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SAVANNAH, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1880.
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vannah a* Second Claws ITIatter.
Georgia Affairs.
The Americus Recorder publishes a tre
mendous “cat story” this week. It tays
that near the Renew place, in the eastern
portion of Sumter county, a gentleman,
last Saturday week, missed five of his
largest sheep, and soon discovered the
mangled remains of the muttons in a swamp.
II,- -inspected that they were the victims of
a rapacious wild cat, and with three packs
of bounds gave chase. Before long a fear
ful looking eat was brought to bay, and a
terrible fight ensued. The animal made a
ferocious fight, aud did not receive it6 coupde
grace until it had used up twenty four dogs,
and wounded two of the hunters The Recor-
der te d ? the story in a blood curdling manner,
sk\s that the size of the cat was
«t fabulous, one of its claws measuring
about eight and three-quarter inches in
length.
The City Council of Augusta have adopted
aD ordinance fixing the price of water power
on the canal at five dollars and fifty cents
per horse power per annum for factories and
all other mills alike.
Fifty shares Georgia Railroad stock sold
at public sale in Augusta Tuesday at 1Q5>£
and 105*v After the sales 105}^ to 1053>%
was freely bid for the Block, and 106 was
asked, with little offering.
A special from Atlanta to the Augusta
I Wirt reports that It is understood there that
the Governor has decided to offer a reward
of 1250 for the apprehension of Jas. J. Jol
lev, who, it is supposed, murdered Miss
Victoria Norris, a young lady, near Decatur,
on the 9lh of July, 1877.
The Americus Recorder says that during
the hail storm of Sunday last, a plenty of
hall stones as large as guinea eggs were
Been in Sumter county.
The Newnan llnald says that early Sun
day morning last, on the farm of Judge J.
W. Powell, two miles from that city, a diffi
culty occurred between two families of ne
groes about two eggs, in which all hands—
women, girls, boys and men—of both fami
lies seem to have taken a part. Jarrerd
Alexander, one of the negroes, was hit over
the eye with a hoe, and Olford Powell, an
other one, was cut in the back with a knife
and otherwise periously, if not mortally,
wounded by old man Jarrerd’s son. The
case will undergo judicial Investigation.
The Detroit Free trees has been looking
into the matter, and says that Georgia in
tends to raise one million fifty pound water
melons this year.
The Athens Fanner says: The track of
the Air Line Railroad for thirteen miles was
washed up on last Saturday. The railroad
bridge over Tugaloo river was washed away.
It will be three weeks before the road will
be in running order. The rain was the heav
iest ever known.
Hailstones, weighing two and a half
ounces and “as large as hen eggs,” fell in
Columbus Sunday afternoon, and the Times
says that a rat, in attempting to cross Ran
dolph street, was killed by the falling mis
siles.
Touching on the oat crop the Thomasville
\Euterj/rise says that from all it can learn the
crop looks no worse now than it did a week
ago, and many farmers believe that it shows
signs of returning vigor. Tnere is every
prospect now for at least half a crop.
We learn from the Gumming Clarion that
on Tuesday last Andy Kellogg, colored, and
his children were working on Capt. Hud
son’s farm, In Forsyth county, when his
children set an old 6tump on fire for the
purpose of warming themselves. About
noon the fire was communicated to the grass
and soon reached the fences of Capt. Hud
son and Mr. T. L. Sims and destroyed about
two thousand five hundred rails for them be
fore it was discovered or could be stopped.
The DuPont Okrfenokean flies at its edito
rial masthead the name of Hon. Thomas M.
Norwood, of Savannah, for Congress from
the First district. Editorially, it warmly
endorses him.
The post office cn the Savannah, Florida
and Western Railway, heretofore known as
“Forest,” has been changed to “Norwood.”
The Telephone says that a white frost was
to be seen at Sylvania and all over 8criven
county on Wednesday morning last. It in
jured the gardens somewhat, but did no
material damage to crops.
Mr. David F. Caldwell has become the
foie owner of the Atlanta Daily Jbst, he
having bought out Mr. E. Y. Clarke’s
interest therein. Mr. Clarke, however, re
tains control and management of the
Weekly lost. Both papers are doing will.
We have received the first number of the
Daily Herald, an evening paper just started
In Macon, and the successor of the Central
(J'.orgui Weekly. It is published by Messrs.
Christian, Sims <fe Co., and presents an ex
ceedingly creditable appearance. It will be
devoted to advancing the interests of
Macon and that section, and in politics will
be etraightout Democratic. The publishers
m that they expect hard pulling, but the
11-rald must succeed. If they are In earnest
in that resolution then the Herald will suc
ceed, and we hope it may.
Since the establishment of the Clement
attachment cotton factory in Senola, the
U">ry County Weekly wants one of the same
sfc't in Hampton. It thinks such a factory
could be successfully operated in that town.
I he Augusta Board of Health has adopted
a series of resolutions strongly opposing en-
la'L’ing the powers of the National Board
of Health.
Says the Macon Herald: “Some long-
ear '*d correspondent, writing from Atlanta
’he Albany Advertiser, says among other
f: ''y things that it is ‘freeJv asserted that
U, j ijtt will run independent, if not nomi
nated. This might do to send away from
L(, nu-; but the idea of Colquitt, or Harde
man, or Lawton, or any of our old Demo
cratic stand-bys going back on the party, is
PrepoKterous to men who are posted.”
Home Courier: “Dr. H. P. Gatcbell, of
Atlanta, ha* been confirmed Supervisor of
J.ensug for this census district. Dr. Gatcbell
! ! a •’‘' publican, but is s*id to be competent
;? Nil the responsible position he holds.
•M rer,rer, it is said he Is a good scholar, and
'm^ quently, if he wishes to write the peo-
^ °f Georgia down as secession traitors, be
*“■’"t, in offending them, offend against
, ru, *’ ri of orthography. If we have to be
cu--. d,’ we would prefer to have it done
m Rood English.”
Tn. re seems to be pretty nearly as much
jufflculty in getting at the exact truth re-
kv-iing the Chattanooga and Rome Rail-
as there is regarding the Georgia West-
® ni - Reports are made concerning it, one
*.v, only to be denied the next. The latest
s in the Rome Tribune of Tuesday, and Is
w follows; “We learn through Colonel C.
oamuel that a committee had been ap
pointed by the Lookout Mountain Company
w meet him and see if they could not con-
•JOHaate charters. The negotiations are
Pending but not consummated. Colonel
annuel further says we 6ball have the road,
JJ « C haa three different parties ready to
ke hold when he says the word. He will
ecide which company shall build in a few
JV*? 8 - He says quite a number have visited
th m gating there were fears he would sell
* cb &rter for a large 6um of money and
i i U r!!?« roa< *- says his interests are all
entifled with Rome. He expects to live,
Jr ana be buried here, and he values his
* K for integrity and honesty more
ttent.” 0l< ** the road—be pa-
8ays the Curaming Clarion: “ How loDg
shall we be hewers of wood and drawers of
water for our neighboring counties? or what
does It profit us to raise a quarter of a mil
lion dollars worth of coiton annually and
give the profits to others? All, too, because
we have no railroad, while we are contribu
ting to the building up of Canton on the
west and all the towns along the Air Line
from Duluth to Gainesville, by allowing
them to make profits off of us to the amount
of one-third of our cotton crop, and one-
third of last year’s crop will build a railroad
to Suwannee. This is food for thought.”
DuPont Okrfenokean: “Recently there has
been a post office established in Clinch coun
ty called Okefenokee. Route agents will
please note that the mail for that office
should stop at Homerville, not at DuPont.
The postmaster at the above office
has a name so much like Oke
fenokee that we have appropriated for
the time being several po6t office books that
we thought had been intended for us. We
as frequently get letters addressed to Col.
Okefenokee as to our name. Our friends
will please take note, or things are going to
be badly mixed some of the6e days.”
