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ADDRESS all comninm<ntion» tn
WALSH A WRIGHT,
OhBOXICLI * C’OXSTITUTIONAUHT,
Augusta, Ga.
STATE IMCMOI'KITH’ TICKET.
gOK GOVKHNOII.
A. H. BTEPHENt*, or Taliafxbbo.
FOR g Kl'll ICT AICV OF STATE.
N. C. BARNETT, or Baldwin.
FOR COWFTROI.I.KR-GENERAL,
WM. A. WRIGHT, or Richmond.
FOR TREASURER,
D. N. SPEER, of Troup.
for attoßNev-geseral,
CLIFFORD ANDERSON, or Bibb.
for CONGRESSMAN-AT-LARGE,
THOMASJH ARDF.MAN^ju'Bibb.
EDITORIAL NOTE*.
Thebe may be too much rain.
liOoan snetained the veto, bnt was glad
that it did not hold water.
Dan Oilman says Mr. Stephens voted
against the veto in a very loud voice.
Recalcitrant Bacon wen ahould remem
ber that lukewarmness ia worse than infi
delity.
Robeson and Kbifeb ought to be Repub
lican nominees for President and Vice-Presi
dent in 1884.
North and South bridge the chasm on
the River and Harbor bill. The Herald
thinks this ominons.
'‘They’ll never get the necessary two
thirds to pass the bill.”— Sam Cox. But
they did though, Sammy.
Newspaper editors who congratulated
Arthur on his veto are howling at the swift
and retributive turn of the tide.
Pledger is not so dangerous as Lono
htkeet. The one can make Republicanism
in Georgians respectable as the other.
»J -
If there be any genuine desire to effect
civil service reform, an adoption of the Con
federate Constitution would bring it about.
Sam Cox capered abont and danced the
can-can in joy over the veto. He had no
doubt to seek col 1 tea comfort a little later.
Dr. Felton may blow kisses to Mr. Steph
ens, but they will be declined with thanks,
the more bo as each qjetonded kiss conceals
a dagger of offense. ,
A smile pinch of powdered alnm placed
in a bucketful of muddy rivfir water will
soon transform it to liquid crystal. Try it
and save piofanity.
Southern Democrats in Congress who
voted to over-ride the veto will not be harmed
by denunciations of Jay Gould papers and
New York Shylocks.
Mabcbllus Thornton’s alter ego eays Mr.
Sxvphens’ name was hanled down ‘‘in
a conditional sort of way." Was it pnt
back again in a Pickwickian sense?
SixTY-rtVK Republicans and 57 Demo
crats, in the House, voted to over-ride the
veto : in the Senate, the vote stood for the
bill 18 Republicans and 23 Democrats.
The Democrats were defeated for being
wcßfiomieal in expenditure. The Republi
can* are being threatened with defeat for
being /•xtravagant. Queer country this ’
Cor- Steuben R. Pboctor, Gen. Beau re
gard's brother-in-law, committed suicide
because he bad tost two children and was
poor. Poor man ! He ahould have taken a
lesson from Senator Hill.
It turns out now that the massacre at
Alexandria was rather of Arabs than Euro
peans. The reported casualties are 1,140
of the former and only 210 of the latter.
"The dog it was that died.”
The New York Times over-rid
ing of the veto will damage Republican
praspecta, bnt desires the defeat of
-men of all parties who voted for it. Well,
the Times must be ready to eat crow, that’s
•IL ~
Gen. Chalmers has sounded, in recent
speeches, the towoat depth of political base
ness. The Democrats of the 46th Con
gress lost a grand opportunity when they
did not tick him out. Lynch is a better
man.
Jn spite of high prices of provisions, rent,
«tc., there has been, during the last six
months', an increase of eight millions of
dollars in the savings banks deposits of New
"York city. Why do not Southern working-
■ten save like that ?
ll
Thoxntcn's paper says the Republicans in '
Washington are disgusted with the Long- ; ,
sTatET-Ptxnota squabble. As neither a (
white man nor a negro can vote in Wash- ,
because of the monstrosity of uni
veraal snffraae. the disgust need not last
long, .at Washington.
Thk whtue and colored Republican office
holders in GeoTJi® cannot make their party ;
respectable. LosC'stbkkt A Co. want to run
the machine in Atlanta as Kellogg used to ,
run it in New (Meats. Preserve your own
respectability, General, erid don't “bite
more than you can chaw.’’
Tux Charleston jyncs and Conner point* ev
altingly to the tact that the South Carolina Re
publicans gerrymandered the State when ttey
-were in power. As thqnjh two wrongs ever
made a right.— Hartford Cowant.
You did not complain when the Kepubli- |
can gerrymander outlawed white men, Gen. I
Hawlzt.
LoitoATBXKT A Co profess to be working !
■tor the respectability of the Republican ;
party in Georgia. That is all bosh. They i
are working *o keep the Government pap i
Mighty little pap would come to the Be- j
publican party in Georgia or the Union if it I
were not for the negro vote that Lmigstbkkt j
A Co. want to boas and bulldoze for their ,
own benefit
Ths North Georgia G&rn cleverly formu
lates a proposition that the JZJuokiclz has
been insisting on for years. It says : “The
fact of the whole business is, there are but
two parties at the South—the Democratic
party and the Radical party. There can be
no middle ground between these two par
ties, and he who opposes the Democracy is
a Radical sympathizer-and that’s the
whole of it.” ________
Tek farmers, the mechanics, the laborers,
and the plain people, as Mr. Lincoln called
them, who pay the great body of the taxes
by the sweat of lheir brows, have cried
aloud for relief; and they have cried in vain.
—A’. K Nun. Well, why don’t they stop
squalling and combine to secure justice? A
handful of professional men boss the "plain
people” by superior energy and loquacity.
God helps those who help themselves.
I VETO GF THE RIVER AND HARBOR
BILL.
i When Senator Morrill rose in his place
1 and offered an amendment to the River and
Harbor bill, directing that the President
should use his discretion in expending but
fifty per cent, of the enormous sum ap
proved by both Houses of Congress, he put
forth a storm signal that onght to have
warned his hearers of the wrath to come.
When he was joined by Senator Shebman in
predicting a veto in case of refusal to en
tertain such an amendment, there should
have been a judicious pause in the proceed
ings. By an overwhelming vote, the Mob
bill amendment was defeated, and now
comes an Executive veto as the old <
Vermonter forecasted. There will be
anger and execration abont equally di
vided between both parties; but Senator
Morgan, of Alabama, and Representative
Cox, of New York, backed by Mr. Dana’s
Sn, will rejoice at a message from Mr.
Arthur that simply rehashes what they
more elaborately pnt forth in set speeches.
The President's professed reverence for the
Constitution of the Republic, if serious,
would seem to demonstrate that that long
neglected and much abused instrument
still survives and has the respect of a Re
publican Executive. The veto, however,
would have more weight if just as good an
argument could not be made on the other
side, and if the long record of the Republi
can party’s utter contempt for the Consti
tution, on many memorable occasions,
could be forgotten. We apprehend that
Mr. Arthub has simply made use of the
Constitution as a mere pretext to subserve
certain political ends. He probably thought
it would be popular to do as he did, the
more so as he left a saving clause whereby
his approval conld be still obtained by the
enactment of the Mobbill proviso or some
thing of the same character of legislation.
The River and Harbor bill is not near so
mischievous as the Pension bill which went
through both Houses unchallenged and
was signed by the President without hesi
tation. We do not object to this ; but sauce
for the goose has not been sauce for the
gander. Economy has not begun at
the right end. If objectionable fea
tures in the River and Harbor bill are to
kill it at the White House, the monstrous
frauds of the Pension Arrears bill should
slay it on the same principle. When we
come to think of it, the sum of twenty mil
lion dollars, recommended by Government
engineers and expended under Government
supervision, is not too great an outlay for
this vast country and its fifty millions of
people. It is true that some of this money
is frittered away on local streams of little
importance, but this, though an uncanny
necessity, is nothing when weighed in the
balance against the utility of the whole ap
propriation. Absolutely pure and proper
legislation, under existing circumstances, is
not procurable, and,outside a few public men
and cackling newspapers, we believe that
the majority of the people approve liberal
expenditures for the internal commerce of
the Republic. There is no sound reason
why the important improvements should be
injured simply because a comparatively few
worthless objects have recognition in the
bill.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press, an enlightened
Republican paper, shows where the present
unpopularity .of this measure arises. It
says :
The bill is unpopnlar only with the railroads,
whose transportation monopoly it threatens,
and the eastern seaboard cities built up on rail
road traffic with the interior. The improve
ment of the Mississippi is unpopular in New
York and New England, because it opens a
shorter and cheaper route to the ocean for the
freight now carried by rail half way across the
continent to pay tribute to New York, Philadel
phia and Boston. The opposition of Secreta
ries Folgeb, Fbklinghuysen and Chandler
and the New York city statesmen from whom
the President takes advice, is intelligible enough.
Messrs. Vanderbilt, Gould, Roberts and Gab
bett would probably be found opposed to the
bill, if their opinion were asked. The bill is
unquestionably unpopular with the railway mo
nopoly magnates and with the commercial in
terests interwoven with them, bnt it is the very
bread of life to the farmers, manufacturers and
traders of the great interior of the country, to
whom it holds out the promise of cheap trans
portation and ready and competing markets, by
opening to them the natural channels of trans
portation leading from their farms and factories
to the ocean. There is no measure before Con
gress, which is in the main so earnestly ap
proved by the majority of the people of the
country, and whose defeat would be so widely
and deeply deplored.
