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SAVANNAH, FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1880.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
Atlanta Constitution: ‘ Deputy Marshal Jas.
B. Gaston, of Gainesville, reached this city
Tuesday from Rabun county, having in charge
five prisoners, whose names are W. E. Philyan,
Jchn Hollifield, T. J. Canup, Miles Canup, and
Leonard Coffee, who were charged with having
committed violations of the revenue laws. Mr.
Gaston, upon reaching the city, carried his
prisoners to the jail of Fulton county, where
they were confined until yesterday morning, at
which time they were brought oiit for a pre
liminary hearing before United States Commis
sioners A. E. Buck and W. B. Smith. John
Hollifield was carried before Commissioner
Buck, and I eonard Coffee, T. J. Canup, Miles
Canup, and W. E. Philyan were taken before
Commissioner Smith After hearing the evi
dence in each case. Coffee was discharged, the
Canup brothers and Philyan were required to
give bond, and Hollifield was committed to jail
in default of a sufficient bond The revenue
agent at whose instance warrants were sent out
against these men destroyed three distilleries.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
YESTERDAY.
The Case of Donnelly vs. IVash-
barne—Salaries of Gaugers and
Storekeepers at Distilleries—Memo
rial of Georgia Dress Association—
Adjournment Day—The Kellogg-
Spoflord Case—Senator Hampton's
Speech—Georgia moonshiners.
Georgia Affairs.
General E. P. Alexander will take his de-
par
from Augi stq, for Louisville to assume
^ duties as Vice President of the Louisville
aal Nashville Railroad some time within the
next five days.
The Columbus Enquirer learns from parties
,. n the passenger train of the Southwestern
Kailroad which arrived Tuesday afternoon of
a | M ,;j attempt to murder and rob a lady living
a short distance from Macon. The par
ticulars are about as follows: About 10 o'clock
Tuesday morning a negro came to the house of
Mrs A- M. Calhoun, wife of one of the section
masters, and demanded to know where the
money was kept. She refused to tell him, when
lie struck her with a stick. This failing to make
her give him the desired information, he drew a
pistol, and aiming deliberately at her,pulled the
tugger. Fortunately it failed to fire. Her cries
had attracted those who were working a short
distance from the house, and feanng to be cap
tured, the negro fled. Mr. Calhoun arrived in a
short while, and with several others started in
pursuit of the black scoundreL If caught, it is
probable he will he summarily dealt with.
And now the Buena Vista Argus states that
the SnvamiRh, Florida and Western Railway is
fighting the Railway Commission in the United
States Courts, and proceeds to deliver a lecture
on the dangers of centralization, and the evils
of Federal interference with State affairs.
Such interference, when not sanctioned by the
rights delegated by the State to the United
Stales, is indeed an evil which cannot be too
strongly condemned. Unfortunately in this
c ase, however, the Argus is laboring under an
entire misconception of facts.
Mayor Wight, of Albany, came very near to
l.ising his dwelling by Are last Mondaj', the re
sult of a careless servant girl attempting to
kindle a fire, in an outhouse adjoining, with
kerosene oil. The can burst and the flames
spread rapidly, but fortunately were extin
guished by a great effort before much damage
was done.
A correspondent from Gilgal, Scirven
county, writes us under date of the 8th inst^
that the crops in that neighborhood do not
promise as well as the farmers wish or ex
pected. At this date, owing to heavy and
washing rains, a large amount of cotton has
been washed cut of the ground and has been
replanted. Corn is looking well, though it is
small for the time of the year. Oats are not
good. There are complaints of rust. In some
fields they are almost an entire failure, in
others from one-half to two-thirds of a crop
may be made. For the last few days the weather
has been fine and planters are hard at work.
The Talbotton Standard says: “The farm
ing interest of Talbot county is progressing
finely. The corn crop is looking well; cotton
is b-ing chopped to a stand; negroes are wort
ing unusually well and we expect fine crops
this year.”
A correspondent of the Canton Cherokee Ad
vance says: “It is reported that a gold mining
company in Lumpkin county have turned a
portion of the Chestatee river into the Etowah
for the purpose of mining the bed of the C'hes
tatee. Whether this be true or not the
Etowah river has been higher this spring than
usual.’'
The Atlanta Post is of the opinion that
though the constitution of the State of Geor
gia lias provided that the Legislature may fix
or determine what is an extortionate railroad
tariff, even that power cannot be delegated to
a committee, as has been attempted by placing
it in the hands of a railroad commission.”
The Crawfordville Democrat, heretofore In
dependent, will undtr its new editorial
management be Democratic. It will, however, !
give Democrats, Independents and Repub
licans all a showing through its columns. The
editor also says, very significantly: “Nor have
we any enemies to punish. And if we had, we
should do so individually and personally, and
not by attempting to ostracise and defeat
them through the influence of our paper.”
A terrible disaster, which may result fatally
occurred at DeGive’s Opera House, Atlanta,
Wednesday afternoon last at three o’clock. A
matinee performance by amateurs of “Para
dise and the Peri' was about to be given, and
eight or ten young ladies, clothed in flowing
white robes, with wings attached, representing
angels, were standing in the dressing room
preparatory to going on the stage. Suddenly
the cress of one of them caught on fire, and
blazing up communicated the flames to a
second. These two rushed from the dressing
room, and in passing out set the dresses of
three ct hers on fire. The wildest terror suc
ceeded, and the five ladies rushed screaming
about the stage. Four of them were caught,
wrapped in coats and rolled on the floor, and
in this way the flames were extinguished.
The fifth ran into the street, where she was
seized by three gentlemen, who tore from her
the burning dress, and folding her in their coats
carried her, almost insensible from fright, into
a store under the Opera House. The Constitu
tion says: “The names of the fair victims are
Miss Maggie Chapman, daughter of Dr. For-
tf'T Chapman, formerly of Columbus. She
is horribly burned, and lies in a most critical
' condition. Mrs. Abbie Hammond, late of Bal
timore; she is dangerously burned. Misses
Katie Magrant, visiting this city from Charles
ton, Madgie Elli3 and Minnie Bellamy: these
young ladies were painfully burned about the
onus and shoulders. The sufferers were borne
to their homes in carriages and upon littery
The most harrowiug accident which has ever
happened here, it has cast a pall of the deep
est sorrow over the whole community.
A new Methodist Church has just been com
plete,1 at No. Central Railroad, and will be
dedicated on Sunday, the 23d inst. Rev. J. Q.
Haygood, D. D., will preach the dedicatory
sermon. Dinner will be provided for visiting
friends.
The Dalton citizen savs that a very ingenious
machine for the prevention of fires in lint
rooms of gin bouses and pick rooms of facto
ries, etc., has been inventea and patented by
Dr. L. A. Folsom of that city. It acts auto
inatically, being placed in any room where fire
»s likely to occur. As soon as fire is communi
cated the machine is set off and the room in
stantaneously flooded with carbonic acid gas
and water, extinguishing the Are in less than a
nunuP- The Citizen says it is certainly an
invaluable invention, and will fill a long
felt want of the farmers of the Southern
States and when generally introduced will do
away with the necessity of insurance on gin-
houses, as it is absolutely an automatic fire ex
tinguisher. L>r. F. is a farmer and has given
hie subject of gin house tires no small study,
and this machine is the result of
bis labors. He is one of the most
prominent gentlemen in his section, and
* machine that lie would present to the public
18 worth consideration.
The Maeon Telegraph thus tells how an ex-
German of that city saved a child from
^*nng. - Tuesday afternoon, as Mr. R. F.
was returning home from his farm be-
J °wthe park his attention was attracted by the
^iesof a Begro woman, whose child had fallen
'°t0 the well. Being acquainted with the sur-
^’indings he ran as rapidly as possible to the
^stance of the unfortunate child, and was
Justin time, as it appeared to be making its
2ft 'truggles. The only thing in his reach with
“hieb to render assistance was a common
deeding hoe with a long handle. Even
*ms would not have availed if his arm
bad been shorter, but he had no time to
measure distances. He laid down and reached
, e hoe as far as possible toward the child, in-
wmauig if he could not take hold of it *o catch
rP® hoe under its side; but the little felJow, with
r** e instinct of drowning people, grasped the
59* os soon jus it came in reach. Mr. Readv
rims held its head out of the water long enough
*or it t,<j get its breath, and then, with words of
encouragement for it to hold on tight, he drew
Jrijp slowly until it came within reach, and the
^mld was safe.”
Tl>* Sparta Ishmaclite is sorry that so little
attention is paid to fruit raising in Hancock.
t*ays- "There are men in Georgia who make
mousande of do lars yearly by shipping early
P*aches to the Northern markets. Why can-
Hancock have an interest in the profits of
business? A little more enterprise Is
j ^ aed in our county in just this line of busi-
v" e doubt if there is a county in the
comf ,l tter suited for fruit raising than Han-
There's thousands In it for the enter-
i'mmg citizen tb :t \xx hand. ’ ’
The Albany Advertiser tells of some very in
teresting discoveries which have been made by
a Mr. W. B. Bowles, living near Baconton. He
purchased a place in that section, and
proceeded to erect a mill on Raccoon creek.
