and Mr. Blaine. It is
said that two eagles rarely or never fly in
the same sky peacefully, and this may bo
trueof Garfield and Blaine. One is Presi
dent and wants to succeed himself. The
other seeks to control the President and
take liis place four years lienee. There are
already elements of discord in the Repub
lican happy family. They will grow in
stead of diminishing. We shall see with
what wisdom the Democrats seize upon this
opportunity, or with whnt folly they close
the breach. Meanwhile Mr. Conkuno has
been made the laughing stoek ot the country
by Garfield and Blaine, and he knows
full well, by exasperating personal experi
ence, tho intent and significance of the
words of the Little Joker—" Now you see it;
and now yon don’t."
CONSPICUOUSLY INEXACT.
A correspondent of the Syracuse Journal says
that before Mahonk left his seat he rose, and ;
looking across at Hill, said, in a tone of defi
ance: *"The Senator has charged me with what
no man shall dare to charge me !” and pointing
his finger in a menaoing way, shouted, "Stop !
I say stop, right there !” with emphasis on the
closing words. It was manifest that HiLfc
quailed; but so full of ire was he that the pas
sion was and he could not or would
not desist. When Mahone left his seat he talk
ed as he moved over toward Hill, half erouoh
ing, half creeping, and saying : “Yon want to
know, do ve? who it is (raising his voice
to a high pitch); you want to know who it is
that dares to vote as he pleases ?” When Mt
honf. came close to Hill, shaking the finger in
& manner that was in keeping with the flash in
his eye, he suddenly stood erect and shouted : j
1 "Well I hero is the man who dares to vote as he j
pleases,”
Senator Mahone did indeed tell Senator j
Hill to “stop," but the Georgian not only j
J declined to do so, bnt repeated what he had j
said with such emphasis that Mr. Mahone
subsided. So much so, that when Hii.l
I charged home upon him his Hancock Dem
ocratic record, and sought an answer, Ma
honk was as dumb as an oyster, ? &4 Hill's
1 quiet announcement of that dumbness vu ,
the most dramatic event of the occasion.
! It is not true that Hill at any time "quail
ed." No man loves more than he does an
encounter of that character, and, instead of
"quailing” when Mahone made his threat
, of "personal responsibility," onr Senator
j smiled derisively, remembering Bradlst
Johnson and Jubal Earlt. The Virginian
did indeed caper about impishly in the area
fronting the Vice-President’s dais, but this
| theatrical exhibition only made Hell laugh.
! The writer wss an eye witness and records
the truth of history. The impression sought
to bo made is that Mr. Him. was cowed by
Mahonk. A more robust falsehood was
never uttered or conceived. That Mahonk,
for a “greehorn,” made a good deal out of
the opportunity can not be denied; but he
came to the encounter with hardly a patch
of skin left upon his carcass. The Repub
licans sought to give him encouragement,
but the exposure he made of himsslf was
as uncanny as the bargain that compelled
him to play fantastic tricks was disgraceful
to all concerned in its fulfilment. There
was some doubt as to Mr. Hill’s position at
the time, but very little as tc its propriety
now. Hill "uncovered Maeone” a# amythi
traitor; but that was nothing to the way
recent developments have demonstrated
his corrnpuo*; £?d trickery. Bad as was
1 BLtll's exposure, it as* nothing compared
w [jlj s exposure of himaaL’.
Senator Yoorhejs is put down tor an
j “immense speech.” If* hope the Senator
| does not mean to make an onslaught upon
| the National banks at this time. A few
banks were to blame ; not the many. The
Naahville Amerit an thinks the Indiana Sen
ator is aiming to make a point in favor of
the Government fiat paper in unlimited
quantity, and adds: “Such a policy will
kill any party which espouaos it. The
financial fooleries of the Yoosheeses and
Wattebsons beat the Democracy in 1880.
The same wild set are preparing to achieve
a like feat in 1884.”
THE VIRGINIA SITUATION.
Just now the political situation in Vir
ginia is very important and will bear scan
ning, the more so as Georgia and other
Southern States are admonished that the
game being played there will be attempted
upon them. The treachery and corrupt
bargaining of Mahone, and the affiliation of
the Republican party in Congress with him
j cannot fail to have an effect upon affaire in
the Old Dominion and possibly in other
I commonwealths. The Readjustere have is
sued a call for a convention to nominate
candidates for Governor, Lieutenant-Gover
nor and Attorney-General. The test of
Mahone’s popularity or strength will there
fore soon he made. The Dispatch is of
opinion that there is no longer any doubt
of the litter discomfiture of the Readjustere,
although backed by Federal patronage. It
will not do, however, for the Virginia Demo
crats to take for granted anything of the
kind. They should go to work ns if the
issue were doubtful, and leave no stone
unturned to prove that William Mahone
is, indeed, a dead cock, so far as his
State is concerned. It is very well, how
ever, that the country should be reminded
that Mahone as a prophet is not as success
ful as he is as a traitor. The proof of this
is at hand, and here it is:
Committee Rooms,)
Beadjuster Organization, y
Richmond, Ya., October 28, 1880. I
Let me assure you, as I do confidently, that
our electoral ticket, headed by Cameron and
Riddlebeeoer, and pledged to Hancock, will
carry tho State by a plurality of 25,000; that it
will beat either the Funder or Grip-Back tick
ets by this vote—not less. Rely on this.
William Mahone.
Either Gen. Mahone put this pronuncia
tion to forth as a bit of falsehood or else he
| believed what he said. We assume, with
! some confidence, that he wan sincere to a
certain extent; But what must have been
his feelings—if at all sincere—when he read
that the result was 9(1,000 Funders, 84,000
{ Grip-Sackers (Garfield Republicans) and
j 31,000 Readjustere?
| The Dispatch has some warrant, when re
calling these facts, to predict that Mahone
! 1S no more of a prophet now than on a for
mer occasion, butit will not do to rely upon
the past altogether. A great deal must de
; pend upon how far the Republicans will
coalesce with him, and what amount of de
fection can be counted upon from disgusted
Democrats who have hitherto acted with the
Readjusters. Much depends, too upon
the issues presented by the regular
Democracy. Already the Democrats who
have fought for the public credit are dis
gusted with the conduct of Northern men
who have aided and abetted partial repudia
tion and propose to reward repudiators.
Mr. W. L. Rotall voices this discontent as
follows :
I have spent the last seven years of my life
in one continued strogglo for the holders of
Virginia’s bonds. In that struggle I have been
a bumble unit in a band composed of the best
citizens of the State. General Mahone has
given his express endorsement to various acts
of straightout repudiation. The last was the
Riddleberofk ’bill, which repudiated more
than one-third of the principal outright, and re
pudiated one-half of the annual interest upon
the rest. Virginia’s bonds are not owned by
her people, but mainly by the people of the
North and England. For one, I feel disposed
to say, "Well, if Goa. Maiioxe and his policy
suit the holders of Virginia’s bonds, in the name
of God let them have them, and we will stand
aside.” We will not under any circumstances
bo accessory to furthering bis plans of repudi
ation, but I do not see that we are compelled to
keep up the strife.
The point has been well made that “if
the holders of Southern bonds finally lose
their investments they can thank first the
dishonesty of Southern Republicans who
swamped the States by stealing them poor;
and second the present Northern leaders
who are rapidly making it impossible for
the advocates of credit in the defaulting
States to accomplish anything.”
From the present point of view, the reg
ular Democracy will havo to fight the bulk
of the Republicans, whose vote was 81,000
1 ist November, and the forces of Mahone,
thon numbering 31,000—in all 115,000.
As the then regular Democracy polled 96,-
000 votes, the problem seems to be this :
Can the regular Democrats hold their 96,-
000 votes, to begin with, and can they draw
from the Readjusters and Republicans
enough additional votes to make their tri
umph secure and undoubted ? We appre
hend that the Democracy of Virginia have
a tremendous contest ahead of them, and
they should spare no pains to make it a tell
ing one.
A SUNNY SIDE OF THE SOUTH.
