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VOLUME XCY
RDITOiUAt> NOTES.
There im just such a hot spell last May,
if we mistake not.
We have doctors here who could cure Mrs.
Gabyield speedily.
brrKHFWurx speech will not reform in
temperate drinking.
Vennor predicted the hot weather, and
now prophesies thunder storms.
CoXIO * planters, we understand, like this
weather. They are about all who are of
that opinion.
Senator Fbte did not seem over-anxious
when he got back to answer Senators Bot
ler and Coke.
The Sew Vork Tribune is under the im
p rension that Senator Conklino has left his
umbrella in the Senate and will return.
Veb.ly, the prudent citizen who voted
against Hancock to avoid an unseemly
.crimble for office has his reward.—A”. Y.
:• out one suggests that Mahone can now
,> n with a June bug and go home. There
* ..lid be trouble if the bug were a Demo
crat. ~ ■-—•*&
A WiisnoTos correspondent vouches for
the fait that twenty glasses of lemonade
per day will prevent malaria, Not if it ia cir
cus lemonade. <
The editor of the Chattanooga Times
thinks Birmingham, Alabama, will never
ue what Gbadt says it is certain to become.
We hope this is not envy.
A New Yoek man petitions for divorce be
causa his wife, after getting possession of
ms money, offered him ten cents to buy
laudanum to commit suicide.
Uncle Kotos Hatch assertß that Bermuda
onions, eaten raw, morning and evening,
are a anre antidote to malaria and sewer gas.
George Gorham prefers to have malaria.
Joe Emmett, the actor, has been sent to
an English lunatic asylum. The next thing
to do is to capture some of hiß extravagant
admirers and compel them to share his con -
tinement.
The speculators In lard are wishing they
had speculated iu stocks. The next to be
sorry will probably be the speculators in
stocks. -Cm. Gazette. Deacon Smith must
be in a bad maiket.
Seven hundred dollars per letter is what
Uncle Sam's mail costs on one of the Star
Routes in Now Mexico. — N. Y. Tribune.
Probably it brought that at auction sale of
literary curiosities.
Most of the olive oil we use is made out
of cotton seed, sent to France and Italy,
manipulated there and returned to us at
high pi ices. Why can we not do our own
manipulation and save money?
The Asheville News is in favor of temper
ance, hut elvises that the question be agi
tated in u spirit of kindueas, not making
war upon men or a class of men, but upon
principle and right, and gdod order in so
ciety.
•‘Hot tor tl.e carrying of numbers of close
representative districts by direct purchase
on the part of the Republicans in the State,”
ays a XUiue paper, "Mr. Frye would him
self never have gained a seat in the United
Stales Senate.”
Gov. <Jh.vm.es Foster is circulating around
Washington unanimously. He it was who
sent itie bouquet to Mahone. Now, he does
not oononr in MacVeaohs policy of “hunt
ing the rascals down." He thinks it will be
■bad for the party.
Fbom Conkling’s own confession he is
mad now because he did not get full pay for
what lid considers his valuable services in
tho Garfield campaign. Grant was smart
er. He is said to have been paid SIOO,OOO. ■
No due bills for him.
The Greenville News called Tapt "an
MuwrinoipWd and bitter Radical, moral le
ker nnd social outcast," but some of the
first-clas? Democrats and wealthiest men of
Charleston endorsed him for postmaster
iud secured his confirmation.
Mb. Dana, of the New York Sun, regards
the confirmation of Stanley Matthews as a
great railroad victory. Better wait and see.
Honors change manners. Judge Field went
upon the Bench as a Republican. He be
came an ultra Democrat. Matthews may
disappoint Mr. Dana. Give him a ohance.
Aooordiko to what are supposed to be
Mf, Conklino’s own statements in the New
York a 'Jerald, the last Republican campaign
was a disgraceful bargain and sale all
around. The quarrel has come over the de
livery of the spoil. The Mahone affair was
in keeping with .all the rest.
Some of the origiufll verses sent us are
verv defective in rhythm. People who ex
press themselves in rhyme should at least
understand something of the rudimentary
liuciples of the art. We have no time to
l . the necessary corrections, and the pria
:'V under no obligations to do so.
How many Port RoyaW Railroad bond
holders and Port Royal property-holders
have joined Colonel Cole’s new syndicate?
The Colonel loves Port Royal infinitely
better than he does Brunswick, and the A.
A K. Railroad will pave the way for his
E. T.. V. AG. Railroad system.
Or the nine members of the Senate Coni
ng ce Committee, it is believed that Messrs.
OcnA er. Coke. Farley and Vest favored
the confirmation of Judge Robertson; that
Messrs. Conkling, Jones of Nevada, and
Ransom were opposed to confirmation, and
that M. vsrs McMillan and Kellogg were
doubtful. l
The Macon Telegraph broaches the railroad
sensation genliy. but broadly, as follows :
"It was rumorNd on the streets yesterday,
with what foundation we eannot say, that
the Central Railroad is about to issue a 20 j
j*,r cent, scrip dividend to bear interest at ••
7 percent., in addition to a 5 percent. ;
cash dividend."
Mr?. Gabfikld has a bad case of Wash- J
ir. ion malarial lever. The President should j
have called iu Dr. Garnett, who under- |
<tnds it. Our personal experience is that
the Northern homeopathic doctors do not
treat it properly. IVe hope Mrs. Gariielx'
will escape her troubles, ‘and meanwhile
everybody sympathizes With her husband.
Some papers seek to create the impression
t'uat Stanley Matthews represents Jay
Goclo on the Supreme Bench; that he is a
railroad monopoly lawyer, etc., etc. As the j
Democrats of the Senate are principally i
responsible for his confirmation, we are in
clined to believe that they did not credit
the chargee mgcdc. and that they are sat-,
isfied of the appointee's honesty and fitness.
The Boston Herald strikes it right when
nak re : “ This is a beautiful iliusirstion of
• Sena to rial courtesy ’ —or s proper esprit <U
corps, *s the chief newspaper apologist
styles it The word of s Senator is to be
taken as &*tf v and conclusive against a nomi
nee from his ovn State, no matter how fit
and deserving the individual may be.”
The New York Commercial Bulletin says:
*'The speculative element for the time be
ing is pretty thoroughly ebminated from
the situation, if we except a few Western
products; and thus, whether we look at the
loca l markets or to those of the country at
large, it is risking nothing to assert that
trade, .w an entirety, was never on a sounder
or healtL'ier basis than it is to-day.”
Gen. P. aS. Starke, a leading Virginia Re
publican, has written a letter vigorously
opposing a Republican Ma*om alliance.
He says Senator Mahone has done more to
injure the Republican party, "a free ballot
and a fair vote,” than any man in Virginia
He favors the nomination of a full Repub
lican State ticket, headed by Gen. Wice
ham, or some other good man, who will op
pose the repudiation of any portion of the
State debt.
DEATH OF CHARLES 9. DUBOSE.
From a special dispatch in our news col
umns, this morning, it will be seen that
Hon. Charles S. Dcßose, of "Warren coun
ty, is no more. Few announcements could
carry bo much of real regret to the people
of Middle Georgia and to his friends in the
State generally. For a number of years it
has beeu evident that disease, in its most
dangerous and insidious form, had marked
him for its depredations and, under suffer
ings which had easily conquered a will less
i strong and quenched an intellect less
luminous, his frame has at last suc
cumbed. Mr. Dcßobe was a moet re
markable man. A native of Sparta,
and a scion of an honored family, he
early distinguished himself in the profession
of law, for which a thorough and honorable
course at the University of his own State
had fitted him. Locating in Warrenton, ]
where he formed ties, the most endearing |
to him, he was at once recognized as one of
the foremost lawyers at the bar of the j
Northern Circuit. So thoroughly did he j
win public confidence and public esteem
that in 1872 he was chosen the represet,ta- :
tive of his county in the Legislature, and |
in 1874 was elected State Senator from the
Nineteenth District, composed of the coun
ties of Warren, Taliaferro and Grec-ne.
Throughout hiß legislative career he was
recognized as one of the ablest and
most trustworthy of Georgia’s counsel- I
lore. There was in him a mind most j
active and an integrity most uncompromis- j
ing, Few men of his years have been more j
prominent, or, better than all, more useful ;
and patriotic, than Chas. 8. Dußosz. He j
commanded a large practice up to the day :
of his death, and, owing to his illness, a j
recent term of Warren Court had to be ad- j
journed over, so completely was he identi-1
fled with the local business on the docket. |
Mr. Dußosb was a son of Hon. C. W. J
Dußose, and brother to Dr. W. R. Du- |
Bose, one of the most prominent sur- j
geons in the National Navy. The death
of such a brilliant man is a loss, severe and
Borrowful, to the State.
THE CLOSING SCENE.
In all probability, this week will witness
an end to the special session of the Sen
ate. The hot weather is having its effect
and stalwart backbones needed but that, in
addition to their other troubles, to weaken
and give way. When the Mahone bargain
was consummated, it looked as if the whole
matter might have been disposed of within
three weeks. But for Mr. Hill’s speech
and the necessary sequel, the Republicans
would have carried everything before them.