The Henry County Weekly say6: “The most
antique rencontre that we have heard of
took place at the Fayette county poor farm
last Saturday afternoon. Bob Gay, aged 86,
ard Peter Gay, aged 79, got into a dispute
while shucking corn, which terminated in a
regular old fashioned knock down and drag
out fight. Peter bit off Bob’s thumb, which
Bob resented by smoothing the wrinkles out
of Peter’s countenance with a brick, and
was proceeding to maul him in true pugilis
tic style, when the overseer came upon the
scene and put an end to the struggle. ‘Age
ain’t nothin’—blood will tell.’ ”
Macon Teleyraph; “The Republicans of
Bibb county met last night in McBurney’s
Hall, and after twenty-five speakers, three
at a time, had pumineled each other with
parodies upon the Queen’s English, the fol
lowing were selected to represent that sec
tion of the corpse which lies in Macon:
Pulaski O. Holt, colored, W. W. Brown, J.
F. Long, colored, L A. Hause, James B.
Deveaux, John N. Biackshear. It Is said
that when the wrangle was at its highest,
the shade cf Webster passed rapidlv out
the door, with a look or reproach upon his
lexicographical brow. Under one arm be
carried his authorities, under the other the
limp form of the goddess of liberty, who
had fainted from what the Chinaman would
call ‘too muchee smellee.”’
The many serious accidents, constantly
reported, which arise from trying to kindle
tires with kerosene oil, seem to have but
little effect In stopping the dangerous
practice. The Americus Recorder records
the latest of these as follows; “Mrs. Jack
Roberts, of Lee county, came very near
being burned to death last week. In kindling
a fire, to hasten matters, she poured kero
sene from a can upon the wood. A blaze
flashed up, exploded the can, and scattered
the oil over Mrs. Roberts. 8he was instantly
enveloped in flames, and only 6aved by the
timely assistance of her husband, who
quickly threw a quilt around her and
smothered the fire. The house took fire,
but was extinguished by some servants on
? the lot. Mrs. Roberts’is pow lying in a
critical condition.”
* Columbus Times: “Information has reach
ed this city of a terrible burning in Harris
county by which a little negro girl was
burned to death. It occurred on the Knight
plantation, just north of the Pine Mountain.
It seems that several little negro children
were left at the house in order to take care
of the cabin and to watch the baby. Dur
ing the evening all the children except a
small girl and the baby left the house and
went out to pick up wood. While they
were gone their attention was attracted by
the screaming of the girl, and running back
they found the house on fire. The lai gest of
the children ran luto the house and snatch-
1 ing the baby from the cradle, carried it to a
place of safety, but the girl was so badly
frightened that she was unable to get out,
anil was literally roasted alive. The house
was burned to the ground, and the bones of
the poor little unfortunate were put into a
box and buried. The origin of the fire can
be traced to the same cause of uiue-tenths
of the burnings of negro cabins aud negro
children—that of neglect and carelessness.
As long as little children are left in houses
to take care of them, just so long will there
be instances of children’s being burned to
death.”
We have already mentioned In these col
umns the killiDg of a negro near Newnan
la*t Saturday night by another negro. In a
row over ten cents. The Newnan Herald
thus publishes the details of the affair :
“Last Saturday uight at a festival of the
colored people of the neighborhood on the
premises of John B. Goodwyn, some five or
tix miles from this city, a misund rstanding
occurred between Wilse Newell and Ander
son Clements about some change, as we are
informed, to the amount of ten cents, when
Clements procured a double-barreled shot
gun, both barrels heavily loaded, and shot
Newell, killing him instantly. Clements
made Ills escape. He carried the gun with
him about 150 yards, and then set it down
in the corner of a fence. When found the
other barrel was still loaded and the gun
cocked. At the present writing Clements
is still at large. Too much whisky aboard
on that festival occasion amoDgthe darkies,
Is alleged as the prime cause of all the trou
ble.” Clements is described as being be
tween 26 and 27 years of age, weighs 160 to
170 pounds, is 5 feet 10 or 11 inches high,
a bright mulatto with freckles the color of
a turkey egg on his face, and looks as if be
had had the small pox. His hair is red aud
cut close. He has hair on his chin, a light
red moustache, and wears a 9 or 10 shoe.
A Youthful Murderer's Last Words—
A Solemn Warning.
Edward Tat roe was hanged a* Wind
sor, Vt., on Friday last. Butler, the
husband of the woman murdered, was
present. When the Sheriff had finished
reading the death warrant, he asked
Tut rot if he had anything to say. The
boy answered, “Y’es sir,” deliberately
from the chair. He rose, stepping boldly
to the front of the gallows, and said;
“Gentlemen: I stand here guilty of
the murder with which I am charged—
the murder of Mrs. Charles W. Butler.
(Pointing to Butler, who stood near.) I
done the deed through his own money.
Butler took me to work for him when a
young boy. He used liquor himself and
always kept it in the house. Butler testified
that he never got drunk, but he was un
der the influence of liquor most of the
time. I feel sorry for you, Butler (look-
in i straight at him and pointing with both
hands), for your dead wife, whom I re
spected very much. She was a lovely
woman, and I never had any evil inten
tions about her until that night,
and I done it through excess of
drink and at the instigation of Mr.
Butler, who stands right there (pointing
again to h m). Oh, Mr. Butler, do you
remember what your mother said to you
when lying on her bed there? She said,
‘Oh, Charlie, after all I have said I must
die leaving you a drunkard.’ Good bye,
Mr. Butler,” good bye; forgive me. I
hope to meet you in the heavenly land.
I hope you will all forgive me. I have
nothing more to say. Oh, Lord, I thank
you that in mercy you have heard my
prayer. I ask your forgiveness. Re
member and forgive me for Jesus Christ’s
sake. I have nothing more to say.
Good-bye, one and all.’
The boy’s hands were tied, and point
ing his bound hands toward Mr. Butler,
he said, “ See that, Mr. Butler.”
The latter, by this time, was covered
with perspiration. Tatroe stepped back
to the drop. His legs were pinioned,
and then, in extreme anguish, the boy
cried to God, asking repeatedly for for
giveness end to be remembered, ‘ Ob,
Lord, forgive me; oli, Lord, have mercy
upon me; oh, Lord, remember me; oh,
Father, hear me.”
The black cap was drawn over his
face At two o’clock and two and a
half minutes, amid heartrending groans,
Sheriff Stimson said; “Edward Tatroe,
the time has come for the law to take
effect upon you. and may God have mer
cy on your soul!” , . _ . ,
The boy dropped six feet, but his neck
did not break. He struggled two and a
half minutes, and at the expiration of
fourteen minutes was dead.
“What I say is, that religion must be
respected,” exclaimed M. Pelletan in the
French Chamber of Deputies, that the
priest must be respected; but on one con
dition. namely, that he rents na in the
temple. There he is inviolable. Hut U
the oriest descends into the public arena,
if he engages in political strifes, if he
attempts to create a State against a btate,
then it is net a right that he is exercis
ing, but a usurpation that he is com
mitting.”
Oiuvoe Pudding.—Grate the peels of
two fine Seville oranges, taking care to
take none of the white;add half a pound
of lump sugar, the yolks of eight eggs;
beat nil well together; put it in puff paste
in a dish or little tins.
NOON TELEGRAMS.
RETURNS FROM TUESDAY'S
ELECTIONS.
The Reported Outrage on the Negro
Cadet at West Point.
HE IS BELIEVED TO HAVE INFLICTED
THE INJURIES ON HIMSELF.
THE BRITISH CONSERVATIVES
AND HO.VIE RULERS.
The Emperor Refuses to Accept Bis
marck's Resignation.
THE NEW YORK WALKING MATCH.
Hotels and Beer Saloons In Borden
town, X. J., Closed.
Schooner Ashore and Breaking Up.
TUB OUTRAGE ON TUB COLORED CADET AT
WEST POINT.