A Connecticut gentleman or lady has been
travelling at the South, this Winter, and
writes to the Hartford Times a very pleasant
letter. This correspondent gives some ex
amples of the courtesy of the Southern peo
ple to strangers, and adds;
Another similar instance ol' Southern hos
pitalitv occurred here a year ago this Winter,
tho chief party to which I am well acquainted
with, as she is the daughter of a gentleman now
living in Hartford, who married in Charleston
some vears ago, and who is a great favorite
among her Charleston acquaintances. About
a year ago this lady observed a party of strang
ers, evidently from the North, looking admiring
ly through the bars of her high iron fence at an
unusually fine display of roses for which
Charleston is truly famous. The lady of the
house immediately stepped to the door and
said she would gladly give them some loses;
aud suiting the action to the word, soon fur
nished a supply. The thanks and gratitude of
the strangers, were so strongly and loudly ex
lv expressed, that the Charleston lady, after
learning that they were stopping at the Charles
ton Hotel, said she would send her servant in
the evening with a larger and finer assortment,
which promise she more than fulfilled by send
ing a large tray ffill of the most beautiful roses
that Charleston could produce. This act com
pletely captivated the strangers, and resulted
in a pleasant correspondence growing np be
tween the New York family and the Charleston
lady, and a pleasant visiting acquaintance that
will doubtless last during life. This is certain
! ly a very pleasant thing to note, and again sug
i gests the inquiry as to where we shall find a
I Hartford lady that would do likewise to a
| stranger walking through our streets ? Echo
I answers where ?
It is certain that nothing so much sur
prises Northern people as the warmth of
heart evinced, in a thousand ways, by peo
ple of the South. The incident above
mentioned appears trifling and a matter of
eetjrse to ns, but it is rare at the North.
The people there have a colder and more
calculating temperament, brought about by
the materialistic views thrust upon them
from press and pulpit, and taught in the
Poor Richabd's 'Almanac of Benjamin
Franklin. We do not mean to say that
there is no hospitality at the North. Far
from it. But we mean that it is not so gen
eral, so enthusiastic, so oordial, so unpre
meditated and so spontaneous as that of the
South. As we grow progressive and get in
to the same peculiar rats of civilization—
the progress and poverty of the century—
we may recede from onr kindly feelings and
tender sentiments. Bat, in spite of the
terrors of reconstruction and slanders we
suffer from, as a mass, hurled at ns because
of the folly of a few prominent individuals
—the truth remains that nowhere on
Gop’s green earth is there a people
that can match the Southerners in some of
the most beautiful, honorable and almost
divine manifestations of the heart. We have
not all the ooipforts, conveniences and ap
pliances of the None; tot we have that
something better, which never fab* t3 ex
tort their praise and admiration, not to say
astonishment. Go*; bless onr South-land
and her people i Who that has known
them once ean ever forget them ? Who that
ever wandered from them did not wish to
return ? Dear—dear land '—the dearer for
your poverty and distress and genuine hu
manity ! No wonder the stranger that has
entered your ps.tg? and gathered your rosea
often turns an affectionate glance upon you,
and still oftener is content to dwei* upon
your soil and sleep there, when death
comes, iil! the morn of resurrection !
The Democratic party pyes its defeat more
to its failure to inspire the tom)try with
confidence in its progressiveness than to
any other osnse, and unless it exhibits a
higher order of statesmanship, broader
views, and a disposition to align itself with
the spirit of progress which now pervades
the country ana points to grand achieve
ments in the development of our material
interests, it will disintegrate.
AUGUSTA, GA„ WEDNESDAY MORNING, AJPRIL 6. 1881.
A COMPLIMENT, INDEED.
BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS FOB SENATOR
HILL,
And n Sent Note, All From Alexandria
i Va.) Ladles—The Gentleman Stirred
Up and Bravely Defends Georgia and
tbe South—His “Chittenden” Letter—
So easiness Transacted.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
Washington, March 30.—When the Sen
ate met this morning, a handsome bouquet
of flowers adorned Senator Kellogg’s desk,
while a magnificent floral ship, sailing upon
a sea of violets and rosea—the gift of the
ladies of Alexandria, Va., to Senator Hill,
of Georgia—ornamented that gentleman’s
desk, and was greatly admired.
The floral tribute which adorned Senator
Hill's desk to-day was accompanied with
the following note: “These Virginia flowers,
from the ladies of Alexandria, are presented
to Senator Hill, of Georgia, as a feeble tes
timonial, on their part, of their admiration
of the brilliant manner in which he recently
exposed the oorrupt bargain made by the
Senator from Virginia, on the one part, and
the Republican party, on the other. This
ship, Senator, has not cleared from the
White House, nor is its voyage in quest of
Federal spoils; it is simply bound to the
Georgia Senatoi, because he has anchored
himself in the hearts of true Virginians
everywhere, by the timely and eloquent
speeoh he has made in defense of her honor,
in the preservation of her traditions and in
the maintenance of the former illustrious
history of Virginia, when he sheathed the
sword of one of her own Senators, which
had been treacherously pointed to pierce
her fair fame.”
On motion of Mr. Cameron, of Wiscon
sin, a resolution was adopted authorizing
the Secretary of the Senate to pay from the
contingent fund the necessary funeral ex
penses of the late Senator Carpenter. ,
The pending business—being the resolu
tion for the election of offioers of the Sen
ate—was then taken up. A motion to go
into executive session was rejected—yeas,
25; nays, 25.
Mr. Harris, stating it was evident that
the Republicans did not intend to transact
the business which the Senate had been
called here to transact, moved that when
the Senate adjourn to-day, it be to meet on
the first Monday in December. Lost—yeas,
23; nays, 28. Various other motions were
made and voted down.
Mr. Pendleton called attention to the in
augural address of the President, in which
he stated he would ask in due time for Con
gress to fix the tenure of the minor officers
of the Government. In order that the Sen
ate might no longer present the spectacle
of wrangling over petty offices, he would
move to go into executive session.
Mr. Dawes agreed that the tenure of office
should be fixed by law, but he did not see
how an act could be passed at this special
session.
• Mr. Hill, of Georgia, read a letter, issued
from the Readjuster headquarters, in Octo
ber, 1880, by William Mahone, in which
he alluded to the Republican party as a
"Grip-sack" party. Did the Senator know
what was meant by a grip-saiok party ?
Mr. Dawes replied that he did not,, but
thought the Senator from Georgia ought to
know, not only that, but every phase of
every political party that has ever come up,
for certainly if anybody had tried them all
the Senator from Georgia had. He then
proceeded to make quite a lengthy speech,
i.n which he said unless the untrammelled,
unterrified and undismayed voice of every
voter in the land could tell upon the policy
and laws which he was called upon to obey,
the Government of the country would be’ a
failure', and it was, therefore, a conflict of
the life and death of this Nation that the
Republican party was now engaged in on
this floor.