Quit 6 a number of Democratic Senators
were opposed to dilatory motions, and rath
er than filibuster they preferred to let their
opponents have the Senate offices as well as
the committee control. But these timid
gentlemen were opportunely brought to the
conviction that it was time for the Demo
cratic party to show some pluck, and not
surrender position after position the !
minute the head of the Republican j
column appeared in sight. They stood
their ground, gained their point, disap
pointed their adversaries; electrified their
followers, and not only uncovered Mahone
but the whole Radical machine. There
never was a time that the Senate Democrats
were not willing to go into executive session
and fulfill the duty for which they were
specially called. A minority of the Repub
licans were of an equally conservative frame
of mind, but the caucus bulldozed them,
As the French King said he was the State,
so it may bo declared that Mr. Conkling
was the caucus. To further his own indi
vidual plans, he put poor Mr. Dawes for
ward and compelled him to preserve the
deadlock. The action of the President
compelled its dissolution, and the Demo
crats have all the advantage of posi
tion, and can retire to their homes
the substantial victors, and with the
assurance that whatever of honor or advan
tage there was in the fight, it is theirs and
their party’s.
The most curious thing of all is the po
sition of Gen. Mlhone. For a considerable
period he was the central figure. Now he
is quite as great a curiosity, blit not alto
gether as important a factor as he was. He
had, in the beginning, to choose between
Democrats and Republicans. His present
dilimma is to select between factions in tho
Republican camp. He must either side
w\th the President, with Conkling or dodge.
Either alternative has its manifest disad
vantages. His Richmond organ, the Whig,
perceives this embarrassment, but is not
disposed to admit that the Readjuster has
abated one jot of liis supremacy. It sayß:
“Mr. Garfiele does not sling the Senate
by the tail; nor does Mr. Conkling. If
Gen. Mahone cannot get Riddlebkrger in,
so neither can Messrs. Garfield and Cone
lino get in their nominees.” There is
“gum” in this suggestion, and to the
Democrats it must be highly amusing, since
the balance of power, to all intents and
purposes of a higher character, has passed
to them, while the annoyance of having
Mahone as a friend or enemy remains with
the Republicans. The Washington Post is
authority for the statement that Mr. Ma
hone's ruminations, as he puts his little
legs upon his desk, run about thus:
I. Conkling is one man, one Senator, and has
one vote. lam one man, one Senator and have
one vote.
11. Conklino is one of thirty-seven Republi
can Senators. lam the governing Senator of
seventy-six Republican and Democratic Sena
tors. If I vote jrith the thirty-eight Democrats,
they are the majority. If I vote with the thirty
seven Republicans, they are the majority. Ergot
lam the majority myself. Ergo, I am greater
than Conklino.
111. What Conklino can, do I can do; and
more. He controls the Republican caucus. I
can control the Senate.
IV. I am entitled to more consideration than
Conklino ; I will not be content with less. If
he continues to attract public attention by rea
son of his hopeless contest with the President,
I may also demand to receive public attention
by my hopeless contest with the Democrats.
Y. I am more powerful than Conklino, and I
claim, at least, to stand on a line with him.
While he is at the front, I will not go to the
rear.
These reflections sound wonderfully like
Senator Morgan’s interpretation of what
passes in Senator Mahone’s scheming brain.
I But, no matter who is the author, they
' pithily express a fact of importance. The
; storm that began with Mahone and then
; raged way over his head cannot be alto*
j gether disconnected from him. Henceforth,
however, the situation changes materially.
Mr. Mahoxe remains practically powerless
to injure the Democratic Senators and enor
mously powerful to wound, bruise and gen
erally lacerate his Republican allies, when
jit so suits his purpose. He is not a de
sirable companion for either faction of that
party, and it is welcome to him. The
Richmond Democratic papers seem to think
; he will finally land on the side of the Presi
| dent, but Mr. Blaine is quoted as declaring
! that "Mahons had not repndiated seces
sion; had not repented of nor justified his
: repudiation doctrines, and he wanted noth
: ing to do with him or his crowd.” Under
these amazing contradictions and the
changes that have come and are yet to be,
the writer is half inclined, with the lights
before him, to repeat what was said in the
Washington correspondence of this paper,
that “Mahqxk may yet do things that will
| surprise both parties.”
p g. —Since writing the above, Gonsuno
1 and Platt, (he l>ew York Senators, have :
resigned. This intensifies the situation.
The idea of Mr. Conkling would seem to be
a direct personal test in Sew York between
him and Mr. Garfield. The re-election of
both Senators would be interpreted by
them as a condemnation of the President.
It is a startling and dramatic situation.
Mahone is, tor the present, no more ac
count than the fiea in tloHAJOpso s shirt.
> The Democrats, having now the power to
do so, will probably confirm Robertson,
possibly reorganize the Senate Committees,
re-elect Braes and BbivHT, and then ad
j osm fine die.
COlßUiat RESIGNATION.
The telgraph brings the intelligence el
the resignation of Roeoos Conklino, the
imperious Kew York Senator, who evi
dently began this session with the idea that
he would be. able to oonted the Senate;
l that he could dictate to the President
what appointments he pleased. But he
found in the President no man of straw.
He discovered that he had a will as strong
as his own, and with it a determination
to appoint such men to office as he deem
ed best fitted for the respective positions,
without regard to the alleged claims of
Mr. Conklino’s creatures. That Platt,
too, should follow Conklxng’s example is
no marvel. It is well known that he was
elected as one of Mr. Conklino’s staunchest
adherents, and that while New York has
nominally had two Senators, she really has
had but one. For Mr. Conkling him
self, we imagine that there will be few tears
shed; certainly none in this part of the
country. He has been the aggressive and
malignant enemy of the South, which
should rejoice at the triumph of President
j Garfield and the defeat of Senator Conk
ling. That personalism in politics, which
seeks not only to control States, but the
Federal Administration, should be rebuked
and stamped out of American politics, be
. cause it has of right no place in our form of
i government, and because it not only en-
I dangers the rights and liberties of the peo
: pie, but would wrest the appointing power
! from the Executive head, in violation of
the plain letter of the Constitution. We
have entirely too much personalism and
sectionalism in our politics, and the sooner
they are eliminated tho sooner will the
whole country prosper. Southern Senators
! should sustain the President in the full ex
| ercise of his constitutional rights. He has
! pledged himself to a patriotic administra
i tion, and the South should sustain him in
his efforts to restore peace and brotherhood
to all sections of the Union. There is no
longer any reason why we should not dwell
together in concord, and work out the
grand destiny of the greatest and beat Gov
ernment since the dawn of civilization.
JEFFERSON DAVI/i.
When the people of New Orleans invited
Jefferson Davis to inaugurate the statue of
Stonewall Jackson with an address, they
must have known that their orator would
speak unpalatable things to some of our
Northern brethren. When he said that
Jackson was the great hero of the war, his
opinion was received for what it was worth.
It did not displace Lee in his primacy, with
Southern men, nor did it convince men of
the North of the inferiority of Grant, Sher
man, Sheridan or Hancock. Mr. Davis had
the right to so express himself and nobody
denies it. But when he undertook, not to
insinuate, but plainly declare, that the Con
federate war was just and deserved suocess,
he succeeded admirably in extorting howls
from quite a number of editorial warriors
who probably made very few sacrifices in
the field for the glorious Union and its
cause. For example, the doughty fighter of
the Philadelphia Times brandishes his lead
pencil with fierce gesticulation, and reminds
Mr. Davis that "the Republic contemptuous
ly let him alone when he stood with his neck
in the halter.” We would with Christian
calmness remind our respected contemporary
that "the Republic” never dared try Jeffer
son Davis as a traitor, and was glad enough to
escape that arbitrament. Before any re*
speetable civil tribunal that cause would
not have been decided to suit such men as
the Philadelphia Times editor, and until
Jefferson Davis shall be tried and con
demned by civil process, the mere mouthing
of "traitor” does not make him so. By war
and violence and superiority of avoirdupois,
Mr. Davis was defeated and his cause was
surrendered. It is, so far as secession was
concerned, a lost cause. No one cares to
resurrect it, and the South is satisfied to be
as she is, since it is the will of Heaven. Se
cession was a folly, but it was not treason in
1860. It would be both folly and treason
now, and no section is further removed
from any desire in that line than tho South
of 1881. But Mr. Davis stands apart. He
has not abandoned his convictions. He will
not dishonor himself to please stalwart Re
publicans or Democrats of the North, and
while there is no Court record and never
will be one to constitute him a traitor, ho
may be pardoned for declining to fix a
brand upon himself that the Republic never
dared to put upon him, even with Chief
Justice Chase at the head of its Supreme
Tribunal.
We think, however, that the people of
New Orleans might, perhaps, have spared
the poor old ex-Confederate President the
necessity of revamping what is best, at this
time, unuttered by him. He has written
a book in justification of himself and his
career. That should suffice. All other
kinds of irritation are uncalled for, inop
portune and misplaced. The South is not
expeoted to confess treason and pollute
the graves of her heroic soldiery. But this
periodical production of Mr. Davis to an
nounce his undying belief in the Confed
eracy, which no one doubts, is hardly j ust
to him and does no good to any person. It
may be that, as General B. F. Butler
has, in Northern eyes, quite relieved him
self from the imputation of theft at New Or
leans, Mr. Davis takes the same pleasure in
attempting to disabuse a hostile public
opinion of his alleged treason. In his let
ter of proof, General Butler exnltingly
concludes:
“Time at last seta all things even;
And if we do but watch the hour,
There never yet was human power
Which could evade, if unforgiven,
The patient search and vigil long,
Of him who treasures up a wrong.”