New York, April 7.—The Herald pub
lishes an account of the outrage on the
colored cadet, Whittaker, at West Point
Academy, iu which it Is insisted that he in
flicted the injuries upon himself. The dis
patch is dated at West Point, and reports
that Dr. Alexander, post surgeon, has
declared his belief that he was sham
ming unconsciousness when found
in his room. The doctor had Whittaker
taken to the hospital, or rather had him
walk there, and then, pursuant to directions
of General Scofield, had Lim stripped and
thoroughly examined. The result of this
examination was that not a bruise was
found on him, and it was further ascer
tained that bis nose had bled, as
he stated. “You are not hurt, you can go
on duty,” said the doctor, and Whittaker
at once repaired to his quarters, and put in
an appearance at 9 o’clock recitations, and
is to-night occupying his room in the bar
racks as If nothing had happened.
General Schofield is also reported to
have stated that Whittaker had no
enemies among the cadets, and that
there was not an indication, so far, that any
one of them had a hand in inflicting the in
juries. The Herald's theory Is that Whitta
ker took this way of escaping the conse
quences of his own deficiencies and avoid
ing the disgrace of failure.
TUESDAY’S ELECTIONS.
Cincinnati, April 7.—Unofficial footings
give Esbelby, Republican, for City Comp
troller, a majority of 3.800, and the entire
Republican Board of Education is elected
by majorities from 200 to 2,000.
In Iudiana all constitutional amendments
were carried. This will make the State elec
tion come in November.
New York, April 7.—A special from Co
lumbia, S. C.,says: “The municipal election
to day was the quietest ever held in this
cby. The entire Democratic ticket, inclu
ding Mayor and Aldermen, was elected
without opposition, the negroes voting with
the Democrats. An unusually large vote
was polled and there was little or no excite
ment.”
Milwaukee, April 7.—The Republican
city ticket is elected by about 3,500 major
ity, the fir6t Republican government Mil
waukee has ever had.
Madison elected a Republican Mayor, and
the Council is divided.
Oshkosh has elected the Democratic ticket
by a small majority.
Euclaire elected the Republican ticket by
a large majority.
TUB BRITISH CONSERYAW VES AND HOME
RULERS—BISMARCK’S RESIGNATION.
London, April 7.—The Daily Fern, in its
leading article this morning, hints that the
Conservatives will coalesce with the Home
Rulers in order to defeat the Liberal admin
istration.
A Berlin dispatch 6avs the Bundesrath
passed the stamp law, but with certain
mollifications. These were not agreeable to
B srnarck, and he sent his resignation to
the Emperor, who refused to accept
it, usiDg the word “never.” Bismarck
again sent in his resignation, saying
the vote in the Bundesrath was not the
sole ground for his fiction, but that his
health was such that he considered it neces
sary to withdraw from public life. Bismarck
will confer with the Emperor to day and the
popular opinion is he will remain in office.
HOTELS AND BEER SALOONS CLOSED.
Bordentown, N. J., April 7.—All the
hotels and beer saloons of this city were
lightly closed yesterday for an indefinite
period in consequence of the Common
Couucil refusing to grant any licenses. The
charter election will take place next Monday,
and as an entirely new Council will then be
chosen, the greatest interest is felt in the
result. Bordentown has been a chartered
city for thirty-one years, and this is the first
time in its history that its public houses
have been closed.
SCHOONER ASHORE AND BREAKING UP.
New York, April 7.—The schooner Ralph
Howes, from Wilmington, N. C’., for Boston,
ashore at East Hampton, Long Island, is
breaking up. A portion of her cargo has
been driven to sea, and the balance is
strewn along the beach in a damaged con
dition. Captain Mitchell has concluded to
strip the vessel and secure what cargo he
can for the benefit of all concerned.
THE NEW YORK WALKING MATCH.
New York, April 7.—In the walking
match the score at 12 o’clock was; Hart 279,
Dobler 268, Pegram 249, Howard 238, Allen
288, Merritt 5183, Krohne 217, Ilannmaker
202, McIntyre 196, Jay bee 110.
dead.
New Orleans, April 7.—Dr. Gilbert R.
Spaulding, a well known theatrical mana
ger, died last night, age sixty-eight.
EVENING TELEGRAMS.
CONGRESSIONAL proceedings.
Bismarck's Real Object In Resigning.
IOWA DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
Action of the Connecticut Radicals,
SHIP ABANDONED AT SEA.
Congressional Committee Notes*
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
Washington, April 7.—The Secretary of
the Senate. Col. Burch, called the Senate to
order, aud read a note from Mr. Wheeler,
stating that he would be absent several
days, and that the duty devolved upon the
Senate of choosing a President pro tempore.
Mr Wallace submitted a resolution that Hon.
Allan G.Thurraan be chosen President during
the absence of Mr. Wheeler. Adopted. Mr
Thurman was escorted to the chair by Mr.
Ferry, and on taking his seat thanked the
Senate for tbia renewed mark of their cold
dence and esteem. Mr. Wallace submitted
a resolution Instructing the Secretary of the
Senate to inform Mr. Hayes and the House
of Representatives of the action of the Sen
ate. Adopted.
After the transaction of some unimportant
business, Mr. Saunders submitted a resolu
tion providing: for an Inquiry into the expe
diency of removing Indians to the Ponca
reservation In Nebraska. After considera
ble discussion the resolution went over.
Mr. Saulsbury gave notice that he would
on to morrow call up as a privileged ques
tion the report of the Committee on Privi
leges and Elections tn the Kellogg Spofford
Ca Ttie Senate then resumed consideration of
the Ute Indian agreement, and there was a
general discussion of the whole Iudian aues-
tion In which Messrs. Kirkwood, Hoar,
Whyte, Beck, Burnside, Ingalls and others
participated. Pending the conclusion of the
discussion the Senate adjourned.
The House having refused to dispense
with the morning hour, the Speaker an
nounced that the pending question was upon
reference of the bill authorizing the Sccre-
tarv of War to contract with the San An
t.mlo and Mexican Border Railroad Com-
Danv for the Immediate construction of a
railroad from San Antonio, Texas, to a point
on t he Rio Grande at or near Laredo-
After some discussion the bill was refer
red to the committee of the whole.
Mr Slemons, of Arkansas, from the
Committee on Railways and Canals, report
ed a bill for the construction of railroad
bridges at or near Shreveport and Monroe,
Louisiana. Referred to the committee of
Scales, of North Carolina, from the
Committee on the Militia, reported a bill to
organize and discipline the militia of the
United Statee. Placed on the House cal-
* D mV*McCook, of New York, asked leave
to offer a resolution asking the Secretary of
War for information with regard to tbe
hazing of the colored cadet Whittaker at
the West Point Military Academy. Mr.
Aiken, of 8outh Carolina, objected. He
said be represented tbe district frost wblcb
Whittaker came, and was competent to see
that the latter was protected. He thought
it best to await tne investigation of the
West Point authorities, especially as the
latest reports seemed to show that it was a
bogus outrage.
The House then went into committee of
the whole on the army appropriation bill.
The pending amendment of Mr. Sparks,
with regard to tbe employment of contract
surgeons, was rejected. Mr. Sparks said
be should demand a vote in the House. Tbe
Chair decided he could not do so without
permission of the gentleman in charge of
the bill (Mr. Clymer). The latter said he
would not promise to give such permission.
Mr. Sparks thought that as the amendment
came from the Committee on Military
Affairs, Mr. Clymer should allow a vote
upon it in the House. Mr. Clymer said he
had received no request to that effect from
the Committee on Military Affairs.
Sparks (advancing toward Clymer In a
threatening manner)—“If the gentleman
from Pennsylvania insinuates that that
amendment does not come from the Com
mittee on Military Affairs, he lies, and that
is all there is about it.” (Great confusion
and excitement, which the Chair tried in
vain to quiet.)
Clymer—“Ob, you cannot insult me.”
When quiet was restored, Sparks’ words
were read from the Clerk’s desk, and the
committee rose and reported them to the
House.
Mr. Sparks explained that be was labor
ing under excitement, and that if Mr.
Clymer did not Intend to insinua f e that he
(Sparks) was trying to deceive the House,
be would withdraw, aud apologize for the
offensive words.