That paper says: “Digging through a small
mound for the foundation or the mill he. when
about two and a half feet below the surface,
came upon a level ledge of white sand, such as
is tound upon the sea shore, the sand showing
by ito peculiar ridges the unmistakable signs
of the ebb and flow of a tide. Scattered upon
the : ands were many sea shells showing un
mistakable evidence of the former presence of
the ocean. He has come upon many Indian
relics such as arrow heads, bowls of pipes,
fragments of pottery, etc. Among the
most singular discoveries that he has
made is that i*f large stones split in two
by some human agency, orro.ks showing hand
work in chiseling. One of the most singular of
these stones is one **xl0 inches, beautifully
f iolished and with two large holes cut converse-
y on each side. These holts were made appa
rently for holding water or oil. and the exqui
site finish of the rock could rot be excelled by
the most finished stone cutter of the present
day. These relics of a forgotten age make an
interesting field for study and observation: and
that section is filled with many such wonderful
mementoes, which, lying hidden from sight for
untold years, are being gradually brought to
light, mute reminders of the great age of the
earth, and the incompleteness of written his
tory.
The Geneva correspondent of the Talbot ton
Standard writes that paper that “a rather sin
gular coincidence happened one day last week
in Marion county. A negro on Mr. Will Hunt’s
plantation was ploughing a contrary mule
which became unruly and would go his own
wav. and in so doing went into an old well in
Hi-; field, about thirty feet deep, killing him in
stantly. On the same day and near the same
time of day, Mr. Dave Crye. on a neighboring
plantation, was ploughing a valuable horse,
and while ploughing around an old well in the
field, the well caved in, carrying tire horse,
pi jughstock and gear. The bank falling In.
buried them all out of sight. Mr. Crye says it
was with difficulty that he escaped the same
fate.”
The Milletlgeville Recorder says: “One of
our farmers says he expected to have to buy
five hundred bushels of corn to put him
through till next fall, but that on account of
the favorable turn out of the oat crop, he wid
not have to buy more than one hundred and
fifty bushels.”
MEETING OF THE GEORGIA
PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Cutlibcrt—Its Beautiful Location-
Old Acquaintance*--The Trip to
ITIacon—The Pres** Gang'-Lively
Discussion and Free Opinion*—
The Gubernatorial Contest—Pollti-
co-itellglou* Paper*—Grape Grow
ing.
CrTHBBRT, May 12.—Dear News : The annual
meeting of the Georgia Press Association lias
brought us to this place,located in that indefinite
section knowu to the people of the coast as
Southwest Georgia, which includes every
county from Thomas to Muscogee. I do not
kuow whether other people make the same
mistake that I always do about the physical
geography of places which I have never
visited. I invatiably get it wrong, and nothing
less than seeing the place will correct the error,
and then I never can recall how it appeared to
me before. Cuthbert I imagined to ce in a fiat,
swampy country, but as usual I find it just the
reverse. The town is situated in a beautiful
rolling country, where the hills and valleys be
gin. It is what Californians would call the
"foot-hills” of the Blue Ridge. My old friend,
Mr. J. W. Saw tell, editor and proprietor of the
Cuthbert Appeal, claims to live at the begin
ning of the beginning of the rocky backbone
which dividf s the tributary Waters of the Gulf,
the Missisfippi, and the At’antic—that the wa
ter from his house roof flows on one side to the
west, and from the other side to the south. Mr.
Sawtell and I were journeymen in the same of
fice twenty yearsTigo He was a steady, hard
working, soie*r printer then, and I find that
these qualities have stood him in well, and
twenty years finds him a prosperous and re
spected citizen of this county.
When we arrived at Macon we found a com
mittee of citizens of Cuthbert awaiting the
delegates, amongthem Mr. Sawtell and Captain
W. \V. Dews. I had been assigned as a guest
of the latter. This gentleman is a native of
Savannah. His father, years ago. was a very
prominent citizen of our burg. Captain D. is
a planter by profession, but is now doing busi
ness here in order to give his family the benefit
of the educational advantages offered by a
residence in town. Andrew Female College be
ing a flourishing institution of Cuthbert, well
patronized by everybody in this section. I
shall have more to say about the college should
1 have time to write a second letter.
We had a pleasant trip from Macon, passing
through the garden spot of Georgia. The
crops of cotton and corn are looking well.but the
oat crop is badly affected by rust. Everything
h>oks prosperous, farms clean, houses neat and
the people well clothed. On the train the
principal topics were the Railroad Commission
and the Guliernatorial race. On both questions
my fellow travelers were about equally divided:
Kailroad Commissioners and the railroads. Col
quitt and Lester, it being generally conceded
that tlio contest would narrow down to
our two friends. The members of the
Press Association all looked in remark
ably good condition, and were In excellent
spirits, full of all live subjects, and ready with
strong arguments to support any position
which they might take. I am glad to see that
many of them are disposed to shake off the
' i , t .— anil «naaIr fnp t hAmBiilvxa
control of politicians and speak for themselves.
They build up towns, and never get enough
monev to buy a lot; send men to Congress,
and can t get a place as a census taker. They
contribute liberally to the support or their
towns and party, and get but little thanks
from either, n3 a general rule.
Among our delegates are several who run
weekly papers on 3 religious or sectarian
schedule, with a strong seasoning of politics.
To manage a paper of this kind, it appears to
me is a verv difficult undertaking. I imagine
that it is verv hard for the editor of a country
paper to keep out of hot water if he dabbles
too much in local politics, but when lie adds to
his cares that of a missionary for a particular
creed anti uses his paper for his pulpit, he has
anything but a bed of roses in his editorial
sanctum. This class, however, is an excep
tion. Those who swing the mental mallet arc
generally hard-headed and non-sectarian—men
who have been educated in the liberal school
c-f a printing office—which teaches men to be
tolerant of tne opinions of others.
1 am much pleased with Cuthbert and its
people as far as I have seen. This is a great
grape growing country, and to facilitate the
manufacture of wines, a wine manufacturing
company, composed of the principal grai>e
grower-*, has been formed, and a large building
is now being erected for its purposes. Among
the prominent Georgians located here is our
energetic but eccentric friend Colonel Herbert
Fielder, and that urbane gentleman, Colonel
Arthur Hood, Judge of this circuit. The mat
rons of the town all look fair and fat, if not
forty. The convention promises to be a very
pleasant meeting. J. H. E.
i
Annual Session of the (Jeorgia Den
tal Association.
Atlanta, May 11.—Editor Morning News:
The twelfth annual session of the Georgia State
Dental Society met this morning at 10 o’clock
in the fine hall in the Markliam House, Dr.
Whitaker, Presiuent. in the chair. The meet
ing was opened with prayer by Dr. D. L. Mur
rain The number prerent is much larger than
at any previous meeting. The business was
mostly routine. Dr. Hops, of Savannah, and
Dr D. L. Murrah, of Lexington, were
unanimously elected active members, after
which the meeting adjourned until 3 o'clock
p. M.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Dr. Whitaker in the chair.
The standing committees made their reports,
the reading which occupied considerable time.
The reports were laid over until to-morrow for
The meeting adjourned until to-morrow at 9
o’clock A. M. E - P *
Gen. Joe Johnston’s Retirement.—
Gen. Joe Johnston says he will retire
from public life at the eDd of his present
term. He has received many letters
from Yirginia asking him to reconsider
and remain in Congress, but he will per
emptorily decline a renomination. He
could get it without even asking, but
Washington political life is not to his
taste. lie says he owes much of the ac
tivity and vigor of his old age to an out
door life, and he linds the duties of a
member of Congress too confining Be
sides, he has no taste for it. During his
brief service in Congress, Gen. Johnston
has made himself very popular with
both parties. He is particularly popular
with the armv officers, for his course as
a member of the Military Committee has
been very liberal toward the army, and
he has wielded a good deal of influence
among the Democrats. It is probable
that General Johnston will resume^ in
surance business in Richmond. W nsn-
ing ton Special to Cincinnati Commercial.
The custom of the Fijians, that when
a man dies his widow must be strangled
by her brother, resulted in the arrange
ment by which she is. told to expel her
breath as long as possible and give & sig
nal, when the cord is tightened, and a -
most immediately all ia over.
HE NATIONAL GAPITAL.
A WORD FOR THB NORTHERN PACIFIC RAIL
ROAD EXTENSION.
Washington, May 13.—The Secretary of
War transmitted to-day to the Chairman of
the House Committee on Pacific Railroads
a report from General W. T. 8herman upon
the military advantages of the Northern
Pacific Railroad, in which he decidedly ad
vocates the extension of the road; also a
detailed report from Quartermaster General
M. C. Meigs, showing that the saving to the
government on the transportation of men
and military supplies by the Northern Pa
cific during the past ten years has been
above three million dollars.
Two Village* Destroyed — Terrible
Destruction of Oil Tank*—The Re
sult of the Fire* in New Jersey.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
Washington, May 13.—The House met
at 10:30 in continuance of Wednesday’s
session. The Speaker announced the ap
pointment of Mr. Culberson, of Texas, as a
member of the committee to Investigate
alleged corruption in the contested election
case of Donnelly vs. Washburn, In place of
Mr. Reagan, of Texas, resigned.