To Time, the Avenger, let Mr. Davis ap
peal rather than to the passions and preju
dices of the hour. Other men and other
generations will be just, if the present is
nnfaithlul to its mission. We suspect,
however, that the misconduct of only too
many of our own people in public life has
done more to injure the cause of the South
than the weapons of the enemy in war; and
it has been suggested by one of our own
brethren that while the South had a just
cause she may not have been entirely
worthy of it, or there was a providence in
defeat that promised greater and grander
things than successful battle.
If some of our Northern brethren do
not like what Mr. Davis said, the other
day, we hope they will consider the na
ture of the case and the exceptional position
of the orator. We would also recommend
that they do not dwell too morbidly upon
what happened at New Orleans, but rather
betake them to the field of Cowpens, and
hearken unto the patriotic and conservative
words of one of the Confederacy’s boldest
warriors and now one of the Union’s most
faithful friends. The speech of Hampton.
who is in active life, is of more importance
just now than the remarks of Davis, who is,
by the fortune of war, in an eddy of events,
with the whirl, but not of it. It is not at
all likely that many men who participated
in the Confederate war will put a brand
upon themselves or their children, and no
honest and valiant Northern man expects
them to so stultify themselves. It ia enough
that we submit to the arbitrament we
evoked; that we are devoted to the
Union now: that we look forward and not
backward; that we intensely wish the com
mon glory, power and honor of the Federal
Union; that, if need be, we will fight to
maintain it and die for its integrity, as we
honestly and enthusiastically live to love
and cherish it. More than this no sensible
person at the North requires, and even Jef
ferson Davis, standing upon the sepulcher
of hi* ambition, would not raise a finger or
utter a word that coaid make ns recreant to
the trust of an inseparable brotherhood of
United States.
Crops In Jefferson.
{Correspondence Chronicle and ConsStutionaiisL]
Louisville, May 17.—A1l crops in Jeffer
son county are backward. The com crop
is very poor. Early planted cotton is up
and doing well, but a considerable ameoat
bias not come up, nor will it until rain fells
in this section. A number of fields not
planted at all has beefi noticed. Consider
able rain has fallen In some sections, while
in others no rain has fallen in ai month.
1 Tbp djrv weather has ruined vegetables and
t oats, frpyjslon? are scarce, but money is
more 00. Patron.
U . i . ■
CONTOOCOOK, N. H., May lft—fwo shocks
,of an earthquake were felt hei® last night
—one about twenty minutes past twelve
o’clock, and another between three and
j four o’clock.
AUGUSTA, GA„ WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 35, 1881.
WHO IS MASTER NOW!
LORD ROSCOE AND HIS COLLEAGUE
BIDS ADIEU
To tile Administration nnd the United
States Senate—The Split In the Repub
lican Ranks Widened Republicans
9?re and Democrats Jubilant—Current
Opinions—Street Gossip Regarding the
Sensation—Stanley Matthews O. K•—
Executive Work Progressing.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle. >
SENATE.
Washington, May 16.—The Vice-Presi
dent laid before the Senate the following
; communication:
Washington, D. C., May 16, 1881.
Sir —Will you please announce to the
Senate that my resignation, as Senator of
t the United States from the State of New
York, has been forwarded to the Governor
of that State. I have the honor to be, with
j great respect, your obedient servant,
[Signed] Roscoe Conkling.
To Hon. C. A. Arthur, Vice-President.
This communication was read with great
j sensation, which was heightened when the
Vice-President laid the following before the
j Senate :
Senate Chamber, May 16, 1881.
Hon. C. A. Arthur, Vice-President:
Sib— l hare forwarded to the Governor of
the State of New York my resignation as
Senator of the United States for the State of
New York. Will you please announce the
fact to the Senate. With great respeot, your
obedient servant,
[Signed] T. C. Platt.
A hum of astonishment followed the read
ing of the communication. Mr. Hill, of
Georgia, suggested, soto voce, that this
would be a good time to elec], officers of the
Senate.
Mr. Burnside, Chairman of the Commit
tee on Foreign Relations, reported back fa
vorably from that committee the resolution
declaring the consent of the United States
Government to be a condition precedent to
the construction of ship canals or other ways
for the transportation of sea-going vessels
across the Isthmus connecting North and
South America, and also to the rules and
regulations under which other nations shall
participate in the use of such canals or
other ways.
Mr. Burnside gave notice that he would
call it up to-morrow.
Mr. Dawes moved to go into executive
session.
Mr. Cockrell—“l thought you wanted to
consider the other resolution.”
Mr. Dawes—“l had no idea but that the
Senator would like to go on with it. It is
in accordance with the disposition which
has been shown from the beginning.”
Mr. Hill, of Georgia—“ The Senator said
that the Republic would be subverted if the
resolution was not acted upon.”
Mr. Dawes—“But the Senator would
never be convinced until he happened to
have a majority.”
Mr. Hill—“Oh ! we won’t insist on having
it considered.”
Mr. Dawes—"An accident is an eye
opener to the Senator.”
Mr. Hill turned around and suggested to
Mr. Davis, of Illinois, that there was noth
ing to prevent the Senate from adjourning
this week.
The Senate then, at 12:30 o’clock, went
into executive session and, when the doors
were reopened at 1:40 o’clock, the Senate
adjourned until to-morrow.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
‘•What Will We Do, Boys!”
Washington, May 16.—Soon after the ad
journment of the Senate, this afternoon,
the Republican Senators went into caucus
for the purpose, it is understood, of deter
mining what course of action shall be pur
sued in regard to action on Robertson’s
case and the other contested nominations,
and also to consider the subject of adjourn
ment* With only four dissenting voices, it
was agreed that the nomination of Judge
Robertson shall be brought before the Sen
ate for final action during the next few
days, and that the Senate will adjourn sine
die towards the close of this week.
NeillierJGent Shows Up—Cause 1
Neither Conkling nor Platt have been at
the Capitol to-day, and in the absence of
any authoritative explanation from them
the motives and meaning of their resigna
tions are left subject to mere speculation
and conjecture.
“Associate Justice" Stanley Matthews.
No motion having been entered at to
day’s executive session for a reconsideration
of the vote by which (at the second pre
ceding session) Judge Stanley Matthews
was confirmed as an Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court of the United States, his
confirmation stands fixed, and the President
hasthis afternoon been notified accordingly.
Doing Very Well Without “Him.”
The Senate in executive session to-day
confirmed the following nominations:
Richard A. Elmer, of New York, Ho bo Sec
ond Assistant Postmaster-General; J. Henry
Wilson, to be Collector of Customs for the
District of Columbia ; Charles E. Henry,
to be United States Marshal for the District
of Columbia ; Albert L. Dow, to be United
States Consul at Aleppy, India ; Sidney W.
Cooper, to be United States Consul at
Gutenberg, Germany; Earnest Loppenheim,
to be United States Consul at Cadiz, Spain ;
McWalter B. Noyes, to be United States
Consul at Venice, Italy ; Thaner W. Eder,
to be United States Consul at Guyaquil,
South America; Albert Rhoades, to be
United States Consul at Rouen; France, and
John A. Halderman, to be Consul-General
at Bangkok, Siam.
The Senate Sensation—Senatorial Com
ment,
The Star this evening says: “When the
news of the resignation of Senators Conk
ling and Platt reached the Treasury De
partment to-day great excitement ensued
and officials and subordinates alike were
soon gathered in groups throughout the
building, discussing the situation and its
effect. The theory which has been advanced
that the Senators who resigned are quite
confident of being returned by the New
York Legislature is very generally accepted,
but in some quarters it is maintained that
on account of the Legislature having hereto
fore endorsed the nomination of Robertson
to be Collector of the Port of New York, it
cannot consistently endorse the action of
| the two Senators in opposing it. This
course, however, it is conceded by promi
nent Republicans, can easily be brought
about. President Garfield was apprised of
the contemplated resignations this morn
ing and remarked to a Treasury offi
cial shortly before twelve o’clock that
he expected the news to arrive mo
mentarily. The resignation of the two
Senators are topics of conversation at the
hotels and other public places, and groups
of men may be seen on the street corners
discussing the affair in an excited,’manner.”
The Star also publishes the following views
of Senators concerning the Senate sensa
tion :
One Republican Senator said: “They’ll
both be re-elected by the New York Legist
lature.”
Another said that while he had not been
informed of this step, his opinion was that
it was simply an appeal to the New York
Legislature, now in session, by Messrs.
Conkling and Platt, for an endorsement of
the position they had taken on the Robert
son nomination.