The President, as an Eastern man, may have
been too easily persuaded by Eastern inter
ests, as above graphically outlined. He may
find that the West does not regard his veto
with a favorable eye, and that the South
has reason to suppose that the generous
proportion allowed her in the bill bad more
to do with the failure to sign it thin any
Constitutional impediment.
We presume that some compromise will
be reached ; bnt this is not certain. All de
pends upon the temper of Congressmen,
which is not at the best just now. As this
is not a regular appropriation bill, it has
no fiscal year limitations. It can go over
very well until December. Great changes
may take place in November at the
Congressional elections. The Preeident
probably has become alarmed at the
chargee of extravagance made against
his party, and then takes a "Cheap
John” method of saving at the spigot what
has been lost at the bung. If his devotion
to the Constitution is a sign of returning
reason in Republican ranks, we may con
sider the loss of a few millions a welcome
exchange for such tardy conscientiousness,
however debatable. It his appeal to the
charter of liberty ia one of the convenient
shams of necessity, like a Satanic quoting of
the Bible, the veto will prove a boomerang.
We await events, and so must Mr. Arthub.
P. S.— Since writing the above the House
has rebuked the President swiftly by pass
ing the bill over his veto and the Senate
has been equally prompt and emphatic.
HORATIO BISBEE'S TRUE INWARD-
■ EM.
Mr. Horatio Bisbee, a chronic contestant
for Congressional honors, now holding Gen.
Finley’S seat by the arbitrary action of a
combination of Republicans and Greenback
ers, is, in all likelihood, not even a citizen
of the State he represents. The Florida
Union shows that he is registered in a New
York cjty Directory as a resident, and at
Jacksonville, Fla-, as a lawyer, but not a .
resident. His home is in New York. His
! business is in Jacksonville, merely for the
’ purpose of running for Congress which
: has been more or less profitable. The
' Union further states that not a member of
his family, except himself, has been in
Florida for several years. And yet
this is the kind of representative a rabble
of negroes can force upon a Southern State I
Jt is likewise the kind of fraud Greenback
ers. Independents and Liberals -Radicals
all in disguise - conspire to aid and com
fort for the purpose of securing a Republi
' lican ascendancy not otherwise possible. If
I the people of Georgia are disposed to per
-1 petaate rotten Radicalism in this country,
: such as permits political preferment of a
; fraud like Bisbee, they can encourage that
. monstrosity by voting for men outside the
I regular organization who are only doing
, Robwsoh's and Keim's and Arthur's work
■ under false pretences of reform.
Is a recent speech, Hawkins, the Repub
lican candidate for Governor ot Tennessee,
said :
Thia country has been drenched in blood
once to secure the freedom of the negro and if
necessary will be drenched in blood again to
secure him a free vote and a fair count.
Well Senator Jones, of Nevada, is of a,
different opinion. We wager something
that not a drop of Hawkins’ blood will bq
lost voluntarily in that cause.
Tux Macon Telegraph names the follow
ing first-class men as worthy of Senatorial
honors. J. C. O. Black, N. J. Hammond.
Martin J. Cbawfobd, Sam Hall, ex-Gov.
i Smith, A. R. Lawton, Acocstvb Reese, A.
i O. Bacon, Judge Lawton, Wk. E. Smith,
Judge McCutchen, W. P. Price Judge
> Hassell, John D. Stbwabt, Bkn Tancst
l and Judge Jackson. Well, one of the lot
i may be struck by Senatorial lightning, if
. the people so will it. OoL A. R. Lamar
might be added to the list.
OUTVOTING ARTHUR.
OVERRULING HIS VETO OF THE
RIVER ANO HARBOR BILL.
Bath House* of Congress Determine
That The River and Harbor BIU Khali
Become a Law, The Object lons of The
President to the Contrary Notwith
standing—Tbe Vote on the Question.
'(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
SENATE.
Washington, August 2.—Mr. George in
j trod need a bill appropriating 9200,000 to
be expended under the direction of the
Mississippi River Commission in the pres
ervation and improvement of the harbor of
| Vicksburg. He explained that the Missis
• sippi river was daily receding from the city
westward, and in view of the urgency of
the case, urged that the bill be reported
back either favorably or unfavorably, net
later than to-morrow. The bill went to the
Commerce Committee.
Mr. Morgan called up his resolution for
the appointment of a select committee of
five, to consist of the Chairman of the Mili
tary and Naval Committees, and three other
members of these committees to be appoint
ed by the Chair, to consider the subject
of a heavy ordinance and projectiles for the
armament of the navy and sea coast de
fences, the committee to sit during the va
cation, to send for persons and papers and
to report at the next session. Adopted
without debate. Consideration of the
Sundry Civil bill was then resumed.
At 1:55 a message was received from the
House informing the Senate of the action
of that body in passing the River and Har
bor bill over the President's veto. The
pending business was suspended and the
veto message was read. A vote was unani
mously taken upon the question "shall the
bill pass, the objection of the President to
contrary notwithstanding.”
The following is the vote in detail : Yeas
—Aldrich, Allison, Anthony, Brown, But
ler, Call, Camden, Cameron of Wisconsin,
Cockrell, Coke, Conger, Davis of West Vir
ginia, Dawes, Farley, Ferry, George, Gor
man, Grover, Hampton, Hoar, Jackson,
Jonas of Louisiana, Jones of Florida, Jones
of Nevada, Kellogg, McDill, McMillan,
Maxey, Miller pf California, Miller of New
York, Pugh, Ranson, Saunders, Sawyer,
Sherman, Slater, Vest, Voorhees, Walker,
Williams and Windom-41.
Nays—Bayard, Blair, Cameron of Penn
sylvania, Davis of Illinois, Fryq, Hale, Har
rison, Hawley, Ingalls, Logan, Morrill,
Pendleton, Platt, Rollins, Saulsbury and
Van Wyck—l6.
Chilcott, Harris, Plumb, Lapham and Beck,
who announced they would have voted no,
were paired with Groome, Johnston, Fair,
Lamar and Hill of Georgia, respectively,
who were absent. Garland, in the affirma
tive, was paired with Edmunds in the neg
ative, and both were absent. Vance, who
would have voted aye, was paired with
Mitchell, absent. Sewell was also paired.
After the vote was announced, Mr. Lapham,
who had responded iq the negative, ex
plained that he had overlooked the fact that
he was paired, and withdrew his vote, and
Messrs. Van Wycke, Pendleton and Sauls
bury, whose responses had not been re
corded, voted in the negative. This made
the result as above stated.
The Spndry Civil bill was again taken up.
Mr. Hoar, from the Library Committee,
reported an appropriation of $35,000 for the
purchase of the manuscript papers of Ben
jamin Franklin and the books, etc., of the
Franklin collection, belonging to Henry
Stevens, of London. Ho spoke ot the papers
as an interesting contribution to the diplo
matic and naval history of the Revolution,
and as properly a part of the archives of
our Government. Among them was a peti
tion to the King, signed by all the signers
of the Declaration of Independence, which
was sent to Dr. Franklin, then Agent of
Pennsylvania, to be presented in 1774, and
which the King refused to receive. The
item was agreed to.
Mr. Voorhees, from the same committee,
reported an item of $20,000 for the pur
chase of the original letters, letter books
and military maps of Count Deßooham
beau, dated from 1780 to 1794. He stated
these included one hundred and fifty-two
letters from Washington, written during
the period m which the Count commanded
the French troops co-operating with the
Americans in the revolntion; that they re
lated to the conduct of the war and that
very few of them had been published. The
item was agreed to.
The Appropriation Committee reported
an item appropriating $200,000 to meet
the extra expenditure made necessary by a
bill recently passed reorganizing the letter
carrier system providing for promotions
from the SBOO to SI,OOO grade, etc. He
had read at the Clerk’s desk Department
communications, showing the estimated
coat of the change to $280,000. Agreed to.
Mr. Hoar offered an amendment empow
ering the Governor of Utah Territory to ap
point officers to fill the vacancies in the Ter
ritory caused by the failure to elect succes
sors to the present incumbents. He had
read communicatioile from judges of the
Territory, setting forth that the registration
officers, having been vacated under the Ed
munds law, no registration had been made
this year, and, consequently the elections
fixed for the present month could not be
held. Trouble was apprehended from this
failure to elect, especially as many of the
present incumbents are understood to be
polygamists and disqualified from holding
office by the Edmunds’ law. The amend
ment prevailed without objection.
Mr. Butler offered and advocated an
amendment establishing a coaling dock and
naval storehouse at Port Roval, South Caro
lina, and appropriating $30,000 therefor.
Adopted.
Mr. Jones, of Florda, moved an appropri
ation of $60,000 for completing the four
sections of the dry dock at Pensacola Navy
Yard. Agreed to—yeas, 25; nays, 21.
On motion ot Mr. Brown, an item was
inserted to facilitate the lighting of the Sa
vannah river from the bar at Tybee to Sa
vannah.