Mr. Clymer discla’med any intention of
making anv such insinuation, and the quar
rel was amicably settled. After some fur
ther unimportant amendments to the
bill, Mr. Sparks, of Illinois, by di
rect.ion of the Military Committee,
opposed a supplementary section, pro
viding that no money appropriated
by the act 6ball be used in the subsistence,
equipment, transportation or compensation
of any portion of the army to be used as
a police force to keep peace at the polls at
anv election In anv State.
Mr. Kiefer, of Ohio, raised a point of or
der, pending the decision of which the
House adjourned.
BISMARCK’S REAL OBJECT IN RESIGNING.
London, April 7.—A Berlin correspondent
of the Times telegraphs that the resignation
of Prince Bismarck created an excitement
there which overshadowed tbe Interest taken
in the English elections. Upon second
thought, however, the alarm which the an
nouncement occasioned subsided in a great
measure, it being the general conviction
that Prince Bismarck would not actually re
tire and leave so much important work un
finished. His threat to do so Is regarded as
an attempt to bring about certain changes
in the Federal council.
A correspondent says : “The Chancellor
probably does not care whether the proposed
receipt stamp tax is adopted or not, but its
rejection affords him a convenient oppor
tunity to alter the state of things in the
Federal council which has long annoyed
him. Nor can it be doubted that a funda
mental change of the Imperial con
stitution affecting the Bundesrath is
the real object he has at heart.
Of the fifty-eleht vo»es distributed
among the twenty-five members of this body,
Prussia pos. esses seventeen, that is to sav a
little less than a third of legislative influ
ence appertains to it, while her proportion
of imperial perpetuation is about five-
eighths of the whole. What has now hap
pened might well occur again, and Prussia
might find her-elf in the predicament of
being outvoted on some much more mo
mentous question than the present one
by petty principalities and dukedoms,
even when seconded by one or two king
doms. To obviate, therefore, such an unto
ward contingency is unquestionably the aim
of the Chancellor, and it can scarcely be
doubted that rather than part with this alto
gether indispensable Prince, the States will
readily consent to a representation in the
Federal Council more In accordance with
the principle by which popular Deputies are
■ent np.to the Reichstag, to-wit; in propor
tion to the number of inhabitants in the
respective States.”
IOWA DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
Burlington, Iowa, April 7.—The Demo
cratic State Convention, to select delegates
to Cincinnati, met here this morning. There
were fully five hundred delegates present.
Judge Eiward Johnson was elected
Chairman. On taking the cha’r
he referred to the electoral frauds
of 1876 as an Issue that would not down,
and said that the battle of 1880 must be
fought for an hone6t count; that the De
mocracy must pledge itself to protect Inter
nal transportation and inter state com
merce against the combinations of gigantic
railroad monopolies; and, finally,
that tbe m&u nominated at Cincinnati must
be a man who can defeat General Grant, as
anybody of sense could see that the latter
will be the Republican nominee. Commit
tees on credentials, permanent organization
and resolutions were appointed, and the
convention then took a recess.
THE WASHINGTON WEAftlER PROPHET.
Office of the Chief Signal Obsekter,
Washington, D. C., April 7.—Indications
for Thursday :
In the South Atlantic and East Gulf
States, partly cloudy weather, northeasterly
winds, stationary or lower temperature, and
rising baronn-vr.
Iu the Middle Atlantic States, clearer,
partly cloudy weather, northwesterly winds,
stationary or lower temperature, and rising
barometer.
In the West Gulf States, cloudy weather,
with frequent rains, winds mostly north
easterly, stationary or lower temperature,
and generally higher barometer.
In Tennessee and the Ohio valley, clear
or partly cloudy weather, winds* mostly
northerly, falliug, followed by rising tem
perature, stationary or higher barometer.
SHIP ABANDONED AT SEA.
Philadelphia, April 7.—The Norwegian
ship Wassenaar, Captain Hauer, from
Pensacola, with pitch pine lumber for
Grangemouth, wa* abandoned in a sinking
condition on March 28th in latitude 44:23,
lor.gitude 38:50, having encountered a severe
southwest gale March 21st, which carried
away her fore aud mainmasts, swept her
decks and caused the ship to leak. The
crew was taken off by the steamship Annie
at this port to day from Middlesborough,
saving nothing but what they stood In.
ACTION OF THE CONNECTICUT RADICALS.
New Ha>en, Conn., April 7.—The Re
publican State Convention met here to-day
to elect delegates to Chicago. The only
platform adopted was a resolution pledging
the convention and the constituencies which
it represented, to support the nominees of
the National Convention, whoever they
6hculd be. The delegation to Chicago was
left uninstructed, but it is thought to stand :
Blaine 5, Edmunds 4, Wasburne 3.
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE NOTES,
Washington, April 7.—The Hou^e Com
mittee on Banking and Currency at its meet
ing to-day authorized Representative Price
to report a bill to the House repealing that
portion of the internal revenue laws which
require two cent, stamps upon bank checks.
New Orleans Women.
Haw Orleans Picayune.
The New Orleans woman proper is a
Gallic American, or rather an American
Gaul. She may never have been out of
the country, or even out of the State; but
for all that, she is an alien to tbe Re
public in the sense that she has little
knowledge of it and less care for it and
its affairs. If Creole, or of Creole descent
or affinity, she reads French newspapers,
has French habits and opinions, and is
essentially French in mind and manner.
She talks English, though she thinks in
French; she is an inhabitant of tbe United
States, but acitijen of Louisiana,especial
ly of its metropolis, most of her grand
outings being to adjacent parishes. Once
in a while she may go to St. Louis, or
Mobile, or Charleston, or New Y’ork, but
if she does it is a memorable event, and
she regards it as a Chicagoan, Bostonian
or New Yorker would regard the circum
navigation of the globe, a journey to the
interior of Afghanistan, or the heart of
Africa. Should the New Orleans woman
be young, especially should she be un
married, she may be very graceful, though
rarely slender in figure, for plumpness
and rounduess come very early will! her.
She is usually a brunette. Her manners
are, as a rule, superior to her person. It
is marvelous what she can achieve with a
bit of lace, half a yard of ribbon, or a
few flowers. The New Orleans woman
is not very substantially educated, but
such education as she has, she can put to
the best advantage.
The temperance society at Dublin,
Ohio, is called Ku-Klux, and seems to
deserve the name, for the members have
blown up two barrooms with powder.
Ou the Iasi occasion the building was
totally demolished by the exp osion of a
keg of powder in the cellar.
The Rhode Island Senate has again, on
a reconsideration, voted by 11 yeas
to 17 nays not to concur in the House
resolution extending the right of suifrage
to women.
LETTER FROM THOMASVILLE.
Arrest of Horse 1 kleves—The Vllteh-
ell House A Dinner as was a Din
ner—Cruelty to Animals.
Special Correspondence of the Mcminn Hews.
Thomasville, April 5.—The co-operation
of good citizens makes good and efficient
officers. 80 Sheriff Thrasher, of Brooks,
finds it, which enables him to achieve con
siderable success in the capture of horse
thieves. In the case of Robert Reynolds,
captured by him since our last letter, it ap
pears that the Sheriff’s brother, keeping a
livery stable in Quitman, gave him
information that he had bargained
for the purchase .of a mule
from Reynolds, whose conduct and
conversation rendered his ownership of the
male suspicious. The Sheriff accordingly
repaired to the stables quietly with a
posse, and when the animal was brought in
for delivery, pounced upon the thief. The
same day Mr. T. T. Stephens, near Boston,
in Thomas county, tracked his mule, stolen
the night previous, to Quitman, and found
him safely in possession of the officer. A
telegram was 6ent to Sheriff Coyle, of
Thomas, who went *aown and promptly
brought the prisoner to jail in this city.
Reynolds is very stout and fearless—offer
ed powerful resistance to Sheriff Thrasher,
ana was subdued only by overwhelming
numbers. He has tbe reputation of being
the “worst negro in Berrien county,” where
he has long resided and is well known.
Others are believed to have been connected
with him In the business of horse stealing,
and it is likely that Sheriff Thrasher’s genius
will soon find room for further display.