A warm friend of Senator Conkling said :
"It means that Messrs. Conkling and Platt
will not be insulted and outraged by this
Administration. They have known from the
first that the nomination of Mr. Robertson
was Mr. Blaine’s declaration of war against
the ruling element of the Republican party
in New York. They have known that
Robertson was selected to crush Conkling
and destroy his influence, if possible. They
had done everything they could to prevent
| this bitter war in the Republican party,
j They showed that they had the Republi
| can party of New York behind them—that
j only a small “ring” of disorganizers and
j bolters supported Robertson. But the
| President refused to listen to any appeals
for peace and harmony. Messrs. Conkling
| and Platt then appealed to the Republican
j Senators to unite them in saving the Be-
I publican party in New York from disor
ganization—to help them to save the State
in the coming election—but the Republican
Senators, too many of them, preferred to
stick to the side which controls the patron
age and Mr. Conkling determined that he
would not sit in the Senate and see such
an outrage put upon the party. He is so
ably organized and brilliantly led in New
York Platt agreed with him and they have
resigned. Yes, no donbt they will ap
peal to their party for approval or
disapproval of their course, and any man
who knows anything about the Republi
can party of New York will tell you
that Oonkling and Platt will be endorsed
with a vim.”
Some of the Republican Senators said
they were too much surprised to express
any opinion on the subject.
The Democratic Senators were delighted
at the tuition of the New York Senators.
They made no effort to conceal their grati
fication. Some of them said it would
widen the breach in the Republican party.
As to the of the Democratic side, a
Sar reporter inquired of th 9 Senators who
controlled that side. They will go right ahead
with executive business and will adjourn as
soon as th 6 President has nothing nor them
to do. Rumors of a reorganization of the
committees were pronounced as ground
less and absurd by the Democrats. Their
leaders state that nothing of the kind will
be thought of ; that they will not attempt
to call np the resolution to elect the Senate
officers for the purpose of laying it on the
table ; that they srjjl not do anything with
it hnleßs the Republicans should hying it
•np. This, it can be authoritatively stated,
the Republicans will not do. ' *
Tjjp almost universal opinion, as fay as
expressed, was that Conkling and Platt will
both go before the Legislature fori
re-election; that they will regard their
re-election as a rebuke to the Administra-
tion, as well as an approval of the course
they have taken. Some of the Democrats
spoke of this action as "clap-trap,” saying
that Conkling and Platt know in advance
precisely how the Legislature stands—just
how many votes they can get and that they
are in no danger of losing their seats. Those
who are disposed to criticise to any extent
hold that the “endorsement” of Conkling
and Platt will not count for much, because
they are assured of the result; that if they
would wait and go before the people that
course would be more commendatory. After
the Senate had adjourned, an admirer of
Mr. Conkling expressed the belief that he
will not ask are-election from this Leg
islature, but will go before the people next
Eall and make a fight to elect a Legislature
which (will re-elect him.
The Republicans Agreed to Elect a
Democrat President “Pro Tempore" of
tite Senate.
In the caucus of the Republican Senators
this afternoon, after a short debate, it was
decided, with only four dissenting votes,
that committees, so far as the Republican
members can now control their action, shall
report back all pending nominations forth
with (meaning at to-morrow’s session of the
Senate), with the view to a final disposition
of all executive business in time for ad
journment of the Senate by next Thursday
or Friday at the latest. The necessity of
providing lor the election of a President of
the Senate, pro tempore, before the close of
the session, was also brought to the atten
tion of the caucus, and as the Democrats
now constitute a majority of that body, it
was agreed to notify them that the Repub
licans will consider Senator Harris, of Ten
nessee, as an acceptable choice for the po
sition, and will cheerfully acquiesce in his
election. The resignations of Senators
Conkling and Platt were not discussed or
referred to in the caucus proceedings.
Senator Conkling is stilt in Washington.
Senator Platt left for New York at 2 o’clock
this afternoon.
A Democratic Senator From New York.
New York, May 16.—Rumors are on foot
here • that there will be a union in the
Legislature of the anti-Conkling Repub
licans and the Democrats with a view to
the election of one Senator from each party
to fill the places made vacant by the resig
nations of Senators Conkling and Platt.
The general ‘impression, however, is that
both of tho resigning Senators will be re
elected and thus show a Legislative en
dorsement of the position they have taken.
In the New York Legislature.
Albany, May 16.—Both houses of the Leg
islature were crowded to-day to hear the read
ing of the letter of resignation of Conkling
and Platt. At the conclusion of the reading
the Speaker was obliged to order the floor
cleared, so that busines could be proceed
ed. The “stalwarts” are very reticent and
will not intimate what is to be done. The
anti-Conklingites are in high glee. The
time for holding an ejection to fill the va
cancies will be fixed to-morrow.
PRESS AND PUBLIC.
What the People and the Papers Say-
Prevalent Opinion That the Two Sena
tors Will Be Returned to the Senate-
Conjectures.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
New York, May 16.—The Evening Post
says of the resignation of Messrs. Conkling
and Platt: “To-day, for the first time since
the organization of the Government, the
State of New York is without representa
tiod in the Senate of the United States.
The first comment on this proceeeding is
that it is a genuine surprise. If reports
were less circumstantial it might be re
garded as a not very ingenious invention of
some practical humorist in Washington.
Until the Senators shall vouchsafe an ex
planation of their course there is wide
room for conjecture as to its meaning. It
is hard to conceive of any theory consis
tent with the dignitary and manliness
which are most obvious qualifications of
their high office. If they are seeking an
endorsement of their conduct by the means
of re-election, the experiment is a danger
ous one to make with a Legislature which a
little while ago unanimously approved the
nomination of Robertson.”
The Express says : “This double resig
nation fills the city with excitement, and
speculation is rife. The Senators refuse to
talk. They evidently feel deeply. It has
precipitated a crisis. Conkling - and Platt
of course appeal to the Legislature of New
York, whose ‘primacy’ they have main
tained. Can they be elected ? Some of
their friends say yes—emphatically. Others
hang their heads. The Administration men
say no, but are evidently doubtful and
shaking in their shoes. Conkling’s splen
did audacity in refusing to be crushed in
the coils of the Administration anaoonda,
leaping into the arena and seizing fate by
the foretop, awakens admiration. The odds
are against him. What if the Legislature
should elect Depew and Curtis to the two
vacant places?”
New York, May 16.—Collector Merritt
was found in his office at the Custom House,
and being asked to give his opinion of the
resignation of Messrs. CoDkling and Platt,
said : “The resignations are a great surprise
to me, and I suppose to every one else.”
He was anxious to know the opinion* ex
pressed on the street.
Surrogate Calvin, ou being questioned,
said : “I think it an undignified and puerile
action, which kills the future political life
of those gentlemen, and I base my opinion
on a similar transaction years ago in the
Democratic party. I think their action
eminates from disappointment at their fail
ure to trespass on Executive perogatives.”
Other Judges were seen, but refused to
express an opinion, as they had not heard
that the report was confirmed. The general
opinion prevailing is that for whatever cause
the Senators resigned, they would both be
re-elected to the Senate.
Baltimore, May 16.—Commenting on
the action of the New York Senators, the
American will, to-morrow, say: “If it should
appear that Mr. Conkling has really im
periled his return to the Senate by a Legis
lature which has already endorsed Judge
Robertson, he will receive the credit for the
quixotic proceeding out of which no pos
sible advantage can inure to him. If, on
tbe other hand, as seems more than prob
able, Mr. Conkling has simply set up an
Albany man of straw to replace his Wash
ington man of straw, that the President
howled down long ago, he would be
laughed at without excuse of quixotieism,
and he will justify the conclusion that
there are more angry boys at the capital
than can be found in - the White House or
Cabinet.”
The Gazette will say: “The resignations
of Senators Conkling and Platt is a direct
appeal by those Senators to the Republican
Legislature of the State of New York from
the action of President Garfield in the mat
ter of the appointment of Judge Robert
son.”
The Sun will say : “Whatever deliberate
purpose may underlie the action of Messrs.
Conkling and Platt, it may be safely as
sumed that it has reference solely to a
a game of politics, which the former is just
now engaged in playing. It is simply one
more move upon the political chess board.
It is intended as a ‘check to the President.’
Whether it will prove a checkmate remains
to remains to be seen, and may well be
doubted. As an exhibition of mere pique
and temper, the move would be simply
childish, and would only detract from, not
add to, Mr. Conkling’s reputation for po
litical sagacity and ability. He has good
reason, indeed, to apprehend lest the coun
try at large—the great mass of plain sen
sible people—may take this view, and see
nothing more in it than an undignified ex
plosion of personal anger and disgust.”
WASHINGTON, WILKES.
Live New* Note* From a Neighboring
Georgia Town.
f Correspondence Chronicle and Constitutionalist. ]
Washington, May 16. —Miss Anna Belle
Pope, of Washington City, is visiting Mrs.
Cooper. Other beauties are to arrive. All
the young people have gone fishing and to
the pic-nic, while the old folks remain at
home, and are anxious for their safe return.
The Sunday Schools of Washington
anticipate a union in the woods on the 20th.
The Methodists are about to begin
work on their new church, and there will
soon be a ladies' tea party for its benefit.
The Baptists, who have been without a
pastor for soma time, have called Eev. S.