Mr. Hawley advocated an increase of
$60,000 in the item for the Signal Seivioe,
making {310,000. He said a smaller snm
was predicated npon two daily weather ob
servations instead of three, as heretofore,
and that the latter nnmber was essential to
the efficiency of the Bureau. The office) aof
the service believed that its usefulness
would be impaired if the additional snm
was not voted. Agreed to.
Mr. Anthony moved to insert in the item
to pay for the printing of debates and pro
ceedings in the Congressional Record the
words, “as actually delivered, and nothing
else.” He said his object was to stop the
practice of publishing in ,the Record
speeches that were never made, and spoke
of the extent to which this abuse had been
carried. Agreed to.
A large number of proposed amendments
were ruled out upon points of order, the
celerity with which they were disposed of
causing some amusement. Upon the bi 11
being reported to the Senate, all the amend
ments were concurred in withjthw exception
of those upon which special votes were
reserved.
Mr. Hoar’s amendment authorizing the
appointment of Utah officials by the Gov
ernor of that Territory was amended, on
motion of Mr. Brown, so as to limit the
tenure of the appointees to eight months.
The bill then passed and the Senate at
8:30, p m , adjourned.
HOfSE. '
On motion of Mr. Robeson, of New Jer
sey, the House insisted on its disagreement
to the Senate amendments to the Naval Ap
propriation bill. The request of the Sen
ate for a conference was agreed to and
Messrs. Robeson, of New Jersey: Ketch
man, of New York, and Atkins, of* Tennes
see, were appointed conferees on the part
of the House.
Mr. Page, of California under unanimous
instructions from the Committe on Com
merce moved to take up the River and
Harbor bill and pass it notwithstanding
the President’s objections thereto. On
ordering Jhe previous question on the
Sassage of the bill over the veto, the vote
y fiirieion, stood 121 to 8. Mr. Browne,
of Indiana, raised a point of no quorum.
The vote by tellers stood 137 to 19. So
tjje previous question was ordered. The
House then proceeded to vote on the
passage of the bill. The following was the
vetoe in detail:
Teas - Atkins, Barbour, Bayne, Bing
ham, Blackburp, Blapehard, Bliss, Bow
man, Brewster, Bnpk, Rucker, Bur
rows of Michigan, Butterworth, Cabell,
Galkins, Candler, Cannon, Carpenter, |
CTapman, Clements, Crapo, Cravens, j
Culberson, Cullen Davis of Illinois,
Dawes, Demotte, Deuster. Dibrell, Dunn,
Dunnell, Ellis. Errptt, Evans. Farwell
of lowa, Ford, Forrey, Fulkerson,
Garrison, George. Gibson, Guenther, Quu-
Hammond, Harmer. Harris of Massa
chusetts, Harris of New Jersey, Hazletine,
Hatch Hazelton, Henderson, Hepburn,
Herndon, Hoblitzell, Hoge, Horr, House,
Hubbell, Jones of Texas, Jones of Arkansas,
Kenner, King, Latham, Lewis, Lord, Lincb,
Macker Manning, McClure, MaCaid,
McLsne, McMillan, Mills, Oates, O’Neill,
Page, Parker, Payson, Pierce, Phelps,
pound Reagan. Bice of Ohio, Rice of Mis
souri. Rice of Masaacbusetis, Rich, Richard
son of New York. Ritchie, Robertson, Ro
beson. Bosecrans, Ross, Shallenberger.
Sherwin, Simonton, Singleton. Smalls.
Hmwldirw Spear, Spooner, Stephens, Stone,
Strait, Talbott, Taylor, Townsend of Ohio,
Tucker, Upson. Urn er, Yanes, ranparm.
Van Horn, Wait, Ward, Washburn, Webber,
Wellborn, White, Williams of Wisconsin,
WilManxs of Alabama, Wilson and Wise of
l Nays Anderson, Belmont, Blount,
Briggs. Browne, Brumm, Buchanan. Cald
well, Campbell, Oolerick, Converse, Cox of
New York, Deering, Dingley Ermentraut,
Fisher, Godshalk, Hammond of Georgia,
Hardy. Haskell. Hewitt of New York, Hill,
Hiacock, Holman, Hutchins, Jacoba, Jad
win, Kasaan. Ketchum, Klotz, Leedom. Le
Fevre, McKinley, Miller, Mutchler, Nor
cross, Peelle, Baudall, Bay, Reed, Rober
son of Msereohnsette, Robinson of Ohio,
Robinson of New York, Ryan, Scales, Smith
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 9, 1882.
of Pennsylvania, Springer, Stocklager,
Townshend of Illinois, Turner of Kentucky,
Turner of Georgia, Tyler, Updegraff of
lowa, Updegraff of Ohio, Warner, Whit
thorne, Willis, Willitta and Young—s 9.
The following members were paired:
Atherton Aldrich, Armfield, Barr, Bland,
Bragg, Beach, Beltzhoover, Cassidy, Cov
ington, Curtin, Carlisle, Cobb, Clark, Clar
dy, Cutte, Chaco, Cornell, Davidson, Dar
rall, Deeendorf, Dowd, Dwight, Frost, Far
well of Illinois, Geddes, Holman, Hum
phrey, Hall, Hubba, Hauk, Herbert, Har
denburgb, Hewitt of Alabama, Hooker,
Jones of New Jersey, Kelley, Knoth
Lindsay, Lacey, Ladd, Miles,
Moore, Morrison, Mason, Moulton, Morse,
Morey, Money, Muldrow, Murch, Martin,
Nolan, Neil, Orth. Pettibone, Prescott, Pa
checo, Russell, Richardson of South Caro
lina, Scranton, Smith of Illinois, Shackel
ford, Sparks, Steele, Singleton of Illinois,
Scoville, Schultze, Thompson of lowa,
Thompson of Kentucky, Thomas, Wise of
Pennsylvania, and B. Wood of New York.
The announcement of pairs by the Clerk
was accompanied by no statement as to the
way in which the paired members would
have voted, but it was stated on the floor
that McCook, Morey, Prescott and Cassidy
would have voted in the negative, and that
Pacheco, Thomas, Russell, Frost, Martin,
Covington, Muldrow, Hooker and Money
would have voted in the affirmative.
The Committee on Pensions, Bounty and
Back Pay reported a bill granting a pension
of $37 a month to soldiers who lost an arm
at the shoulder. Passed.
The Committee on Ways and Means re
ported a bill providing that claims for re
demption of two cent documentary stamps
may be allowed by the Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue. Passed.
The Speaker called on committees for re
ports, but no measures of the slightest
public importance were reported. The
House, after transacting some miscellaneous
unimportant business, at 3:40 o'clock, ad
journed.
SENATE.
Washington, August 3.—The Senate, soon
after 2 o’clock, voted to take up the Tax
Reduction bill, bnt Mr. Morrill, who was
in charge of the measure, yielded the floor
for action on the hili to prevent pleuro
pneumonia in cattle. This bill was Anally
postponed without action, and the conferees
on the Legislative, Executive and Judicial
Appropriation bill reported an agreement.
The report was adopted.
The Tax Reduction bill was finally pro
ceeded with, and Mr. Morrill submitted a
proposition to the Democratic side that the
bill be passed as it comes from the House,
with the Senate amendments extending the
time at which the reductions shall take ef
fect, and the amendments reducing the tax
on snuff and tobacco from 16 cents to 12
cents per pound, and allowing rebate. The
time which remained of the session would
not permit deliberate consideration of the
numerous amendments which had been
and were yet to be offered by the opposite
side, and which they had declared their in
tention to discuss without limit. He hoped
that this course would be abandoned and
the proposition he now made accepted.
Mr. Bayard explained that his associates
and himself were not prepared to accept the
proposition. He reviewed the history of the
measure, showing that its proportions had
gradually developed till finally it came from
the Senate Republican caucus with import
ant changes. Some of its reductions were
only ostensible, not real, particularly that
in regard to hoop iron and cotton ties. It
was questionable whether there was really a
reduction in sugar duties. Tisese caucus
measures pf the other side would not be ac
cepted without the freest right to debate
and amend them. The readjustment of the
burdens of the tariff were admitted to be
out of date. Unequal, unreasonable and
full of errors was the most Important ques
tion before the country, and the other side
now proposed to abandon the work of their
own connoils, to let the tariff go and take up
this little shameful apology of a bill.
A long discussion followed between
Messrs. Vance, Beck, Hoar and Sherman.
The matter then went over without action
and the Senate passed a joint resolution of
the House providing temporarily for the
expenditure of the Government.
The House adjournment resolution was
laid on the table for future action The
Senate at 5:30 o'clock went into executive
session, and at 6:30 o’clock adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr. Hiscock, of. New York, Chairman of
the Committee on Appropriations, reported
back the "Anderson” adjournment resolu
tion, with an amendment providing for a
final adjournment at noon, of Saturday
next. This led to an animated and inte r
esting discussion, which frequently gave
rise to much merriment, and which claimed
the attention of the members, who crowded
the principal disputants and encouraged
them with applause. The resolution, as
amended, was adopted without a division.
A number of bills of minor importance
were passed, but none of National interest
were touched.