MITCHELL HOUSE.
The. recent change of proprietorship of
this elegant house from the hands of Mr.
George Brown to those of Mr. C. L. Porter
created some little surprise at the time, but
the public, so far as I can learn, are more
than reconciled to the change, finding in the
new proprietor a gentleman not only com
petent to the task of pleasing the va
ried tastes of the patrons of a
large hotel, but one comprehensively taking
in the situation, and possessing tbe versa
tility of action necessary to success. Mr.
Porter belongs to a well known and highly
respected family in the Bowling Green dis
trict of the good old State of Kentucky, and
bis management of the well appointed
Mitchell House promises great satisfaction.
With a view to observation and Inspection
of the new management, your correspondent
was invited, with friends of the proprietor
and gentlemen of the press, to dine with him
on Monday last, and I have only to regret
my want or skill and experience In describ
ing the excellencies of the culinary art. To
say that the general appointments correspond
with the magnificence of the building, may
cover the furniture, number the servants,
cooks and attaches, with the numberless
conveniences, ornaments and luxuries visi
ble at a casual glance; but would not convey
a yery fair idea of the “bill of fare” set be
fore the guests, its preparation and service
upon tables laden with precious ware, and
gorgeous with lloral beauty, sent in as free
will offerlugs from the fragrant spring gar
dens of Thomasville. Glancing well around
among the fifty or seventy-five animated
faces seated about the richly laden tables,
to get my bearing, as it were, I mo
tioned to a quiet, but very attentive, genteel
looking “cullud pusson” standing near me,
pointed to a very beautiful and fashionably
gotten up bill of fare, and told him in a
subdued but firm tone that I thought I
would tackle it. He smiled from “yer to
yer,” blandly descended upon my glittering
plate, and, spiriting It away, disappeared
among the orderiy throng of colored minis
ters to the inner man. His brief absence
permitted me to discover and descant upon
the exquisite taste and beauty of a diminu
tive button-hole bouquet near my plate,
neatly attached to a card bearing the compli-
pliments of the proprietor. But I had not
long to expatiate upon “the love of flowers”
and their elevating influences, before the in
evitable cullud pusson returned, placed be
fore mean appetizing turtle soup, and* tbe
campaign opened with strong skirmishing on
that line, well supported until a flank move
ment could be made upon salmon and red
snapper. This was very successful, but
it became necessary to move the
right wing against a fortification of
vegetables and canned fruits which
now appeared on that flank, and
at the same time, to precipitate the left
upon a small battery of salads and other
relishes known only to a fashionable bill of
fare. A general engagement now seemed
Inevitable—tbe ardor of attack could not
well be restrained, and it was determined
to advance the centre and attack in force
alODg the whole line. This movement was
executed with great skill and resolution, but
the action lasted so long without any appar
ent diminunition" of the “obstacles to be
overcome,” that a parley was sounded, just
after a very determined assault upon a for
midable breastreorkof turkev, duck, chicken,
ham, mutton, beef, etc. The field on the
left side of the bill of fare bad been
traversed but not cleared. A coun
cil of war was called with the
cullud pu-son—did he think the press could
stand the “long roll” of his Frenchified
“entries?” He thought it “could stand
anything,” and thu3 encouraged, the attack
was renewed, but evidently with less vigor,
and only a scattering tire was for some time
maintained, from which puddings, pastries,
wines, ice cream, strawberries, green fruits,
nuts, etc., suffered most.
The bill of fare was the most elaborate
ever served In this city and was designed to
show the capabilities of the soil, climate
and locality in that line, as well as the ge
nius of the proprietor as a caterer. For the
superior excellence of preparation remarka
ble on that occasion, the proprietor acknow
ledged the valuable services of his chief
cook, Mr. Henry Timmerman, who will be
sufficiently complimented and his accom
plishments explained by the word “French
man.”
Mr. Fred. A. Richards, at present con
nected with the Mitchell House, will resign
his position, and return next week to the
North, where a place awaits him in a noted
hotel in New London, Conn.
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
Tbe organlzition in Thomasville of a So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani
mals attracted no attention at first, the citi
zens seeming to think there was “nothing
in it,” but recent inquiry for evidence
against parties reported to have violated
tbe laws of the State on the subject
seems likely to make a stronger Impression,
with the probability of resulting in some
good to mau and beast. Like all new
abridgements of man’s liberty to do wrong,
it will encounter ridicule, sarcasm, opposi
tion and abuse, without measure; but like
all humanitarian precepts, will at last meet
the approbation of ail really good men aud
women. Thomas.
An Old Burial Vault Opened.—
The art hes of the old burial vault of
Wesley Chapel, in Attorney street. New
York, gave way Friday,and almost the en
tire top and one of the side walls of the
structure fell in, making a great gap
about twenty feet in the ground, which
is about half the area of the yard. Bat
urday a ladder was placed against the
edge, and many persons gratified their
curiosity by going down into the vault.
At one side, where the arch still re
mained standing, could be seen heaps
of mouldy fragments of boards.
There were also several cofliu-
shaped boxes, some of which retained
their lids partially fallen to pieces.
The skeletons of the dead were exposed
to view—disjointed and decaying—with
no vestige of a shroud except a yellow
mould that would dissolve at a touch.
Some of the broken coffins contained
only a fragment of a bone. Among tbe
many fragments of loose boards no
traces of the bodies once contained in
the coffins they composed could be dis-
coyered. The vaults were known as epi
demic vaults, and contained upward of
five thousand bodies, the interments
dating back as far as the cholera epi
demic of 1849, when over two thousand
persons were interred. Twenty years
ago the vaults wore ordered closed, at
which time they were full.
The Bible speaks of our ancestors as
having been much longer lived than our
selves. It is certain, however, that there
has been a gradual and steady increase
in the average length of human life in
the past three hundred years. In the
sixteenth century the average was only
eighteen years, while to day. in civilized
countries, it is forty-four. It is shown,
at the same time, that wealthy people
average twelve years more of life than
the poor.
A mob of Chinese atT Yenping-foo re
cently attacked the Rev. Nathan Sites,
an American Methodist missionary, and
were on tbe point of stoning him to
death when a local magistrate interfered.
The mob said that they were only treat
ing Americans Americans treated
Chinese in California,
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Tbe Opinions of Congressmen as
to Tflden*s Availability—Blaine.
Grant and Sherman—Illumtuatlon
for Lighthouses.
Special Correspondence of the Momina Hews.
Washington, April 5.—The New York
Herald has obtained and published the views
of members of Congress from Virginia,
Louisiana and Mississippi in regard to tbe
candidacy of Mr. Tiiden, and bis availability
as the nominee of the Democratic party.
All of the members interviewed pronounce
in most positive terms that Tiiden won’t do,
and that his nomination would be suicidal
to the Interests of the party. The Herald
might have gone farther, and run the whole
gamut of Southern Democrats, and have
found not a single break in the concord that
Tiiden won’t do. This is the feeling of all
Southern members. There are some Western
and Northern Democrats in Congress who
cling to the Sage of Gramercy Park, but
even they are few. As far as Congress
is concerned, Mr. Tiiden, taking out
Speaker Randall, Mr. 8pricger, and a
few others from the North and West, has
not a siogle advocate in Congress. There is
no doubt, however, that he has a following
in many of the States outside of Congress.
This is evident. Quite a number of papers
in all sections are for him, and many people
still cling to his cause. As Grant is the ma
chine candidate of the Republican party, so
is Tiiden the industriously worked up man
in the Democratic ranks.
BLAINE, GRANT AND SHERMAN.
An indiscreet Secretary of tbe Blaine
Club here haa to a great extent shaken the
good feeling that prevailed in tbe Grant
ranks for the man of Maine. That Secre
tary was Interviewed the other day by a re
porter of the Eicninq Star. The brightest
sort of pro* pects for Blaine were divulged.