G. Hillyer, of Forsyth, to assume pastoral
duties'of their chDreh Mr. G. W.
Terry, a popular insurance agent in this
county, representing a number of compa
nies, has promptly paid the insurance on
the property recently destroyed by fire in
the village of Danburg Mr. John T.
Wingfield, Jr., and Major Steven Heard are
contending for the SSO prize offered by a
Philadelphia firm for the largest water
melon grown this season—open, as we un
derstand, to the South No rain this
week; small grain beginning to suffer,
though dry weather is now needed, to clean
the early cotton, which is unusually grassy.
Wilkes ’has shipped over fourteen thou
sand bales of cotton this season, and pur
chased two thousand tons of guano for the
present crop. Wilkes has many thrifty
farmers, who raise, if not aU, the greater
portion of their supplies, yet there are
those in onr midst who still adhere to the
bad policy of planting cotton to the exclu
sion of cereals, and this class are now in a
“comparative condition’ ’ —comscarce, -meat
scarcer, money scarcest. '• J.
Dt*-
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
Nkw York, May 16.—Wm. G. Bishop, ex-
City Clerk of Brooklyn and official steno
gjapher of King’s Oonnty Supreme Court,
. died at his residence this morning from
paralysis. He was bom in Charleston, S.
C., in 1822, and when quite young became
th® official stenographer in Congress, at
which time he was considered on© of the
'test stenographers in the country.
•*Q Lord, ’ ’ prayed a minister, ' ‘keep me
c humble and poor” “O Lord, if thoq wilt.
Keep him humble,” said the deaoon, who
.prayed next, “we will keep him poor.”
why comma resigsed.
HE AND THE ADMINISTRATION CON
, v FLICTED.
And A* tile Administration Failed to
Conkling Threw Up the Sponge
the Whole and Sole Cause—
Platft Hla Aid, Always With Him.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.!
Albany, N. Y., May 16.—The following
is the letter of resignation of Senators
Conkling and Platt :
Washington, D. C., May 16.—Sib—Trans
mitting, as we do, our resignations, respec
tively, of the great trust with which New
York has honored us, it is fit that we ac
quaint you, and through you the Legisla
ture and the people of the State, with the
reason which, in our judgment, makes such
a step respectful and necessary. Some
weeks ago the President sent to the Senate,
in a group, the nominations of several per
sons for publio offices already filled. One
of these offices is the Collectorship of the
Port of New York, now held by Gen. Mer
ritt; another is the Consul-Generalship at
London, now held by Gen. Badeau; another
is the Charge D’Affaires to Denmark, now
held by Mr. Cramer, and another is the
Mission to Switzerland, now held by Mr.
Fish—a son of the former distinguished
Secretary of State. Mr. Fish had, in defer
ence to an ancient practice, placed his posi
tion at the disposal of the new Adminis
tration, but like the other persons named,
he was ready to remain at his post if
permitted to do so. All of these offi
cers, save one'—Mr. Cramer—are citi
zens of New York. It was proposed
to displace them all, not for any alleged
failure or for any alleged need or advantage
of public service, but in order to give the
great office of Collector of the Port of’New
York to Mr. William H. Robertson, as “a re
ward” for certain acts of his said to have
“aided in making the nomination of Mr.
Garfield possible.” The chain of rewards
thus proposed was broken by General
Badeau’s promptly declining to accept the
new place to which he was to be sent. These
nominations summoned every member of
the Senate to say whether he advised such a
transaction. The movement was more than
a surprise. We had been told only a few
hours before that no removals in the N6W
York officers were soon to be made or even
considered, and had been requested to with
hold all papers and suggestions bearing on
the subject which had been sent to us for'
presentation, should occasion arise, until
we had notice from the President of his
readiness to receive them. Hearing that
the Vice-President was equally surprised
and had been equally misled in regard to
Mr. James, the Cabinet officer from our
State, and learned that, though he had
spent"some time with the President on
morning of the day the nominations were
sent in, no disclosure of any intention to
send them had been made to him, and that
he first knew of the matter by hearsay fol
lowing the event. After earnest reflection
and consultation, we believed the proceed
ing unwise and wroDg, whether considered
wholly in relation to the preservation and
integrity of the public service and a public
example to be set, or in relation to its integ
rity of the Republican party. No public
utterance of comment or censure was made
by either of us in the Senate or elsewhere.
On the contrary, wo thought the President
would reconsider an action so sudden and
hasty and wpuld at least adopt less hurtful
and objectionable modes of requiting per
sonal or individual service. In this hope
the following paper was prepared and pre
sented by Mr. James to the President, who
was subsequently informed that you Had
authorized your name to be added also:
‘‘To the President; We beg leave to re
monstrate against the change in the
Collectorship at New York by the removal
of Mr. Merritt and the appointment of Mr.
Robertson. The proposal was wholly a sur
prise. We heard of it only when several
nominations involved in the plan were an
nounced in the Senate. We had only two
days before this been informed from you
that a change in the custom office at New
York was not contemplated, and quite
ignorant of a purpose to take any action
now, we bad no opportunity, until after the
nominations, to make- the suggestions we
now present. We do not believe that the
service will be promoted by removing the
present Collector and putting Mr. Robert
spn in his stead. Our opinion is quite the
reverse, and we believe no political ad
vantage can bo gained for either the Re
publican party or its principles. Believ
ing that no individual has claims or obli
gations which should be liquidated in such
a mode, we earnestly and respectively ask
that the nomination of Mr. Robertson be
withdrawn. [Signedl
Chester A. Arthur,
J. C. Platt,
Thomas L. James,
Roscoe Conkling.”
This paper was presented by Mr. James
on Monday, the 20tb day of March.
Knowing the frequency with 'which every
one of the twenty Presidents of the Re
public, and markedly the present incum
bent, had withdrew nominations on less
serious representations, we did not appre
hend that such a suggestion would be
treated as an intrusion or an invasion of
the prerogative of the nominating power.
Disappointed, immediately the public
press, especially in articles and dispatches
written by those in close and constant as
sociation with the President and with an in
fluential member of his Cabinet, teemed
with violent denunciations of the Senators
from New York for “opposing’ J the Admin
istration” and “dictating” to tho Presi
dent. Persohs who visited the Executive
Mansion reported the President as resent
ful and impatient of hesitation to “advise
and consent” to what he proposed. We
had made, we have made, no assault upon
anybody. We have at all times refused to
answer questions by representatives of the
press, or to make complaint or comment or
denial of many truthless charges against us
by officious champions of the “Administra
tion.” Indeed, beyond confidential con
sultations with brother Senators and offi
cials, we have said nothing until now on
the subject; nor have we, or either of us,
“promoted the deadlock in the Senate”
in order to prevent or influence action
on any nomination; nor have we so
stated. Immediately after the nominations
were announced letters and telegrams
in great numbers came from every part of
the State, from its leading citizens, protest
ing against the proposed changes and con
demning them on many grounds. Several
thousands of the leading mercantile firms of
New York, constituting, we are informed,
the majority of every Board of Trade, sent
us remonstrances. Sixty of the eighty-one
Republican members of the Assembly, by
letter or memorial, made objection. The
State’s Representatives in Congress, the
State officials, business men, professional
men, commercial and industrial and politi
ical associations are among the remon
strants, and they speak from every section
of the State. Besides the nominations
already referred to, there were await
ing action of the Senate several
citizens of New York named for offices
connected with the Courts, District Attor
neys and Marshals. These were rll reap
pointments. Most of them had been origi
nally commissioned by Mr. Hayes. • They
were certified by the Judges of the Courts
and many other eminent persons, who at
tested the faithfulness and the merits of
their services, and recommended their con
tinuance. These were not presented by
us. We have not attempted to “dictate”
nor have we asked the nomination of
one person to any office in the State.
Indeed, with the sole exception of the writ
ten request set forth above, we have never
expressed an opinion to the President in
any case unless questioned in regard to it.
Some days ago the President abruptly with
drew, in one and the same aot, the names
of Gen. Woodford and| Mr. Tenney and of
the two marshals. This unprecedented pro
ceeding, whether permissable by law or not,
was gravely significant. The President had
nominated these officers after they had been
weighed in the balance. Their official records
were before him and had been fully
scrutinized and approved. It must be pre
sumed that he thought the nominations fit
to be made, and that it was his duty to
make them. There is no allegation that he
discovered unfitness in ’the applicants. It
could hardly be that he discovered unfitness
in all of them alike. What, then, was the
meaning and purpose of this peremptory
step ? It was immediately stated, as if by
authority, and seems to be admitted, that
the purpose was to coerce the Senate or Sen
ators to vote as they would not vote if left
free from Executive interference. The design
waS to control Senators touching matters
committed by the Constitution to the Sen
ate, and to the. Senate exclusively, It had
been suggested, in addition, that by recall
ing these nominations and holding them
in his own hands, the President might, in
the event of failure of another nominatioo,
use them to compensate that failure. If it
can be supposed that all thpse public trusts
are to be, or would in any event be, made
personal perquisites, to be handled and dis
posed of, not only to punish the indepen ?-
ence of Senatorial votes or action, but to liqui
date personal obligations of any individual,
however high in station, the conditions are
equally vicious, and degrading, and their
acceptance would’ compel the representa
tives of the States to fling down their oaths
and report for duty at the footstool of the
Executive power. Following tips startling
and surprising Executive act came ominous
avowals that dissent or failure to "ad
vise and consent” would be held an act
of offense, and exposing all Senators
from whatever State, to Executive
displeasure. Thus, we find ourselves
confronted by the question whether we
shall surrender the plain right aqd sworn
duty of Senators, by consenting to what we
believe to ty) yiciouS_ aqd hurtful, or he as
signed to the position of disloyalty to an
Administration which we helped to bring
in and the success of which we earnestly
wished for. Every reason and motive which
can enter into the case, we know no
theory avowed by any party whioh re
quires such submission as is now
exacted. Although patty services may b 6
fairly considered in making Selections
of public officers, ’it can hardly be main
tained that the Senate is boundfto remove,
without cause, incumbents, merely to make
place* for those who anylindividual, even
the President or a member of his Cabinet,
wishes to repay for being recreant to others
oraerviceable to him. Only abont two years
: ago the Senate advised that Gen. Merrit
be appointed Collector at New York. It is
understood that among the Senators who
so advised was Mr. Windom, now Secre
tary of the Treasury, and head of the de
partment whose subordinate Gen. Merrit is.