Throughout the afternoon there were
many indications that the end of the ses
sion was approaching. The committees,
when called, presented no measures of im
portance, and there was no disposition in
dicated to proceed with the business on
any of the calendars or on the Speaker’s
table. The space in front of the Speaker’s
desk was occupied by members, waving
favorite measures and endeavoring to catch
the eye of the Speaker. Many were un
successful and the more fortunate ones
were but little better off, for objection was
raised to almost every proposition. After a
couple of hours had been consumed in
efforts to pass measures by unanimous con
sent, the House, at 3:15 adjourned.
INGERSOLL’S BLUNDER,
The Defenee’e Serious Mistake nt Putting
Buell On the stand.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
Washington, August 3.—The proceed
ings in the Star Route trials, to-day, were
dull compared with those of yesterday.
Congressmen Page and Berry, of California,
testified to having frequently urged upon
the Post Office Department an extension
and expedition of the Star services in their
State. A number of private official letter
books of the Postal Department were called
for by the defense, but the Department
could not produce them.
The Star, this evening, publishes the fol
lowing : “There appeared to be a general
impression about the Court House, to-day,
that the defense had made a serious mistake
in putting Buell on the stand, for the dis
closures he made under Mr. Merrick’s
searching cross-examination were quite as
damaging as Walsh’s unoontradicted testi
mony. The matter has, it is understood,
caused much discord among the defend
ants and their counsel, who accuse
one another of the responsibility for
the blunder. Mr. Ingersoll called Buell to
the stand, but it is stated that he did so in
accordance with a general understanding.
Still he was blamed for the outcome. This
morning Mr. Ingersoll did not appear in
the Court, but strode for a while up and
down the portico and terrace outside.—
There was apparently some coolness among
the lawyers. One of the counsel for the
Government said, some time ago, that the
time would come when the defendants
would have to separate, and it appears that
Buell’s testimony was the heavy blow on the
wedge that is to split the defense.
WHAT WAS IT 1
A Policeman Stang on the Hand By a
Polsonona Reptile or Insect.
About halt-past 1 o’clock yesterday morn
ing, as Policeman J. H. Crouch was walking
his beat, he stopped for a moment and
placed his hand on the corner of a fence.
In a moment he felt a sharp puncture, as if
a mosquito had bitten him. As be with
drew the hand there was a second bite, and
as be closed his band, he felt something
wriggle. He threw jt into the street and
continued to walk his beat. In a few min
utes, however, sharp pains began to run up
his arm to his shoulder. He stood it as
long as passible, and then went to a
physician, who painted the, arm with
iodjne. There was no swelling or redness,
but only two little pimples on the hand,
like mosquito bites. Mr. Crouch returned
| to his beat, but soon began to feel very ill,
. and in a abort time his limbs gave way and
,he sank down in a partly paralyzed con
dition. He attempted to crawl home, and
I while doing so was met by some one whom
; he asked to go to the City Hall and inform
Lieut. Twiggs of his condition. This was
done, and Lieut. Twiggs had him carried
home where he received medical attention.
He was repoy ering yesterday. He was evi
dently stung by a large spider or a scor
pion.
ON THE WAR PATH.
Tarn Factions of the Creek Nation Pitted
Against Each Other.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
Chicago, August 2.—A special dispatch
from Indian Territory says: “A terrible
outbreak among the Creeks, bordering on a
civil war, has oeouned. The two factions
are the Chicota and Sands parties. Captain
Scott, of the Ohicota party, and several of
hjs followers were killed by the Sands
party. The chief of the Ohicotas thereupon
ordered all the able bodied men in the Na
tion to turn out and capture the murderers
and four hundred responded, and are seek
ing the Sands rendezvous in the interior,
near Eufaula. Reports of the result may
come to-day or to-morrow.”
Fall an.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
N*w Yobk, August 3.—The failure of
Bennett A Foulde, commission merchants,
of 121 Pearl street, was bulletined on
'Change to-day.
FOREIGN PARAGRAPHS.
YESTERDAY'S HAPPENINGS AROUND
ALEXANDRIA.
Extensive Reconnolusnee of the Ene
my’s Position—Few Shots Fired—Result
°Y a Sitting of ths Conference Yesterday
—French and English Leglslativs Notes.
(By Cable to the Chronicle.)
London, August 3.—The Post has the fol
lowing from Alexandria : The English
soldiers here are much overworked. The
deficiency of officers is especially felt. Tele
graphic communication between the Khe
dive and Arabi Pasha has been restored.
Grave doubts are entertained regarding the
trustworthiness of of the interpreters which
the English are forced to employ for the
lack of better. When the forces move for
ward the English will be at the mercy of
these men, as through them the rebel au
thorities can obtain information.
Constantinople, August 3.—At a sitting
of the Conference, yesterday. Count Corti,
the Italian Ambassador, introduced a pro
posal, formulated by Italy, in regard to the
Suez Canal. The representatives of Ger
many, Austria and Turkey immediately sig
nified their adhesion to the proposal, but
Lord Dufferin and Marquis DeNoailles, the
English and French Ambassadors, respect
ively, declared that they must consult their
Government before coming to a decision.
London, August 3.—A dispatch from Suez
states that that town has been occupied by
the British. The telegraph office has been
reopened. —•.
Constantinople, August 3.—M. Onou, the
Russian representative, on rejoining the
Conference, yesterday, gave no reasons for
so doing. He announced that Russia, also,
adhered to the proposal of Italy in regard
to the Suez Canal.
Vienna, August 3.—lt is reported here
that Arabi Pasha is negotiating with the
Palace, at Constantinople, abont a kind of
parole action between his own and the
Turkish troops to be sent to Egypt. Arabi,
it is said, proposes that the Turks occupy
Cairo, while he will remove to some central
position in Delta, provided the Turks
promise not to attack his rear.
Alexandria, August 3. The Thirty-
Eighth regiment made a reconnoissance at
4 o’clock, this afternoon, to a point five
miles beyond the Ramleh outposts. The
detachments occupying the gates of the
town were ordered to hold themselves in
readiness to proceed to the support of the
reconnoitering party, in event of necessity.
Suez, August 3.—Several hundred British
marines have disembarked and occupied
the town without resistance.
London, August 3, 2:30 p. m.—A dis
patch to the Exchange Telegraph Company,
dated Alexandria, 3:30 o’clock, this after
noon, announces that all the British troops
have beefi ordered to the front, an attack
being eapected.
Alexandbia, August 3, 11:30, er. m.—Last
evening and to-day an alarm was caused by
rumors of an impending massacre of all the
Christians. The patrols have been ordered
to increase their vigilance and the police to
confiscate sticks from the natives. Criers
have paraded the native quarters of the
city, enjoining the people to remain at
home at 3 o’clock in the afteruoouathe hour
which, it is reported, has been fixed for the
massacre.
News from Cairo to the 30th ultimo states
that seventeen Pashas were Imprisoned in
the Citadel. Among the number was Ali
Sherif Pasha, who was arrested because he
employed Greeks to guard his house.
Alexandria, August 3.—The reconnois
sance, to day, was the most extensive yet
made. The Thirty-eighth and Sixtieth
regiments advanced in two columns. The
enemy’s position was found to be almost
abandoned, with the exception of a few
videttes. None of their force was observa
ble. A few shots were fired, but thhre were
no casualties. The British returned at dusk.
Suez, August 2.—The British marines oc
cupied this town in time to save it from
being burned. No resistance was offered.
All of the Egyptian troops fled.
London, August 3.—The War Office has
issued notice that the number of newspa
per correspondents allowed to accompany
the army in Egypt shall be limited to eight
for the London newspapers, four for the
Provincial papers, two for the Scotch pa
pers and two for the Irish papers.
Paris, August 3.—The Chamber of De
puties met to-day but adjourned until
Saturday, pending the formation of a new
Ministry.
London, August 3.—A limes’ Berlin dis
patch, announcing that Prince Bismarck
had instructed Prince Von Hohenlohe to ex
press to De Freycinet his regret at his re
tirement from the Ministry, also says : "At
the same time the wish has been expressed
that DeFryoinet could be induced to resume
the office, in which case Germany would be
willing to support his Eastern policy as
much as possible.”
Dublin, August 3.—The circular to be
issued by Mr. Parnell, with a view to
checking the operations of tfie Land Cor
poration Company, is also signed by Dil
lon, Davitt, Egan, Gray and McCarthy. It
will be sent throughout Ireland to obtain
signatures to a requisition asking the Lord
Mayor of Dublin to convoke a meeting dur
ing the approaching exhibition week for
the purpose of inaugurating a National
fund for the relief of evicted tenants. The
circular states that the organization will not
be a political one, but that evictions will be
increased if the tenants be left defenseless
in the presence of a wealthy company.
Alexandria, August 3.—lt has been dis
covered that Arabi Pasha has again destroyed
the railway at Mahalla, which was recently
repaired.
London, August 3. —The Peterhead fish
ing fleet has been caught in a gale. Two
hundred boats are still missing.
London, August 3.—ln the House of Com
mons, this afternoon, Mr. Gladstone pro
posed not to take up the Arrears of Rent
bill until Tuesday, as he did not wish to do
anything precipitately before arriving at
what might be a momentous decision. This
statement was received with cheers.
Hon. Hugh Childers, War Secretary, said
the question whether the correspondent of
the Daily Telegraph shall be excluded from
the British lines was under consideration.
CHICAGO MARKETS.
/ ——
A Day for the Bean—Wheat Active anti
Unsettled, With Provisions Slow and
Steady.