Mr. Hill, replying, said there was not a
word in the Senator’s speech in which he
did not fully concur. He had been wait
ing patiently for the appearance of the
speech of the gentleman from Virginia
(Mahone), in order to make some reply *to
it. He did not wish to misrepresent that
gentlemen, but if he had understood his
speech he (Mahone) had made use of some
of the grossest misrepresentations upon
the Southern States that had ever been ut
tered. He, however, did not intend to say
anything upon that subject until it appear
ed in the Record. There was one point to
which he wished to call the attention of the
Senate. He had noticed that in nearly all
Republican papers, and in different speeches
made on this floor, an attempt to j ustify
this coalition with the Senator from Vir
ginia and his party, by a charge that they
led off' in favor of the dual rights of
free ballot and of a fair count in
the Southern States. No man had
had the face to say that the Southern peo
ple were opposed to a free ballot and a fair
count. [Derisive laughter on the Republi
can side.] He stood here to say that it was
gratuitously false and untrue, and that the
charges that the Democratic party in the
South desired by force, by fraud, by in
timidation, or by any other means, to ob
struct the amendments to the Constitution
and to prevent the enforcement of laws
which guaranteed equal rights to all men,
without regard to raoe, color or previous
condition, was utterly untrue. He read
extracts from a speech delivered by his
colleague (Brown) at Atlanta, just previous
to his election to the Senate, in which head
vocated a free ballot and an honest count
for all men. In the face of that fact he
was astonished that the gentleman should
assume that Bomebody must move oft in the
South in favor of a free ballot. The posi
tion of the Senator from Virginia (Mahone)
was distinctly the position of his colleague,
distinctly that of the Democratic party in
Georgia, which affirmed the approval of
those sentiments by electing his colleague
by a two-thirds vote. He maintained that
the masses of the people in all sections were
honest and were equally interested in good
government. He did not desire to do in
justice to any portion of the country, or
any color or race in the country. This
movement to get up a party by a coalition
between the Republicans and Readjustere
of Virginia, it based on the idea that the
Democracy of the South was unwilling to do
justice to the negro, was based on a false
idea; was based on a pretext which was
nothing but a pretext. The people of the
South were just as honest as the people of
the North. Who were the men in the
South who owned property who were in
terested in peace and good society ? Were
they not men who composed chiefly the
Democratic party ? Why should they be in
favor of fraud and violence ? It iyas an
incontrovertible fact that these States, in
which the Democratic party had first ob
tained possession, were now the most pros
perous and the most peaceable. A greater
wrong could not bo inflicted Gn the colored
people than to organize a movement based
en the idea of doing something for the col
ored race independent of the white race.
Race distinction must be kept down. Did this
movement mean that the attempt to place
Southern governments under a coalition of
the colored people, with the worst class of
white people, was to be revived ? Was that
ordeal to be repeated ? If so, he had confi
dence that the Northern people would re
pudiate it.
Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, sent to the
Clerk’s desk and bad read the letter sent to
Mr. Chittenden by Mr. Hill shortly after
the election, and inquired whether Senator
Hill was still of the opinion that the Demo
cratic party ought to disband.
Mr. Hill stated that he would answer the
inquiry, though it would have been fairer
if the Senator had broadened the question
and asked whether he was in favor of both
parties disbanding. There was nothing new
in the letter, so far as his opinions were con
cerned. He was of the opinion that the best
thing that could happen for this country,
looking to its future, its peace and prosperi
ty, would be the organization of parties
wholly disconnected with the differences of
the past. He contended th3t the worst
element in this country, the worst traitor to
' this country, the only real rebel in the coun
try, was the man who imputed to the peo
ple of aijy*potion a desire in their hearts to
destroy the Government.
The differences in the late war had cul
minated in an honest difference as to what
was the true meaning of the Constitution.
The North had the right to maintain her
views and the South hers. When the South
could not maintain her side, she had yield
ed as bravely as she had fought. Her honor
was pledged to maintain the settlement that
had resulted, and the Sonthern people
would maintain it. In answer to a ques
tion of Mr. Hoar, he said that the people of
the South accepted, in good faith, the con
stitutional amendments, but expressed the
opinion that it would have been a benefit
to the colored race in the South and the
country if some plan had been devised to
improve tRe intellectual condition of the
negro before he was given full rights. He
asserted, emphatically, that the condition
of unquiet and nnrest,| out of which the
Southern States were emerging, had been
due to the Reconstruction measures
adopted by the Republican party af
ter the war. The evil which hail af
flicted ’be South after the war was again
threatened te b* repeated. What was it ?
A coalition oi the Republican party with
the minority elemeut,in the South; seeking,
not to do good to the colored men, but to
get domination in that country. Every
moversnf that cgqie fr orn the South in
&yor of burying iLg issues of the w*r, in
favor of forgetting the pasgidhg or tsra?, in
favor of biding from new the wrongs of
war, was met by the Republican party with
a slap in the face. Every movement that
comes from the So nth in favor of burying
the issues ot the war is met by a
demand frogj the Republican party that
the people ot ihjf South most evidence
theirfaith by joining te party,
and no Southern man is allowed' tb be' a
patriot unless he accompanies his profes
sion of patriotic sentiments with a hegira
over t£ the Republican party. In conclu
sion, he warned lie Republican party that
this coalition over which it was new rejoic
ing was going to do more to set back a f real
liberal movement that anything else could
do.
Mr. Hoar denied the statement made by
the Senator from Georgia that the people in
the South were allowed a free ballot and an
honest oount. He challenged Mr. Hill to
state on what important measures in regard
to the South the Republican party had not
been in the right, and upon Mr. Hill’s re
plying “the reconstruction measures,” de
clared that the so-called oarpet-baggers*
governments had been necessitated by laws
enacted in many Southern States practical
ly re-establishing slavery.
In the midst of the controversy, which
was kept up at some length, Mr. Logan en
tered into the discussion, and asserted that
every time an opportunity is offered, the
Senator from Georgia digs' up every ques
tion growing out of the war. The Senator
from Georgia, he said, and every other man
the rebellion, is responsible for
every wrong complained of.
To this Mr. Hill replied that he was not
as responsible as the Sena tor from Illinois,
who was advocating a policy for the
Democratic party which encouraged them
to resist when he (Hill) was manfully breast
ing the storm. Continuing, he said, "I
will tell the Senator what is a historical
fact. I was met, on the stump in Georgia,
with the argument that he (M*. Logan), and
such as he, would sustain the Sduth if she
did secede."
Mr. Logan replied that the insinuation
that he sympathized with the South at the
time was false.
Mr. Hill said he had no doubt of it. He
did not charge it and did not fcndorae what
was said of Mr. Logan. Be: was only re
citing a “historical fact,"
The controversy between Mr. Hoar and
Mr. Hill was then resumed, the former chal
lenging the letter to advance some proof
sustaining his charge that the Republican
party in the South was not the friend of
the colored man and the latter contending
that the evils in the South had been brought
about by the carpet-baggers.
Mr. Beck, after intimating that the reason
the Republicans refused to go into execu
tive session was because they had quar
relled amongst themselves and did not
dare face the issue in executive session,
moved to go into executive session, which
motion was rejected.
Mr. Dawes ridiculed tho new discovery
made by Mr. Beck and desiring, he said, to
give the Senator’s friends time to rally
round it, moved to adjourn, which motion
was agreed to.
A RUINED REPUTATION.
Th* Capers and Escapades of Rev. W.
Watkins Hicks.
[Special Correspondence Constitution,]
Washington, March 28.— 1 none of tho
numerous groups of politicians that filled
the lobby of the Ebbitt House a few nights
ago I saw a man who eight or ten years ago
created a sensation in Georgia. Fame is
flitting, and especially so when it is built
on a sandy foundation. The Rev. W.
Watkins Hicks is seldom mentioned now
in Georgia, but I well remember the time
when no man in this State was more talked
of. He is a native of Wales, but had long
been in America, when he came from
Charleston, in 1870, to settle in Georgia
and join the Methodist Conference. His
ability was exhibited at once to such
a degree that be was given one of the
best appointments in the State—First
Street Church in Macon, I believe. At
any rate he went to Macon very soon after
I came to Georgia. He became at once
known to the State by a lecture on the
character of Robert E. Lee, over whose re
cent death the tears of the South were not
dry, The lecture was a superb eulogy and
it thrilled thousands of hearts as delivered
by the nervous, effective orator. It was
not discovered until sometime afterwards
that the finest passages were the same the
reverend lecturer had spoken at the North
on the death of Lincoln. But he used
them well in Georgia. By his lectures and
his sermons he won a.remarkable populari
ty. In Macon he betrayed his weakness by
editing a political evening paper while pas
tor of a church, hut his admirers defended,
even lauded him for it. After leaving Ma
con he captured Augusta entirely, being
flattered in that staid city as few men ever
were. It is said that an old deaf woman
there, when she did not catch a remark
which was addressed to her, would take for
granted that it was on the prevailing topic
and would reply, “Yes, Dr. Hicks is a
grand preaolier.”