Another Senator,’knonu to have given this
advice, was Mr. Kfrkwood, now Secretary of
the Interior. It is said that, tike the Post
master-General from onr own
Cabinet officers were not taken into consult
ation touching the removal of Gen. Meritt,
but their sworn and official action as Sen
ators is none the less instructive that the
Secretary of the Treasury and the late Ad
ministration up to its expiration—Jess than
ten weeks ago —‘approved General-
Meritt as an officer, is well known.
It is nowhere suggested that a citizen had
petitioned for his removal or. that any offi
cial delinquency on his part i% the reason
of it. In place of an experienced • officer,
in the midst of his term fixed bylaw, it is
proposed to put a man who has had po
training for the position, and who cannot
be said to have any special fitness for its
offiicial duties.
In the inaugural of President of Garfield
delivered on the 4tb of March, stand these
words : “ The civil' service call never be
placed oa a satisfactory basis until it is
regulated by the law for the good of the
service, for the protection of those who are
entrusted with the appointing power
against the waste of time and obstruc
tion to publio business caused by
the inordinate pressure for place and for.
the protection of fncumbents against in
trigue and wrong. I shall, at the proper
time, ask Congress to fix fhe tenure of minor
officers of the several Executive Depart
ments and prescribe grounds upon which
removals shall be made duritig the terms
for which incumbents have been appointed.”
How good the distinction which would make
the major offices a prey to “intrigue” and
wrong and “shield” minor officials from
tike havoc, and whether the collectorship of
the country should Delong to the exposed or
protected class, need not be decided here.
Assuming General Merritt to be an officer
of average fitness- and honesty, it might be
reasonably argsed that all Senators should
with alacrity advise his displacement by a
man of obvious superiority; possibly it
might be said that all should advise the se
lection in Gen/Merritt’J place of a man
who, without superior fitness, has rendered
his country or even his party conspicuous
• and exalted service. The case in hand does
not belong - to ‘either of these two classes.
The'vaoation of Mr. Robertson of his legis
lative and-profeneional experiences and sur
roundings do not denote superiority in the
qualities, the knowledge, the business
habits and the familiarity with the revenue
laws and system of the United States which
might make him more competent than Gen.
Merritt to collect the vast revenues and ad
minister the vast business pertaining to the
Port of New' York. Certainly he cannot; in
this respect, be held an exception to the
rules of- right and consistency on which
the Constitution and laws have placed the
public service. We know of no personal
or political service rendered by Mr. Robert
son so transcendent that the Collectorship
of New York should be taken in the midst
of a term and given to 'him as a recom
pense. Mr: Robertson is reported by the
New York Tribune to have declared that his
nomination was a “reward”—a “reward”
for his action as a delegate to the National
Convention. If Mr. Robertson, or his ac
tion, was influenced by a sense of duty; if
he voted and acted his honest convictions,
it is difficult to see what claim he has
for any reward, not to speak of suoh
great reward. Abtion, of which an estimate
is thus invited, is soon destined to be this :
Robertson and sixty-nine other men ac
cepted from a State Convention a certain
trust; they sought and accepted the posi
tion of agents or delegates to the National
Convention. The State Crfnvention declared
a plainly stated judgment and policv to be
observed and supported by those it com
missioned. To this declaration all Se
lected . delegates gave implied consent,
but several of them, in addition, made
a more specific personal pledge and
engagement to exert themselves in good
faith throughout to secure the nomination
of General Grant, l’hoy made this pledge
as a means'of obtaining their own appoint
ment as delegates, and they did, as we both
personally know, obtain their seats in the
National Convention upon the faith of their
personal statements of their earnestness
and fidelity. The obligations thus assumed
were understood to involve the integrity as
an obligation of one who receives the
proxy of a stockholder in a corporation- on
the pledge and promise to vote as his prin
cipal would vote. Whether Mr. Robertson
was or was not himself bound, not only
by honor and implication, but by ex
pressly giving his word, becomes quite
immaterial, in view of the claim made for
him. It is insisted that he organized the
vote. “Or, as it'has been sometimes said,’’
he was the leader of the vote. This is to
say that he invited, persuaded and induced
others, whom he knew had given their
word and obtained their seats by doing so,
to violate their word, and betray, not only
the Republicans assembled in State Con
vention, but the Republicans of their Dis
trict as well, who had trusted in their
honor. Whoever counsels and procures
another to do a dishonest or dishonorable
act must share with that other the guilt and
should share the odium justly attaching to it.
We are, therefore, wholly uuable, upon
whatever ground we put it, to see justifica
tion for ourselves, should we beoome parties
to using the public trusts, which belong to
the people, to reqnit such service in such
modes. But the appliances employed to
effect the results set up new standards of
responsibility and- invade, as we believe,
the truths and principles on which the sep
arate and co-ordinate branches of Govern
ment stand. A' Senator has his own re
sponsibility. He is amenable to his State,
and to the body of which he is a me mber
He is bound by his oath to ‘‘advise and
consent’’ on his conscience and judgment,
before God, whatsoever or whoever else
may constrain him. He is to be
exempt from Executive menace or
disfavor on the one hand, or Executive
favor on the other. Longstanding on.or
ders of the House of Commons has been a
declaration that a member shall suffer ex
pulsion who even reports the wishes of the
Executive head of the Government to in
fluence the votes of members. The British
Constitution is not more jealpus than our’s
in this regard. To give advice and honest,
independent advice, as to an appointment
proposed is as much the,right and duty of
a Senator as it is the right or duty of the
President to propose the name—be his ad
vice one way or the other. It is no more an
act of disrespect or treason to the' nominat
ing power than a verdict of a juror or a de
cision of a Judge. The idea that the Senate
is simply to find out what is wanted and
then do it, we cannot believe safe or advi-
and thus far no party has dared or
descended to set Up such a test of party
fidelity or allegiance. In this instance*
such prominence has been given to the sub
ject and such distrust has been expressed
of the correctness qf our positions that we.
think it right and dutiful to submit the mat
ter to the power to Whffih we a/e alone
bound and ever ready to bow. The
Legislature is in session. It is Republican
in majority, and Now -York abounds in sons*
quite as able as we to bear her message and
commission in the Senate of the /United
States. With a profound sense of the- obli
gation we owe, we, with devotion to the
Republican party and its creed of liberty
and right, with reverent attachment to the
great State whose interest and hoDor are
dear to us, we hold itrrlspectful and becom
ing to make room for those who may cor
rect all errors we have made and interpret
aright all duties we have misconceived. We,
therefore, enclose ouf resignations, but
hold fast to the privilege, as citizens and
Republicans, to stand for the constitutional
rights of all men and of all representatives,
whether of State, Nation or people. We
have the honor to be, very respectfully,
your obedient servants, [Signed]
, Rosooe Conkling,
Thomas C. Platt.
To His Excellency Governor Cornell.
TIRED OF LIFE.
Dr. Bellinger, of Barnwell, S. C., Take*
Morphine and Chloral and End* Hi*
Life.
f Correspondence Chronicle and Constitutionalist]
Blackvillr, 8. C., May 16.—Friday, at
noon, Dr. Joe Bellinger, of Barnwell Court
House, tired of this life, went to his room,
telling his sister that he wished to sleep for
a while, and did not wish to be disturbed.
Finally, thinking he had slept enongh, she
went to his room and found him under the
influence of morphine. Doctors were called
in, bnt could do nothing for him. It is
said he had taken 25 grains morphine and
120 grains chloral hydrate. He attempted
his life once before. Dr. Bellinger did not
state his reasons for the rash and fatal act
Cotton is looking well. Wheat and oats
are medium, corn very backward, and labor
is very good. We are needing rain very
badly. Gardens are suffering the most.
H. A-
Money Matter* at the Capital.
(By Telegraph to the Chroniolg.)