Figures were given to show that Blaine
would go into the convention with three
hundred and fifty-nine votes. Twenty
votes from Pennsylvania were put down for
him. The interview also stated that a
wholesale revolution in that State against
the machine was goiDg on, and that the
machine would be busted. Now Don
Cameron prides himself on the admirable
order In which he has the Pennsylvania ma
chine. A reflection that after tbe Harris
burg convention it would not do the Grant
work laid out for it then and there, he re
garded as a personal reflection upon him as
a manipulator of machines. Don said to
night that the only trouble was that the
matter in the interview did not come from
Blaine, but from the Secretary of the Blaine
club; therefore the former could not be held
responsible for it. At any rate he expressed
himself as very indlgnaut against Blaine.
The interview may be the means of destroy
ing the heretofore mutual agreement that
has existed between the two. Don has
visited several newspaper headquarters to
fire off a sort of a declaration of war
against Blaine. The Sherman men and the
Grant men are already at swords points
about their candidates, and seem fair to get
into a party fight. If Don Cameron and
Blaine does fall out and fight the spectacle
will be not only Interesting, but mo6t bene
ficial to the other side. Let tbe fight go on.
ILLUMINATION FOR LIGHTHOUSES.
A bill has just been introduced in the
House proposing to substitute a new light
for the oil now used in lighthouses and In
beacons. It provides that the Secretary of
the Treasury shall cause to be tested the
efficacy of compressed gas as an illuminat
ing power for these lights and adopt it if
after trial It shall be found both better and
comparatively cheap. OU has always been
used for lights of this character. It is, how
ever, claimed that this compressed gas will
give a better light and at the same time be
but little more expensive. If the light can
be Improved there would seem to be no ob
jection to the slight advance in cost. The
projectors claim that there wiU be no ad
vance in cost In the long run.
Potomac.
LETTER FROM MONTICELLO. FLA
The Crop Proapect—The Locnnt and
the Grub Worm -The Hog Cholera
How the Buzzard .Navigate* the
Air.
Monticello, Jefferson County, Fla.,
AprU 3.—Editor Morning Fetes: Crops in this
section of the State are more forward than
1 ever knew them 6lnce my acquaintance,
which has been upwards of forty years.
I had corn ploughed out on the fourth day
of March, and now have my whole corn
crop ploughed out, except some new
ground. Corn is looking well, and there is
generally a good stand. The majority of
farmers have more or less cotton planted,
and some few have small patches up, which
was nipped slightly by frost in the latter
part of March. The seed is coming up
well, and I do not apprehend any
difficulty about stands on account of
damaged seed. The oat crop has rusted
out 1 think pretty generally, and mav be put
down as almost a failure—unless where it is
being pastured off by stock; the young
growth survives the rust after the stock is
taken off. I think, then, they will be very
late, light and inferior, not fit for seeding
again. Some plauters are speaking of ruu-
uing off the land, and planting corn where
they have rusted early. That is certainly a
good Idea, and would go a long way to help
put down high priced corn next season, to
be paid for, perhaps, with low down “king
cotton.” Cotton may be king in a commer
cial sense, but will not do when we go to
eat.
Professor Steele says a great deal about
tbe locust and their habits, which may
be correct. But In excavating the earth
I have noticed the common grub worm in
a state of nature, which so closely resembled
our Southern locust that there was no mis
taking the similarity, in so much that 1 feel
satisfied that at certain periods of their ex
istence they, while in their embryo condi
tion, come up out of the earth, arid crawl
upon the sides of trees, clinging to the bark
with their original grub worm claws until
the sun warms them Into life, when they
burst the old shell open in the back, and
free themselves, coming forth a new crea
ture, a flytng, buzzing, joyous insect, ready
for tbe ebaae of birds. Tbe grub worm is
usually found all over the South, at any sea
son of the year, in various sizes, and but a
few inches under the earth’s surface; how
ever, they may go down to greater depths.
Hog cholera is prevalent, and numbers
have died. There are but few left, and they
continue to die.
Your correspondent, Thomasville. Ga.,
asks the cuestion how can the buzzard navi
gate without movlDg his wings. Answer:
By sail, ballast and steerage. The air above
us, in which the buzzards move, is always
astir, and often in a contrary direction from
that present with ns, so that they have a
sufficient breeze at all times for sailing; their
feet balance the head, and, with spreading
wings and tail, they set forth at pleasure,aDd,
by a systematic twitch of tbe tail, turn tbelr
wiugs to catch the wind, which drives him
in any direction be chooses, seemiDgly with
out an effort. R. H. M.
A Letter from Mr. Groesbeck.—
The full text of the letter of Hon. W. S.
Groesbeck. of Cincinnati, to Col. Taylor
and the Metropolitan Hotel conference
of Democrats, who named him for the
Democratic nominee for the Presidency,
is published. Mr. Groesbeck, in answer
to the question of whether or not he
would accept the nomination, answers:
‘Who would not? I do not suppose that
any one able to appreciate it would de
cline so great an honor. If you mean to
ask me whether I will become a candidate
and seek the nomination, my answer is in
the negative. If the Democratic party
wants me for any purpose, it will call
me. If it don’t want me, I prefer not to
bother it. This is the old rule, and I
like it n
A Cincinnati dispatch says; “The
visit of Gov. Fenton, of New York, is
said to have important significance in
this conniption. Gov. Fenton arrived
some days ago and drove at once to ‘The
Oaks,’ Air. Groesbeck’s residence. It is
now said that his object is to organize a
Groesbeck boom, and that he and other
Republicans of the anti Grant school will
intimate to the Democratic Convention
that if Grant is nominated by the Re
publicans, in case the Democrats nomi
nate Groesbeck a large Republican follow
ing will be secured.”
Killed Because He Knew Too
Much.—Bill Lewis, a desperate charac
ter, was recently assassinated in Live
Oak county, Texas, while skinning a
deer he had killed. It is said that one
thousand dollars was paid for the assas
sination. Lewis was a witness in mur
der cases against several parties, and it
is thought their object was to get him
out of the way.
THE TWO-THIRDS RULE.
It I. the Common Law In Demo
cratic National Conventlona—It
Cannot Salel, B. Abandoned In
1880.
JVew Orlrant Democrat.
With a desire to show the connection
of the two-thirds rule with National
Democratic Conventions in former years,
we have obtained much valuable data,
which arc particularly interesting at this
time, in view of the fact that the dele
gates to be sent to the Cincinnati Con
vention are expected to bear with them
instructions from their constituents as to
whether it be desirable to continue the
two thirds rule loDger in force in Na
tional Democratic Conventions.
The National Democratic Convention
of 1844 met at Baltimore May 24d, and
after the election of a chairman, Mr.
Romulus M. Saunders, of North Caro
lina, rose and said, inasmuch as he had
been a member of the conventions of
1832 and 1835, whose selections had met
with the approving voice of the people,
he favored the adoption of the rules of
said conventions for the government of
the present body. Messrs. Cave John
son, Clifford of Maine, Colquitt of
Georgia, and Hopkins of Virginia, ob
jected, proposing that the convention
should be more completely organized,etc.
After some remarks by Senator Roliert
J. Walker, of Mississippi, Mr. Saunders
withdrew bis motion, avowing his deter
mination to renew it as soon as the con
vention was organized.
After the report of the Committee on
Credentials was adopted, a committee
was appointed to recommend office
the convention, and then Mr. Sau
renewed his motion.
Mr. Benjamin F. Butler, of
dent Van IJuren and the warmest advo
cate of bis nomination by the conven
tion, in some explanatory remarks ic
reply to Mr. Saunders, said he was onlj
anxious to await the action of the com
mittee appointed to select pcrmanenl
officers.
Mr. Walker was opposed to the furthei
suspension of the resolution of Mr. Saun
ders. He had but little to say, but wish
ed to come to the consideration of tbe
question at once. lie (Mr. Walker) read
from the record the establishment of the
rules in 1832 and 1835. and also referred
to the adoption of the rules in 1340. He
contended strongly for the adoption of
the two thirds rule, as one which was
identified with the firstformation of Na
tional Democratic Conventions. He was
in favor of that rule being adhered to
now, and contended very warmly that
the idea given out that the two thirds
rule would be an invasion of the rights
of the majority of the Democratic party
was an utter fallacy; it was. on the con
trary, absolutely necessary to secure tbe
rights of that majority. And he warned
gentlemen that if a mere majority
rule were to be adopted it would give a
small minority of the great Democratic
party the control, and would tend to the
utter disorganization of tbe party.