Aud he was. Then he could not have
been more than thirty, small in stature
and rather thin, with a fair English face,
in which the eyes and mouth were singu
larly expressivo. A face more easily affected
by emotion I have never seen, and there
was that magnetic power in its look which
only the true orator has. At a famous
meeting of the North Georgia Conference
three Bishops were present and preached.
So did Dr. Hioks, and heat them all, in
effect at least. It was in 1873 that he came
to Atlanta one Sunday, preached two ser
mons and set all the town to singing
his praise. In short, no preacher of
this generation ever won such a general
fame in Georgia so soon. Had there been
back of this electrifying power ; this
sweet eloquence of tongue which pleased
men’s ears and even touched their deeper
feelings; had there been back of this the
elequence of a sincere, strong life, what a
preacher we would have had by this time
no one can tell. But the foundation was
weak. The man grew sensational to an
alarming degree. His natural sprightliness
ran into irreverence. His bold thought be
came so bold as to Bmack of heresy, and the
old men at church looked grave and shook
their heads. His power waned fast. It
was a comet and not anew planet
that had come into our sky. Dr.
Hicks fell into disfavor with the Confer
ence. He left Georgia, joined the North
ern Methodist Church, went to Florida and
plunged into politics madly. Stumped the
State for Hayes. During the suspense of
the contest over Florida’s vote he wrote ter
rible tales to Northern bloody shirt organs.
He was rewarded with some place and then
sank even out of notoriety. When I saw
him, the other night, I looked on him as
the ghost of the man whom I used so to ad
mire, and who I havo seen carry a thousand
hearers from the pathos that brought tears
to the happy smile that rippled all over the
church. A man of rioh natural gifts of
thoughts and of eloquence; a man of liberal
culture, too—but that is all. I suppose he
is here after some office. He has grown
quite stout of late years, and looks more
English than ever. ’ •
MAHONE’S LAST EFFORT.
[Knoxville Dispatch (Dein.) J
The speotacle of little Mahone in the Sen
ate, yesterday, trying to swell himself out
to the proportions of an old-time Virginia
Senator, must have been both ludicrous and
pitiable. Who was it first called him a tom
tit?
[Philadelphia Times (lnd.)[
It is most natural that a political adven
turer like Senator Mahone should make the
best bargain he can for his disreputable
political wares, and it is not surprising, as
politics go in these days, that a Republican
adventurer like Gorham shonld exhaust
himself to make the Republican Senators
assent to the open espousal of Repudiation
to make Mr. Gorham Secretary of the Sen
ate. Tho Republican Senators have the
additional temptation of getting tho con
trol of the committees of the body; but have
they fairly counted the cost ?
[Louisville Courier-Journal (Dem.)]
Since we were neither alarmed nor .dis
couraged by the apostacy of Senator Ma
hone, our readers will not be surprised to
learn that his effort of yesterday does not
startle us. It contains much, indeed, in a
general way wbioh we approve, and which
it was not necessary Mr. Mahone shonld go
out of the Democratic party to say. His
points of retort in some instances were
good, and the tenor of his remarks was dig
nified. But, behind all this, there remains
the fact, which he cannot explain away,
that a bargain exists between him and the
Republicans. That is all.
[ATew York Times (Hep.)]
The Democratic organs choose to dwell
only on the position of Gen. Mahone with
reference to the debt. We do not conceal
our disapproval of the latter, but we rejoice
that a man of courage and political influ
ence, and with a strong following, has been
fonnd among the Democratic leaders of a
Southern State to take issue with his party
on the question of equal suffrage. It is the
'beginning of the end. Bad as is the doc
trine for which Gen. Mahone has sought
negro votes, the fact that he has sought
them, that he is ready to expose the pur
poses of his former associates to resist them,
is a hopeful sign. Once recognize the right
of all the voters in the South to the actual
use of the ballot and the questions to the
solution of which the ballot will he applied
must ultimately be settled with reasonable
justice.
Charlotte'* position.
[Charlotte Observer.]
Chayotte occupies a central and altogeth
er important position in the system of rail
roads the Richmond and Danville now con
trols. All three of its important lines meet
here. This city willfcertainly bee it grand
transfer depot. Isn’t it natural to suppose
that the company would exert itself to build
ns up ? It may be secondary to Richmond,
true; but it has been playing that part gen
erally for sometime, so tnat it will not be
much of a change in this respect. In any
event, we are not disposed to b*e a prediction
as to its future conduct upon its past policy,
for it now has opportunities which it never
possessed before of enlarging and liberaliz
ing that policy. '
Hold, Bfr Toby!
teflon# Pfawrapb.)
Ex-Senator Norwood owns a silver mine
in the Northwest, and is said to be accumu
lating wealth rapidly, and he does not care
whether the finance committee ever pays
the publishers of this paper for job print
ing done daring the oarapeign or not. The
committee, we presume, will not loose many
nights sleep about it.
SENATOR HILL’S VIEWS.
HD Opinion, of Mr. Nahone'a Political
Course nnd of Southern Feeling—How
the Republican Party In the South May
He Strengthened,
[-V. Y. Tribune. ]
Senator Hill, of Georgia, cordially receiv
ed a Tribune reporter at the Windsor Hotel,
Thursday evening. The principal topic of
conversation was fhe effect of the recent
Mahone matter in the Senate. The Senator
spoke at some length, but never once criti
cised Senator Mahone personally, confining
himself entirely to his political record. He
stated that since the "Mahone scandal” he
had received letters and telegrams from all
parts of the South from people in high
standing approving the position he had
taken. He had seen only one Southern pa
per that had denounced his course, and bad
only heard of one public man who had lone
so, and that was Alexander H. Stephens.
But he did not think that people could
help supporting him if they knew the
whole issues and his motives. When asked
to state, in his own way, what in his Opin
ion would be the effect of the recent pro
ceedings in the Senate, he replied:
"Now let me begin by saying that
whether Mr. Mahone is a Democrat or a
Republican or neither, is of very little ac
count. Or whether the organization of the
Senate is in the hands of the Republicans
or Democrats is also of very little impor
tance. But of the events that have hap
pened in the Senate for a long time noth
ing has been so significant in its character
as what is known as the Mahone scandal.
And why ? Because after the war the Re
publican party of the North formed an al
liance with the negroes of the South. They
thought it wan necessary, judging by their
aots, to antagonize tho better classes of the
Southern population, and they managed to
impress upon the people that the alliance
was formed not for the good of the negro,
but for the oppression and depression of
the white people. This impression was
terribly confirmed, because the Republican
party always sustained the carpet-bag re
gime. What made Mr. Greeley so popular
at the South was the faot that he repudiated
this alliance. The Republican party would
never have been so offensive as it now is,
but for this one idea that at every move of
the Administration the belief was confirm
ed, that the party was a party for the op
pression of the South. What-was the re
sult ? It drove all the respeotable men
who would have been Republicans into the
Democratic party for self-preservation. Now
this feeling was gradually dying out. The
continued blunders of the Democrats oaused
very many of the Southern people to con
clude that however distasteful the Repub
lican party was the Democrats had proved
themselves incompetent to govern the
country. The consequence was that the
incoming of President Garfield’s Adminis
tration was bailed with, I may say, almost
delight, certainly with a great deal of
kindly charitable feeling, and with an in
clination to. -co-operate and make it a suc
cess in every way possible. This was the
state of feeling in the South when the Ma
hone coalition took place.”
"Why do you hold that the coalition is
antagonistic to Southern feeling?”
"Because the debt qnestion is a very em
barrassing one in the South; especially in
Virginia, North Carolina and Arkansas.
The better classes, both Republicans and
Democrats, are in favor of paying the debt
in full, and strongly against repudiation in
any shape or form. Those who have the
east taxes to pay are in favor of repudia
tion. The negro especially.- To make
themselves popular, the Readjusters, as
they call themselves, have appealed to this
vote to get power, and now they have got
power, they damage tho character of the
Southern poople at the North. Mr. Mahone
acquired his notoriety—not reputation—by
this agitation to readjust, and has literally
fooled the people into putting him in power.