Washington, May 16L’—The Treasury De
partment has reoeived notices from holders
of abont eighty-five millions of five per
centa. bonds that they wish to continue
them at per cent. The Secretary is of
the opinion that the two hundred and fifty
millions of registered fives, the amount to
which - the option of continuance was limi
ted, will all be in hand before next wfk.
®2 A YEAR—POSTAGE PAID
' -. AT THE SCENE.
*• A
YESTERDAY’S PROCEEDINGS IN CON
* *■ GKUSS.
Mr. D\wti and Hla R*otution fbi the
Election of Senate Officer*—Robertaon’a
Nomination Reported Favorably JBy
the Committee on Commerce—This and
That at the Capital.’ 1
IflWlllegraph to the Chronicle.)
~ SENATE.
. Washington, May 17.— Mr. Davis,- of
West Virginia, after the reading of tho
journal, inquired ironically of Mr. Dawes
whether he was not now ready to prooeed
. -with the consideration of the resolution for
the election of Senate officers.
Mr. Dawes replied that whatever the ma
jority of the Senate should deoide on, re
garding that resolution, he should bow to.
He would not be found resisting the will of
itself. The Senator from West
Vitgiuift-had beoome, from an accidental
occurrence on the Republican side, ready to
submit to the will of the majority because
he believed that there was a majority on
his side. He (Mr. Dawes) had not a word
to say, but was willing to bow to the will
of the majority for him or against him.
Mr. Davis said that he was glad that the
Senator from Massachusetts was willing to
proceed with the pending business, which
he had been so anxious to go on with dur
ing the past month.
Mr. Dawes regretted that the Senator was
ambitious to expose the ground on which
he stood. One would suppose that when a
United States Senator took a position so in
,consistent, radically, with the fundamental
principle of the Government tHat the ma
jority should not rule, and unless the ma
jority would do as he wanted, ho wduld not
uncover himself to the American people.
He (Mr. Dawes) would remind tho Senator
that the Scriptures spoke not in commend
able terms of men who made themselves
bare to the gaze of an indignant public, ex
posing themselves and their shame. The
Senator had had no higher ground for his
opposition to the resolution than that he
was conscious that the result up to yester
day would bo against him, and now he woke
up to-an alarming and new zeal for the pas
sage of the resolution simply because an ac
cidental majority had yesterday morning
been turned upon him. So far as he
(Dawes) was Concerned, no motion which
the Senator might make in regard to the
resolution would meet with any opposition
beyond the force of his vote.
Mr. Davis, regretted that the Senator
should have referred to the Scriptures to
support him. It did not come from the
right direction. Ho would like to know
how long this “accidental majority” was
going to continue. The Democrats had
had this “accidental majority” three.or
four times. He had asked more in pleas-'
antry than otherwise whether the Senator
from Massachusetts desired to proceed to
the consideration of his resolution. He
(Mr. Davis) had no wish to force it.
Mr. Dawes moved to go into executive
session and deolined to yield to Mr. Burn
side to call up his Inter-Oceanic Canal reso
lution.
Mr. Burnside thereupon said that he
would to-morrow call it up and ask the
Senate to dispose of it one way or another.
The Senate then, at 12:15 o’clock, went into
executive session.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Nominations Confirmed Yesterday.
Washington, May 18.—Wallace H. Rob
ertson’s nomination was confirmed without
roll call. Gen. Merritt’s was also confirm
ed. Gen. Badeau’s nomination .has been*
withdrawn.
The Senate to-day confirmed -the follow
ing Southern nominations : Alex. Boreman,
to be United States District Judge for the
Western District of Louisiana: Mary H. S.
Long, to be Postmistress at Charlottesville,
Virginia.
Nomination* Handed In.
The President sent the following nomina
tions to the Senate to-day : Alex. Boreman,
to be United States District Judge for the
Western District of Louisiana; Ross Wilkin
son, to be United *States Marshal for tho
Eastern District of* Tennessee; Geo. M.
Thomas, to b% United States Attorney for
Kentucky; Admiral Edward'T. Nichols, to
be Chief of the Bufeau of Yards and Docks
in the Navy Department. Postmasters: W.
A. Ellotfr. at Clarksvifle, Texas; Mrs. Grace
G. Cochran, at Anderson Conrt House, 8.
S. H. B. Taliaferro, to bo United States At
torney for the Western District of Louis
iana; James S. Weeks, to be United States
Marshal for the Western District of Louis
iana, and Madison Davis, to be Surveyor of
Customs at Atlanta, Ga.
The following nominations ot Envoys-
Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipoten
tiary were sent to the Senate to-day: Thos.
A. Osborn, of Kansas, to Brazil, vice Hil
liard, recalled; Judson Kilpatrick, of New
Jersey, to Chili, vice Osborn, transferred;
Stephen A. Hurlburt, of Illinois, to Pern,
vice Chriatianoy, recalled. Lewis Wallace,
of Indiana, Minister Resident to Turkey;
Gej. H. Manning, of Tennessee, Minister
resident to Colombia, vice Dickman, re
called; Jeremiah Rusk, qf Wisconsin,
Charge D’Affaires to Paraguay-and Uruguay,
vice Caldwell, recalled; Horace N. Taylor,
of Wisconsin. Consul at Marseilles, vice
Gould, recalled. ,* •
How the Thing Wai Done.
When the nomination of Edwin A. Mer
ritt, to be Consul-General at London, was
called up from the table, in executive ses
sion, this afternoon, it was instantly con
firmed without debate and without any
manifestation of dissent. The confirmation
was effected by “common consent, in the
absence of objection.” The nomination of
W. H. Robertson, as Collector of Customs
at New York city, was then called Up and
confirmed iu precisely the same munner,
■without a demand for a vote of any kind or
’a word of discussion.
A Special Cabinet Meeting.
A special meeting of .thff Cabinet will be
. held to-morrow to decide what shall be done
with the remaining New York nominations.
It iff beliqved that the four names which
Were withdrawn will be again _ „ent to the
Senate. About two hundred nominations
remain to be made, but it is the intention
of the President to send them all to the to
morrow, so that an adjournment sine die
may be had Friday or Saturday.
GEORGIA NOTES.
The crops in Clinch county are in good
condition and promise a fine yield. Corn,
thptlgh smaller than usual, is doing well,
and cotton is not being -injured by lice, as
is usual.
Immigration to county since the
war has simply been immense, and the best
of it is they are home-made right in Hart.
As an extra indueement.they are not taxed
until they have been there twenty-one
years.
Says the. Milled geville Recorder; “Prot.
L. H. Jonfh, of the State University, de
livered a peries of, interesting and instruc
tive lectures before the faculty and students
of M. G. M. A A. College during the past
week..” „
When a neighboring farmer comes to
Carnesvitie, the citizens gather around him
and inquire with much interest after tho
■ blackberry crop, never failing to ask when
the earliest berries will be rips enongh to
commence on.
The Athens Banner says: “Robert Lee
. Lolgstreet having declined the appoint
ment’ to a cadetship at West Point, Hon.
Emory Speer has conferred it upon Mr.
Cornelius DeWitt Wilcox, a son of Prof.
Wilcox, of the State University.”
The Valdosta Times asks “Why can we
not have a cow law? Some of our streets
and side lanes—the nightly resort of cattle
of all sexes—do not present a very credit
able appearance.” Perhaps the City Coun
cil of Augusta: can answer the question.
Rome Bulletin: “The cotton erop in this
and adjoining counties is progressing fine
ly. A few more weeks of such weather as
we have been having, and the crop of ’Bl
will exceed that of ’BO by at least 10,000
bales.
Mr. Frank Hornsby, of Worth county,
killed an eagle measuring 6 feet and 11
inches from tip to tip of wings, a few days
ago. This immense bird had jnst killed a
grown sheep, and was feasting upon it when
shot by Mr. Hornsby. 'Eagles .are getting
to be quite numerous over in Worth, and
their raids upon the sheep are of daily oc
currence.
The Savannah Nevis says: “Captain W.
G. Waller, for the past four years connected
with the editorial staff of the Morning News,
has resigned his position to accept one ten
dered him on the engineer corps of the
Georgia Western Railroad, for which ae fe,
by education and experience, eminently
fittfed, having served it) a similar capacity in
the building of a jejlre&d in Central Ameri
ca, and also in Maryland, with great credit
and satisfaction. Captain Waller is a fine
scholar and genial, clever gentleman.”
Albany News and Advertiser: “For sev
eral Saturdays past the News and Adver-
has counted the number of empty wag
ons that were driven into the city from the
country after ‘supplies,’ and the number
reported from actual count has ranged be
tween 141 and 183. In order to reduce
what these wagons are hauling out weekly,
to figures, we yesterday procured from the
warehouses and those of our merchants who
famish supplies to termers their respective
statements of the amount of com and ha/*m
that they sold for this single day. Here
are the figures in the aggregate:
Com and meal (bushels) 1,813
Baoon (pounds)...,,, 14,560
The price paid for the com and meat (or
rather, the prioe that will be paid for it
Fall, provided enough cotton is made)
was from $1 15 to $1 25 per bushel; for
the bacon, from 12 to 13 cents per pound.
These figures represent one day’s sales
only, and to this might be added several
car loads of Western hay, to say nothing of
the quantity of oats that might also be in
cluded. further comment is unnecessary.”