After remarks by several other gentle
men, Mr. Jewett, of Maine,offered a reso
lution to appoint a committee on rules
for the government of the convention.
Mr. Saunders moved to strike out all
after the word “resolved” and insert his
original resolution.
Sir. Walker hoped Sir. Saunders would
withdraw his proposition and allow a
vote to be taken on Mr. Jewett’s resolu
tion.
Sir. Saunders desired to oblige his
friend from Slississippi, and said he
might do so before he look his seat. For
the present, however, he wish_-d to say
a few words on the resolution. Sir.
Saunders then gave the history of the
rules adopted by the conventions of 1832
and 1835. The principles involved in
them were three; That each State should
have the same number of votes in con
vention as in the electoral colleges; that
delegates should give the vote of the
State as they might determine among
themselves; and two-thirds of the con
vention to nominate a ticket.
Sir. Butler moved to amend by except
ing so much of the rules as required
two-thirds vote, and spoke at length. He
considered himself bound to the princi
ple of the will of the majority being the
law, and argued against any reference to
precedents, which nc considered as ques
tions for mere lawyers, etc. He discuss
ed the two-thirds rule fully, and appealed
to its advocates to know if any of them
believed two-thirds of tbe convention
could be found in favor of any one can
didate. Assuming this to be true, for
the sake of the argument, and believlDg.
as he firmly did, that it was true, bow
did the present case compare with that
of 1832 or that of 1835* Not at all. In
conclusion. Mr. Butler was sorry to find
Mr. Walker and Mr. Saunders referring
to the precedent of 1840—the log cabin,
hard eider, coon hunting /rreeetlent of 1840.
He deprecated the adoption of the two-
thirds rule, which must have the effect
i f preventing any nomination, orof driv
ing the majority of the convention to
yield to the minority. Mr. Butler closed
by withdrawing his amendment.
On the second day's session Mr. Brew
ster moved to take up the Saunders
proposition. Carried.
Mr. Tibbetts, of Kentucky, favored
the two-thirds rule. He said he was in
structed to support Col. Johnson for the
nomination, but if, however, his nomina
tion could not be secured under the two-
thirds rule he was ready to support ant-
other candidate to secure union and har
mony.
Gov. Hubbard, of New Hampshire,
was opposed to the two thirds rule, and
hoped Mr. Saunders would withdraw his
amendment, but Mr. S. declined to do so.
Gov. Morton, of Massachusetts, de
sired to have a direct vote on the question
pending, and was in favor of the majori
ty rule in making nominations.
Mr. Walker took tbe floor, and very
earnestly replied to the speech of Mr.
Bntler the day before.
Mr. Uantoul, of Massachusetts, sup
ported Mr. Saunders’ amendment, and
said if any gentleman could not get two-
thirds of the convention his election
could not be hoped for, and the Whig
candidate, Mr. Clay, would be elected.
Mr. Dickinson did not believe the two-
thirds rule in existence,-^ind the very
proposition to establish it proved that it
was not.
Mr. Medary, of Ohio, opposed the
amendment, and after a few remarks by
Mr. Kaiser of Missouri, the question
was loudly called for.
A resolution was adopted that tho vote
be taken by States, and the result was as
follows:
States.
* :
5 £ States.
<• . is ■ ,
i *
> y.
Maine
b Alabama
y ..
N. Hampshire
9 Mississippi
t>..
Massachusetts.
5 7 Louisiana..
u
Vermont
3 3 Tennessee
13 ..
Rhode Island
2 2 Kentucky .
12, ..
Connecticut .
3 3 Ohio
23
New York
36 Indiana
12 ..
New Jersey
7 ..j Illinois
9 ..
Uennsylvani*.
12 13 Michigan
5 ..
Maryland
fi 2 Missouri
I >e law are
31 .. Arkansas
3 ..
Virginia
17 ..
North Carolina
5 5 ! Total
Ut* 116
Oeorgi, . ..
io ..!!
i
[This was the test vote on continuing
the two-thirds rule.]
Martin Van Buren received twenty six
majority on the first ballot (146 to 120
for ail others), but did not receive a ma
jority thereafter, according to the report
before us. Mr. Miller, of Ohio, moved
to declare Martin Van Buren the nomi
nee of the convention, but his motion
was ruled out of order, and thereupon
Mr. Miller appealed from the decision
of the chair. The chairman declared
that a two-thirds vote was necessary to
rescind the resolution previously adopted
continuing the two-thirds rule in force.
After the eighth ballot Mr. Young, of
New York, moved to rescind the two-
thirds rule, but his motion was ruled
out of order, as a motion to proceed to
another ballot was pending.
The ninth ballot was taken imme
diately, and resulted in Mr. Folk’s nomi
nation by a unanimous vote.
1848
We give below an account of the actios
of the Democratic Convention of that
year in regard to the two thirds rule:
The convention met at Baltimore,
May 22, aud ou the afternoon of the first
day a question arose as to whether the
Committee on Organization had the
power tc report rules for the government
of the convention, whereupon a sugges
tion was made that the rules of the
Demo -ratic National Convention of 1844
be adopted, but meeting with strong op
position it was not pressed, and the com
mittee was instructed to report rules.
Mr. Morton, of Massachusetts, moved
to make the rules of the convention of
1844 the rules of the present convention.
Mr. Morse, of Louisiana, moved to
amend by inserting the words “with the
exception of that rule requiring a vote
of two-thirds for the nomination of
President”
On this a long and animated debate
took place, which was interrupted by a
crash, caused by a slight sinking of the
gallery.
When the convention was again call
ed to order Sir. Howard, of Maryland,
proposed to make a report in
part, from the Committee on Credentials,
but the chair decided that tt would not
be in order till the pending question (the
two thirds rule) was disposed of.
After some discussion as to rules, Mr.
Howard moved to lay the resolution pro
viding for the adoption of the two thirds
rule on the table, and on a vote by States
the vote stood—yeas 121, nays 133.
Mr. Morton, of Massachusetts, moved
the previous question, and the motion
was sustained.
The question being on the resolution
adopting the two-thirds rule, the vote by
States was:
STATES.
1 E
STATES.
i i
* *1
> y.
Maine
9 i
Alabama
9 ..
N. Hampshire.
6 ..!
Mississippi.. .
6 ..
Massachusetts
10 2
Louisiana
6 ..
Vermont
1 5
1 Texas
6 ..
Rhode Island .
3 1
Arkansas
3 ..
Connecticut....
6 .
'Tennessee
13 ..
New Jersey....
7i ..|
Kentucky
12 ..
Delaware
2. 1
11 lino s
9
Maryland
7 1
, Michigan .
5 ..
* irginia
17 ..
Iowa
4 ..
North Carolina
11 ..
Missouri
1 6
South Carolina
9; ..
He nn sylvania
.. 26
Georgia
10:
Ohio
.. 23
Indiana
’ ' 9
1 —
Total
175 79
Florida | 3!
1852.
The convention of 1852 met at Balti
more June 1.
During the afternoon session of the
second day the Committee on Organiza
tion reported a set of resolutions, the
second of which we copy, as follows:
“Retoleed, That two-thirds of the
whole number of votes given shall be
necessary to the nomination of candi
dates for President and Vice President
of the United States by this conven
tion.”
A member moved an amendment to
strike out so much as related to the two-
thirds rule. Cries of “No!” “No!”
“No!" were freely heard from all parts
of the house, and a considerable degree
of excitement was manifested.
The sense of the convention was taken
on I he adoption of the committee report
omitting the two-thirds feature, and the
report was adopted.
The question was then taken on the
resolution establishing the two-thirds
rule, and it was adopted by an over
whelming majority, there beiDg but a
feeble voice raised here and there against
it.