(Special Dispatch to the Enquirer.)
Chicago, July 25.—Despite the efforts of
the bulls the grain market this morning
was governed by the bears, who compassed
a further decline all along the line. The
scenes on the floor of the Board were
characterized by great interest, which at
times was wrought up to intense excite
ment. The downward tendency presents
some anomalies. Only once before in the
history of the Exchange has Spring wheat
been held higher than Winter grades, and
the fact that the relative prices of the pro
ducts have been reversed has been an im
portant factor in the fevered condition of
the market. In 1868 a corner, cunningly
worked, placed in a few hands all the Spring
wheat that could be had for love or money,
and the sellers of wheat they did not own
found themselves in the power of their ene
mies, who did not hesitate to squeeze them
to the uttermost. The corner this year, it
is said, was engineered by Philip D. Ar
mour, who wanted employment for one mil
lion dollars idle capital. Spring wheat has
always been rather a scarce product at this
time of the year, just when millers can em
ploy it to great advantage in mixing with
new Winter wheat and producing a brand
of flour that commands a ready sale. Mr.
Armour, backed by several capitalists as
solid as himself, begun to buy No. 2 Spring,
deliverable in July, as long ago as May. He
began hjs campaign when such options
were worth $1 28. or thereabouts, and had
bought several millions of bushels before
the street generally became aware of his
purpose. This discovery was made just
after the rule had gone into effect making
Winter wheat deliverable for Spring, at the
option of the seller.
The lambs for whose fleece Mr. Armour
was laying his plans thought they could see
the way clear to put him into a corner.
They accordingly sold to him freely, and
by combination advanced prices so that a
considerable portion of options for 12,000,-
000 bushels ot wheat which he is said to
own, were purchased at as high at $1 36.
Mr. Armour, however, had bought absolute
ly all the No. 2 Spring wheat that was in
sight, and now holdS it. It is estimated
that in all the markets tributary to this city
there are not 300,000 bushels, and he owns
it all.
Next Monday and Tuesday will be the
settling days. What the sellers of these op
tions will do is the subject of interested in
quiry by all classes of operators. They
seem to be taking the situation very calmly,
and the impression is general that they will
make tender of Winter wheat and ask the
Board to confirm it as sufficient delivery.
The fact that No. 2 Spring was absolutely
inaptive and unchanged from the opening
quotation II 28, would seem to indicate
that such is their purpose. On the other
,hand, it is suspected that in such an event,
Mr. Armour will decline to accept such de
livery, and will simply cancel his contracts.
A considerable part of his purchases was
made with “No. 2 Spring” specially men
tioned, and such contracts can not be de
faulted without loss of credit any more than
a seller could ueliver turnips on a contract for
potatoes. Those interested in the corner
say that No. 2 Spring is being purchased
freely by millers, even at tffis unnatural
price at which it is held. They need it to
mix with the unseasoned new wheat, and
are able to sell the flour product at a profit.
Such of it, however, as was bought under'
the new rule as “Regular No. 2” will be
subject to the Board regulations and opera
tors are watching with great interest. The
general impression is that settlements will
finallv be regulated by a Committee of Ar
bitration. The present indications are that
the highest figure they are likely to name
will not let the comerers out without loss.
It is a broken corner, in any event, and the
first one in the history of Chicago grata
speculations. *
STATE HORTICULT HAL SOCIETY.
Secoad Day’s Session—The Next Place of
Meeting.
The Horticultural Society met in Macon
Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock, with
President Berckmans in the chair.
The exercises were opened with prayer by
Rev. A. J. Battle, D. D., President of Mer
•er University. ,
The enrollment of new members was an
nounced as the first business claiming the
attention of the body. Quite a number
were received, and the exchequer increased
thereby.
The Committee on Peaches on exhibition
made their report through their Chairman,
Dr. H. H. Carey.
The Committee on Grapes, through Prof.
Willet, made a report.
H. P. Jones, Chairman of the Committee
on Vegetables, made a report in reference
to that interest.
These reports were all received, express
ing gratification at the displays in the sev
eral departments.
The society proceeded to fix the place for
holding its next annual session. Atlanta,
.Barnesville, Griffin, Macon, Lookout Moun
tain and Tallulah Falls were placed in nom
ination. Each had its advocates, and con
siderable discussion as to the merits of the
claims of each point followed. The friends
of Barnesville tendered an elegant hall and
free entertainments, with large crowds as
visitors. The gentleman of pleasure turn
of mind advocated earnestly the claims of
Lookout Mountain and Tallulah, being in
different as to which point might be se
lected. He was for an excursion. The Ma
con advocates were*in earnest, and present
ed her claims successfully. Atlanta. Thom
asville and Griffin were withdrawn. The
balloting was lively, and resulted as follows:
Barnesville, 19; Macon, 17; Tallulah, 1.
An interesting discussion ensued on the
status of delegates appointed to attend the
sessions of the Georgia State Agricultural
Society. The idea had prevailed that the
Horticultural Society was a constituent
member of the Agricultural, and the mem
bers possessed all the rights to vote as the
other membership. This was disclaimed
on the part of the Horticultural Society-
They were only visiting members by cour.
tesy.
With this understanding the Society pro
ceeded to elect three visiting delegates to
attend the sessions of the Agricultural So
ciety next year. The balloting resulted in
the election of L. L. Varuedo, of Thomas
ville; Prof. J. E. Willet, of Macon, and S. H.
Rumph, of Marshallville.
Gen. William M. Browne, of the State
University, delivered an eloquent essay on
"Ornamental Gardening.”
Afternoon Session.
The Society met in accordance with ad
journment at 3 o’clock, and the discussion
of the catalogue continued.
The Standing Committee on Fruits made
their report through Dr. H. H. Carey.
The report of the Committee on Apples
and Pears on exhibition made their report,
which was received and adopted.
A communication from Hon. J. T. Hen
derson, Commissioner of the Agricultural
Department of the State, was read and a
vote of thanks returned to its author.
The usual vote of thanks wan tendered to
the railroads and Southern Express Compa
ny for favors in transportation, to Macon
and her citizens for hospitality, to the press
for courtesies in reports, and to H. J. Peter,
Esq., for superintending and preparing for
the fruit exhibition, and Col. E. E. Brown
for the use of his magnificent hall, and for
reduction in price of entertainment of dele
gates.
After a lengthy discussion on fruit pack
ing in which the diversity of opinion was
only equaled by the number of speakers,
the convention adjourned to meet in
Barnesville next year.
THE FINANCIAL SITUATION.
(N. Y. Financial Chronicle.)
Never within our experience have our
people submitted to torrid temperature with
the equanimity that prevails at the present
moment. “Good for corn,” seems to have
become the familiar substitute for “pleasant
day,” as friend meets friend in business cir
cles, and it is always said and received with
at least an appearance of satisfaction, though
both speaker and hearer are sweltering un
der the heat. And so it is good for corn,
and for wheat and for all the crops, especial
ly as the heated term seems now to be fol
lowed in the more richly producing sections
with timely rains. To-day the indications
point at least to the largest yield of wheat,
oats and other small grains, hay and root
crops ever recorded; while with a fine Au
gust and late Fall, the prospects for cotton
are all that could be desired, and for that
other staple -for which these burning days
are now so patiently endnred— really prom
ising.
These assurances naturally stimulate
business enterprises all over the country.
In sections where the evidences of pros
perity are more palpable, merchants are
making preparations for an active Fall
trade, which are reflecting in the whole
sale circles, so that manufacturers and
importers are feeling now the first effects,
and anticipating a full and healthy demand
for goods. Os course active business must
quickly inure to the benefit of railroads
which are to convey the grain and oth
er produce to market and distribute
among interior points the merchan
dise bought in exchange for pro
duce. Under the influence of this fact
the spirit for stock speculation seems to
have become so infections as to be extend
ing widely, and among many classes, and
hence the enthusiastic buying of share
properties which has been characteristic of
the market ever since the beginning of the
month. Undoubtedly the railroads will
have a largely increased business this year,
and with rates maintained that must result
in augmented earnings. This truth is the
basis of these purchaser’s greed, and from
it they draw the hasty conclusion that a
brilliant future for all properties never
mind how heavily encumbered, is assured.
So they buy shares in almost any railroad,
and hold them for a profit. The specula
tive craze is thus again seizing upon a very
large portion of the community.
We have now reached the stage when
“points” are freely circulated, greedily re
ceived, and promptly acted upon. The no
vices who always swallow everything afloat,
apparently forget that the majority of rail
roads managers are also speculators in the
stocks of the lines they control, and that
in such cases special information by which
a judgment can be formed of the intrinsic
value of the property is carefully concealed
from the public until these managers have
had an opportunity to profit by it. It is
really wiser to believe the opposite of what
one hears on Wall street than to accept it
all as if these managers had taken the street
into their confidence. Still, there is no use
in giving advice to one who has taken the
fever. It must run its course.
THE EFFECT IN WA9HIGNTON.
What Hampton, Butler and Evin* Think
of the Ticket—Sam Dee’* Opinion.
(Special Dispatch to the News and Courier.)
Washington, August 2. —“What is your
opinion of the Gubernatorial nomination ?”
was the question asked by your correspon
dent in conversing to-day with some’of the
prominent Carolinians here.