The House then went into committee of
the whole, Mr. Cox, of New York, in the
chair, on the legislative, executive and judi
cial appropriation bill. Owing perhaps to
the small attendance of members the read
ing of the bill was not interrupted until the
clauses were reached relating to the office of
Commissioner of Internal Revenue. At
this point Mr. Dibrell, of Tennessee, offered
an amendment providing that the salaries of
storekeepers and gaugers at all distilleries
that mash less than sixty bushels of grain
per day shall not exceed fifty dollars per
month while 6uch distilleries are in opera
tion, and thirty five dollars per month while
not in operation; and all other distilleries,
storekeepers and gaugers shall not receive
exceeding fifty dollars while such distille
ries are not in operation.
Mr. Baker, of Indiana, opposed the amend
ment, asserting that its effect would be to
injure the faithful and honest administra
tion of the internal revenue service. The
vote on the amendment resulted 51 to 32,
and the ooint of no quorum was raised by
Mr. Baker. A call of the roll was then or
dered, which showed the presence of
a quorum. The question recurred upon the
amendment, which Garfield characterized as
the moonshine amendment, and it was
agreed to by a vote of 81 to 68. Pending
further debate the committee rose aud the
session of Wednesday came to a close and
that of Thursday commenced.
Mr. Herbert, of Alabama, asked unani
mous consent to take from the Speaker’s
table the Senate bill appropriating 540,000
for the erection of a public building at
Montgomery. A request of this character is
very rarely granted when it relates to a bill
of this importance, and Mr. Herbert felt
much complimented when his request was
granted aud the bill passed.
At 3:15 p. m. the House went into com
mittee of the whole on the legislative ap
propriation bill. After considering the bill
as far as the fortieth page, without making
any changes, the committee rose and the
House took a recess till 7:30, the evening
session to be for the consideration of reports
from the Committee on Indian Affairs.
In the 8enate, Senator Gordon presented
the memorial of the Press Association of
Georgia In reference to the oppressive tariff
on pulp, etc., which was referred.
Senator Blair presented the views of the
minority of the committee on the
alleged frauds In the late elec
tion on the subject of disfranchisement
in Rhode Island. It was laid on the table.
Mr. Platt said that as he was not now a
member of that committee he could not
sign the minority report, but as a former
member thereof he wished to state that he
fully concurred in the report.
The bill to abolish all tolls on the Louis
ville and Portland canal was read the third
time and passed.
The bill to provide additional accommo
dations for the Congressional Library was
taken up and discussed, but at the expira
tion of the morning hour went over without
action.
The Senate then resumed considera
tion of the Spofford-Kellogg resolutions,
Mr. Hampton, of South Carolina, having
the floor.
Mr. Hampton said he was not a lawyer,
but proposed to discuss the matter on the
generally recognized principles of justice
and right, endeavoring to free himself from
partisan feeling. There were cases—and
this was one—where Senators should lay
aside sectional prejudices and party all©
giance. He did not impute to Mr. Spofford
or his friends any improper motives, and
therefore he was pained to differ from them
and from his party associates, with whom
he held so many views in common. They
would at least credit him with sincerity in
this difference.
Mr. Kellogg’s credentials were presented
in January, 1877, and referred to a commit
tee in March. Mr. Spofford’s were pre
sented in October. Both parties consented
to the consideration of certain evidence
taken by other investigating committees.
The Senate also passed a resolution author
izing the committee to take full original
evidence. There was no doubt that the
committee had full authority to investigate
all the merits of the case. Mr. Spofford
at one time filed a request for
more evidence, which was denied by
the committee on the ground that sufficient
testimony had been taken. This ruling Mr.
Hampton thought unjust, but it was un
doubtedly fully competent for the commit
tee to decide when to stop taking testimony.
If a committee abuses its power in this re
spect, an appeal can be taken to the
Senate. The Senate at that time an
nounced its deliberate judgment that
Mr. Kellogg was entitled to his seat,
yet it is now claimed that that action bad
no binding effect. Mr. Hampton could not
admit the principle that the settlement of a
contested case on its merits could be over
thrown at will upon the accession of a ma
jority of a different party. If this case can
be reheard now what is to prevent its being
heard again and again? In all litigation
there must be some end of strife, and in a
spirit of law this case should rest where it
is.
Mr. Hampton then cited a number of au
thorities and precedents in this country and
England to show that it was a well-estab
lished principle when a case was once set
tled upon its merits it could not be reopen
ed. The consequences of leaving titles
to seats forever to question were
more disastrous than to have an
occasional case wrongly settled. The whole
weight of authority seemed to Mr. Hamp
ton to Bhow that the Senate acted judicially,
and that its action was final. He had care
fully avoided the political aspect of the
case. He dared not trust himself
to enter too deeply into that question. All
his sympathies were with the contestant and
with the State of Louisiana which had
suffered so great a wrong, but the Senate
had no power to redress that wrong. Time,
the great healer, could alone assuage her
wounds. He hoped the people of that
State with whom his own people had so
much in common would not misconstrue
his action.
The Senator from Georgia, Mr. Hill, had
expressed the hope that Southern Senators
would not ignore the right in this case.
That great 8enator would hardly refuse to
admit the honesty of motive in those differ
ing from the committee. When, as in Mr.
Hampton’s case,their sense of du*y led them
to sacrifice their persona] feeling,
the flag above them ’ was that of
all States and all were equal there. Southern
Senators were not here, as might be inferred
from the report of the minority of the com
mittee, on probation or temporarily/ but as
equal rep resen tatives of sovereign States.
They had no need to excuse or
explain their conduct. They would be
judged rather by their acts than
their professions. Let them do their duty
and disregard the consequences. He
thanked the Senator from Georgia (Hill) for
denying the rumor dishonorable to his
State. He was jealous of her honor, he has
fought on bloody fields with her gallant
troops side by side with those of her sister
State of Georgia led by the Senator’s col
league (Gordon). They went where honor
could be gained, but where personal safety
could not be found. If in those
dark days, wheD it was
not my good fortune to enjoy
what I now do—the benefit of the precepts
and example of the Senator from Georgia—
I upheld as best I could the honor of my
State, and I trust that I shail Dot prove
recreant to it now. The people of South
Carolina can best judge how their honor is
guarded here, and should it ever be my
misfortune to misrepresent or disappoint
them in any way by having courage to fol
low my convictions, they will at least say
“He braved the shaft of censure and shame.
And cn the field of honor pledged a soldier s
fame.” «
At the conclusion of Mr. Hampton’s
speech, Mr. Carpenter took the floor, and oc
cupied the remainder of the afternoon with
an argument in support of Kellogg’s right
to the set. The Senate then adjourned.
The debate will be continued to-morrow by
Mr Pendleton, who obtained the floor at
the conclusion of Mr. Carpenter’s remarks.
GEORGIA MOONS HIKERS
Washington, May 13.-£ollector Clark
telegraphs Commissioner “m ’rom At-
a_. _ * .j ^lirttrs • “ Deputv Marshal
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE NOTES.
Washington, May 13.—The Ways and
Means Committee this morning adopted a
substitute to the resolution of Mr. rhelps,
which provides for the adjournment of Con
gress on the 31st of May, and instructed
Gibson to report it to the House to-day.
No action was taken by the committee on
the income tax bill.
THE BRUNSWICK FAIR.
A Fine Exhibition—Ralu— Gov. Col
quitt’* Speech—The Tournament—
Fine Show of Farm Product*—
Sport* oi the Fair, etc.
Special Telearam to the Mom lno 1Seres.
Brunswick, Ga., May 13.—Everything
was in splendid condition at the fair
grounds at Dine o’clock, but In an hour a
heavy rain broke up all the pleasure, as the
fair buildings, without exception, are open.
There are several tents also in use.
Gov. Colquitt spoke in Floral Hall at ten
o’clock to a good audience. The rain ceased
at two o’clock, and the tournament came
off. W. C. Moore, R. M. Tison, G. W.
Wright and W. M. Wiggins were the suc
cessful knights out of ten contestants. It
was a very successful affair in all respects.
Owing to the rain, a large crowd was not
present to-day, but the attendance was
good. The display of farm products, early
vegetables and hot house plants was large
and very fine. The ladies’ domestic and
fancy departments are delightfully attrac
tive, and but for the rain the fair would
have been a grand success in attendance as
well as exhibits.
Glynn county and Brunswick may well be
proud of the exposition made. It is cloudy
to-night and rain is anticipated to-morrow.
The mule, jack, foot and goat races to
day, during a light r&iD, kept up the fun
and pleased the visitors.
l’anta to-day as follows : “ Deputy Marshal
Gaston has just arrived with five more
prisoners, arrested in Rabun coua j£*
reports the seizure of three more dlst.lle-
ries, and that Revenue Agents Chapman
and Reese were fired upon. Ten shots were
fired, but no one was hurt. A wagon ami
three bead of stock were seised In one of
the ulstUleriei”
THE FLORIDA REPUBLICAN CON
YENTION.
Tlic Report oi tbe Credential Com
mittee-Hick* Elected Delegate to
Chicago— Conover Nominated for
Governor.
Special Telegram to the Morning News.
Gainesville, Fla., May 13.—The entire
morning was consumed in the discussion of
the report of the Committee on Credentials,
which was finally adopted.
The balloting for Governor is expected to
commence this afternoon.
Dr. Hicks was elected a delegate to
Chicago and made Chairman of the delega
tion.
Conover stock is rising to day. It is sup
posed that Eagan’s forces have joined him.