CROP SBWS.
.
Reports from all parts of Georgia, when
wheat is one of the standard orops. are un
usually flattering. •
Oxford (Ala.) Record: The cotton and corn
prospects are unusually fine in this seotlon
I he standstere ever? where* good.
Stands f oom are reported to be gen*r* t
ally good throughout the oountv. and the
plant is growing finely.— Euiaw Whin.
RomojiTETO., May 15.-the I arm era
in this locality are about done planting
c °rm." '’beat"and oats look nnnsnally welL
The wheat and oat crops in Northern El.
more and Southern Coosa are reported u
being very fine, promising the largest vield
for years.
Gadsden Times: From the beet in forma*
tion that we can gather, there is a larger
area of ootton planted this year than at any
previous year in this section.
, Talladega county (Ala.): The wheat acre
age is much smaller,' but the yield will be
larger than last year in this county. In
two or three weeks the harvest will begin.
A good deal of fain has fallen during the
last two or three days. Farming operations
are in consequence seriously interrupted.
A dry spell is what is wanted now.—Cbiues*
,&us (Miss.) Index, lOtft.
Kain has been falling in this vicinity al
most every day for a week past, and as a
eonsequenoe the grass is growing rapl 'ly
and our farmers are getting behind wit*
their crops.— Okolona Messenger.
Wetumpka Times: The wheat and oat
crops in Northern Elmore and Southern
Coosa are reported as being very fine, prom*
ising the largest yield for years. This is a
good thing, as they are much needed.
The farmers of Pioetucky Best, Perry
county, Ala,, have formed a club and en
tered into a pledge with eaoti other that
they will not go into debt this year for any
thing that can possibly be dispensed with.
Livingston (Ala.) Journal: From several
sections of the county we have hear I of tie
appearance of locnsts in nnnsual Dumber*.
In some places the noise made by them is
said to almost drown an ordinary conversa
tional tone.
Decatur (Ala.) Hews: By inquiry among
the farmers from all sectioas'of the oouoty,
while at Bomervil!e, this week, we learn
that the wheat and oat crops are quite prom
ising, yet but a very small aoreuge ot the
former was'sown.
Raleigh News Observer: Upon uakiDg in
quiry yesterday as to the appearance of the
crops, we were informed that ootton .was
looking particularly well. The stand u
good and the plants are vigorous and growing
finely. Tho oorn crop is also full of promise.
Oapt. Cole, who returned from New Herne
Tuesday, reporta corn and cotton silotig the
road as looking most promising “ good
stand and free from grass and weed.” In
Hale, he says, the prospeots now are much
more favorable than in Greene.— Oreencsboro
Watchman.
Madison county, Alabama: Undoubtedly,
there is a smaller acreage of wheat in Mu*
immediate section than there was last year.
Last year's crop discouraged wheat growing.
Nevertheless, there ure hundreds uf acres
of green fields and the promise at this tims
for a large yield, is most fl ittering. All
grasses and small grains are doing splendid
ly. The past twenty days have completely
redeemed the outlook.
The oat crop'of Stewart county will be •
month later in maturing this year than it
was last.
Pike connty (Ala.) stands of cotton and
corn are reported very good. Several re
port that the peach and apple crops will not
be entire failures in this section. The crop
of oats is now heading, and will make a
good yield. It is unfortunate that the acre
age should .be so small when the demand
for provqnder is so great.
The crops in Coosa county, Ala., aro look
ing fine after the lato Winter. Wheat i*
looking tolerably well, though it has been
injured some by the fty, while the oat crop
is very pjomising. People have never seen
better stands of oorn and ootton. Tbs
prospect for apples and peaches is very
poor in this section. The plutqs arid straw
berries are fine and the darkies are gather
lftg them in quantities
Burbon county, Ala.: Asa gefi'eral
thing the planters ore pretty well np with
their work hereabouts, and are working
hopefully and cheerfully under the present
flattering crop prospects, The only com
plaint we hear of now comes from the oat
patches. Those of them that are heading
out are visited daily by vast numbers,of fie*
birds, that inflict considerable dumage upon
the oats, or rather by eatiDg the green grain
just before it hardens or ripens.
McDuffie Journal: “Corn and ootton in
this seetion have a healthy, vigorous Ap
pearance, and only need proper attention to
grow off nicely. Farmers are done planting
and at£ busy working out their orops. Oats
that were sown in the latter part of last
Summer or the early part of the Fall are fine,
and only need a rain to make them about
as good as the land will produoe. Wheat
and oats that were sown late, are needing
rain very much, and unless we have it in a
few days will berinjured materially.”
Walton County Videtle : "The wheat crop
reports continue very flattering., We nn
ilefstand' that Mr. A. M.. Camp, ot this
county* hqs a field which was in bloom *
week ago, and; if no disaster happens-to it,
be expects a yield of thirty bnsbela per
acre. If anybody can beat this let flim step,
to the front. The prospects fur good peach,
apple and chefry craps are good, despite
the late cold. Of course' these luxuries will
be less ahundant, but' they will bs all the
better for it.”
Pointe Coupee, (La.) Banner: farm and,
plantation work is now progressing vigor
ously all over the parish, and there are but
few complaints in regard to the laborers ;
nearly all of them seem to bp working with
plenty ol good will and energy. Cotton
planting is about finished and all are now
engaged in scraping and moulding ootton;
hilling corn and cleaning out the can*
fields. So far, the prospeots for a ootton
and corn crop are very good, and the can*
prospects are improving slightly.”
Hale county, Ala.: Uhou.h there is som*
complaint of bad stands of cotton, ecoa
sioned by-defective seed, the crop report*
from different parts of Hale are quite favor
able-corn and ootton growing off well,
and planters laboring vigorously to get their
crops clean and cotton to a stand. Two
more weeks of favorable weather would en
able planters to get their crope in floe con
dition.' The oat crop is likely to turn out a
fair one, exoept where the )aDd is quit*
thin and there has been a deficiency ol rain.
* 'Lowndes county, Alabama : E ery
body is through planting and cotton chop
ping, id monopolizing the aiteotiou -of
farmers. Stands qf both oorn and cotton
are miserable iff some parts of the country
and exceedingly fine in others ; the average
though, is good. Grass is about to get the
best of everything. Farmers very wisely
planted a larger acreage in corn this year
than last. At least a third more has been
put in than last year. We notice million*
of locnsts all over this seotion of the coun
try. They eat the leaves of trees, gras*.
Ac., bat have not bothered the orop* as yet.
PLENTY OF JHOftltY.
Cheap Loans On Good Hnr.rltiea ia the
New Yoik Market.
New roBK, May 16 The looal money
market steadily gravitated toward greater
ease the week through. There brdiy was
a moment when the rate for call loans tp
oeeded 4 per cent., and therabge every and y
was 3a4 per oent. to atook brokers, and 2&4
per Cent, with G A vera merits aa collateral.
Daring the week the Assay Office paid its
checks for $316,887 for deposited foreign
gold, and at the close of business Friday
night owed on such deposits only $13,000.
The foreigtf exchanges have steadily hard,
ened, until actnal business is done at
$4 85% and $4 87%a4 88 reepectively for
long and short tight sterling, which rate*
are the equivalents of % per ict-nt. pre*
mium. There fg 'some expectation that
shipments of gold may be made at an early
day—a further advance of % oent for atari,
ins exchange would make them profitable
—but if it occurs the movement is not likely
to reach important dimensions, and will
hardly absorb the gold whioh the Treasury
will be prepared to pay out for called bonds.
So there is little or no reason to fear any
disturbance of the banks' present large re
serves until next Autumn. The domestic
exchanges have changed little, if any ; rul.
ing at all points, except at the Emu, favor*
able to a movement of funds to tbia centre
if any necessity for such a movement should
arise.
———,
‘ TIME FOR A HALTk
No More Removals of RepwbllCkas to
Make. Placet for ReaOjaaters.
Washington, May 14.—The removal of
Republicans from email po-t offices in Vir
ginia and putting in Readjustee has made
considerable stir in that (State. More Vir
ginia Republicans have been protesting to
the'President against the Republicans be
ing turned ont of office, and it is now an*
nouvced that a halt has been called ; that
the President wants the Republican organi
zation of Virginia maintained, and in all tta
strength, and benoe after that Uspubuoan
postmasters will remain in office. *
New Orleans Grata Barges,
[lntervitvc in St. Louis Dsmooral. j
“How are the new barge lines progress
ing ?•
“They are doing excellently well, bnt
there is one idea that seems to be overlooked
in this matter, and that is the question of
retnra freights. Let me illustrate: lhe
barges are now carrying freight from St.
Louis to New Orleans for six and seven
cents, and the freights South will soon be
reduced to three cents. Now these bargee
mu3t be returned at the earliest possible
moment, and all they can make on the re
turn trip is so much gain. Therefore they
are carrying freight from New Orleans to
Bt. Lonis for ten cents a hundred. Just
£j nk ° f T s° present cutting rate
from the East to St. Louis is twenty.five
cents. How much cheaper it would be for
the merchants of youkoity to import through
New Orleans instead of New Xo*h end RaU
timore.”