“I think it exceedingly strong. Ooh
Thompson will carry a large colored vote
and prove an excellent Governor,” said
Senator Hampton.
“The nomination will be very popular.
It is a very good deed," said Senator Butler.
“It is an admirable nomination,” said
Representative Evins.
Sam Lee said he was gratified at the nom
ination. It showed Democratic advance
ment and would be approved, he thought,
by the colored people. In his opinion
there would be no disposition on the part
of the Republicans to oppose him or even
to encourage opposition to him among the
Greenbackers or Independents. He was
only sorry that the colored people would
lose him as Superintendent of Education.
The ticket, as completed to-day, gives
great satisfaction. N. G. G.
AN INDIAN AMBUSH.
Snccexfol Attack of a Party of Indian*
on Mexican Troop*.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle. 1
Tucson, Abizona, August 3.—The Prefect
of the District of Montezuma has sent the
following to Governor Ortiz, of Sonora: "I
have the honor to inform you that, on the
24th instant, between the hours of 9 and 10
o’clock, a. m., a band of Apaches attacked
Col. Lorenzo Torreo, at Eucinio, 18 miles
froffiTTere, who was acco**fMiiMl by a num
ber of Federal troops. The ensuing fight
lasted 3 hours, resulting in the death of all
the troops except five of the Federate and
UoL Torreo, who was wounded.’ The In
dians took all of the horses, equipage
and stores. They were strongly fortified
and completely ambushed the troops. . A
force of troops has been sent in pursuit -o(
the Apaches, who are moving towards the
Arizona border.”
The Fire Fiend.
‘ (By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
Raleigh, N. C., August 3.—The large
stdfre of Morgan & Worthy and the dwelling
house of Worthy, at Carthage, N. C., were
completely (destroyed by fire, to-day. The
loss is estimated at $16,000.
RADICALS IN A ROW.
Two Convention* nt AtlnntA—The Color
Line Drawn.
(Atlanta Constitution.)
The Farrow-Longstreet party held a
caucus early yesterday morning, from which
the following dodger soon eminated :
Whereas, The Chairman of the State Cen
tral Committee led a mob last night to
break up a Republican caucus, therefore
be it
Resolved, That he is an improper person to
organize the Convention to-day, and that
a committee of three be appointed by the
Chairman of this committee to announce
where the Convention shall meet at 12, m.,
to-day, and to arrange for its peaceable and
orderly organization.
In pursuance of the above resolution the
Chairman of the committee, Mr. John H.
Deveaux, appointed the following commit
tee: Henry P. Farrow, John Few and John
L. Conley.
By authority of the duly constituted
State Executive Committee, the Republican
State Convention, duly called, will be con
vened at the United States Court Room, this
day, at 12, m., and all duly appointed dele
gates will take due notice thereof and gov
ern themselves accordingly.
Hknby P. Farrow,
John Few,
John L. Conley,
Committee.
The Pledger party was to meet at the
Capitol, and thus the split was defined. It
was a square tilt between the Executive
Committee and the State Central Commit
tee. Just before the time for the meeting
of the Convention in the Capitol, Pledger
was arrested on a State warrant, charging
him with forcible entrance. The basis of
the charge was the fact that Pledger was in
the crowd that went into the syndicate cau
cus on the night before. He promptly gave
bond, however, and was ready at 10 o’clock
to open the Convention. The Pledger Con
vention waited an hour for the delegates to
learn of the tru» situation. Pledger re
mained in the chair so as to prevent his
place being seized.
The Pledger Wing.
At II o’clock Chairman Pledger rapped
his gavel. Colonel J. E. Bryant arose and
addressed the chair. Pledger told him that
the ‘Convention had not been opened.
Colonel Bryant sat down and Pledger pro
ceeded to speak:
Sykes, of Savannah, moved the appoint
ment of a committee of five to confer with
the syndicate wing. Brown said that his
resolution covered the same matter, and
proposed to put it in for Sykes. The chair
told him that such a proceeding would be
irregular and out of order.
Mr. Locke moved the appointment of a
committee of nine on Credentials, and also a
committee to receive any communications
that might be sent in by factions of the party.
He said: “Notwithstanding that last night
at 11 o’clock I knew that at least 90 per
cent, of the delegates were in favor of sus
taining the State Central Committee, and
perhaps not as much as 10 per cent, in
favor of sustaining the Convention, I went
to Colonel Farrow this morning, and said
that I was willing to compromise with him
and Mr. Johnson about men and things.
He said that he would be damned if he
would compromise with any such an assem
bly.” (Cries of "iet him go.” and “Go on
with the Republican Convention, then.”]
A voice—" May the Lord have mercy on
his soul.”
Another voice “Why not say the devil?”
Mr. Locke went on to say that the mem
bers of the syndicate had been threatening
for a week that if they could not control the
Convention and be the bosses they intend
ed to break it up. He was still, however,
in favor of a committee of five to receive any
communication that might be sent. He was
unwilling to instruct the committee to go
and hunt them up.
The resolution for the committee of nine
was adopted, and also that for a committee
of conference.
The Syndicate Wing.
Pursuant to the resolutions set forth in
the dodger, about fifty whites and as many
blacks met at the designated place, and were
called to order by Colonel Farrow, who ad
dressed them, stating that it was his desire
that the party should be put on a better
working basis, and that this could not be
accomplished with Pledger as Chairman of
the Central Committee; that for two years
.he had held the place, and had done noth
ing for the promotion of the party's in
terests, and that some one else should be
put in his place. A temporary organization
was effected by the election of W. M. Pleas
ants, of Savannah, as Chairman, and Messrs.
Kempill and Lawson ap Secretaries,
appointment of the following Committeeon
Credentials: Messrs. Deveraux, Wessolow
ski. Head, Cantey, Post, Clark, Holtzclaw,
Hill, Davis, Brown and Gilbert. The meet
ing then adjourned until 3 o’clock, p. m.
At the afternoon session a committee was
appointed to confer with the other faction,
and the Convention adjourned until Thurs
day morning.
What the Bolter* Say.
One of the principal bolters stated to a
Constitution reporter yesterday, in answer to
a question as to what was the cause of the
dissatiafac'ion against Pledger, “that the
party wanted a man of influence in that po
sition, and that Pledger had none.”
“Suppose you make no compromise, what
move will you take ?”
“We will appoint a reliable man for the
position and the President will approve his
appointment, and recognize him.”
The bolters hold that they are not bolters,
but the regular Convention, called officially,
and that the other party is the irregular one,
and whose actions are illegal.
The “Custom House” party are composed
of nearly all the white delegates. Among
the members are Governor Conley, General
Longstreet, Colonel Farrow, Judge Wilson,
Messrs. Tom Johnson, Walter Johnson, Jack
Brown, Deveaux, Pleasants, Few, White
and others.
Yesterday’* Transaction*.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
Atlanta, August 3-—The Regular Repub
lican Convention adjourned, to-day, after
recommending Gen. L J. Gartrell for Gov
ernor, and nominating the following State
ticket: For Congressman-at-large, R. D.
Locke; for Secretary-of-State, R. R. Wright;
for Treasurer, F. F. Putney; for Comptrol
ler, General W. A. Pledger; for Attorney-
General, George 8. Thomas:
Resolutions of sympathy for Senator Hill
were passed. A New Central Committee
was created, with A. E. Buck as Chairman.
The Convention was harmonious through
out. Resolutions endorsing the Adminis
tration were passed.
In the Syndicate Convention, a resolution
endorsing Gen. Gartrell was referred to the
Committee on Resolutions. Ex-Governor
Conley was made Chairman of the Central
Committee. This Convention will meet
again to-night.
Lateb.—The Syndicate wing of the Re
publican Convention has just adjourned,
after nominating the following ticket and
endorsing Gen. Gartrell for Governor: For
Congressman-at-Large, James Longstreet;
for Attorney-General, J. D. Cunningham;
for Secretary of State, W. J. White; for
Treasurer, Wm. Bowers; for Oomptroller-
General, Floyd SnNeteon. Adjourned sine
die.
THE VETO.
What Congressmen Said.
(Cor. N. Y. Tribune.)
“It is the most indecent message any
President ever sent to Congress,” said a
Western member who had a very large slice
of the “pork”; and then he continued : “I
think the President had better look over
the Sundry Civil bill and veto it, because it
contains some items for extravagant and
luxurious furniture for the White House.”
“The message is an insult to Congress,”
exclaimed another. “The President wants
us to give him the money to spend as he
pleases. Don’t he wish he may get it?”
Another wrathfully exclaimed : “What
does the President mean by accusing the
members of his own party of profligate leg
islation ? Does he expect that kind of talk
to help the party ? It will ruin him and
his Administration.”
Democrats were not less angry than Re
publicans. “What will the Democrats do?”
asked a Tribune correspondent of an influ
ential member of that party.
“Oh, most of us will vote to pass the bill
over the veto, because we resent Executive
dictation,” was the reply.
“What business has the President to talk
to us like a schoolmaster ?” exclaimed a
prominent Democrat.
“Yes,” assented an equally prominent
Republican, and added : “Is he so stupid
that he does not see that, when he speaks
with approval of certain items in the bill,
he throws a cloud of suspicion upon all the
others ?”
How to Wear Ike Hip Pocket.
(From Forney’s Progress.)