Later. — The combination made this
morning between Eagan and Con
over resulted in the nomination
of the latter for Governor
the third regular ballot. Considerable dis
satisfaction prevailed. On the third ballot
Jefferson’s fourteen votes changed from
Cole to Conover, followed by similar changes
in other counties. Ledwith’s largest vote
was thirty-eight.
Tbe Lleuteuant Governor electors and
delegates will be chosen late to-night, and
the convention will adjourn.
GEORGIA PRESS CONVENTION.
A Pleasant Se*»lon—Officer* Elect
lor the Enaaliig Year—The Next
Place ol meeting — A Shooting
A flair.
Special Telearam to the Momtna Sews.
Cuthbert, Ga., May 13.—The Press Con
vention which has been in session for the
past two days in this city adjourned this
afternoon after a very pleasant meeting.
The following officers were elected: J.
II. Estill, President; C. W. Hancock and E.
B. Howell, Vice Presidents; S. R. We^on,
Treasurer; F. V. Evans, Corresponding
Secretary; C. P. Hansell, Recording Secre
tary.
Rome was selected as the place for hold
ing the next meeting.
John McAllister shot W.. E. Conley this
morning. The wound Is serious, but not
fatal.
THE METHODIST GENERAL CON
FERENCE.
lRl«Mionary Secretaries—^The Choice
— Corresponding Secretary ol
the Church Extension Society.
By Telegraph to the Morning Netes.
Cincinnati, May 13.—The General Con
ference to-day voted to elect two Missionary
Secretaries, and to authorize the Board of
Managers to employ such additional as
sistance as they deem necessary. The elec
tion of these Secretaries proceeded by bal
lot, in the same manuer as for Bishops. The
first ballot resulted in the choice of Rev.
Dr. J. M. Reid, the present incumbent, and
Rev. C. H. Fowler. A ballot was then taken
for Corresponding Secretary of the Church
Extension Society, the candidates being
Rev. A. J. Kynett, the present incumbent,
aud Rev. Thomas Eaton. The result will be
announced at the next session of the Con
ference.
THE NE>V YORK STOCK MARKET.
Great Depression on the Stock Ex
change, and an Uninterrupted De
cline in Price*.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
^New York, May 13.—Soeculation on the
Stock Exchange to-day was characterized
by great depression through the greater part
of the day, and prices declined almost un
interruptedly from the opening to the close
of business, the decline on the day’s trans
actions ranging from to 5% per cent., the
latter on Wabash preferred, Canada South
ern, the coal shares, St. Louis and 8an Fran
cisco, Eacific Mail, Louisville and Nashville,
and Michigan Central. Northern Pacific,
Kansas and Texas, and Erie were also very
prominent in the downward movemeut.
The transactions aggregated 375,000 shares,
includine Erie 70,000, Kansas and Texas
12,500, Nashville and Chattanooga 1,000.
SUPERSEDEAS VACATED.
Sale of the Virginia midland Rail
road to the Trustee* of the Bond
holders and Creditor*.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Alexandria, Va., May 13.—At 4 o’clock
this afternoon, the supersedeas having been
vacated, the AVashington City,Yirginia Mid
land and Great Southern Railroad,extending
from this city to Danville, with its various
brauches, was sold at auction by Commis
sioner Barbour for four and a half million
dollars, to R.T. Baldwin, Wilcox, Brown
and Robert Garrett, trustees for the associa
ted bondholders and creditors.
THE ST. LOUIS FAIR.
Handsome Premiums—The Prize*
lor the Largest Cotton Shipper*,
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
St. Louis, May 13.—The Premium Com
mittee of the Cotton Exchange have
arranged premiums amounting to $2,625, to
be awarded to the St. Louis Fair in October
for cotton from Missouri, Arkansas, Texas,
Mississippi, Tennessee, and the Indian Ter
ritory. They will also divide $20,000 In
prizes to the first and second largest ship
pers to St. Louis from Texas, Arkansas and
Missouri.
1TEST domestic news.
THE FIRES IN PENNSYLVANIA
AND NEW JERSEY.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Bradford, Pa., May 13.—The fire again
started in the lumber land at the head of
Foster Brook valley yesterday. That sec
tion is thickly studded with derricks and
tanks. The wind was blowing a gale, and
the fire swept over the ridge, consuming
everything in its path. Continuing, the lire
swept down Tram Hollow, a prolific portion
of the oil field, burning Rigs’ small tank
and buildings. The villages of Oil Centre
and Middaughville, with the exception of
one or two houses, were entirely de
stroyed. At 10 o’clock last night a twenty-
five thousand barrel iron tank of Mitchell
& Jones was in flames. No villages being
located near, the danger from that source
was not great. At Baker trestle, on the
Kendall and Edred Railroad, a five thousand
barrel tank also took fire. The town of
Duke Centre, a place of one thousand in
habitants, was threatened, but was safe
at midnight.
The fires among the wells in the neigh
borhood of Duke Centre have been subdued,
and the town is regarded as out ot danger.
Formidable fires broke out this forenoon
near Coleville and Cordell, but a large
force of men fought them bravely, and they
are now under control. The number of
rigs destroyed last night will reach 300.
The fire6 still prevail in some sections on
Tram Hollow, but the greatest danger there
abouts is regarded as past.
THE NEW JERSEY FOREST FIRES.
Atlantic City,N. J., May 13.—Although
there are no forest fires within ten miles of
this place, the clouds of cinders are continu
ally flying over tbe city. The loss in this
county is estimated at $220,000. In Galloway
township thirty buildings have been de
stroyed. The fire is ravaging the timber
lands iu the western part of the county.
LEXINGTON RACES.
Lexington, Ky., May 13.—There was a
large attendance at the’races to day. The
track was dusty.
The first .'ace, for two-year-olds, three-
quarters of a mile, was won by Hindoo, Al
hambra second, Brambaletta third. Time
1:17«£
The second race, sweepstakes, for three-
year-olds, one aud one half miles, was won
by Quito, Apothecary second, Kinkead
third. Time 2:40#.
The third race, for all ages, mile heats,
resulted as follows : Himyar 1, 1; Norris 2,
2; Warfield 3, 3; Tripoli 3, distanced; Min-
nock, Captain Wragge and Judge Thomp
son distanced. Time 1:42#; 1:44#.
WEST VIRGINIA REPUBLICAN DELEGATES IN
STRUCTED FOR BLAINE.
Wheeling, May 13.—A. W. Campbell waa
elected delegale at large. A contest oc
curred in the selection of delegates in the
Third district. Two reports were made—a
majority report by Sherman men and a mi
nority report by Blaine men. A motion to
adopt the minority report gave rise to a long
and excited debate, but was finally carried.
Tbe delegates to the Chicago Convention
were instructed to vote for Blaine.
CATHOLIC YOUNG MEN'S UNION.
Organization Effected— The Evil* of
Intemperance —Semi-Annual Dio
cesan Convention* — The Official
Organ of tbe fnlon-Tlie Time and
Place of Next Meeting.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Washington, May 13.—The second day’s
session of the Catholic Young M« n’s National
Union was called to order at ten o’clock
this morning.
Mr. Wilkinson, of Albany, offered a
resolution with regard to the evils of In
temperance, and Bishop Keane made some
remarks thereon.
Rev. Father Walsh, of Albany, presented
a report of an address to Pope Leo XIII.,
which was adopted.
Rev. Father Hayes, from the Committee on
the Subject of Army Chaplains, made a re
port on the McCook bill, which gave rise to
considerable debate, and it was finally re
committed, with instructions to the com
mittee to be more explicit in their recom
mendations.
At the afternoon session, the Diocesan
Vice Presidents were authorized to hold
semi-annual conventions of the societies in
their dioceses. The committee appointed
to examine the McCock bill submitted a
report, suggesting several changes therein,
and recommending that the committee oi
Carroll Institute present the views of the
Union to tbe Committee on Military Affairs,
and urge their adoption.
An address to the Catholic Young Men’s
Associations of the United States, setting
forth the objects and aims of the Union and
asking their Support, was adopted.
The Catholic Visitor, of Richmond, Va.,
was adopted as the official organ of the
Union.
The Committee on Organization submitted
the following retort: Bishop Keane, of
Richmond, Va., President; J. P. Roles, of
Chicago, First Vice President; E. E. Stars,
of Newark. N. J., Second Vice President ;
Juan A. Pizzini, of Richmond, Va., Na
tional Secretary : J. Howard Bushnell, of
Washington, D. C., National Treasurer. The
report was unanimously adopted.
Chicago was selected as the place for the
next meeting aud May the time. A vote of
thanks was tendered to Carroll Institute for
courtesies extended, also to Bishop Keane.
The convention then adjourned.
THE TARIFF ON SUGAR.
Large ITlceting of Baltimore Itler-
chautH-Tbe Importance of a Uni
form Tariff.
By Telegraph to the Morning Neice.
Baltimore, May 13.—A large meeting of
prominent merchants, representing all de
partments of trade, was held to-day in the
rooms of the Board of Trade to consider the
tariff on sugar and the effort now being
made before Congress to obtain relief by
means of a uniform tariff. The committee
appointed at a previous meeting made a re
port stating the Importance of a uniform
tariff to the sugar trade of Baltimore, and
requesting the Maryland delegation in Con
gress to vote for tbe passage of Mr. Carlisle’s
bill. The report and resolution were unani
mously adopted, and a committee was ap
pointed to visit Washington and urge the
passage of Mr. Carlisle’s bill as the best
measure which has yet been offered.