You cannot name a reputable man in Vir
ginia; a man of leading position, either
Republican or Democrat, who upholds Mr.
Mahone’s course. He is dead as a herring,
politically, in his own State, in my belief,
and yet, in spite of all this, the Republican
party form a coalition, and thus give
character to repudiation. The ap
pointing of Colonel Riddleberger, Gen*
eral Mahone’s right hand man, to the
position of Sergeant-at-Arms, recognizes
still more the Repndiationists, and if what
I fear, but what I hope is not true, that the
President has promised the Federal patron
age of Virginia to Mahone, the result will
be that all liberalizing feeling will be utter
ly destroyed and the South will be more
solid than ever. The Democrats will feel
that they have no hope for justice, or a
liberal policy from the Republican party,
because the party does anything for power.
It first formed an alliance with the negro,
then with the oarpet-baggers, and after
abandoning both of these it comes to the
front and recognizes the Repudiators. That
drives the respectable people back into the
Democratic- party more strongly than ever.
Just see the mischief it will do. It will de
stroy all the side issues, and kill all liberal
izing movements, because of the feeling
that the Republican party adopts any
scheme that is antagonistic to the interests
of the South. The pretense that the Ma~
hone movement will tend to liberalize the
South is simply adding insult to injury,
because you can not name a respectable
man, either Demoerat or Republican, who
recognizes him. It is absurd to antagonize
the better classes in the South. But if the
Republican party had determined to an
tagonize the South they could not have
adopted a better plan. Even the continu
ance of the tirade of calumny and slander
against the better classes, and the praise of
the wotst element could not have so effectu
ally made the South solid."
“What do you think the Democrats shonld
do to make success probable in 1884 ?”
“The first thing is to have courage. Our
defeat last year was due to cowardice and
the division into factions upon every pos
sible side issue. A fatal mistake was made
when the campaign was run upon the basis
of attacking General Garfield's personal in
tegrity, . instead of assaulting the record
of corruption of tho Republican party.
The North ought to get away from its lead
ers and its press, and not believe that the
great mass of the Southern people are reck
less dare devils. The South wants justice
and peace, and good government as much
as the North, because it is to her interest to
have these things. Those who think
that the war has left no results ore sadly
mistaken. It has left result, and it is the
duty pf men to let the world know it. I
fully endorse what Gen. Garfield said in
his inaugdral abont Federal Government
and equal rights to the negroes, but we caD
not afford to let the elevation of the negro
and the recognition of the repndiationist
destroy our society and destroy good gov
ernment."
"What would strengthen the Republican
cause in the South?”
"The appointing to Federal offices of the
honest, respectable, reputable Republicans
who are at the South, and tho non-recogni
tion of tho men who are in office, and who
are without principle of any kind. The
former will not go to Washington to beg for
patronage.”
THK CODE DUK 1/1,0
Two Prominent Citizen* of' imerHu,.
Ga., Involved.
[Special Telegram to the A T . 0. Times.]
Atlanta, Ga., March 28. —The probable
settlement of a difference between promi
nent citizens of Americas, to-day, through
the medium of the duello, is the cause of
muoh excitement in that city. The parties
interested are D. 0. N. Buckhalter, a promi
nent merohant, and Dr. John A. Fort, a
leading physician of that section and also a
resident of Americas.
The faots appear to be that a few days ago,
while Fort was talking to Buckhalter about
a young lady the latter was engaged to,
Fort said: “Go in, old fellow, she is the
fastest girl in all this section.” Seeing that
Fort was drinking, Buckhalter took no no
tice of it then, but on the day following, ac
companied by a brother of the young lady,
he called upon Fort for a retraction or satis
faction. Fort refused to retract and Buck
halter then slapped Fort’s face twice.
Correspondence then commenced whioh
ended in the principals and seconds leaving
for Alabama. At last accounts no intelli
gence had been received as to their where
abouts.
Arrested Bat Escaped.
On Thursday Dr. Fort and friends were
arrested in Cuthbert. After the arrest the
next friend of the Doctor made his escape
and put himself in position to be present
and fulfill the gauge of his principal. Hav
ing made this arrangement, he forwarded a
note to a friend in Americas to second his
movement, and this friend responded to
the call, and hastened to him. In the
meantime Dr. Fort, having made his bond
in Americas to keep the peace in the State,
that night left for the scene of action in
Alabama. He reached the place, but his
friend, W. u. Feagi®, who accompanied
him on his long night nde, we learn, has
been arrested, and also the two parties of
the second part, and also a relative and a
friend who had gone to offer their services
were arrested, so that the Doctor was left
by himself. Since which notice we are in
formed a young lawyer of Cuthbert, having
notice of the condition of the Doctor, wired
the information that he would be present to
support him.
A Bleak Reminder,
[Springfield Republican.]
President Grant, Washington gossip said
four years ago, asked President Hayes as
a personal favor to keep his old aide-de
camp, Adam Badeau, in office as Consul-
General at London, and his brother-in
law. M. J. Cramer, at his post as Minis
ter to Denmark. Alter the -Chicago Con
vention, as is well known. General Grant
refused to see his defeated competitor,
James G. Blaine. It is, of course, only
the merest coincidence in the World that
the “promotion" of Adam Badeau from a
place said to be worth 912,000 or JSISjOOO
a year at London to a place worth 95*000
at Copenhagen transfers Cramer to another
plaoe at Heme of the same grade.
TO THE POINT.
In his speech last Monday Gen. Mahone
affected great sympathy for the colored
people, and endeavored to leave the im
pression that his friend Riddleberger was
similarly circumstanced. Bnt the follow
ing fragment of a Senate debate, whioh we
clip from the Record, may disabuse the
minds of some people :
Mr. Beck—Some years ago, when the Leg
islature of Virginia was in session, a discus
sion came np in regard to the question of
repudiation. A colored man, Mr. Moss,
rose in his place and said, as the Richmond
Whig reports, what I shall read. At the
head of this Richmond Whig, let me state,
the Senator will observe is a man with his
foot on the neck of another, and the words
“Sic semper tyrannic” as the motto : "Mr.
Moss (colored) had not learned from the
speeches that had been made whether Vir
ginia owed the debt at all." He was evi
dently an illiterate man. In all probabili
ty he could not now vote in Massachusetts.
Perhaps he could neither read nor write nor
sign his name, and therefore if he had lived
in Massachusetts instead of Virginia he
would havo been disfranchised, but he was
not only allowed to vote in the State of Vir
ginia, but he was a member of the Virginia
Legislature.
Mr. Dawes - Mr. President—
Mr. Beck—Allow me to finish this state
ment first. There is plenty of time; there
is no hurry now, wo ails going slow.
The Presiding Officer -Tho Senator from
Kentucky declines to yield.
Mr. Beck—ln response to the challenge
of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Cam
eron), when that distinguished Senator,
who had been filibustering successfully for
two weeks, announced that it had become
a question of endurance, my friend from
Georgia said, “We will endure with you."
I repeat, I will endure with you; you'need
not hasten this debate. Mr. Moss evidently
had not found out about all those questions'.
He was not advised whether Virginia owed
the debt at all; but he proceeded to say:
"If she did she should act as an individual
would act in her situation. Was for paying
every dollar the State owed, yet had "not
forgotten that he was a slave when the debt
was contracted; nor did he forget that the
destiny of Virginia was his destiny. His
property was as good for taxes as any other
man’s property, Some said that the State
was bankrupt; others that the debt was
contracted on the faith of slave property,
and as that property had been swept away
the debt was no longer binding. He thus
summed up: If it is a jußt debt we owe it
and must pay it.” Well said, was it not ?
Mr. Dawes—Certainly.
Mr. Beck—lt was said like an ignorant
man but like an honest one. “Being asked
by Mr. Goodwin (colored) whether he was
for or against the resolution, he replied that
he was against anything like repudiation.