It is only in America that the tailor
builds hip-pockets. No persuasion can in
duce a foreig i tailor to provide your pant
aloons with these conveniences. The hip
pocket was presumably intended for a pis
tol, and though the pistol has been known
to occupy it, even before the election of S.
G. King as Mayor of Philadelphia, the hip*
pocket was usually the place of deposit of
man’s handkerchief. So it remains. .It is
a handy locality for that article. But al
ways, my friends, take care that all of the
handkerchief is within the pocket Do
not allow a little end to hang out and ex.
hibit itself if your coat be brushed aside.
That gives rise to suspicions you should
not want to awaken.
■- —, ■■ i
Returning to Work.
t (By Telegraphtothe Chronicle.)
Jbeset Cut. N. J., August 3.—Thirteen
of the striking freight handlers returned to
their work to-day, at the Jersey Oity docks,
on the Pennsylvania Bailway at the old
rate, 17 cents per hour. An official of the
company stated that they could give em
ployment to about forty morepf the strikers,
but the rest would have to wait for some
time.
S 3 A YEAR —POSTAGE PAID
THIRD GEORGIA.
REMINISCENCES OF WAR TIMES IN
VIRGINIA.
Portimonth and Norfolk—The Capital of
the Confederacy—Battle Field* Around
Richmond.
(6or. Chronicle and Constitutionalist.)
Portsmouth, Virginia, July 15, 1882.
I have long had it in view to revisit the bat
tle fields made historic by the campaigns of
the army of Northern Virginia, but never
until now have I had an opportunity to
gratify my wishes. During the six months
preceding the surrender I was identified
with another command, but for the first
three and a half years of the war I was a
member of the Third Regiment of Georgia
Volunteers, commanded at first by Colonel
<afterwards General) A. R. Wright, and at
the last by Colonel Claiborne Snead, now an
honored citizen of your city. In view of my
long connection with the Third Georgia, I
feel so thoroughly identified with it, that I
shall waive for the time my connection with
another command.
Seeing again places made familiar by
pleasant associations and by ties even strong
er because they are cemented by blood, has
recalled many reminiscences of days when I
marched beneath the red cross banner and
bivouaoed at night with the canopy of
heaven for a covering, when rations were
scarce, hardships plentiful, and death and
danger everywhere. Recognizing the fact
that your paper reaches a large number of
the survivors of the old organization, I look
to your courtesy to give these reminiscences
tangible form.
It is not my province to draw invidious
comparisons when I say that no finer body
of men ever rallied to the call of their coun
try than the regiment led to this p ace by
Colonel Wright, in the Spring of
1861; representing, as they did, the
very flush and prime of Southern chiv
alry, they left their impress on many a
bloody field, and, in more peaceful scenes
in the pleasant homes of the hospitable citi
zens of this city, and elsewhere in the Old
Dominion, they made friends that the shock
of war nor the lapse of time have estranged.
It was here that the regiment was first or
ganized and took its first draught from the
cup of war; here it took its place in the
drama, which inly terminated with them
with the death of the Confederacy at Appo
mattox. In many of the scenes of this
bloody drama they bore an honorable part.
The first draught was pleasant, and gave no
promise of the bitterness that would follow.
I can never forget the beautiful Spring
morning on whicti the command entered
the city; nature had assumed her loveliest
garb, and,'amid strains of music, waving of
handkerchiefs and smiles from lovely
faces, the scene was more like a festive
gathering than aught else. The first few
months with dinners, flirtations, balls,
excursions on the water and to the sur
rounding country, the charming freedom of
camp life, with just enough of duty to drive
away monotony, went “merry as a marriage
bell.”
My mind delights to dwell on these
happy days ; they have lost none of their
brightness by the lapse of time, and con
trasted with the years that followed them,
they seem almost like a pleasant dream.—
Time has not dealt more leniently with me
than with those who participated with me
in those stirring days, and yet I can scarcely
realize that more than twenty years have
passed ; such a period, even under ordi
nary circumstances, must bring many
changes, but when it has as a prelude four
years of war’s bloodiest work, the intensity
of change is made more apparent.
Very lew of the original members of the
gallant old Third Georgia survive ; even the
battlefields themselves have changed.—
Waving fields of corn now stand in serried
columns, not unlike those of war, where
men once rushed to battle and to death ;
smiling peace hold sway where "grim
visaged war ” then showedjhis "wrinkled
front,” and but little is left save the mem
ory of the scenes once so familiar. I can
but mention several pleasant coincidences
connecting the'third Georgia with Virginia.
It was one of the first to respond to the call
of the Confederacy, and, with the exception
of a few months, was on Virginia soil
from the beginning of the war till
its close. At the expiration of the
three years’ term of service, in
April, 1864, the regiment whs called
upon to reinlist; an enthusiastic meeting
was held at Camp "Ben Hill,” near Madi
son Run Station, Virginia, presided over by
the gallant Col. R. B. Nesbit, who was then
in command and suffering from several
wounds; the following very expressive reso
lution was unanimously passed : "Resolved,
That the Third Georgia, having been one of
the first regiments to enter the field, will, if
necessary, be the last to leave it.” For
their patriotic action in this matter they re
ceived a special vote of thanks from the
Confederate Congress, then in session at
Richmond. Their example also had a very
strong influence in inducing other lukewarm
regiments to re-enlist. Since the war it has
been the only one to revisit the Old Domin
ion as a regiment; this last occasion was the
reunion held at this place in August, 1875,
when over one hundred of its survivors,
under the gallant Snead, gathered beneath
its tattered and torn battle flag. This relic,
so suggestive, is still preserved by Col.
Snead, the last commander of the regiment.
In order to keep it from falling into tbe
bands of the enemy, at Appomattox he tore
it from its staff, placed another in its stead,
and rolling it around his body, brought it
t<J his home in Georgia. When once more
unfurled on the peaceful soil of the Old
Dominion, on the occasion of the reunion,
it was hailed by its old followers with an
enthusiasm no words can adequately express.
I miss the faces of several of those who
contributed so largely to make the reunion
so pleasant. Major George W. Grice, who
was at one time the quartermaster of the
brigade to which the regiment was attached,
and who will be remembered by all who were
present for his unceasing efforts to make the
reunion a|success, has since "passed over the
river to rest under the shade of the trees.”
His charming wife is still living here, and
to her kindness I feel very much indebted.
The survivors share with her the tender
recollection of her manly husband. Captain
Thos. A. Bain is also dead, and some I met
here in 1875 have removed. I have met
our old friends Majors Wingfield, Robinson
and Crocker; CaptainsGhio and Mardoughs;
Dr's. Maunhin and Parish; Messrs. Gaskins,
Edwards, Tabb; Capt. Jas. H. Richardson
and many others. Captain Richardson is
proprietor of the Seaboard House and ex
tends a warm greeting to the boys of the old
Third. It affords me pleasure to say that
the irrepressible "Kitt” Diggs is still here.
Although a Virginian, he joined the Third
Georgia and served throughout tbe war.
All these recall pleasant memories of the
visit of the Third Georgia, and stand ready
to make a second as pleasant as was the
first. Among those whom I met in Norfolk
was Major E. V. White, of the Second Geor
gia Battalion, who, after serving through
the war, married one of Portsmouth’s fqir
daughters and located here. A still re
members his Georgia home and friends,
though his lot is cast here, and all Geor
gians who fall into the hands of himself and
his estimable wife are made to feel at home.
Captain R. G. Elliott, who commanded
Pope Point Battery, on Roanoke Island, is
now President of the Cotton Exchange.
Major Charlie Pickett, Messrs. Moore.
Rodgers and Toomer also showed me kind
attention, and, indeed, ’tis hard to particu
larize where so many have shown me kind
ness. While stopping over at Suffolk I
met Dr. John T. Kilby. He still signs
himself “Burg. Third Georgia,” and is
the same genial gentleman as of yore, and
is happily surrounded by an interesting
family. I am sure 1 echo the wish of
every survivor of the regiment when I crave
for him many more years of life and useful
ness. He still cherishes the memory of the
old command, and recalls many pleasant
reminiscences of the dark days of the war,
and his sense es humor is qs strong as ever.
I gave him for the first time the solution to
the mysterious disappearance of the con
tents of a demijohn domiciled in his quar
ters while, the regiment was on the (Ines
around Petersburg. Regard for the feel
ings of my old comrades in sin forbids me to
give the particulars of the mystery; but,
should these lines reach the eyes of a cer
tain Captain, and the Adjutant, with two
members of Company K, they will appre
ciate my forbearance. This city is improv
ing quite rapidly. The streets are being
paved, business houses remodeled, new
ones built, and altogether the outlook for
the future is bright. Norfolk, just across
the Elizabeth river, is on the tjde of a
boom, and unless some unforeseen accident
intervenes is bound to rank as one of the
leading Atlantic ports. There is but one
serious drawback to Virginia—that is, the
anomalous condition of State politics. I
know so little of the principles of the sev
eral parties that it would be presumptions
in me to express decided opinions.