AN INFERNAL MACHINE.
A Dastardly Attempt to Kill tii$
Spanlnli Consul at New York—A
Supposed Cuban Plot.
By Telegraph to the Mamina News.
New York, May 13.—A dastardly attempt
was made yesterday by some party or par
ties to kill the Spanish Consul General^Hy-
polito d’Uriaste. It appears when hi6
letters were brought to his office among
them was a package about eight inches
by three. The'* Consul attempted to
open It when it exploded, and
balls of fire Bhot out burning the
carpet aDd the Consul’s coat and hands,
but doing no other damage. An examina
tion showed that the box contained gun
powder, a large percussion cap and what is
supposed to be nitro glycerine, and was
arranged to explode when the top w&» taken
off. It was postmarked Philadelphia and
New York, and is supposed to be a Cuban
plot to kill the Spanish official.
NEW YORK VILLAGE
STROYED BY FIRE.
DE
Heavy Loss ol Proporty-A Tramp
Arreatcd on Suspicion.
By 2 elegraph to the Morning News.
Hudson, N. Y., May 13.—The village of
Stuyvesant, eleven miles north of this city,
was destroyed by fire this morning, in
volving a loss of over $200,000. The fire
caught from the storehouse of the New York
and Catskili Steamship Company. Among the
buildings burned are the post office, house of
the New Jersey Ice Company,railroad depot,
Stuyvesant iron foundry, St. Mary’s Church
and all buildings on both 6ides of’the railroac
track, covering a radius of more than a
square mile. Among the fine residences
destroyed is that of Senatoi Wendover.
A tramp, givlDg the name of James Smith,
was arrested aud lodged in jail here,
charged with causing the fire.
Later.—The total loss by the fire in Stuy-
yesant to-day is estimated at $300,000.
WASHBURNE INTERVIEWED.
He Dec-Hues to be a Candidate, but
1* for Grant First, Last and All the
Time.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Portland, Me., May 13.—The Advertiser
says: “ In an Interview with Hon. E. B.
W&shburne, now visiting his brother here,
he stated that bis candidacy is out of tbe
question : that he is for Grant first, last and
all the time, repudiating all combinations
with ether candidates, and that he will not
be a candidate under any circumstances.
As to the charge that he is guilty of du
plicity towards Grant, he denies it, and says
that the result of the Cook County Conven
tion was a greater surprise to him than to
any one else.”
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ening and purifying axe Malt Bitters.
myI4*lt
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
LITEST FOREIGN NEWS.
We*t Virginia Republican Delegate*
lor Blaine—Ex-Governor Foote Dy
ing—Ex-Senator Bayard’* Condi
tion—The Death Penalty—Vermont
Green backer*.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Not Inimical to British Interest*—
An Oath or An Affirmation—Emi
gration from Europe—A Liverpool
Failure.
A CHANCE FOR THE B. F. P. C. A.
Mobile, Ala., May 13.—The first day of
the annual pigeon tournament of the Gulf
City Gun Club took place at Prichard’s
Park, on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, to
day. G. W. Tunstall and T. S. Scales
divided the first money on ten birds at
twenty-one yards rise, making ten straight
birds. C. L. Huger took the first money on
second shoot, making seven straight birds
at twenty-six yards rise.
EX GOVERNOR H. S. FOOTE DYING.
Nashville, May 13.—Ex-Governor Henry
S. Foote, Superintendent of the United
States mint, at New Orleans, is reported ly
ing at the point of death at his residence,
five miles from this city. He has been af
flicted with cancer of the scalp and coofined
to his room for several weeks.
; SENATOR JAMES a. bayard’s condition.
Wilmington, Del., May 13.—Ex-Senator
James A. Bajard is much weaker to-day
and, apparently, sinking rapidly. He resists
the efforts of his attendants to give him
nourishments, and it is feared that without
an effort on his part to rally, his life can be
prolonged but a few days.
VERMONT GREENBACK AND LABOR CONVEN
TION.
Montpelier, Vt., May 13.—The State
Convention of the Greenback Labor party
met here to-day, adopted suitable resolu
tions and elected delegates to tbe Chicago
Convention.
SENTENCED TO BE HANGED.
Galveston, May 13.—A News special
from Huntsville, Texas, says Judge Wood
yesterday sentenced A. E. Carter alias L. B.
Jones, to be hanged on July 21 for the mur
der of W. S. Spaulding.
HANGED.
Lebanon, Pa., May 13.—Brandt, lfum-
mell and Wise, the Rober murderers, were
hanged this morning.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
THE AUSTRO GERMO.N UNDERSTANDING PA
CIFIC IS ITS TENDENCIES.
London, May 13.—The Tunes, in a lead
ing article, referring to the relations be
tween England and Austria, and
to the recent interview between Count
Karoli, the Austrian Ambassador at Lon
don, and Earl Granville, the new British
Secretary for Foreign Affairs, states that
Count Karoli gave to Earl Granville the
roost positive assurances that the tendencies
of the Austro German understanding were
entirely pacific, and that it could not possi
bly be directed to any object that would be
injurious to British interests.
a ceremonial question.
London, May 13.—The special committee
to which the case of Chas. Bradlaugh was
referred will, on the reassembling of the
House of Commous, report adversely on his
petition to be allowed to affirm instead Of
taking the oath. Whether he takes the oath
or uot the ultimate effect of his decision
will probably be the modification of tbe rule
of procedure with regard to inducting mem
bers.
The Press Association says it is under
stood that Chas. Bradlaugh will take the
oath under protest.
granvillb’s note and Gladstone’s let
ter.
London, May 13.—A Vienna dispatch says:
The publication of Granville’s note and
Gladstone’s letter was much appreciated
here. Granville recently warmly assured
Count K&roli that the British Government
was animated by the most sincere desire to
cultivate friendly relations with Austria, and
he expressed satisfaction at the Austro-
German understanding.”
THE ALBANIAN-TURKISH TROUBLES.
Constantinople, May 13 —The Grand
Vizier insists upon the immediate adoptlou
of measures to prevent the threatened con
flict between the Albanians and Monte
negrins. Disturbances have occurred at
Siros, in the villayet of Salonica, and mar
tial law has been proclaimed there.
EMIGRATION FROM EUROPE.
London, May 13. — Emigration from
Europe continues to be very heavy. Ac
cording to advices of the steamship com
panies the volume of emigration for the
present month promises to excel that of
April, when 29,401 passengers left Liver
pool, 25,187 of them for the United States.
FAILURE OF A LIVERPOOL SHIPPING FIRM.
Liverpool, May 13.—The Courier &ays
a shipping firm of that city, understood
to be T. H. Johnson A Co., has notified its
creditors of its inability to meet its engage
ments. The firm 1118 lately been trading
with America.
NERVOUS DISEASE.
k Tl»row Physic to the Dog*,” and
Try Change of Climate, Best, Sea
Bathing and Open Air Exercise.
Editor Morning News: For the last half cen
tury medical men have taxed their every
ingenuity to meet satisfactorily the require
ments which that peculiar class of ailments
known as nervous diseases demand of them.
Tbe present manner of living—the offspring of
modern customs and habite—greatly facilitates
the development of such disorders. For in
stance, where the brain and nervous system
work and the muscles rest, you can well expect
a full crop of nervous affections in various
shapes and forms. And we safely assert that
they occupy a vast portion of that exteu
sivc field known among medical men
as approbria mediconum. Tbe long list
of drugs daily prescribed attest the truth of
this assertion; and until recently scientists and
pathologists seemed to have almost struggled
.a kavn U faitllflll ft£l kill ■ ll >T1 ftf
m vain to have discovered a faithful solution of
a means of cure or prevention. Consult the
files of almost any doctor of twentv or thirty
years’ practice, and you will find a curious
medley. Sometimes the prescriptions are real
curiosities. In the same shop are alcholic drinks
tostimulate, as you do a worn-down horse
by the wliip when he shows symptoms of
fagging; quinine to meet every possibly con
ceivable indication, often thrown in when the
doctor does uot know what else to do; phos
phorus to enter right into the brain or nerve,
to repair it like you bush out an old gun or re
pair a worn out wagon wheel; cod liver oil to
faften as you would stuff a goose for the com
ing holiday; chloral to quiet; iron to enrich, as
you feed the impoverished soil with a chemi
cal requirement; so ou to the end of the long
list of incongruous, incompatible nonsensicah-
ties. In fine, the kingdoms-animal. vegetable
and mineral—have all been heavily levied upon
to furnish nerve food, nerve tonics and nerve
restorers. The treatment, which it seems to
us that common seDse would indicate as cor
rect. appears to have been to a great extent
ignored, never to have been thought of by
many.
Now, we propose to advance nothing new
Simply to give our views in u plain way suit
able to the comprehension of the unprofession
al reader. It is this: There is nervous exhaus
tion, probably the result of some far distant
hereditary transmission, added to aid con
stantly maintained by a perversion of nerve
nutrition. This perversion, the resultof several
causes, principal of which is the peculiar man
ner of life incident to such rapid progress made
in the trades, mechanics and professions of the
present age. All improvements aDd all inven
tions of the day keep plainly patent that this
great desideratum, is to rest th** muscle and
tax the brain. Now to this hereditary trans
mission mid the perversion and exhaustion ot
nervous supply incident to operations of this
kind and you witness the condition of many
men and women at present dragging through
a weary life. There is great want of a due
portion of vitality dependent upon impover
ished blood, caused from nervous exhaustion.