He was then asked if the resolution had
repudiation in it ? He replied that he had
not read it. The speech was a rambling
sort of sermon and was very long. Mr. Moss
finally gave way for Mr. Riddleberger to of
fer a resolution—” The poor man surren
dered his right as a matter of courtesy to a
distinguished gentleman who is now en
dorsed by a Republican caucus unanimous
ly, doubtless supposing him to be a friend.
"Mr. Moss finally gave way for Mr. Riddle
berger to offer a resolution, whioh turned
out to be a resolution to expel the member
from Buckingham (Mr. Moss) as a nuisance!
It was put and rejected.” That honest,
simple-minded colored man, because he
was willing to pay the debt and allow his
property to be taxed or taken to maintain
the honor of the old State in which he was
born and in which he had been a slave,
was sought to be expelled on a resolution
by the nominee of this Republican caucus
when he had given way to Mr. Riddleber
ger, the gentleman who is now championed
as the man who ought to be honored in the ,
Senate and invested with nearly all its pat
ronage by the distinguished Senator from
Massachusetts. It is for that reason among
others that I desire the Senator to take ;
longer time to see whether these facts re
ported by a friendly organ, in addition to
what I said to him yestorday, will not in
duce him to abandon a position which I
think will not be creditable either to him
self or to his party. I will give him Sun
day to pray over it, and, as he has no faith
in the prayers of those he regards as the 1
wioked, of course I shall not undertake to
help him.
Mr. Yoorhees-I did not hear very dis
tinctly, but is it possible that the Senator
from Kentucky said that Moss was a colored 1
man ?
Mr. Beck—-Moss was a colored man who
sought to pay the debt of the State, fairly
and honestly, and Mr. Riddleberger moved
in the Legislature to expel him. The Rich
mond Whig gives the account, which I will
hand to the Senator from Indiana, and at
the head of it, as I observed, with the motto
“ Sic semper tyrannis,” stands one man with
his foot on the neck of another, and I think
that must be Riddleberger on Moss.
[Laughter. J
Mr. Groome—Let me ask a question.
Does it appear from the report whether Mr.
Riddleberger proposed to expel this man
because he was a colored man, or because
he was in favor of paying the debt of the
State ?
Mr. Beck—Poor fellow, 1 suppose Rid
dleberger took the double chance on him.
and applause in the galleries.] I
move that the Senate do now adjourn in
order to give the Senator from Massachu
setts time to look into this matter. I call
for the yeas and nays on the motion.
THE GEORGIA RAILROAD.
Athens the Foster Parent and First
Terminus of the Line.
[Athens Chronicle.]
Our fair sister city arrogates to itself a
credit to which it is not entitled, when it
claims the parentage of the Georgia Rail
road. That honor belongs to Athens. The
very first meeting to project the road was
held in Athens in the year 1832. The
charter was granted December 21, 1833,
and contained a proviso of forfeitures, if
five thousand shares were not subscribed
within six months. A few days before the
lapse of that time, when Augusta had failed
to take her share of stock, and the forfeit
ure seemed imminent, Mr. Wm. Williams,
an Athens man of great wealth, father of
Mr. Geo. Williams and Mrs. Dr. W. L.
Jones, came forward aad took the requisite
number of shares and saved the road. The
headquarters of the company were for many
years at Athons and the first President, Mr.
Wm. Dearing, was an Athens man. When
in 1835 the charter was amended, giving
banking privileges, the bank| waslhere ten
years. Moreover, the main object and
project of the Georgia Railroad was to
extend the Athens branch to Cincinnati,
and so far back as 1830 the charter was
amended as above on this condition “pro
vided, however, that the construction of
said road beyond Athens, so as to connect
with the Cincinnati Road, shall be speedily
prosecuted, &o.”
THE SAGE OF UTICA.
What He Rays of Garfield and the llemo.
eratlc Party.
[.Veto York BeraUt. ]
“What do you think of the probability of
President Garfield making his administra
tion successful for his party aDd (beneficial
to the country ?”
“It is too soon to form an opinion," said
the Governor. “I feel very kindly toward
President Garfield. I wish him a prosper
ous administration, but in the beginning
of it ha appears to roe to be showing quali
ties better adapted to earn distinction in
the Senate than in the Presidency. He
wants to please others instead of making
others please him. That certainly was not
Gen. Jackson’s way. Then, too, he shows
already that his ideas of constitutional con
strncrion are so loose that they invite
schemers. This is not favorable to a bene
ficial administration. I think that in the
Senate, much more surely than in the
Presidency, Gen. Garfield would have run
-a successful career.’ ;
The Democratic Party.
“But when will the Democrats deserve
success by believing consistently in any
constitutional ideas, either loose or tight?”
I asked,
“When, indeed?” he answered. “But
yon mast remember that through publio
dissatisfaction with the Republican party
the Democrats are in a numerical majority
in the country now, as the election returns
show, and that but for the potent influence
of office holders in the canvass, on the Re
fnblican side, Gen. Hancock would be
resident. The Repnblicans have kept
power through their hundred thousand
office holders. If there had been a law or
a well enforced regulation, oommanding
their abstinence from active interference
with politics—from political activity—the
Repnblicans would have lost the country
last November, and even as it was they
probably would have lost it but for the
very foolish conduct of certain Democrats
in New York city.”
Plant Cant.
[/Sparta lehmaelite. j
Corn planting has been greatly delayed
by the rains ( of last week. Bain hugely'in
terrupted the sowing of grain in Georgia, so
that those crops will be short. It is to be
hoped that, in spite of the past disasters
and present discouragements, a large area
i will be planted in com this year. There
j are farmers in Hahoock who raise com
: enough to do them every year; and it would
i seem that, by the adoption of similar meth
ods, every one oould do as well.
William L- Marcy, of New York, was a
gentleman of great ability, bnt hot exactly
a Chesterfield. When he was Secretary of
State under President Pierce he had this
brief conversation with a man who wanted
a foreign mission : “Who is there now,
and what is his politics ? “A Democrat, I
believe,” replied the office-seeker. "Well,
that settles it,” dryly remarked the blnnt
Secretary, "I never sack my own camp" Gar
field could rid himself of much annoyance
by being equally fmnk with the mighty
fiost of Repnblicans who „are trying to
supercede their political brethren.
$2 A YEAR —POSTAGE PAID.
LUOLIT HILLS.
Annual Meeting of Stockholder*—A Fla*
Exhibit—Election of Directors,
The annual meetingjot the stockholders
ot the Langley Manufacturing Company
was held at Langley Tuesday. At nine
o’clock ajjpeeial train left the local depot
of the South Carolina Railroad, for the
mills. The inclemency of the weather
kept many from going, but there was a
very pleasant party on board, nevertheless.
At Langley the party met Mr. W. C. Lang
ley, and other stockholders, who had come
from Aiken on a special train. The annual
meeting was held in Sibloy Hall. Mr.
Josiah Sibley was called to the Chair and
Mr. M. F. Foster requested to act as Secre
tary. Mr. D. R. Wright Rnd Mr. Foster
were appointed a committee on proxies.
These gentlemen, after investigation, re
ported 2,174 shares represented, more
than a quorum.
Mr. W. C. Sibley read a letter from Mr.
Thos. G. Barrett, returning his thanks to
the stockholders for the honor conferred
upon him in the past, bnt declining re
election as a Director. Th<( letter was re
ceived as information.
Mr. W. C. Sibley read his anuuol report.
The report shows, tfra profits received
for the year 1880 were 863,027 14. De
ducting from this taxes and village repairs,
raising overfall and repairs on dam, new
boiler, interest and exchange, leaves the net
earnings for 1880, 818,653 34; loss amount
paid for completion of church, etc., leaves
$44,598 60.
From whioh two semi-annual dividends
wore paid, amounting to $44,000.
After charging alt bad and doubtful
ddbts to profit and loss,there is left to credit
of thatamount, after paying the dividends,
8173,092 13.
The production of the mill for
the year 1880 was 126,630
pieoos of cloth, 2,187,614
lbs., or 6,486,569yd5.