After the President and other officers
of the convention had been formally
conducted to the several places assigned
them, a motion was made by a member
from Ohio that the vote adopting the
two-thirds rule be reconsidered.
It was then moved to lay this motion
on the table, and by a vote of Slates,
called for by the Ohio and Maryland
delegations, it was decided in tbe affirma
tive—only three from New York and
ten from Ohio voting nay.
So the motion to reconsider the vote
adopting the two-thirds rule was re
jected.
1856.
It is sufficient to slate in this connec
tion that the Committee on Permanent
Organization recommended the adoption
of the rules of the last National Convm-
tion (1852) for the government of the
Cincinnati Convention of 1356, which re
port was unanimously adopted.
1860.
During the first day’s proceedings at
Charleston, S. C., it appears that the
rules of the last two preceding conven
tions (1852 and 1850) were, after a long
discussion concerning other matters than
the two thirds rule, adopted in commit
tee. A long discussion was held over a
resolution jwinting out the manner in
which Slate delegations should cast their
votes, and the resolutions, mcluding one
adhering to the two-thirds rule, were
adopted in convention by States.
Mr. Stuart, of Michigan, moved to re
consider the vote by which the resolu
tions were adopted, and also moved
that the motion to reconsider be laid on
the table. The latter motion was agreed
to.
1864.
The convention met at Chicago, Au
gust 29.
Immediately after the temporary or
ganization, Mr. Cox, of New York,
moved that the Committee on Organiza
tion be instructed to report rules for the
government of the convention, and that,
until they report, the rules of the la*t
Democratic Convention be adopted.
[The previous convention was governed
by .the two-thirds rule. ] General McClel
lan was nominated on first ballot, receiv
ing over two-thirds of the votes. The
proceedings make no mention of any
contest over the two-thirds rule, that mat
ter having been practically settled by the
adoption of the resolution of Mr. Cox.
The first ballot for Vice President was
taken on the second day. Mr. Guthrie
received the highest vote, followed close
ly by Mr. Pendleton; but on second bal
lot New York having voted for Mr.
Guthrie, against his wishes, gave her
thirty three votes to Pendleton. Other
States followed, and he was nominated
unanimously.
1868.
As appears by different ballotings, the
two-thirds rule prevailed, and there is no
record indicating that any contest was
had in the convention about it. On the
eighth ballot Mr. Pendleton recoived
within two of a two thirds vote, yet the
balloting continued. Gen. Hancock on
one ballot and Mr. Hendricks on another,
received a majority.
1872.
The proceedings of the Democratic
National Convention at Baltimore, July
9, make no allusion to the two-thirds
rule. The convention merely endorsed
the platform of the Liberal Republican
Convention held at Cincinnati some
weeks previously, and on a formal ballot
Horace Greeley and B. Qratz Brown, Lib
eral Republican nominees, were nominat
ed by the Democratic Convention, each
receiving on first ballot nearly a unani -
mous vote.
4876.
A dispatch to the New Orleans Demo
crat, dated St. Louis, June 26, 1876,
says;
“ A few hours here are all that is ne
cessary to satisfy the looker on that there
is no organized effort of great force for
any candidate except Tiiden. The
audacity of his supporters sweeps every
thing before it, and makes the mention
of other names puerile. His friends
claim his nomination on the second bal
lot, with the requisite two thirds, for the
two thirds rule, will be adhered to."
On the day the convention met (June
27), and immediately after a temporary
chairman had been chosen, Mr. Abbott,
of Massachusetts, moved a resolution
adopting the rules of the last National
Convention, until otherwise ordered.
Mr. Littlejohn, of New York, Inquired
if this included tho two-thirds rule?
Voices: “Yes! u “Yes!”] If so, all right.’
Applause].
The chair announced that it did, and
the resolution was adopted. If any doubt
could exist concerning the two thirds
rule, such doubt must be removed when
it is shown by the authentic proceedings
that on the first ballot Tiiden received
ninety-four more votes than all others,
and another ballot was taken, when he
was nominated by a vote of more than
two-thirds of the total number cast.
Thus have wc given the historical facts
bearing upon the question of continuing
in force the two-thirds rule in the con
vention to meet at Cincinnati in June
next _
SCALDING A BURGLAR.
A Brave Girl Win* In a Battle with
a Thiel.
Philadelphia Record.
Ella Duffy, a servant in the family of
Lloyd Wiegand, at 520 North Forty-
third street, had a tussle with a burglar
lost Saturday morning. The girl is
twenty years of age and of petite figure.
About three o’clock in the morning 3he
thought she heard some one getting over
the back fence. Next she lieara glass
breaking, and soon afterward thought
she heard voices on the first floor. Now
and then she imagined she could distin
guish sounds, so she stole silently down
the stairs leading into the kitchen.
When she reached the foot of the stairs,
she pushed the door open, and, greatly to
her surprise, instead of finding Mr. Wie-
eand. who was expected home from
Washington on a late train, there stood
strange man near the gas-light. He
wore a mask.
“What are you doing here?" asked the
girl.
The man made no response, but pro
ceeded to quicklv tie up a table-cloth,
into which he had" thrown all the silver
ware, a music box and other articles.
She rushed at him and said: "Let those
things alone—get out of here. ”
With an oath the burglar turned upon
her, raised a jimmy which he had in his
hand, and struck her a terrible blow
on the head. The young girl fell
to the floor and tbe blood gushed
from her nose and ears. As she fell
she caught sight of a saucepan on the
stove bidding about a gallon of wa
ter. It was nearly full of boiling water,
and as the villain rushed at her again, she
jumped to her feet as quick as a flash
and (lushed the contents of the pan into
his face. With a terrible yell and many
curses he ran out of the back door and,
forgetting himself for the moment, cried
to his pal, who was standing in the yard:
“Run; I’m scalded.”
The girl set up a shout, and as soon as
the fellow got out of the kitchen she
bolted the door. Then she discovered
that the cellar door had lieen burst open,
so she procured a steel from the table
and secured it. Now that the burglars
had gone away. Miss Duffy became
frightened at her brave conduct. She
awakened the rest of the household, who,
when they beheld her in her night dress
and the blood pouring out of her noee,
were as badly scared as she was. The
gallant young girl guided the party to
the kitchen, where the silverware was
found as the burglar had dropped it, the
carpet being tossed up by the skirmish
between the wounded girl and the bur
glar. The services of a physician were
procured to dress her wounds, but the
girl lias been confined to her bed since,
rer injuries being rather serious. The
burglar struck her on the front part of
the head, and it is not known whether
her skull is fractured or not..
During the Crimean war Czar Nicholas
deigned to borrow vu-t sums of money of
the wealthy Russian monasteries, and
among others of the Petsherskaiu Laura,
a renowned cloister built over the Kiev
catacombs, which was totally destroyed
by fire a few days ago. The patriotic
fraternity of Petsberskaia lent His
Majesty five millions of roubles, for
which they received a bond entirely
written with hisown august hand. When
the Emperor Alexander last visited Kiev
he took occasion to inspect the famous
Laura, which contained inestimable
treasures in the way of documents con
nected with the early history of Russia.
The prior, deeming the occasion oppor
tune for obtaining payment of the loan
granted some twenty years previous-
y to His Majesty's father, extracted the
bond from the jewelled casket in which
had been reverently preserved, and
handed it to the Czar with a profound
obeisance. Alexander pressed the parch
ment to his lips, exclaiming, “In this
you possess, indeed, a treasure woith ten
times the sum it represents,” and gazed
fondly on the lines traced by his father's
pen. The prior’s heart beat high with
hope that his sovereign would keep the
bond and straightway ordain payment of
the loan, perhaps even of the accumulated
interest upon the original principal. To
his crushing discomfiture, however, the
Emperor handed him the bond, ejaculat
ing with a voice shaken by emotion, “No,
no. I will not rob you of this priceless
treasure. Keep it as a thing holy, of far
greater value than all your re! ics of saints
and martyrs, it is my father’s own hand
writing—you have not purchased it too
dearly!”
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