And this cannot be regained by every conceiva
ble dose of drugs. Drugs d > well enough in their
place, but ^they canpot cure, never eradicate,
the disease. Their effect is only of secondary
importance. They can help in the treatment.
As physicians say. they act as adjuvants, help
other and more important remedies. In nerv
ous exhaustion over dosing or injudicious
medication is quite harmful. In cases of
dormancy of the powers of assimilation, at
tended with a rebellious stomach, debility
and weakness, paleness and ehillings.
cold feet and hands, headache and
languor, let exhausted nature rest and
quiet the rebellious stomach by withholding
«ie so-called nervous tonics, stimulants and
anodynes. For nerve-tire there must be nerve-
rest. and for nerve-hunger there must be nerve-
f.xxL Away with those so-called nerve reme
dies so often administered, without for a mo
ment considering whether or not they aie
capable of reaching the objective point. What
we mean is forcibly taught in the language of
an old and very successful practitioner of a
neighboring city: “A few months ago a lady
left my office who has for thirty years been
suffering from that curse of American women
and men of sedentary habits. Neurasthenia,
nerve-tire. She had been dosed by eminent
practitioners of the two continent* for twenty
> eft ns. The poor lady told me that after accu
mulating quite a stock of drugs in the form of
many prescriptions given her, she would fre
quently take several kinds in one day, hoping
as *he said, that some of them might hit the
mark The trouble with her was. the mark
was gone, the assimilative glands were power
less, and the only effect of drugs upon her
must necessarily have been harmful.
Her case is unfortunately but a representa
tive of a large class both of males and females,
constantly overdosing themselves, flying from
prescription to prescription, hoping for relief,
impelled by the same despair that causes the
drowning man to catch at straws. Their over
wrought imagination, kept constantly tense,
by a strict lookout for any and everything pre
senting itseif iu the shape of ja cure, they not
too unfrequently fail into the snare of the un
mitigated quack or seek consolation from the
advertising columns of the newspaper of the
day. and plunge blindly into taking patent
medicine. Nor is the skirt of the regular prac
titioner dear or his line of conduct faultless.
He too often, without giving each case its par
ticular iudividuality, falls into a routine plan
of treatment, prescribing for disease* by name,
instead of engaging himself closely into the
pathological condition ofjeach particular cast*.
Wince, however, the new theories of rest,
climatic changes and rational dietetics have
been so intelligently discussed in the medical
journals and thoroughly ventilated by the
secular press there is no longer even a sem
blance of an excuse to continue the old rou
tine.
Keep climate cure plainly in view; rest your
self; let there be a perfect abandonment of
home duties and home worries; let not a ray of
business penetrate your temporary abode; a
season at the seashore, plenty of baths, exer
cise in the open air of the balmy- South upon
an eastern snore, where the magi'* wand of the
southeast trade wind, which has gathered from
a thousand miles of foam-crested waves the
vitality which it alone can bring to the weary
and way-worn. This sort of life, with judicious
dietetics, carefully selected tonics and proper
stimulants, and you have no more dull head
aches, rebellious stomachs, tired eyes grow
bright, lustre aud vivacity succeed languor, the
rose dispel* palor. and weak spines strengthen,
nerves become a myth, and pain a thing of the
past, the warm flow of rejuvenated blood pene
trates every portion of the system, and nature
reasserts her domain, bringing health and
happiness in her train. R. J. M.
Seth GreeD, the fishist, announced
that he had invented a new fly, and six
bald-headed men had to be held while it
was explained to them that the invention
was merely to fool a fish with.
THE AUSTRO GERMAN ALLIANCE
Tbe Presidential Campaign—Alarm
and Distraction In the Bcpubllean
Camp—Tbe Outlook for tbe Demo
cratic Nomination—Bill* and What
Become of Them—Tbe Contested
Election Ca»e*— !?Ir. Hill’s Speech
in the Kellosa-Spofiord Case—Good
Accounts from Florida.
BRITISH LABOR TROUBLES.
General Weaver*’ Strike In Black
burn— Disintegration Expected.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
London, May 13.—About twelve thousand
weavers at Blackburn 6truck yesterday, and
the greater part of tbe remainder will pro
bably quit work to day, but the element of
bitterness which characterized the last strike
Is not present in this one, nor is it certain
that a majority of the weavers would de
cide in favor of the strike had the question
been submitted to the ballot. An eaily
disintegration of the strike, therefore, is
expected.
A large proportion of tbe factory opera
tives iu Blackburn struck yesterday. It is
thought, however, that tbe strike will not
become general, as public opinion is alto
gether opposed to it. Tbe strike caused
much consternation in Oldham, Blackburn
being the latter’s principal customer. After
six months of prosperity, during which the
Limited Companies have been paying from
15 to 20 per cent., there is a prospect of as
severe times as In 1879.
THE Rl’SSO-CHINESE HIEFI
CULTf.
Russia Preparing for tbe Rupture
avitb China.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
London, May 13.—The Globe this evening
says: “We understand that in view of the
complications with China the Russian Gov
ernment has telegraphed to the authorities
beyond the Ural Mountains to place all the
strategical roads in fit condition for the
passage of troops and stores. A half mil
lion roubles have been assigned for improv
ing the highway from Orenburg to Central
Asia.”
Condensed Telegrams.
The National Grand Lodge of Colored Ma
sons of North America were in triennial
session in Wilmington, Del., yesterday with
a representation from eight States, and dele
gates are still expected from several other
States.
W. W. Keen, the well known tobacco
dealer, planter and speculator, died yester
day morning in Danville, Va.
| M. Vignaux has started for London to
arrange the terms of the biilard tournament
with Mr. Roberts, the celebrated English
player.
The Marquis of Ripon, the new icerov,
and his staff, left London yesterday for In
dia, by way of BrindisL
Prince Leopold, the Queen’s youngest
son, sailed from Liverpool yesterday in the
steamer Sardinian, for Montreal.
Mr. Thomas Hughes, the great political
economist and author, will visit the United
States this summer.
The new paper to be edited by Mr. Fred
erick Greenwood, late editor of .the Pall
Mall Gazette, will be called the 61. Janies
Gazette.
The Right Hon. Robert Lowe and Right
Hon. E. H. Knatchbull Hugessen, Liberals,
who were returned to the House of Com
mons for London University and Sandwich,
respectively, have taken leave of their con
stituencies preparatory to entering the
Peerage.
A SELECT SNAKE STORY.
Ybc First of the Season Uncoiled
Before tbe Dalsie* Spring.
Special Correspondence of the Morning Newe.
Washington, May II.—Politics in Congress
have given place to politics as regards the
country at large, directly. The near approach
of the two Presidential conventions causes this.
In their shadow political matters in both
Houses of the National Legislature take a back
seat. At present the Republicans are torn up
in mind and damaged. The disaffection in
Vnnaylvama, among the delegates to Chicago,
rho were supposed to be solidly for Grant, fol
lowed by a similar disaffection in New York,
and a burst up in Illinois, Grant's native State,
Uhls caused almost a stampede in the ranks of
the third-tenners. Conk ling, Logon, Matt Car
penter and Don Cameron, are more
demoralized than ever. They do not
know what to make of it. They had thought
that they had thingsalltheir own way. lluit
there was in reality a “spontaneous move
ment” for Grant, and that to nominate him
would lie attended with bat little difficulty.
They awake to find it all a dream. Grant is
uopular in a certain sense in Republican ranks,
jut not to the extent of a thiro term. Hence
their terroe. They are daily .becoming more
bitter in denunciation of Sherman. Blaine and
Washburne, who dare to put forward their
feet to fill Mr. Haye*’ place. They have here
tofore regarded such assumption on the part
of these gentlemen as simply too cheeky
to be considered as serious. Finding
that there is not only an air of serious
ness about these demonstrations, but
full evidence that they have strength at their
backs the Urant managers have dropped into
the abusive. They abuse and villify—if that
is possible—Sherman, Blaine and Washburne.
Washburne especially comes in for a round de
nunciation as treacherous and false to Grant.
Altogether the third-termer’s lot is not a
happy one. He looks abroad for c unsolation.
but finds none. Tbe boom was one of sound and
fury. Already! it is talked of that Grant will
withdraw. This is not probable. He will stick
as long os there i* a particle of mucilage left.
But his managers are on the other hand look
ing out for a second choice. They feel now
that the Republican folks do not cry for Grant
near so loudly as they thought.
The Democrats, as far as Presidential
outlooks are concerned, have also recently had
a revelation, 'i hey find that Mr. Tilden, or the
“old gentleman,'’ as he la commonly called, has
much more strength than he has been gener
ally given credit for. They now recognl ;e the
fact that he Ls still a power in the party. This
has done something to smooth the edges of the
opposition to the “old gentleman, ’ but not
much. The opposition to him continues almost
unabated, but tne confident manner in which he
was spoken of as already beaten has disap
peared. Recent events have shown this. While
Han-ison (Ark.) Times.