Average number of looms
running 329
Average yards of cloth per
loom per day 63 39-100 yds.
Average number of spindles
running 10,880
Average number of ounces
of yarn per spindle per
day 10 29-100
Average number hands em
ployed 325
The cotton consumed in tho
year 1880 was 5,664 bales,
average weight 477 lbs.
each, or 2,682,958 lbs.
Average cost of cotton was .1108-100
In concluding his report, Mr. Sibley
says :
The suit referred to in my last, an
nual report, brought by Lyons and others,
heirs of John Marsh, I am happy to re
port was dismissed at the last term of the
Court.
Tho church whioh was authorized by
your liberality to he built at the expense
of the company, has been completed and
dedicated to the worship of Almighty God,
who has thus far blessed this company, and
I trust that the church will redound to His
glory and the spiritual good of the people
of this vicinity.
In closing, I return thanks to our Super
intendent, and tho overseers and employ
es of the company for the faithful manner
in which they have discharged their re
spective duties, and remain,
Yours, faithfully,
War. C. Sibley, President.
At the conclusion of the report it was
received and adopted. The following
Directors were then unanimously elected:
W. 0. Langley, of New York; F. J. Pelzor,
of Charleston; JoHiah Sibley, B. S. Dunbar,
R. A.. Fleming, W. 0. Sibley, of Augusta.
After the adjournment of the meeting the
Directors mot and re-elected Mr. W. 0.
Sibley President.
aAOSHOT’S ASSISTANT
{Minneapolis Weekly. j
001, Bagshot runs a weekly newspaper
called the Union, up in Chodunk. The Col
onel was oalled away to New York on busi
ness, leaving the Union in the hands of an
assistant who had beon in his employ some
little time.
Now, the Colonel knew that the said as-"
sistant had the oheek of a brass statuo and
the audacity of a New England fly—both
indispensable attributes to the newspaper
man; but. still, after being in the city about
a week, he began to grow uneasy, and tele
graphed to Chodunk, “How’s things,”
Back came the answer from the Union's
pro tern, editor ; “Bully ! Circulation of
the old thing’s gone up a thousand. Been
getting up a red-hot paper, and there’s a
gang outside that are weeping because they
can’t hoist the shingles off the roof and
knock the whole concern to thunder. Stay
away as long as you like.”
Bagshot didn’t waste a moment after re
ceiving this encouraging dispatch. He
started home in the first train, and reached
Chodunk before night. The first man that
struck him was the ticket agent.
" Look here. Colonel!” he cried excited
ly. “I’ve a darned good notion to punch
your head, you brazen-faced old liar !”
“Why?” asked Bagshot.
“Bead that!” and the ticket agent shoved
a crumpled Union into his hand.
There was a paragraph as follows :
“ Bailboad News. -The bandy-legged
idiot who robs the railroad company at this
village has purchased anew pocket-knife.
More knocking down from the oash draw
er.”
Bagshot bit his lips.
“Bill,” said he, “that's a calumny, and
I’ll see it righted in our next. It’s mv cuss
ed assistant’s work.”
“I don’t care whose work it is,” grewled
tho agent, "but, if it ain’t contradicted,
somebody’s got to die-that’s all I”
Bagshot didn’t reply', but sailed down
the street to the Union office. He had not
gone half a block before he collided with
Deacon Marsh.
The Deacon seized him by the shoulder
and exclaimed:
“What did you mean, Bagshot, by insert
ing that scandalously untrue item about
me?”
“Didn't insert any item,” replied the
Colonel.
“Don't sneak out of it in that way. You
know you did. Why, I ju9t cut it out of
the Union. Listen:”
‘ ‘Belioious Intmjjoence. —The whited
sepulchre, Deacon Marsh, was noticed last
Sunday night trying to open tho coal-hole
in front of his residence with his night-key.
The Deacon was as full as a goat, and
couldn’t tell moonshine from green cheese.”
“Now, that’s nice, isn’t it, saying that I
was drunk Sunday night, when I went to
bed at 7 with a raging toothache ?”
“It's that reckless fool whom I left in
charge," groaned the Colonel. “I’ll make
it all right. Marsh, ’’and Bagshot scurried
on again, only to be confronted by Major
Blim.
“Colonel,” uttered Blim in his deepest
voice, “this is villainous ! It’s my inten
tion, sir, to call you out and snoot you
through the heart. What tho deuce do you
mean by publishing this note in the
Union
“Militaby Jottings. Major BJim, the
tattered old beggar who hid in an oyster
barrel during the battle of Bull Bun, wears
a wig. He ought to be shot in the back
with a baked apple.”
“I can’t help it, Blim,” said Bagshot,
wiping his forehead. “It’s all owing to that
young devil in the office. He has made a
red-hot paper. Just wait, Major, and I’ll
fix things.”
Hardly had he done so before young
Cooley appeared.
“Col. Bagshot,” announced he, “you are
a lying scoundrel ! This is a nice thing to
put in your blackguard sheet about a young
lady:”
“Society Items.— Miss Cooley, the old
girl on South street, around in a
patent bustle in the hope of catching a fel
low. But sjie can’t. Not even if she lays
paint on twice as thick as she does now.”
But Bagshot didn’t stop to hear it. He
flew across the square and into the Union
office like a flash.
• No one was there. That able assistant
editor, warned by friend unknown, had
dusted forever. Lying on the desk was a
Union, folded so that this notice caught
Bagshot’s eye :
‘ ‘Literabt Mems. —The bald-headed sniDe
who pretends to run this paper has gone to
New York. We expect to hear every mo
ment of his sentence to Sine Sing for ar
son and highway robbery. Tho citizens of
Chodunk should congratulate themselves
if the Colonel does not disgrace his village
by being hung for infanticide."
Bagshet never intends to employ another
assistant editor, and journatists m search
of a situation will find it healthy to keep
away from him.
Hie HnmsrSmr Deserted Him,
[Milwaukee Republican . j
The bright, mirthful soul of Carpenter
was not overawed even by the shadow of
death. The evening before he died, and
after he had been told that he could not
possibly survive much longer, he insisted
upon getting up. The attending physicians
forbade the attempt, and were endeavoring
to make the Senator remain quiet, when
Judge McArthur entered the death cham
ber. "Is that you, Mac ?’’ asked Carpenter.
“Yes, Matt, it's I. But you must lie quiet,
now. The old twinkle of tfca eyes and the
toss of the head, as. the dying Senator re
plied:
“WsU. Judge, I'm prepared t argue that
motion right now." Mr. Carpenter suf
fered excruciating pain, and in his agony
wanted ay explanation of the cause. "The
pain is caused, Senator,” replied a physi
cian, ‘‘by a stoppage of the colon.” “Stop
page of the colon, eh?”—and again the
sense of humor overcame pain itself
“Well, then, of course, it isn’t a, full stop.”
Up to Die veiyhonr of the great Carpenters
death the remarkable cheerfulness of dispo
sition. -which alone would have made him
one of the meet popular of men, never de
aer<<edhUß.
A DIS HONORED CHECK
Gives the Claeto a Sensation—Suspension
oT the Bask of Koine—The Caum That
Led to the Assignment—The State a De
positor to the Amount of §s3,ooo—Hr.
James’ Views.
I Atlanta Constitution.]
Dispatohes were received yesterday morn
ing in this city, announcing that the Bank
of Borne had closed its doors. Investiga
tion developed that checks sent from Atlanta
had been returned unpaid, with the state
ment that an assignment had been made.
The Bank of Borne was organized some
years ago, under the State laws. As we nn
deretand the case, it succeeded the old
banking house of Cothron & Maguire, which
suspended after the panic of 1873. Messia.
Ogden & Brower, of New York, were the
principal owners until Mr. Ogden sold out
to Mr. Brower. Mr. Brower afterwards sold
to a company of gentlemen who elected Mr.
0. G. Samuels, President, and Mr. J. S. Por
cher, Cashier. At tho same time tho bank
ing house of Frost & Poroher was consoli
dated with the new bank.