General Mahone is the autocrat of
the situation, dismissing from and in
stalling info offices of Government trust
at his owp sweet will. The fact that
he wields such an influence with the Na
tional Administration gives him a large fol-,
lowing, anfl, strange as it may seem, X have
found that many, very many, good and true
men are with him heart and soul. Time
and sober second thought can alone bring
the changes so much desired by every true
friend of the State, and in the meantime
the material interest of the State suffers
from political anarchy and tbe general dis
trust which prevails. *
I intend that this shall in no sense be a
political letter, and with these remarks dis
miss this subject I have revisited the old
camping ground of the Third Georgia, at
this plane. But few changes have come to
it, and as I walked the well remembered
grounds the forms of many who have joined
the ranks of the dead came back to me, and
incidents of a lees serious nature were re
called. It was here that Captain R. L.
McWhorter, afterwards Quartermaster of
Wright’s Brigade, made his celebrated sup
pression of an evil mdte common than
it ought to have been. Soldiers, as a
rule, do not regard the abstract quea-
tion of the rights of property as they
might. On the occasion referred to
the mysterious disappearance ot certain fat
porkers had become very common and Col.
Wright issued orders that all offenders
should be punished when caught. Captain
McWhorter chanced to be officer of the day
when the order was issued, and on him de
volved its execution; two members of the
regiment, whose powers of imitation were
wonderful, determined to exercise these
powers at the expense of Capt. McW. It
was night, and the portly Captain, whose
Falstaffian proportions will be remembered,
wall in his quarters indulging, no doubt, in
waking dreams of fields of glory yet un
won, when his ear caught the suppressed
sound of a hog that worried by a
dog; springing to his feet, he summons the
guard and started at a double quick in the
direction of the sound.
Double quicking is not the most pleasant
exercise in broad day light, and for men of
agile form; after following the will-o’-the- •
wisp noise, until he was thoroughly fa
tigued, the cries ceased, and the Captain
returned to his quarters and next morning
reported to Col. Wright that he had sup
pressed the trouble. The truth soon leaked
out and for sometime the Captain heard the
circumstances referred to very often.
“Commander” George N. Dexter, of Madi
son, Ga., can give further details off this
affair, if called on.
Another anecdote, often related by the
lamented General Wright, recurs to me; it
so strongly illustrates the spirit of the sol
diers at that stage of the war that I give it.
As I have before remarked, camp life at that
time was little more than a holiday—the
war cloud was rapidly gathering, but many
thought it would never burst at all. The
command grew tired of inactivity, and
longed for nothing so much as a brush with
the enemy, This was in 1862, when the
command had been sent to the defense of
Eastern North Carolina. The few encoun-
■ ters the regiment had had only served to
whet its appetite for blood; particularly was
' this true of one member, who stated to Col.
Wright that he was "fairly hungry for a
fight.” A few days after, at South Mills,
near Elizabeth City, the regiment had its
first serious engagement. Our belligerent
hero entered into the fight with a vim like
ly to produce serious results on the enemy;
but somehow the thing was not as interest
ing as he had expected it to be; the bullets
had a sound suggestive of broken bones and
short shrift, and before long one had passed
through one of his ears. This slight wound
served to cool his fiery ardor, and with
more haste than the occasion war
ranted, he was making his way to the
rear. While making his masterly retreat,
he was intercepted by Col. Wright". "Where
are you going?” said the Colonel. "Are
yon the man that was so hungry for a
fight ?” "Yes Colonel,” replied the'demor
alized soldier, “I was hungry, but I am no
d—d glutton.” The last time I ever saw
Gen. Wright he related this story as illus
trating his feeling towards Greeley in his
candidacy for the Presidency. A mass of
incidents crowd upon me, but to give them
all place in this. letter would make it too
long. I have visited the positions occupied
at various times on the lines around Peters
burg, and find everywhere that the soften
ing influences of time had been at work.
Many of the old earth works have been leveled
and peaceful homes now stand where Lee’s
attenuated lines once held in check, week
alter week and month after month, the Feder
al forces. Some of the most noted land marks
of those terrible days still remain undis
turbed, save by the wear of the elements;
the “ crater,” that marks the ending of the
effort of the Federal General to force the
Confederate lines by mine, still remains
nearly as it was on that memorable 30th
July, .when it was the scene of a carnage
never equaled in the annals of war. Line
after line of Federal troops was hurled into
its gaping mouth only to fall before the
Confederate fire. It is now surrounded by
corn fields, and one would neve? think, to
look on its present surroundings, of the ter
rible scenes once enacted there.
The Confederate dead have been gathered
from the scattered resting places made ne
cessary by the exigencies of the times, and
now rest together in old Blanford Ceme
tery. Wlere it was possible to identify the
dead, simple head-boards, with name and
regiment, now mark the grave of each
silent sleeper. But oftener the word “un
known” tells a mystery that can only be
solved when the last trump shall summon
earth’s slumbering millions to rise. There
is to me a tender pathos in this word “un
known” more touching.than could be in
voked by the highest triumphs of the sculp
tor’s art; the dread of being forgotten when
death calls us away is the strongest of all
human instincts. And yet these unknown
silent heroes gave their lives for a cause
which was lost, and even their own names
can never be known.
A monument has been erected in the
cemetery here to the memory of Lieutenant
George E. Hayes, of Company K. He had
only a few days before his death been com
missioned Major of the regiment for gal
lantry on the field of battle, but his commis
sion never reached him, and he sleeps, as
he fought, a Lieutenant. A gallant soldier
and a polished gentleman, “after life’s fit
ful fever, he sleeps well.”
During my sojourn in Petersburg I met
Messrs. Scofield and Hobbs, who will be
remembered by many who soldiered here.
I also had the pleasure of meeting Colonel
James D. Brady and hip estimable lady.
The Colonel was in the Federal army that
invested the city, but, like all brave men, *
the war with him is over.
I had not seen Richmond, the Oapital of
of the Confederacy, until my last visit since
the never-to-be-forgotten morning of its
evacuation by the Confederate army. Hav
ing been on the north side of the James
river with Longstreet's Corps, it was with
I much difficulty that we made the passage of
the river to the south side. It was my for
tune to be commander of one of the picket
lines that was withdrawn. We built large
fires to deceive the enemy as to our inten
tions, and upder their cover we made our
•scape.
When we entered the city the grandest
exhibition of destruction was going on that
the world has ever seen; it is not the evil
fortune of many to witness the death agony
of a Nation, but it was before me that night
and the following morning in all of its
sublimity. The city was burning, maga
zines being blown up, stores of shot and
shell exploding, and the streets were
filled with an excited and bewildered mul
titude; amid such scenes the life of the
Confederacy went out, and to my mind the
booming shells and magazines came as the
parting salute over its grave. The Rich
mond of to-day, is a busy thriving city
with a future full of promise. It was my
good fortune to visit Hollywood Cemetery
under the guidance of a fair friend; within
its sacred precincts rests thousands of the
heroes of the Lost Cause, and "their graves
are kept. green,” by the noble women of
the city. One thing I noticed with para,
the grave of Lieutenant-General A. P. Hill
is marked by a plain slab and nothing more.
No braver man gave his life to the cause and
while his fame does not depend on marble
memorials, I can but think that some
token of recollection ought to adorn his
humble grave.
My visit here to Virginia has more than
ever inclined me to cherish the history and
associations of the campaign of the gal
lant Third Georgia, and I trust that
as long as two of its survivors re
main they will preserve intact the esprit
du corps that is now so strong with them.
The decree of war has left us nothing but
memories of the lost cause to preserve, let
us cherish them in our heart of hearts and
hand down to future generations the thrill
ing incidents of the great struggle for South
ern independence. When the feelings that
precipitated the struggle, and whieh in a
measure have survived its close, have passed
away, the heroism of those who fought on
either side in the civil war will be common
property ; such has been tbe case in all coun
tries and in all times, and there was noth
ing peculiar to our great struggle to change
the rule. The proper time to preserve in
cidents connected with the war not attain
able by the general historian, is while a few
survivors are left to gather these incidents
add give them permanent form. At each of
the reunions held by the Third Georgia,
moves were made to prepare a history of its
campaigns, and to embody as well, indi
vidual acta of meritorious bravery ; these
moves have never taken definite shape
and the matter rests in obeyance. I
would be glad if the survivors’ would take
action in the premises now ; surely each
one can spare the'little time necessary to
gather the materials and a few dollars to
put them in permanent form.
A. A. Wnu%
Seo’ry Survivors Association, Third Georgia
Veterans.
/ Political
(By Telegraph to tta Chronicle.)
August 3.—The Democrats of
the Second District of Mississippi, at Ox
ford, yesterday, re-nominated Van H. Man
ning for Congress.
Buhm, N. Q., August 3. Some of the
most prominent Straighout Republicans in
the vicinity of Asheville have called a mass
meeting at Asheville, for August 19th, to
form an organization in opposition to the
poalition-Liberal movement in North Oaro
lina,
Raleigb, N. 0., August 3.—Hon. R. B.
Vance, sitting member, was renominated
for Oongress by the Democratic Convention
of the Eighth District, at Asheville, to-day,
on the sixth ballot.
Wxsr Poncr, Qa., August 3.—The Demo
cratic Convention of the Fourth District has
taken 153 ballots for a candidate for Con
gress, without a choice.
After the Newspaper Men.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
Washington, August 3.—Mr. Merrick,
counsel for the Government in the Star
Route trials, has signified his intention of
prosecuting the newspaper men whose arti
cles have already been brought to the atten
tion of Jndge Wylie, immediately upon the
termination of the Star Route trials now in
progress.