On Tuesday last a German butcher by
the name oi Hans Wiger passed through
our town, en route for Little Rock,
where, he stated, he had many friends.
After traveling as far as the first crossing
of Davis creek he became fatigued and,
as there was no house in sight, concluded
to rest himself upon some flat rocks,
which formed quite an inviting place by
the roadside. Exhausted in mind as well
as in body he 6oon fell asleep and all was
a blank to him until he aroused with a
start and the realization that be was in
the clutches of some one ox something.
Looking down, such a sight met his eyes
as would have made the stoutest heart
bound with agitation. Clasping both
right and left legs were two rattlesnakes
of the diamond species, coiled frodf the
feet up and looking him greedily in the
face from both sides, it was a moment
to try the nerve of the bravest hero
known to history, and we need hardly
say Mr. Wiger trembled from head to
foot, but knowing his salvation was in
action rather than action, he dropped
back as if shot and lay as one dead; how
long he remained in this predicament is
hard to tell, as under such circumstances
minutes lengthen into hours and hours
into days, but some time after dark both
snakes, becoming weaned,nodoubt.slow-
ly uncoiled themselves, and, after craw
ling under his neck and round his head
several time3, moved quietly away. It
is needless to say that our Teutonic friend
made tracks for the nearest house and
fell fainting while trying to climb the
fence to enter. After some little trouble he
was revived,but it was found that during
his lying still, blood had oozed from his
eyes and mouth; his hair, which he said
before was raven black, had almost an
iron-gray cast.
| |A couple in the backwoods of Michi
gan desired to marry, but they were
not within reach of a clergyman or
justice. There was not, in fact, a hu
man being within twenty miles. So
they wrote out as much of a marriage
ceremony as they could remember, in
cluding affirmative responses, signed
their names to the document, and pro
nounced themselves husband and wife.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
there is nothing definite to predict who will l>e
the Democratic nominee, though the chances
are in favor of Seymour as the most
available, the finger that records pre
dictions indicates plainly that neither
Bayard. Thurman, nor Field will be the
party standard bearer. They all have that
with them-the leading point of which is that
neither of them could carry New York—which
will preclude theirselection as yet. The Pr si-
dential political fever is getting worked up to a
red heat ou the Republican side. On the Dfmo-
cratic side, however, there is only preliminary
talk as yet. There is a good deal of canvass
ing, but no practical results to base opinion
upon. The signs are. however, multiplying
that the coming will be one of the most heated
of all Presidential campaigns. The Democrat
ic party has renewed confidence in the fights
• Aunw nrnirrpM in R^mibli<‘nn rnnks
that are in fierce progress in Republican ranks
over the different candidates.
BILLS AND WHAT BkCOZX OF THEN.
It is the privilege of every member of
Congress to get in a handful or
cartload of bil's, as he may be inclined: and
there are few instances on record where lie has
been known to neglect this great opportunity
of doing something. The hills that are intro-
ducedTn nine cases out of ten. never see day
light afterwards. They are referrtxi to * appro
priate committees” and. as a gent-ral rule, that
s i he last of them. Either House of Congress
is a mausoleum for numberless schemes and
ideas evolved by members of Congress, or by
others, and introduced as bills by them. This
wa* never better illustrated than during the
present session of Congress. The idea is con
veyed vividly when you are cognizant of the
fact that during the present session of Congress
there have been introduced in the House
over three thousand bills—resolutions not
counted-of which only about one
hundred and thirty have been reported
from the committees to which they
were referred. There is a graveyard for y#u,
and the session is drawing near its close. It
is understood that from now to adjournment
— which will probably be about the tune
heretofore given, between June 1st and June
15th—members seeing the futility of ex
pecting action the eon,will refrain from crowd
ing in miscellan ous measures to be killed by
inaction and put away in the Congressional
graveyard.
In regard to adjournment there is a differ
ence of opinion between the House and Senate.
The Seflate does not wish to adjourn before en
acting some legislation in regard to the count
ing of the electoral vote. That body does not
want to put off final action on this subject
until the short session, as it fears that then the
minority in Congress may by dilatory moti ns
defeat such action. Some satisfactory basis of
agreement will be reached in a few days,
which will probably be that the present
session will settle this question.
THE CONTESTED ELECTION CASES.
The House has decided to retain Yocum,
Republican, in his seat as against Curtin,
Democrat. There will not, it is pretty generally
agreed, be any unseating of members, at least
for this session. Of course, Hull would not be
disturbed; neither will Washburn nor any of
tbe others whose beats are questioned. These
matters will Ire left over to the next session.
TO CONCLUDE.
Senator Hill has commenced his speech in
favor of unseating Kellogg and putting in
Spofford. He will speak for three
or four davs. He has large audiences
both on ' the floor and in the
galleries. His speech is highly spoken of on
both sides. All interruptions he meets readily,
and questions he answers like a lawyer familiar
with every aspect of the case He is making a
great argument, but it is in a ca*e already pre
judged against his side.
Senator Jones has returned from a two weeks
visit to his section of Florida. He is greatly
pleaded with the Democratic outlook there, and
has no fears of the success of the party
throughout the State.
Next week Washington will have its first
f reat horse races. There will be a meeting
ere of the famous horses of the country, who
will contend for liberal prizes.
We are to have the Hanlan-Courtnev boat
race, the horse races, and Congress all next
week. What more could be asked ?
Potomac.
FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY, FLA.
The Crop Prospect—The Gubernato
rial Canvass.
An Independent Sovereignty
Huge Despotism In Conflict Wl
the Principle* of Free ©overnmei
Monticello, Fla., May 12.—Editor Morning
Netes: The recent rains in this section have
improved the oat crop very much, and three-
fourths of a crop will probably be harvested
The cotton crop is looking well, and farmers
generally are chopping out. Although some
complain of poor stands, the average is fair.
The com is looking splendidly. Some farmers
are ploughing the last time.
There seems to be a ttpod deal of interest ta
ken in politics, and many are looking forward
to the Gainesville Convention with concern.
Pasco, Bloxham. Perry and Drew all
have their friends, any one of which
would make us a good Governor, although
many are of the opinion that Jefferson county
having reduced a Republican majority of 1,»0J
to 130 in the last campaign is entitled to some
consideration at tbe hands of the Gainesville
Convention, and presents to the people her
true and tried Pasco, the present Chairman
of the State Executive Committee. Samuel
Pasco was born in London, England, in 1H84.
His father moved to the United Ft*tes in 1841.
when he was a mere youth. He graduated
with honors at Harvard in 1858, and removed to
Florida in 185». In 1851. when the war broke
out, Pasco was one of our first men to shoul
der his musket and march in defense of
hi* adopted State as a private in
the Third Florida Regiment, and although
detailed at headquarters as clerk.whenever tbe
crack of the picket’s gun was heard, he volun
tarilv laid down his pen. seized his musket and
stood side by side and shoulder to shoulder
with Soutueru chivalry to defead Southern soil.
He participated in all the battles of tbeliVest,
and tell bleeding upon the field of Perryville.
His war record stands out bright and untar
nished as the noon day's sun. His political
record is beyond reproach. Conservative in
sentiment, an able counselor, a man of in
domitable energy and administrative abilitv.
he would make a Governor of
State might well be proud.
ho-n the
Justice.
It is said that Martin Battles, who;
twenty years ago, murdered a man
iwcuiij J toi a — —
through jealousy in Chautauqua county,
New Y'ork, has lately become iusaue
UCW XUilk, A*®** —-
through remorse, imagining that the
ebost of his victim continually follows
him. His escape from punishment was
curious. He was tried, convicted and
sentenced to death. During the previ
ous year the Legislature had passed a
law defining the degrees of murder, and
declaring that the penalty for murder in
the first degree should be imprisonment
in a State penitentiary for one year, after
which, upon a warrant issued by the
Governor, the convicted person should
be taken out and executed. Under this
statute Ba'.tles was sentenced and incar
cerated at Auburn. During his impris
onment the Court of Appeals declared
the statute under which he was convicted
unconstitutional, and he was released.
For baby and children what ia more deli
cate and wholesome than Guticura Soap.
myX4-lt
former rates, and now we want to be just
*n<l reasonable with you. We will just cut
your rates down from 80 to 50 per cent. Such
treatment as this will make the owners of this
road the benefactors and mere trustees of the
public, serving under rigorous laws, using
their own property for public good, and
w.thout the poor privilege of cliargmg
a small commission for their services. The
public, without investing anything, become pre
ferred stockholders, while those who have in
vested in railroads the hard earnings of a life
of toil and labor have their property lude y
snatched away at the mere caprice of a few
men to be converted to public use. Much has
been said about States rights, but there is ft
profounder question involved in this than State
sovereignty, and that iH the question of indi
vidual sovereignty—private right. Occasion
ally it occurs that overwhelming public neces
sity justifies and requires the violation of the
sancity of private rights. As, for instance,
during our late war, it was made penal f- r
a fanner to plant more than three acres of cot
ton to the hand This was done to insure the
making of sufficient supplies to feed our ar
mies. It was rendered necessary by the exi
gencies of the hour. But in a time of profound
peace a free people will not loDg tolerate an
arbitrary appropriation and use of private pro-
f>erty without consideration for the purpose of
silencing the clamors of faction or tilling the
maw of rapacity. The Instinctive and innate
honesty of a free people will sooner or later
revolt at such tyranny, wrong and oppression,
and will place the seal of its ccnd‘ mnation upon
it.or elf e those made to suffer will seek the best
ami ppeediest relief within reach. Now lei us
see where the policy of the Commissioners wll
lead. The road which cannot makeexpenses w 11
necessarily have to dispense with all employes
not absolutely essential to the running or their
trains. Thus nuroliers would be thrown out of
employment, to suffer perhaps, or to seek em
ployment in some field where their skill would
be worthless to them and their employers.