The bank was considered a good one—
the officers capable and attentive, and the
stockholders worthy men. It was handling
a large business, and kept its money ton
ing aotively, but there was no trouble ap.
prehended. Mr. John H. James said to a
Constitution man last night:
“I have a full dispatch, giving
the reasons of the suspension of the bank.
I understand that they sent to New York a
large amount of ootton that had become wet
in the late flood. They had advanced
money on this cotton and of course drew
against it. They found that their drafts
were returned, as the New York parties
would not pay on wet ootton. This‘ threw
the bank out of its resources, and It was
forced to suspend for the time. It made an
assignment to Mr. Beynolds, of the First
National Bank. I think the bank will
work out all right in time, as I have heard
of no trouble, and I think its business ha*
oeen good.”
The bank of Borne was one of the State
depositories selected by the Governor last
Fall. He acted after full advice with citi
zens of Borne and strong endorsements. At
the time of the suspension the State had
$53,316 in the bank. Mr. Speer, the Trea
surer, has no discretion in the matter ot
deposits, eaoh selected depository having
right to the collections in its distriot. The
State is secured by a bond of $50,000. The
size of the bond is settled by the law creat
ing the depositories, each bank having to
give a bond of $50,00>. It seems that this
is a wrong policy,as the deposits in some of
the banks frequently go to double this sum.
The bond of the Bank of Borne is unques
tionably good for the $50,000. It is signed
as follows, the amount opposite each name
standing for the amount the signer swears
he is worth above all debts and exemptions:
E. D. Frost, $50,000; Samuel Morgan,
$50,000; C. G. Samuel, $35,000; W. L.
Prentice, $20,000; Mrs. Mattie P. Deason.
SIO,OOO. This aggregates $165,000.
Treasurer Speer says he thinks the State
has not only the bond to secure it. but a
first lien on the assets of the bank. If this
is so, there is no chanoe for loss Mr. Speer
left last night for Borne, where he will rep
resent the State’s interest. The following
telegram gives fuller particulars :
Bomb, March 26.—The Bank of Boms
suspended this morning. The reason as
signed is their inability to realize on ootton
blockaded by the recent freshet. The lia
bilities and assets are at present unknown.
It is supposed the liabilities will not exceed
one hundred thousand dollars, and that
creditors and depositors will not reoeive less
than fifty cents on the dollar. The Bank
of Borne is the State depository in this city
and has now about thirty thousand dollars
of the State’s money secured by a bond.
The suspension created a profound sensa
tion here.
The following is from Colonel Samuels,
the President of the Bank:
Rome, March 26.—The bank suspended
on account of the flood, whioh wet the oot
ton that cannot be shipped. The State and
private depositors will be paid as soon as wa
can realize from our assets.
ENCOURAGEMENT FROM ABROAD.
Letter From a Danish Lady To Thi
Woman’s Branch G. 8. P. C, A.
In the old world much interest is taken
in societies for the prevention of cruelty to
animals. The most highly educated and
prominent people of both sexes belong to
such organizations and labor zealously ta
Promote .the objeot for which they have
)een instituted. The letter which we pub
lish below was written by an accomplished
Danish lady, and it is evident, from what
she writes, that the deepest interest is taken
in the subject in Denmark. The King him
self is the patron of the Association, and
Prince Waldemar its President, while the
membership is very large. The letter was
written in English, to the President of tba
Woman’s Branch, G. S. P. 0. A., in Augusta.
The writer expresses her great admiration
for the lamented Miss Louise King, to whose
noble work the society owes its existence in
Georgia. We commend the letter to tha
thoughtful attention of onr readers:
Copenhagen, Denma.be, 1
2 Thobwaeden Boad, 20 February, 1881. f
2b Mrs. Carrie Campljell Doughty, i* Au
gusta, Oa.:
Dbab Madame— Some days ago I had the
very great pleasure of receiving your very
kind letter, with the beautiful photograph
of this noble young lady, Lonise King,
whose early death was a bereavement for tha
cause of humanity on this unrighteous
earth. I thank yon heartily for your great
kindness, and should be happy to send yon
a token of my thankfulness, but yon oould
not understand onr Danish papers and
pamphlets, and we have no suoh renowned
ladies in our oountry as Miss King was. I
am deeply interested in the animal ques
tion, also in the far away America, bat par
ticularly in the viviseotion question, whioh
is very burning in a good part of Europe.
We have also had a vivisection strife ior
some years, and we will never give up to
agitate warmly against the worst form of
cruelty—premeditated, cold-blooded, devil
ish oruelty. I was delighted to read in
your interesting report an address of
;iev. Strong, in which he speaks of vivi
section. As I know that the great
animals’friend, Mr. Henry Bergh, is oolleot
ing signatures for his petition against vivi
section, I hope that he will also get some
in Georgia. Perhaps you will be kind
enough to bring my warmest thanks to the
noble mother of Miss King for the kind no
tice taken of my request. ’I have also
thanked Miss Biddle for her trouble and
hope one day to send a oopy of our monthly
paper with Miss King’s likeness. Most
grateful should I always be for getting your
report.
With Mrs. White, Mrs. Appleton and
Mrs. Sarah Piokering I am already In
correspondence,and I obtain all their papers.
A Danish lady just married, came this Au
tumn to Savannah, whero she will remain.
Bhe is a friend of animais, and I wrote iost
yesterday to her sister in Denmark, that she
would ask Mrs. to visit the Louise
King Association in Savannah. lam Presi
dent of the Woman’s Branch of our aooiety
for the Protection of Animals. The King is
our patron, and Prince Waldemar Hoc
President, my hnsband being Vice-Presi
dent. We have twenty-five hundred mem
bers and Woman’s Branch five hundred.
The Queen and Princess Thyra have dis
tributed our prizes, and Prince Wddemar
will do it this Spring. The people ara not
at all a cruel people, yet we reoeive daily
oomplaints at our office.
Fervently wishing you a great suooeaa.
Yours, very truly, Julia
What Makes a Legal Marriage.
{From the Troy Budget, j
The Court of Appeals, through Justiee
Folger, bas lately clearly defined what
York State •“ marria * <1 contr °t in New
“By the law of this State a man and wo
man who are competent to marry eaoh oth
er, witneut going before a minister or mag.
lstrate, without previous publio notice
given, with no form or ceremony, civil or
religious and with no record or written evi
dence of the act kept, and merely by word*
of present contract between them, may take
upon themselves relation of husband and
wife, and •; be bound to themselves, to the
State and society as such; and if after that
the marriage is denied, proof of actual co
habitation as husband and wife, acknowl
edgment and recognition of each other t
friends and acquaintances and the publio
as such, and the general reputation thereof,
will enable a Court to presume that there
was in the beginning an actual bona fide
marriage.”
The Bonanza gatui In New York.
A New York letter says; “A sooiety foot
of some interest is the intention of Mrs.
Mackay, wife of tho famous California bo
nanza king of that name, to qnit Paris,
where she has been residing for a long
while past, to take up her permanent resi
dence in New York. Within tho past day
or two, I atn informed, Mr. Machay has
purchased the well known Stevens’property
m Fifth avenue, not far from Oentr.d Park.
Ths-price paid for it is said to be about three
quarters of a million dollars. Mr. Mackay
is at present with his family in France, but
is expected to return with them to New
York in the course of a few weeks. Ho
will stay here but for a brief period, how
ever, new enterprises in connection with
the Comstock mines requiring his presence
in Nevada. Mrs. Mackay is alleged to hare
become very much displeased with the Pa
risians, chiefly because of their refusal to
accede to her patriotic vish to have the
Place de 1’ Etoile illuminated on the occa
sion of the memorable visit of General
Grant. The story is that she offered to buy
out the whole neighborhood, including the
Arc de Triomphe, if the Parisians would
but say what they would sell it for, but as
she could not strike a bargain, she had to
be content to see only her own dwolling
illuminated. It is superfluous to say that
a lady with all this wealth and force ot
character will be an acceptable accession to
New York society.”