Those retained, by a law of self-preservation
which no legislative enactment could interdict,
would be made by their employers to bear a
part of the loss, and these, under the present
salaries paid, could ill afford tbe reduction.
The road so situated could not keep that
constant and vigilant watch over its
roadbed, which is of the greatest
importance to the traveling public, and thus
the safety of life will become endangered.
Such action by our Commissioners will serve
as a perpetual injunction upon capital, that
which our State most needs. All roads here
after constructed must be built with private
means.as our constitution inhibits State, county
and municipal aid to such enterprises. No
prudent man could be Induced to invest his
money in a State where it was possible for any
three men to so cripple him. in a moment that
he would ire compelled to l^so not only inter
est. but if he wished to withdraw, a part of
his’ principal also. Capital is naturally and
universally timid. Our own people are too
to build roads. As evidence
that more roads are needed, our last Legi-la-
ture incorporated nine railroad companies,
I here are in Georgia jrerhaps twenty roads un
der charter, some of them having had large
sums of money expended on them, which are
consigned to an eternal sleep.with all the thou
sands which have been invested in them, un
less the law is changed or our Commissioners
show more liberality to the roads. Unless the
roads are fairly dealt with, they will be
constrained to go into politics to obtain
relief, and failing here, rhey will appeal
to the National Legislature usking the
government to purch .island control them.
This is not the idle dream of a theorist, nor the
causeless alarm of fear. Vexed beyond en
durance, harms-ed by inexpert legislative
doctors, the roads of the West have already
had introduced in Congress just such a bill—
the Reagan bdl-and every railroad in the na
tion, loaded down with the iron demands of an
insatiate public, will take position in line with
the advocates of such a measure. And what a
glittering prize, what unbounded prospects
such a scheme would open up to a corrupt
party which might happen to be in power
its title to power upon the success of
such a scheme would no longer be a
title at will but a title in fee sim
ple Such a scheme would be the Rubicon of
our Crnsar. I will not fuither expand this
thought; it needs no expansion. I simply
throw these thoughts out that our people may
consider them.
There is no principle in politics—it is all in
terest. Men attach ihemselves to parties ac
cording as their interests dictate. If our Com-
rnissionera act wisely, they can serve the State
in manv respects well, bad as the law is which
called them into being. They can do this
only by giving ^ the rcads^ living
*
Editor Morning News: In the discussion Oi
all measures of grave public interest, «
i ions of ill-temper, or an inclination to persona
abuse, are offensive to public taste and con
trary to the spirit of elevated and enlightened
journalism. It is my purpose, with your per
mission, to submit to such part of the public ai
may feel inclined to read them, some thoughts
on the subject of our present railroad law I
And, just here, let me say that I am not a stock
holder in any road. I do not eDjoy the courtes?
of an annual pass over any road in the State,,
■or am I in the employ, directly or indirectly
of any road whatever. I would state, further,
that I am simply one of that large class called
the people,” for whose protection and advan
tage our railroad laws were enacted. I there
fore speak from a disinterested standpoint,
certainly so far as the railroads are concerned.
I have recently looked into with some care the
act of our last legislature creating a Board of
Kailroad Commissioners, i must confess that
I was astonished a: the unlimited powers vested
in this board. They constitute an independent
sovereignty erected in our State with absolute
control over at least one-fourth of the entire
taxable property of the State. The aggregate
value of all the property in Georgia,
including railroads, may be put in
round numbers at $300,000,000. The rail
roads arc valued. I believe, at $00,000,000, and
are taxed, say. upon this amount. The railroad
stocks held in the State, and upon which the
£tate collects her annual a J valorem tax, I will
put at $13,U00.0UU. Thus we have $75,000,000 out
, .f $300,000,000. subject absolutely to the will of
three men Such power is alarming in a free
country There is absolutely no limit upon
their authority. The act creating this board
prescribes that the fact that the Commissionars
fix a rate sliall be deemed and held in all the
courts of the State, sufficient evidence that
such rates are just and reasonable. These two
words-just and reasonable—vague and uncer
tain in meaning, having, in fact, mj positive,
measur-d. but only a relative meaning,
are the only qualifying word3 in the
entire act so far as relates to the powers
of the Commissioners. There is no rule estab
lished or standard prescribed, or method sug
gested in this act by which the Commissioners
are to determine w hat rates are just and reas
onable. Nine-tenths of mankind are tyranni
cal bv uature. Give them authority and they
become arrogant and finally “drunk with the
burning scent of place and power.” Our Com
missioners are an independent sovereignty—®
huge despotism and in direct conflict with every
E rinciple and tradition of our government.
et them b«* as pure as ice or chaste as snow.
I do not believe the people of Georgia would
knowingly invest any three men on earth
with such powers. In all free government
the powers of those in authority should be
limited and declared to the utmost nicety. Yet
our Commissioners, controlling $75,000,000
worth of property, have absolutely unlimited
power, for 1 hold that Inasmuch as the act
establishing the Commission does not give a
meaning to the words just and ;reasonable, the
Commissioners are at this most vital point in
dependent of every branch of our Ftate Gov
ernment. When they fix rates the law declares
the courts, all the courts, shall accept this as
sufficient evidence that such rates are just and
reasonable The destiny of our vast railroad
interests and the future development of our
State, just recovering from the shock of battle
and the demoralizing influences of sectional
strife, committed to the wisdom of three
men! I protest that such a law is entirely
unrepublican, is in direct conflict with the
spirit and the interests of a free people, and
fraught with great danger. But tho friends of
the Commission say they will act fairly with
the roads. Let us see if the facts justify such
a belief. I do not mean to impeach the in
tegrity of the Commissioners. Take the Sav
annah Florida and Western Railway. All the
world knows that this road has recently
passed through bankruptcy. Its business at
the rates charged was not sufficient to enable
it to pav expenses. With exactly the Fame
bonded debt, the second mortgage bondholders
now occupying the place of the stockholders,
with no actual or prospective increase of busi
ness, with the same expense account, the Com
missioners have reduced its rates at least
one-third. It may be that under the magic touch
of the Commissioners two dollars will pay as
much as three dollars would without this inter
ference. All fair minded men will say that
that l ate is just and, reasonable which will en
able a r«>ad to pay fair salaries, all reasonable
and necessary expenses, and leave a margin of
seven per cent for the owners. The Commis
sioners say to the Savannah, Florida and West
ern you could not make anything at your
. — . _ ...... nta u'tint fn He. *11
Railroads cannot live upon specie
promises. Let not the CommifB : oners say we
will do so and so, but let them do os they prom-
ige The hooks of all the roads are open to
them. Let them visit the roaiis as the act re
quires, inspect their books and then give the
roads justice -nothing more, nothing less. It
is a narrow minded policy which would militate
with anv interest of our fast growing State.
We need new roads, new factories, new indus
trial enterprises of every sort. I believe, Mr.
I ditor. that for justice every place should be a
temple and every land a home. I am a pro
found believer in that grand old Hebrew doc
trine, “Deny to none. d*4ay to none, eell
to none right and justice.” If any
road in our State makes war upon
the Commission let them give a fair and
impartial statement of the case in the public
prints, and if they are rijht an intelligent pub
lic will so decide; aud if they are wrong, the
decision will be in favor of the roads. This
star chamber way of proceeding is not satisfac
tory. Whenever government shows a disre
gard of private right, the same spirit seizes
upon the people of that government, and riot
and wrong run rampant over the land. Let
government sbow a jealous regard for the
rights of all its citizens, and these, in return,
will jealously regard the rights of each other,
ar.d the rights or the Ftate. These are truths
worthy or consideration. It is always dan
gerous iu republican government to tamper
with the sanctity of private right.
1 am no malcontent. I thick our Commis
sioners have been goaded perhaps into hasty
action by unwise newspaper criticism. The
problem which they were called upon to solve
was a very intricate and profound one, and its
importance demanded mature deliberation. I
would rather have the Commission too slow
than too fast. I do not ?av our Commissioners
will do, or have done, willful wrong, nor cq I
think they intend to ac*: unjustly. Their pow
ers are unusual and extraordinary. They can
effectually frighten cipital from our State, and
therefore'they should r>e extreme’y cautious tq
do ex<ct justice with the reals and the public.
Let them do this, and the people will sustain
them heartily aud unanimously. Justice.
A pilgrim band of nine devout Catho
lics, blind, deaf, lame, and otherwise in»
firm, took passage from Boston on Sat
urday for Ireland, where they will visit
tbe miracle-working shrine of Knock, iu
county Mayo. The Chapel of St. Bar
tholomew/in New Orleans, has recently
attain'd the importance of a shrine, with
the [>ower to confer such benefits as con
tentment, pcac^, of mind, harmony in
the family, extirpation of certain vicious
inclinations, and even wealth and the en
joyment of temporal goods.